Please be my partner.

The order of disciples in the Wudang Sect in the lower realm is very simple: the founder is naturally the first generation, the Supreme Elder is the second generation, the Mountain Lord and the elders are the third generation, and then the fourth and fifth generations.

A third-generation disciple already holds a very high status within the Wudang Sect.

After receiving the news and confirming the identity of the newly promoted third-generation disciple, Fengling Pavilion reacted very quickly and immediately prepared a generous gift.

Meanwhile, Cai Die'er, who was once the most popular courtesan, seemed to have fallen out of favor overnight. Fengling Pavilion stopped promoting her, and she herself no longer showed her face in public.

Rumors spread like wildfire. Some said that Cai Die'er had contracted chickenpox, which was not only contagious but had also ruined her beautiful appearance, making her now hideous. Others said that Cai Die'er had been favored by a powerful figure and had become his concubine. Still others said that Cai Die'er, unwilling to be a caged bird, had hanged herself...

In this place of pleasure, countless rumors circulate every day. Even the former queen of the night becomes a thing of the past after a few days, and the selection of a new queen has already begun. In particular, the Wind Chime Pavilion in Emerald City has found a pair of beautiful twins from who-knows-where, which is quite intriguing.

Inside the Wind Chime Pavilion, Cai Die'er and Hua Jie stood respectfully to one side, while in front of them sat an elderly man with a goatee, leisurely sipping tea. This old man seemed inconspicuous, but he was the number one figure in charge of the entire Wind Chime Pavilion in Qingzhou Prefecture, and was known as... the Grand Steward.

The head steward put down his teacup, carefully examined Cai Die'er, and after a long while, smiled and said, "Indeed, she is a beautiful woman who makes one feel pity for her."

Cai Die'er bowed and said, "Grand Steward, you flatter me."

The head steward asked, "Cai Die'er, tell me, how has my Wind Chime Pavilion treated you?"

Cai Die'er was startled, but she still spoke softly, "Fengling Pavilion has always treated me very well. Back then, I was all alone and helpless. If it weren't for Fengling Pavilion's help, I might have already... Everyone in Fengling Pavilion is like my family."

While this statement may sound exaggerated, it does contain a degree of genuine feeling.

After all, while the current era is not a chaotic one, it is not a peaceful and prosperous place where no one picks up lost items and doors are left unlocked at night. Not to mention the rampant bandits outside the city, the city is also full of wolves and vicious dogs that devour people without spitting out the bones.

The lotus-like texture, when cooked, exudes fragrance; the milk-based wontons are eagerly sought after.

Do you really think this is just empty talk?

Do not!

This is reality!

The chief steward stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "Well said. In that case, Wind Chime Pavilion will be your home from now on."

These words left Cai Die'er speechless. Fengling Pavilion was a brothel, not a charity. They trained the girls to entertain customers and make money. Even if she was the so-called top courtesan, she would probably not escape the fate of being a woman of many men. Being able to enter the home of a powerful person as a concubine would be the best outcome.

As for encountering wonderful love in novels and storybooks, I wouldn't even dare to dream of it.

The head steward ignored Cai Die'er's reaction and continued, "I intend to send you to Young Master Mei Lun of the Wudang Sect, the same young man you served last time. Once you are by Young Master Mei's side, you don't need to do much. If Young Master Mei has other lovers in the future, you can choose for yourself. Just remember, Fengling Pavilion is your family home and your backing. Do you understand?"

Cai Die'er suppressed her joy and tried her best to analyze the chief steward's words. She was not stupid and quickly figured out the logic behind them.

Clearly, Mei Lun's recent performance has garnered greater attention from the Wind Chime Pavilion, so the Grand Steward decided to increase 'investment,' and Cai Die'er was naturally one of those investors.

Furthermore, in Fengling Pavilion's view, a man of such stature as Mellen will surely have no shortage of female confidantes in the future. If Caidie wants to maintain her position in Mellen's heart, being beautiful alone is not enough. After all, beauty fades with time, and she needs to demonstrate more value.

The fact that Cai Die'er comes from Fengling Pavilion is enough to give her a lot of points.

With Cai Die'er as the middleman, Fengling Pavilion and Mellen have a solid connection. And as long as they accept this, Fengling Pavilion will have plenty of ways to bring Mellen onto its side in the future.

This can be described as a blatant, overt conspiracy.

Having roughly figured out the cause and effect, Cai Die'er was naturally overjoyed, even feeling as if she were in a dream. She had always been devoted to Mei Lun, who was avenging her, so she was naturally very happy with this outcome.

