The late Foundation Establishment stage cultivator in charge spoke a few perfunctory words and then retreated to a secluded corner.
Below, the disciples, both inner and outer, stirred upon hearing this.
They gazed at the God of War of Flames with admiration and respect!
He was the strongest heavenly talent in cultivation in the past three hundred years of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, truly a war god of the sect!
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Seeing the chaotic scene below, Feng Junyi coughed lightly. The hundred-zhang grand hall immediately fell silent. Who would dare to disrespect this War God?
"The war between the Taiyi Immortal Sect, the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the Cold Water True Spirit Sect has reached this perilous juncture. I have no wasted words to speak."
"You will have one month to prepare. After this month, all disciples present will accompany me to the battlefield to support our sect brothers."
"Anyone who dares to flee of their own accord will be killed without mercy!"
As Feng Junyi uttered these words, the expressions of the numerous cultivators in the grand hall changed drastically. Wu Tao, hearing this, had a complex look and could only sigh inwardly.
After speaking, the War God Elder turned and headed towards the rear hall.
Wu Tao and the others felt uneasy. After a moment of hesitation, they obediently returned to prepare.
As disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, enjoying the benefits and glory of having a supreme force as their backing meant they also had to shoulder the responsibility of spilling blood and shedding tears for the sect.
Beneath an overturned nest, how could any eggs remain intact?
As an "ordinary" disciple, Wu Tao could only do his best to fulfill his responsibility, heading to the perilous battlefield to fight and contribute his strength to the prosperity and development of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
This was also his mission as a disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
Gu Yuemingzhi, Long Ao Potian, and the like, along with the nine great Sacred Sons, the strongest among the inner disciples – were they not all like this?
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When an event becomes a matter of world-altering significance, no one in the world can remain aloof, whether they wish to or not.
Senior Uncle Feng Junyi spoke correctly. The world is in turmoil, and the winds and clouds are churning. In the games of the most powerful cultivators in the immortal cultivation world, how many can truly remain uninvolved and live at ease?
As one dazzling young genius after another clashes in mutual combat, most ultimately become stepping stones on another's path to enlightenment and immortality, turning into a handful of earth on the ground!
The outbreak of these regional wars, the brutal conflict in Qingzhou and the Eastern Sea, are the cradles for the birth of the strong and the sieves that clear out the weak.
It is also a stage fraught with danger. In this surging tide, can Wu Tao survive to the end and become the protagonist admired by all on the stage?
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To uphold a promise, bearing a lifetime of chains, and ultimately ending in a tragic song – that is a hero.
To pursue one's own interests, weaving a colossal lie that makes the entire world dance to its tune, while one watches with cold detachment – that is a schemer.
Wu Tao is neither a hero nor a schemer. He is simply an ordinary person living for himself.
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Time is tight, and the task is heavy.
For the sake of his own life, Wu Tao decided to sell off some of the low, mid, and high-grade spiritual artifacts and Qi Condensation stage medicinal pills that he no longer needed.
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Only then could he acquire sufficient spirit stones to exchange for powerful spiritual artifacts, talismans, divine armors, and medicinal pills – items that could save his life on the battlefield.
Now that he had successfully established his foundation, he tidied himself up briefly and hurried to the Inner Sect Hall, which only inner disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect could enter.
There was an elder stationed in the Inner Sect Hall.
Upon learning of Wu Tao's intention, the elder on duty took out a stone tablet made of purple crystal soul stone.
The elder on duty wrote Wu Tao's name at the bottom of a densely filled list and then made a record in a jade slip. After some effort, he finally registered Wu Tao's identity as an inner disciple!
Wu Tao's heart fluttered with joy as he saw his name finally etched onto the stone tablet.
It was known that within the Taiyi Immortal Sect, there was not only a significant difference in identity and status between inner and outer disciples but also a vast disparity in resource provision.
Outer disciples at the Qi Condensation stage received a monthly supply of ten low-grade spirit stones. Inner disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage received a monthly supply of one mid-grade spirit stone.
In the current immortal cultivation world, one mid-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for one hundred low-grade spirit stones.
Elder Liu Huawei, who clearly handled such matters for newly Foundation Established disciples frequently, guessed Wu Tao's thoughts from the expression on his face.
