In the Zhenyuan Sect, the person with the highest status and position is naturally the headmaster, that is, the sect master.

The next are the masters of each peak.

Then there is the Council of Elders, which is composed of respected seniors selected from each peak.

Qin Yi's identity is similar to that of an elder of the Inner Sect's Elder Council.

"I'm glad you're back."

"I was in seclusion when you were tried by the Punishment Hall. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been imprisoned unjustly."

"But no matter what, the result is good. As for the destroyed cultivation, as long as there is no problem with the Dantian and meridians, it can be restored through cultivation."

Yun Cang replied in a cold voice, unable to tell any joy, anger, sorrow or happiness from his voice.

"Li Zhiming, who is the girl next to you?"

Yun Cang carefully examined the pearl, and a flash of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"My Lord, this person is a patrol disciple of Xuyuan Prison. He wants to join our Qingluan Peak lineage." Li Zhiming replied.

"Disciple Mingzhu, greetings to the abbot and all the senior masters." Mingzhu bowed.

"Um……"

Everyone smiled and nodded. When they heard that Mingzhu was planning to join Qingluan Peak, they all nodded with satisfaction.

"Mingzhu, right? What a nice name."

"Who asked you to come?" Yun Cang asked.

"Master, there is a letter here."

Li Zhiming took out the letter Qin Yi gave him.

Yun Cang stretched out his hand, and the letter floated in front of him. He opened it and examined it.

"I see."

Yun Cang burned the envelope after reading it.

"Then from today on, I will accept you as my personal disciple."

Yun Cang said lightly.

After these words were spoken, Jin Yuechen and the other six were stunned at first, then they looked at each other, sighed, and felt it was a pity.

Now that the chief has taken action, it will definitely not be their turn to be the genius.

"May I ask, Master, if I become your disciple, can I practice with Li Zhiming?" Mingzhu asked.

"Li Zhiming is Junior Brother Jin's disciple, and you are my disciple, so naturally we can't practice together. What's more, you are his direct disciple, and he is his direct disciple. We have different identities, so we can't practice together."

Yun Cang shook his head and explained.

"In that case, I'm sorry I can't agree to this. I think I should have the right to choose. I want to become Master Uncle Jin's disciple and become his direct disciple."

Mingzhu bowed and replied with shocking words.

“…”

Yun Cang frowned slightly when he heard this. Isn't this a slap in his face?

However, as the head of a peak, Yun Cang still has some bearing.

He took a look and thought, what's so attractive about this guy? Why follow him?

Immediately, he opened his mouth and said:

"After so many years, you are the first person who refused to become the first master's direct disciple. You can choose to become a direct disciple under Junior Brother Jin, but you have outstanding talent and excellent physique, and you are at the sixth level. Doing so will be a waste of your talent. You must think carefully."

"I don't agree with what you said, Master. How can you say it's a waste of talent under my command?" Jin Yueli was unhappy when he heard that.

"In this way, Li Zhiming had already obtained the quota of a personal disciple before he was imprisoned in Xuyuan Prison."

"Today, I will accept you and Li Zhiming as my personal disciples."

"how?"

Jin Yuezhen asked.

He could see that Mingzhu was determined to be with Li Zhiming.

Since that was the case, he would take Li Zhiming in as well, so that he could keep the pearl firmly in his hands.

As for Li Zhiming?

After a few years, Mingzhu will be able to become enlightened, so he should look forward to finding a Taoist partner.

Although Li Zhiming has some talent, it is not much.

To be worthy of Mingzhu, one must at least be a direct disciple of the chief monk of each peak.

This time, he got a huge bargain.

When Mingzhu becomes famous in the inner sect, he wonders how wonderful the expressions of the old guys from other lineages will be when they find out that his master is actually him. He is now looking forward to it very much.

Mingzhu did not answer, but immediately looked at Li Zhiming.

After hearing this, Li Zhiming thought for a moment and then replied, "Thank you, Master, for your promotion. I am willing to do so."

"Then I will, too."

Mingzhu followed suit.

Li Zhiming knew that Jin Yuechen promoted him in order to keep Mingzhu, and that he was not sincere.

However, he still chose to agree, because in Zhenyuan Sect, there are some places that disciples cannot enter at will.

For example, places like the depths of the Monument Valley and the third floor of the Tianwu Tower are only accessible to direct disciples.

"Hahaha, okay."

"In that case, from now on, the two of you are my, Jin Yue'e's, direct disciples. Here are your disciple tokens. Take them to the logistics department to collect your salary and daily necessities."

Jin Yueqi handed a token to Li Zhiming and the other man respectively.

The material of this token is different from Li Zhiming’s previous token. This one is made of more precious gold and jade, with relief craftsmanship, and is classical and elegant.

Li Zhiming and the other person simply performed the ceremony of paying homage to each other as apprentices.

From today on, he and Senior Sister Mingzhu are the direct disciples of Qingluan Peak, and they are also fellow senior sisters and brothers.

"Li Zhiming, take Mingzhu to familiarize herself with our Qingluan Peak."

"Mingzhu, come to my place in the evening and I will personally teach you some skills." Jin Yueli looked at Mingzhu.

"What about Li Zhiming? He and I are both his direct disciples."

"Although they are both direct disciples, their talents and physiques are different. He is not suitable." Jin Yue replied.

“…”

Mingzhu was about to say something when Li Zhiming stopped her with a look.

Immediately, she cupped her hands and replied, "Disciple understands."

