Chapter 682: Inside the Sect

Unlike Ning Zhuo said to Seeing Qing Chi again: "Miss Seeing Qing Chi, why don't you walk around more? This cave dwelling is quite large, and there are not just five rooms inside; you can choose one to live in. Always being in the Ten-Thousand-Mile Wandering Dragon will also be boring."

Seeing Qing Chi said "Oh," and stared at Unlike Ning Zhuo for three breaths before walking away with her head down.

Unlike Ning Zhuo saw her dull and obedient appearance, and couldn't help but think of her liveliness before amnesia, feeling both guilty and pitiful in his heart, and for a while, it was not a good feeling.

Sun Lingtong probed around and came back to tell Unlike Ning Zhuo that he didn't find anything fishy, and asked Unlike Ning Zhuo: "When will we start digging the mountain to find the teleportation secret room left by Auntie?"

This was a bit troublesome.

The cave dwelling Meng Yao rented back then was not this stone spring cave dwelling. The one she originally chose had long been occupied by others.

It was not easy for Unlike Ning Zhuo's group to find a hidden teleportation stone room from the huge mountain body.

Because there were also major formations inside the mountain body.

To bypass the major formations and avoid the attention of others to find the teleportation array, it was bound to take some time.

"Fortunately, Mother left me a Dharma technique; as long as I am within a hundred zhang, I can feel it." Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed.

Sun Lingtong rolled up his sleeves: "This kind of thing is better done sooner; let's start digging now!"

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the wood-cutting work." Unlike Ning Zhuo pondered, "It's better to first find out who our neighbors are and what the formation here is."

There were quite a few cave dwellings in this mountain peak; if there was any capable person among them who discovered the small actions of Unlike Ning Zhuo's group, it would undoubtedly cause twists and turns.

The formation was also key; if it was figured out, it could be targeted, otherwise, they wouldn't even dare to make too big a move in detection.

Sun Lingtong patted his chest: "That's fine. I'll go and probe the formation here first."

He came from the Kong Sect Sect, and probing formations could be said to be his professional specialty.

His vision and attainments in formation methods were much more profound than Unlike Ning Zhuo's.

The most critical thing was that he himself was extremely trustworthy.

"Then I'll trouble you, Boss." Unlike Ning Zhuo said.

Sun Lingtong waved his hand: "Why be so polite with me." Saying this, he turned and left, entering the depths of the cave dwelling to do his own work.

Unlike Ning Zhuo arranged for his companions temporarily, then came to the cultivation room, took out a meditation cushion, and sat cross-legged.

He was not starting cultivation, but taking out the information jade slip to study it.

Before, he had recorded it with his spiritual sense, which could be considered as having remembered these pieces of information once, and most of them were stored in his mind, very clear, but lacking analysis and thinking.

As he studied, the situation that was once blurry gradually thinned out in Unlike Ning Zhuo's mind, like thick fog illuminated by the sun.

"Where there are people, there is a world." Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed that the structure of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, if simply summarized, was eight peaks and sixteen halls.

Eight main peaks and sixteen halls together constituted the framework of this super sect.

The eight main peaks were: Heavy Formation Peak, Wan Shoufeng, Cinnabar Glow Peak, Purple Lei Feng, Sword Sound Peak, White Grass Peak, Soaring Peak, and Flowing Cloud Peak.

The sixteen halls included: External Affairs Hall, Internal Affairs Hall, Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, Merit Transmission Hall, Martial Arts Hall, Evil-Punishing Hall, Pill Refining Hall, Artifact Refining Hall, Formation Hall, Talisman Hall, Commerce Hall, Spirit Plant Hall, Beast Taming Hall, Troop Leading Hall, Spirit Chef Hall, and Medical Hall.

The current Sect Master of the Myriad Phenomena Sect was named Dong Chen, who was also the Peak Master of the Heavy Formation Peak.

The election of the Myriad Phenomena Sect's Sect Master was held once every hundred years, and the Peak Masters of the eight main peaks were all candidates.

How to become one of the eight peak masters? That was to rely on one's own strength, welcome many challenges, and always occupy one of the eight main peaks.

From this, one could see the extraordinary sect management philosophy of the Myriad Phenomena Sect!

One had to know that the Myriad Phenomena Sect opened its sect doors wide, and the main point was that the threshold was low. They even distributed the first few chapters of the sect-protecting cultivation technique for free, providing them to others to cultivate without compensation.

Cultivators joined the Myriad Phenomena Sect; if their strength was strong enough and their connections were wide enough, they could occupy one of the main peaks and become a peak master.

This was equivalent to obtaining the qualification for the Sect Master election and having the possibility of becoming the leader of the Myriad Phenomena Sect!

For the vast majority of forces and organizations, this was unimaginable—the path of promotion reached the very top, and in theory, there was no upper limit to development within the sect.

"So, the eight main peaks are the eight most powerful interest groups within the Myriad Phenomena Sect."

"And the daily affairs, organizational operations, and so on of the Myriad Phenomena Sect are all completed in the form of sixteen halls."