Elder Liu Huawei smiled slightly, took out a mid-grade spirit stone from a nearby spirit communication pillar, and tossed it to Wu Tao.
With another flip of his hand, Elder Liu Huawei handed a jade slip to Wu Tao and explained, "As a Foundation Establishment stage inner disciple, your monthly supply will now be one mid-grade spirit stone!"
"And this jade slip contains some matters you should pay attention to after successfully establishing your foundation. I have copied them inside. You can examine it carefully after you return."
"Thank you, Uncle-Master!" Wu Tao received them with both hands, repeatedly expressing his gratitude.
These were indeed the things Wu Tao needed most at the moment. Obtaining them smoothly filled him with immense joy.
After finishing his business, Wu Tao chatted with Elder Liu Huawei for the time it takes an incense stick to burn before taking his leave from the Inner Sect Disciple Hall.
Leaving the Inner Sect Disciple Hall, Wu Tao steered his artifact and flew towards another location.
Wu Tao's artifact flight took him directly towards the Technique Inheritance Hall.
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The Taiyi Immortal Sect's Technique Inheritance Hall had nine floors, containing tens of thousands of cultivation techniques, magical arts, secret arts, divine abilities, as well as various miscellaneous records of the immortal cultivation world, stories of gods and demons, immortals and monsters, historical archives, and so on, all meticulously categorized and well-organized.
However, the Technique Inheritance Hall only housed common, widely available items.
Genuine top-tier cultivation techniques, magical arts, secret arts, and divine abilities were never kept here.
Therefore, the security here was not as strict as one might imagine, with only a single Nascent Soul stage inner sect elder stationed there.
Wu Tao arrived at the entrance of the Technique Inheritance Hall. There were two guards on each side of the entrance, both Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. After inspecting Wu Tao, the four readily allowed him to pass.
Wu Tao strode into the Technique Inheritance Hall. A faint scent of warm jade wafted towards him, as if he had instantly entered a different world. Bookshelves made of hundred-year-old spirit wood lined the hall, with jade slips lying between them. Hundreds of inner disciples were already browsing through the jade slips.
Looking up, the myriad of cultivation techniques, magical arts, secret arts, and divine abilities almost dazzled Wu Tao.
Blazing Dance Fire Butterfly Advanced Magical Art, Flowing Flower Graceful Advanced Magical Art, Gentle Breeze Leaf-Striking Finger Technique, Origin Sword Qi Instantaneous Magical Art, ... Cloud Control Instantaneous Evasion Technique, Wind God Speed Evasion Technique, Earth Evasion Technique, Golden Goose Flight Evasion Technique... Blood Burning Spirit Transformation Technique, Mental Purification Technique, Seven Illusions Nine Transformations Technique, Earth Mountain Attack Technique...
There were seven to eight thousand types of magical arts alone, over five to six thousand types of cultivation techniques, more than a thousand common secret arts, and the least common were the divine abilities that only Core Formation stage cultivators could practice, with a mere nine types.
Wu Tao searched among the bookshelves.
Due to the time constraint, Wu Tao had no time to practice excessively difficult or time-consuming magical arts and secret arts.
He only chose the Origin Sword Qi Instantaneous Magical Art, a very easy-to-practice and time-saving technique, and the Golden Goose Flight Evasion Technique, a simple and easy-to-learn flying art.
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"Six Yang Spirit Locking Technique, spiritual energy is extremely tough and masculine, a fire-attributed cultivation technique!"
"Withered Tree Meets Spring Technique, spiritual energy is inwardly contained, silent and desolate, a wood-attributed cultivation technique!"
"Raging River Technique, spiritual energy circulates with a ceaseless nature, a water-attributed cultivation technique!"
"Lesser Heaven Magnification Technique, spiritual energy is pure, standing upon the earth, one can be in an invincible position, an earth-attributed cultivation technique!"
"Sharpness Gold Solidification Technique, spiritual energy is sharp and indestructible, a metal-attributed cultivation technique!"
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In the Technique Inheritance Hall, although there were many cultivation techniques for the Foundation Establishment stage, Wu Tao was still troubled. There were all sorts of them, even some relatively obscure but powerful ones.
Although he was only choosing a transitional technique, and he would switch to a truly top-tier cultivation technique when the opportunity arose, the choice of technique at this moment was still extremely important to him.
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