The Way of The Dao

Chapter 854 Ling Tian's First Sect In The Past!

Ling Tian's figure appeared above the sky among the clouds, while observing the buildings below.

On his walk through the Rongrou City, Ling Tian discovered that now the capital was not this city, but the Qing Wei City, a border city with the Heartless Sea that had been established not long ago, about 300 years ago.

Even the great teleportation formation was rebuilt in that city thanks to the intervention of more than 5000 masters of the low and middle level formation, and about 50 great masters of high level formation who had come to the south state from all over the world. The teleportation formation in Rongruo city is no longer useful since then.

The thought that came to Ling Tian's mind was that Hao Zhentian and the others decided to go to this new capital to use the teleportation formation. Crossing the endless Heartless Sea to reach the east state would take several decades if there were no incidents along the way.

Reaching the north state would take centuries across the Heartless Sea if conventional low-level transportation was used, and this time could be cut almost in half if there were any mid-level flying artifacts. High-level flying artifacts could further shorten this time, but the consumption would be exorbitant and there are not many flying artifacts of this level.

Only Extreme Grade and half-Immortal flying artifacts could reach the north state from the south state in a couple of years, even up to a few months, as long as the energy managed to function remained constant and there were no incidents.

To travel from the south state to the east state in the past with Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei, the three of them managed to get on an upper middle grade flying boat that traveled once every 300 years, managing to reach the east state in just over 6 months.

And on his way to the Qing Wei City, the current capital of the south state, Ling Tian detoured briefly as he wanted to pass by a place, observing the countless buildings and watching thousands of young cultivators cultivating, learning, training, a few flying on their flying swords, and others fighting each other as they learned from each other.

"This place... hardly changed much..." Ling Tian whispered lightly.

This place he was observing, was a third level Sect in the south state, the famous Desolate Land Sect, the first sect Ling Tian had officially joined with Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei!

The strongest disciple cultivators at that time reached the Foundation Establishment state, while their sect leaders and elders had their cultivation bases in the Golden Core state.

Ling Tian, Xi Fei and Ning Xiaoyi only spent a little over 2 years in this sect before leaving for the east state and joining a higher sect. They had reached the Golden Core stage quickly and the sect rules dictated that they could become sect elders.

However, knowing Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei's talents, the sect elders had recommended the three of them to travel to the east state to join a stronger sect. If they stayed in this place, their talents would be wasted and they would not be able to advance much even if they constantly tried hard.

"Mediocre talent, almost trash, decent cultivation, maximum limit of cultivation level that could be reached in this lifetime was the peak of the chi gathering state... without much chance of building my foundation properly, much less reaching the golden core state...."

Ling Tian whispered faintly, remembering that when he came to this sect with Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei and their cultivation talents were measured, he had been shocked for a long time when he discovered that his talent was trash, even the most mediocre among the trash. The sect was even shocked to see that he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage because of his talent, so they assumed that his cultivation limit would be the Foundation Establishment stage and at most the Golden Core stage if he did it with all his efforts and obtained some very powerful heaven treasure.

But the sect still did not reject him and allowed him to stay, especially since Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei would leave if he was not accepted, the sect allowed him to become a member and be given cultivation resources. The sect was a third level force, where chi gathering stage cultivators were the pillar of the sect.

Ling Tian let out a light chuckle, shaking his head faintly as he recalled those memories from the past. Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei never abandoned him, much less despised him upon learning that his talent was trash and he would probably be at most a mere cultivator of the Golden Core stage while they would become powerful experts recognized all over the world!

"Xiaoyi, Fei..." Ling Tian whispered with a grateful smile. He owed a lot to these two women, especially their encouragement when he discovered his junk talent, their support in not abandoning him and even encouraging him not to give up and continue cultivating.

Ling Tian looked down, observing the peaceful life led by these sect members, these disciples who, in short, were his junior brothers several generations down the line.

The sect in fact did not treat him badly and, on the contrary, even supported him with some low-level cultivation resources and treasures. They had even offered him the position of an important elder when he reached the golden Core state, knowing that this would be his limit in cultivation. A Golden Core cultivator was a powerful expert cultivator in this south state, as long as a Nascent Soul cultivator didn't appear.

