My dreams can simulate the future.

Jiang Chen accepted the animal hide book and cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. However, the nascent form of my true meaning is related to dreams, so it would be best to cultivate related techniques or spells..."

Guo Lang nodded slightly, a smile appearing on his face: "The fact that you can ask such a question shows you have a cautious nature."

Don't worry, our Talisman Hall has a small storage room. Although there aren't many treasures inside, there are still some good ones.

Furthermore, there is a senior disciple who serves as the supervisor of the transmission of skills, responsible for answering the disciples' questions.

"If we can't find a suitable one there, then we'll have to go to the sect's training hall."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen was quite surprised.

Every sect has a training hall, which is responsible for collecting and passing on skills and teaching disciples.

On the Golden Cauldron Sect's side, the Talisman Hall actually had its own manager in charge of transmitting skills.

He asked with some curiosity, "Shouldn't the sect's inheritance be kept in the custody of the Transmission Hall?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Lang sneered: "That was originally the case, but those loyalists had ulterior motives."

We outsiders have accumulated enough merit and want to learn those complete and high-level traditions, but we are always met with various obstacles.

"About fifty years ago, Master Tiejian led several masters from outside the sect to cause trouble. At that time, a great war was raging, and the direct line faction compromised."

Each branch is allowed to establish new organizations under its own jurisdiction, but each branch must find its own resources.

The inheritances in our Transmission Department are all collected by ourselves; the quantity is not large, and the level is not high. If you want to obtain a good inheritance, you still have to go to the Transmission Hall.

"Our Talisman Hall not only has the Transmission of Skills Department, but also the Array Formation Department and the Trade Department. On the Guardian Hall side, there are the Weapon Forging Department, the Alchemy Department, and the Divine Farmer Department."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen felt even more puzzled.

"Judging from this trend, the outsiders could totally break away and establish their own sect."

Guo Lang sighed: "Our Guardian Hall and Talisman Hall from outside the sect have already built the framework of a sect."

In terms of territory, the area south of the Jinlin River all the way to Changyuan Mountain is under the control of us outsiders.

If we were to leave the Golden Cauldron Sect, we could be considered a powerful Core Formation force.

Unfortunately, starting their own business faces numerous obstacles!

Although Jiang Chen had inquired about many things within the Golden Cauldron Sect, he really didn't know anything about these kinds of secrets involving the higher-ups.

"What kind of resistance is it?"

Guo Lang snorted coldly: "The obstacle is of course the Golden Cauldron Sect. Although the Golden Cauldron Sect is called a sect, it is actually an alliance composed of the three major families of Jin, Chu, and Liang."

The three families have intermarried, creating a complex web of power. The neutral faction consists of servants of the three families, who are able to receive some benefits.

We outsiders are like henchmen hired by the three major families; we get paid to do their bidding.

"The Golden Scale River is the border of the righteous forces, and to the south is the territory of the demon race and the three major demonic sects."

The Golden Cauldron Sect stands here, forming the first line of defense for the righteous forces. Whenever a major battle breaks out, other righteous forces will provide substantial resources in support.

"These resources all fell into the hands of the direct descendants and were used to cultivate the members of the three major families. We outsiders could only get some scraps."

"The dangerous jobs are all done by us outsiders; the loyalists rarely get involved in the fighting."

"If we establish our own sect, we will replace the Golden Cauldron Sect and become the first line of defense for the righteous forces. The Golden Cauldron Sect will then lose the benefits of support from the righteous forces, so naturally they will not be willing to accept it."

"Every time our outsiders make a fuss about wanting to establish their own faction, the loyalists can't suppress them, so they spend a lot of money to invite Nascent Soul elders from other forces to persuade them."

They called it persuasion, but it was really just pressure. These Nascent Soul cultivators don't agree, so even if we leave the Golden Cauldron Sect, we won't gain the recognition of the righteous forces.

We cannot join the righteous forces, yet we have a blood feud with the demonic sects. Being caught in the middle means certain death.

Afterwards, the Nascent Soul patriarch of the Golden Cauldron Sect stepped in to smooth things over, and the direct line faction offered some benefits to appease them, and the matter was thus smoothed over.

"Besides external pressure, we outsiders also lack stable channels to obtain Core Formation and Foundation Establishment spiritual items."

The strategic resources of the Golden Cauldron Sect are all under the control of its direct descendants. Establishing its own sect would make it impossible to guarantee a stable succession.

"In short, we outsiders are good at fighting, but we lack strategic resources and can only get them from our own faction."

The loyalists don't like us, but they want us to risk our lives, so they're using a small amount of strategic resources to lure us in.

Neither side would be able to live well without the other, thus creating a delicate balance.

"We need to be humble in normal times, but once war breaks out, the status of us outsiders will be greatly enhanced."

They can reach out to the loyalists and demand various benefits. In order to keep the peace, the loyalists will give them some strategic resources as a form of appeasement.

For the sake of these strategic resources, let's continue to serve the Golden Cauldron Sect.

"Once our outsiders find a promising talent, our loyalists will try to win them over first. If they can't win them over, they will suppress them."

You were recommended by Junior Brother Zhao, and you are one of our own people in the Talisman Hall. I'm afraid the direct faction won't try to win you over, but will instead directly suppress you.

Remember to carefully read the sect rules, lest the loyalists find fault with you and send you to Changyuan Mountain.

After chatting with Jiang Chen for a long time, Guo Lang finally took his leave.

[Day 17 of the Dream]

Early that morning, Jiang Chen went to the top of Tie'an Mountain.

The summit of Tie'an Mountain is not particularly large, only about ten miles in circumference.

After wandering around for a while, they found the location of the Transmission of Skills Department.

This is a three-story building, constructed entirely of stone, and it looks simple and unadorned.

In front of the stone building, an old man was dozing off in a recliner.

Jiang Chen stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Senior, this disciple wishes to learn some cultivation techniques and spells."

The old man lazily opened his eyes and glanced at the token at Jiang Chen's waist: "There's not much inside. Go in and look around as you like. You can write things down, but you can't take the inheritance with you."

If you have a superior skill to pass on to the Transmission Department, you will receive a considerable reward.

With a smile on his face, Jiang Chen bowed again and stepped into the stone building.

The stone building was quite spacious, but it only contained a few dozen bookshelves. Each bookshelf held anywhere from a few dozen to a hundred books or jade slips.

There was neither anyone managing it nor any protective formation.

The bookshelf also has categories such as [Cultivation Techniques], [Spells], and [Talismans], making it easy to find what you're looking for.

"I have enough talisman inheritances right now, so let's take a look at the cultivation techniques and spell inheritances first."

He immediately went to the bookshelf marked with cultivation techniques. There were indeed many cultivation techniques here, but most of them could only be found by independent cultivators.

These cultivation techniques are not of a high level, and only a few people can cultivate them to the Foundation Establishment stage.

There are a few decent-level techniques, but they are all severely incomplete.

For example, Lu Hu's [Blood Tiger Fighting Dragon Technique] is also available here, but it can only be cultivated up to the peak of Qi Refining, and there is no content on the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Since it's free, I'll still write down any inheritance that has any level of sophistication."

In the future, I can enter dreams to deduce cultivation techniques, but deducing techniques cannot be done out of thin air; it requires sufficient accumulation.

Collect as many high-level cultivation techniques as possible now, even if they are fragments, as this is still important material for accumulation.