“Hmph, you haven’t even reached the Foundation Establishment stage, yet you’re already thinking about these things. Aren’t you afraid of collapsing halfway?”

Dan Hongyi seemed to have a cold attitude towards E Yun, his words filled with criticism.

As for this, Yuan Chiyi could only pretend not to hear.

“Uncle Master, everyone has arrived.”

He could only change the subject, taking out the roster to count the number of people. After comparing it with his memory from the initial spirit testing and confirming its accuracy, he handed the roster to Dan Hongyi.

“Hmm, let’s go then.”

After looking over the roster, Dan Hongyi returned it to him. Then, with a stomp of his foot, a massive surge of spiritual power flowed into the power source of the floating airship.

Amidst the creaking sounds, the giant flying artifact made of wood began to ascend.

Many of the loose cultivators stood in astonishment at the side of the ship, gripping the railings and watching as the Nanxi market on the ground became smaller and smaller. While marveling at the sight, they also enjoyed the strange sensation of their first flight.

Quite a few people even turned pale, but under the watchful eyes of Dan Hongyi and the two true disciples, they all forced themselves to stand.

Even the Luo siblings looked a bit unnatural.

On the contrary, Yu Lian stood in place, her face as usual.

Chen Mobai observed for a while, then chose a spot to close his eyes and rest.

A day and a night later, they finally arrived at the Giant Wood Ridge.

Amidst the commotion around him, Chen Mobai opened his eyes, walked to the side of the ship, and looked down.

He saw towering trees reaching up to the sky, forming a sea of green.

By his estimation, each tree was hundreds of meters tall, with a diameter that two people could barely wrap their arms around. The three giant trees in the center even pierced the clouds, their tops invisible, and their lengths unknown.

Is this the famous “Three Divine Trees” that the Shenmu Sect is known for?

It is said that they were transplanted from a celestial secret realm by Yuan Daojun in order to cultivate a life-extending secret method. After Daojun ascended, these three divine trees, as his cultivation place, survived countless wars, but no one dared to destroy them.

They truly deserve to be called divine trees!

Chen Mobai compared them with the Biyu Wutong tree in Danxia City, but due to his low cultivation level, he couldn’t discern any differences.

Just as everyone was marveling, Dan Hongyi cast a talisman, and a ripple appeared in the void, revealing a portal.

A rich spiritual energy they had never experienced before filled their nostrils. In just a moment, Chen Mobai even felt that his Five Elements Cultivation had improved.

Is this what a fourth-grade top-tier spiritual vein feels like?

As he was marveling inwardly, they entered the portal. It was like a small boat falling into a vast sea, all they could see were dense green leaves and trees.

The speed of the floating airship noticeably slowed down. After gliding for about a quarter of an hour, it broke free from the sea of trees and landed on a large open space.

A series of wooden halls, each intricately carved with dragons and phoenixes, appeared before their eyes.

A giant wooden path, about ten meters wide, extended from the platform where the airship landed, leading directly to the entrance of a hall suspended between two giant trees.

“New disciples, report to the Ancestor Hall first.”

After landing, Dan Hongyi put away the floating airship and disappeared.

As the guide, Yuan Chiyi immediately stepped forward to call them.

Chen Mobai and the others followed him along the long wooden path to the hall suspended among the trees.

Three disciples of the Shenmu Sect were already waiting for them with brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.

After Yuan Chiyi helped them register their names, he took them to a place called the New Sprout Hall.

“New disciples need to chop wood for three months.”

“After three months, if you haven’t made any mistakes, you can freely choose the department you want to go to.”

“Here are your identity plaques. New disciples can go to the Scripture Pavilion to receive a Qi Refining technique and a spell.”

“Every month, you can also go to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to receive your share of spirit stones as disciples of the Shenmu Sect. The amount depends on your cultivation level and the number of tasks you’ve completed.”

“For the first month, I will be here to teach you the rules of the Shenmu Sect. If you have any questions about the techniques, you can ask me. However, my cultivation is limited, so whether I can answer your questions is another matter.”

After Yuan Chiyi finished speaking, he distributed the identity plaques to everyone.

When Chen Mobai received his, he found it was a piece of black ebony wood. Inside was a very intricate formation. Once he dripped his blood into it, it would become a magical tool that only he could activate.

This plaque could be used to enter and exit the Giant Wood Ridge.

However, before entering or exiting, you first need to apply at another department of the Shenmu Sect. There are specialists who will input another type of restriction into your plaque, which can be recognized by the large formation, and then you can pass through.

Chen Mobai learned all this after listening to Yuan Chiyi’s explanation.

Before he knew it, he had already spent three days in the Shenmu Sect.

Every morning, he listened carefully to the sect rules explained by Yuan Chiyi.

At first, the others were also interested, but soon they began to find ways to daydream.

While Yuan Chiyi was lecturing, they were cultivating with their eyes closed.

The spiritual energy in the Giant Wood Ridge was simply too rich. Compared to the cultivation progress in Yun Country, it was like night and day. Everyone was greedily refining the spiritual energy.

“Alright, that’s it for today’s lesson. The seven of you who are up, come with me to the Scripture Pavilion.”

After Yuan Chiyi finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the outside of the lecture hall.

For Chen Mobai and the others who had just joined the Shenmu Sect, the most anticipated thing was naturally selecting techniques from the Scripture Pavilion.

However, with so many new disciples, it was impossible to let over a hundred of them rush in at once.

They also didn’t know the way.

So, Yuan Chiyi kindly took seven people to the Scripture Pavilion every day after explaining the sect rules.

In this way, everyone would have made their selection after half a month.

Due to the intense enthusiasm for selecting techniques, many loose cultivators even directly gave their most precious spirit stones to Yuan Chiyi. The latter was quite flexible, arranging the order based on the amount of spirit stones.Chen Mobai, this genius, was scheduled for the third day due to his symbolic contribution of a single spirit stone.

Seemingly in solidarity with him, Liu Wenbo and Zhuo Ming were also scheduled for today.

Yuan Chiyi led the seven of them, crossing numerous wooden paths, to arrive in front of a giant tree about ten meters in diameter.

This giant tree was, astonishingly, the library.

Yuan Chiyi took out his own nameplate, and after verification, a door emerged at the base of the giant tree.

“Follow me in, and do not damage anything inside, or you will be expelled from the sect immediately.”

The usually gentle Yuan Chiyi was unprecedentedly stern before leading them inside.

Chen Mobai and the others naturally nodded in agreement.

Upon entering the giant tree, they found that the center had been hollowed out.

The circular tree walls were carved into rows of bookshelves, with wooden ladders and paths extending to the shelves, all the way up to the hundred-meter-high top level. It was quite magnificent.