Chapter 1380

The three broke through the mist and pressed on, their speed ever increasing.

Before they knew it, they had flown several thousand kilometers, passing through several major formations.

With two Golden Immortals escorting them, nothing dangerous happened along the way, as if they were merely walking an ordinary road.

When they flew to the central area of the Ninefold Grand Formation, the mist ahead suddenly cleared, and a white light flew out from deeper within, stopping before the three.

That was a Sword Cultivator, not old, looking about thirty years old.

"Yunchu Shan's Ji Xingge, greetings, fellow Daoists!" the newcomer said, clasping his hands toward the woodcutter and the fisherman.

Hmm… fellow Daoists, this means you don't treat Xiao Feng as a person.

Xiao Feng glanced at the other's information, secretly bearing a grudge!

【Yunchu Shan's first-generation disciple — Ji Xingge】

Level: 1300 (True Immortal)

HP: Unknown

Note: As a fellow first-generation disciple, he is several tens of thousands of years younger than the eldest senior sister and several tens of thousands of years older than the youngest junior sister.

In terms of level, this is as expected—not particularly high, nor low.

But this note left Xiao Feng stunned.

Being several tens of thousands of years younger than the eldest senior sister and several tens of thousands older than the youngest junior sister means this person is now roughly several tens of thousands of years old?

Then his generation should be about the same as the woodcutter and fisherman, just with a lower cultivation realm!

"Fellow Daoist Ji, long time no see," the woodcutter said, clasping his hands, without looking down on him despite his much lower level.

Ji Xingge said: "The eldest senior sister knew you were coming, so she specially sent me to welcome you. This young friend must be this time's challenger, right?"

The fisherman nodded: "Thank you for leading the way, fellow Daoist. This young friend is named Xiao Feng; he has learned the first four forms of my Opening Heaven Sword, and wishes to test his green blade at Yunchu Shan, exchanging insights on swordsmanship with your junior fellow disciples."

Ji Xingge examined Xiao Feng's eyes, nodded slightly, showing approval: "Not bad, not bad—to learn the Opening Heaven Four Swords at Nascent Soul stage, your future is limitless. My youngest generation junior fellow disciples might have met their match."

"Haha, he isn't challenging your youngest generation junior fellow disciples," the woodcutter laughed upon hearing that.

"Oh? Do you perhaps want to try something even stronger?" Ji Xingge showed surprise, feeling it a bit unlikely.

The fisherman shook his head, confidently saying: "At least two generations ahead."

"……" Ji Xingge was left speechless upon hearing that, not knowing what to say.

That bragging… is a bit over the top.

Yunchu Shan is not a place just anyone can challenge; each of its disciples is near-invincible among peers of the same realm—some at Nascent Soul can challenge outside True Immortals, and those at Mahayana can defeat peak True Immortal experts.

To defeat a Yunchu Shan disciple, talent, effort, and luck are all indispensable!

Challenging one generation above already makes one a dragon among men, exceedingly rare in the world.

Challenging two generations above has been, over tens of thousands of years, countable on one's fingers!

Challenging three generations above… has never occurred.

Ji Xingge was momentarily speechless.

Xiao Feng, hearing this, felt confused and couldn't help asking: "What do you mean by 'one generation,' 'two generations,' etc.? Exactly how many generations of disciples does Yunchu Shan have?"

The woodcutter laughed: "They differ from other sects—besides the patriarch, everyone is a first-generation disciple. Senior sisters and brothers take on disciples in place of the teacher, and thereafter each generation consists of junior fellow disciples. Thus the eldest is already several hundred thousand years old, while the youngest is only a few hundred years old."

Several hundred thousand years… all first-generation?

No wonder Ji Xingge's note is so special!

"Fellow Daoist, you're mistaken—the youngest disciple is now under twenty years old, an adventurer just like this young friend." Ji Xingge corrected.

The woodcutter and fisherman gave a hehe laugh.

Xiao Feng showed an interested expression, not knowing which player could catch Yunchu Shan's eye.

"Let's go; we'll talk after entering the mountain."

