"Founder of a sect? What kind of reward is this?"

Shen Yuan looked at the prompt on the system interface in front of him, and there seemed to be countless desires to complain bursting out in his heart.

"I built such a large Sutra Library, especially collecting scriptures and exchanging them for points, and spent more than a month practicing the Six Arts, but the generous reward you mentioned is just this?"

"Let's not talk about the huge effort it takes just to get promoted. Just talking about the promotion of the Sect Master to the Founding Master, is there such a way to get promoted?"

After finally suppressing the messy thoughts in his mind, Shen Yuan began to try to sort out his ideas about the main task.

“First of all, if it was ten thousand years ago, after I was promoted to the Qi Transformation Realm, I would have chosen to cultivate the Hundred Arts in the Sect’s Sutra Library, and after I completed the cultivation, I would have received rewards. This should have been a normal process.

If I were to practice all the 100 arts of immortal cultivation, with such outstanding talent, it would be easy for me to stand out among the many outer disciples.

It seems very reasonable to leave the status of outer disciple and advance two levels, skipping the inner disciple and directly become a core disciple.

Ten thousand years ago, when the Luoyun Sect still existed, it was absolutely a great thing to be able to directly ascend to become a core disciple and enjoy benefits and status second only to the true disciples. "

“Ten thousand years later, because I started out as the Luoyun Sect Master, being promoted two levels in a row means that I have surpassed the position of Grand Elder and directly reached the position of the Founding Patriarch.

If it were ten thousand years ago, they would have placed my plaque directly on the top row of the ancestral hall, and let a group of people kowtow to me and pray for me.

In terms of the difficulty of promotion, the mission reward I received was actually a great bargain.

But the key problem is that I am the only one left in Luoyun Sect. What’s the point of becoming the founder of the sect?”

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, and looked at the complicated starry sky above the secret realm in silence.

"The entire Luoyun Sect has been under heaven's punishment for ten thousand years. Is it possible that someone will pop out of the grave and kowtow to me?"

In the Ancestral Hall on the top of Laojun Mountain, Mo Li, the contemporary number one prodigy of Laojun Mountain, held three incense sticks and saluted respectfully towards the statue of the ancestor in front of him.

Three incense sticks were inserted into the tripod, and a golden ring slowly opened silently in the ancestral hall.

"What is it that requires opening the Rongcheng Dayutian?"

A majestic voice sounded from the golden ring, and through the ring one could vaguely see a world that was completely different from the Patriarch's Hall.

Spiritual flowers are everywhere, green grass is everywhere, spiritual beasts are roaming everywhere between the mountains and forests, and the clouds and mist make it seem like a secluded fairyland.

Mo Li lowered his head slightly, saluted solemnly to the on-duty master in front of him and said:

"Mo Li greets Master He. Mo Li has urgent business to attend to at the Patriarch's Hall. Please grant his approval."

Master He was silent for a moment, and then the golden ring continued to expand, turning into a space channel large enough to accommodate ordinary people.

"It costs a lot to open the cave passage, so hurry in!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Li hurriedly stepped into the cave passage.

Along with a change in space, an intense feeling of weightlessness swept through Mo Li's body. When abundant spiritual energy continued to flow into his body, Mo Li was already in Rongcheng Dayu Heaven.

Compared to the fairyland-like scenery that one sees at a glance from the outside world, only when you truly come to Rongcheng Dayutian can you experience what a fairyland is.

The spiritual objects that were difficult to find in the early stage of the return of the spiritual energy tide from the outside world are now almost everywhere in Rongcheng Dayutian.

The vast land is full of vitality. The fairy deer and spiritual birds that live here look curiously at Mo Li who has stepped into this place, their clear eyes filled with curiosity.

Everything seemed so vibrant, no different from the world in fantasy, but Mo Li alone couldn't help feeling a sinking feeling in his heart.

He was abandoned by his parents when he was young and was raised by the abbot of Laojun Temple.

Coinciding with the return of the spiritual energy tide, Mo Li showed amazing talent. Half a year ago, he made an exception and stepped into this blessed land called Rongcheng Dayutian with all the uncles and uncles in the audience.

When he first stepped into this paradise, what he saw was not the fairyland, but endless barren mountains and dry land.

A large number of corpses of spiritual beasts were piled up together, their bones had been squeezed out of the last bit of spiritual energy and became extremely fragile. The spiritual trees had long been uprooted, and the spiritual essence in them was filled into the cave formation.

In order to support the three thousand years of spiritual energy depletion period, every wisp of spiritual energy in Rongcheng Dayutian was completely squeezed out, leaving it completely unable to support the so-called spiritual plants and spiritual beasts, and those spiritual plants and spiritual beasts could only become consumables for maintaining the cave heaven.