Cai Die'er said softly, "It's all up to the head steward to decide."

The chief steward laughed heartily, quite pleased with himself.

In fact, Mellen's development was quite unexpected. When Mellen wiped out the Gale Bandits, the spies of the Wind Chime Pavilion deduced from the clues on the battlefield that Mellen might be a martial arts expert close to the Martial Saint.

Although few people knew the details of how Mellen joined the Wudang Sect, the Grand Steward, whose spies were spread throughout Qingzhou Prefecture, received the news immediately...

The patriarch's teachings are passed down through generations, from one generation to the next, through three generations of disciples...

With these various identities, the Grand Steward judged that perhaps in a dozen years or so, Mellen could become the new leader of the Wudang Sect.

It should be noted that although the Wudang Sect has declined somewhat compared to its heyday, it is still a first-class sect with a Martial Saint presiding over it. Moreover, it has been cultivating in Qingzhou Prefecture for over a thousand years, and its potential power should not be underestimated.

Of course, what the Grand Steward was more concerned about was actually Mellen himself, whose talent at his age was simply too great.

The chief steward said with some emotion, "Perhaps it won't be long before this young master Mei is able to ascend to the Heavenly Ranking."

Upon hearing this, Cai Die'er and Hua Jie were shocked, only then realizing the true significance of Mei Lun.

The Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Rankings are lists launched by the mysterious Zhitian Pavilion. The Heaven Ranking is at the top and only records those with the combat power of a Martial Saint!

Chapter 638 Traces and Cooperation

"The purpose of the Divine Treasury is to continuously develop the limits of the physical body, so as to generate more of the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit at a faster speed. This applies to the realm of thought, inner vision, and outer vision."

"In the path of martial arts, one must never put the cart before the horse."

In a secluded valley, the Supreme Elder and Melon were peacefully practicing their boxing techniques. At the same time, the Supreme Elder was also explaining the principles of martial arts to Melon in detail. These details all contained the accumulated knowledge of a major martial arts sect.

Mellen also took the opportunity to ask a question: "Uncle Wu, my martial arts school once had a divine treasure inheritance, which included nine major divine treasures and ninety-nine minor divine treasures, totaling one hundred and eight Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends. If all of them can be opened, one can obtain an invincible holy body and keep oneself in a state of eternal heaven and man."

"What is the explanation for this?"

The Supreme Elder said, "The Dao of Divine Treasures is theoretically inexhaustible, but human power is ultimately finite. There is also compatibility between Divine Treasures. Compatible Divine Treasures are connected to each other and can help each other. However, if you randomly open Divine Treasures that are incompatible, not only will it not have a positive effect, but it will also cause obstacles due to the conflict between the Divine Treasures."

"Moreover, the difficulty increases with each subsequent opening of the Divine Treasures. It is already difficult for an ordinary person to open ten. After that, the time and effort required to open each additional one will increase exponentially. Even if one has the Wudang Intent to mediate between the dragon and tiger, it only reduces the overall difficulty somewhat. In this life, if one cannot condense the legendary qualities and embark on the journey to the other shore, one's life is only a few hundred years. Time is limited, so the choice of opening the Divine Treasures is very important."

Mellen nodded slightly inwardly; this explanation also aligned with genetic theory.

Human genes are a complete and rigorous system. Some genes can fit together perfectly, while others may cause conflicts, leading to the danger of gene collapse. This requires utmost caution.

There are many dormant genes in the human body, but think about it, why would they fall into a dormant state? Isn't it because of natural selection, which the human body itself cannot withstand?

Naturally, each time a superior and positive gene is activated, it will make humans stronger in some aspect, but at the same time, it will consume a portion of their capacity. Humans are ultimately limited, and martial arts are about maximizing the effect within this limited capacity.

“I don’t recall the ‘Invincible Holy Body’ you mentioned. As for ‘Eternal Limit of Heaven and Man’, I can’t decipher its meaning from those few words alone. But I guess it might be a special realm that is naturally born and solidified in the body after the Holy Body is condensed.”

Next, under the guidance of the Supreme Elder, Mellen began to learn the divine treasures that the Wudang Sect's Wudang Holy Body needed to unlock.

The perfect state of the Wudang Sacred Body requires the opening of a total of 365 divine treasures, containing the number of the heavens and earth, and emphasizing the development of the potential of the human body's microcosm to the extreme.

It is divided into fifteen stages in total. The first three hundred and sixty divine treasures are divided into three stages of thirty-six each, and the last five divine treasures are each a stage.

