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Chapter 1252: Chapter 672: Initiation

”Thank you, Junior Master Luo!” Hu Zijian corrected himself and said.

”Congratulations, fellow Hu. Judging by Nephew Hu’s condition, although he has suffered some injuries, he has tempered himself. It won’t be long before he is likely to advance to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage!” Great Cultivator Luo Pei laughed heartily as he helped Hu Zijian up and turned to speak to Great Cultivator Hu Shiming.

Hearing such praise for his son, Great Cultivator Hu Shiming was in a very good mood.

After that, the conversation between the two Great Cultivators was less formal and more friendly.

Time flew by quickly, and three days later, Great Cultivator Luo Pei donned a Fourth Grade Magical Robe of the Fuliu Sect.

This Fourth Grade Magical Robe was specially sent by Great Cultivator Mao Jing and is the ceremonial robe for Great Cultivators of the Fuliu Sect.

Normally, Great Cultivators wear whatever they like, but during significant events, they need to wear this ceremonial robe of the Fuliu Sect.

The initiation ceremony took place inside Yimu Cave Heaven, the same cave heaven where Great Cultivator Luo Pei was tested for the Wood Element Divine Power ’Innate Wood’ a few days ago.

There weren’t many cultivators observing the ceremony, only Great Cultivator Mao Jing and Great Cultivator Hu Shiming, along with a few disciples of the two Great Cultivators.

This low profile had been explained to Great Cultivator Luo Pei by Great Cultivator Mao Jing, as they didn’t want to draw too much attention to the fact that someone had mastered the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills, so it was best kept within the sect for now.

It’s important to know that Great Cultivator Luo Pei had snatched the inheritance opportunity from other cultivators and succeeded.

The ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills inheritance has never had two consecutive successful trials, with the shortest historical gap between successes spanning three hundred years.

Since the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills inheritance was shared thousands of years ago, the involved forces have studied this.

Once a trial of the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills inheritance is passed, the difficulty increases, requiring at least three hundred years to return to normal trial difficulty.

This time, Great Cultivator Mao Jing’s delay in the inheritance trial involved core cultivators from two superpowers. To avoid major trouble, the news could only be concealed for now.

The idea was to wait several years until the event passed before slowly leaking the news, making it impossible to determine when Great Cultivator Luo Pei obtained the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills inheritance.

Under the arrangement of Great Cultivator Mao Jing, Great Cultivator Luo Pei paid homage to the portrait of the ancestor of the Fuliu Sect.

From this ancestor’s portrait, he felt a terrifying pressure. The portrait was a treasure capable of producing a sense of pressure even on a Great Cultivator, indicating its extraordinary quality.

This made him feel the profound heritage of the Fuliu Sect, something not every large sect possesses.

After the homage, both Great Cultivator Mao Jing and Great Cultivator Hu Shiming wore sincere smiles on their faces.

”Junior Brother Luo, from now on, we will address each other as fellow brothers!” Great Cultivator Mao Jing was the first to step forward and say.

”Greetings, Senior Brother Mao, Senior Brother Hu. I hope for your guidance in the future!” Great Cultivator Luo Pei bowed to the two Great Cultivators and changed the way he addressed them.

”From now on, we are like family. This is the Great Cultivator Jade Dish; you are newly joining the sect and have only the basic permissions of a Great Cultivator. You can browse all the collections in the sect’s Book Collection Pavilion, choose a magical treasure from the Treasure Pavilion, or take a set of artifact refining materials, and you can also have a mansion in Yimu Cave Heaven!” Great Cultivator Mao Jing smiled and introduced as he returned the bow.

”Senior Brother Mao, can I have a mansion in another place? Yimu Cave Heaven doesn’t seem very suitable!” Great Cultivator Luo Pei said with a wry smile, expressing his thoughts.

”Haha, I had forgotten, Junior Brother practices the Water Element Cultivation Method, so I will arrange for you a mountain peak with a Great Cultivator Spirit Vein within the mountain gate!” Great Cultivator Mao Jing, realizing the reason, lightly clapped himself and said.

He had forgotten that Great Cultivator Luo Pei was a Water Element Great Cultivator. It was understandable because most of the cultivators in the Fuliu Sect practiced Wood Element.

Especially those who master the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills are all Wood Element cultivators. Who would have thought a Water Element Great Cultivator would succeed in the Divine Skills trial and master the ’Innate Wood,’ a Divine Skills only Wood Element cultivators could master?