And these are only a tiny part. In all parts of the entire cave heaven, there are mountains of spirit stones that are constantly added into the formation to maintain the concentration of spiritual energy in Rongcheng Dayutian, so as to maintain the stability of the formation of the entire cave heaven.

That was the scene when he first stepped into the cave heaven half a year ago. However, the second time he stepped into the cave heaven, he saw a completely different world. These exotic flowers and plants, fairy deer and magical birds made Mo Li couldn't help but wonder which one was the real Rongcheng Dayutian.

The guard, Master He, was wearing a dark blue Taoist robe. He looked at Mo Li and seemed to have caught the remaining doubt in his eyes. He smiled and said:

"Are you surprised by the sight of Rong Cheng Dayu Tian?"

Mo Li nodded with a somewhat stiff expression.

Master He laughed loudly and said:

“In fact, you entered Rongcheng Dayutian twice, and everything you saw was real.

The horror of the spiritual energy depletion period is far beyond your imagination. Maintaining a cave requires more than just the simple concentration of spiritual energy. Rong Cheng Dayutian has to strip away all external objects and only retain the most basic activities in order to survive the spiritual energy depletion period.

But many blessed places cannot even do this.”

"Over the past ten thousand years, countless blessed caves have collapsed completely due to the exhaustion of spiritual energy. It is a stroke of luck that Rongcheng Dayutian, as one of the thirty-six caves, has been able to remain intact.

Everything we do is just to survive.”

Mo Li looked puzzled and said, "Even the cave heaven needs to rely on spiritual energy to maintain itself. Isn't there a region that is completely independent of the Xuanhuang Realm and is not affected by the depletion of spiritual energy?"

Master He was slightly startled when he heard this, and then he showed a helpless smile:

“If there really is such an area, it would be completely self-contained and could form a small world of its own, with its own independent and perfect rules of heaven and earth, and be able to witness the alternation of day and night and the movement of the stars.

However, even the legendary Ten Great Caves cannot achieve this level."

“I’m afraid that only the earth immortals who opened up the blessed land in the legend can evolve the cave to the extreme and form a world of their own.

But...it's just a possibility.

In the period of spiritual energy depletion, no one can escape unscathed. "

Mo Li's heart trembled slightly. He heard an indescribable loneliness from the mouth of this Master He.

After the connection between heaven and earth was cut off, all hopes of the cultivators to ascend to the fairyland and live forever were cut off. Even though Master He was a genius in the last era of spiritual energy tide, in the end he could only be trapped here and struggle to survive.

At this moment, Mo Li felt a sense of grief for the loss of his loved one.

At this moment, Master He suddenly turned his head and looked at Mo Li, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"Maybe, you still have a chance."

After saying this, which puzzled Mo Li, Master He waved his hand towards Mo Li and said with a disinterested look, "Let's go quickly. The rules of the outside world are still incomplete, and the cave passage should not be opened for a long time. Go and deal with whatever you have."

Upon hearing this, Mo Li immediately used his flying technique to fly towards the top of the mountain.

There are many empty pavilions and towers on the top of the mountain. Except for a few important places where Master Su Xing is on duty, the rest of the pavilions and towers are empty.

In the entire cave, there are almost no practitioners below the level of True Spirit Refiners.

Because even if practitioners below the level of True Spirit Refiners seal themselves off, it is difficult for them to survive the three thousand years of spiritual energy depletion period.

Only the whole clan mobilizes a large amount of resources to allow some peerless geniuses to proclaim themselves and come to the future generations.

A figure subconsciously flashed through his mind, and Mo Li quickly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind and reached the Patriarch's Hall on the top of the mountain.

The huge palace was carved entirely from a single piece of spiritual jade. Its gorgeous appearance and rich spiritual aura almost suffocated Mo Li.

This is the most important place in Rongcheng Dayutian, and it is also the sleeping place of the ancestors of Laojun Mountain.

The sleeping ancestors among them can even be traced back to ten thousand years ago, and they are the most important foundation of the entire Laojun Mountain.

Walking slowly into the ancestral hall, Mo Li only saw five huge coffins.

There are coffins made of the stone marrow of the mother earth and buried deep underground, there are coffins made entirely of gold and emitting light like the sun, and there are also coffins dotted with starlight that have turned into hanging coffins and hung high above the ancestral hall.

The coffin that Mo Li was looking for this time was in the center of the Ancestral Hall, under the huge Taiyin Jade Pillar that supported the entire palace.

When he reached the Taiyin Jade Pillar, Mo Li recalled the magic formula taught by his predecessors, cut his index finger and began to write on the Taiyin Jade Pillar.

