Chapter 556 - 401: Yu Qianxue, Master of the Immortal Palace; Heaven-Reaching Peak; Library

In other words, these people can challenge disciples within Heaven-Reaching Peak, and if they win, they’ll have usage rights to a cave mansion for seven days. After seven days, they can continue to challenge the higher-ranked Celestial Pride disciples, or they might be challenged by newly ascended Celestial Prides.

Liu Feng arranged for Lin Chang’sheng to stay in a wooden cabin. In the nearby cabins, a few other newly minted Celestial Pride disciples were already living there.

Elder Liu Feng handed Lin Chang’sheng a Disciple Token.

With this token, you’re allowed to walk around the areas of the Immortal Palace designated for disciples.

"This is just a temporary place for cultivation. If you want to enter the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land on Heaven-Reaching Peak for cultivation, you’ll have to challenge your way in!"

Liu Feng patted Lin Chang’sheng on the shoulder, "I believe in you! Only the Grotto Heaven Blessed Land at the top of Heaven-Reaching Peak is truly your place!"

"You flatter me, Sixth Elder. How do I obtain Immortal Techniques and Cultivation Techniques?"

Lin Chang’sheng asked.

After all, he’d come to the Immortal Palace to obtain methods for cultivation.

"All the Immortal Techniques are at Book Collection Peak. The low-level ones can be checked out freely, but high-level ones require experience points to exchange for. You get experience points by completing tasks issued by the sect, and different tasks grant different experience points!"

Elder Liu Feng explained.

"Got it!"

Lin Chang’sheng replied.

"Focus on your cultivation. I’ll come check on you in a while!"

Elder Liu Feng left this line behind, then turned and walked away.

Seeing that Lin Chang’sheng was settled, Gu Shan also prepared to leave.

"Come find me at the Immortal Palace in two years!"

Lin Chang’sheng said to Gu Shan.

This whole journey, Gu Shan had contributed a lot to Lin Chang’sheng. When the time comes to search for the Immortal Cave Mansion, of course he wouldn’t be forgotten.

"Alright!"

Gu Shan replied, then turned and left.

"Hey bro, you’re a newly promoted Celestial Pride disciple too?"

Right after Elder Liu Feng and Gu Shan left, a chubby disciple with a round face looked at Lin Chang’sheng and asked.

Lin Chang’sheng sized the guy up and couldn’t help but be a bit surprised—didn’t know cultivators could get this fat. That’s pretty unique.

"That’s right."

Lin Chang’sheng answered curtly.

Then he planned to go inside and start cultivating. Tomorrow he could challenge a Celestial Pride disciple at Heaven-Reaching Peak, and hopefully gain a better place to train.

But this chubby disciple didn’t seem to want to leave at all, and continued, "My name’s Zhang Shisong. How come I’ve never seen you before? You’re already at the Integration Stage in cultivation? That’s pretty impressive!"

"Lin Chang’sheng. I just arrived at the sect today."

Lin Chang’sheng replied.

As soon as Zhang Shisong heard the name Lin Chang’sheng, he was instantly stunned.

"You—you’re Lin Chang’sheng?!"

He’d heard Lin Chang’sheng’s name long ago—ranked number one on the Celestial Pride List, really put their Immortal Palace in the spotlight.

He hadn’t expected to actually meet the guy today.

"That’s right! Anything else? If not, I’m going to get on with my cultivation."

Lin Chang’sheng sat cross-legged and asked.

He couldn’t help but wonder if this guy was into Long Yang—he was staring at him non-stop!

It honestly made Lin Chang’sheng pretty uncomfortable.

He’d much rather be around beautiful women—he’s just not into dudes.

"Nah, nothing! I’m just bored, wandering around. Go ahead with your cultivation, I won’t bother you anymore!"

Zhang Shisong said with a grin, then prepared to leave.

"Hold up!"

Just as Zhang Shisong was about to go, Lin Chang’sheng suddenly called out, "Is Book Collection Peak far from here?"

Since he couldn’t get the powerful Immortal Techniques for now, starting with some that don’t require experience points was fine too.

So Lin Chang’sheng planned to check out Book Collection Peak.

"Not far, not far. If you want to go, I’ll show you the way!"

Zhang Shisong turned back, smiling.

Lin Chang’sheng’s name was as famous as thunder—his future was limitless.

If he could build a good relationship with Lin Chang’sheng now, that’d be major benefits down the line.

"I’ll trouble you then!"

So Lin Chang’sheng and Zhang Shisong set off toward Book Collection Peak.

.....

Jiuhua Mountain.

"What? Brother Chang’sheng isn’t dead, and he’s already returned to the sect?"

Zhao Shuang’Er was shaken the moment she heard the news.

"Yeah, I just heard about it too. I heard the disciple guarding the mountain didn’t recognize him and gave Lin Chang’sheng trouble, and then got beaten up for it. Right now, Lin Chang’sheng’s been escorted by Elder Liu to Golden Flame Peak to see the Sect Leader!"

