From a country cook to a master chef

"Senior Brother Yue, excuse me, please find him an inner court token first!"

"In that case, please wait a moment, Junior Sister Xiangfei and this Junior Brother."

After confirming that he was the junior brother who had just advanced to the Divine Power Realm, the young man turned around, took out a token from the box, engraved Lin Jue's name on it, and handed it to him.

The whole process was smooth and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Yue."

Lin Jue accepted the token, bowed, and after examining it carefully, found that it was just an ordinary piece of redwood.

Its appearance was similar to the disciple identification badges of the Four Symbols Martial Arts School, which puzzled him.

For a place like Tianwu Academy, which is known as a holy land of martial arts, the token is far too simple.

"Don't be surprised. The identity token is just an external object. What truly symbolizes the identity of a disciple of Tianwu Mountain is something else. You will gradually learn this after you enter the inner courtyard."

Seeing Lin Jue's confusion, Senior Brother Yue explained calmly. Although it didn't make Lin Jue understand immediately, it did lessen his bewilderment.

"Senior Brother Yue, I'll take Lin Jue to the inner courtyard to register first and familiarize him with the environment. We'll talk again later."

Ding Xiangfei smiled slightly, and led Lin Jue through the mountain gate, continuing to climb higher.

"Junior Brother Lin, there are restrictions set up by Qi Refining masters on Tianwu Mountain. People of different cultivation levels can only climb to different heights."

To reach the summit of Tianwu Mountain, one must reach the Divine Illumination Realm in strength.

With your current cultivation level, you can only reach the vicinity of the inner courtyard. If you want to go any further, the pressure on your body will become increasingly heavy.

Lin Jue followed the girl along the winding mountain path, and as he listened to the meaning behind her words, he suddenly understood.

Before long, the two arrived in front of a magnificent stone palace that was tens of meters high.

Consort Dingxiang told Lin Jue to wait outside the hall, while she went in first to report to the higher-ups in the inner court.

After a while, just as Lin Jue was getting impatient, a middle-aged man in blue and Consort Ding Xiang walked out of the main hall and came to him.

Ding Xiangfei introduced softly, "This is Elder Gao Feihong. Please follow Elder Gao inside."

"I will follow the instructions of my senior sister and the elders."

Lin Jue bowed respectfully with his hands clasped, and noticing that the elder was looking him over, he quickly straightened his posture and presented his best self.

First impressions matter.

"Hmm, not bad. Broad back, wasp waist, mantis legs, he's got the makings of a martial arts practitioner."

The middle-aged man in blue blinked, quite satisfied with Lin Jue, and said with a smile, "Follow me into the hall. Now that we're in the inner courtyard, there are some things I need you to know in advance."

Lin Jue nodded hurriedly in agreement and obediently followed the middle-aged man into the main hall.

After passing through two inner gates guarded by disciples and then through a corridor, Lin Jue arrived at the registration office for new disciples in the inner courtyard and met the eunuch on duty there.

Unlike the outside world, the registration of Tianwu Mountain disciples was handled by the personal eunuch of the Martial Emperor. All the newly registered Tianwu Mountain disciples who had entered the Divine Power Realm would be sent to the palace for the Martial Emperor to review as soon as the registration was completed.

When the eunuch on duty, dressed in red, saw Lin Jue, he glanced at him and noticed that he was not only handsome and had an extraordinary bearing, but also had perfect arms, a wasp waist, and mantis legs. He couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

"Not bad, not bad. If all the new recruits are of this caliber, why worry about the endless wars in Jambo?"

The eunuch took the paper handed to him by Gao Changhong, which detailed Lin Jue's identity and background.

After confirming that the information was correct, he instructed a young eunuch to bring a suitable set of inner court disciple robes.

A long black robe with white trim, boots with flowing cloud patterns, a moon-white silk shirt, a red silk belt, and black and gold wrist guards...

After Lin Jue took it, he dressed neatly in the small room next door. When he reappeared, both the eunuch and Gao Changhong were surprised.

People rely on clothes, and Buddhas rely on gold plating.