Words that seemed to contain the great principles of heaven and earth were written on the Taiyin Jade Pillar. Blood gradually seeped into the earth along the gullies on the Taiyin Jade Pillar. The ice coffin that had been sealed for thousands of years finally moved.

"What time is it now?"

An old and decayed voice sounded slowly, emitting a thick aura of death that instantly spread throughout the entire Patriarch Hall.

Mo Li immediately knelt down and bowed his head, saying respectfully:

"Reporting to Grandmaster Gong, it is now the 3,000th year of the Great Xia calendar."

"Daxia?" The old and decayed voice carried a hint of doubt.

Mo Li was shocked and quickly explained:

"This is the name of this dynasty. If we count according to the Jue Tian Di Tong calendar, this is already more than 9,900 years after Jue Tian Di Tong."

The old voice was silent for a while, then he sighed and said:

"Has it been nearly ten thousand years since the main sect disappeared?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Li immediately thought of the legend about this Patriarch Gong in the sect.

It is said that Patriarch Gong did not come from Rongcheng Dayutian, but from a much larger sect. There are countless geniuses in the sect, and even Patriarch Gong cannot be ranked among them.

Patriarch Gong was expelled from the sect because he violated the sect's rules, and eventually switched to Rongcheng Dayutian. Relying on his extraordinary talent, he easily became one of the most senior ancestors of Rongcheng Dayutian.

But Patriarch Gong has always been obsessed with his main sect, and even called that sect the main sect in front of all the ancestors. However, due to Patriarch Gong's powerful strength, no one dared to interfere.

"I didn't expect that after thousands of years, Patriarch Gong still hasn't forgotten the main sect. What kind of powerful sect is this?"

Mo Li was secretly shocked.

"Well, what's the point of waking me up this time?

Every time I wake up, I will consume an extra thirty years of my life. If you, little fellow, can't give me a reasonable answer, don't blame me for punishing you according to the sect's rules."

The old voice spoke to Mo Li with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Mo Li quickly took out the storage ring he got from Yunfu Market from his arms, handed it forward respectfully and said:

"Ancestor Gong once ordered us to search for a special storage ring in the Xuanhuang Realm. This was obtained by my disciples from Laojun Mountain in the Yunfu Market a few days ago. I am here to present it to Ancestor Gong."

"Just this little thing?"

Mo Li only felt a powerful and corrupt divine thought coming out from the ice coffin and passing through the storage ring in his hand.

"If there is such a small matter again in the future, wake me up. How can I!"

Shocked words came out from the ice coffin, and then Mo Li saw the Taiyin Jade Pillar supporting the Ancestral Hall exploded, and the huge ice coffin underneath was forcibly propped open by a skinny hand.

A skinny old man wearing a white Taoist robe with cloud patterns stood up from the coffin. Just by seeing the old man in front of him, Mo Li felt a suffocating and powerful oppression that almost crushed his soul.

Above the sky of Rongcheng Dayutian, thunder began to roar in the white sky, and a large number of formation patterns covering the cave sky intertwined and transformed into an invisible sacred mountain that tried to press the skinny old man in the cloud-patterned Taoist robe back into the ice coffin.

"roll!"

An angry voice exploded in the ancestral hall. The old man in the cloud-patterned Taoist robe waved his sleeves, and countless purple clouds rose between heaven and earth, covering the entire sky's formation.

Shouts rang out from all over the cave.

"Master Gong, calm down!"

"The time for awakening has not yet arrived and a catastrophe is imminent. Please return to the coffin!"

However, Patriarch Gong was unmoved. He snatched the storage ring from Mo Li's hand and looked at it with indescribable obsession in his eyes.

"That's right, it's the Hutian Method!"

"He must be the descendant of the main sect. The main sect still exists in the world!"

Ancestor Gong showed an ecstatic look on his face, and with a wave of his hand, a number of complicated altars and several blank plaques suddenly appeared in the ancestral hall in front of him.

"The main sect disappeared for ten thousand years, and the sect master and the other talented brothers did not even leave their names behind, as if they had completely disappeared from this world.

Now that the main sect's Hutian method still exists in the world, the connection with the main sect must be opened again. I pray to the ancestors of the sect and I will definitely get a response! "

Patriarch Gong was overjoyed and didn't care at all that the ancestral hall in front of him was the place where Rongcheng Dayutian was passed down.

Standing on the altar, Patriarch Gong lit nine incense sticks, knelt down and said:

"The sect's abandoned disciple Gong Buhuo pays homage to the founder!"

In the secret courtyard, Shen Yuan, who was preparing cat food for Bai Xue, heard a mosquito-like whisper in his ear.

"What?"