Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"Junior Brother Nangong is well."

"Senior Sister is well."

"Wow, it's Junior Brother Nangong, hello there."

"You are well too, Senior Sister."

"Pure and lovely Senior Brother Nangong, could you give me one of your communication talismans?"

"...Okay, Senior Sister."

Shen Ye wiped the sweat from his face, finally finished greeting all the female cultivators he met along the way, and successfully entered the Scripture Pavilion.

——The word got out fast.

The female disciples of the Heavenly Gate, Earth Gate, and Mysterious Gate all knew one thing—

Nangong Wantu was warmhearted and generous, acting boldly after a misunderstanding with Chu Manshu by giving her a golden token on the spur of the moment.

That token had a plethora of wonderful uses.

Who wouldn't want it!

Overnight.

The young man who everyone despised for seeking a cultivation partner became the pure and lovely junior brother that everyone wanted to approach.

"Elder, I am looking for a particular Cultivation Technique," Shen Ye said.

"Didn't the new disciples already receive their Cultivation Techniques?" The Elder Guardian of the Pavilion sized him up.

"I need another special Cultivation Technique," Shen Ye explained.

"To choose a specific Cultivation Technique outside of what the sect has provided requires the payment of five sect contribution points," the Elder Guardian of the Pavilion said lazily.

Shen Ye was stunned.

What were sect contribution points?

It seemed that the elder had seen too many disciples like him and explained:

"You need to go to the Demon-Subduing and Evil Exterminating Hall and accept the sect's tasks. Completing these tasks will grant you points. Once you have accumulated five points, you can come back and choose a new Cultivation Technique."

Demon-Subduing and Evil Exterminating Hall.

Tch.

Even the name was the same as that of the Penglai Immortal Sect from tens of thousands of years ago.

"Very well, thank you, Elder."

Shen Ye turned and left.

In an instant.

Demon-Subduing and Evil Exterminating Hall.

Shen Ye stood among the disciples in the hall, projecting his divine consciousness to inspect the jade tokens floating in mid-air, each containing a task.

Suddenly, a commotion erupted.

Then the Law Enforcement Elder spoke up loudly in the great hall:

"Here it is! Here is the most urgent task of late. Some people have already been selected, but others may continue to sign up—"

"The elders will make the final selection!"

Before his words fell.

Dozens of jade slips flew from the main peak and landed in the Demon-Subduing and Evil Exterminating Hall.

Shen Ye sent out his divine consciousness to scan.

It was the major task to search for clues to Yun Ni's death in the "Indefinite Layer" of the universe!

Each jade slip displayed a list of personnel involved, along with the task requirements for new participants.

Shen Ye immediately saw his own name—

Nangong Wantu.

He was already on the list!

This major task, whether completed or not, would be worth at least two sect contribution points.

The better the completion, the higher the points.

They were to set out in the afternoon!

As soon as he finished reading, he received a fire talisman communication from the sect, ordering him to gather at the main peak's Council Hall in the afternoon.

Going back…

It was a good thing.

But he still needed that bloodline purification Cultivation Technique.

Half a day's time.

How to get five sect contribution points?

Shen Ye pondered briefly and sent out a fire talisman.

Before long.

Dao Senior Brother arrived.

The two found a corner to exchange words.

"Were you satisfied with last night's compensation, Dao Senior Brother?" Shen Ye greeted with a bow.

"Junior Brother is generous, no complaints," Dao Senior Brother replied with the slightest smile on his ever-unchanging cold face.

"Senior Brother, I am facing a dilemma right now."

Shen Ye explained the situation.

"Half a day… This is rather difficult," Dao Senior Brother replied, "You should know that many daily tasks at most offer half a point."

"Major tasks might offer one point, and tasks worth two points are even harder to come by."

"Wait here for me, Junior Brother; I need to consult with my Senior Brother."

Shen Ye said, "That's fine, Senior Brother, spirit stones are not an issue."

Dao Senior Brother "Hmm"-ed in agreement, clearly convinced by this point.

Now, it was just a matter of how to earn those spirit stones.

He quickly left the grand hall, his physique launching into a rapid flight.

Shen Ye was left waiting alone.

Having nothing better to do, he casually strolled around the hall.

He found himself unconsciously walking toward a jade screen.

Hmm?

Feeling the abundant spiritual power in the jade screen, Shen Ye couldn't help but caress it with his hand and praised:

"The sect truly is wealthy, this thing is not cheap at all."

The elder on the high platform heard him.

In fact.

Someone with Nangong Wantu's profound background, and also one of their own, had long been instructed by the Sect Leader to be well looked after.

Hearing his comment, the elder glanced at him and "Hmph"-ed:

"This thing is precious, don't you break it."

"If it breaks, I'll compensate the sect with ten panels," Shen Ye said with a smile.

Indeed, wealth empowers courage.

Having obtained all of Elder Wang's entire wealth, he was now in a position to grandly assume his role.

The elder could naturally discern the truth but replied smilingly:

"You've only joined the sect recently and may not know that many places in the sect are the old sites of Penglai Immortal Mountain from tens of thousands of years ago. We just reinforced and repaired them afterward."

Shen Ye's heart jumped, but his face remained calm as he responded:

"Ha? So even back then Penglai Immortal Mountain had the Demon-Subduing and Demon-Exorcising Grand Hall?"

"That's right, our whole sect structure is based on the model of Penglai Immortal Mountain back in the day," the elder chatted casually.

"I see."

Shen Ye took a couple of steps back and carefully observed the spiritual stone jade screen.

At this time, a group of disciples entered the hall to turn in their tasks, and the elder became busy with them.

Shen Ye, however, grew more and more alarmed as he inspected the jade screen.

Could it be…

This was exactly the strike from back then.

His teacher had no time to care about killing Elder Wang but brought him and Xiao Mengyu rushing into the Demon-Subduing and Evil Exterminating Grand Hall, finding the fifth Teleportation Array marked with the letter 'E'—

This was the place!

At that time, he had activated the Heaven-Reaching Gate to fend off the attack from outside the grand hall.

Since his teacher, Xiao Mengyu, and himself had been marked as "obstructions," the attack passed through the Teleportation Array and blasted into the wall behind.