Ji Xingge called out, using Yunchu Shan's Law Secret Technique to ride the clouds and fly forward, leading the three ahead.

The speed was fast—more than triple the previous—zipping through mist, and before long they had penetrated several thousand kilometers inward.

The Ninefold Grand Formation gradually fell behind them, and ahead appeared a different-feeling green mountain and clear water.

The scenery outside is misty and ethereal, while inside it is profoundly ancient, as if existing for hundreds of millions of years—trees weathered, rivers deep, cliffside rocks bleached gray, as if they would shatter at a touch.

Nevertheless, it's only the landscape that is ancient; the spiritual birds and beasts, fish, insects, shrimp, and crabs here are all full of vigor, very lively.

"Young friend, this is your first visit to Yunchu Shan—would you like to sightsee a bit?" Ji Xingge asked Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng looked toward the woodcutter.

The woodcutter shook his head: "Nothing much to see; the scenery of our Twelve Heavens is better—let's go straight to Sword Discussion Peak."

Xiao Feng: ……

This old geezer is awful—he won't even give time to enjoy the view, treating me like a laborer!

Ji Xingge laughed: "You're still so confident, alright then—let's go to Sword Discussion Peak."

With a turn of the cloud, he led the three straight toward a large mountain not far away.

Yunchu Shan is immensely vast, comparable to a divine nation's continent.

During the flight, Ji Xingge gave Xiao Feng a brief introduction to Yunchu Shan's characteristics.

Since everyone is a first-generation disciple, they address each other as senior and junior fellow disciples, so there is no hierarchy of status.

Here, each disciple, after breaking through to Nascent Soul, may choose a mountain peak as his own abode.

With mountains and rivers spanning over a hundred thousand kilometers, there is never a worry about lack of space.

However, some peaks cannot be chosen, for they are important places of the sect.

For example, the patriarch's forbidden transmission ground "Yunchu Peak," the scripture-repository "Nine Mysteries Peak," the martial discussion and sword debate peak "Sword Discussion Peak," and so on.

Each of these peaks has its own function, managed by some senior fellow disciples with greater seniority.

Sword Discussion Peak is a relatively popular spot; many disciples who entered the sect around the same time often come here to spar, and sometimes they even challenge across generations.

The longer one has been in the sect, the smaller the difference in cultivation tends to be, because improvement in the later stages is far more difficult than in the early stages.

Yunchu Shan accepts new disciples on average every 500 years, taking at most ten each time, and normally only two or three.

Recently, due to an influx of players, they opened the mountain early to accept disciples, with only less than 300 years between openings, so the younger generation is relatively more numerous.

However, their "opening the mountain to accept disciples" is not truly open to the outside; instead, some strong individuals go out to seek people with better talent and bring them back to become disciples and cultivate.

Therefore, the vast majority of players in the Nine Provinces Immortal Realm do not know that Yunchu Shan can also accept disciples, and they think this place is a late-game map that can only be explored after reaching level 500.

Ji Xingge told Xiao Feng that they had recruited three disciples among the adventurers, and there are still seven spots left, which they will continue to fill in the future.

While saying this, he subtly hinted that if Xiao Feng was willing, he could switch over from the Twelve Heavens.

The woodcutter and the old fisherman hearing this almost wanted to hit someone.

Xiao Feng, on the other hand, was not very resistant; after helping the woodcutter gain attention, if Yunchu Shan had something sufficiently attractive, such as immortal crystals, he would not rule it out!

Soon, the three of them followed Ji Xingge to the vicinity of Sword Discussion Peak.

At that moment, a spatial fluctuation came from Sword Discussion Peak, and someone arrived here using a return-to-city talisman.

"Look, my little junior sister and little junior brother have returned." Ji Xingge said with a light smile.

The little junior brother and little junior sister he referred to are the second of the disciples recruited from among the players.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but become interested, wanting to see who these two people are!

The Cloud Head descended and slowly landed on the White Jade Plaza in front of Sword Discussion Peak.

On the plaza there were only two people, no NPCs, just the little junior brother and little junior sister.

Xiao Feng stared intently and couldn't help but be stunned.

These two guys, he actually knows them!