With each completed stage, the interaction between the human microcosm and the external macrocosm becomes more harmonious. When all stages are completed, the barrier between the inside and outside will be completely broken, which is equivalent to possessing a portion of the legendary qualities in advance.

If a cultivator is talented enough, it is not impossible for them to seize this opportunity to directly condense a true legendary quality.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even among ten thousand martial artists who have achieved the Three Treasures Perfection, perhaps only one will be able to cultivate the Wudang Sacred Body.

To Mellen's surprise, the thirty-six divine treasures of the first stage of the Wudang Holy Body actually included the nine divine treasures of the Divine Dragon Stream.

During the apprenticeship banquet, Mellen, Zuoqiu Wudi, and Zhang Wei exchanged ideas on martial arts. Although the latter two did not explain the specific cultivation method of the Nine Divine Treasures of the Divine Dragon Flow, they did share some basic information.

Logically speaking, the number of Divine Treasures is countless, so isn't the overlap between these two a bit too coincidental?

However, at this moment, Mellen did not think too much. After these days of being granted a position, his life field had exceeded 10. Although it was far from reaching his own limit, with the initial understanding of the Wudang realm, he could already slightly regulate the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit. In addition, with his innate strong spirit, he had almost met the minimum requirements and could try to open his own divine treasure.

In the quiet room, Mellen focused his mind and meditated, adjusting himself to his optimal state, before beginning to contemplate the celestial chart in the room.

This Zhou Tian Star Chart was brought down from the Wudang Sect in the Upper Realm by the Supreme Elder. It not only records the opening order and method of the various divine treasures of the Wudang Sacred Body, but also has the function of assisting cultivation when visualizing.

In addition, the materials used to build the meditation room, the meditation cushion he used, and the incense burning in the incense burner all had various wonderful uses. These were originally reserved for the Supreme Elder, but now, for Mellen's first cultivation of the Divine Treasure, the Supreme Elder lent him everything.

Gradually, Melen sank into deep meditation, his mental will began to fluctuate at a specific frequency, and his body began to resonate with this fluctuation. In the deepest part of his flesh and blood, a dormant seed began to sprout and flourish.

After only a short period of time, the seed began to grow rapidly, and almost instantly it grew into a complete towering tree.

Mellen paused, a few thoughts swirling in his slightly confused mind.

The normal opening of a divine treasure is definitely not this fast. You have to understand that everyone is an independent individual. Although the essence of divine treasures is the same, there will still be differences when it comes to individuals. Ordinary martial artists often need to spend a lot of energy just to locate their own divine treasure.

After positioning, it still needs to be nurtured and cultivated with the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, which is not a simple task either.

Finally, and most importantly, after the Divine Treasure is opened, it needs some time to stabilize. This time can be long or short. Usually, people with good aptitude and strong strength recover faster. In addition, some external objects can be used to assist in the process.

However, all of the above efforts were in vain for Mellen. He completed the process of positioning, growth, and stabilization with incredible ease, and was fully capable of unlocking more divine treasures.

Mellen felt that this might be related to his nature. Although he was blended in with the world in the outer heavens due to his immortal arts, he was ultimately not comparable to ordinary mortals. The essence, energy, and spirit born in his body far surpassed the mortal in both quality and quantity, so feeding the divine treasures was naturally a piece of cake for him.

Next, Mellen continuously unlocked more divine treasures and used the Wudang Intent to balance his essence, energy, and spirit time and time again, so as to prevent the rapid improvement of his physical body from disrupting the balance.

Later, Mellen even had to practice Wudang Fist in a quiet room just to barely keep going.

In just one day, Mellen activated all twelve divine treasures, but it took him a week to completely restore them to balance.

Of course, there were benefits to doing this. During this period of heightened energy, Mellen remained immersed in the Wudang Fist, maintaining that fragile balance. This allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of the Wudang concept and, without realizing it, he had already mastered it.

Having reached this point, Mellen can naturally maintain the state of Wudang in his daily life, keeping his body in harmony at all times. He can even clearly feel that the interaction between his body and the world has become more natural and harmonious. Even if he does nothing, his body is absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and is constantly being strengthened.

However, this kind of enhancement is only better than nothing for now.

After Mellen emerged from the meditation room, the Supreme Elder, who was meditating on a low hill not far away, looked over and saw that Mellen's every move exuded a sense of harmony and understanding. He nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "It seems you have gained a lot."

Mellen bowed slightly and said, "I must thank Uncle Wu for lending me the quiet room for seclusion."

