Chapter 75

After a long while, Wang Yu finally withdrew his gaze from the sky, burdened with worries, and vaguely formed a guess about the Setan in the sky.

But for now, he walked around the stone room and discovered that on the mountain wall behind it, there was a long passage leading downward, seemingly heading into the heart of the mountain.

Wang Yu pondered for a moment, but he was in no hurry to enter the passage immediately; instead, he returned to the stone room and checked it carefully once more.

As a result, on a wooden shelf, he found another set of changed-out pale red uniform robes, and on a corner of the robes, he discovered the two black characters "Zhu Que."

Besides this, there was also a crimson wooden plaque placed together with the robes.

One side of the wooden plaque was inscribed with a crimson spirit pattern, and the other side was written with a large silver character: "Inner."

"Inner Sect Disciple."

Wang Yu toyed with the red wooden plaque in his hand, feeling a vague sense of bloodline connection between this object and himself.

Clearly, during the period when his consciousness was absent, not only had he been switched to cultivating the Fire Spirit Art and rewarded with entry-rank pills, but he had also become an inner sect disciple of Zhu Que Mountain.

Without a doubt, the one capable of doing this must have been Elder Li Huo.

But why was this Golden Core stage ancestral elder so good to him?

Back then, he had been invaded by the fire light from the other party's artifact and was subsequently forced to leave this world, and during this period, this body had been led by another unknown consciousness, and he had even been given such good treatment.

Thinking of the implications of these successive encounters, he couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end.

Leave—he certainly couldn't leave right away; he could only observe the situation first and take things one step at a time.

Wang Yu pondered somewhat pessimistically.

Subsequently, he put away the wooden plaque, walked out of the stone room, and entered the passage.

The passage was not too long; after walking for over a hundred meters, he arrived in a giant stone cavern.

Inside, various passages led in all directions, each heading to different places. Fortunately, at the exit of every passage, there was a wooden plaque indicating where it led.

Wang Yu turned around to look at the passage exit he had come from; the wooden plaque beside it strikingly read "Inner Sect 118." He then looked at the wooden plaques at the entrances of other passages; those marked with similar inner sect numerical codes had the highest at 26 and the lowest at 103. His own 118 was clearly ranked last.

Just then, the sound of footsteps emerged.

A man of about thirty-five or thirty-six, draped in a yellow long robe, walked out from a passage marked "Inner Sect 45."

On his shoulder lay a long-eared rabbit with crimson fur, but its two front limbs were unusually long and possessed sharp claws.

"Wang Shidi, what a coincidence. Ever since you entered the inner sect, you have been in seclusion and haven't come out; are you adapting to this place?" As soon as the yellow-robed man saw Wang Yu, an expression of surprise appeared on his face, but he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Many thanks for your concern, Li Li Shixiong. I have recently been researching a new cultivation art, so I have neglected to visit all the senior brothers." Although Wang Yu did not recognize the other party, he did not reveal the slightest strange expression on his face and instead hurriedly cupped his hands in return.

"This is normal. I heard that Shidi hasn't condensed a spirit root for long; changing to a suitable cultivation art based on your spirit root is naturally a wise move.

Although the cultivation speed of Qi Refinement stage arts is mostly similar, finding an art that matches your spirit root better will still make cultivation faster.

However, Wang Shidi coming out of seclusion this time—I'm afraid you are well-informed and knew in advance about the new batch of young beasts arriving at the Spirit Beast Hall. I remember that newly entered inner sect disciples all have one free adoption quota," the yellow-robed man nodded and then said with a sudden, strange smile.

"Spirit Beast Hall? Adoption quota?" Wang Yu was stunned.

"What, Wang Shidi really doesn't know? It seems the deacon who handled your entry was careless.

According to the sect rules, every disciple who has just entered the inner sect has one opportunity to choose a spirit beast for free within the first three months. Our Four Symbols Gate is famous for its beast-taming techniques; if an inner sect disciple doesn't have a spirit beast, they will be mocked by other sects," the yellow-robed man seemed somewhat surprised and then explained a couple of sentences.

