Only three seconds? He's already the Lord of All Realms, so it doesn't matter.

The midday sun was very strong. After leaving the outer cave, Ye Xuan followed the location map in the jade slip and headed towards the inner sect of the Holy Sect.

The inner and outer sects of the Holy Sect are clearly separated. After passing through the Thunder Sandalwood Forest in the back mountain, you can see the mountain peak soaring into the clouds. In addition to this main peak, there are eight other mountain peaks surrounding it.

When you reach the halfway point of the mountain, there is a broken gate that runs across the entire mountainside, and inside the gate is the true Holy Sect.

When Ye Xuan arrived at the mountain gate, the two disciples on duty had already received the message. After verifying the Daoist token, they bowed and made way for him.

"Senior Brother Zhao, please."

Crossing the stone gate, the scenery is completely different.

The outer gate is mostly made of bluestone, rough and simple, while the inner gate is filled with pavilions and towers, dotted with springs and waterfalls, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the air is several times higher than that of the outer gate.

With each breath, I could feel a slight warmth in my lower abdomen.

The jade slip indicated that inner disciples could choose an unclaimed cave dwelling. Ye Xuan did not rush to choose one, but instead headed towards the Scripture Pavilion.

The Sutra Repository is located on the main peak. It is a seven-story octagonal tower. Countless tiny runes float on the surface of the tower, indicating that there is a huge array behind it that cannot be seen.

Ye Xuan stepped into the first floor. The hall was empty, with only an old woman with white hair sitting behind the counter, dozing off.

"New here?"

"Disciple Zhao Wu, I have just entered the inner sect today."

Ye Xuan handed over the Dao Child Token. The old woman took it, ran her fingertip across the token, and purple light flowed around it. A look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"The Dao Child Token... is quite rare."

She stood up, the drowsiness in her eyes completely gone, and began to explain the rules of the Sutra Repository to Ye Xuan.

"The inner gate library contains miscellaneous books, biographies, geography, etc. on the first floor."

The second level contains various cultivation techniques, most of which correspond to the Golden Core realm, while the third level contains secret manuals for the Nascent Soul stage.

The fourth level is open to true disciples or those holding elder tokens. As for the higher levels, extremely high merit points are required to enter even once...

Daozi can freely enter and exit all floors and borrow books at will, but there are restrictions above the seventh floor, so I advise you not to try it lightly.

Ye Xuan heard everything, and after bidding farewell to the old woman, he skipped the first and second floors and went straight to the third floor pavilion.

Surrounded by bookshelves on all four sides, the loft alone contains no fewer than several hundred martial arts techniques, enough to dazzle anyone who reads them.

"never mind."

Ye Xuan was too lazy to read through the books one by one, so he frequently activated his precognitive abilities to gather all the information in this layer into his mind. There were two books in particular that he found quite interesting.

【Nine Heavens Separation from the Sun - Nascent Soul Chapter】

【The Immortal Willow of Immortality - Full Text】

Without further hesitation, he took down the two jade slips and returned to the hall.

After the old woman finished writing, she noticed that he had taken the "Immortal Willow of Immortality" and reminded him:

"This method was created when a disciple betrayed the sect and destroyed the original. Later, the sect used the disciple's memory and the fragments to deduce and complete a replica."

It's fraught with hidden dangers, and few people within the sect cultivate it. Are you sure you want to borrow it?

Ye Xuan nodded. He didn't take this cultivation manual for the purpose of practicing it; he just wanted to see how different the Holy Sect's forged "Longevity Willow" was from Yu Chenzi's original version.

The old woman said no more and handed him the two jade slips.

"Daozi, you may borrow the cultivation techniques from the library. There is no time limit, but remember not to divulge them."

Ye Xuan put away the jade slip, left the Scripture Pavilion, and then headed towards the cave dwelling area.

The inner disciples' cave dwellings are distributed across nine peaks. The leftmost side peak is reserved for newly recruited disciples. Although its spiritual energy is not as strong as that of the main peak, it is still far superior to that of the outer disciples.

As a Daoist disciple, one naturally resides in one of the few mansions on the main peak.

Upon reaching the main peak, he encountered several inner disciples along the way, all of whom were at the mid-to-late stage of the Golden Core realm. Their expressions varied as their gazes swept over the Dao Child Token at his waist.

He ignored it and followed the jade slip's guidance to a deserted mansion on the mountainside.

At this moment, the mansion gates were tightly closed. Ye Xuan pressed the Dao Zi Token against the gate, and purple light entered. The gate then slid open to both sides with a loud bang.

