The pressure on the stone steps was indeed gradually increasing, but it had no effect on Li Mu. He walked up slowly step by step as if the wind was blowing and the clouds were calm. However, Chen Wen and his companions had a harder time. By the time they got to the end, beads of sweat had oozed from their foreheads.

Fortunately, the section of stone stairs with the strongest pressure was not very long. After passing through the part surrounded by clouds and mist, there was a stone door in front. Li Mu pushed the stone door gently, and it opened. What came into view was a dazzling white light. Several people stepped directly in. When they opened their eyes again, the surroundings were already green, which looked no different from the earth.

"Is this the small fairyland?" Chen Wen and his companions murmured. When they looked back, they found that the passage they came from had been closed. They were standing on a high platform, but there was nothing around them.

"Compared to the lower world, the spiritual energy here can really be called the fairyland!" Li Mingxuan took a deep breath and sighed. The traces of spiritual energy in the air were like entities, floating in the air. With a casual breath, a large amount of spiritual energy was absorbed into his body, at least as much as on Earth for several days. However, they did not rely on the thin spiritual energy to practice on Earth, so they would not lose their bodies like some of the monks who had just come up before.

"Haha, it's really unexpected. The spiritual energy here is not much different from those top-level cultivation planets!" Li Mu said with a smile.

While they were talking, two monks stationed there came over and said to them respectfully: "Congratulations to you fellow Taoists for successfully forming a pill!"

Chen Wen and his companions were somewhat surprised at the attitude of these two people. They could tell at a glance that their cultivation was higher than theirs, and they didn't know why they were so respectful to them.

"Haha, thank you very much, fellow Taoist. I wonder what procedures we should follow next?" Chen Wen asked.

"Follow me, fellow Taoist!"

Chen Wen and his companions looked at Li Mu, who nodded. Then they jumped off the platform and followed the two guards. Soon they arrived at a simple city fortress.

After the explanation of the two guards, they realized that this place was the base camp of the Lesser Immortal Realm guarding the passage between the two worlds. Originally, there were not so many people stationed here. It was only because of the extremists in the Tiandi Pavilion a while ago that the four major sects sent more people.

"Captain Wu, these people are monks who just came up from the lower world!" said the two guards to the leader of the city defense team.

"Why are there so many people this time? Have their identities been verified?" the man frowned.

"This is the information sent by Uncle Lin." The guard quickly took out a jade slip.

The man took the jade slip and looked at it carefully. After confirming that it was correct, he said to Li Mu and the others: "Haha, fellow Taoists, I am just doing my job impartially. Please don't mind! Recently, those extremists in the Tiandi Pavilion have been making a lot of trouble!"

"That's what I should do!" said Chen Wen.

"Please follow me!" The captain of the guard invited several people into the city. After passing several checkpoints, they finally arrived outside a hall.

"Elder Liu, a few new people have come up from the lower world!" the captain reported to the hall.

"Oh~? More people coming up, and just a few of them?" A voice came from the hall.

The door of the hall opened, and a middle-aged man flashed in front of Li Mu and his companions, looking at them suspiciously.

Then he smiled and said: "Haha, don't be nervous, my friends. Maybe we will be members of the same sect in the future!" Then he welcomed Li Mu and others into the hall.

"May I ask what Elder Liu means by this?" Chen Wen asked in confusion.

"Several fellow Taoists, you may not know because you have just arrived. Although the cultivators who came up from the lower realms do not have high cultivation bases and are only at the Golden Core stage when they first arrived in the Lesser Immortal Realm, they are all geniuses among geniuses. Otherwise, they would not be able to form elixirs in the harsh environment of the lower realms. Several of your fellow Taoists are even more powerful, especially these two. You look to be only in your 40s, right?" Elder Liu looked at Li Mingxuan and his wife.

The two nodded. Elder Liu continued, "To form a pill in your 40s is something most people cannot do even in our Little Immortal Realm, not to mention in the lower realms where spiritual energy is poor! Even the lower realm cultivators who have successfully formed a pill in their 100s are the object of competition among the major forces in the Little Immortal Realm. When you go to the Little Immortal Realm, you have already stepped half a foot into the four major sects!"

Chen Wen and his companions suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the guards were so polite to them before. It turned out to be this reason! They did not expect that the cultivators from Earth would be so popular in the Little Immortal Realm.

"Haha, everyone. I am Liu Yuan, an outer sect elder of the Ancient Sword Sect, one of the four major sects. I sincerely invite you to join my Ancient Sword Sect!" Elder Liu changed the subject.

Several people couldn't help but look at Li Mu again, asking for his opinion.

"Haha, then it would be disrespectful for us to refuse!" Li Mu laughed. He did not intend to protect his parents the whole time, as this would only make them dependent on him and make them flowers in a greenhouse.

However, the current strength of the parents is too weak, and they are almost at the bottom of the small fairy world. With their strength, if they want to quickly gain a foothold in this small fairy world, joining these sects is naturally the best choice. With the protection of the sect, everything will be much easier.

Of course, Li Mu could also form a force of his own, but there was no need for that. It would be a waste of energy and would not help train his parents and relatives. He wanted them to experience the world of cultivation firsthand and learn everything about it for themselves.

After hearing what Li Mu said, several people expressed their gratitude to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan was very pleased when he saw them. These people were quite smart, unlike the old man named Yin Linyuan who came a while ago. He was old but still thought he was a genius. He didn't listen to him and didn't take the four major sects seriously. Maybe he was used to being in a high position in the lower world for so many years! Little did he know the gap between the cultivators in the two worlds. When he was beaten by the small fairy world, he would know the benefits of joining the sect. I just hope he is still alive by then!

"Haha, then you guys can rest here for a few days. I will go back to Gu Jianmen to report on my work in a couple of days. You can come back with me then!" Liu Yuan said with a smile.

"Then I'll have to trouble Elder Liu!" said Chen Wen.

"Take them to the guest room to rest!" Liu Yuan said to the monk beside him.

"Wait!" At this moment, a sonorous voice came from outside the hall, and then three monks, two men and one woman, rushed in.

"Liu Yuan, you're going too far. There are four of them, and you actually want to bring them all into your Ancient Sword Sect!" One of them said in a bad tone, and the other two also looked displeased.

"Haha, Elder Zhang, Elder Liu, Elder Chu, everything has to have a first come first served order, right? Since they have already agreed to join the Ancient Sword Sect, it might be inappropriate for you to talk about this now, right?" Liu Yuan said with a smile.

"Don't be so frivolous in front of me. They were just deceived by you just now. It doesn't count!" Elder Zhang said unhappily.

"Then what do you want to do?" Liu Yuan frowned.

"Of course we should compete fairly and let them choose again!" said Elder Zhang.