"I'd like to thank you, Five Elders, for your kindness. Once I become a Heavenly Command Sect's disciple, I'll not disgrace Heavenly Command Sect's reputation!" Zheng-Fu was not shocked or surprised by what he had received; everything was already in his predictions, except for having the entire mountain as his residence, which had exceeded his expectations a bit.

"Then you can go back! Elder Min-Hou is waiting for you outside now!" The last elder who spoke earlier nodded to Zheng-Fu and smiled at him in satisfaction, telling him to go outside the Moon Gazing Tower, as Elder Min-Hou had already come to take him back.

"Yes, sir!"

After finishing the conversation, the Five Pillar Elders' figures suddenly disappeared. Only five empty chairs were left standing. Zheng-Fu walked down to the first floor and left the Moon Gazing Tower.

When he came out in front of the manor, he saw Elder Min-Hou and his white crane waiting for him in the courtyard where he had landed earlier.

"Respect, Elder Min-Hou!" Zheng-Fu politely greeted the middle-aged man as he arrived.

"Mm! Come on! I'll fly you to see all the mountains you can choose!" Elder Min-Hou nodded and smiled at Zheng-Fu in satisfaction before telling Zheng-Fu to get on the white crane to see the mountains he could choose to reside in.

"Yes, sir, Elder!"

Flap!!! Flap!!!

"All right, let's go, White!"

Ghee!!!

As soon as Elder Min-Hou ordered his crane to take off, it flapped its huge wings and immediately floated up from the courtyard. With its speed faster than that of a Heavenly Core cultivator, with just one flap of its wings, it flew hundreds of lis away from the Moon Gazing Tower.

Swish!!!

"I didn't expect you to pass the test so quickly! None of the disciples before you passed the test as quickly as you did. Even though they had energy levels that were many steps higher than yours, they would take months to pass. Some of them didn't pass at all!" Elder Min-Hou praised Zheng-Fu. He was amazed that Zheng-Fu was able to pass the test in one day.

At first, he thought that Zheng-Fu would not even pass the test. If the pillar elder told him to pick up Zheng-Fu without saying that Zheng-Fu passed the test, he probably would have thought that Zheng-Fu did not pass, and that was why he had to come to take him back. Even now, he still could not believe it. Who would have thought that Zheng-Fu would pass so quickly like this? Not only that, but he also received a mountain as a private residence as well. If this news spread, the people within the sect would surely be surprised, and it would cause further chaos.

So far, only important elders or disciples who had done outstanding work for the sect could have a mountain of their own. And most of the time, the Five Pillar Elders were the ones who decided who would get which mountain.

But this time, this new disciple could choose the mountain he wanted without any restrictions. Although those mountains were in the outer zone, they were still considered better than the private residences of the prime disciples, the other disciples with deep yellow talents, or even Elder Min-Hou himself.

"I didn't think I would pass this quickly either. Maybe it's because I'm lucky to receive mercy from the Five Pillar Elders. However, I'm still only an outer disciple of the sect. I'm not Master Five Pillar Elders' personal disciple!" Zheng-Fu humbly replied to Elder Min-Hou, saying that he was only lucky to pass the test and he was still an outer disciple of the sect.

"Huh? Outer disciple!? You said that you're just an ordinary outer disciple, instead of the Five Pillar Elders' personal disciple?" As soon as Elder Min-Hou heard Zheng-Fu's words that he was still just an outer disciple, the middle-aged man was extremely shocked. He could hardly believe what he heard because Zheng-Fu's talent level was so high, but he was just classified as a normal outer disciple; it made no sense at all.

"Maybe it's because I'm not worthy. Or maybe this is the test that the Five Pillar Elders gave me to allow me to gradually and steadily develop my abilities!" Zheng-Fu did not know the reason for this either. The only thing he could think of right now was that this was another test that the Five Pillar Elders had given him.

"Ah!!! I think it must be like that! Yes, it must be like that for sure! Because you're from the lower world and don't know this higher world well enough, the Elders would like you to gradually improve your abilities. But you don't have to be sad about it at all. It's great that you have a whole mountain as your own accommodation. Just the Heaven Energy surrounding those mountains is enough to make you advance by leaps and bounds... Ah! Did you upgrade your energy level? Huh!!! The sixth level of the Heavenly Root stage!?"

While Elder Min-Hou was talking about leveling up by leaps and bounds due to living on the mountain full of natural Heaven Energy, he suddenly noticed that Zheng-Fu's energy level had changed. Previously, he could sense that it was only the highest Divine King stage, but now it had reached the sixth level of the Heavenly Root stage. That shocked him to the point of frowning.