"So that's how it is. I wonder where the Spirit Beast Hall is; I'll go take a look." After hearing this, Wang Yu was greatly tempted.

After all, whether it was Yin Linglong's ghost dog or the bone python and other spirit beasts he had seen when being chased in Guangyuan Market, they had all made him greatly envious.

"Coincidentally, I am also going to the Spirit Beast Hall to handle some matters; you and I can go together," the yellow-robed man said without a second thought.

Wang Yu naturally agreed immediately.

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the two of them appeared in a great hall halfway up the mountain.

The front hall of the great hall was quiet, and apart from a few tables, it seemed completely empty.

However, the yellow-robed man casually tapped a small golden bell hanging high in the hall.

Not long after, an old man walked out from behind the hall, grumbling.

"Zhou Chu, it's you stinky brat again. Didn't I tell you? Your long-armed rabbit has a poor appetite because it is about to advance; you only need to let it swallow more fire-attribute spirit items, and it will naturally be fine." The old man had snow-white eyebrows and wore a loose, coarse-cloth robe. As soon as he saw the yellow-robed man, he said with a bad attitude.

"Li Shishu, it's not that you don't know—fire-attribute spirit items are now being speculated to astronomical prices; where can I afford to buy them with my meager spirit stones? How about you continue to sell me some fire-attribute beast feed at a cheap price?" The yellow-robed man complained repeatedly, cheekily saying to the old man.

"Fire-attribute beast feed hasn't been produced much recently; how much do you want to buy?" The old man seemed to have no way to deal with the yellow-robed man and could only ask with a straight face.

"Give me thirty jin first; ever since I raised a spirit beast, I've felt like I've become a pauper." This Li Li Shixiong Zhou muttered, fished out a dozen spirit stones from his bosom, and handed them to the old man.

"Wait for me." The old man turned and left. When he returned to the front hall, his hand already held a bulging, small bag.

"By the way, Li Shishu, this is Wang Shidi, who just entered the inner sect of our Zhu Que Mountain. He is here to use that free quota," Zhou Chu said happily after taking the bag, pointing at Wang Yu.

"You are the person the ancestral elder personally named to enter the inner sect of Zhu Que Mountain?" Upon hearing this, Li Shishu was somewhat surprised, looked Wang Yu up and down twice, and had a strange expression.

"If the ancestral elder hasn't allowed a second person to enter the inner sect recently, then it should indeed be this disciple," Wang Yu cupped his hands and replied respectfully.

Since the other party could manage a place like the Spirit Beast Hall and was called Shishu by Zhou Chu, they must certainly be a Foundation Establishment great cultivator.

"With only Qi Refinement early-stage cultivation, what kind of spirit beast can you raise well now? But since the sect rules are as such, follow me," the old man was silent for a moment, shook his head somewhat unwillingly, but still signaled for Wang Yu to follow him to the back.

Zhou Chu, appearing to be looking for excitement, followed closely behind.

"Beast-taming is the founding method of our Four Symbols Gate. Back then, the founding master of our sect relied on a Golden Core Great Perfection Cloud Mountain Jiao to defeat three Golden Core late-stage opponents in a row, which is how he carved out the foundation for our sect here in Tongzhou City. When others fight, they can only do one-on-one, but our Four Symbols Gate can do two-on-one, or even three-on-one; how could we not win?" Li Shishu said proudly while leading Wang Yu and the other two out of the front hall and into a long corridor.

"But Senior Uncle Zhou, people who don't learn beast-taming techniques only need to pile all their resources onto themselves, whereas we have to split one portion of resources into two or three. Why don't you mention that, old man?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu rolled his eyes and replied.

"What do you know? That's because you juniors haven't learned the essence of beast-taming at all," the old man snorted, looking very disdainful.