Chapter 75

"Congratulations, Lord Ling, and best wishes to Lord Ling."

"Haha, with Lord Ling's talent, it won't be too long before a seventh-rate sect is achieved!"

"As fellow eighth-rate sects, Lord Ling shouldn't compete with us for resources!"

Those from the sects all offered their congratulations. This act of adding to the glory was cost-free, and anyone would do it.

After Qingyue gave Ling Qinghai the founding order for an eighth-rate sect, he also gave him ten founding orders for ninth-rate sects.

This was the right of an eighth-rate sect.

As long as one advanced to an eighth-rate sect, the ten nearest ninth-rate sects would immediately come under its jurisdiction. Additionally, one would possess ten founding orders for ninth-rate sects.

These founding orders did not necessarily have to be issued by the Cold Cloud Sect; they could also be auctioned. After all, once one reached the Dragon Core Realm, they could establish a sect, and there were many who wanted to do so, but they lacked the founding orders.

Of course, even if one bought the founding order and established a sect, it wasn't guaranteed that the sect could be sustained.

This was because the resources required to maintain a sect's development were truly enormous.

Many ninth-rate sects, when initially established, would be granted some resource areas by eighth-rate sects, but very few could hold onto these resource areas. The ultimate result was that the resource areas were seized, and the sects were destroyed.

This was a common and welcome occurrence on the Dragon Martial Continent, as wars between sects were frequent, and the super sects would not intervene much.

...

After the promotion ceremony, the Cold Cloud Sect held a banquet.

This banquet was just for eating and drinking, and for the sects to curry favor with each other to avoid resource disputes.

Su Han had no interest in attending such a banquet and directly asked Ling Qinghai for a founding order.

"When you activate the founding order, it will present tasks. As long as you complete these tasks, you can establish a sect."

Ling Qinghai said, "Once you successfully establish your sect, I will give you several good resource areas and find a good location for your sect, as a gift for establishing your sect."

"I understand."

Su Han nodded and then bid farewell to Ling Qinghai, returning to the Xiao family.

Upon returning to the Xiao family, Su Han immediately dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the founding order, activating it.

A large burst of light emerged from the founding order, forming a light screen. On the screen were the tasks required to establish a sect—

1. One hundred low-grade silver weapons, fifty medium-grade silver weapons, and ten high-grade silver weapons.

2. Five hundred low-grade silver pills, two hundred medium-grade silver pills, and fifty high-grade silver pills.

3. One hundred first-tier beast cores, fifty second-tier beast cores, and ten third-tier beast cores.

4. Ten million gold coins.

...

"Absolutely extortionate!"

Seeing the tasks required to establish a sect, even Su Han couldn't help but roll his eyes.

In his previous life, establishing a sect didn't require any tasks; as long as you had the strength to keep the sect from being destroyed, you could establish ten or a hundred sects, and no one would interfere.

It could only be said that the management of the ten super sects on the Dragon Martial Continent was too strict.

If you didn't complete the sect tasks and didn't obtain a founding order, you could still establish a sect, but once established, the ten super sects would be the first to take action against you.

Su Han roughly calculated that the value of the items required for these tasks was almost one billion gold coins!

"No wonder so many people reach the Dragon Core Realm but don't establish sects. Besides the difficulty in obtaining founding orders, the enormous financial burden of these tasks is likely what they can't bear." Su Han shook his head.

Ping Yuzi of the Cold Cloud Sect, with Dragon Spirit Realm cultivation, had only accumulated twenty million gold coins over the years.

Even at the Dragon Core Realm, one's entire fortune would likely not amount to so many gold coins.

Even if they saved up, it would take over a decade.

However, establishing a sect is not a one-person job; one can obtain gold coins from others. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many sects on the Dragon Martial Continent.

Just a single ninth-rate sect required so much money; eighth-rate and seventh-rate sects, and those above, would likely require even more.

If it weren't for the necessity of completing sect tasks to establish the first sect, Su Han wouldn't waste this money and would directly raid ninth-rate sects for founding orders.

...

The next morning, Su Han directly gathered Lian Yuzhe and others and headed to the Beast Mountain Range.

Besides the beast cores required for the sect tasks, refining pills also required beast cores, and the best place to obtain beast cores was the Beast Mountain Range.

Su Han still had some pills and weapons, but they were far from enough for the sect tasks. He could only go to the Beast Mountain Range to kill beasts, obtain beast cores, refine pills, and sell them to buy materials for more refining.

This was a vicious cycle for Su Han...

Su Han felt that doing this was a waste of time, but Lian Yuzhe and others were eager to try. They had officially become magic apprentices, each learning at least two spells, and they were eager to test their current strength.

Among mages, there were also level distinctions.

From lowest to highest: magic apprentice, mage, high mage, magic master, grand magic master, holy magic master, and divine mage.

Each level also had rank distinctions, from first to seventh rank, a total of seven ranks.

Although Lian Yuzhe and others had mastered several magic skills, the magic power they had absorbed was only at the first-rank magic apprentice level.

In addition to Lian Yuzhe and others, Su Han also brought Hu Feng, Pang Qing, and his father, Su Yunming.

It's worth noting that due to the pills Su Han had given them, Hu Feng and others had all made breakthroughs in cultivation. Su Yunming, his father, had completely broken through the Dragon Spirit Realm and reached the early Dragon Core Realm.

Su Han's plan was to have Su Yunming temporarily take over as the head of the God Slaying Pavilion.

Of course, the real mastermind behind the scenes was still him, and Su Yunming was just the nominal head.

...

After half a day, the group arrived at the edge of the Beast Mountain Range.

This was Su Han's second visit. This time, he had a more important matter: the mysterious cave that Pang Qing had mentioned.

Pang Qing had said that just a flash of green light in the cave allowed him to break through. If there were no accidents, there must be something extremely precious inside.

"Let's begin."

Su Han took a deep breath and waved his hand. Instantly, a yellow glow appeared on everyone, which was an earth-element spell—Earth Protection!

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