The Supreme Elder waved his hand and said, "This is the only time you can take advantage of this loophole. After all, there are people watching you from above. After this, you will officially join this training, and I can't let you enter this quiet room to cultivate again."

"It's just a pity that there are only fourteen years left until the end of this training, and you don't have many opportunities left to show your abilities."

After thinking for a moment, Mellen asked, "Uncle Wu, what exactly am I supposed to do during this training?"

The Supreme Elder said, "Either is fine! But there is only one ultimate goal: to leave your mark on this world, the more significant the better!"

Mellen nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "If I wish to compete with Senior Brother Han for the position of Mountain Lord, is that permissible?"

Han Fangxuan is a disciple of the Wudang Sect in the Upper Realm and the current mountain master of the Wudang Sect in the Lower Realm.

The Supreme Elder calmly said, "You may make your own decision."

He paused, then added meaningfully, "Even within the Wudang Sect of the Upper Realm, the most top-tier resources are limited."

This was already a clear indication, and Mellen naturally understood the implied meaning.

After bidding farewell to the Supreme Elder, Mellen strolled through the Wudang Sect, lost in thought.

Regarding this five-faction trial, competition is inevitable. Putting aside the final reward, the trial itself is something Mellen senses is not simple. For the five factions to set up such a grand setup and spend so much time planning, it can't just be for the trial itself; there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

So, the next question is quite simple: how can we leave a sufficiently profound mark on this world?

To reach the pinnacle and become the ultimate martial arts master?

Did he change dynasties and become the founding emperor?

Or perhaps, both?

As for the former, Mellen felt it wouldn't be too difficult, since there were still fourteen years left.

The latter, while perhaps a bit time-sensitive, is not impossible to try. Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang started with just a bowl and built the Ming Dynasty in just fifteen years. Although there must have been many coincidences involved, Mei Lun's conditions were not bad either.

Although the world today has extraordinary martial arts, and many things cannot be generalized, some things remain unchanged, and Mellen himself still has the Wudang Sect as a core base.

As for the current mountain lord, that Senior Brother Han?

Mellen has no intention of being polite to the other party.

Now that we have a goal, all we need to do is keep moving towards that goal.

After careful consideration, Mellen quickened his pace and headed towards the library.

Soon, Mellen found the book he wanted... "The Chronicles of the Continent," which introduced the general situation of the current world.

This world has a main continent, surrounded by seas on all sides. Although there are scattered islands in the seas, they are basically negligible.

On the continent, there are three powerful nations: Dayu, which is located in the southeast of the continent where Melen currently belongs; Xuerong, which is located in the north of the continent; and Dayong, which is located in the west of the continent.

Besides these three major kingdoms, there are more than a dozen small kingdoms scattered in the border areas between the three kingdoms and in the harsh, cold borderlands of the continent. Most of these small kingdoms can only depend on the three major kingdoms, but there are also a few that are quite special and strange.

Although there are some signs of impending chaos in the Great Yu Dynasty, they are only just beginning. With the Great Yu's foundation and the existence of martial arts, it is not difficult for it to persist for a hundred years or so. If a restorer emerges in the meantime, it may take even longer, which is a bit of a challenge.

While Mellen's moral bottom line is flexible, he is incapable of actively stirring up trouble, provoking wars everywhere, and ultimately causing widespread suffering and starvation.

However, if one can establish a solid foundation, then decisively dominate the market, it might be feasible.

The three great kingdoms are currently enjoying peace and prosperity, clearly lacking the space to develop a solid foundation for growth, so...

Mellen closed the book in his hand, asked the mountain lord for leave, and left the Wudang Sect.

Cui Shi Cheng, luxury residences on North Street.

This is a gift from Fengling Pavilion to Mellen after he became a third-generation disciple of the Wudang Sect. The steward among them was one of the people who came to deliver the gift, so he had met Mellen, the master of the house.

Upon entering the inner hall, Mellen was greeted by Butterfly, who had rushed over to greet him.

Cai Die'er was a little nervous and hurriedly bowed, softly calling him "Master." Mellon's lips curled up and he burst into laughter.

A day later, Mellen lay on a rocking chair in the inner courtyard, basking in the sun. Beside him, Cai Die'er was carefully peeling fruit, while several beautiful maids were fanning him or massaging his legs. The air was thick with the scent of decadence.

After enjoying the moment for a while, Mellen got down to business and asked, "Butterfly, could you help me contact the person behind the Wind Chime Pavilion? I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with him."

Cai Die'er bowed softly and said, "Yes, sir."