299: Fang Tianzong

Three days later, 78 million kilometers from the East Sea coast, there was a huge island.

The Fangtian Sect was located on this island.

It was still early morning, but people were already coming and going in an endless stream on the island.

Large and small passenger ships docked by the island, arriving and departing constantly.

As a top sect in the Eastern Profound Domain, the Fangtian Sect was also a behemoth of the East Sea.

Coupled with abundant resources, numerous martial arts and techniques, and powerful strength, countless people wished to join it.

Although the Fangtian Sect had specific times for recruiting disciples and would occasionally send people out to find talented disciples.

This did not mean that disciples could not be recruited at other times.

To avoid missing out on some geniuses, the high-ranking members of the Fangtian Sect set up three tests outside the mountain gate.

As long as one completed them within the specified age, standards, and methods, they could directly join the Fangtian Sect.

Furthermore, their status and treatment after entering would be determined by their performance in the tests.

Everyone knew that the Fangtian Sect's trials would definitely not be simple.

As long as one could join and become a member of the Fangtian Sect.

Even the worst disciple treatment there was much better than being a rogue cultivator outside.

This rule attracted countless people every day, attempting to seize that sliver of an opportunity to join the Fangtian Sect.

Among the people coming and going, ages varied; some were eleven or twelve, others ranged from twenty to thirty.

When testing, being younger always had some advantage in the evaluation.

And if it didn't work this time, being young meant they could try again next time.

Many people here were not participating in the test for the first time.

The Fangtian Sect's maximum age limit was thirty, and some people had been trying since they were eleven, still unable to enter even as they approached thirty.

Among them, most of the younger ones were accompanied by their parents, while the older ones mostly came by themselves.

The eyes of those young children were full of confidence, looking eager to try, clearly considered a considerable genius in their hometown.

From the mountain gate, people occasionally entered with anticipation, and occasionally walked out dejectedly.

Some children, having just walked out, wiped away tears and ran to their parents, crying loudly with grievances.

Those a bit older, while not crying, also had rather grim expressions.

They looked worried and distracted, not even noticing when they accidentally bumped into someone.

Who among those who came here wasn't a well-known genius in their hometown?

But here, there were too many 'geniuses'!

Even the twelve-year-old peak Condensation Realm cultivator was eliminated.

Chen De had arrived here two days earlier; a mere few tens of millions of kilometers was no big effort.

After arriving, Chen De learned that the giant teleportation array would open three days later.

Chen De certainly couldn't just wait foolishly for those three days.

So, Chen De, using his teleportation array quota and his Void Union Realm status, settled down nearby.

Just outside this island of the Fangtian Sect, there were also some smaller islands scattered around.

Most of these were businesses run by internal members of the Fangtian Sect.

With people coming and going daily, some would even choose to bribe disciples for information.

All in all, it was a considerable income.

The island where Chen De stayed was only about 8 million square kilometers in size.

It was said to be one of many islands under a Fangtian Sect elder, managed by people he arranged.

It was also fully equipped with various entertainment facilities, and some of its inhabitants were natives, while others came from outside.

Normally, they didn't need to do anything, just pay taxes on time.

It was said that several surrounding islands were specifically used to house disciples' families.

When the Fangtian Sect recruited disciples, locals from these islands were also given priority.

Chen De arrived here without making a fuss, simply finding a place to stay quietly.

He casually checked on the island's manager to see if there was any exploitation of the common people.

The manager was only at the Myriad Transformation Realm, and had no methods left behind by the Fangtian Sect on him.

Clearly, his rank was not high enough.

Thus, for someone of this level, Chen De merely glanced at him from afar and successfully Influenced him.

Chen De always had a habit: wherever he went, he would do good deeds.

When leaving, he would always make sure to leave behind a few good people.

Perhaps it wouldn't be useful now, but who could say what the future held?

After living here for a few days, the island had all sorts of entertainment.

However, Chen De still felt a bit bored; all these forms of entertainment were the same.

Eating, drinking, and mating; nothing new besides these.

Bored, Chen De could only casually Influence a few villains, teaching them to punish evil and promote good.

Then he sent them to other islands to eliminate scourges for the people.

Using evil to combat evil, one effort, twofold peace.

It was said to have caused quite a stir.

But since everything happened on another island, none of it concerned Chen De.

After that, Chen De found there was nothing else to do.

Occasionally, he would go to the main island, adding some people to the Holy Mother Sect and helping them pass their trials.

For the rest of the time, Chen De spent it entirely eating and drinking.

As for seeking out beautiful women, there were times Chen De did have such thoughts.

However, whenever he saw those hot-bodied, scantily clad women.

Chen De would have an urge to strip them naked and dissect them on the spot for research.

But Chen De knew this wasn't his territory, and everything had to be kept low-key.

Yet, every time he ate fish, looking at the wide-eyed fish head.

He would involuntarily think, what if he transferred the head of that cute, innocent little girl who just served the dish onto this fish?

Would it become even cuter?

Of course, these were just thoughts; Chen De wasn't that wicked yet.

When he felt bored, Chen De would return to his residence to research the Three Gates Seal.

After countless modifications and uses by Chen De, the Three Gates Seal had become extremely perfected.

However, there was still a tiny flaw: when producing large quantities of Origin Orbs, black smoke would always appear.

This black smoke was essentially caused by the soul's origin not being sufficiently compressed.

In the Three Gates Seal, Spirit Devouring and Blood Refining both came from innate abilities.

Only Soul Devouring was something Chen De himself put together.

The step-by-step refinement and its final outcome all depended on Chen De himself.

Fortunately, after such a long period of research, Chen De now had a glimmer of an idea for solving this problem.

Chen De's initial thought was to use his soul power, combined with spatial power, to form a special space, and then...

Chen De had already come up with a method; all that remained was continuous operation and debugging.

However, now there was no time for these things.

Because the time for the Fangtian Sect to open the giant teleportation array to the Southern Xuan Domain had arrived!