Chapter 3442

Fortunately, the artifact refiner Chen Yueying had found was highly capable. Before Ye Liuyun had cultivated for long, he had already raised the gilded armor’s grade to Void Rank, Grade Six.

Chen Yueying immediately went to notify Ye Liuyun and handed him the refined armor.

“Void Rank, Grade Six?” Ye Liuyun had not expected the armor to be upgraded to such a high grade. He had thought reaching Void Rank, Grade Four would already be enough.

“You must have spent quite a lot of money, right?” he asked Chen Yueying.

Chen Yueying did not tell him how much it had cost. She merely smiled and said, “You even gave me one yourself. Do you really think I’d be short of this little money? Stop worrying about it. Put it on quickly. You just happen not to have a high-grade defensive treasure.”

In truth, she really could not afford the expense. She had asked her father for help, telling him that Ye Liuyun had given her a set of gilded clothing that needed to be upgraded. In return, she would also help Ye Liuyun with a favor.

When Chen Haisheng saw that Ye Liuyun was willing to give such a treasure to his daughter, he was delighted and agreed at once, helping pay the cost.

“This must have cost you a lot!” Ye Liuyun said gratefully.

Chen Yueying said with a hint of shyness, “Why are you still being so polite with me? Put it on quickly. We’re about to leave!”

“All right!” Ye Liuyun said no more. It was enough that he remembered her kindness. He immediately put the garment on over his clothes, and it transformed into a guard’s uniform so that following Chen Yueying back to the sect would not attract anyone’s attention.

He stored the other sets of gilded armor in his spatial world and returned them to Lei Ming and the others.

Then he went to call over Liao Yaotian and the others. Inner disciples of the Thousand Spirits Sect were allowed to bring maids, servants, and guards, so they would all have to move there with him.

They did not waste any time on the journey. Ye Liuyun was eager to take on sect missions and exchange the rewards for resources. He truly had no cultivation resources left.

Ye Ling did have some Grand Void Divine Crystals, but those had been left for Ye Ling to absorb and use to produce even more divine crystals. Ye Liuyun could not use them.

Chen Yueying also knew that Ye Liuyun was running short on resources, so she took them straight back to the sect.

As one of the top sects in the western region, the Thousand Spirits Sect was truly imposing. It occupied a substantial portion of a planet, nearly half of it, and contained everything one could imagine. It even had mountain ranges where feral beast were raised in the wild, as well as bases for cultivating medicinal herbs. Even with his golden pupils, Ye Liuyun could not see its limits at a glance.

“This place is practically a huge city!” Liao Yaotian and the others were seeing such a major sect for the first time, and after arriving, they hardly knew where to look.

Ye Liuyun had seen large sects before, but even he had not expected the Thousand Spirits Sect to be this vast.

“Every inner disciple here has a mountain peak of their own. Even outer disciples have their own estates, where they can live with servants and guards!” Chen Yueying explained.

“This really is a place for rich young masters!” Liao Yaotian said, sticking out his tongue. Their monthly stipends would never be enough to enjoy such treatment, not even in their entire lifetimes.

“We’ll have all that too! Stop marveling and let’s go inside first!” Ye Liuyun did not care much about such privileges. He urged them on, eager to get inside.

The first place they passed through was the outer sect, followed by a large stretch of city-like streets. There were merchant associations, restaurants, and all kinds of other places to spend money, just like those outside.

After that came the sect’s grand council hall, the Hall of Deacons, the General Affairs Hall, and various other halls. Only afterward did they reach the residences of the inner disciples. Chen Yueying first took them to the General Affairs Hall to obtain identity tokens for entering and leaving, then continued onward.

The inner sect conducted much stricter inspections of entry and exit tokens than the outer sect. In the outer sect, Chen Yueying only had to flash her token for no one to stop them. In the inner sect, however, every one of them had to present a token before they were allowed in.

Once they entered the inner sect, they saw mountain peaks stretching into the distance, each covered with various buildings. The spiritual energy here was also extremely dense; from afar, the air even seemed to be shrouded in mist.

“This place looks just like an immortal realm!” Liao Yaotian could not help marveling again when he saw the surroundings.

“Beyond the area for inner disciples are the residences of the sect elders. Disciples are forbidden from entering that area...”

As Chen Yueying led them toward the mountain peak where she lived, she continued explaining the situation to them so that they would not be unable to find their way if they needed to go out and handle matters in the future.

She would not order Ye Liuyun around, but she could still send the other guards out to handle certain matters. For instance, she could have them go to the General Affairs Hall to check on missions.

Thus, all of them listened attentively and committed the information to memory. Even Ye Liuyun was no exception.

On the way, they encountered several inner disciples who greeted Chen Yueying. However, no one paid any attention to the guards accompanying her.

Chen Yueying’s residence was not far away, and they arrived before long. The mountain peak was not very tall, but it was protected by an array formation. Chen Yueying busied herself for a while, linking their tokens to the formation so that none of them would be restricted by it when entering or leaving in the future.

“My mountain is relatively close to the inner sect entrance, and it isn’t very high either. That’s because my strength is still insufficient. The farther back and higher the mountain peaks are, the denser the spiritual energy. If you want a better mountain, you have to defeat its current master with your own strength.

“So, by looking at the location and height of the mountain peaks, you can determine the ranking of the inner disciples’ strength.”

Liao Yaotian looked at the endless mountain peaks behind them and could not help asking, “So that means we can’t afford to offend the people living on those peaks farther back?”

“That’s right!” Chen Yueying replied with a smile. “Now you know that I’m practically at the bottom of the sect’s rankings. And it isn’t just the people on the peaks behind us—even many of those in front aren’t any weaker than I am.

“It’s only that many people are willing to show me some respect, so no one wants to provoke me. Otherwise, I might not even be able to keep this mountain!”

“Can we help the mountain master fight?” Ye Liuyun asked directly.

Chen Yueying answered, “You can, but it must still be one-on-one. Keep in mind that the other side can also call in outside help! As guards, your cultivation levels are probably the lowest in the inner sect. So unless you’re confident, it’s best not to provoke anyone.”

“Uh... It looks like things will be difficult for us here too!” Liao Yaotian and the others immediately grew more cautious.

“Hurry up and cultivate. The environment here is much better than outside, after all. Just improve as quickly as you can. There’s no need to worry.” Seeing the nervous looks on their faces, Ye Liuyun knew exactly what they were thinking.

“You can also borrow cultivation techniques from the outer sect’s Scripture Repository using your own tokens. If you want to improve your techniques, you can go borrow some yourselves,” Chen Yueying reminded them.

“We can do that too? We’re allowed to go?” Liao Yaotian and the others found it unbelievable.