Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, the man nodded in satisfaction, and then continued:

"Very good, it seems you all understand. Then let's divide into teams according to spiritual power level—Spiritual beginner to Spiritual King, stand on the right; Spiritual King and above, stand on the left. Now, let's begin dividing into teams!"

Although no one knew why the man wanted them to split into teams, they dared not disobey and quickly lined up according to their ranks.

Zero and the others naturally stood on the left.

Strangely enough, the man did not attempt to probe their spiritual power at all, and simply nodded when he saw them split into two groups.

"Now, the team on the right, go to the right secret realm for training; the team on the left, follow me..."

The man then left first.

The people naturally followed his instructions and acted accordingly.

The four of them exchanged glances, quietly controlling their spiritual power level to the tenth level of the Spirit King, and then followed the direction the man had gone.

The man led them through several jungles and across two streams, finally stopping in front of a platform.

Zero and the others secretly memorized the route they had just taken. The man had deliberately made them forget the direction, leading them in several different directions, making it seem like they had traveled a long way, but in reality, they had just been going around in circles.

If Zero's guess is correct, what they just passed through should have been a specially constructed formation.

"Everyone, your cultivation levels are all above the Spirit King level, so your training will be separate from another group. Moreover, your training content will be different from theirs, and similarly, my expectations for you will be higher."

"To better manage you, I will divide you into ten smaller teams, and each team will select a team leader to be responsible for summarizing the team's training in the future."

"Now, begin counting off!"

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

...

Forty-eight!

The last person finished counting, and there were exactly forty-eight people.

Upon seeing this, the man quickly changed his words, saying:

"Since there are forty-eight people, they will be divided into eight groups of six. Each group will select a team leader based on their spiritual power level. The selected team leader will stand at the front of their team."

Fortunately, all four of them concealed their cultivation levels. After the grouping, they were not only assigned to the same group, but none of them became the team leader.

This also meant that if they were to leave the team later, it wouldn't attract as much attention.

"Hello, I am Zuo Chen, currently a Spirit King level 19, and I am the team leader. From now on, we will all be members of the same team. I hope we can help each other and encourage each other."

As Zuo Chen spoke, he extended a hand and shook hands with the four members of the team and another member of the squad in turn, before standing at the front of the line.

"Very good, your team is now somewhat organized. You can familiarize yourselves with this area for the next few hours. After crossing this platform, walk forward another 100 meters to your left and you'll reach your accommodations. Someone will arrange everything for you then. Now you're free to do as you please!"

"However, there's one thing I need to remind you of: the right side is a restricted area. Unless I give you permission to enter, at any other time, no matter the reason or what happens, you are not allowed to step into it. Do you understand?!"

"yes!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The man glanced at the crowd one last time, then turned and left.

...

"I never imagined we'd be living here..."

Jiang Quan muttered.

Ling pulled him away, and Mei Shiqi and Bi Hui naturally followed.

They walked and talked as they went.

"This place should be a secret base of the Daoguang Sect hidden in the world, a place used to train some elite disciples."

"Judging from the layout, it doesn't seem to have been built in recent years."

As Ling spoke, she glanced at Bi Hui, and from his expression, she knew that even Bi Hui, as the vice sect leader, was unaware of this situation.

"Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that they didn't ask us to register our personal information..."

"However, now that we've been divided into groups and our activities have been restricted, it will be very inconvenient to do anything in the future."

Jiang Quan frowned.

"That person just now explicitly told us not to go near the area on the right, but now I'm quite curious about that area."

"I originally thought that since we would have to stay here for a while, and today happened to be the day we arrived, even if they were on guard, they would be a little less vigilant. So I thought I would sneak out tonight to check the situation, but judging from the current situation, it seems that's not possible."

Bi Hui frowned slightly and looked to the other side.

Those were disciples who had already gone to the accommodation area.

They discovered that before entering the area, each person was scanned by a manager holding something that looked like an object that could record identity information.

Although no one scanned the people who came out, each of them would stand on a small platform next to the management personnel and wait for about three seconds before turning around and leaving.

Everyone was like this, which made Zero and the others even more certain of the difficulty of traveling...

"I feel like we made a mistake coming here..."

Jiang Quan sighed deeply.

While they may not be able to obtain important information in close proximity or face-to-face when they are outside, they are fundamentally free.

Once inside this place, you have to follow the rules in everything you do, and even your sleeping quarters are monitored. You also need to be verified before you can leave.

Seeing Jiang Quan's expression, Ling chuckled:

Do you regret it?

Did you regret following him to the Upper Realm...?

Jiang Quan shook his head:

"I don't regret it, but I can't do anything just sitting here like this..."

Upon hearing this, Bi Hui nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Mei Shiqi hadn't spoken, but stood motionless to the side, Ling Jianmei asked in confusion:

"Young Master Mei, have you come up with any ideas?"

Upon hearing Zero's words, the other two turned their hopeful gazes toward Mei Shiqi.

Mei Shiqi nodded and slowly said:

“We are not familiar with the environment here, nor do we know the people. Therefore, I suggest that we try our best to find out the strength of the people here within our means, so that we can have a better understanding of the situation.”

"That's a good idea."

"Finally, we have some ideas..."

Upon hearing this, all three agreed with Mei Shiqi's suggestion and took advantage of their free time to walk around the area.

On the surface, they appeared curious and innocent, as if they had simply come to admire the scenery. In reality, they had all secretly released their divine senses, slowly penetrating deeper into this area filled with rules...

Suddenly, Zero sensed a familiar aura, which made him stop in his tracks.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing Ling's pause, Jiang Quan asked in confusion.