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But the amount of information was also massive, enough for someone to learn about what happened outside the moment they finished secluded cultivation in their cultivation palace or Cave Dwelling.

As for Inner Sect Courtyard news, that came with a different price, and only Inner Sect Courtyard disciples could purchase it.

Anyway, Lu Qing did not see any Jade Slip intelligence for the Inner Sect Courtyard being sold here.

— — 【 Outer Court's Gu Xuantian is already at the seventh layer of Qi Nourishment, and I am afraid he will soon advance to Foundation Establishment. I heard his Master specially gathered the Moon Radiance and Flood Dragon Pearl from the South Sea region for him to use as a Foundation Establishment item. 】

— — 【 Outer Court's Gu Xuantian's heavenly grade Aptitude is simply too terrifying. Will not the other two be the same? I remember the High-Grade who entered at the same time as me barely reached the second layer of Qi Nourishment after a month, right? 】

— — 【 Extra! Extra! The introductory minor competition for the three hundred and eighty-first generation of new disciples is about to begin. 】

— — 【 The top three ranked in the introductory minor competition can go to Fire Cloud Cave Heaven to cultivate for three days. 】

— — 【 Bai Yunqing has roped in many new disciples. Is he trying to rival Senior Brother Lin's faction? 】

— — 【 Among this batch of new disciples, there are many with High-Grade Aptitude, quite a few with Earth Grade Aptitude, and even several with heavenly grade. Does anyone know what is going on? Such a phenomenon has never been seen before. 】

— — 【 Comparing people to others is infuriating; High-Grade Aptitude is now dime a dozen. 】

The intelligence that appeared at the front of the Jade Slip was news that did not easily change over the years.

As for the subsequently updated intelligence, rather than calling it intelligence,

Lu Qing would rather consider the messages registered on this Jade Slip to be somewhat similar to a message wall.

Of course, thanks to this messaging Jade Slip, after leaving secluded cultivation, Lu Qing quickly grasped the news that had occurred over the past month.

His cultivation was still low, and one month of closed-door cultivation could already be considered long.

Looking at the news on the Sect briefing, it stated that those Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters of the Inner Sect Courtyard might not even be seen once in over a dozen years.

From this, one could imagine that the higher the cultivation, the longer the closed-door cultivation time would be.

Now that he had left secluded cultivation, Lu Qing also saw a prompt appear on his disciple Jade Token.

"The introductory minor competition for the three hundred and eighty-first generation of new Outer Court disciples is about to open for registration and will begin in three days. disciple Lu Qing, please prepare yourself."

A familiar feeling rushed over him.

Lu Qing checked off his name, clicked confirm for registration on the prompt, and then closed it.

The introductory minor competition was the first minor competition that the Sect required all disciples to participate in.

Only the subsequent major competitions were unrestricted; those who wanted to enter the Inner Sect Courtyard would register, while those who wanted to play it safe and wait for the Outer Court major competition next year would choose to give up.

Only this minor competition was specifically targeted at newcomers, temporarily excluding veterans.

Lu Qing also paid attention to another piece of news.

This piece of news was also closely related to him—to be exact, closely related to the Ominous Divination. Had he not divined this Ominous Divination, Lu Qing would not have spent a whole month in closed-door cultivation.

— — 【 It is heard that the traces of the Blood Demon of the Demonic Path were discovered in the Servants' Courtyard. 】

— — 【 The Blood Demon exposed its figure and was already captured by the head of Danqing Court, turning to ashes on the spot. 】

— — 【 It is said that just because this Blood Demon killed quite a few Immortal Seedlings, including a High-Grade one, in a remote prefecture last time, it wanted to replenish its blood food now, but ended up running right into Danqing Court's hands. 】

— — 【 Come to think of it, it was quite a coincidence that the Outer Sect Disciple who took that mission over there was also from Danqing Court. 】

Lu Qing finally knew who this unfamiliar enemy really was; it was the Old Demonic Thief from last time, and the whole story was now clear.

"He deserved to die."

