Lonely Immortal

Compared to Qingxuan Sect, Xuandan Sect is a pretty good sect. At least in Zhang Zhiwen's opinion, the scale of Xuandan Sect is not comparable to Qingxuan Sect. At this moment, Zhang Zhiwen is standing on a mountain peak of Xuandan Sect, overlooking the entire Xuandan Sect.

Although Xuandan Sect claims to merge with Qingxuan Sect, in fact, including Taoist Zhang Wensheng, everyone knows that Qingxuan Sect was annexed. Of course, if it is annexed, then Qingxuan Sect disciples will not be able to join Xuandan Sect. Since Taoist Zhang Wensheng agreed to the merger, Zhang Zhiwen has nothing to say. The head of the sect agreed, so why should he worry about it? Anyway, he should save Qingxuan Sect and he has saved it, which is also an explanation to Taoist Zhang Wensheng. As for the Nine Heavens Blue Sword Art, this sword cultivation method is not unheard of in Tianshui Fairyland. Those are things that were picked out and didn't want, but Zhang Zhiwen just happened to practice it, so Zhang Zhiwen didn't feel guilty about Qingxuan Sect.

Therefore, Qingxuan Sect has become a thing of the past, and Zhang Zhiwen has no vision to rebuild Qingjian Sect. These things have little to do with him. He is also very clear that he is not suitable to be the head of any sect. He does not even want to be an elder. Look, he has politely declined the position of the guardian elder of Xuandan Sect.

Zhang Zhiwen is now just an ordinary foundation-building cultivator of Xuandan Sect. According to the ranking of Xuandan Sect, he is one of the core disciples of Xuandan Sect, and these core disciples are all foundation-building cultivators, a total of more than 100. Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen does not show off in Xuandan Sect, does not enjoy any special treatment, and does not have any monthly elders. Of course, he does not have to pay the sect fee. The so-called sect fee is the money that ordinary disciples in Xuandan Sect have to offer to the elders and the head of the sect every month, and these disciples can earn it by completing tasks in the sect or completing tasks in the immortal sect outside.

This is not only true for Xuandan Sect, but also for Qingxuan Sect. However, the disciples of Qingxuan Sect cannot sustain themselves. Even if Taoist Zhang Wensheng wants them to offer sacrifices, they cannot afford it. Similarly, Qingxuan Sect cannot provide any resources for disciples to practice. For example, Qingxuan Sect only has a zero-level Tianshui Order. For example, Qingxuan Sect does not even have its own sect mission, let alone other industries within the sect, such as spiritual fields and spiritual mines. Qingxuan Sect does not have any of these. However, Xuandan Sect is different. The scale of Xuandan Sect is not comparable to Qingxuan Sect. At this moment, Zhang Zhiwen can see that the area within a radius of ten thousand miles is under the jurisdiction of Xuandan Sect, and there are large tracts of spiritual fields. These spiritual fields are planted with many spiritual medicines and spiritual rice. In addition, there are several very obvious mineral veins, one is a spiritual stone vein, and three are spiritual gold veins. How can a small village-like sect like Qingxuan Sect compare with these resources?

Xuandan Sect not only has these resources, but also has thousands of disciples, most of whom are Qi Refining disciples, and Qi Refining disciples are also divided into levels, so Xuandan Sect is divided into outer and inner sects, among which outer sect disciples are all disciples in the early stage of Qi Refining, and those in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining are all inner sect disciples.

In addition, Xuandan Sect also has caves. At this moment, the head of the sect, Gao Wukong, is practicing in seclusion in his own cave. Although it is only a low-grade cave, it is not comparable to Qingxuan Sect. This cave is rich in spiritual energy. Even a low-grade cave has the same effect as a low-grade spirit stone. It can be seen how magical and useful this cave is. If it is a Qi Refining cultivator, then practicing in such a cave is the same as constantly absorbing low-grade spirit stones. Similarly, a medium-grade cave is equivalent to the effect of a medium-grade spirit stone, which is only available in the immortal sects above the medium sect. As for the upper-grade and top-grade caves, they are also the same level of spirit stone concentration, which is the territory of the ten major immortal sects.

