"Oh, Brother Jiang."

Two senior brothers passing by are greeting him.

The two of them are chatting and laughing, holding a token in their hands. It seems to symbolize a disciple traveling outside. This token is not a magic treasure, nor does it contain any special power.

However, disciples traveling outside can use this to sense each other's location, with a range of roughly a hundred miles or so. Once engaged in combat, this token can be quite effective.

If they encounter danger, it can be crushed immediately, generating a strong divine soul fluctuation. This causes tokens within several hundred miles to react, and if any sect disciples sense it, they must follow the aura to come to assist.

This includes not just the disciples who are out on training but everyone outside.

Yes, both stewards and protectors are included.

Although it may sound harsh, disciples within any sect's power structure are classified into different ranks, and this token is not something everyone qualifies for. Only direct disciples or exceptionally outstanding inner sect disciples can each take one while on training missions.

Moreover, the right to mobilize sect resources with each sect token varies. Like the disciple just now held one that belongs to the top three ranks.

The two laughing and chatting have already walked far, leaving the mountain gate. It's clear that everyone is curious about the outside world. Even though they usually are on duty outside, it's still within the influence range of the Purple Cloud Palace.

Situations truly thousands of miles away are quite rare and are tasks meant for those stewards and protectors. Watching them leave, Jiang Feng can't help but feel a bit emotional.

"There are fewer and fewer people in the sect these days. I guess it's about time for me to get going as well, tsk tsk."

He stretches lazily.

His expression is somewhat relaxed. It's more quiet now rather than fewer people because, according to sect rules, after the Nine Peaks Martial Gathering ends, disciples must gradually leave the mountain to train.

Now the list for going to the Phoenix Heavenly Cave is out, naturally including Jiang Feng, and he is among the highest-ranked few. He carries a gold token issued by the sect, something that belongs only to those with the Peak Master level authority.

It's said that with this token, when faced with any situation outside, he can directly command sect disciples out there unless they are of the same rank, in which case they cannot defy his orders.

Of course.

Actually, it doesn't matter whether he has this thing or not.

The Dragon Tooth given by Liu Tangxi is still with him. As long as he takes it out, everyone will know his identity. Moreover, Jiang Feng isn't the type to like asking others for help outside, unless...

He really ends up getting killed.

He walks slowly back to the mountain gate.

Even Swordmaster Peak is not as lively as before. He used to often see that kid Yan Fengchun running over to flirt with Bai Yu. As soon as he went up the mountain, he would see the two bickering, but starting a few days ago, the two had chosen to leave the mountain gate.

Their purpose for leaving the mountain gate was simple: not only to train outside but also to meet each other's parents, and then plan a good day for marriage.

Jiang was very generous and directly gave Bai Yu a two-year vacation, allowing him to return whenever he wanted. Gu, Chen, and Wei had left the sect about half a month ago. They all have restless personalities while in the mountains.

Seeing that there was no one around, he sat down directly in the pavilion in the inner courtyard, enjoying the gentle breeze on the mountaintop, and was quietly calculating in his heart.

"Let me see."

"The sect has over six hundred inner sect disciples, but in reality, only about two hundred can actually be sent into the Grotto Heaven."

"As for our Swordmaster Peak... well, I definitely won't let Jiang Xian and Liang Yu go. What's the point of letting Foundation Establishment go and cause trouble?"

Hmm, he unemotionally rules out his two junior sisters on the spot.

Their names weren't on the list either. In fact, their senior sister had asked him if he wanted to take them in, but Jiang Feng vetoed it on the spot.

Because this trip is too dangerous.

Even if their skills are extraordinary, even if they can surpass realms, Jiang Feng still believes that if the two of them go in, they're seeking their own death. The reason is simple.

The battlefield is not an arena.

There's no one to play a fair fight with you, no one to uphold martial ethics.

Especially when competing and contending between rival sects, your cultivation level and realm become your greatest vulnerabilities. Like Liang Yu, even if she fights with all her might against a high-grade Core Formation expert, so what?

Others just wait by to wear you down until you're exhausted. Or do you expect to bluff them?

Moreover, if such young ones went, then the sect would truly have no seedlings left. Since the incident with the Heavenly Power Peak previously, the sect set a rule: each mountain gate must reserve a direct disciple as a spark, to avoid a similar situation.

Jiang Xian and Liang Yu are the sparks he has chosen.

"There are only five hundred people participating in the Nine Peaks Martial Gathering because there is a group of older disciples who cannot participate in the grand meeting. Their results are not counted."

"Among these hundred people, some have average talents, some are exceptionally gifted. Some have been cultivating for more than sixty years without much accomplishment, while others are the head of the mountain gate, enjoying endless glory."

"If I'm not mistaken, the current leaders of the Divine Wood, Lan Zhu, and Chi Xiao Peaks are among them, and they are all over fifty at the Nascent Soul Stage. This formation is undeniably grand."

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