Normally, the sect would have a Supreme Elder holding down the fort to prevent outside invasions and Demonic Calamities from descending. The inner sect's First Elder was in charge of the internal affairs.
The Haotian Sect was no exception. To a certain extent, the authority of the sect's inner sect elders was equivalent to that of the Sect Master.
The First Elder's family name was Han. Xiao Chen had met him before when he made an exception and traveled far away. He did not know why the First Elder was looking for him, so Xiao Chen asked out of curiosity.
Shui Lingling smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know when you get there. Come with me."
The two soared into the air. Under Shui Lingling's lead, they flew higher and higher. Soon, they approached the inner city. However, they showed no signs of descending.
Xiao Chen felt suspicious. He looked up and used his sharp Spiritual Sense to look at the boundless space. He could feel something slightly different.
However, he could not pinpoint exactly what was different. It was like a goose feather drifting in the air, indistinct and indistinct.
Shui Lingling took out a jade strip and tossed it into the air. A light flickered in the air, and a spatial door appeared from nowhere. Then, Shui Lingling took a step forward and vanished from Xiao Chen's sight.
Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xiao Chen rushed forward and entered the spatial door before it closed. The spatial door immediately closed silently, not attracting anyone's attention.
After walking in the space-time tunnel for some time, the scene before Xiao Chen suddenly opened up. Unexpectedly, there was a completely different world inside, a completely different world.
When Xiao Chen looked up, the starry sky looked very strange. The sky was clearly not dark at all. However, the boundless stars on the other shore were clearly visible, both bright and dark, inspiring wonder.
There was a continuous mountain range on the ground. The mountains were lush and green. Xiao Chen could see pavilions and strong Spirit Beasts galloping about.
In the center of the mountain range was a huge platform with hundreds of huge warships parked on it. Xiao Chen observed the auras of those warships.
He discovered that the lowest-ranked warships were Sage Grade Secret Treasure warships. However, when he looked carefully, he discovered that there were many King Grade warships.
In the Sky Dome Realm, the Noble Clans treated the King Grade warships as family heirlooms. Unexpectedly, there were so many of them here.
Thousands of palaces floated in the air, surrounded by dense spiritual clouds. Looking at the Spiritual Vein Origins suppressed under the palaces, if one counted carefully, there were at least four Grade 1 Spiritual Veins suppressed under each palace.
Seeing the appearance of Xiao Chen and Shui Lingling, powerful Mental Energy was sent out from the palaces and flew towards them.
His spiritual power circled around Shui Lingling's body and then concentrated on him. Xiao Chen frowned slightly and instinctively set up a Bounded Domain around himself with his Divine Sense.
However, there were still a few extremely powerful psychic forces that directly penetrated Xiao Chen's divine sense, wanting to enter his body to see clearly.
Xiao Chen could not help but feel horrified. The masters of these psychic forces were all Superior Grade Martial Sages. In terms of cultivation, they were no weaker than the Extreme Yin Old Man.
The feeling of being seen through was not a good one. Ever since Xiao Chen's Purple Thunder Divine Incantation advanced to the sixth layer, he had not experienced such a situation for a long time.
Xiao Chen's face sank, and the purple Lightning Talisman in his sea of consciousness started circulating. Strands of Spiritual Sense carrying the might of the immortal will of thunder swept out.
When those psychic forces saw the Spiritual Sense containing the will of thunder approaching, they all dodged, not daring to clash head-on.
Some psychic forces did not manage to pull them out in time and were directly refined by Xiao Chen's Spiritual Sense. Muffled groans came from the palaces. Clearly, they suffered some losses.
Xiao Chen felt somewhat surprised. He asked, "First Senior Sister, what is this place?"
Shui Lingling answered, "This is the Haotian Sect. This is the place of ten thousand years of accumulation. It is also where the elites of the entire sect are. You will soon become one of them."
Xiao Chen now understood. It turned out that the Haotian City outside was just a facade. This was the true foundation of the Haotian Sect.
No wonder Xiao Chen found it strange. The Haotian Sect was one of the Nine Ranks of the Great Families. Why did it only have seven or eight true inheritors? Furthermore, there were very few Martial Sages in the sect.
It turned out that they all ran here. When a cultivator advanced to Martial Sage, their lifespan would increase rapidly, reaching five hundred years.
The number of cultivators who could advance to Martial Sage in the Kunlun Realm was one in ten thousand. The chances were extremely low. This was even lower in the Sky Dome Realm.
If not for the vast Spiritual Energy and horrifying population of the Kunlun Realm, there would not be so many Martial Sages.
However, once a cultivator advanced to Martial Sage, their long lifespan ensured that they could survive for a very long time. Nearly all the Martial Sages of the Haotian Sect in the past thousands of years were gathered here.
Most of the people in this secret realm were Martial Sages. Aside from them, there were the previous true inheritors of the Haotian Sect. These people were only one step away from Martial Sage.
These people were under one hundred years old and were the focus of the Haotian Sect's nurturing. They could be considered a reserve force of elites. If an older-generation Martial Sage fell, they could immediately replace them.
Only then could a sect be guaranteed to last a long time and not fall. Once the reserve forces could not keep up, the rank of the sect would automatically fall in less than five hundred years.
Such a situation was very common in the Kunlun Realm. Although there were many Nine Ranks of the Great Families, there were very few Nine Ranks of the Great Families that could last forever.
"Lass Ling, who is this fellow?!"