"No wonder it said I had to stay here for a month. A month later, this Blood Demon happened to die just before I left closed-door cultivation."

Thinking of his experience in Profound Heaven City last time,

and what secret the room next door held when he stayed at the inn—

thinking back carefully now, that secret was probably that people from the Demonic Path were coming to ambush and kill this batch of Profound Heaven City Immortal Seedlings.

They intended to pick out those with good Aptitude and kill them.

That Liu family's younger son was probably targeted because of this.

Lu Qing now had one less enemy on his little notebook.

This enemy, who originally needed the most time to kill, just died like this due to a coincidence.

Who would have thought that disciple would be connected to the head of Danqing Court?

If Lu Qing had gone himself, he would surely have met the fate predicted by the Ominous Divination.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

When he went out, the White Crane Boy flew over.

"Lu Qing, you are owing me one Spirit Stone this time. When you have Spirit Stones in the future, you can pay me back."

The White Crane Boy was very easygoing.

Facing debts on credit, he was also quite used to it.

"Naturally."

Flying in the form of a rainbow light was an ability belonging to Foundation Establishment. To fly, one could only rely on a Spiritual Artifact, but with low cultivation and insufficient spiritual power, trying to control one was still very difficult.

Not to mention, where would newly entered people have any spare Spirit Stones?

"It is hard to earn Spirit Stones."

"Indeed, indeed." The White Crane Boy strongly agreed.

His impression of Lu Qing became even better.

Anyone who could realize that earning Spirit Stones was not easy would win the White Crane Boy's favorable impression.

As for the other spirit cranes belonging to those wealthy folks, the White Crane Boy felt quite bitter about them.

"Sigh."

The man and the White Crane sighed silently high up in the sky.

After arriving at the unified designated location,

Lu Qing bid farewell to the White Crane Boy.

There were already quite a few people on the platform of this large mountain.

Some were chatting, while others took out Tokens or some other strange Spiritual Artifacts to chat with others.

Lu Qing held the Jade Slip in his hand, his mind stirred, and he looked at the newly appeared messages again.

Lu Qing now deeply knew that the Spirit Stones spent on the Jade Slip were indeed worth it.

Once bought, it was equivalent to lifetime after-sales service.

These message items appearing one by one on the Jade Slip gathered from all places.

— — 【 The venue used for this minor competition is a pocket heaven and earth. I heard it was obtained by an Elder from a Small Realm. 】

— — 【 So envious! There are too many good things in the pocket heaven and earth. Isn't this treating these disciples too well? 】

— — 【 There are many benefits to a pocket heaven and earth, but you have to have your life to take them. The major dangers inside must have been cleared away, but places that pose no danger to the Elders are not the same for these disciples. 】

Just like the disciple Jade Token, such boundless Divine Ability cultivation methods were not something these new disciples could understand yet.

The assessment adopted for the minor competition was not the traditional ring fighting mode, but rather a pocket heaven and earth.

A pocket heaven and earth that was an even higher level than Secret Realms and cave heavens.

Lu Qing looked at them one by one and exclaimed in admiration, "I never expected a pocket heaven and earth to be used."

"There are many treasures inside, and while there are many Opportunities, it is also fraught with danger."

Lu Qing glanced into his mind. No calamity panel appeared, so his heart temporarily settled down a bit.

Perhaps it was because the pocket heaven and earth had not been opened yet and had not formed a calamity formation.

Lu Qing quietly waited.

Another batch of people arrived.

These youths and maidens were like proud sons of heaven, flying over one by one while controlling Spiritual Artifacts, along with the few at the very front.

What they sat upon were Spirit Beasts—not the White Cranes that ordinary disciples paid Spirit Stones for when going out, but other Spirit Beasts.

Phoenix feathers were brilliant, and their tails dragged a trail of golden clouds. Then, a flood dragon with a single horn on its head and white scales resembling weapons appeared, followed by a feathered crane emitting Spiritual Qi letting out a cry.

For a moment, the scene fell silent.

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