I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 79 - 68: Battle Power Rankings
Inner Affairs Hall.
Ma Feng respectfully accepted Jiang Yuebai’s blueprint and promised earnestly.
"Senior Sister Jiang, rest assured, I will certainly find the best craftsman to build a grand courtyard in Huaxi Valley according to your plan."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, "Yes, once the courtyard and the residences beside it are completed, tear down the village at the valley’s entrance, leave the land vacant for me. Calculating this, the Spiritual Field in Huaxi Valley can expand to fifteen hundred acres."
Ma Feng appeared puzzled, "Senior Sister Jiang, pardon my bluntness, but the residences for Spiritual Cultivators can only accommodate fifty people at most. Can so few people manage fifteen hundred acres of Spiritual Field?"
"You need not worry about that. How long will the construction take?"
"This... I’m afraid it would take two... uh, one month."
Saying this, Ma Feng suddenly looked around, then leaned close to Jiang Yuebai and whispered, "Senior Sister Jiang, there’s something I need to tell you, you should be prepared in advance."
Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"
"It’s like this, I’ve heard recently that Xiao Ankuo from Purple Cloud Valley is secretly conspiring with other Spiritual Cultivators against you, declaring that no Spiritual Cultivator will join you, leaving you helpless. Moreover, those valuable Spiritual Medicine Seeds, it’s likely you’ll find them difficult to purchase."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuebai remained indifferent, raising her voice slightly, "No matter, I have Elder Lin Xiangtian behind me, he will certainly help me resolve any issues. Since Xiao Ankuo intends to oppose me, I will issue a recruitment order right now."
"Really issuing it?"
"Issue it! I want to see who dares to cross Elder Lin!"
Ma Feng lowered his head to record, thinking in his heart that Lin Xiangtian is nothing special, he’s just the lowest of the Alchemy Elder in the Elixir Hall, wondering what method he used to make Jiang Yuebai submit to him. Other Alchemy Elders might want to trouble Lin Xiangtian later.
Jiang Yuebai returned to her normal volume, "Can you check for any tasks near Yuyang County, Qingzhou in Yun Country, so I can take advantage of this time to complete this year’s mandatory task and focus on farming, preparing for the sect’s minor competition."
Ma Feng felt inexplicably bewildered, he had never seen someone take on a task specifying the location, but he still went to check.
Moments later, Ma Feng returned, "There were originally two C-Class tasks, an exorcism task and a construction task, but the exorcism task was taken yesterday, only the construction task remains."
"What is the construction task?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
"It’s like this, to maintain the incense fire belief of the masses towards the Daoist Temple, Daoist Temples will be established in various places, on one hand to monitor public sentiments, on the other to timely identify and address any demon disasters in the area."
"Yuyang County, Qingzhou in Yun Country is relatively remote, the previous Daoist Temple has fallen into disrepair, the disciples stationed below reported last month that the old Daoist Temple has lost its incense fire and has been replaced by Wuwei Temple. The Great Elder of the Inner Affairs Hall intends to assign two people to go along with the stationed disciple to establish a Communication Array of the Heavenly Interence Sect in that Wuwei Temple."
Jiang Yuebai understood that although it’s called a construction task, in reality, it’s sending two people to act as bodyguards.
"I’ll take the task, when can I set off?"
Ma Feng looked troubled, "I’m afraid it will have to wait, the stationed disciple went to the Cultivation Room for closed-door training as soon as he returned, it may take one or two days. When the people are gathered, I’ll notify you, Senior Sister Jiang."
"Alright."
Jiang Yuebai left behind two Message Paper Cranes imprinted with her Divine Sense Mark for Ma Feng, then set off to the Inner Sect’s territory on a Flying Paper Crane bought with ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones, which squeaked and creaked.
She hadn’t visited the Inner Sect Thirty-Six Peaks since returning more than half a month ago.
In the Heavenly Interence Sect, a Nascent Soul True Monarch can oversee a peak, but not every peak among the Thirty-Six Peaks has a Nascent Soul True Monarch. In fact, including the Sect Master, the Heavenly Interence Sect has only twelve Nascent Soul True Monarchs, most of whom are not present within the sect.
After entering the sect as an Inner Sect Disciple, one can choose to align themselves with a Nascent Soul True Monarch and reside on the peak overseen by that True Monarch.
At this moment, Jiang Yuebai only knew that the Supreme Elder is on Heavenly Leisure Peak, the Sect Master oversees the Main Peak, Heavenly Chief Peak, True Monarch Fuyi oversees Heavenly Gang Peak, Sword Lord Guanhan oversees Heavenly Sword Peak, True Monarch Cang Huo oversees Heavenly Hero Peak.
Heavenly Full Peak has no True Monarch overseeing it, it’s primarily used for the disciples below to eat, study, and take on tasks, handling miscellaneous matters.
Heavenly Sin Peak is overseen by the Law Enforcement Hall, adjacent to Heavenly Prison Peak, specifically for imprisoning and dealing with cultivators who err within and those captured from outside, including evil and demon cultivators. These two peaks are forbidden zones that Inner Sect Disciples cannot approach.
Other peaks are vacant or used for other purposes.