Hou Shaojie was every bit as excited.

There hadn’t been any news of Lin Chang’sheng for an entire year, and now, finally, there was some again.

"It’s great that Brother Chang’sheng is okay!"

The stone weighing on Zhao Shuang’Er’s heart finally fell away.

All this time, Zhao Shuang’Er’s cultivation had been distractable and unfocused.

Every time she thought of Lin Chang’sheng, she just couldn’t settle down and cultivate, and her progress slowed to a crawl.

"Where do you think Brother Chang’sheng will be assigned to train?"

Zhao Shuang’Er asked, digging further.

"I’m not sure, but given Lin Chang’sheng’s talent, he’ll definitely get placed at Heaven-Reaching Peak!"

Hou Shaojie said with certainty.

If even Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t make it to Heaven-Reaching Peak, then no one could.

"Heaven-Reaching Peak?"

Zhao Shuang’Er quietly repeated the name, as if committing it to memory.

Hou Shaojie couldn’t help but feel a little dejected, seeing how much Zhao Shuang’Er cared about Lin Chang’sheng.

While Lin Chang’sheng was gone, Hou Shaojie had been doing his best to take care of Zhao Shuang’Er, hoping she’d notice him.

But in Zhao Shuang’Er’s heart, it seemed like there was only Lin Chang’sheng.

"I heard that Heaven-Reaching Peak has lots of Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands, where cultivation is several times faster than outside. The higher you go, the better the Blessed Land! But you have to keep challenging others to move up. Who knows how high Lin Chang’sheng can climb?"

Hou Shaojie speculated.

"I’m going to find Brother Chang’sheng right now!"

With that, Zhao Shuang’Er left Jiuhua Mountain for Heaven-Reaching Peak straight away.

Hou Shaojie had no choice but to follow.

At that moment, Lin Chang’sheng and Zhang Shisong had already arrived at Book Collection Peak.

On this mountain, there was only one big tower, called the Library, looking like a lighthouse, extremely conspicuous.

After showing their Disciple Tokens at the entrance, Lin Chang’sheng and Zhang Shisong went inside.

"Brother Lin, the first floor here is all Entry Level Immortal Techniques of the Immortal Palace. You can check out two at a time without spending experience points! The higher-level ones upstairs require experience points to exchange for."

Zhang Shisong explained.

Lin Chang’sheng then started browsing the first floor.

He found that the books on this floor were pretty basic—just Entry Level Immortal Techniques.

But Lin Chang’sheng could actually fuse Immortal Techniques together, so suddenly these weren’t so basic after all.

"Can I just take a look at the second floor, even if I don’t borrow anything?"

Lin Chang’sheng was still pretty curious about what was upstairs, and wanted to see how the Immortal Techniques differed from those below.

"Of course!"

Zhang Shisong replied.

So Lin Chang’sheng and Zhang Shisong headed to the second floor of the Library.

There were noticeably fewer books on the second floor, and each was sealed in a glowing orb.

Apparently, you needed experience points to get them.

These Immortal Techniques were clearly much stronger than the ones downstairs.

"Celestial Immortal Star Fist? Nine-Star Celestial Vault Sword?"

Lin Chang’sheng saw two Immortal Techniques and muttered to himself.

He remembered seeing Wang Huisheng use both of these on the Celestial Pride List—they were definitely powerful.

If he could fuse them with his own Immortal Techniques, their power would go through the roof.

Too bad Lin Chang’sheng didn’t have any experience points at the moment—he could only look.

"Any further up and we can’t go. Only Integration Stage disciples can enter higher floors!"

Zhang Shisong seemed to notice Lin Chang’sheng wanted to head up further and reminded him.

If there were no restrictions at all, the Library would be total chaos.

"Then I’ll just pick two Immortal Techniques from the first floor to cultivate first!"

Lin Chang’sheng said, then went back down to the first floor to make his selection.

"Fierce Tiger Earth Splitting Fist, Vajra Undying Body, World-Ending Nebula Fist, Nine-Turn Dragon and Snake Step..."

Lin Chang’sheng browsed the first floor Immortal Techniques, screening them carefully.

He ended up picking one called World-Ending Nebula Fist, and another called Nine-Star Celestial Sword Technique.

No way he’d come all this way and leave empty-handed, right?

Even if the Immortal Techniques on this floor weren’t as good as those upstairs, once he fused them into his own, their power would skyrocket.

After registering with his Disciple Token, Lin Chang’sheng and Zhang Shisong left the Library.

The Immortal Techniques he borrowed could only be used for one month—if damaged or lost, there’d be punishment.

"Looks like I can’t just hole up in the sect forever. I’ll have to head out and complete tasks to get experience points!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself. He’d wanted to hide out in the sect, so the Celestial Nether Sword Sect couldn’t do anything to him.

But it turned out, if he wanted stronger Immortal Techniques to train with, he needed to exchange experience points for them.

No experience points means you can’t exchange for any resources in the sect.