BXBX NOVEL Chapter 397: First Visit to Central Region
The Land of Central Region was vast and rich in Holy Lands to cultivate, compared with the other four regions. Moreover, near to the core area lay a huge mountain. In the mountain, there were much more Spiritual Air of Heaven and Earth and the Air of the Divine Law. The interesting part was that the mountain seemed artificial, because it had patterns all over like a Formation.
The mountains covered a wide range of land. There were at least 100,000 peaks but few Creatures lived there. Tens of thousands of cities surrounded the mountains as if they were protecting them. Countless Creatures including demons, devils, ghosts, and humans resided there. At the same time, they shared the same identity of Yun Ling Academy disciple.
In the greatest four cities, four Transmitting Formations were running non-stop today. In a blink of an eye, 10,000 people were relocated to every city. But millions of people have already resided in; their relocation would not make a difference.
The only exception was that 30 people flew out of the cities to the central mountains, bringing along admiration from those who were left behind. The central mountains were the Holy Land of Central Region Yun Ling Academy; even the name of the mountains was Yunling. You could tell that the mountains were of utmost importance to Yun Ling Academy.
Four groups of people flew toward Moutain Yunling, Minghe and the Elders were among them. They had just flown out of Eastern Region city, and the other cities were respectively Western Region City, Southern Region City, and Northern Region City. They sat in the four corners of the region.
On the way, Minghe learned a few facts about Central Region Yun Ling Academy from the Elders. In every region city, there was a Yun Ling Academy branch. In every 100,000 years, they picked out 10,000 talents in every branch to equip Central Region Yun Ling Academy.
It was much more competitive in the Central Region. Though Yun Ling Academy was one of the sky-level forces and rarely challenged, a Yun Ling Academy disciple was not untouchable. People from Central Region would kill for innumerable things such as Spiritual Pulses, mineral veins, Treasures of Heaven and Earth, Spiritual Roots, and Magic Weapons.
The Land of Central Region was faction-ridden. There were nine sects, six faiths, three academies, and one union. In addition, there were other Earth-level, black-level, and yellow-level forces. They fought with both open and secretive means, in every minute people died. Thus, Central Region Yun Ling Academy needed to recruit Creatures with aptitudes from the four regions and Central Region as replacements.
It was more hierarchical in Central Region Yun Ling Academy. The disciples were labeled as Listed, Outer, Inner and Core Disciples. Listed Disciples were Creatures under the Origin level, Outer Disciples were Creatures in the Zenith Heaven Realm, and Inner Disciples were Creatures in Fate Realm.
Finally, in order to become a Core Disciple, you had to be in Late Stage of Fate Realm. With such cultivation, you could choose either to be a Core Disciple or a teacher. As a teacher, you would receive benefits from the Academy, at the same time you needed to teach. As a student, you would not bother to do that, but you will receive lesser benefits.
In a half step to the Supreme Realm, you could either be an Elder with a lot of prerogatives, or enter Battlefield of Gods and Demons High Layer to seek greater chances of breaking through to Supreme Realm. It was extremely dangerous there; even an expert in a half step to the Supreme Realm might perished on the way to Yun Ling Academy.
However, Minghe found none of these relevant to him. He achieved in Fate Realm recently, and needed a lot of time to reach the Peak of a half step to the Supreme Realm. As of now, he was an Inner Disciple in Central Region Yun Ling Academy, highly-ranked in Yun Ling Academy whereas lowly-graded in the Land of Central Region.
As an Inner Disciple, Minghe felt the need to learn how many Inner Disciples, Core Disciples, teachers and Elders there were. Naturally, he turned to their liaison Immortal Yangyu, who was at least in Late Stage of Fate Realm and had to be familiar with the affairs in Mountain Yunling.
On the flying boat, Minghe walked beside Immortal Yangyu and asked gently, "Perfected Person, I’m new in the Mountain Yunling and feel lost. May I learn a few facts from you about the mountains?" Only when he knew about all the experts, could he position himself properly and make rational plans.
Hearing Minghe, others turned to Immortal Yangyu for answers as well, since Venerable Linghao and the Elders had recently moved here from Eastern Region. Originally, they belonged to the forces of the dean and the Elders, and they had known a little about Central Region Yun Ling Academy. But it being their first time here, they were not familiar with Mountain Yunling affairs.
Immortal Yangyu looked at Minghe and said, "I might as well tell you lest you find yourself in trouble. There are 129,632 peaks in Mountain Yunling. Respectively, there are 120,000 Outer Peaks, 9,600 Inner Peaks, and 32 Supreme Peaks. Inner Disciples live in Outer Peaks, Core Disciples and teachers live in Inner Peaks, and the dean and the Elders live in the 32 Supreme Peaks."
Then he continued, "As of now, there are about 10,000 Inner Disciples whereas less than 1,000 Core Disciples and teachers. As for the Elders, there were only nine. You’re Inner Disciples at present, thus you can only live in Outer Peaks. You should never step into Inner Peaks or Supreme Peaks; otherwise, you will receive fatal punishments."
He added, "Of course, there are eight public areas, which are the library, Aura Hall, Disciplinary Hall, Mission Hall, Weapon Hall, Elixir Hall, Formation Hall, and Secret Hall. As Inner Disciples, you can receive cultivation resources in Aura Hall in every 1,000,000 years. You need to earn contributions in other halls if you want more resources. Or you can collect them from the outer lands, but you should be careful. Even Inner Disciples can get injured in the outer lands."
Hearing Immortal Yangyu, Minghe felt astounded. There were over 10,000 Fate Realm experts in Mountain Yunling, how many were there in the whole Land of Central Region? He estimated that there were more than 1,000,000 Fate Realm experts, taking the four Baraka forces into consideration. How terrifying was that!
Minghe was just one of the 1,000,000 experts, he felt a little downhearted. But at the same time, an imperceptible smile escaped him, lights flashed in his eyes, and his morale seemed to set his eyes on fire.
So what if there were many experts? They had cultivated for many years, much longer than Minghe had cultivated for. Although born in the Ninth Period, given enough time, Minghe could top Battlefield of Gods and Demons Medium Layer chart, leaving legends like Priest Earth.
Soon, the flying boat landed in Mountain Yunling. Everyone got off; Immortal Yangyu looked at Minghe and the other eight people and said, "Well, my work here is done. Now you should choose a vacant Outer Peak as your Immortal’s Cave, after that, you can receive resources in Aura Hall." Then, Immortal Yangyu left by boat.
After Immortal Yangyu’s departure, Elder Jiangwu and other Elders left one by one. In the Mountain Yunling, the seven halls governed certain areas, thus Elders of the seven halls lived closely. Venerable Linghao was the last one to leave; same as Minghe, he was related to the dean force but was different.
Among the eight forces, the dean force was special and hierarchical. Venerable Linghao was under the direct control of the dean force, while Minghe was an Individual Cultivator associated with the eight factions. Minghe would not receive benefits like Venerable Linghao, but relatively had more freedom.
Everyone had left, leaving Minghe alone. He had been alone on the way of cultivation, so he was used to loneliness. He glanced at the Mountain Yunling map Immortal Yangyu gave to him. The map showed where Outer Peaks and the eight public areas were, and the vacant Outer Peaks were marked.
Minghe did not bother to find the perfect peak; he simply selected a quiet peak with thick Air of the Divine Law. Stepping into the mountain, he could see a giant stone monument floating on the peak. It was not an ordinary stone monument, but the core control unit of the tactical formation of the mountain.