The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

The Seven Mysteries Sect is located on Caixia Mountain, which is more accurately described as a mountain range than a mountain.

Although the Seven Mysteries Sect has lost its former glory, it is still a second-rate force and has a place in the martial arts world.

Lu Yao went directly to the Seven Mysteries Sect's reception hall to pay his respects to the sect.

"My name is Lu Yao. I have come to pay my respects to Sect Master Wang of the Seven Mysteries Sect. Please announce my arrival."

Lu Yao very politely handed a visiting card to the disciple who was receiving him.

"Young hero, please wait a moment while I go and inform them."

The disciple who received Lu Yao noticed his extraordinary demeanor and assumed he was a disciple of some sect in the martial arts world, so he accepted the visiting card.

A moment later, a middle-aged man strode towards us with a powerful stride.

"I am Li Zhanjiang, an elder of the Seven Mysteries Sect. May I ask what brings you to my Seven Mysteries Sect, young hero?"

Li Zhanjiang read Lu Yao's visiting card, which contained only common polite phrases and no substantial content.

"It's Elder Li in person. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"My name is Lu Yao. I have heard of the great hero Wang Juechu's reputation in the martial arts world, so I have come to pay him a visit."

"The Seven Mysteries Sect is a highly prestigious sect in the martial arts world, and I have always held your sect in high esteem. Now that I feel I have sufficient strength, I hope to join the Seven Mysteries Sect and serve as an honorific, so that we can achieve great things together."

Lu Yao cupped his hands in greeting and went straight to the point with Li Zhanjiang.

Martial arts sects typically establish the position of "official" to recruit martial arts masters.

Therefore, as long as Lu Yao is not some evil or heretical person, the Seven Mysteries Sect generally will not refuse to let experts join them.

"Oh? Young hero, you wish to become an honorific of my Seven Mysteries Sect?"

"So that young hero may know, although our Seven Mysteries Sect also recruits retainers, there are certain requirements."

Li Zhanjiang was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected Lu Yao to be there to apply for the position of retainer. However, after sizing up Lu Yao, he had some doubts about Lu Yao's abilities.

After all, Lu Yao doesn't look very old, and his demeanor is quite different from that of a martial arts expert.

Lu Yao chuckled, and a terrifying aura suddenly erupted, the fluctuation of his energy almost causing the disciple behind Li Zhanjiang to fall to the ground.

"Grandmaster!"

Li Zhanjiang stared at Lu Yao in shock. He never expected that Lu Yao was actually a martial arts master, which was extremely inconsistent with Lu Yao's age.

"Young hero, no, Master Lu, I wonder if you have practiced the Youth Preservation Technique?"

Li Zhanjiang couldn't help but ask Lu Yao, wondering if Lu Yao had practiced some kind of anti-aging technique, which was why he looked so young.

"Hehe, Elder Li, you misunderstand. I have not practiced any techniques to preserve youth."

Lu Yao chuckled lightly, understanding Elder Li's misunderstanding. After all, since Lu Yao obtained the Haotian Pearl, his strength had increased rapidly, and his appearance had remained that of a young man.

"I never expected that Master Lu was a martial arts genius."

"It is an honor for our Seven Mysteries Sect to have Master Lu serve as its honorific, and I agree on behalf of Sect Leader Wang."

Li Zhanjiang sighed in admiration, even feeling that Lu Yao's presence at their Seven Mysteries Sect was somewhat unfair.

A young master like Lu Yao is highly sought after by all the major forces in the martial arts world. Even if he doesn't join a sect, he is still a guest of honor in various sects.

Of course, grandmasters are not so rare. The Seven Mysteries Sect alone has six grandmasters, and the sect leader, Wang Juechu, is even a mid-stage grandmaster.

The development of martial arts in the mortal world is extremely difficult, and the mainstream is naturally the immortal path. Even the most powerful body-refining techniques are based on the immortal path system.

Therefore, there is no future in practicing martial arts in the mortal world; only cultivating immortality is the right path.

Furthermore, a high level of martial arts cultivation will attract the covetousness of demonic cultivators, since the bodies of martial arts grandmasters are excellent materials for refining corpses and puppets.

That is, within the territory of the righteous sects, martial arts still have a breath of life left.

In the territory of the demonic path, apart from those forced to practice martial arts, anyone with a sound mind would not touch the martial arts path.

The status of the Seven Mysteries Sect's enshrined elders is equivalent to that of the elders, so Lu Yao immediately gained a very high position in the Seven Mysteries Sect, the same as Mo Juren's position.

Under normal circumstances, a retainer like Lu Yao would not participate in the management of the sect, but would only be dispatched to carry out some important tasks of the sect. Therefore, Lu Yao's days were very leisurely.

The Seven Mysteries Sect assigned Lu Yao a valley to live in, named Forget-Worry Valley.

There are many small valleys on Caixia Mountain. Most elders have their own valleys, which serves both to demonstrate their status and to ensure the privacy of grandmaster elders.

Because Wang Juechu, the sect leader of the Seven Mysteries Sect, was in seclusion, Lu Yao had not yet met him. However, he had met with the other deputy sect leaders and elders of the Seven Mysteries Sect and made some acquaintances with them.

For a period of time afterward, the three deputy sect leaders took turns trying to win over Lu Yao, but Lu Yao politely declined them all.

Lu Yao came to the Seven Mysteries Sect not to compete for power and profit with these people.

It's no wonder that the Seven Mysteries Sect has declined. As far as Lu Yao knows, the sect has one sect leader, three deputy alliance leaders, and two elders. All six of them belong to four different factions. It's truly a case of a small temple with many turtles.

Because Lu Yao did not join any faction, none of the factions within the Seven Mysteries Sect have yet made any underhanded moves against him.

Besides the Elders' Council, the Seven Mysteries Sect is also divided into an inner sect and an outer sect. The inner sect includes the Hundred Forging Hall, the Seven Absolutes Hall, the Offering Hall, and the Blood Blade Hall, among others; while the outer sect includes the Flying Bird Hall, the Treasure Gathering Hall, the Four Seas Hall, and the Outer Blade Hall, among others.

A month later.

After Wang Juechu emerged from seclusion, he met Lu Yao in the Valley of Forgetfulness. They exchanged pleasantries for a while before leaving the Valley.

During his conversation with Wang Juechu, Lu Yao also learned that the Seven Mysteries Sect's once-every-five-years disciple recruitment conference was about to be held, and that Wang Juechu had come out of seclusion precisely for this purpose.

Recruiting new disciples is an extremely important matter for a sect. Only with a continuous influx of fresh blood can the sect maintain its vitality.

The Seven Mysteries Sect is currently in decline, so it attaches great importance to recruiting disciples.

The disciples of the Seven Mysteries Sect have now set off to various towns and villages within their territory to spread the word about the sect's recruitment drive and to send any children who are willing to sign up to the sect for the assessment.

Becoming a disciple of a martial arts sect is an opportunity that countless people living at the bottom of society dream of.

As long as you become a disciple of the Seven Mysteries Sect, you can immediately receive ten taels of silver, and you will also receive a monthly stipend. It can be said that your future is limitless.

Therefore, every time the Seven Mysteries Sect recruits disciples, at least forty or fifty people participate.

However, no more than half of them can join the Seven Mysteries Sect.

Most of them will be accepted into the outer sect, and only the most talented will be accepted into the inner sect.

The difference between outer and inner disciples is not only in their treatment, but also in the martial arts they practice.

Of course, if an outer disciple performs well enough and makes contributions to the sect, they can also be promoted to an inner disciple.