There are spiritual fields, mineral veins, caves, and thousands of disciples, which is not all. In addition, there are also very detailed departments such as the Library, Affairs, and Law Enforcement Hall. The disciples of Xuandan Sect can obtain enough cultivation resources within Xuandan Sect without having to go to Tianshuixianfang to trade. Of course, these departments are managed by the cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. They are the deacons of Xuandan Sect.

What do the core disciples of Xuandan Sect do? The core disciples of Xuandan Sect are only responsible for cultivation. In addition, if they have no money, they will find a way to go out and make some money. They don't care about anything else and just concentrate on cultivation. Although there is no monthly salary, it is already quite free. The core disciples of medium-sized sects and even the top ten immortal sects that are more powerful than Xuandan Sect also have monthly salaries, but Xuandan Sect is obviously very close to the scale of medium-sized sects.

At this moment, the mountain where Zhang Zhiwen is located is his residence. There are thousands of mountains in the Xuandan Sect, and the closer to the core of the Xuandan Sect, the richer the spiritual energy. For example, the cave where the leader Gao Wukong is located is not too far from Zhang Zhiwen. There are more than a hundred peaks surrounding this cave, and these mountains are the residences of the foundation-building disciples. Then, radiating outward from the more than a hundred peaks is a large group of buildings, which naturally include the library, law enforcement hall, affairs pavilion, alchemy room, weapon refining room, warehouse, disciples' residences, and so on.

All the disciples of Qingxuan Sect were assigned to the outer sect, and the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng was also assigned to a mountain bandit, and it was a mountain bandit quite close to the head of the sect Gao Wukong, because among the peaks close to the head of the sect Gao Wukong, there are three quite good peaks. Among them, there is a fake cave on the peak where Yang Linchen is located, and the other one is said to be the fake cave of the head of the sect's direct disciple Liu Suifeng. The so-called fake cave is second only to the lower-grade cave, and the spiritual energy is close to the concentration of lower-grade spirit stones. In addition, that is the peak where the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng is located. Although Although there is no pseudo cave, the richness of spiritual energy is close to that of a pseudo cave, so Xuandan Sect treats Taoist Zhang Wensheng very well. In addition, he has a monthly salary of 100 middle-grade spiritual stones. Taoist Zhang Wensheng is happy and has long ignored Qingxuan Sect. Moreover, after coming to Xuandan Sect, Taoist Zhang Wensheng has been in seclusion, intending to meditate and practice every day, and completely ignores the outside world. Anyway, he is an elder and his position is idle, and Taoist Zhang Wensheng is also smart. Hiding and practicing can save him from trouble outside.

But Zhang Zhiwen did not choose to approach the mountain near the head of the sect Gao Wukong, because he did not want to be in the limelight. He is different from Taoist Zhang Wensheng. Taoist Zhang Wensheng is the head of Qingxuan Sect after all. If the two sides merge in name, Taoist Zhang Wensheng should get these things. At least others can't say anything, anyway, that is the intention of the head of the sect, but Zhang Zhiwen is different. He is just a disciple of Qingxuan Sect. Even if he is an elder of Qingxuan Sect, if the treatment is too high, it will only cause gossip.

Besides, he was not very interested in the mountains near the head of the sect, Gao Wukong. Although these mountains were all spiritual mountains, the concentration of spiritual energy was at most close to that of low-grade spiritual stones. With Zhang Zhiwen's spiritual roots, even if he didn't eat or drink and practiced meditation every day, how long would it take for him to improve his cultivation? Therefore, the gap was not big, so he didn't have to choose the spiritual mountain near the cave.

Of course, the merger of Qingxuan Sect did not cause much response in Xuandan Sect, because Qingxuan Sect was too weak. Those Qingxuan Sect disciples came to Xuandan Sect, even if they just entered the outer gate according to the rules, but for them, it was a pleasant surprise, and they could get rid of their miscellaneous career, because the Tianshui Order of Xuandan Sect was a high-grade Tianshui Order, and they could participate in some tasks of planting spiritual medicines and rice or mining. These tasks could make more money than the current people, and they were also much freer, and they didn't need to be humiliated. At least within Xuandan Sect, they were all disciples of Xuandan Sect, so they wouldn't be humiliated.

