Chapter 818 - 812 Sect Changes: Qi Fortune at Its Peak
High above the nine heavens, a magnificent figure streaked across the sky, flying toward the Mountain Gate of the Beast Taming Sect.
The speed of the Undying Qingluan was incredibly fast!
Originally a Divine Bird, its Qingluan Bloodline was already formidable. After merging with the Bloodline Power of the Phoenix and other powerful Otherworldly Divine Beasts and Demon Beasts, its body mutated, its strength evolved, making it even more powerful, and its speed became more astonishing.
So, even though it was equivalent to a Demon Immortal in the True Immortal Realm, its speed was no less than that of an average Heavenly Immortal.
Of course, this was also related to the Phoenix lineage born as the sky’s rulers.
The Qingluan is a Phoenix Species, inherently possessing divine speed; otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to compete in speed with beings of higher realms!
Racing all the way, it crossed the vast Southern Domain in just a few days, returning to the Mountain Gate of the Beast Taming Sect!
Qin Feng remained seated cross-legged on the back of the Undying Qingluan.
These past few days, he was somewhat disheartened.
Even though he had obtained the inherited Immortal Artifact, the Moon Gold Wheel, from the Ancient Great Sect Guanghan Palace, he had no interest in Refining it and felt no joy in his heart. Instead, it reminded him of his senior sister Liu Xuanling, who was with him when he seized treasures in the Guanghan Secret Realm.
Since his senior sister became trapped in the Abyss Forbidden Land, there had been no news of her, leaving her life or death uncertain. Even if she were still alive, her situation would likely be dire.
It’s easy to imagine that such a place, considered forbidden by the Abyss, feared even by the vicious Abyss Exonents, couldn’t be a good place!
Because of his bad mood, he hadn’t done any cultivation on the way, rare days of relaxation.
However, this supposed relaxation didn’t improve his mood, but made him even more pained.
It wasn’t until the Undying Qingluan let out a clear cry, reminding him that they had sighted the Mountain Gate of the Beast Taming Sect and were about to return to the Sect, that he shook off his gloom, reorganized his thoughts, and faced the upcoming return to the Sect.
Although his senior sister’s situation saddened him, there was still a glimmer of hope, so Qin Feng didn’t remain despondent for long.
Having been away from the Sect for years on the expedition, now finally returning to the Sect, and triumphant no less, he couldn’t have a sorrowful expression on his face. Otherwise, his fellow disciples wouldn’t know what to make of it.
“Chirp…”
The Undying Qingluan saw him returning to his usual confident and spirited self, and immediately issued a phoenix cry that resounded through the mountains!
At first, the people inside and outside the Mountain Gate, due to its speed being too fast, hadn’t noticed. Upon hearing the loud phoenix cry, they turned their heads, and many high-level cultivators spotted the splendid feathered, imposing Demon Immortal!
Seeing it, many instantly realized that Qin Feng had returned.
Although Qin Feng often went out and wasn’t in the Sect, his fame hadn’t diminished in the slightest. Instead, thanks to the Beast Taming Sect promoting him continuously, his renown grew even more notable.
Especially since the large expeditionary force of the Four Great Sects had returned from the Canglan Realm, simultaneously spreading stories of Qin Feng’s deeds in the Otherworld.
Such as single-handedly going on a diplomatic mission to the Divine Mountain, successfully persuading the Canglan God King to join the Biluo Camp, who, grateful for Qin Feng’s favor, allowed him to bathe in the Holy Lake of the Canglan Realm, resulting in an immediate breakthrough to Heavenly Immortal.
Later, during the encirclement of the wizard, he released his spiritual beasts to form the Ten Thousand Beasts Formation, easily cutting down a sixth-level Great Witch comparable to a Profound Immortal with the Ancient Demon God’s phantom.
And during the expedition to the Metal World, he even seized the world’s Origin Divine Object, the Metal Heart.
Such achievements, such opportunities, any one of them could make countless cultivators envious, let alone all these opportunities centered on Qin Feng alone!
Although Qin Feng hadn’t returned with the main expeditionary force to the Sect, the legend of him spread inside and outside the Sect!
Even with the Beast Taming Sect’s promotion amidst the heated discussions of countless cultivators in the Cultivation World, this news spread across the Five Domains, making many cultivators aware of Qin Feng’s deeds in the Otherworld, and also spreading much of his personal details.
And many stories became more exaggerated as they spread!
It’s unavoidable; Heavenly Destiny Chosen Sons naturally attract attention, especially when rapid-progressing peerless talents draw even more focus in these times of great competition!
If not, who would care about those elder cultivators who might not appear before ordinary cultivators for hundreds or thousands of years?
These had little impact on Qin Feng himself, given he hadn’t spent much time cultivating in the Sect these years, with most of his time spent fighting outside and seizing various opportunities.
In comparison, it benefited the Sect more, because when such a figure of prestige like Qin Feng became widely sung and praised, it invisibly boosted the Beast Taming Sect’s reputation, attracting more proud and ambitious young talents to seek apprenticeship.
