Chapter 63

A gray giant bird was flying with its wings spread across a continuous mountain range, with three people standing on its back.

The person in front was in his thirties, with a fair face.

The two young men behind, one twenty-five or twenty-six, the other eighteen or nineteen, were none other than Shi Hai, Wang Yu, and Yu Xiaoming.

"Our Four Symbols Sect is famous for its beast-taming methods. The sect is divided into four major branches: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Zhu Que. Each branch has a Golden Core Ancestor sitting in town, and the sect leader is held by the ancestors of each branch in turn. However, the disciples under the sect are divided into inner and outer sects and true transmissions."

"Generally speaking, those who pass the outer sect test can join the sect and become outer sect disciples. If an outer sect disciple cultivates to the Qi Refinement late stage before the age of thirty and still has the potential to impact Foundation Establishment, they can join the four branches and become inner sect disciples."

"Once an inner sect disciple successfully establishes their Foundation, they can become an elder of the four branches."

"As for true transmission disciples, each branch cannot exceed three people, and they are all Golden Core seeds personally acknowledged by the ancestors of each branch."

"You two must remember: although the sect provides a certain amount of cultivation resources to disciples every year, the resource shares enjoyed by the outer and inner sects are worlds apart. Just the spiritual Qi concentration in the cultivation areas of the inner and outer sects has a difference of several times."

"As for true transmission disciples, the four branches spare no effort to provide various cultivation resources, just to have one more possibility for impacting the Golden Core in the future."

"The cultivation places of true transmission disciples are different from those of the inner and outer sects. They will be set up with special spirit-gathering arrays. It is said that with the same cultivation aptitude, cultivating in them for one day is equivalent to the effect of cultivating outside for more than ten days, which is simply not something ordinary disciples can imagine." Shi Hai stood at the front of the bird's back, introducing the Four Symbols Sect to the two behind him, and couldn't help but reveal an envious expression when he finished.

"In that case, the higher one's status in the Four Symbols Sect, the more resources one can enjoy, and after we two join the sect, we can only start as outer sect disciples." Wang Yu asked curiously.

Yu Xiaoming on the side had a somewhat pale face, and there was a trace of dejection between his eyebrows, as if he hadn't fully walked out of the failure of the previous battle.

"Your situations are somewhat special. Although your Spirit Roots are ordinary, you have both awakened physical bloodlines."

"According to past practice, those who awaken bloodlines, regardless of their other aptitudes, must first be reported to the four branch elders, letting them decide whether to give an opportunity to directly become an inner sect disciple." Shi Hai explained with a smile.

"I heard that the upper sect attaches great importance to those with physical bloodlines. It seems this is true. Does a bloodline awakener really have great use in beast taming?" Wang Yu couldn't help but ask another question.

"Hehe, whether it has great use or not, once you join the sect, someone will naturally tell you. I can only tell you that there are quite a few physical bloodline awakeners among the inner sect disciples of the four branches." Shi Hai replied with deep meaning.

Wang Yu's eyes flickered upon hearing this.

At this time, Yu Xiaoming also asked: "Shi Zhishi Shi, based on your past experience, what do you think the chances are that the two of us will be directly favored by the four branches?"

"In my opinion, your talents have special performances in fighting, but in terms of Spirit Root cultivation aptitude, you are somewhat ordinary, or rather, you can only barely meet the entry requirements, and your age is also somewhat old. I can only say that you had better not hold high expectations, so as not to be too disappointed when the time comes." Shi Hai thought for a moment and advised cautiously.

Wang Yu and Yu Xiaoming looked at each other upon hearing this, and both saw some unwillingness in the other's eyes.

Both of them asked themselves if they could fight across ranks, and now that it was unlikely they would even become inner sect disciples, they were naturally greatly unwilling.

"Alright, we have arrived at the mountain gate of our Four Symbols Sect in front. Stand steady, I will let the spirit bird go down."

Just at this moment, Shi Zhishi Shi gave a low shout and stepped slightly on the bird's back beneath him.

The gray giant bird let out a cry and dived toward a seemingly ordinary small mountain below.

With a "puff" sound.

Wang Yu only felt his body freeze slightly, as if he had crashed through something. The scenery in front of him changed drastically; in front were all lush green forests, and further away, eight huge mountain peaks over a thousand zhang high were connected together.

What surprised him even more was that three of the eight mountain peaks had collapsed from the middle, and the remaining parts were all scorched black, as if they had just been baptized by thunder and fire.

Could this be the traces left by the Golden Core Ancestors fighting in the rumors?

Wang Yu was pondering this when Yu Xiaoming beside him let out an exclamation.

"What pure spiritual Qi, worthy of being a second-rank spirit vein."

Wang Yu couldn't help but take a deep breath upon hearing this, immediately filling his mouth with the scent of grass and trees. The spiritual Qi concentration was almost several times that of the Yin family, and the mana in his body was stirred by it, making him moved.

"The entire Four Symbols Sect is composed of three large second-rank spirit veins. This is nothing. Only when you truly enter the cultivation area of the sect will you know what a cultivation holy land is and why everyone wants to become a sect disciple." Shi Hai laughed in front, saying as if it were nothing unusual.

Then he drove the gray giant bird beneath him and flew straight toward the nearest mountain peak.

But before they flew close, more than a dozen black strange birds a few feet long flew out from a forest below. Each was pitch black, with oily feathers and sharp claws. After circling the gray giant bird a few times, they quacked and returned to the forest on their own.

"Don't worry, these are the brothers on duty confirming our identities. If we didn't carry the sect token, they would immediately drive spirit birds to block and report." Shi Hai explained faintly, then drove the giant bird beneath him to land steadily on an empty platform above a group of buildings halfway up the mountain peak.

As soon as the three of them got off the giant bird, they heard a cry in the sky, and another white giant crane over a zhang tall flew down. Two people, a man and a woman, one old and one young, also walked down from it.

"Shi Hai has met Elder Liu!"

As soon as Shi Hai saw the red-faced old man in front clearly, he was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to bow.

"Oh, so it's Nephew Shi. Why, bringing new people to the sect?" The red-faced old man wore a yellow Ge-cloth robe, and his nose was a brownish-red wine-dregs nose. He seemed to know Shi Hai, waved his hand indifferently, and swept a glance at Wang Yu and the other two behind him.

This person was actually a Foundation Establishment elder of the Four Symbols Sect.

"Elder Liu, this disciple had good luck going out this time and encountered entry disciples who awakened physical bloodlines. I am preparing to notify the four branches to send people to pick them." Shi Hai replied respectfully.

"Oh, awakened physical bloodlines? Then I have to call those old guys to come and see, so as not to miss any good seedlings. It just so happens that I am also taking people to join Zhu Que Mountain, so let's go through the process together." Elder Liu turned his head and glanced at the eight or nine-year-old red-skirted little girl following closely behind him, a look of kindness appearing on his face.

At the same time, after Wang Yu saw the little girl's face clearly, his back felt cold, and his heart jumped rapidly.

This little girl's mischievous and clever appearance was clearly a smaller version of the green-skirted girl "Qin'er," the notorious "Blood Witch" among the Four Fiends of Lanshan.