If he really he hadn't run into Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei, Ling Tian was sure that his life would be completely different... he might even have become an elder in this sect and died about 300 years after he entered.

"Might I know who the senior is?"

An old voice quickly reached Ling Tian as at least about five figures quickly and silently flew into the sky, surrounding Ling Tian while keeping a distance of about 5 to 10 meters.

Ling Tian shifted his gaze to the old man who had asked a few moments ago, an old man who looked to be over 80 years old, with a cultivation at the golden core peak stage.

The other people were two men and two women, probably elders of the sect. Their gazes were nervous as they watched Ling Tian warily, in a position of attack and defense in case Ling Tian had evil thoughts.

Ling Tian had not been hiding, so it was normal that they had noticed him and approached him wanting to know his intentions.

"Don't worry I'm not here to cause trouble, I was just casually passing by this place..." Ling Tian replied with a smile.

The elders couldn't help but breathe a little easier noticing that this young man seemed to have no ill intentions. A man flying over their sect, especially a very young man which they could not see his cultivation level made them anxious and nervous as they thought that this young man might belong to a higher force and that his own strength was higher than all of theirs.

"So... senior would like to rest for a bit? We have some valuable drinks and delicious spiritual fruits that might satisfy your palate a bit."

Hearing Ling Tian's tone, the old man who seemed to be the leader cupped his fists towards Ling Tian in a form of respect as he sighed inwardly. He could not see his cultivation level, so he knew that he was a senior expert and thus deserved respect even though he was older.

After all, while reaching a higher cultivation level, one's life expectancy extends and one's appearance gradually rejuvenates. Perhaps this beautiful young man could be an old monster who had lived for several dozen years and maintained his youthful appearance.

The only thing they could do is to please this kind of experts so that their anger would not resort on the sect and destroy it.

Ling Tian looked at the nervous look of the old man who was trying to keep calm on his face, knowing the intention he had in mind.

"No need, I'm just passing through and have no intention of attacking your sect."

Ling Tian replied as he looked in a certain direction, finding some men and women who were in secluded cultivation inside their respective cultivation caves under what appeared to be a giant tree.

Those cultivation caves were his own caves that both he and Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei had used to live and cultivate in their short stay in this sect in the past. Now there were more caves and thus more disciples.

Seeing Ling Tian quietly observing some places in the sect, the elders were silent when they heard this young man's rejection of their invitation, so they could not help but watch him silently and not daring to make any move or return to the sect.

The leader narrowed his eyes as he faintly saw a feeling of nostalgia and affection in Ling Tian's gaze, wondering if this young expert knew anyone in the sect.

Ling Tian took a deep breath after a while as he saw the changes in the Desolate Land Sect since he left. A storage ring appeared in his hand and he casually tossed it to the old man who seemed to be the sect leader.

"You could say that there is weak karma between me and this sect, so this is a thank you gift to the sect that welcomed me long ago and supported me in my early days."

Although he did not last long in this sect, it was still his first sect that he officially joined. Ling Tian didn't even recognize any of the elders in front of him, so it was normal, the life expectancy an average cultivator of the Golden Core state is only 300 years. The elders and fellow disciples he met in the past should already be dead if they failed to reach a higher level.

The sect leader was stunned upon hearing Ling Tian's words as he noticed a ring flying towards him, reaching out to catch it.

"Huh?"

"But what!"

"How..."

The leader as well as the other sect elders were stunned when they realized that this young expert had disappeared in an instant without anyone noticing any movement!

A true supreme expert!

Perhaps this young man really was a great Nascent Soul Realm expert!

However, Ling Tian's words echoed in the minds of the elders. Could it be that this powerful young man was a member of their sect in the past?

The leader was stunned for a long time before casting his spirit sense into the storage ring.

Mountains of cultivation resources, spiritual pills, spiritual weapons, refining materials, spiritual crystals... there was almost everything in the storage ring.

The surrounding elders couldn't help but cast their spirit senses as well, drawing in a cold breath as they saw the inside of the storage ring.

After a long time of processing a bit of what had happened, the elders cupped their fists in thanks towards the sky, where Ling Tian had been earlier.

The storage ring's cultivation resources would abundantly support the sect for at least a couple of decades!