Chapter 147 – Details of the Valley

　　After making the deal with Han Li, the old man surnamed Ye took him to fly towards the Council Hall in his magic weapon to reply to the Sect Leader of the Yellow Maple Valley, Zhong Lingdao.

　　Soon after, Han Li stood right in front of the huge stone hall that was tens of meters tall, and curiously surveyed the several Yellow Maple Valley disciples guarding the entrance. The mana of these people were all much deeper than Han Li’s, and at least had the appearance of being above the tenth layer of the Basic Technique. It caused Han Li to be secretly staggered, giving the strength of this sect’s Immortal Cultivators another high opinion.

　　When the old man surnamed Ye and he arrived at this place just now, he told Han Li to stay outside the hall first and wait for Sect Leader Zhong’s summons, while he himself walked in. This created an awkward situation where Han Li stood alone outside the hall and waited dryly, causing Han Li to bellyache for quite a while.

　　Luckily, after a while, a white-robed middle-aged man walked out from inside, this person came directly in front of Han Li and said coldly, “Come in with me, the Sect Leader has summoned you.”

　　Then, ignoring Han Li’s reaction, he walked back on his own. Han Li secretly laughed bitterly, it seemed that he, an Immortal Cultivator at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage, hadn’t even been put into the other party’s eyes, and didn’t even want to say more than a single word to himself!

　　Although in his heart this person is greatly dissatisfied, but Han Li is very clear about his own catty here, or honestly followed closely behind, into the hall.

　　After a series of three gates guarded by disciples, Han Li saw the Yellow Maple Valley’s headmaster Zhong Ling Dao, a middle-aged man with three long whiskers.

　　And on both sides of this hall, there were also a dozen or so other people with different clothing. When Han Li entered, these people slightly sized up Han Li, but seeing that Han Li’s appearance was ordinary and did not have any appealing features, they each averted their gazes away without interest. The old man surnamed Ye and that Master Wang were also seated among them.

　　”Little friend is called Han Li, right?” Sect Leader Zhong serenely opened his mouth and asked.

　　”Yes, disciple Han Li, meet the Sect Leader!” Han Li looked sincere as he stepped forward and was about to bow profusely.

　　”There’s no need to be polite! Since little friend was able to bring the Immortal Ascension Order here, then this Sect Leader will definitely abide by the rules set down by the sages and take little friend under his tutelage.” Zhong Ling Dao smiled amiably like a spring breeze and flicked his sleeve lightly.

　　Han Li, on the other hand, felt that his body, which was about to be lowered, was gently lifted up by an invisible and soft force, unable to continue paying homage. Letting him feel a shock in his heart, he gained a few more points of reverence for this Sect Leader.

　　”As a matter of fact, little friend has the qualification to take the Foundation Establishment Pill in addition to joining this sect. But before that, I heard Senior Brother Ye say that Little Friend gave up this Foundation Establishment Pill and gave it up to someone else, is that true?” Sect Master Zhong didn’t talk much nonsense, but directly stated the purpose of summoning him into the hall.

　　”Yes, Sect Master! I feel that with my inferior qualifications, taking this Foundation Establishment Pill is just too extravagant, so it’s better to let such a precious thing go to other senior brothers who need it more!”

　　After Han Li finished saying this, his heart still vaguely felt a flesh pain, this was a Foundation Establishment Dan! Not one of those handfuls of ordinary pills that one could eat as snacks!

　　Such a foundation dan if put into the Immortal Cultivation world, that still does not cause a lot of blood and rain only strange! Although he had a mysterious vial to rely on, Han Li really didn’t have much confidence that he could completely imitate a spirit pill like the Foundation Establishment Pill! It made his words extraordinarily tongue-in-cheek.

　　Han Li was greatly disheartened in his heart, but on the surface, he did have a very obedient and respectful demeanor, making most of the people in the hall quite satisfied.

　　”Good! This Sect Leader is also greatly pleased that Little Friend Han can have such a heart. However, little friend don’t worry, this Sect Leader won’t let little friend make this sacrifice for nothing!” After saying that, Zhong Lingdao turned his head and faced the old man surnamed Ye.

　　”Senior Ye! This Foundation Establishment Pill that Little Friend Han gave up will still be taken by your nephew’s grandson, but Senior Brother must properly compensate Little Friend for his loss, and make sure to satisfy others!” Zhong Ling Dao said solemnly.

　　”Hehe! Sect Master can rest assured, I will make sure to satisfy Senior Nephew Han!” Seeing that things really did go as smoothly as imagined, the old man couldn’t help but feel his heart blossom and responded in a loud voice.

　　Zhong Ling Dao saw the old man in this state, flicked his long beard and smiled slightly. This time, the difficult problem could be solved so easily with the best of both worlds, and it also made Grand Sect Leader Zhong breathe a sigh of relief.