At this moment, Lin Jue looked as upright as a pine tree, striding in with his clothes fluttering in the wind. His sword-like eyebrows slanted upwards, making him look heroic and extraordinary, and impossible to look away from.

The eunuch nodded and exclaimed in praise: "Excellent! This is exactly the kind of talent His Majesty urgently needs!"

"Lin Jue, right? This is the Inner Court Handbook. It details all the benefits of registering. You can look it up yourself."

"Thank you for your guidance, sir!" Lin Jue quickly bowed deeply and respectfully accepted the manual handed to him by the eunuch with both hands.

"No need for formalities. Elder Gao will explain everything else to you."

The eunuch smiled kindly, gave a simple instruction, ignored Lin Jue's reaction, and took the register and left.

Seeing this, Gao Changhong smiled wryly and led Lin Jue around to familiarize himself with the place. "That's just how Eunuch Wei is, but he's a favorite of His Majesty. I imagine it won't be long before His Majesty knows your name."

After saying this, Gao Changhong led Lin Jue into a quiet room filled with bookshelves. He took out an old, quaint book with curled corners from a wooden cabinet on the shelf and handed it to Lin Jue. The cover had a diagram of human anatomy.

"This is an innate physical technique that all inner court disciples will learn. You can arrange your own time to observe and practice it. If you have any questions, you can ask the elder on duty in the inner court's martial arts hall."

In addition, there are several prescriptions here, which are the accompanying prescriptions for this Innate Body Technique. Since you have just entered the inner courtyard, you can take some time to go to the Hundred Herbs Garden to get a free set of herbs, and then continue practicing the Innate Body Technique.”

Lin Jue was startled, but overjoyed, he took the book with both hands. After a brief look, he found the contents to be extremely profound and obscure.

Gao Changhong closed the bookcase, turned around and continued:

"After you are registered in the inner court of Tianwu Mountain, you will have the honorary status of being a disciple of the Emperor. As long as you are still a disciple of my inner court, you will be exempt from taxes and enjoy the treatment of a ninth-rank military officer of the imperial court. If you violate the laws of the imperial court in the future, no one except the inner court and the Emperor can punish you."

"Thank you for the reminder, Elder. You can rest assured, Elder. Lin Jue will do his best to satisfy you, the Inner Court, and His Majesty."

Lin Jue was secretly delighted, not expecting that there would be so many benefits to registering in the inner courtyard, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Seeing Lin Jue's excited expression, Gao Changhong was unsurprised. He lightly flicked his sleeve and continued:

"Now that you have just advanced to the Divine Power Realm, your realm is still unstable. If you want to consolidate your strength, you must seize the time to temper your body with the Nine Yang Spirit Milk."

Spiritual Milk is rare, and each inner court disciple has only one chance to consume it. You can collect it when you go to the Hundred Herbs Garden. Using it in conjunction with innate physical techniques will enhance its effects.

What you need to do now is to work hard to strengthen your abilities. Soon, the academy will assign you a mission.

"A mission?" Lin Jue looked at Gao Changhong in surprise, trying to make sure he hadn't misheard.

"Don't be surprised. In this world, you have to give to receive, and you have to make sacrifices to reap rewards. While enjoying the various benefits of the Inner Court, you must also contribute to the Inner Court, share the Emperor's burdens, and be loyal to the Great Wu."

Currently, your strength is insufficient, so the academy will not assign you any missions for the time being. Once you have tempered your body and become familiar with your innate physical techniques, you will know what kind of mission you will be assigned.

By the way, although the inner courtyard provides free medicinal baths every day, the baths are not very good. Not only medicinal baths, but other aspects are also like this. If you want to improve your strength as soon as possible, you have to spend more money to buy precious medicinal herbs and spiritual plants yourself.

If you don't have enough money, you can go to the Thousand Machine Hall in the inner courtyard to take on some bounty missions to earn more.

As soon as Gao Changhong finished speaking, he turned and left the quiet room, walking calmly towards the outside of the hall.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Jue followed him out.