The mansion was quite spacious and well-equipped. The floor was paved with jade bricks, the walls were inlaid with lighting crystals, and there was a small spirit-gathering array in the corner, where spiritual energy swirled into mist.

Ye Xuan waved to close the stone door before entering the main residence and sitting down on the futon.

He first took out the jade slip of the Nascent Soul chapter of "Nine Heavens Separation from the Sun" and probed it with his divine sense.

There was no other reason than that he had read the forged copy of "The Immortal Willow of Immortality" on the way.

Its methods are extremely crude and completely wrong in direction, with only one rather similar method of devouring.

I'm currently focused on reading the Nascent Soul chapter—

The cultivation method recorded in the jade slip stopped at the early stage of Nascent Soul, but the breakthrough key from Golden Core to Nascent Soul was recorded in great detail... especially how to fuse "Nine Heavenly Fires" with one's own Golden Core to condense the Nascent Soul.

Ye Xuan closed his eyes to comprehend the teachings. The blue and white energies within his body, along with the illusory image of the immortal willow, circulated on their own, mutually verifying the methods within the jade slip.

An hour later, he opened his eyes, and a flash of golden flame disappeared in them.

The Nascent Soul stage held no secrets for him; the only thing he lacked was the accumulation of cultivation experience.

"Let's call it a day and go for a walk."

Unexpectedly, just as Ye Xuan finished speaking, a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the mansion.

"Is Michiko here?"

Ye Xuan turned around, and the stone door had opened a crack at some point. A woman in purple stood outside the door, her face beautiful yet with a touch of allure, and her aura clearly indicated that she was at the peak of the Golden Core stage.

She held a silver token in her hand, engraved with the words "Tianxuan".

He recognized the name; it was the second peak from the left of the main peak, seemingly the place where most of the inner disciples lived.

Ye Xuan scanned the area and saw the words "True Inheritance" engraved on the jade pendant at the woman's waist, but he did not know her name.

When the woman in purple saw Ye Xuan turn around, she smiled slightly and closed the door behind her as she stepped into the mansion.

"My name is Liu Yao, a true disciple of Tianxuan Peak."

I heard that a junior disciple reached the summit of the Daoist Inquiry Platform today and received the Daoist Token, so I came to offer my congratulations.

Her voice was clear and melodious, but her gaze remained fixed on Ye Xuan's waist, and her smile deepened.

"Junior brother, you are new to the inner sect. Although you are a Daoist disciple, you must not be familiar with everything. The sect specially sent your senior sister to guide you newcomers."

He looked at Liu Yao, whose face clearly showed "malicious intent," but he didn't know exactly what it was.

Faced with this situation, Ye Xuan always kept in mind one principle of life, and simply cupped his hands and said:

"Well... thank you very much, Senior Sister."

As she spoke, Liu Yao stepped forward and approached Ye Xuan, who subconsciously felt a chilling aura emanating from her!

However, his leaked magical power was only arrogant for a moment before he quickly withdrew, presumably because he dared not make a move on the main peak.

Since a beautiful senior sister is here to guide me, why not take advantage of this opportunity?

Ye Xuan followed Liu Yao out of the mansion. This senior sister walked slowly ahead, her clothes fluttering and carrying a faint fragrance that mingled with the rich spiritual energy in the air, creating a captivating effect.

She led Ye Xuan down the winding stone path along the main peak, and along the way she talked about some of the inner sect's rules.

"The inner sect is different from the outer sect. The outer sect disciples struggle to survive, all for that little bit of merit, that slight opportunity for a breakthrough, and they fight each other."

The inner sect is different; there aren't as many rules, and most disciples don't have to struggle for survival.

All you need to do is prepare for the monthly assessments…

Ye Xuan followed half a step behind her, "Senior Sister, are you saying the atmosphere in the inner sect is friendly?"

"Naturally, most senior students are very helpful and easy to talk to newcomers."

Otherwise, why would the Holy Sect be called the Holy Sect? In this vast Realm of Immortality, there isn't so much scheming and deceit.

Ye Xuan simply smiled at these words without commenting, and instead asked about Liu Yao.

"Does Senior Sister know Fang Zhengge and Tang Zhao?"

"Fang Zhengge, Tang Zhao? I don't recall having these two disciples in the inner sect... Who are you referring to, Junior Brother?"

"Oh, it's nothing. They're just outer disciples, but they've helped me a lot on a regular basis."

In Ye Xuan's memory, his two senior brothers often talked about helping each other, but their fates were not good, which was a pity...