The place Jiang Yuebai needed to go now was Heavenly Killing Peak, located at the center of the Thirty-Six Peaks, which serves only one purpose within the Heavenly Interence Sect, which is for martial arts.
The Paper Crane descended at the base of Heavenly Killing Peak, on a magnificent White Jade Plaza, a three-person tall Bronze Cauldron stood at the center, with four Coiled Dragon Pillars standing solemnly and majestically on either side.
At first glance, the white dragons on the pillars seemed so lifelike as if they were about to soar with the wind, crashing through the Heaven Gate and breaking through the heavens and earth. Faintly, a dragon’s song resonated within the mind, stirring one’s spirit. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Jiang Yuebai approached slowly, a faint light swept past her token tied to her waist, only Outer Sect and Inner Sect Disciples were allowed entry here.
"Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, so this is the power ranking within the Heavenly Interence Sect."
Jiang Yuebai looked up at the four Coiled Dragon Pillars, names glowing with golden brilliance adorned the pillars, with the highest names shining most brightly.
Nascent Soul Rank 1, Zhao Fuyi; Nascent Soul Rank 2, Ling Guanghan; Nascent Soul Rank 3, Lu Yinghuai.
Golden Core Rank 1, Wuh Yang; Golden Core Rank 2, Li Shen Zhi; Golden Core Rank 3, Muh Wushuang.
Foundation Establishment Rank 1, Yuu Qiuqi; Foundation Establishment Rank 2, Fang Yuxing; Foundation Establishment Rank 3, Tang Weimian.
Qi Cultivation Rank 1, Lu Nanzhi; Qi Cultivation Rank 2, Xie Jingshan; Qi Cultivation Rank 3, Song Zhi’ang.
Jiang Yuebai pulled her gaze back and stepped around the Bronze Cauldron, ascending the steps.
From the foot to the peak of Heavenly Killing Peak, there were few trees, with martial training grounds everywhere, the sounds of battle methods clashing, sword and blade collisions, and the shouts of people reverberated throughout.
The overall atmosphere was serious and heavy, and the air faintly carried the smell of scorching fire and the stench of blood.
Jiang Yuebai followed the sounds of battle cries to the mid-mountain platform, seeing nine large stone platforms standing within a Golden Light Barrier, each stone platform had disciples in white or blue robes in fierce combat, sparks flying.
The area surrounding the stone platforms was crowded, bustling with excitement, discussions and debates filled the air.
"Bravo! Wang Xiong’s Mountain Breaking Slash combined with the Golden Blade Technique is really powerful, the opponent can’t withstand it."
"Not necessarily, Zhu Ting is petite in stature, her Spiritual Snake Step excels at sneak attacks. Right now, it seems like she can’t stand it, but she’s depleting Wang Xiong’s Spiritual Energy, watch how she counterattacks."
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"Hey! Shen Zheng, are you alright? In that situation, you should have struck him with the Wind Blade, why dodge?"
"All of you shut up, you’re not on the arena!"
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"Ah ah ah, Senior Sister spare me, I admit defeat, I admit defeat."
"You’re not allowed to admit defeat, face the sword!"
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Jiang Yuebai walked past each arena, watching the pairs of disciples fiercely battling, the spell lights dazzling and imposing, martial arts and step methods dazzling and overwhelming.
She just glanced briefly before losing interest, yet the people below the arena grew more excited, cheering and shouting, clapping and energized.
Jiang Yuebai dared to say, any Late-Stage Qi Cultivation miner from Yin Mountain Mine thrown here could fight them into cries of despair.
"What a pity Lu Nanzhi and Xie Jingshan are not here, otherwise it’d be more exciting, especially Lu Nanzhi’s Mystic Ice Sword Tide and Xie Jingshan’s Heaven-Burning Sword, that spectacle, is truly terrifying!"
"Indeed, Song Zhi’ang stubbornly doesn’t want to be third, challenged those two multiple times, each time being beaten into seclusion, practicing ironworks at home, no longer daring to come out, hahaha."
Jiang Yuebai smiled gently, quietly leaving the martial training ground to prepare to visit Heavenly Gang Peak.
She wanted to study Array Dao, and could find a place at Heavenly Gang Peak to interact with Senior Brothers and Sisters of Array Dao, discuss and explore Array Dao knowledge.
Just as she was walking towards the exit of the martial training ground, a Message Paper Crane flew like a shooting star to her.
"Isn’t this the Paper Crane I just gave Ma Feng?"
"Little Bai!"
Jiang Yuebai raised her head at the voice, seeing a white-robed girl dashing towards her with a bright smile, like winter snow melting.
Jiang Yuebai’s eyes curved with a smile, radiant like the morning sun.
Lu Nanzhi ran to Jiang Yuebai’s side, barely catching her breath, then pulled Jiang Yuebai into her arms, hugging her tightly.
"Five years without a word from you, scared me so much, you know that?"
"I know, I know, I couldn’t send you a message, I missed you dearly too."
Xie Jingshan arrived shortly after, panting heavily, upon seeing Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai embracing, felt a pang of jealousy.
"Jiang Yuebai, you still remember to come back, pay up!"
Lu Nanzhi released Jiang Yuebai, the two simultaneously looked at Xie Jingshan.
Rolling their eyes, exactly the same.
Xie Jingshan: ......
