Chapter 37: Choosing the Spiritual Land

"Attendants?"

Hearing Bai Zichun's words, Ye Qingxuan felt a sense of confusion. Could a Blessed Cultivator actually have quotas to recruit their own attendants? He hadn't seen anything about this in the materials he read in the Library Pavilion.

What Ye Qingxuan did not know was that for the Xuantian Sect, a Blessed Cultivator recruiting attendants was merely a trivial matter, so it was naturally not specifically recorded in the special space of the Library Pavilion.

After all, attendants provided no substantial help to the growth of a Blessed Land!

Seeing Ye Qingxuan's confusion, Bai Zichun explained with a smile

"Once you become a Blessed Cultivator, you will be confined to a specific area. Moreover, a Blessed Land is not small; you will always need manpower to help you handle miscellaneous chores, right?"

As he spoke, Bai Zichun gave Ye Qingxuan a detailed introduction to the situation regarding attendants.

Blessed Cultivator attendants were not disciples of the Xuantian Sect, and the sect would not provide them with cultivation resources; however, they were permitted to cultivate around the Blessed Land where the Blessed Cultivator resided.

Furthermore, attendants were required to swear a Dao Oath: during their tenure as attendants, they must not violate the sect rules of the Xuantian Sect, nor may they commit any act of betrayal against their Blessed Cultivator!

Conversely, the Blessed Cultivator themselves was forbidden from arbitrarily doing anything detrimental to their attendants!

Additionally, the higher the grade of the Blessed Land, the more attendant quotas the Xuantian Sect would grant.

After all, once a Blessed Land advanced in grade, its area would increase significantly, at which point the Blessed Cultivator would require more attendants to manage chores!

For instance, once Ye Qingxuan became a First-Order Blessed Cultivator, he would be entitled to two attendant quotas.

Such quotas were quite precious to the small families or rogue cultivators on the outside.

In the outside world, there was no cultivation environment as excellent as that found within the Xuantian Sect!

Of course, after becoming an official Blessed Cultivator, their token would grant them the authority to communicate with the various halls of the sect.

At that time, the Blessed Cultivator could also use their sect token to release tasks at the Mission Hall using contribution points to hire sect disciples to perform tasks!

However, hiring Xuantian Sect disciples to do things was certainly not as convenient as commanding one's own attendants.

Only after listening to Bai Zichun's explanation did Ye Qingxuan finally understand!

However, there was no rush regarding the attendants; the immediate priority was to finalize the contract for the spiritual land and secure the territory first.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan bowed respectfully to Bai Zichun and said

"Thank you for your guidance, Manager. This disciple intends to go and investigate the condition of the spiritual land first!"

Hearing this, Bai Zichun nodded

"Mhm, go ahead! Once you have decided, come back to find me to register!"

"Yes, Manager!"

After bidding farewell to Bai Zichun, Ye Qingxuan flew toward the teleportation array on his flying sword.

Standing where he was, Bai Zichun watched Ye Qingxuan's departing figure and once again couldn't help but nod. Stroking his beard, he praised

"Neither arrogant nor impetuous, acting with steadiness. Not bad, not bad at all!"

One could only say that first impressions were truly important; once one had a good impression of a person, they could always find virtues in them, even if those virtues weren't particularly prominent.

After leaving the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard, Ye Qingxuan first took the teleportation array to arrive at the nearest late-stage First-Order spiritual land to the Xuantian Sect's main peak, Xuantian Peak!

In truth, "near" was only relative to the vast area of the Xuantian Sect; a distance of about twenty thousand kilometers was already an immense distance for Ye Qingxuan, who was currently only in the Qi Refining Stage.

Ye Qingxuan flew his sword to the airspace above this spiritual land!

What met his eyes was a small mountain peak, the kind of peak that was the most inconspicuous existence within the Xuantian Mountain Range.

Surrounding this peak were many other peaks or valleys possessing Second or Third-Order spiritual veins.

Although they were only Second or Third-Order spiritual veins, the overall density of spiritual qi in this area was comparable to a Fifth-Order spiritual vein in the outside world!

However, no Xuantian Sect disciples had come to this area to establish cave dwellings, because core disciples with the authority to open such dwellings looked down upon territory like this!

The reason the spiritual qi density far exceeded the grade of the spiritual veins themselves was simply because there were too many high-order spiritual veins within the Xuantian Mountain Range.

The entire Xuantian Mountain Range possessed one Tenth-Order spiritual vein, which was located atop the main peak, Xuantian Peak.

In addition, the Xuantian Mountain Range possessed over a dozen peaks with Ninth-Order spiritual veins, thousands of peaks with Eighth-Order spiritual veins, and countless more below the Eighth Order.

