Chapter 237 : Sect Reward
Chapter 237: Sect Reward
The Earthly Sha Warship was divided into inner and outer layers.
The outer layer was the Sha Zone, where the inner and true disciples resided. It could harness the sect disciples’ mana through a third-tier treasure formation, forming a defensive Sha barrier.
As long as the outer disciples remained alive, the Earthly Sha Warship’s defense would not be breached.
The inner layer, on the other hand, was a blessed chamber reserved for the Golden Core Elders. It was safeguarded by a third-tier superior treasure formation, the Five Elements Spirit-Gathering Formation. The density of spiritual energy gathered there rivaled that of a fourth-tier inferior spiritual vein, making it the very core of the entire Earthly Sha Warship.
Without the decree of a Golden Core Elder, any sect disciple who entered the inner layer without authorization would suffer heavy punishment.
Following Deacon Zhao Heng onto the Earthly Sha Warship and stepping into the inner layer, Chen Beiwu saw a female cultivator dressed in light pink palace robes walking toward them.
“Please trouble Deacon Zhao to wait here.”
After speaking, the female cultivator looked curiously at Chen Beiwu, her tone warm and cordial. “Junior Brother Chen, Master has been waiting for you in the meditation room for quite some time. Please come in quickly.”
Hearing this, Zhao Heng sighed inwardly, glancing at Chen Beiwu with envy.
Comparison between people was truly maddening.
Both were late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet the treatment they received was worlds apart.
But there was no helping it—he was already over three hundred years old, his potential exhausted, doomed never to form a Core.
Whereas Junior Brother Chen was a Golden Core disciple, a prodigy who had reached late-stage Foundation Establishment at the mere age of twenty.
“Junior Brother Chen, please go on. Don’t keep Elder Yu waiting,” Zhao Heng said respectfully.
Chen Beiwu nodded, stepping through the air into the inner layer of the Earthly Sha Warship, the cultivation ground of the sect’s Golden Core Elders.
“Dong!”
“Dong!”
“Dong!”
Chen Beiwu raised his hand and gently knocked three times.
“Come in,” came a cool and clear voice from within the tightly closed chamber door.
Pushing open the door, Chen Beiwu was greeted by the sight of a screen.
Upon the screen coiled a dark ink dragon, its head lifted high while turbulent waves surged behind it.
“Crash...”
Staring at the screen, Chen Beiwu seemed to hear the increasingly distinct sounds of tides and dragon bones grinding. The temperature in the blessed chamber dropped sharply.
Fortunately, at that critical moment, the Guarding-the-One Mirror in his spiritual platform flickered with light, cleansing his thoughts and clearing his mind. After only a breath’s pause, Chen Beiwu looked past the black dragon screen to see a nearly transparent fourth-tier Dark Jade Cold Table.
A woman with her hair tied in a high Daoist bun, dressed in plain white robes, was seated cross-legged upon a meditation cushion.
Her black hair flowed like a waterfall, her brows sharp as blades, and at the corner of her eye rested a tiny cinnabar mole. Her aura was cold yet carried a trace of heroic spirit.
This woman was none other than Yu Shuiyao, True Person of Nine Palaces, Hall Master of the Formation Hall of the Mirror Moon Sect, and a third-tier superior formation master.
“Greetings, True Person.”
Following the sect’s etiquette, Chen Beiwu bowed respectfully.
“Not bad.” Yu Shuiyao’s gaze fell upon Chen Beiwu, her tone approving.
That black dragon screen was no ordinary decoration but a manifestation of her daily cultivation—a visualization of the formation comprehension she gained while researching the repair of a fourth-tier formation, the Calamity-Sea Dragon-Suppressing Formation.
Even her three disciples—each at the Foundation Establishment peak with formation mastery rivaling second-tier superior formation masters—would be dazed for a moment when seeing that screen, suppressed by the aura of the Calamity-Sea Dragon-Suppressing Formation Diagram.
That Chen Ziang could recover clarity of mind within a single breath confirmed Yu Shuiyao’s earlier conjecture.
Chen Ziang’s divine sense strength was comparable to that of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and coupled with his extraordinary comprehension, he was undoubtedly a peerless genius capable of inheriting and advancing the Dao of Formations.
No wonder he had gained the appreciation of True Monarch Tianyan and obtained the fourth-tier formation disk — Wandering Void Realm within the secret realm.
