Chapter 55: Gathering Disciples
Shen Mu Feng bowed to Li Dong Yuan and said: "Li Shu Shu, this is Su Han."
Li Dongyuan sized up Su Han for a moment, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes: "I am Li Dongyuan, the master of Haoshu Peak. I want to take you as my apprentice, are you willing?"
Su Han was very quick-witted and stepped forward to pay his respects, saying: "Disciple sees Master!!"
Martial arts is a difficult path. To walk it better and faster, it's best to have a good teacher. A famous teacher's one sentence can sometimes surpass ten years of solitary bitter practice.
Upon seeing Su Han successfully become a disciple, the martial arts prodigies beside him all flashed with a hint of envy in their eyes. Being able to have a pre-heavenly strong expert as a master not only meant having someone to guide one's cultivation, but also was equivalent to having a powerful backer.
"Good! Good! Good!!" Li Dongyuan smiled heartily, his face filled with delight. However, he soon turned serious: "Su Han, the formal ceremony of becoming a true disciple must wait until you pass the trial of a true disciple. Although you are already my apprentice, our sect's rules are strict, and even as your master, I am unable to immediately promote you to become a true disciple."
"Sū Hán said: 'Yes! Disciple understands!'"
Li Dongyuan saw Su Han being so sensible, and his heart was increasingly satisfied. With a wave of his hand, a bag flew steadily into Su Han's hands: "This is the master's gift to you as a meeting gift."
Su Han took the bag and immediately felt the vast spiritual energy contained within it. His heart was filled with joy, and he vaguely guessed what was inside the bag. He thanked him, saying: "Thank you, Master!!"
Li Dongyuan glanced at Shen Mufeng and ordered: "Mufeng, take Su Han around to get familiar with our Xiaoyi Gate."
"Yes! Master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dongyuan floated away.
Shen Mu Feng immediately turned to Su Han and said: "Younger brother, come with me."
Su Han nodded slightly and picked up the bag, following Shen Mu Feng into the Xiaoyi Gate.
Shen Mu Feng first brought Su Han to the Exchange Hall, where they received a set of clothes and a jade token.
"Su Shidi, this jade plaque is your identity card. It also records the contributions you have made to the sect. I'll teach you how to use the jade plaque to query the treasures you can exchange." Shen Mufeng handed the jade plaque to Su Han, then took out his own jade plaque and lightly pressed it onto a stone table's recess on the right side of the Exchange Hall.
When Shen Mufeng's jade plate was embedded in the stone table, a burst of light flew out from the stone table and condensed into a screen of light in mid-air. On that screen of light, it displayed: "Shen Mufeng, Inner Disciple, Contribution to the Sect: 15654 points."
Shen Mu Feng casually tapped on the stone table, and the light screen in the void changed, quickly displaying some other things: "Martial Skills Category: Mid-grade martial skill Flame Killing Palm, exchange requirement sect contribution 2000 points. Mid-grade martial skill Dragon Tiger Wall Skill, exchange requirement sect contribution 4000 points... Supreme martial skill Descending Dragon Sword Technique, exchange requirement sect contribution 200000 points."
Su Han gazed at the empty light screen, a flash of scorching heat in his eyes: "Is this martial skill? There's actually still complete top-notch martial skills that can be exchanged here? No wonder the three major martial arts holy lands have so many masters."
The entire Flame Empire had only a handful of top-notch martial skills, yet Su Han managed to obtain just one incomplete top-notch martial skill and was able to dominate the entire Western Yuan Town. The power of that top-notch martial skill can be imagined. And within this heroic sect, it's astonishing that one only needs to contribute enough to the sect to exchange for a complete top-notch martial skill, no wonder the three major martial arts holy lands are filled with talented individuals and masters abound.
Shen Mu Feng smiled at Su Han and said: "Come on, I'll teach you how to use it."
Su Han nodded slightly and excitedly walked over to the stone table.
Under Shen Mu Feng's guidance, Su Han quickly learned how to use the jade plate in his hand and began to inquire about the various treasures that could be exchanged in the Exchange Hall.
In the Exchange Hall of the Chivalrous Sect, Su Han saw all sorts of martial skills, as well as precious spiritual symbols, spiritual elixirs, spiritual herbs, blood, fur, and teeth of rare beasts from outside the sect, divine weapons, precious armor, and many other treasures. There were even spiritual stones that could be exchanged. However, the exchange price for just one spiritual stone was astonishingly high, requiring 1 million points of sect contribution to exchange for a single spiritual stone.
Su Han withdrew some greedy gaze from the exchange hall, and asked Shen Mufeng with some expectation: "Shen Shixiong, how to obtain the contribution of the sect?"
Shen Mu Feng explained: "Going out to hunt and kill demonic beasts, selling precious materials from the demonic beasts to the Exchange Hall, making spiritual pills and talismans to sell to the Exchange Hall, completing tasks released by the sect in the Task Hall can all be exchanged for sect contributions. In addition, one can also use silver coins to exchange for sect contributions, with 100 taels of silver coins exchanging for one point of sect contribution. However, each person can only exchange up to 1,000 points of sect contribution using silver coins per year."
Su Han's face suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "One hundred taels of silver can only exchange for a little bit of sect contribution, so the price of one Ling Stone, if exchanged into silver, wouldn't it be one billion taels of silver per piece?"
"Of course, the Ling Stone is a treasure that's hard to come by. Even in the Nine Great Martial Sacred Lands, it's a rare item that ordinary people can't afford. However, if you become a Pre-Heavenly strong expert, this little contribution from our sect wouldn't be worth mentioning. A single complete Ninth-Grade Demon Beast can be sold to the Exchange Hall for tens of thousands of points of sect contributions. Killing a few would allow you to exchange for one Ling Stone. Hunting Ninth-Grade Demon Beasts is as difficult as climbing the sky for us, but it's easy and effortless for Pre-Heavenly strong experts."
Su Han nodded slightly, the Ling Stone could double one's cultivation speed, such a rare treasure was naturally priceless. In the Great Flame Empire, it was basically impossible to buy one, and its appearance at an auction was extremely rare. Those who were able to buy a Ling Stone with tens of thousands of silver coins were all lucky winners who had stumbled upon a great bargain.
Shen Mu Feng reminded: "The contributions of the sect cannot be transferred to each other."
Su Han suddenly understood, this was to prevent the low-ranking disciples from colluding with each other and using silver to exchange for contributions to the sect. For the Xiaoyi Sect, although silver was also an indispensable item, it wasn't considered too important. The Xiaoyi Sect had plenty of ways to make money.
Leaving the Exchange Hall, Shen Mu Feng took Su Han on a tour of the Xiaoyi Gate, introducing him to the various halls within.
Shen Mu Feng brought Su Han to a towering pagoda that pierced the clouds, covering an area of tens of hectares, and said with pride: "This is the most important place in our Xiaoyi Gate, the Tianxingtai Pagoda."
"This is the Tongtian Tower? It's indeed famous for a reason." Su Han looked up at the tower, and his heart was slightly shaken. The entire Tongtian Tower was carved out of a blue precious jade, which was the highest quality jade stone. A palm-sized piece of this blue jade could sell for hundreds of taels of silver. Such a majestic and integrated tower, covering tens of hectares, piercing through the clouds, even the national treasury of the Great Flame Empire couldn't afford it.
