47: Chapter 47 Becoming a Disciple of the Heavenly Profound Sect

[The village chief of Xiao Mao Village is named Mao Feng, and he is at the Void Refinement Stage (mid-stage). You sense that he seems to have no ill intent, which allows you to relax a little.]

[Just as you are both confused, Mao Feng takes an item out of his storage bag. The moment this object is brought out, Yang Cong becomes immediately excited.]

[Mao Feng tells you that this item is a dragon horn deposited in their Xiao Mao Village ten thousand years ago by the patriarch of the Giant Flood Dragon Clan to help them suppress the evil spirits in these mountains.]

[After the war in the Upper Realm broke out, their Xiao Mao Village could do nothing about the tragic state of the Giant Flood Dragon Clan, so they could only hide it to avoid detection. He had assumed that the Giant Flood Dragon Clan might have long been wiped out by the passage of ten thousand years; he did not expect to meet them again today. Now, he returns this item to its rightful owner.]

[You are very surprised to hear this. How could the Giant Flood Dragon Clan have a dragon horn? Aren't the Giant Flood Dragons always suppressed by the bloodline of the Dragon Clan?]

[Yang Cong is extremely excited and tells you that with this item, he can not only recover his cultivation base but even has the hope of advancing further.]

[You are naturally very happy as well; after all, Yang Cong's increased strength also means increased combat power for you. Moreover, it seems that Mao Feng is a person of good character, and perhaps you can inquire about some matters concerning the Upper Realm from him.]

[Mao Feng is not surprised by your request; after all, when he saw Yang Cong, he knew for sure that you had snuck into the Upper Realm from the Spirit Ruins Realm.]

[Upon your inquiry, you learn that some time ago, the three holy land factions of the Nine Heavens Domain issued a public notice in the Upper Realm demanding strict investigation of people entering the Upper Realm from various realms. It is said that an ancient magical treasure called the space-time mirror has reappeared in the world, and the news was intercepted by the ancestors of the holy lands.]

[You keenly sense that this magical treasure called the space-time mirror likely has a connection to the simulator.]

"The space-time mirror? Related to the simulator?"

Seeing this, Chen Yuan rubs the corners of his eyes. The simulator can simulate events that occur in future timelines, and Chen Yuan had always assumed it was a cheat he awakened after transmigrating to the Spirit Ruins Realm. But now, based on the simulation, it is possible that the simulator and this so-called space-time mirror really are related.

"Could it be last time, when I loaded the map of the Upper Realm?"

Chen Yuan dares not be certain, but he thinks that if he needed to load the Upper Realm, it certainly would have involved some contamination with the Heavenly Dao of the Upper Realm. Perhaps it was discovered by those holy land ancestors at that exact moment.

"There is nothing that can be done at this point; I can only take it one step at a time."

Chen Yuan sighs helplessly and turns his gaze back to the simulator.

[Moreover, that so-called Nine Heavens Domain is the very faction that is hunting down your father.]

[You ask Mao Feng about news regarding your father, Divine Monarch Xuan Xiao, but Mao Feng shakes his head, indicating he is not very clear about it. The reason he knows about the space-time mirror is because Xiao Mao Village is located in the east of the Upper Realm, near a sect called the Tianxuan Sect, whose Sect Master is at the Immortal Monarch cultivation level and holds quite a prestigious position in the Upper Realm.]

[Upon hearing this news, you immediately form the intention to join the Tianxuan Sect. After all, you are currently all alone, and your eldest and second brothers did not follow you to the Upper Realm. Joining a sect is your best option, though you must first determine if the Tianxuan Sect is safe.]

[You submit your request to join the Tianxuan Sect to Mao Feng. After pondering for a moment, he tells you that in half a year, the Tianxuan Sect will open recruitment for Outer Sect Disciples. If your talent is heaven-defying and you can achieve good results in the competition, you might be able to become an apprentice at the Tianxuan Sect directly.]

[Mao Feng invites you to stay in Xiao Mao Village first. Although Xiao Mao Village does not have abundant resources, it has the advantage of being safe.]