All geniuses have a bit of pride, and if a Sect lacks fame, strength, and potential, it makes young boys and girls disdainful.
The Beast Taming Sect, a Major Sect with two Heavenly Destiny Chosen Sons emerging in succession, often publicized their achievements and cultivation speeds, naturally drawing countless young people’s attention.
As for their pride after entering the Mountain Gate, it became negligible.
To stand out among countless disciples, one must demonstrate abilities matching their pride. With the current financial resources and materials of the Beast Taming Sect, more resources will undoubtedly be provided for cultivation if the potential is strong enough.
Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen didn’t pay much attention to the Sect’s promotion in this aspect, but under such circumstances, their undisguised details became widely known externally.
For instance, the appearances of Qin Feng’s nine Spiritual Beasts, the variety of Laws he cultivated, the strength of his war power, etc.!
Thus, although there were countless cultivators inside and outside the Beast Taming Sect Mountain Gate now, most hadn’t seen Qin Feng in person, yet upon seeing the Undying Qingluan, many instantly realized Qin Feng had returned from the Otherworld!
It’s not hard to guess!
Though the Beast Taming Sect is the most concentrated place of Biluo’s spiritual beasts, where innumerable spiritual beasts come and go daily,
because of the Phoenix clan’s betrayal during the Ancient Great Tribulation, purebred Phoenixes in Biluo are no more, and even Phoenix Species with purer bloodlines are scant!
Though many Spiritual Birds have a bit of Phoenix Bloodline, it’s relatively thin. There aren’t many Phoenix Species whose bloodline is relatively pure, even in the Beast Taming Sect Mountain Gate.
More importantly, besides a Supreme Elder of the Vermilion Bird Lineage nurturing a Vermilion Bird at the Demon Immortal Realm, only Qin Feng possesses a Qingluan at the Demon Immortal Realm!
Other Spiritual Birds with Phoenix Bloodline don’t have such cultivation!
Although his Qingluan is somewhat different from what’s recorded in the Ten Thousand Demons Map, its relatively pure Phoenix Bloodline is unmistakable.
Moreover, it’s a Qingluan at the Demon Immortal Realm!
So, discerning individuals immediately recognized it as the Undying Qingluan, one of Qin Feng’s nine Spiritual Beasts!
Recognizing the Undying Qingluan naturally meant knowing Qin Feng’s presence!
Boom…
In just a moment, countless cultivators gathered inside and outside the mountain gate, making it lively.
Especially the twelve marketplaces outside the mountain gate and the location of the one hundred and eight peaks of the Outer, the already bustling sounds instantly rose to several levels.
Since the Beast Taming Sect returned from the expedition to the Red Flame Demon Realm, they have widely recruited disciples by opening the mountain gate. Over the years, countless cultivators have been gathered in the Inner and Outer Sects, especially Outer Disciples, numbering in the millions, almost ten times more than when Qin Feng first entered the mountain gate, which is an extremely large number.
And with the strength of the Beast Taming Sect, the daily consumption of the vast number of disciples alone is enough to make the twelve marketplaces exceptionally lively, not to mention the treasures that have spread from the Beast Taming Sect across multiple worlds.
Especially recently, when resources from the Five Elements World, including Canglan, flowed out from the Sect, the liveliness of the twelve marketplaces outside the Beast Taming Sect’s mountain gate reached a peak.
Other resources are easier to say, but the demand for Five Elements Resources has always been the largest in the entire cultivation world. Except for a few cultivators who have practiced special techniques, no cultivator does not need cultivation resources of the Five Elements type.
Whether it is spiritual medicine or spiritual material, magical treasure or spirit pill, all are indispensable for daily cultivation, not to mention that cultivators also need to refine various magical treasures for self-defense.
Over the years, even as the Beast Taming Sect repeatedly expanded the twelve marketplaces, even directly transforming the marketplaces into twelve large cities, the number of cultivators pouring in daily still continues to increase.
The arrival of these cultivators not only buys a variety of items but also invisibly drives various industries.
The Pavilion Master of the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion within the Beast Taming Sect is a business-savvy individual, not only having early on reached resource complementary agreements with allies like the Five Poisons Sect, Ghost Controlling Sect, and even Chaotian Palace from the joint expedition to the Otherworld, but also dispatched multiple elders, even personally traveling across the Five Domains, contacting many sects to discuss various cooperation possibilities.
As a result, under his leadership, the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion not only drew a large number of cultivators from the Sect to form large caravans traveling across the Five Domains, transporting the Beast Taming Sect’s goods out and bringing back special resources from the Five Domains. In just a few decades, the business of the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion expanded a hundredfold, establishing branches in many major forces throughout the Five Domains.
The strong rise of the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion even once made the Ten Thousand Treasures Building feel threatened!
Originally, in the Southern Domain, they had the largest and most profitable business, but now with the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion intruding, it immediately made them vigilant.