Having accepted a genius, Jin Yuechen was in a good mood and waved his hand with a smile.

Li Zhiming and Mingzhu walked out of the hall.

Qin Chuan came out to greet him.

"Congratulations on becoming my personal disciple."

"It's just a name, and I'm just relying on Senior Sister Mingzhu's fame." Li Zhiming replied indifferently.

"You are too low-key, Junior Brother. If you don't hide your aura and show your true strength, the First Master will definitely rush to accept you as his disciple."

Mingzhu looked unhappy.

Jin Yuechen's different treatment made her very unhappy.

"I just don't like the attention."

"Let's go. Qin Chuan and I will take you around Qingluan Peak today."

Two hours later.

The three of them separated halfway up the mountain. To the east was the residence for male disciples, and to the west was the residence for female disciples.

"Senior Sister, we're parting ways here. Feel free to come to me if you need anything," said Li Zhiming.

"good."

Mingzhu nodded and turned to leave.

After Mingzhu walked away, Qin Chuan put his arms around Li Zhiming's neck.

"Several boys actually hooked up with such a beautiful woman. Senior Sister Mingzhu is no better than that bitch Tian Yaoyao."

"Don't talk nonsense, Mingzhu and I are just friends."

"Is this true?" Qin Chuan didn't believe it at all.

"Believe it or not!"

"I won't talk nonsense with you anymore. Now that you have become a direct disciple, you can go to the top three floors of the Treasure Pavilion to exchange for treasures, and you can also go to the top three floors of the Sutra Pavilion to exchange for a martial arts technique."

"It's no use going there. It's not free. Although it's a bit cheaper, the top three floors are full of rare treasures. You can't exchange them without a large amount of spirit stones." Li Zhiming replied.

"That's easy. With your current strength, you can wait until the Trial Road opens in three months and get into the top ten. Not only will you get a lot of resources, but you can also choose any item from the Sutra Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion."

"Road of Trials, top ten!"

Li Zhiming calculated the time and found that there were exactly three months left.

The Road of Trial is the biggest event in Zhenyuan Sect, and all inner sect disciples will participate without exception.

As for the outer sects, there will also be twenty places.

Before the trial road begins, the outer sect will hold a competition to decide who will get the spots.

The road of trials is fraught with dangers, and the elders of the sect cannot intervene.

By then, Qi Yang will definitely find ways to plot against me.

However, the road of trials might also be an opportunity for revenge.

Kill the couple Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao without anyone knowing!

"There are only three months left, so we have to prepare well."

"I'm going to go take a look deep into the Monument Valley later." Li Zhiming regained his composure and said.

"Deep in the Hidden Stele Valley, I heard there are nine top-level ancient steles that the ancestors dug out from the depths of the abyss. The ancient steles contain more obscure patterns. If you can enter and comprehend the inscriptions, you will gain powerful martial arts secrets."

"It is said that the martial arts secrets recorded on each of the nine ancient tablets are no lower than the Earth Rank. The five known ancient tablets that have been unlocked record two Earth Rank high-level martial arts, one Heaven Rank elementary martial arts, one Heaven Rank intermediate martial arts, and one Heaven Rank high-level secret!"

“I wonder what mysteries are hidden in the remaining four ancient monuments.”

When talking about the Valley of Stele Monuments, Qin Chuan's face was full of longing.

"It's only a matter of time before you become my personal disciple. Then we can go in together. Let me explore the way first today." Li Zhiming said with a smile.

"Okay, then you go ahead. I have to go practice and enter the sixth rank as soon as possible to become a direct disciple!"

After Qin Chuan finished speaking, he left with full of enthusiasm.

Li Zhiming first returned to his former residence to pack up, then went down the mountain and headed towards the valley in the south.

The Valley of Monuments.

It can be said to be one of the foundations of Zhenyuan Sect.

There are hundreds of stone tablets standing in the Zangbei Valley.

Each stone tablet is engraved with ancient words and patterns. By understanding the words and patterns, one can obtain the martial arts or secret techniques recorded in them.

These stone tablets were found by Zhenyuan Patriarch of Zhenyuan Sect in Xuyuan.

No one knows why the stone tablet appeared in a huge sinkhole.

In short, every stone tablet is a rare treasure.

Therefore, the ancestor Zhenyuan placed these stone tablets in a valley in the Zhenyuan Sect and named it the Stele Valley.

Allow the sect's disciples to observe freely and acquire the martial arts techniques recorded therein through their own abilities.

But later, the sect discovered that stone tablets were divided into different grades.

Observing the stone tablet requires a huge amount of mental energy. One disciple forced himself to observe a high-grade stone tablet, and ended up becoming mentally ill and turning into a fool.

Therefore, the sect re-divided all the stone tablets into different areas according to their grades.

The Tibetan Monument Valley is divided into three areas: the outer area, the middle area, and the deep area.

All disciples can enter the outer part, the middle part requires disciples of each lineage, and only disciples of each lineage can enter the deep part.

Since the establishment of Zhenyuan Sect, only five of the nine stone tablets in the depths have been cracked.

There are still four left that no one has figured out yet.

Two of the five steles were cracked in recent years.

The current headmaster of Zhenyuan Sect cracked a stone tablet when he was a disciple, and obtained a mid-level heavenly skill from it!

Last year, the master's only disciple was also the future successor to the sect leader.

She cracked a stone tablet and obtained a high-level secret technique from it!

This news caused a sensation in the entire Zhenyuan Sect!