Even the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard where he had previously resided was built upon a Sixth-Order spiritual vein; this was one of the reasons why Ye Qingxuan, despite having a single-attribute spiritual root, could reach the perfection of Qi Refining in only twenty-odd years.

It was also the reason why the cultivation speed of the various disciples within the Xuantian Sect far surpassed that of the outside world.

The spiritual qi inadvertently leaking from these high-order spiritual veins filled the entire Xuantian Mountain Range, keeping the spiritual qi concentration within the range at an extremely high level.

Regarding this, the high-level officials of the Xuantian Sect maintained a laissez-faire attitude and did not choose to seal off the spiritual qi of these high-order spiritual veins.

Because spiritual veins existed in a complementary relationship with one another!

Spiritual veins were equivalent to the meridians of the Earth-Mystic Realm. The function of their existence was to help the world purify negative energy and absorb and convert chaotic energy from beyond the world, helping the world accumulate the foundation for advancement.

Therefore, as long as the spiritual veins were not destroyed catastrophically, they were equivalent to sustainable resources that would continuously grow and advance with the passage of time.

When dense spiritual veins converged in one place, the intertwining of spiritual energy could produce a complementary effect, thereby accelerating the advancement speed of the spiritual veins.

This was also the key to every world being able to accumulate enough energy to continuously grow until it could advance, and it was the primary reason why hegemon-level powers like the Xuantian Sect could prosper indefinitely and even grow more flourishing.

It could be said that as long as the Xuantian Sect managed things properly and did not engage in the catastrophic mining of its spiritual veins, the spiritual qi within the Xuantian Mountain Range would continue to increase slowly; it was merely a matter of how much time it would take.

This was the primary reason why the various hegemon-level powers of the Earth-Mystic Realm cultivated Blessed Cultivator disciples.

What they valued was not the meager low-order resources brought by the Blessed Cultivators in the present, but the future of their respective sect territories accumulated by generations of Blessed Cultivators over long periods of time.

Following the information provided by the map, Ye Qingxuan arrived at the summit of this peak, spread his divine sense, and probed the surroundings of the mountain.

Ye Qingxuan quickly found a circular cave entrance about three meters in diameter at a position between the mountainside and the summit; outside the entrance, there was a protruding stone platform.

After entering through this circular opening, Ye Qingxuan found that the area near the entrance was a relatively large flat space, mostly covered in stones.

But as he walked further inside, he discovered a whole new world.

Deep inside the entrance was a massive space. Above the space, a pure white bead emitted a gentle light, illuminating the entire area brilliantly!

"I didn't expect there to be a companion object of a spiritual vein?"

Ye Qingxuan was no longer the ignorant youth of the past; he hadn't spent all those years reading for nothing, and he naturally recognized this bead!

This kind of bead was a companion spiritual pearl of a spiritual vein!

Judging by its aura, Ye Qingxuan determined it should be a mid-grade First-Order spiritual pearl. The spiritual qi contained within was equivalent to a high-grade spirit stone, and the spiritual qi within the pearl was very gentle, making it very suitable for cultivators to use for regulating their breath after an injury.

Below the spiritual pearl was a flat area approximately ten miles in diameter.

At the center of the flat area was a spiritual spring. At this moment, the spring eye was continuously bubbling with spiritual water, allowing the water overflowing from the deep spring to turn into streams that flowed freely.

Surrounding the spiritual spring were patches of fertile spiritual soil. Under the exploration of Ye Qingxuan's divine sense, a jade-green spiritual vein flickered faintly beneath the spiritual soil. Judging by its aura, it had indeed only recently advanced to the late stage of the First Order!

Within the spiritual soil derived from the spiritual vein, many various types of spiritual plants were currently growing, though most were of little use!

After investigating the core spiritual vein of this spiritual land, Ye Qingxuan turned and returned the way he came.

Reaching the entrance, Ye Qingxuan stood on the stone steps inside the entrance, looking at the distant scenery outside the mountain, feeling a sudden sense of refreshment and exhilaration.

His impression of this spiritual land was quite good, but he did not make a decision easily.

He flew on his sword once more!

After leaving this place, Ye Qingxuan again took the teleportation array, traveling through several transfers to reach two other marked spiritual lands.

Of the other two, one was a large valley with a beautiful environment; the other was also a mountain peak, though its environment was slightly inferior to the first one!

After circling around, Ye Qingxuan finally returned to the very first mountain peak!

"This one shall do!"

After inspecting three spiritual lands, Ye Qingxuan made his choice.

He chose this spiritual land primarily for two reasons