After leaving Shacheng, Su Ruoshan headed straight for Yunjian Sect. She dragged her poisoned leg and suffered a lot along the way, but fortunately she finally arrived at Yunjian Sect safely.

The Cloud Sword Sect was a top-ranking sword sect on the continent ten thousand years ago.

However, as time went by, the Cloud Sword Sect gradually declined, and now it can only build its mountain gate on this Gobi Desert.

The gate of the Cloud Sword Sect was dilapidated. In a sheltered spot in the Gobi Desert, a few crooked wooden pillars stood with a large wooden plank on top, on which the three characters "Cloud Sword Sect" were carved with a sword.

Shabby!

After entering the sect, Su Ruoshan felt even more that the Cloud Sword Sect was far too small.

The entire Yunjian Sect was situated under a giant rock in the Gobi Desert, in a sheltered spot. Several low houses were built there, which served as the disciples' residences.

It seems that the Cloud Sword Sect's courtyard is not even as good as the Su family's.

Su Ruoshan felt a chill run down her spine, but she still forced herself to walk over.

The Cloud Sword Sect was not only shabby, but also small, with only a sect leader and seven disciples.

When Chi Lianhu, the sect leader of Yunjian Sect, saw Su Ruoshan, he tested her spiritual roots and found that she had both fire and metal spiritual roots. He was quite pleased and immediately accepted Su Ruoshan as the sect leader's personal disciple, making her the eighth disciple of Yunjian Sect.

Su Ruoshan looked at the yellowed pages of the Cloud Sword Sect's cultivation manual and the damaged Cloud Sword Technique, which were personally handed to her by the sect leader. She was reluctant to accept them, but thinking of Su Qing's opportunities in her previous life, she endured it and took them.

Aside from cultivation techniques and sword skills, there was nothing else.

As the sect leader's personal disciple, Su Ruoshan moved into a single room in a thatched house in the Yunjian Sect. When Su Ruoshan opened the door, she saw that the house was bare, with only a futon lying on the ground in the middle. She felt like dying.

In her previous life, she joined the Xuanling Sect and was a disciple of Elder Shui Qingchen of Jade Maiden Peak.

Not only do they live on the spiritually rich Jade Maiden Peak, but the Xuanling Sect also has cultivation halls, hot springs, and a dining hall...

She was living a comfortable life back then, but now look what's happened. She's been crying and making a scene, insisting on coming to the Cloud Sword Sect. And this is what happened to the Cloud Sword Sect.

"No, there's definitely something wrong with the Cloud Sword Sect. I can't rush things. These are just temporary, I just need to be patient." Su Ruoshan comforted herself as she opened the Xuanling Sect's cultivation manual.

Su Ruoshan flipped through two pages of this tattered cultivation manual, then tossed it aside. This manual was even inferior to the Su family's cultivation manual that she had learned.

Cloud Sword Technique.

Looking at the incomplete manual, Su Ruoshan felt that these techniques weren't even worthy of being used as stepping stones for the Xuanling Sect.

Forget it, I'll just stick to the cultivation methods and techniques she learned in my previous life.

Thinking this, Su Ruoshan sat cross-legged on the futon and began to cultivate.

After a while, Su Ruoshan opened her eyes.

The spiritual energy is too thin.

The Gobi Desert is naturally devoid of spiritual energy, and there are no spirit-gathering arrays, so how can anyone cultivate?

Su Ruoshan spent a painful night cultivating, and the next day she was hungry, only to find that there was nowhere to eat in the Cloud Sword Sect.

She stepped outside and saw a thirteen-year-old girl squatting on the sand, holding a sharp spike in her hand. Each time she pierced the sand, a sand worm would emerge.

The sandworms were roasted on the fire next to them, and they turned into long strips like popcorn. Then the little girl opened her mouth and crunched them up.

Su Ruoshan felt nauseous.

"Would you like some, junior sister?" The girl held out her hand and offered her one.

Su Ruoshan hurriedly shook her head. Those were insects, and they hadn't even been washed. She couldn't eat them like that!

“Junior Sister, we can’t find anything else to eat in our Cloud Sword Sect. Actually, sandworms aren’t that bad.” The girl grinned. “My name is Shui Qingrou, and I’m the seventh in my family. You can call me Senior Sister Shui.”

Su Ruoshan looked at Shui Qingrou and saw that she had big, innocent eyes and a round face, and seemed to be a gentle and easy-going person.

"Hello, Sister Shui, my name is Su Ruoshan," Su Ruoshan said.

“I know you’re a new disciple of Master,” Shui Qingrou said. “From now on, we’ll be rivals.”

What's the meaning?

Before Su Ruoshan could ask, Shui Qingrou stood up from the ground and glanced into the distance.

Su Ruoshan looked up and saw an eagle-beast soaring through the air; it was actually a third-tier ferocious beast!

The eagle-beast blotted out the sky and was about to sweep over the two of them when they heard three whooshing sounds, and the eagle-beast plummeted from the sky.

Then, Su Ruoshan saw a young man flying through the air on a sword, drawing an arc.

“That’s my third senior brother, isn’t he handsome?” Shui Qingrou said. “My third senior brother just successfully established his foundation two months ago.”

Su Ruoshan nodded haphazardly, thinking to herself, "My third senior brother has only just reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Does that mean that out of the seven disciples of the Cloud Sword Sect, only three are at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

A sect leader at the Core Formation stage, three Foundation Establishment stage disciples, and then five Qi Refining stage disciples, including herself...

The Cloud Sword Sect is so dilapidated that it's not even as good as a bunch of rogue cultivators.

Su Ruoshan took a deep breath.

She endured it for the sake of the opportunity.

Everything will be discussed once she finds the opportunity from Su Qing's previous life.

...

Su Qing practiced swordsmanship to her heart's content in the Xuanling Sect's martial arts hall. She not only completed the Cloud Sword Technique she had practiced in her previous life and practiced it again, but also successfully mastered the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Azure Origin Sword Technique that Shui Qingchen had given her.

In fact, during the Qi Refining stage, practicing body training is very beneficial for Foundation Establishment.

For body cultivators who engage in more body training, not only will their success rate in Foundation Establishment increase, but they will also be able to broaden their meridians, laying a solid foundation for future cultivation.

Su Qing's training in the martial arts hall has forged her body into something as tough as black iron.

After leaving the martial arts hall, Su Qing did not continue her training. She felt that she needed real combat to unleash her potential.

So, Su Qing went to the mission office.

The Xuanling Sect's mission office has issued many missions, and Xuanling Sect disciples can choose missions that suit them based on their cultivation level and combat strength.

Su Qing glanced at a few tasks and frowned. She was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so the number of tasks she could accept was very limited, and these tasks were also quite simple.

For example, He Bu of the Beast Taming Sect issued a task: a second-tier pet white spirit cat that had been kept in captivity had gone missing. Whoever found the white spirit cat would receive a reward of eighty low-grade spirit stones.

Wu Cheng, the crafting master, needs a piece of Xuanjing Iron, which can be purchased for fifteen mid-grade spirit stones.

The alchemy room, Baiyuan, requires a third-tier Shadow Wood Grass, which can be purchased for eight mid-grade spirit stones.

...

Finally, Su Qing's gaze settled on a task.

"Ten people to be recruited! Departure in three days! Training in the back mountain of Xuanling Sect. Cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Refining or above can sign up. Spirit herbs, spirit fruits, and monster materials obtained do not need to be handed over. Two Foundation Establishment cultivators will escort you. The registration fee is ten mid-grade spirit stones."