[In the following half-year, you begin bitter cultivation in Xiao Mao Village. Fortunately, you obtained quite a few cultivation resources from Hao Xitian, which are enough to support your cultivation.]

[You begin to work hard to improve your own cultivation base; after all, being at the third level of the Spirit Severing Stage is indeed somewhat insufficient.]

[Half a year later, you have raised your cultivation to the perfection of the fifth level of the Spirit Severing Stage, and you have also just about exhausted all the resources in your hands.]

[However, to your pleasant surprise, Yang Cong successfully recovers his cultivation to the Void Refinement Stage, and your safety factor is greatly increased. During the half-year in Xiao Mao Village, you are not discovered by any Upper Realm Inspector. You speculate that you were likely marked while in the space tunnel during the last simulation, leading to you being tracked.]

[During this half-year, you also cultivated quite a bit of fertile land in Xiao Mao Village to grow spiritual herbs and plants. Your talent as a Spirit Plant Master also begins to manifest, and almost every spiritual plant is of top quality.]

[After packing up, you head to the Tianxuan Sect's recruitment assembly under Mao Feng's guidance. To be safe, Yang Cong does not accompany you. After all, even Mao Feng can discern Yang Cong's identity as a Giant Flood Dragon; it would be troublesome if it were exposed outside.]

[Mao Feng instructs you that you must not expose your identity from the Spirit Ruins Realm; if anyone asks, just say you are his distant cousin.]

[The Tianxuan Sect has a high status in the Upper Realm, so countless people come to pay their respects at every recruitment assembly. However, becoming an Outer Sect Disciple is not difficult; what is difficult is becoming an apprentice at the Tianxuan Sect.]

[Although your cultivation at the fifth level of the Spirit Severing Stage is not particularly outstanding among the many people paying their respects, because you are only twenty years old and are already a Seventh-Order Array Master, you are snatched up by many Tianxuan Sect elders before you even begin the second assessment.]

"No way? I thought it was supposed to be very difficult. A Seventh-Order Array Master—is it really that difficult?"

Chen Yuan curls his lips. He had thought that he would have to put in some effort to become an apprentice at the Tianxuan Sect; it seems he underestimated himself.

[This commotion alerts the Ninth Elder of the Tianxuan Sect. Subsequently, under his well-intentioned persuasion, many elders give up, and you logically become an apprentice under the Ninth Elder, Wu Xuan.]

[However, there are quite a few geniuses like you; you even see a 15-year-old Nascent Soul cultivator, as well as someone under thirty years old like you who is already an Eighth-Order Alchemist.]

[Although the status of alchemists and Array Masters in the Upper Realm is not as exaggerated as it is in the Spirit Ruins Realm, in Wu Xuan's view, you still have a great deal of room for growth. If you are nurtured properly, you might be able to add another Array Master to the Tianxuan Sect.]

[Very quickly, you enter the Tianxuan Sect and begin your cultivation. The Tianxuan Sect is worthy of being a major sect in the Upper Realm; although it is not as powerful as those holy lands, it is not stingy at all towards you disciples.]

[Your cultivation speed in the Tianxuan Sect is incredibly fast, and there are even specialized Array Masters to explain array formations to you.]

[What surprises Wu Xuan even more is that you are not only quite talented in array formations, but you are also a genius in the field of planting spiritual plants. Almost every spiritual plant or herb you grow is of top quality; as long as you are given resources, you can provide an endless supply of top-quality alchemy materials.]

[By relying on planting spiritual plants, you obtain quite a lot of sect contribution points and resources. Besides exchanging for resources, sect contribution points can also allow you to gain many opportunities for secret realm exploration and lectures from experts.]

[Not long after, your reputation resounds throughout the Tianxuan Sect. Everyone knows that the Ninth Elder's newly accepted apprentice is not only a genius in cultivation and array formations, but even has extremely high talent in planting spiritual plants.]

[Because being a Spirit Plant Master is a very niche profession that requires extremely high talent and effort, it is nevertheless one of the most profitable professions in the Upper Realm. It can be said that even if you did not join the Tianxuan Sect, you would have an endless stream of resources just by relying on planting spiritual plants.]