Chapter 513: Promoted to the Status of Inner Disciple!
"I was just a little luckier, that is all."
Li Yun shook his head and said, "I came here to warn all of you to be careful of the Starheaven Ancient Kingdom and its disciples. Since I have angered them, they might target all disciples from the Southern Martial Domain, including the three of you."
He paused briefly, then added, "I will be exploring the Azure Void Region for now, so I may not be able to take care of anything if trouble happens. Because of that, you must remain cautious around anyone connected to the Starheaven Ancient Kingdom."
The three of them nodded solemnly.
"Do not worry about us, Li Yun."
Huang Chen smiled and said, "Even though we are still weak, not just anyone can casually play with us. We have also heard about the Starheaven Ancient Kingdom, so we will be cautious. You should be careful yourself."
Su Fengyan and Li Hao nodded from the side.
Li Yun nodded as well. After chatting with them for a while, he took out some excellent treasure swords and weapons he had obtained from the corpses of the disciples who had hunted him inside the Chaos Heaven Secret Realm, then handed them over to the three.
After that, he returned to his courtyard, only to find that he had a visitor.
This unexpected visitor was actually someone he knew.
It was Jian Wuchen.
"Li Yun, I heard that you are planning to explore the Azure Void Region."
Jian Wuchen did not beat around the bush and directly got to the point. "Coincidentally, I have accepted a sect mission to head to Cloudcrest Prefecture. Why do I not show you around on the way?"
As if afraid that Li Yun would refuse, Jian Wuchen quickly added before Li Yun could speak, "Li Yun, although your strength is already impressive, you are not an Inner Sect Disciple yet, and you do not have a sect-issued Bloodwing Lion Vulture. Traveling on your own would waste a great deal of time. If you travel with me, you can avoid that trouble."
"Alright."
Seeing that Jian Wuchen had already put it that way, Li Yun did not hesitate and directly agreed.
His relationship with Jian Wuchen was quite good. Besides, with Jian Wuchen’s Bloodwing Lion Vulture, he could indeed save a great deal of time on the road.
"But before I leave, let me accept a few missions as well," Li Yun said with a smile.
"Uh, you cannot accept missions yet."
Jian Wuchen sighed and said, "In the Heavenly Sword Sect, only Inner Sect Disciples are qualified to accept sect missions."
"..."
Li Yun was speechless.
He had not expected the sect to have such a rule.
However, just as he felt disappointed, a deacon arrived before his courtyard.
The deacon looked at Li Yun and immediately announced, "Li Yun, after thoroughly assessing your combat strength, the sect has decided to promote you to the ranks of Inner Sect Disciple."
Li Yun was stunned when he heard this, but soon, a smile appeared on his face.
"Here. Take this."
The deacon handed Li Yun his Inner Sect Disciple identity token, then turned and left.
"You are truly lucky."
Jian Wuchen looked at him from the side with a slightly jealous expression and said, "I have never seen a 4th level Mortal Core Realm cultivator promoted directly to Inner Sect Disciple by the sect. You really are special."
Li Yun smiled and did not say much.
"Let us go and see what missions I can accept."
According to the rules of the Heavenly Sword Sect, every disciple had to complete their first sect mission within three months after being promoted to Inner Sect Disciple.
The difficulty of this sect mission would not be extremely high, but it would not be low either. For an ordinary Earthly Core Realm cultivator, it would still pose a considerable challenge. However, as long as one’s combat strength reached the level of an ordinary 2nd or 3rd level Earthly Core Realm cultivator, completing the mission would not be a major problem.
This time, Li Yun was going to accept his first sect mission.
A moment later, he arrived at the Mission Hall of the Inner Sect.
Inside the hall, bronze stone pillars filled the space. Each pillar was ten meters in diameter, and their surfaces were covered with jade talismans. Every jade talisman had a mission recorded on it.
Around the stone pillars, dozens of Inner Sect Disciples moved back and forth, carefully searching for missions suitable for themselves.
Li Yun did not bother looking through those jade talismans. Instead, he walked straight toward the depths of the hall.
Sitting there was a silver-haired elder. He was an elder of the Administrative Hall, and he was responsible for managing the Mission Hall.
"Elder, I am here to accept my introductory mission."
Li Yun took out the identity token he had received after becoming an Inner Sect Disciple and handed it to the silver-haired elder.
The silver-haired elder’s expression was indifferent. He casually took Li Yun’s identity token and glanced at it. However, the moment he saw the information inside, his brows immediately furrowed.
"You are Li Yun?"
"A disciple at the 4th level of Mortal Core Realm can actually become an Inner Sect Disciple? What utter nonsense."
He snorted coldly and suddenly took out a jade talisman. His voice became extremely cold as he said, "If you can complete this mission, you will pass the assessment and officially become an Inner Sect Disciple. If you cannot, then go back and cultivate for a few more years before speaking of entering the Inner Sect."
The silver-haired elder’s extremely impatient and cold attitude made Li Yun frown slightly. However, he did not say much and simply reached out to take the jade talisman.
"Hm?"
After glancing at the mission recorded on the jade talisman, Li Yun’s brows furrowed again, and his gaze gradually turned cold.
On the jade talisman, the mission was clearly written.
Within three months, become a Two-Clawed Golden Dragon Guard of the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom. If the time limit is exceeded, the mission will be treated as a failure.
Li Yun had heard of the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom before.
Although its overall strength was far inferior to the Starheaven Ancient Kingdom and the Moonveil Ancient Kingdom, it was still quite well-known among the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
This was because, although the kingdom itself was not especially powerful, it was located in Cloudheaven Prefecture, which was a border region between the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Heaven Severing Blade School, and the Golden Saint Sect.
Although Cloudheaven Prefecture was nominally under the control of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the situation there was complex, and the Heavenly Sword Sect’s influence in that region was actually quite weak.
In Cloudheaven Prefecture, the force that truly held authority was still the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom.
As for the Golden Dragon Guards, they were existences similar to guest elders within the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom, and they possessed considerable privileges. However, becoming a Golden Dragon Guard was by no means easy.
A One-Clawed Golden Dragon Guard had to be an outstanding figure among early-stage Earthly Core Realm cultivators. To become a Two-Clawed Golden Dragon Guard, one had to stand out even among middle-stage Earthly Core Realm experts.
Assigning a mission of this difficulty to a disciple who had just entered the Inner Sect made the situation extremely obvious.
This silver-haired elder was deliberately making things difficult for Li Yun.
Just as Li Yun was thinking of rejecting the mission, his system notification chimed in.
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[Quest Level: A]
– Objective: [Become a Two-Clawed Golden Dragon Guard of the Cloudheaven Ancient Kingdom]
– Reward: [200000 EXP, a clue to Immortal Intent]