Cave Abode

There are two types of blood contracts. One is the Master-slave contract, which is the most commonly used. The other is the Equality contract, where no one rules over the other. In fact, either party can break the contract anytime they want.

The only benefit of this contract is that one can sense their contract beast even if they are not in front of their eyes. They can easily summon them whenever they want through the contracted runes that reside in the soul sea of a cultivator or spirit beast.

They climbed onto the eagle again and flew into the skies. Jiang Hao looked at the Mountain Sword Sect from above—there were many peaks nearby.

"There are more than just eight peaks in the sect, but only eight are occupied by the lineages. The other peaks are mostly empty. See that one? That's the Alchemy Peak."

Jiang looked at the peak. It was the greenest of all the peaks he had seen.

"There are a lot of spirit herbs on our peak. There is a special array on that whole peak that helps in the better growth of the spirit herbs. There are a total of six elders on the Alchemy Peak, including me.

You don't have to worry about the other five elders. They only handle the core and inner areas of the peak, and they live in the core area. No one is allowed to come to the top of the peak; it is almost empty as there are no direct disciples here."

In just two minutes, they arrived at the top of the peak.

"You should get acquainted with Meiying. She was always alone on the peak, and now that you're here, you two can accompany each other."

"Screechhh...."

"Yup, he will be living here from now on."

When someone is contracted to a spirit beast, they can easily understand each other, so Huan Caiyi was able to casually talk with Meiying.

At Meiying's level, spirit beasts could easily understand human language. Once they ascend to immortality and gain the ability to transform into humans, they can easily speak it too.

Jiang Hao knew about these things, so he wasn't surprised.

He wasn't against making friends with spirit beasts. In fact, spirit beasts were far more trustworthy than humans. Their nature was straightforward—they didn't stab others in the back like humans do.

"So from now on, she will be your big sister."

Jiang smiled when he heard that and nodded while cupping his fists.

"Sister Meiying, please take care of me from now on."

"Screech!"

"That's good. Now don't worry about anything—no one from the sect will be able to disturb you here. You should cultivate for the time being. I will handle everything else. You can visit that building over there; it contains cultivation techniques. You can choose any one of them that you like."

Huan Caiyi pointed towards a building while speaking.

Jiang Hao looked over and saw a big white pagoda-like building. However, he wasn't interested in any cultivation technique from here since he already had one, so he wouldn't be going there.

Jiang Hao still had five core formation-grade herbs left, which would be enough for him to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and Grade 2 Realm, so he wasn't worried about resources for now.

After his breakthrough, he might even be able to absorb spirit stones. The spirit Qi in spirit stones is very chaotic, so others can't cultivate from them easily, but for him, it wouldn't be a problem.

Once his strength increased, he would definitely be able to absorb them. He didn't have an estimate of how much he had, but even normal-grade spirit stones would be enough for him to cultivate in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

He also had to cultivate the Heaven Grade cultivation technique he had.

"There are many empty cave abodes on this peak. You can choose any one you like. They all have a spirit Qi gathering array inside, so the concentration inside those cave abodes is much higher compared to here."

When Jiang Hao entered the Mountain Sword Sect, he knew it was located on a good spiritual vein. The density of spirit Qi here was far better than the valley where he had stayed for six months with the tiger.

Almost all the top sects were established on good spiritual veins. A good spiritual vein was the basic foundation for any sect to prosper effectively.

So he wasn't surprised when he arrived at the sect, but he didn't know that they also had a spirit-gathering array. He had learned about some important types of arrays from Senior Hu Tian's notes, and the spirit-gathering array was one of them.

Since it was mentioned by Senior Hu Tian, it was definitely a valuable array because most of the things mentioned in the notes were very rare and didn't belong to the lower world.

Jiang Hao nodded to Huan Caiyi and went to find a good cave abode for himself. It had been a hectic day for him, and he knew that it wasn't over yet. If everything he had learned so far was true, then the real storm had yet to come.

Although almost the entire sect knew about him because of Ming Yue, not many knew that he had already joined the Mountain Sword Sect. However, the news was spreading, and it wouldn't take long before the whole sect knew he was here.

This was a somewhat avoidable situation for him, as he could stay on the Alchemy Peak for as long as he wanted without being disturbed. Since every peak was a separate legacy, he had no doubt that there was a separate library for the Alchemy Hall. This meant he wouldn't need to visit any other place to obtain what he wanted.

The unavoidable situation for him would be the reaction of the elders or the sect master after hearing his test results. They might want to take him as a disciple, which he didn't want. This would definitely anger some of those people.

He could only rely on Huan Caiyi for this. Since she assured him that she would take care of it, he had to trust her. He didn't know her exact status, but it definitely wasn't that of an ordinary peak master.

He arrived at the place where the cave abodes were and chose one at random since they all looked the same from the outside. The entrance was blocked by a rock slab with an array inscribed on it. In the center of the slab, there was a small circular hole. He immediately knew what he had to do and took out the sect badge he had received.

He placed the badge in the center, and the entrance opened. When he entered the cave, he saw that the spirit density was similar to the outside.

He looked around and saw an exquisite array drawn inside the cave, with a stone slab placed in the middle of it. A look of realization flashed in his eyes as he walked to the center and sat on the slab.

The moment he sat, the entrance closed again. It wasn't dark inside the cave, as natural lighting came from above. He focused on the array inscribed at the center of the cave, and as expected, it activated.

The spirit density inside the cave abode began to rise at a visible pace. After some time, it reached almost five times that of the outside, which was quite impressive.

The spirit density outside was already good enough for cultivation, and having five times that was amazing. Even a ordinary cultivator can cultivate at speed geniuses in such environment.

No wonder everyone wanted to join a sect—being in a sect was far more beneficial for a cultivator than being an itinerant cultivator.

Jiang Hao sighed after cultivating for some time. Although the spirit density was good, it still wasn't good enough for him. The amount of spirit Qi he required was far more than one could imagine.

He wasn't disappointed, though, as he had already expected this. In the lower world, spirit Qi density was far lower compared to the upper world. Even in the upper world, cultivating a celestial physique without resources wasn't easy.

He looked at his ring and took out the Heaven Grade Cultivation technique. He had decided to master the Qi refinement section of this technique before advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Mastering a technique was different from just learning it and using it.

This was another dividing point between geniuses and ordinary cultivators. To get the maximum value and efficiency from a cultivation technique, one had to master it. The higher one's mastery, the easier it was to cultivate, and the absorption speed would also increase.

Cultivation speed mainly depended on four factors if two people were cultivating the same cultivation technique: first was spiritual roots, second was spirit Qi density, third was concentration in moving qi according to cultivation techniques and fourth one was mastery of the cultivation technique.

A genius could reach a higher level of mastery easily since their comprehension ability was far better than an ordinary cultivator. The term "genius" was used for this reason.

Jiang Hao knew that his comprehension talent was equal to that of supreme geniuses, so he had no doubt that he could master the Qi refinement part of this cultivation technique quite easily. However, it would still take some time.

He opened the book and began reading it...

While Jiang Hao was cultivating in peace, the news of him joining the sect, along with his performance, had already spread like wildfire. The whole sect was discussing about it.