Above the source of Tao

Seven days later...

Ning Feng stood up and looked into the distance. He said to Senior Sister Chu, "We are almost there, Senior Sister Chu."

Yun Chang'an sighed secretly at the scene in front of him. In the distance, a towering mountain came into view. The mountainside was surrounded by fairy mist, and from time to time, cranes flew out of the mountain, just like a fairyland. At the foot of this mountain was a dense forest, with trees towering into the clouds. From time to time, the shouts of ferocious beasts could be heard in the forest, which made people feel terrified.

There is a huge platform on the mountain. This is the place where Shangyang Sect receives foreign guests, and it is called the Welcoming Guest Hall.

A group of seven people arrived at the platform on a crane. After the crane stopped, they all got off. The platform was extremely wide. There was a thatched house in the distance, surrounded by a fence made of citrons as a courtyard. In front of the thatched house was a hundred-foot-tall yam tree, on which there were dozens of emerald green fruits, shaped like apples, but very small in size and seemed not yet ripe.

Senior Sister Chu took a step forward, bowed with both hands, and said respectfully, "Elder Yu, these are disciples brought back from Shanglin City. They have returned to report."

Elder Yu sat up from the rattan chair and glanced at the people. He found that two of them were very talented, while the other three were relatively ordinary. He said calmly, "Not bad, go in."

"Why don't you pay your respects to Elder Yu?"

Senior Sister Chu then led the five newcomers to pay their respects to Elder Yu. After the five people paid their respects to Elder Yu respectively, Senior Sister Chu took out a jade slip.

"This jade slip is an identity slip, which records your information as well as the merit points you will get in the future. Merit points are very important in the sect, and they will be used in the food, medicinal materials, spiritual tools, skills, etc. that you will buy in the future." Seeing the surprise on everyone's faces, Ning Feng explained from behind.

Afterwards, Senior Sister Chu pushed the jade slip forward, and it floated in mid-air. Then, a huge illusion screen appeared in front of Senior Sister Chu and became illusory. Senior Sister Chu walked into the illusion screen, and Senior Brother Ning, Yun Changan and others followed in.

Walking into the illusion, they came to a small platform. At this time, Yun Chang'an saw that in front of him was fog covering the mountains opposite Yingke Mountain. The mountains opposite were looming in the fog.

In front of Senior Sister Chu there was a huge suspension bridge, connecting Yingke Mountain and the Inner Mountain Range.

This is the Shangyang Sect, which is located among the mountains.

After we followed Senior Sister Chu across the bridge, a scarlet crane came riding on the wind, and it led a group of people toward the highest peak in the middle...

Soon, they arrived in front of a palace. A middle-aged man with a sage-like appearance had been waiting with his hands behind his back for a long time.

Senior Sister Chu briefly explained the situation to Elder Hu.

After hearing this, Elder Hu was surprised and said, "There is actually a top-grade Yuan bone! God bless the Shangyang Sect!"

The five people greeted in unison, "Greetings, Elder Hu."

Um......

"Who are Lin Yuaner and Zhou Yuanxiong?" Elder Hu asked the five people in a solemn voice.

Lin Yuan'er and Zhou Yuanxiong came out, and Elder Hu took them away into the inner gate, while Yun Chang'an and the others were taken to the outer gate mountain by Senior Sister Chu.

Zhuyang Mountain.

An hour later, Senior Sister Chu brought Yun Chang'an and the other two on a crane and arrived at the outer peak, Zhuoyang Mountain.

To be precise, at the foot of Mount Zhuoyang, the outer peak disciples generally live on the mountain.

"This is for you."

After saying that, Senior Sister Chu handed three jade slips to Yun Changan and the others. On each slip was an intricate and exquisite pattern, with their names engraved below. On the back of the jade slip was written the three big characters "Shangyang Sect".

Yun Changan thought of the medicine given by Fairy Shichen and asked, "Then how can we buy some spiritual medicine?"

Senior Sister Chu took out a few jade slips from her hand and said, "This is your identity token. From now on, if you want to buy food, medicinal materials, spiritual tools, and skills that can be traded in the sect, you will need to use the merit points in it."

"Then how do you accumulate merit points?"

"You can use these merit points to sell your unwanted spiritual medicines, skills, and even the corpses of spiritual beasts at the Merit Hall. Anything that the sect can use can be exchanged for merit points at the Merit Hall. However, the Merit Hall is a bit far from here. You can summon magpies to buy and sell what you need in the future."

After saying that, he taught Yun Chang'an and the other two how to summon the magpie.

"You must practice hard when you enter the outer sect. After three years, there will be an assessment for outer sect disciples. Those who fail will be expelled from the sect. Remember, you have limited talent, so you must practice harder. I hope you can break through the Chongtian realm soon and see you in the inner sect. Someone in the peak will make arrangements for you. Go in."

Looking at Yun Chang'an and other young boys, he still said these to them earnestly.

Looking at the mountain gate of the outer peak, Senior Sister Chu sighed softly and stopped talking.

Then he left on a crane.

"I hope you can practice diligently. It will be worth it for me to bring you out from Shanglin City."

Yun Chang'an and the other two looked at Senior Sister Chu's departing back from afar, and couldn't help but sigh that the first step on the path to immortality had been taken.

Holding the token given by Senior Sister Chu, I walked into the peak gate and immediately felt the completely different world inside and outside the gate.

Wow......

The inside and outside of the door are completely different worlds. The air is fresh. Taking a breath, I feel my blood boiling. Taking another breath, my internal organs feel empty.

According to what Senior Sister Chu said, after entering the outer gate and walking up the mountain road, you will come to a wide flat land. That is where the outer gate disciples live. Now Yun Changan is leading the way. He hasn't met many people along the way. He can't help but guess in his heart that there may be few disciples in the outer gate. Although he didn't meet anyone along the way, the environment here is good. He has never seen trees on this road before. It looks like the old Kui tree, but it is different. Compared with the old Kui tree, it is taller and the leaves are denser.

……

"Big Brother, we hunted such a big deer this time. Is that enough for us to eat for half a month?"

A strong, muscular, tall man was carrying a horse-like animal on his shoulders. There were seven or eight people around him, all of whom looked happy.

The animal has a white head, tiger-like stripes on its body, and a scarlet tail. It is called Lushu.

“Guanzhong, Feng Ping, you have contributed the most this time. Now that we have returned to the cafeteria, I will leave the rest to you.”

"Thank you, senior brother. I heard that there will be a few new people coming today. I wonder what kind of livelihood the master will arrange for them." Feng Ping said.

"You don't know the master's temper. He will definitely let them find a piece of wasteland and grow vegetables by themselves. When they can't grow anymore, they will come to us for help."

Hahaha......