Hehehe!

"Because I was fortunate to receive advice from the Five Pillar Elders and with a large amount of Heaven Energy within the Moon Gazing Tower, I could break through the levels by leaps and bounds!" Zheng-Fu couldn't help but give a dry smile before saying that it was because the five elders had given him guidance and the abundant Heaven Energy in the Moon Gazing Tower that helped him level up so quickly.

Although Zheng-Fu's words sounded unbelievable, when the middle-aged man analyzed what Zheng-Fu had said, he found that the possibility was high because, with the guidance of high-ranking masters like the Five Pillar Elders, it was not surprising that a low-level cultivator like Zheng-Fu would be able to level up by leaps and bounds. Besides that, he also gained enormous Heaven Energy from around that mountain. So, it was probably possible.

"Then that's good!" Elder Min-Hou nodded.

Wooosh!!!

"All right, from here, you'll see the mountains where you can choose to be your dwelling place. I'm told not to give you any advice or tell you the history of these mountains except for the one you chose, so wisely choose!" Elder Min-Hou ordered his white crane to stop mid-air, where Zheng-Fu would be able to see all the mountains he could choose to reside in, and the middle-aged man Min-Hou would not reveal the history and details of each mountain to Zheng-Fu until he decided to choose one of them.

"Thank you very much, Master Elder, for guiding me! I'll choose carefully!" Zheng-Fu said. He turned to look at the hundreds of cascading mountains in front of him. Some of the mountains were adjacent to the common habitable areas of the disciples, but some of them were far away from the people.

Back to the Moon Gazing Tower...

"Sectmaster, why did you arrange for him to be just an outer disciple instead of one of our personal disciples, sir?" the First Elder asked curiously after Zheng-Fu left for a while.

"Elder Guan-Wu, you didn't see his skill? That defensive skill is named Golden Bell Prana Armor Skill. It's the strongest defensive skill in this world. This Golden Bell Prana Armor Skill disappeared ten thousand years ago. Aside from the stories told about the identity of the skill, no one else knows and can use it!" The middle-aged man sitting on a large chair in the middle of the room spoke with a thoughtful look.

"How is this possible? Golden Bell Prana Armor Skill has been lost for ten thousand years. No one knows where it has gone. Even the mysterious Sao-Tian-Lin Sect, who owns this defensive skill, could not find it. And because of the disappearance of this set of skills, the Sao-Tian-Lin Sect has fallen and has been hidden from the outside world!" When the First Elder heard the answer, he had a shocked expression on his face, and he could not believe it because everyone knew about this history well.

"Is that why Sectmaster classified him as a general outer disciple and let him choose any mountain as his residence to keep him away from the others, right?" said the Second Elder, understanding why the sectmaster was not allowing him to be anyone's personal disciple.

"That's a part. But I chose him as an outer disciple because I think he'd rather have a challenge than sit still. And I decided to let him choose any mountain for himself because I wanted to know his destiny from the mountain he chooses. You all know the history of each mountain, as well as how much Heaven Energy each mountain has in nature!" the middle-aged sectmaster replied and immediately explained his reasoning to the Five Pillar Elders. Previously, he had thought of giving Zheng-Fu the mountain with the densest Heaven Energy. But when he thought about it again, it would be better for Zheng-Fu to decide for himself.

When the Five Pillar Elders listened to this explanation, they nodded at the same time in understanding before smiling and agreeing with the sectmaster's decision. They also thought that Zheng-Fu liked to be more of a challenge than passive. However, they definitely would not let anything happen to him.

Two shichens had passed...

After begging Elder Min-Hou to order his white crane to fly over nearly a hundred mountains, Zheng-Fu found that there were a total of ten interesting mountains. But it might not say ten mountains because there were two peaks he saw that were so close together that it should be one mountain that had two peaks.

"How about it? Can you choose the mountain you like yet?" Elder Min-Hou asked. Even though he knew that spending just this time was not enough, Zheng-Fu had only one day to decide because there were still many other things to do.

"Right now, I've cut my options down to only nine mountains. And after you asked me, I cut them off again until there were only five left. The first mountain that caught my eye was that twin-peak mountain. The second is a mountain with a steep cliff. The third is one with a wide grassy field. The fourth one has a seven-tiered waterfall. And the fifth is one with waterfalls, a vast field, a cliff, a river, and a cave!" Zheng-Fu replied, explaining the choices he had made right now. And he was deciding which mountain and which scenery he would choose.

Hmm!

"They are good choices!"

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