Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 288 Inner Gate Selection
Each inner peak has about two Jindan cultivators as peak masters.

This naturally does not mean that there are only these nine peaks in the inner gate, but just like the seven courtyards in the outer gate, it can be regarded as the nine courtyards in the inner gate.

Each inner peak governs a number of areas, including many sacred mountains with very high-grade spiritual veins.

It is very important to choose which inner sect peak to join, as it is related to your future development in the sect.

According to Ning Fa's understanding, the strength of the nine inner sect peaks varies.

The resources possessed by the powerful inner peaks are much greater than those of the ordinary inner peaks.

And there is also the influence of family factions and master-disciple factions.

Because in some inner peaks, two major factions occupy a dominant position.

This has no impact on ordinary inner disciples because they basically cannot reach that level.

In fact, the inner sect disciples do not have the right to actively choose which peak of the inner sect they want to join.

Basically, after a disciple advances to the inner sect, the sect will decide which peak he will be assigned to.

Of course, if a disciple has excellent qualifications, he or she will have been recruited by several peaks in the inner gate as early as when he or she first entered the inner gate. Even some of those with particularly good talents will usually be fought over by many Jindan elders.

Or the disciple may decide which mountain he likes and make arrangements with that peak in advance, so that the mountain peak can just say hello and the disciple can directly join that inner peak.

But it did have some impact on Ningfa.

After all, he and Zhang Zhilong already had a grudge against each other.

And Zhang Zhilong is the rising star of the master-disciple faction, and his status in the faction will not be low in the future.

Maybe he couldn't cover up everything in the faction, or he was magnanimous enough not to care about the past, but Ning Fa would not gamble, and he would not let his future have too much uncertainty.

Therefore, he has decided to try to avoid the inner peak dominated by the master-disciple faction.

On the contrary, he and Duanmu Ling had some friendship, so joining the inner peak dominated by the family faction seemed to be a good choice.

Just as Ning Fa was thinking, a flash of fire appeared in front of his eyes and a sound transmission note jumped out.

Duanmu Ling's voice came out from it.

Ning Fa smiled, and then began to fly towards the Luoxing Peak of the inner gate.

On the third day after returning to the sect from the secret realm, Duanmu Ling met him.

She first expressed her sincere gratitude to Ningfa.

Then she asked Ning Fa in confusion why he could get two Yuanqi Colorful Lotuses, because according to her information, the four people who entered the Hidden Spirit Land should have only got one Yuanqi Colorful Lotus each.

This made Ning Fa secretly sigh that the Duanmu family was quite powerful and they even got such information.

He immediately explained the reason.

After listening to this, Duanmu Ling was amazed and felt even more grateful to Ning Fa.

So she directly added another 20,000 contribution points on the basis of 40,000 contribution points.

This means that she owes Ningfa a total of 60,000 contribution points.

Afterwards, Duanmu Ling brought up the Huiling Pond, and the matter of finding the eldest daughter of the Duanmu family to become a Taoist couple with Ning Fa.

Speaking of the Spirit Pool, Ning Fa had previously planned to try to break through his foundation by entering this spirit pool.

Of course it is no longer useful now.

But Ningfa can wait until he breaks through the realm before using this opportunity.

Duanmu Ling also mentioned that Ning Fa could choose to join Yuncang Peak or Xingluo Peak when he was promoted to the inner sect.

These two peaks are two of the four peaks dominated by family factions.
The two Jindan elders of the Duanmu family served as the masters of these two peaks respectively. The two served in different peaks, and even the other three major families, the Ouyang family, the Ji family, and the Cheng family, did the same.

The Jindan elders in each family will be scattered in different mountains.

This is certainly not a coincidence, but a rule set by the current supreme elder of Huayu Sect.

The reason seems easy to guess.

This is probably to prevent a family from completely controlling a mountain and causing the family to become larger than the sect.

Not long after, Ning Fa arrived at the Luoxing Peak in the inner gate. Duanmu Ling was sipping tea in a stone pavilion by a lake at the top of the peak.

Duanmu Ling's eyes widened when she saw Ning Fa flying directly in front of her.

"You actually advanced to the foundation building stage!"

Duanmu Ling's little face was full of surprise.

Then she stared at Ningfa with her sharp eyes, and a phantom like petals flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"It was just a fluke."

Ning Fa spoke modestly with his usual expression, secretly practicing the Moon God Technique.

After a while, the strange vision in Duanmu Ling's eyes disappeared. She looked at Ning Fa with a strange look in her eyes: "Before you established your foundation, your strength was comparable to that of an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. Now that you have established your foundation, your strength seems to be even more extraordinary. Not to mention an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, it is very likely that an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building will not be your opponent."

"Sister, you are too kind. I have just established my foundation. It is good enough that I can save my life from the hands of other fellow practitioners."

Ning Fa said this modestly, but even he felt it was hypocritical.

Duanmu Ling curled her lips, then her expression changed and she stared at Ning Fa, which made Ning Fa feel a little scared, wondering what this young lady was planning on him.

The smile on her face flashed for a moment, then returned to normal.

"So you came to see me today. It seems that you have already decided which mountain you want to join?"

She picked up a cup of spiritual tea, took a sip and said.

Ning Fa said in a deep voice: "I want to join Yuncang Peak."

Duanmu Ling nodded and was not surprised: "Uncle Hong is the master of Yuncang Peak. He has a good impression of you. It is indeed a good choice for you to join Yuncang Peak. Moreover, Junior Sister Liu is also in Yuncang Peak. Maybe this is also the reason why you joined here?"

After saying this, Duanmu Ling looked at Ning Fa with a smile.

Ningfa smiled slightly without explaining.

Duanmu Ling changed the subject and said, "Are you sure you want to refuse to marry the legitimate daughter of our Duanmu family? Now that you have advanced to the foundation-building stage, I may be able to introduce you to some legitimate daughters of the same family with higher status."

Duanmu Ling had brought up this matter during their last meeting, but Ning Fa politely declined, saying that he wanted to concentrate on his cultivation.

Now that Duanmu Ling saw that he had successfully established his foundation, she couldn't help but ask again.

If it was before Ning Fa established his foundation, she would not have cared so much, but now that Ning Fa has successfully established his foundation and his strength is so extraordinary, naturally she pays more attention to Ning Fa.

Duanmu Ling looked at him with a frown on her face and said calmly, "Junior Brother Ning, you should know what it means to be a Taoist partner with my daughter of the Duanmu family, right? Let me give you one more piece of advice. If you want to go further in the sect, you can't rely on yourself. If you want to cultivate to the great way, you need money, a partner, the law and the land."

Ning Fa secretly complained in his heart, if you were betrothed to me, I might consider it.

Seeing Ning Fa remained silent, Duanmu Ling stopped trying to persuade him. Just when she was about to continue speaking, her face suddenly changed.

"Junior Brother Ning, you can go back first and apply to enter the inner gate normally. I will say hello."

Duanmu Ling said something quickly and then ordered them to leave.

Although Ning Fa felt a little strange, he bowed and left.

(End of this chapter)