After the duel ended, Zhou Xun returned to his temporary cave mansion and sat down to meditate and adjust his breathing.

Early the next morning, while Zhou Xun was still in the cultivation room, a flame flew in from outside, hovering above the cave mansion’s array. It was a sound transmission talisman,

Seeing this, Zhou Xun flicked his finger slightly, and a spirit light struck it. A familiar voice came through:

"Daoist Chen, Anx Yudao has come to visit!"

It turned out to be the middle-aged man in a brocade robe from yesterday, who was responsible for the duel, a steward of the Righteous Alliance.

"Why is he here? I only had a brief encounter with him yesterday, and we exchanged pleasantries."

However, since the person had come personally to visit, Zhou Xun naturally had no reason to shut the door,

So he collected his spell, got up, walked out of the cultivation room, and opened the main gate of the cave mansion.

He saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe with an imposing demeanor standing at the door, smiling at him,

"It seems I have found the right place!"

The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said,

"Steward Anx’s visit truly honors my humble abode, please come in!"

Zhou Xun also cupped his hands in return and gestured politely, pointing inside the door,

"Please!"

The middle-aged man followed Zhou Xun and made the same gesture,

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while before they entered.

Zhou Xun’s temporary cave mansion was not large, but it had a reception room, kitchen, cultivation room, bedroom, and so on, all complete.

He invited Anx Yudao to sit in the reception room.

"Daoist friend visiting brings me great joy, please try some spirit tea from my hometown!"

Saying this, Zhou Xun patted his waist, and several spirit lights flew out, landing on the table in front of them,

transforming into a set of tea utensils, a box of tea leaves, and a jade bottle containing spiritual water.

Zhou Xun waved his hand, and the tea utensils automatically flipped, floating and hovering in the air. Then, as Zhou Xun changed his spell, the water flowed naturally,

rinsing the tea utensils.

Then he flicked his finger, and the jade box with the tea leaves opened automatically, six pieces of spirit tea flew out, landing in the two freshly washed teacups,

Seeing this, Zhou Xun raised two fingers and pointed to the jade bottle, the spiritual water inside flew out, gracefully like a swimming dragon, and then poured down from the sky,

falling precisely into the teacups without spilling a drop,

Then, Zhou Xun formed a seal with both hands, and a spell struck the teacup.

Immediately, the water in the cup began to boil, and a mist rose, sometimes forming a dragon, sometimes a phoenix, swirling above the cup and not dispersing.

As Zhou Xun changed the spell, the mist transformed into fine ice sand, falling into the cup.

Anx Yudao could not help but be entranced by the sight.

"Brother Chen, this technique is truly breathtaking!"

Even though the middle-aged man was an esteemed steward of the Righteous Alliance, it was his first time seeing such a tea-making technique.

At this moment, Zhou Xun smiled slightly, pointing at the tea, and said:

"A trivial trick, not worth mentioning, please have a taste, Daoist Anx."

Anx Yudao nodded, picked up the tea, and drank it in one go.

The tea entered and a sense of clarity rose, as if his whole being was in the clouds.

The tea, inside the stomach, transformed into several strands of spiritual qi, merging into the meridians, as if his cultivation was about to increase!

"Good tea!"

Anx Yudao praised endlessly.

"Since Daoist friend likes it, you can take some with you later!" Zhou Xun generously said,

The Spiritual Mist Tea here was cultivated by him next to the Jingxin Pavilion by Wangchuan Lake and had now reached the tier three low-grade level,

He brought quite a lot with him when he left the Eastern Wilderness earlier.

"There is a senior in our alliance who loves spirit tea, and this spirit tea from Brother Chen is very amazing. I imagine it will greatly please that senior."

"In that case, I will accept it respectfully!"

"Brother Chen, if you ever need anything in the future, just come to me!" Anx Yudao cupped his hands with a serious expression.

"Just some spirit tea, Daoist Anx overpraises it!"

Zhou Xun smiled, not expecting such a casual gesture to earn the favor of a Righteous Alliance steward, it was indeed quite a gain!

The two then chatted for a long time, before finally getting to the main topic,

"I have one more matter to discuss!"

"Please go ahead, Daoist brother!"

"Brother Chen, as talented as you are, have you joined any power?" Saying this, Anx Yudao even showed a trace of nervousness,

seemingly worried that Zhou Xun was not unattached.

"I have not!" Zhou Xun shook his head!

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and said relaxedly:

"That’s good!"

"Your magical combat the other day greatly opened my eyes. Such talent, it would be a pity to let it go to waste. Since you are still unattached, how about joining our Righteous Alliance?"

"With your qualifications, I imagine you could soon enter the alliance’s core, and the day of Nascent Soul Formation wouldn’t be far off!"

Saying this, he looked at Zhou Xun with eyes full of expectation!

"May I know what are the requirements and benefits of joining?" Zhou Xun asked,

"With your qualifications, joining our Righteous Alliance, you would likely hold the position of a Level C Steward, receiving over ten thousand spirit stones annually. More importantly,"

"The alliance offers many rare external spiritual objects for exchange, even the Purple Spirit Pill that assists middle-stage cultivators in breaking through to the late stage,"

"Is on the exchange list!"

"As for the requirements, you would need to follow the alliance’s dispatches, whether patrolling regions or, like me, guarding an area!"

’Purple Spirit Pill,’ upon hearing this name, Zhou Xun instantly lost interest,

After all, sitting in his storage bag was the main ingredient for the Purple Spirit Pill—the Purple Blue Lingzhi.

So he politely declined:

"Thank you for your kind offer, Daoist brother, but I am used to a leisurely life and might not adapt well to life in the alliance, potentially offending seniors there!"

The purple-robed middle-aged man, hearing this, said nothing but sighed, naturally understanding Zhou Xun’s implication, thus he did not insist,

The attempt to recruit was merely a secondary goal, the main purpose of the visit was to befriend Zhou Xun,

After all, with the abilities Zhou Xun had displayed, he was highly likely to advance to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

The purple-robed middle-aged man then changed the topic to speak about the secret realm,

He first looked around, seeing the cave mansion array was well-equipped, he felt relieved, but still lowered his voice to speak:

"It’s said that obtaining this secret realm entry at this time is truly a great opportunity for you!"

"Oh, how so?" Zhou Xun’s interest was instantly piqued.

"Our three great influences took over the secret realm by order and immediately invited experienced people to explore and report,"

"According to the alliance’s senior estimates, this secret realm is a rare large-scale one, at least at tier four or higher!"

"Rumors outside were actually true?" Zhou Xun exclaimed in surprise,

"Every time a secret realm emerges, they say this, but this time they really guessed right,"

"And this time the secret realm is not a new one, it’s said to be the Celestial Profound Secret Realm once controlled by the Celestial Profound Sect!"

"Do you know the Celestial Profound Sect, it was once one of the Seven Great Sects of the Central Continent, with great cultivators in every generation, but unfortunately after that great war over six thousand years ago, it declined,"

To the point that now the sect is severed, leaving not even a shred of legacy."

"Its reappearance today could carry the legacy of the Celestial Profound Sect, it is undoubtedly an incomparable great opportunity!"