"Cultivators from the eight main peaks join these halls and hold positions in them, which is equivalent to the eight main peaks dipping their hands into the sect's official power."

Among the eight peaks, they were divided into the old four peaks and the new four peaks.

Among them, the Heavy Formation Peak, Wan Shoufeng, Cinnabar Glow Peak, and Purple Lei Feng were the old four peaks. The Sword Sound Peak, White Grass Peak, Soaring Peak, and Flowing Cloud Peak were the new four peaks.

The reason for the distinction between new and old was that the former four peaks had experienced the vicissitudes of life and had never moved. The latter four peaks were often rotated, and it was not uncommon for the forces on the main peaks to be overturned and for the mountain to change its banner.

This was because the number of members in the Myriad Phenomena Sect was truly too large, and the eight main peaks were selected for the best, while there was a massive base to enrich the sect.

These members outside the main peaks were not all weak people. Many outstanding ones liked to be alone, or had unspeakable difficulties, or offended others for various reasons, and were all outside the eight main peaks.

These people got to know each other, established connections, and often formed groups.

If these groups developed and grew, reaching a certain level, they had the possibility of impacting the eight main peaks. Therefore, the reason why the new four peaks changed owners was all because of this aspect.

Of course, this way of impacting the main peaks was not cruel and bloody; the limited sect rules of the Myriad Phenomena Sect had strict regulations on this.

The Myriad Phenomena Sect could maintain vitality between strong and weak elimination, not to the point of fighting to the death and killing each other.

Like Wen Ruanyu, even if he was a Golden Core true disciple, he was not from the eight main peaks, leading the long-term tasks of the External Affairs Hall, stationed in the White Paper Immortal City all year round.

Meng Yao was also in this category. If it weren't for this, her cave dwelling wouldn't be on the small mountain peak opposite Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Yang Sanyan was not; he was from the main peaks. He possessed superior natural talent and was arrogant, and was selected when he was still at the Qi Condensation stage.

The information jade slip also mentioned that the weakest among the eight main peaks was the Flowing Cloud Peak. It did not have a peak master yet, and the forces occupying the main peak at the moment were not large, mainly relying on wide connections. To have a peak master, there was also an assessment. Only after passing the assessment could one serve as a peak master.

Unlike Ning Zhuo saw this and couldn't help but raise a question: "The weakest among the eight main peaks is the Flowing Cloud Peak, so what about the strength comparison of the other seven?"

On this point, the information jade slip did not say.

Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't help but think: "Would the information jade slip with two higher price levels have an explanation?"

"Probably not." He continued to think and answered himself.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was not an ordinary genius; in the ten-plus years of his hidden life, the object he pondered the most was the City Lord's Mansion.

In order to deal with future great enemies, he often put himself in their shoes, assuming he was the City Lord's Mansion, and then analyzed and pondered every action and policy of the City Lord's Mansion.

The person who understands you best is often your enemy!

After such days for a long time, Unlike Ning Zhuo naturally had the pattern and vision of a person in power.

If he were the Myriad Phenomena Sect, he would never let the information jade slip produced by his own sect rank the strength of the eight main peaks. This was looking for trouble and causing internal strife.

"But relative strength must exist."

"The information didn't explicitly state it, but I can calculate it and easily obtain it."

Thinking of this, Unlike Ning Zhuo's spiritual sense stayed on a piece of information in the information.

This was the identity information of the main members of the sixteen halls.

The main hall master of the External Affairs Hall, Xiang Ji, was a member of the Heavy Formation Peak. Chen Xuan of the Internal Affairs Hall also came from the Heavy Formation Peak.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly: "External Affairs and Internal Affairs are both managed by the Heavy Formation Peak, which is the Sect Master's line, showing Dong Chen's degree of control over the Myriad Phenomena Sect is quite high."

The hall master of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, Zhao Qian, came from the Wan Shoufeng. This hall was mainly responsible for collecting cultivation resources, which was quite basic and quite important, but it was a hard task.

The main hall master of the Pill Refining Hall, Wang Yanzheng, came from the Cinnabar Glow Peak.

The Formation Hall and Talisman Hall were controlled by the Heavy Formation Peak and Cinnabar Glow Peak respectively.

"The top three of the four arts of cultivation are all in the Heavy Formation Peak and Cinnabar Glow Peak, showing that the two strongest forces in the Myriad Phenomena Sect should be these two."

Unlike Ning Zhuo looked again and found that the Wan Shoufeng controlled the Beast Taming Hall, which was also a professional specialty.

"Eh? What about the Purple Lei Feng?" Unlike Ning Zhuo was slightly stunned and had an unexpected major discovery.

The important halls among the sixteen halls were almost all mastered by the Heavy Formation Peak, Cinnabar Glow Peak, and Wan Shoufeng. The Purple Lei Feng among the old four peaks

only held real power in the Medical Hall.

This discovery was no small matter and immediately attracted Unlike Ning Zhuo's attention!

By logic, the old four peaks were extremely strong internal forces of the sect, otherwise they wouldn't have occupied a main peak year after year, letting others impact them without being knocked down.

"New four peaks represent the new rich, while old four peaks are the old forces of the Myriad Phenomena Sect. By common sense, the Purple Lei Feng shouldn't have only this little real power."

