Becoming a leader of the immortal path begins with sowing the seeds of inner demons.

The next day, Yu Hua Sect.

On the mountain path, Chen Mo led a group of newly initiated disciples uphill, introducing the sect as they went.

"Ten thousand years ago, the old sect of cultivators still adhered to the idea that 'cultivators' should be detached from the world and did not like to deal with mortals."

Therefore, sects are often divided into inner and outer sects.

Inner disciples, including true disciples, focus on cultivation and serve as the foundation of the sect; outer disciples are responsible for maintaining contact with the secular world, ensuring the daily lives of disciples with shallow cultivation levels within the sect, and some even have to perform miscellaneous tasks.

Five thousand years ago, the sect leader of the Zhongzhou Dao Sect believed that since they had entered the sect, they were fellow Daoists who would strive together in the future, and there should be no favoritism.

Furthermore, in sects ten thousand years ago, there were often cases where some cultivators made slow progress due to incompatible cultivation methods, and ultimately wasted their time in the outer sect.

Or perhaps the inner disciples were arrogant and complacent, and the sect elders turned a blind eye to their behavior, bullying the outer disciples, which eventually led to infighting among the disciples and the decline of the sect.

To prevent a similar situation from happening again, five thousand years ago, at the urging of the Daoist sect leader, the major sects in Zhongzhou joined forces to abolish the old sect structure, a move known as the Daoist sect reform.

Today, apart from a few old-fashioned sects, most sects have changed the way they teach their disciples.

The sect competition, which was originally a breeding ground for venomous insects, has been changed to an assessment.

The disciples have the same needs for daily practice and life. The results of your assessment will determine whether you can receive higher extra rewards.

The highest is A above, and the lowest is C below.

In addition to your daily academic performance, your merit points will also determine your assessment results.

The specific details will be told to you after you begin your practice.

Before you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, elders and Golden Core disciples will teach you.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, most people will know what they are good at.

Those skilled in alchemy can go to the Pill Peak, those skilled in weapon crafting can go to the Weapon Peak, and those skilled in body refinement can go to the Body Peak.

If you can't find a suitable cultivation method for yourself in the Jade Flower Sect, we can write to you and let you study under a master in another sect... You don't have to look at me like this.

In spiritual practice, the worst thing is to be clinging to one's own limited knowledge. One must learn from the strengths of many schools of thought in order to verify one's own path.

What's your problem?

The man in blue who was called upon was somewhat flustered and hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother, if I need to learn their sect's most treasured martial arts technique, can I learn it too?"

"Of course," Chen Mo said calmly. "You don't need to worry about these things. If you really have that kind of talent, the rest is the sect's business."

If you develop your skills in the future, the sect will send you to the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion in Central China.

There you'll find top-tier martial arts techniques from various schools and sects, passed down through the ages, enough for you to learn from a wide range of sources.

A low gasp rippled through the crowd, and another disciple asked curiously, "Senior Brother, where did those top-tier cultivation techniques come from?"

"Naturally, those sects offered it voluntarily." As he spoke, he reached the end of the mountain path, and Chen Mo gently waved his hand. A jade bridge appeared out of thin air, leading directly to the opposite mountain peak.

"We must thank the sect leader of the Dao Sect for this matter. If he hadn't visited each of us to persuade us and offered his own cultivation techniques, this matter probably wouldn't have come to fruition today."

Watch your step, the Jade Flower Sect's herb garden is just ahead...

Following the crowd, Lu Ming gained a general impression of the cultivation world of Kyushu.

There's a reason why the cultivation of immortality in the Nine Provinces has flourished to this day.

Teaching according to aptitude and rewarding merit, the great power gained through cultivation protects mortals, and countless seeds of cultivation emerge among mortals, achieving a stable positive cycle.

This was simply the perfect world that Lu Ming remembered as existing only in theory.

The only thing that puzzled him was that Chen Mo only mentioned Zhongzhou and didn't mention any other places.

According to the information Lu Ming had previously gathered, other states were not as orderly as Zhongzhou and Chenzhou, but just how chaotic were they...? Surely it couldn't be a battle royale?

