Chapter 406: Chapter 261: The End of Ten Days (Part 2)

All Zou Feng had to do was say he needed to enter seclusion in his room for ten days, and he was able to get enough food.

Of course, he chose only Spiritual Food that was easy to preserve.

In truth, at Zou Feng’s Realm, going ten days without eating was no big deal. But it was ultimately detrimental to his body, and his Cultivation would be less effective.

Besides, the Spiritual Food was free. It would be a waste not to take it.

After returning to his room with the food, Zou Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to explain things to Gongsun Jinghong.

After hearing Zou Feng’s explanation, Gongsun Jinghong had a strange expression on her face. "So, you want to lock me in your room for ten days," she said, "and I’ll have to be at your mercy every day..."

"Hold on!"

Zou Feng quickly cut her off. "What are you talking about? Don’t you benefit from cultivating the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill, too?"

"Of course, if you’re unwilling, I certainly won’t force you. You can leave right now."

"But I have to remind you, don’t underestimate Luo Yingning’s ruthlessness. For the next ten days, it’s best if you don’t wander around outside this room."

Gongsun Jinghong covered her mouth with her hand and smiled. "Look at you. Can’t you take a joke?"

"I really agreed with what you said the other day about changing one’s mindset. Now is definitely not the time to curse my fate and blame others. Here in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, I might just be able to forge a new path for myself!"

With that said, she casually untied her sash and pounced on Zou Feng...

Unexpectedly, not long after they’d started, Teng County came knocking on the door, insisting on joining their little cohabitation.

It was clear Teng County was heading down the same path as Zhi Shuang, gradually losing her mind.

To prevent her from doing something drastic in the next ten days out of desperation to see him, Zou Feng simply opened the door and let her in.

Gongsun Jinghong didn’t mind. Back in Great Yan, she had always been fiercely independent and saw nothing unacceptable about the arrangement.

And so, the three of them squeezed into the small room and began a shameless, unbridled life together.

As for Luo Yingning, who coveted Zou Feng’s body and was desperate to perform Refinement on him, she was now completely out of options.

Originally, she had bribed the person in the room next to Zou Feng’s, telling them to notify her the moment he stepped outside.

She had also found out that after Zou Feng boarded the Flying Celestial Ship, two women had become unusually close to him.

But as it turned out, both of those women moved into Zou Feng’s room, and the three of them hadn’t left it since.

With Zou Feng never leaving the room and no one she could use as leverage against him, Luo Yingning was truly at a loss.

’I can’t very well go to Chen Zifan and have him order Zou Feng out, or find a way to open the door, can I?’

The Flying Celestial Ship was a special Immortal Treasure developed by the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, and it had its own operating procedures.

It wasn’t impossible to break the door open by force, but even Chen Zifan wasn’t strong enough to do so.

At the very least, it would take a Core Disciple who had successfully leaped through the Heavenly Gate to do any real damage to the Flying Celestial Ship.

In the end, Luo Yingning could only resort to taunting Zou Feng from outside his room, hoping to provoke him into coming out.

Unfortunately, the only response she ever got was the sound of extremely indecent thumping coming from inside the room.

Time flies during Cultivation. For Zou Feng and Gongsun Jinghong, ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of the tenth day, accompanied by the melodious toll of a bell, the Flying Celestial Ship finally arrived at its destination: the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

Zou Feng looked out the window. Amidst the cloud-wreathed mountain ranges were magnificent, imposing structures everywhere—glorious buildings that could not possibly have been built by human hands.

Looking down from the sky, the sprawling complex of buildings seemed to stretch on without end.

It was clear that the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was immeasurably vast—less an Immortal Sect and more an Immortal Country.

However, the Sect’s buildings were not the most shocking sight.

The most shocking sight was the colossal cauldron hanging high in the sky above the Sect’s main gate, so large it blotted out the sun.

Before arriving, Zou Feng had already heard of it: the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s most powerful Immortal Realm treasure—the Celestial Dao Cauldron!

As long as the Celestial Dao Cauldron remains, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect will never fall!

For the entire Sect, an Immortal Treasure of this magnitude was equivalent to the Heavenly Dao itself.

This treasure was like a precision machine, responsible for managing the immense number of affairs within the Sect.