"Among this, it is possible that there is a foundation supporting it on the Purple Lei Feng. It is also possible—"

"The Purple Lei Feng has already declined, reaching the critical moment of being on the verge of failure and being expelled from the main peak."

If it was the latter possibility, then the problem was too big.

Thoughts in Unlike Ning Zhuo's sea of consciousness were like electricity: "This represents that the replacement of the new and the old will be a huge trend in the sect next!"

"Can I find an opportunity from this to reap some benefits?"

The external environment of the Myriad Phenomena Sect was very stable; it was the largest super sect in the Flying Cloud Kingdom, leaving the second place far behind; looking at the whole country, no sect could be an opponent.

Once such a huge turmoil occurred within the Myriad Phenomena Sect, it would inevitably produce countless opportunities.

Unlike Ning Zhuo killed his way out from the bottom; he knew too well how precious such opportunities were.

"If I'm not careful, I might be able to take the opportunity to take my life to the next level."

Just thinking of this, Chef Lao's voice came from outside the door: "Young Master, the spirit food is ready."

"Good, coming." Unlike Ning Zhuo promised.

He held the jade slip in his hand and was about to put it into his storage belt when he suddenly thought: "The information jade slip clearly marks that the Flowing Cloud Peak is the weakest among the eight main peaks. This is clearly guiding others; if one wants to impact the main peak, the first choice must be the Flowing Cloud Peak. Then, what about the Purple Lei Feng?"

"Does the production of this information jade slip have the hand of the Purple Lei Feng?"

The four people surrounded the stone table and started eating together.

Sun Lingtong was dusty; he had to probe the formation, and he also had to dig tunnels, just not deep into the mountain body.

Seeing Qing Chi was absent-minded, occasionally raising her eyes to look at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Chef Lao also looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Young Master, is the food to your taste?"

His attitude was worlds apart from when he was in the Virility-Strengthening Courtyard, and the deciding factor was Unlike Ning Zhuo's life-saving grace to him.

Unlike Ning Zhuo took a bite, immediately praised it, and asked in confusion: "Chef Lao, you make ordinary spirit food, and it tastes delicious too. Why do you want to make dark cuisine?"

Chef Lao shook his head: "Dark cuisine is my pursuit. But following you, Young Master, naturally I have to follow your taste."

Unlike Ning Zhuo said seriously: "Whether the taste is delicious is really not important. Chef Lao, why don't you use your full strength to make dark cuisine, so that I can progress faster? Of course, don't increase the soul. You can support more in the aspect of physical cultivation."

Chef Lao gave a bitter smile: "Young Master Ning, you don't know. There are two inconveniences here."

"First, my dark cuisine is concentrated in the ghost attribute, and cuisine that increases soul foundation is what I am best at. In terms of physical cultivation,

I can only say it is quite ordinary."

"Second, the main hall master of the Myriad Phenomena Sect's Spirit Chef Hall, Gan Douding, is a crazy supporter of the bright cuisine school, advocating color, fragrance, and taste, emphasizing the beautiful experience of cultivators during the eating process. What she hates most is the dark cuisine school."

"If this old man is discovered by her making dark cuisine in the Myriad Phenomena Sect—it is nothing to be expelled from the Myriad Phenomena Sect. I am just worried about bringing you great trouble, Young Master."

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately thought of the information jade slip, which indeed described Gan Douding's identity and school.

"So that's how it is." Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded, "We have just arrived at a treasure land, so it is better to be steady and not provoke enemies for no reason."

Just as he was speaking, a cold shout suddenly came from the cave dwelling entrance: "People in the Shi Quan Cave Dwelling, get out!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's group looked at each other.

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not move, but took out his token, activated his magic power, and formed a phantom in mid-air.

The phantom showed three cultivators; the leader was at the Foundation Establishment stage, the peak aura was clear at a glance, and the other two attendants were at the Qi Condensation stage.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's voice came from outside the cave: "Who are you, and what do you want?"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator laughed: "Listen well, this mountain peak has been taken a fancy to by my master. He likes tranquility, and all idle people here are driven away."

"Before you came, my master had already persuaded more than ten newcomers to leave."

"Those who don't know are innocent. If you leave now, I will give you a sum of spirit stones as compensation. If you don't leave, my master is a dignified Golden Core cultivator and will not bully the small. But among my attendants, there are twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators. You can just wait to see us in the Martial Arts Hall!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo fell silent.

Seeing Qing Chi gritted her teeth, showing indignation.

Chef Lao looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo worriedly: "Young Master..." Sun Lingtong giggled, his eyes staring brightly at Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "You want to give me spirit stones, how much?"

The visitor showed a look of disdain: "I will give you ten medium-grade spirit stones! You go to the Internal Affairs Hall yourself and withdraw your rent. This time is completely enough."

Unlike Ning Zhuo laughed loudly: "Then many thanks, fellow Daoist."

He agreed immediately.

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Unlike Ning Zhuo knew Seeing Qing Chi's state and asked hurriedly: "What does she still remember?"