Mythical Cultivation

Chapter 363 Refreshing Cognition

If his grandson Wu Ming had not been still young, Wu Tianlong would probably have lost the courage and hope to continue living.

However, unexpectedly, Wu Ming was not only ambitious but also gifted. During the Qingyun Sect's assessment, he successfully passed all the tests and entered the sect.

What is even more amazing is that in just over a decade, Wu Ming, like riding a rocket, quickly broke through one realm after another, and finally successfully reached a height that his grandfather Wu Tianlong had never been able to reach, successfully realizing Wu Tianlong's wish for many years.

Now, when Wu Tianlong saw with his own eyes how Wu Ming was so motivated and had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage at such a young age, the joy and pride in his heart were simply beyond words.

This emotion surged in his heart like a raging wave, making him unable to help but burst into tears of joy.

"Good boy! I, Wu Tianlong, have no regrets in my life because I have a grandson like you! Even if I die right now, it would be worth it!"

Wu Tianlong wiped his tears excitedly and said to Wu Ming with a look of relief on his face.

Hearing his grandfather say this, Wu Ming couldn't help feeling a little displeased. He muttered, "Grandpa, today is a happy day. How can you say such unlucky words?"

"Haha, Grandpa is wrong. I shouldn't say such things."

After hearing his grandson's words, Wu Tianlong also smiled heartily.

After an in-depth conversation, the distance between the grandfather and grandson, which had been slightly diluted by time, returned to normal.

However, Wu Ming knows very well that in this world full of competition and challenges, family ties are important, but strength is the real foundation that allows him to gain a foothold.

Without strong support, everything else is just an illusion, like flowers in the mirror or the moon in the water, seemingly beautiful but untouchable.

After staying in Heshengtang for three days, Wu Ming resolutely returned to the sect’s residence.

As soon as he got back to his house, he immediately began to pack up all the things related to him. He carefully arranged every item, whether it was clothes, books or other miscellaneous items, as if he was saying goodbye to a past life.

After packing up everything, Wu Ming left the outer disciples' quarters without a trace of regret. He rode his flying sword like a flash of lightning across the sky, and in just two hours, he arrived at the sect's formation hall.

In the Formation Hall, Wu Ming carefully selected a suitable defensive formation for his cave. After careful comparison and consideration, he ultimately chose a mid-level primary formation—the Tiangang Rock Formation. While it wasn't the best choice, it was sufficient for Wu Ming's current needs.

This intermediate-level primary array plate was quite expensive, costing over a thousand spirit stones. However, Wu Ming didn't hesitate and bought it, as he couldn't afford a better one.

With this array plate, his cave residence can withstand the attacks of cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building for a short period of time, which is enough to provide him with a certain degree of security.

After purchasing the formation plate, Wu Ming left the formation hall with satisfaction.

After leaving the Formation Hall, Wu Ming held a jade map tightly in his hand. This was the map of Qingyun Sect that he received in the Deacon Hall after becoming an inner disciple.

He looked at the map carefully. The light spots on it represented different places, and those places where the light spots were sparse were exactly his destination this time.

Wu Ming controlled the flying sword with ease and rushed towards the direction where the light spots on the map were sparse.

The living quarters of inner disciples were very different from those of outer disciples. Outer disciples' living quarters were relatively fixed, in houses built specifically for them by the sect. Although each disciple had a room, their convenience was naturally not comparable to that of inner disciples.

However, this was also due to the sect's concern for the safety of its outer disciples. After all, although Qingyun Sect's geographical location was not particularly dangerous, that was only relative to inner disciples and higher-level sect cultivators.

For outer disciples, safety is always the primary concern.

Becoming an inner disciple means having more freedom and choices.

They could freely choose a location within the Qingyun Sect as their own cave abode. Wu Ming was not sure how large the entire Qingyun Sect's territory was, but judging from the markings on the jade slip map, there were dozens of mountains of varying sizes.

The important places marked above, such as the Transmission Pavilion, the Discipline Department, the Spirit Beast Garden, the Spirit Medicine Garden, the Sect Hall, the Martial Arts Arena, the Equipment Refining Peak, the Medicine Refining Peak, the Newcomer Peak, the Disciple Peak, the Deacon Hall, the Law Enforcement Hall, etc., are all located on these peaks.

Just like the Newcomer Peak where Wu Ming had just entered the sect, and the Disciple Peak where he had just left, both were clearly shown on this map. Furthermore, it could be seen from the map that the two peaks were very close in location.

However, according to Wu Ming's own personal experience, when he walked from the Newcomer Peak to the Disciple Peak, the distance he walked was definitely more than a hundred miles.

This means that distances that appear short on the map are actually quite large. Furthermore, the mountain where the Deacon Hall is located is relatively close to Newcomer Peak, less than a hundred miles away, but is two hundred miles away from Disciple Peak.

As for other places, Wu Ming has actually only been to a few of them, and he has never set foot in many other places.

However, judging from the markings on the map, the entire Qingyun Sect covers an area of ​​at least several thousand miles.

Apart from these dozens of owned mountains, the rest of the vast area is where the sect's inner disciples live.

Looking around, the entire map is dotted with densely packed light spots standing like stars. A rough estimate shows that there are more than a thousand of them!

"There are actually over a thousand inner disciples and cultivators above this level in the sect? Isn't that too many?"

Wu Ming was secretly amazed in his heart, his thoughts surging like a tide.

He finally understood why it was said that only inner disciples could be considered official members of the Qingyun Sect, while outer disciples were merely preparatory disciples.

At the same time, he suddenly realized why the sect stipulated that any disciple who could not become an inner disciple within twenty years must leave the sect.

It turns out that in this world, there are many people with extraordinary talents and luck, but not everyone can embark on the path of cultivation, and not everyone who embarks on the path of cultivation can achieve success.

As the dominant force in Qingjiang County, Qingyun Sect naturally has its own unique selection criteria.

Among these thousands of people, they only select the elites who can stand out from the many competitors. In this way, the strong will always be strong, and the strength of the sect will naturally continue to improve.