For example, it allocated abundant Spiritual Qi to various mountain peaks and controlled the Earth Fire used for Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Disciples also had to interact with the Celestial Dao Cauldron whenever they wanted to exchange "Immortal Fate" for various resources.

Immortal Fate was, in fact, the universal currency within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. All transactions were conducted using Immortal Fate Points.

’Now that we’re under the watch of the Celestial Dao Cauldron, I don’t have to worry about Luo Yingning trying anything reckless.’

After a quick word with Gongsun Jinghong and Teng County, who were equally stunned by the scenery, Zou Feng was the first to open the door and step outside.

The moment he opened the door, a pleasant wave of Spiritual Qi—so dense it was almost tangible—washed over him.

’As expected of the legendary Immortal Realm!’

One could prolong their life just by living here, even without practicing Cultivation.

At that moment, other Flying Celestial Ships began to appear alongside theirs, sailing majestically one after another into the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

Zou Feng already knew that on their ship alone, there were several thousand people hoping to join the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

So, counting the people from the other ships, a single recruitment drive would increase the number of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s Outer Disciples by tens, or even hundreds, of thousands.

But despite the staggering number of Outer Disciples, not even one in a hundred would ultimately make it into the Inner Sect.

If a disciple spent ten years in the Outer Sect and still failed to enter the Inner Sect, their only option was to try to become an Outer Sect Steward and handle miscellaneous tasks.

Alternatively, they could be sent to manage one of the less desirable Cold Door Outer Realms that had some minor resources. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Of course, the number of Outer Disciples who died each year from various causes was also astronomical.

When the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect set out to conquer certain Outer Realms with unusual natural laws, it was also known to use large numbers of Outer Disciples as cannon fodder.

As he was admiring the surrounding scenery, Zou Feng suddenly felt a cold gaze land on him.

He looked up and saw Luo Yingning glaring at him, her face an icy mask.

’Psycho!’

’She’s the one who came after me with malicious intent, and I’m not allowed to fight back?’

’Now that we’re at the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, at least Luo Yingning can’t make a direct move against me anymore.’

’And as for me, I can take my time tormenting this woman.’

’I bet the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect has no shortage of cultivation methods with extreme side effects.’

Before long, the Flying Celestial Ship came to a stop in a clearing filled with exotic flowers and strange plants.

A few hundred meters ahead of the docking area stood a massive stone archway.

Passing through this archway meant one had officially entered the Sect and become an Outer Disciple of the Immortal Sect.

But the stone archway was an Immortal Treasure itself, named the Kouxian Gate. It was rumored to be able to detect many things, even an individual’s most secret information.

Under Chen Zifan’s direction, everyone had to line up and pass through the Kouxian Gate one by one.

During this process, Zou Feng could clearly sense that many people were anxious, as if terrified that something about them would be discovered.

Although most people here could only start as Outer Disciples in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, back in their native Earth Realms, they were all figures who stood at the very apex of their worlds.

Therefore, all of these people had their own secrets and fortuitous encounters, to a greater or lesser extent.

They regarded these personal secrets as their greatest assets, things they hadn’t even told their closest family.

Yet now they had to pass through the Kouxian Gate, which was rumored to be able to detect everything. Their deepest secrets were likely to be exposed. How could they not panic?

Chen Zifan, standing beside the queue, obviously knew what they were thinking and couldn’t help but sneer. "Look at your pathetic faces. My Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect has stood firm through the river of time, its might shaking the Star Dome itself. We have conquered the Ten Thousand Realms, and none dare disobey. Do you really think we care about your petty little fortuitous encounters and secrets?"

"Alright, stop looking so wretched. The Kouxian Gate’s main purpose is to see if any of you are from an Alien Race trying to sneak in."

"It also checks your various Talents so we can assign you to the most suitable positions."

After hearing Chen Zifan’s explanation, most of the crowd, including Zou Feng, felt their anxiety lessen.

’Even so, I really hope the Kouxian Gate doesn’t detect my List of Gods.’

’After all, this thing is absurdly overpowered. The champions I’d added to the list so far might not have been much, but as my own Realm rises, the champions I can induct will become terrifyingly powerful.’

’For example, someone like Luo Yingning, with her extremely rare innate Spirit Bone, could just as well be added to the list to bear my burdens for me.’