As the two spoke, a palace flew over from the distance like a castle in the sky. The fog formed by Spiritual Energy scattered, and a spirited old man walked out with a smile.
When Shui Lingling saw this old man, her eyes lit up. She could not help but smile gently. "It is rare for Martial Uncle Qin to be so free and come out of closed-door cultivation. I tried to visit you a few times, but the door was always shut in my face."
However, the old man with the family name Qin laughed loudly and said, "Do you think I still do not know what you want? This purple bow of yours is already a high-ranked Sage Grade Secret Treasure. If it is upgraded again, it will become a peak Sage Grade Secret Treasure. This old man will not be able to endure your exploitation."
"Petty."
Shui Lingling muttered. Then, she introduced this old man to Xiao Chen. This was Elder Qin of the sect. He advanced to Martial Sage five hundred years ago. Now, he was already a peak Superior Grade Martial Sage.
Elder Qin could be considered a grandmaster-level Martial Sage. His strength was unfathomable. Furthermore, he was very good at refining Secret Treasures and managed the Refining Pavilion in the sect.
Xiao Chen understood. While this old man did not put on any airs, based on Shui Lingling's introduction, he was a bona fide major character in the Haotian Sect.
"Junior Xiao Chen greets Elder Qin. Greetings, Elder Qin." Not daring to be too casual, Xiao Chen performed a cupped-fist salute.
The Refining Pavilion's Elder Qin glanced at Xiao Chen and revealed a contemplative expression. He wanted to see through Xiao Chen. However, he felt that there was a thick layer of fog that prevented him from seeing the light.
Feeling helpless, Elder Qin could only give up. He said, "Brat, you are really not simple. No wonder that Elder Bai and the others suffered at your hands. They are probably too ashamed to face others now."
When Shui Lingling heard this, she could not help but feel slightly startled. The Elder Qin mentioned were all major characters of the Haotian Sect. However, they were all major characters of the Supreme Sky Sect. They had lived for several hundred years and possessed unfathomable strength, all grandmaster-level Martial Sages.
If they took another step forward, they would be able to break through to the Great Dao and become the Blue Robed Emperor. Unexpectedly, they suffered at Xiao Chen's hands.
After being praised like this by a grandmaster-level Martial Sage, no matter how thick Xiao Chen's skin was, he felt somewhat embarrassed. Any one of these people could kill him with a flick of a finger.
"Senior is joking."
Elder Qin smiled and said, "I am not joking. Brat, are you interested in Secret Treasures? I am already so old, and my disciples are not skilled enough. If you are interested, this old man does not mind taking in a final disciple. "
Elder Qin's expression was somewhat stunned. He could not understand why Elder Qin suddenly wanted to take in a disciple.
However, Elder Qin appeared very serious. He continued, "This old man is the Pavilion Master of the Refining Pavilion. As long as you become my disciple, you will not lack Secret Treasures in the future. You will be able to change the tattered items you have on you immediately.
"Wait, that's not right. There is still an inferior Grade Sage Grade Secret Treasure in your body that has not been completely refined. Hehe! This pagoda has great potential. If you become my disciple, I can immediately upgrade it to a peak Sage Grade Secret Treasure."
When Shui Lingling, who was at the side, heard this, she frowned slightly. She smiled and said, "Elder Qin, you are really something. The moment my junior brother came over, you gave me a Secret Treasure and helped me upgrade it. I have already asked you to help me upgrade my purple bow to a peak Sage Grade Secret Treasure many times."
When Elder Qin heard this, he laughed and said, "That purple bow of yours is a Magic Treasure from the Immortal Epoch. Now, it is probably no weaker than a King Grade Secret Treasure. This old man really cannot afford to spend the resources needed to upgrade it."
"Stingy!" Shui Lingling said with a pout.
Elder Qin smiled awkwardly and said, "Junior, have you thought it through? If you follow me and travel the boundless Starry Heavens, you will not have to worry about not having enough Secret Treasures."
Xiao Chen could not help feeling tempted. After all, the other party was a grandmaster-level Martial Sage with more than five hundred years of cultivation. His strength was unfathomable and he knew how to refine Secret Treasures.
Taking this person as Xiao Chen's master would definitely be of great help to him. However, he was hesitant. Xiao Chen had a free personality and found it hard to abide by some rules.
"Hahaha! Old Qin, you are just a lousy blacksmith, and you want to take in such a good seedling? You are dreaming. You have to ask whether we agree or not."
Resonant laughter resounded, and a few more Martial Sage palaces flew over. A few old men parted the spiritual fog and appeared before Xiao Chen.
Shui Lingling felt somewhat shocked. She said, "Elder Bai, Elder Qi, Elder Liu, and Elder Wu, why are you all here?"
Without a doubt, these people were all grandmaster-level Martial Sages. One of them even made Xiao Chen feel boundless pressure from his bones.
The purple talisman in Xiao Chen's sea of consciousness trembled as it spun continuously. Only when the immortal inscriptions flickered did the situation take a turn for the better.
Xiao Chen sized up this old man, whom Shui Lingling referred to as Elder Bai, cautiously. The other party definitely comprehended a will as well. Furthermore, his will was of a much higher level than Xiao Chen's.
Elder Qin immediately fumed and glared at the old man. "Old Bai, Old Qi, why are you all here?"
Elder Bai laughed loudly and said, "You are not the only one with sharp eyes. His bone age is only twenty-three years old, but he already comprehended a hundred Heavenly Sage Laws and the will of thunder. Naturally, we will not waste such a good seedling."
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