However, they quickly gave up their various thoughts.
The reason is that nowadays, the Beast Taming Sect is not only favored by the heavens but also possesses extremely formidable strength, which a commerce-founded force like the Ten Thousand Treasures Building cannot face head-on.
Moreover, the market in the Five Domains is enormous, and with the Biluo Expedition into the void, they can not only do business in the Land of Five Domains but even expand to the Outer worlds. Why should they fight internally with the Beast Taming Sect?
Therefore, the Ten Thousand Treasures Building, adhering to the principle of creating wealth through harmony and fair competition, not only avoided conflict with the Beast Taming Sect but instead leveraged the past amicable cooperation to reach an agreement with Pavilion Master Hu Yan of the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion, joining hands in many areas to make money together, which proved more profitable than a price war.
They even deepened their cooperation by providing each other with resources they lacked, and then helping each other dominate markets in areas beyond their respective reach.
As a result, the twelve marketplaces outside the Beast Taming Sect’s mountain gate not only collected treasures from across the Five Domains but also exchanged unique resources from world-dominating sects from the Otherworld expeditions, making the Beast Taming Sect one of the major resource hubs in the entire Five Domains and attracting countless cultivators.
Now, each of the twelve marketplaces has become a large city capable of accommodating millions of cultivators, with the largest Azure Dragon Square experiencing a surge of people daily.
Just the income from these twelve marketplaces is enough to make the Beast Taming Sect earn substantial profits, even greater than the benefits of capturing a Medium World. Adding the numerous branches that radiate from the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion, the profits are astonishing!
While earning countless resources, the Beast Taming Sect is also attentive to the training of disciples, not hoarding resources for future use, but rather increasing the intensity of cultivation.
Although the Beast Taming Sect has relaxed the number of disciples selected for the Inner Sect, the quality has become more stringent.
To enter the Inner Sect, not only must one’s power be stronger, but talent, aptitude, and understanding are also indispensable.
Otherwise, one can only stay in the Outer, waiting for the opportunity to join expeditions and strive to acquire more resources in the Otherworld, hoping to form a Golden Core as soon as possible.
The current rule set by the Beast Taming Sect is that if one cannot successfully form a Core before the age of fifty, even if they form a Golden Core, they can only be an Outer Elder responsible for managing various Outer matters and cannot claim the title of Inner Sect Disciple!
Even so, countless cultivators still want to join the Beast Taming Sect; even becoming Outer Elders offers benefits.
Because the Outer Elders of the Beast Taming Sect are responsible for various industries, operating under the Ten Thousand Demons Pavilion’s vast commercial network, occupying these lucrative positions allows them to accumulate large amounts of resources for cultivation, and they still have a chance to advance to the Purple Mansion and be recognized by the Sect again to join the Inner Sect!
More importantly, these positions not only pay well but are nowhere near as dangerous as fighting in the Otherworld. As long as they don’t encounter those blinded by greed who attempt to attack the Beast Taming Sect’s caravans, they basically have no life-threatening risks!
This has become the preferred occupation for many cultivators without ambition and courage who dare not join the expedition army to the Otherworld to fight desperately.
However, these cultivators, who are originally of mediocre aptitude and have lost the courage to progress bravely, have little prospect of significant advancement in their cultivation, and the Sect has set a rule that they can only enter the Inner Sect by advancing to the Purple Mansion.
Upon reaching the Purple Mansion Realm, even if not sent to fight in all directions, they can still be sent out to hold a position.
This is the best path for the mediocre in the Outer.
The competition among the geniuses in the Inner Sect is far more intense than the Outer would even imagine.
Because the Beast Taming Sect’s requirements for selecting True Inheritance are stricter now than at any previous time.
Only extraordinary geniuses with rapidly advancing cultivation or those who have made great contributions even have the qualifications to compete.
This aims to select truly exceptional geniuses for cultivation from all angles!
After all, there are too many geniuses within the sect now, and many who are considered geniuses in their own families and various cities are a dime a dozen in the Beast Taming Sect.
Therefore, to stand out among countless geniuses, one must possess talents far surpassing ordinary geniuses, with higher requirements for cultivation realm and battle power.
Otherwise, even if they become True Disciples, they would not be able to handle challenges from those unwilling to acknowledge them!
Qin Feng returned to the mountain gate during this energetic phase of the entire Sect.
He stood up on the back of the Undying Qingluan, with a spirit light flashing in his eyes, easily noticing the many changes within the Sect during the years he had been away.
The most significant change was the greater number of disciples and more cultivators who advanced to the Purple Mansion Realm, while the marketplaces outside the mountain gate were bustling to the extreme.
He felt a boundless emotion in his heart.
It seems that in the years of his progress, others have not been idle either.
Not to mention, just transforming the marketplaces outside the mountain gate to such an extent requires a great deal of effort.
However, the benefits are also evident!
He shook his head, no longer focusing on the boiling crowd below, but looked up into the distance.
There, a tall and heroic figure appeared!
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