Had it not been for Great Cultivator Mao Jing sensing the information about successful trial completion from the ’Innate Wood’ inheritance site and learning from Great Cultivator Hu Shiming that Hu Zijian’s injuries had been healed by Great Cultivator Luo Pei with the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills, he wouldn’t have believed it.

If Great Cultivator Luo Pei hadn’t healed Hu Zijian, he would have planned to ask Great Cultivator Luo Pei to demonstrate the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills during the initiation ceremony.

”Senior Brother Mao, let me handle the following matters and take Junior Brother Luo to make arrangements!” At this time, Great Cultivator Hu Shiming spoke up.

During the sect ceremony, there’s a hierarchy, and Great Cultivator Mao Jing holds a higher position, so he presided over the ceremony.

Great Cultivator Hu Shiming also wanted to repay Great Cultivator Luo Pei for saving his son, so he made his request at the right time.

”Thank you, Junior Brother Hu!” Great Cultivator Mao Jing gladly nodded in agreement without objection.

Great Cultivator Hu Shiming took Great Cultivator Luo Pei to the Treasure Pavilion, located inside Yimu Cave Heaven—the Nascent Soul Stage Treasure Pavilion.

”Junior Brother Luo, I shouldn’t interfere with your choice, but perhaps my experience can be of help to you. Take it as a reference!” Great Cultivator Hu Shiming stopped in front of the Treasure Pavilion’s door, turned, and said to Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

”Please advise me, Senior Brother Hu!” Great Cultivator Luo Pei, of course, would not refuse.

Though he didn’t need Great Cultivator Hu Shiming’s guidance, Li Shiming himself was an Artifact Refining Master, and the topmost Master at the Nascent Soul Stage.

If he were to reveal a spiritual treasure crafted by Li Shiming, the title of the foremost Artifact Refining Master in the Cultivation World would fall upon him.

However, in his external identity, he was an Independent Great Cultivator and, in terms of artifact refining knowledge, was certainly at a distance from Great Cultivator Hu Shiming.

”I don’t recommend choosing an existing magical treasure; although there are top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasures in the Treasure Pavilion, they are all treasures that have recognized a master. No matter how you refine them, they cannot match a self-crafted treasure.

If you encounter difficulties in artifact refining, don’t worry, the Book Collection Pavilion contains the sect’s Secret Techniques in artifact refining. You just need to spend some more time comprehending them. It’s absolutely possible to refine a treasure for yourself!” Great Cultivator Hu Shiming offered his advice.

”Thank you, Senior Brother Hu!” Great Cultivator Luo Pei bowed in gratitude.

If it weren’t sincere, Great Cultivator Hu Shiming wouldn’t say such things. These words, to some, might be misconstrued as belittlement.

Great Cultivator Hu Shiming believed his advice would benefit Great Cultivator Luo Pei and had the intention to repay a kindness, which is why he said these things.

Great Cultivator Hu Shiming did not enter the Treasure Pavilion, allowing Great Cultivator Luo Pei to use the Great Cultivator Jade Dish to enter and select on his own.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei took out the Great Cultivator Jade Dish, and the door to the Treasure Pavilion opened. He walked in.

This Treasure Pavilion was a magical treasure, an exceedingly complex one, somewhat akin to a large Flying Boat-type treasure.

The Treasure Pavilion’s main structure is a magical treasure, with numerous Formations arranged around it to maintain its operation.

The one truly controlling the Treasure Pavilion is the Cave Heaven Artifact Spirit of Yimu Cave Heaven, a Cave Heaven Artifact Spirit left by a Mahayana Realm mighty power, absolutely loyal to the Fuliu Sect, making it extremely safe for it to oversee the Treasure Pavilion.

Even for great cultivators, except for the complimentary chance earned according to sect rules, any other access to the Treasure Pavilion’s resources requires the exchange of corresponding contribution points.

This policy applies equally to any sect cultivator.

This is the reason for the long-lasting existence of a super power. If the sect’s high-level members could draw resources freely, encountering a spendthrift or greedy leader could deplete the sect’s accumulations.

Additionally, the Yimu Cave Heaven Artifact Spirit holds absolute authority in Yimu Cave Heaven. In cases where a cultivator forcibly seizes resources, the spirit might eliminate them, or if elimination isn’t possible, forcibly expel them from the Cave Heaven.