As Lu Ming was lost in thought, he suddenly saw a familiar figure from behind and went up to her, saying warmly, "Miss Zhou."

To facilitate close combat, Zhou Jiangyuan, who had cut his hair short, turned his head slightly. For some reason, his ears turned a little red. He nodded with a straight face and then hurriedly walked forward.

Seeing this, Lu Ming was also a little confused.

After returning from Liquan, he immediately sought out Zhou Jiangyuan to explain the matter of the Yin-Yang Reversal Fruit.

To his surprise, Zhou Jiangyuan listened to the whole thing with his eyes fixed on his face.

After hearing this, he said "I understand" and turned to run away.

He was busy familiarizing himself with the intangible talent and ignored Zhou Jiangyuan.

At this moment, I suddenly felt it necessary to find out what Zhou Jiangyuan was thinking.

Lu Ming glanced at Chen Mo and decided to wait until he got back to do it, which would be a good opportunity to re-plan the future for the hosts of the inner demons.

His cultivation progress needs to be accelerated. It's been so long, and this inner demon is still stuck on Qi refining. Is this acceptable?

Just then, he heard a familiar hissing sound, and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had already crossed the Jade Bridge.

In the herb garden filled with exotic flowers and rare herbs, countless giant black snakes were coiled up, coldly watching the passing disciples of the Jade Flower Sect, constantly flicking their bright red tongues.

They are all demonic beasts that have reached the level of Qi Refining!

"Don't panic." Chen Mo turned around and glanced at his nervous disciples. "They are Inkscale Serpents. This race is naturally fond of Yin Xuan Water. They have been here ever since Master moved the river water drawn from the Ningxuan Sea to this place."

They are also members of the Jade Flower Sect, and the yin energy they exhale during cultivation has a ripening effect on many spiritual herbs in the herb garden.

By the way, don't go into the herb garden without permission, or if they catch you, the consequences will be severe.

Upon hearing this, the disciples' hearts, which had just settled, jumped back into their throats. One disciple asked anxiously, "Senior Brother, will... will we be eaten?"

"No," Chen Mo said seriously, "but you will lose merit points, which will affect your assessment results."

This concerns the rewards you might receive, so don't treat it lightly.

"..."

Lu Ming followed in the group, listening to Chen Mo explain the layout of the medicine garden while curiously observing his surroundings, inwardly praising it.

As expected of the Jade Flower Sect, they have managed to tame demonic beasts to this extent.

Moreover, the monsters here are significantly stronger than those seen outside, just by looking at their size.

Lu Ming even saw a black snake, tens of meters long, coiled on a boulder. Its scales were as big as a palm, and its head was bulging high, clearly showing signs of transforming into a dragon.

Judging from this, the Jade Flower Sect should also have dragons...

"Senior Brother, is that the Snake King?" A disciple excitedly pointed to the same giant snake and whispered, "Is it about to transform into a dragon?"

Are we going to help them transform into dragons in the future?

Chen Mo glanced at the giant snake and said indifferently, "No, it was when I was assisting with the assessment that day that I was hit by a stone thrown by someone."

He came today to see someone.

"..." Lu Ming lowered his head quietly and slipped into the crowd.

Just then, a snake suddenly hissed excitedly, raised its tail, and pointed it at the crowd.

The snakes suddenly became agitated and swarmed over.

The disciples beside him hastily retreated, revealing Zhou Jiangyuan in the middle, who was bowing his head as if deep in thought.

A moment later, Zhou Jiangyuan realized what was happening. Looking at the familiar group of snakes before him, he exclaimed, "It's you guys?"

Her gaze sharpened, and instead of retreating, she advanced, rolled up her sleeves, and said in a deep voice, "What, do you want to have another match?"

I'm always ready!

As soon as he finished speaking, the snakes fell silent.

The snakes looked at each other, then at Zhou Jiangyuan's fist, which was flushed red with blood and energy. Seeing that no snake would go first, they silently crawled away.

Lu Ming was laughing for a moment when he suddenly thought of a very important question.

If things continue like this, she might even hit me too, right?