The Ninth Peak is located in the middle of the inner gate, and its layout is similar to other peaks. The top of the peak is the academy, where the inner gate elders and the core disciples who take turns to teach live. The academy regularly has core disciples and disciples who take turns to teach, imparting cultivation experience and various sideline knowledge. The main thing about the Ninth Peak is how to plant and identify spiritual medicines. Other things like sword forging are not taught once a year. In addition, the Ninth Peak is also the location of the outer gate's Law Enforcement Hall. The sideline is not good, and it is watched by a group of people from the Law Enforcement Hall all day long, so naturally no disciples choose to join.
Li Mu came to the academy, and a young disciple came out. He looked Li Mu up and down, and then said: "You are Li Mu, right?" Obviously they had received the notice from the First Peak.
"That's right." Li Mu handed the identity token to the other party.
"Haha, my name is Liu Qing, and I'm one of the disciples on duty to teach skills at the Ninth Peak. Follow me, I'll take you to where I live!" said the young disciple.
There were some small houses scattered among the mountains. These were the disciples' residences. Since there were not many disciples on the Ninth Peak, many of the small houses were empty, so it was quite quiet. Li Mu randomly selected a small house and settled down in the Ancient Sword Sect.
"The 15th of every month is the day when inner disciples are issued cultivation resources. Then you can go to the academy with your identity token to collect them!" Liu Qing instructed.
Li Mu nodded.
"Work hard. No matter what, it's not easy to enter the inner sect of the Ancient Sword Sect to practice!" Liu Qing gave a few more instructions and left.
Finally, he had completely infiltrated the Ancient Sword Sect. Li Mu released his spiritual sense and began to observe the Ancient Sword Sect carefully. Although he had already made a rough observation when he came, based on the information about Gao Zheng provided by Wang Jian, Li Mu did not find him. However, he faintly detected some of Gao Zheng's aura, and he was certain that Gao Zheng was hiding in the vast mountains of the Ancient Sword Sect.
Although he did not find Zheng, Li Mu had a clear understanding of the strength of the Ancient Sword Sect. In addition to the leader who was in the late stage of the Tribulation, the entire Ancient Sword Sect also had six people in the late stage of the Tribulation, three people in the peak stage of the Tribulation, and the rest were all in seclusion in various places on the Fangding Mountain. Although they could not even become scattered immortals according to the existing laws of the Great Dao in the Small Immortal Realm, it was good to be able to pursue the ultimate peak of the Tribulation. Of course, the Ancient Sword Sect may have more than just these strengths, and it is not ruled out that there are some old monsters walking around.
"What a bunch of pitiful people!" Li Mu shook his head. In the situation of the Small Immortal Realm, these people could not become immortals no matter how hard they tried. The best they could do in their lifetime would be to transcend the tribulation. Their lifespan was only 8,000 years. No matter how hard they struggled, it would be in vain. Unless the two realms merged into one, they could have a chance to become immortals.
Through Li Mu's spiritual detection, he found three places that were more suspicious and the easiest to hide.
One is inside Fangding Mountain, where there is a huge armory, storing some peerless swords forged and collected by the Ancient Sword Sect over thousands of years. There is a strengthened array to isolate spiritual consciousness. The most important thing is that the sword energy is too awe-inspiring, even with Li Mu's Golden Immortal Realm cultivation, it is difficult to see clearly;
The second is a mountain where the core disciples are located. It is the highest peak of the Ancient Sword Sect and a crater. It is an active volcano at that. The magma bubbling out from the ground has reached the level of fairy fire, which is incredible in a world of the level of the Small Fairy Realm. With the intensity close to that of fairy fire, Li Mu’s current spiritual sense still cannot get close to it.
"It seems that the strength of this Golden Immortal is still too low for Earth. When doing things, he is constrained everywhere!" Li Mu smiled bitterly;
The third place is the area south of the outer gate, which has nothing to do with spiritual consciousness. It is the area with the most concentrated population in the entire Ancient Sword Gate. Li Mu thought that if the mysterious man behind him had hidden the aura of Ding Zheng by special means, and Ding Zheng was probably the mastermind behind the Tiandi Pavilion, if he wanted to give orders to the people below, it would be most convenient to go to the most densely populated area.
It was obviously difficult for Li Mu to enter the armory with his current identity, and the volcano seemed to be the most important sword-making place of the Ancient Sword Sect, so Li Mu could not get close to it. Of course, if Li Mu used the means of the immortals to sneak in, it would be possible. No one in the Ancient Sword Sect could see through his means, but Li Mu was unwilling to do such sneaky things, at least not yet. Although he had sneaked into the Ancient Sword Sect, he had sneaked in openly. If he sneaked in, the nature would be completely different.
There were no restrictions for Li Mu in the outer gate, so he decided to go there first after daybreak.
At dawn the next day, Li Mu arrived at the southern part of the outer gate. This was one of the rare places with few mountains in Gu Jianmen, and it was also the market of Gu Jianmen, selling all kinds of cultivation resources. It was not only open to the inside of Gu Jianmen, but also the only area open to the outside world. People from outside Gu Jianmen only needed to pay five low-grade spirit stones to enter, but there was no such requirement for internal personnel.
Li Mu discovered an interesting phenomenon in the market. People wearing Ancient Sword Sect uniforms mostly sold swords and the like, while outsiders sold some elixirs, talismans, etc., which was in line with the reputation of Ancient Sword Sect's weapons dealers.
In addition to these mobile stalls, there are also some fixed shops. These shops are all operated by the Ancient Sword Sect and are official. They sell a wide variety of items, and the swords are much more advanced, and there are even spiritual weapons.
"Fellow Daoist, what do you need? My two brothers have everything here except weapons!"
"Senior, do you know anything about spiritual medicine?"
"Brother, this is the top-grade alchemy furnace and talisman pen made by my master. If not, this is a hoe. It will satisfy all your needs!"
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Various hawking sounds were heard everywhere. Li Mu rejected the recommendations of these people and went directly to the largest shop, where he found a hint of Gao Zheng's presence.
After entering the shop, Li Mu locked onto the source of that aura, which was a mid-grade magical sword.
“Senior brother, you have good vision. This sword was made by our sect’s forefather Zhao Ming. It is a mid-grade magical weapon.” A disciple followed Li Mu’s gaze and introduced it to Li Mu.
"How to sell it?" Li Mu asked.
"Uh... Senior Brother, do you really want to buy it?" The disciple asked in disbelief. The price of a mid-grade magic weapon is not low, and low-level cultivators cannot fully exert its power. Generally, only cultivators above the Spirit Severing Stage will buy it, and even most cultivators in the Mahayana Stage are still using mid-grade magic weapons. The disciple originally thought that Li Mu was just here to have a look and enjoy his eyes. Seeing that Li Mu was wearing the clothes of the inner sect, he did not care too much, but introduced Li Mu.
"Haha, I'm just asking casually." Li Mu smiled.
Then he continued: "If the price is right, I will buy it!"
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