Even for Yu Shuiyao, who had long been accustomed to witnessing the prodigies of the Earth Proliferation Territory, a trace of intent to take him as a disciple could not help but arise.
‘What a pity!’
Suppressing her faint regret, Yu Shuiyao began inquiring about the details of Chen Ziang’s experience within the Tianyan True Realm.
Chen Beiwu did not conceal anything. He recounted what he had seen and obtained from the Inheritance Stone Stele.
However, to his surprise, Elder Yu’s first concern was not the Tianyan Pill nor the Wandering Void Realm Formation Disk, but rather his Dao Foundation.
“You’re saying you comprehended the mysteries of the Thirteenth Layer of Qi Refining and forged the Tianyan Dao Foundation?” Yu Shuiyao suddenly asked.
“That’s right. When the celestial phenomena shifted recently and All Stars Extinguished, this disciple was cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Cycle Art and happened to achieve enlightenment.” Chen Beiwu decided there was no need to hide it—he was the sect’s once-in-ten-thousand-years peerless genius.
Yu Shuiyao gave a faint nod, suppressing the shock in her heart.
After a while, she asked, “And how do you plan to handle this Wandering Void Realm formation disk?”
“Naturally, I’ll dedicate it to the sect,” Chen Beiwu replied without hesitation. “Without the sect’s opportunity, I could never have entered the Tianyan True Realm, much less obtained the Tianyan Pill and the fourth-tier formation disk.”
“This Wandering Void Realm can forcibly tear space, allowing one to enter or leave the Tianyan True Realm at will.”
“With such an item, the sect’s progress in exploring the secret realm could far surpass other sects.”
Hearing this, Yu Shuiyao’s appreciation for Chen Beiwu deepened.
Anyone could speak pleasing words—but sincerity was rare.
With her Golden Core cultivation, she could easily discern that Chen Ziang’s words came not from flattery but from the heart.
In the Southern Wastes Earth Proliferation Territory, cultivators with genuine gratitude were exceedingly rare.
Compared with sect interests, most True Disciples—and even Elders—valued their own gains far more.
For instance, in the recent exploration of True Monarch Tianyan’s Secret Realm, the sect required disciples to submit fifty percent of their harvest. Many disciples grumbled, believing it unfair that they risked their lives for opportunities only for the sect to claim half while doing nothing.
They failed to realize that without the sect’s authority and name, how could a group of mere Foundation Establishment cultivators enter the depths of the Dragon-Que Mountains and seek fortune under the gaze of countless high-tier beasts?
Of course, Yu Shuiyao also understood that Chen Ziang harbored his own little schemes—otherwise, he wouldn’t have hastily consumed the Tianyan Pill.
From that alone, it was clear that while he was grateful, his trust in the sect’s higher-ups was limited.
Still, Yu Shuiyao could understand. In his place, she would have done the same.
After all, delay invited change—it was better to make the matter a settled fact.
With that thought, Yu Shuiyao spoke bluntly, “Nephew Chen, you’ve done great merit by presenting a fourth-tier formation disk. What sort of reward do you desire from the sect?”
At the mention of rewards, Chen Beiwu immediately perked up.
He had known the sect would not let a meritorious cultivator go unrewarded!
“This disciple’s current cultivation is late-stage Foundation Establishment, only two steps away from Core Formation. I wish to request several wisps of superior-grade Earthly Sha Qi of the Five Elements—preferably of the Wood and Water attributes—to temper my Dantian and Qi Sea, refining Earthly Sha True Qi.” Chen Beiwu said earnestly.
With the Companion Beast Transformation Technique and the two third-tier inferior-grade artifacts generously gifted by True Disciple Luo, he lacked no treasures for combat.
With the Tianyan Pill slowly transforming his physique and mana, increasing his chance of Core Formation, he had no need for the sect’s promised Three-Turn Qi Yuan Pill or Golden Palace Pill.
Besides, the Yuqing Immortal Sect still had the Supreme Sutra of Boundless Salvation of Taiyuan waiting for him to redeem.
But superior-grade Earthly Sha Qi of the Five Elements was different—such treasures were rare even within the Immortal Alliance, requiring reservations and long waits. Many Foundation Establishment prodigies waited decades or centuries without ever obtaining them.