　　”The matter of the Foundation Establishment Pill is settled, and little friend Han is a disciple of this sect from today onwards. Master Wang, you arrange for the residence of senior nephew Han, and by the way, talk about the rules of this valley, so that he can first cultivate with the transmission disciples, and then be promoted again if he has outstanding performance!” Zhong Ling Dao said some words without revealing anything, and commanded to Senior Disciple Wang.

　　”Yes, Sect Leader!” Master Wang stood up with a long body and obeyed.

　　Thus, this Master Wang immediately led Han Li towards the outside of the hall and began to tell him some of the big and small rules of the Yellow Maple Valley and introduce him to some common sense things. Han Li listened intently along the way and more or less gained a preliminary understanding of Yellow Maple Valley.

　　Yellow Maple Valley up and down a total of more than 10,000 disciples, of which the refining stage of the disciples accounted for more than ninety percent, the Foundation Establishment stage of the disciples only a few hundred people, these people are the backbone of the Yellow Maple Valley.

　　And to the top of the JieDan stage masters, there are only a few people, they are basically in seclusion for many years, no longer ask the things in the valley. Unless about the Yellow Maple Valley life and death of the big event, otherwise is the Zhong Sect Leader himself, idle can not see the face of these people.

　　As for the valley’s only YuanYing level cultivator, is the ZhongShaMen and so on a master uncle, is said to have more than 900 years of age, not only a body of mana is unfathomable, Taoism through the mysterious, and also can YuanYing out of the body, God traveled ten thousand miles, is a living land living fairy. However, this old man has long been out of the valley, and no longer in the territory of Vietnam, but traveled around other countries to go, who does not know when he can return to the valley.

　　And with so many disciples in the valley at the Qi Refining Stage, it was of course impossible for each of them to be able to take the Foundation Establishment Pill! Only those disciples who were the best and had the best qualifications would be given this honor.

　　Therefore, every ten years, disciples under the age of thirty in the valley would undergo a series of selections, and the level of competition was no less intense than the Immortal Ascension Conference in the outside world. Basically, only those who have practiced the basic techniques to the eleventh or even twelfth layer of the true immortal cultivation wizards can stand out from the crowd and obtain the qualification to take the Foundation Establishment Pill.

　　Of the hundreds of best disciples that were strictly selected, only twenty to thirty were able to pass the Foundation Establishment Stage after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill. The others, at best, had advanced their magic power even further, refining their basic techniques to the peak, and remained at the Qi Refining Stage.

　　So naturally, the disciples in the valley were divided into three main classes.

　　The lowest level were those disciples who had never even taken the Foundation Establishment Pill, these people were the most numerous in the valley, and also the group with the shallowest mana. These people were not only engaged in the most chores and had the least time to cultivate, but also had the lowest status in the valley, although they had a very imposing-sounding title, “Deacon Disciple”.

　　Slightly better than them were those disciples who had taken the Foundation Establishment Pill but had not yet entered the Foundation Establishment Stage. These people have basically reached the peak of their basic techniques, and their magic power is much stronger than that of the deacon disciples, and even some simple intermediate techniques can be used by them, so they take on the responsibility of leading and supervising the many deacon disciples, and are usually called “consular disciples”.

　　The disciples with the highest status and the best treatment were those who could enter the Foundation Establishment Stage. They were the favorites of the heavens, and could only be considered as true Immortal Cultivators, real cultivators who had embarked on the path of Immortal Cultivation.

　　After these people succeeded in building the foundation, they would be allowed to find a place with sufficient spiritual qi in the entire Taiyue Mountain Range, and set up a single cave to cultivate on their own, so that they could not have to take on any chores, and just focus on cultivation, and they would also be allotted various rare materials and a large amount of spirit stones every year to fund their accelerated cultivation. Their only obligation is that they must come to the aid of their sect when it encounters a great enemy, and they may not disobey their orders.

　　In addition to these disciples, Yellow Maple Valley also had various stewards who manipulated the real power within the sect.

　　These stewards were those who emerged from the disciples who had entered the Foundation Establishment Stage and after a period of cultivation, knew that they had no hope of entering the JieDan Stage. They voluntarily gave up continuing their cultivation and instead were willing to take charge of the specialized management of the idle things in the valley. The old man surnamed Ye and the dozen or so people meeting in that hall were all such stewards.

　　In fact, strictly speaking, Zhong Ling Dao, the Sect Master, was also a senior steward, it was just that he was responsible for the overall planning of the entire sect, and was the steward of the other stewards.

　　The ones who really decide the survival of the sect are those cultivators above JieDan stage who don’t care about external affairs. It is their existence, those evil devils and foreigners do not dare to bully the door, Yellow Maple Valley as one of the seven great Immortal Sects can stand to this day. Otherwise, as one of the seven great immortal sects, Yellow Maple Valley would have been exterminated countless times by those demons with profound magical power.

　　Of course, what was said above was not the original words of this Master Wang, but rather what Han Li had secretly summarized from the other party’s words and side conversations.

　　This allowed Han Li to have a clear understanding of his own environment and position, which would be of no small help to him in getting along with other fellow disciples in the future.