This is the foundation of Xuandan Sect. A top-tier and strongest small sect, comparable to a medium-sized sect, has things that Qingxuan Sect cannot compare with. In addition, Xuandan Sect also has a mountain protection formation. To enter and exit Xuandan Sect, you need the sect token of Xuandan Sect, which prevents people from entering the door at will. However, Qingxuan Sect cannot do this. Ling Fei, the dog Taoist priest, can come whenever he wants, but he has no courage to come to Xuandan Sect. If he dares to break in, he will be killed by more than a hundred foundation-building cultivators. This is not to mention that Ling Fei is a fourth-level foundation-building cultivator. Even a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan has to think carefully.

Of course, if Xuandan Sect only has hundreds of foundation-building cultivators, it may not be that powerful. Now the head of the sect, Gao Wukong, is already impacting the Jindan realm. It is estimated that he will be able to come out within a year. When he comes out, Xuandan Sect will be truly comparable to a medium-sized sect.

Because of this, Yang Linchen followed the leader Gao Wukong's instructions to come to Qingxuan Sect to discuss the merger, because the Daotong Competition is coming. The so-called Daotong Competition is not complicated. Every hundred years, Tianshui Fairyland will usher in a Daotong Competition. Only sects with Jindan cultivators are eligible to participate in this Daotong Competition. Most of the sects with Jindan cultivators are at worst the strongest small sects, and most of them are medium-sized sects. The ten major sects are responsible for hosting the competition. The competition is to see which sect has the strongest Daotong inheritance, and then select and re-divide the forces of the medium-sized sects. At this time, some medium-sized sects have declined, and then they have become top-tier small sects, and the rising ones have become newly promoted medium-sized sects.

As for why the ten major immortal gates hold the Daotong Competition, the reason is actually very simple. After the Daotong Competition, they will start selecting the most outstanding foundation-building cultivators to join the ten major immortal gates. Therefore, after all, the ten major immortal gates will be the ones that benefit in the end. The ten major immortal gates will recruit all the most powerful and potential cultivators of Tianshui Fairyland under their banner. Therefore, the ten major immortal gates will have a firm control over Tianshui Fairyland.

The most fundamental characteristic of these outstanding foundation-building cultivators is their outstanding Dao tradition. In simple terms, they are people with strong Dao roots. To be called a person with strong Dao roots, there must be two most fundamental factors. The first is naturally the inheritance of the Great Dao. The ten great Dao sects of the ten great immortal sects are the Great Dao, such as the Dao of Sword, the Dao of Martial Arts, the Dao of Alchemy, the Dao of Weapons, etc. The other is naturally the depth of the Dao root, such as the triple Dao root, the quadruple Dao root, etc., and the foundation-building cultivators selected in the past basically have a Dao root of more than three levels, and this kind of Dao root is rare in Tianshui Fairyland, and the ten great immortal sects have almost mastered the best cultivators, such as the Xuandan Sect. This time, first, In order to have the hope to participate in the Daotong Competition, and then select the cultivators with four Dao roots or above to enter the ten major sects, of course, it does not mean that the three Dao roots will definitely win and enter the ten major sects, that depends on the situation of this competition, and the three Dao roots are basically the threshold conditions. Of course, it does not necessarily mean that the three Dao roots will definitely lose to the four Dao roots, because there are other ways to select, the Daotong Competition is just a preliminary selection, and Xuandan Sect has the hope of producing a Jindan cultivator this time and then participating in the Daotong Competition, which is expected to promote Xuandan Sect to a medium-sized sect, and Yang Linchen and Liu Suifeng in Xuandan Sect may win the Daotong Competition, and may also enter the ten major sects. Because Yang Linchen and Liu Suifeng are both young foundation-building cultivators under the age of 250, and their Dao roots have reached the third and fourth levels.