The Invincible Dragon Emperor
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Chapter 1214: 72 Sects

Lu Li became more confident upon exchanging ideas with Su Zixi.

Rules in the prefectures were strict. Prefecture warriors could not kill for no reason, generally speaking. Of course… if it were outside the city or the Valley of Vicissitudes, then it would be a piece of cake when a prefecture warrior wanted to commit the killing.

One must look at things in context. If one was much more powerful than the prefecture army and could wipe out an entire team in the wild without leaving behind any proof or traces, then there was nothing the prefecture armies could do.

On the record, everyone had to respect the rules. After all, the rules represent the dignity of a prefecture office and the authority of the chief. Anyone violating the rules would be challenging the authority of the prefecture chief. Eventually, they would suffer the strike from the warriors in the prefecture.

In other words…

Even when Yan Tiangang confirmed that Lu Li was in the Valley of Vicissitudes, he could not come in. Even though he—Yan Tiangang—really wanted to, he would not have the courage to kill Lu Li here because this was the Vicissitude House, not the Black Dragon Mansion. To kill Lu Li in the Valley of Vicissitudes would be a slap on the face of the chief here.

Even some leaders of the Black Dragon Mansion who had done something like this would be executed, not to mention Yan Tiangang, who was merely a patriarch in a township!

In the Divine Imperial Universe, Lu Li once claimed that the Black Dragon Mansion had thousands of township patriarchs. As a matter of fact, Lu Li overestimated Yan Tiangang. Truth was that every prefecture had over ten thousand township patriarchs. They were the backbone forces in a prefecture but by no means the high-level officials.

According to Su Zixi, the most powerful person in a prefecture was the chief, then the 10 associate chiefs. The two groups were the best of the best with most powers. Following them were one hundred founding generals, who were the high-level officials in a prefecture. Next were the over ten thousand township patriarchs. Below them was the commander, such as Commander Ye in the Valley of Vicissitudes.

Therefore, Yan Tiangang was powerful and given Lu Li’s current abilities, he could not survive if he encountered Yan Tiangang. In the Black Dragon Mansion, Yan Tiangang might enjoy his power. That being said, outside the Black Dragon Mansion, he was nothing. As long as Lu Li did not wander into the wild, there was nothing Yan Tiangang could do about Lu Li.

In public, Yan Tiangang must respect the rules. Even when he was sure that Lu Li was in the Valley of Vicissitudes, Yan Tiangang could only create some small troubles for Lu Li. According to Su Zixi, all Lu Li had to do was to look out for anyone that might assassinate him in the mines.

Lu Li’s confidence was boosted. After a pause, Su Zixi added, “Brother Li, which force are you going to join after you finish your service? To become accomplished by yourself in the Divinity is going to be difficult. The Divinity is boundless, but all the blessed locations are occupied by the major forces. To pursue a better path into the future, you’d better join a force.”

“Here comes the lobbyist.” Lu Li wondered. He answered with a question, “What do you recommend, Brother Su?”

“Personally, I suggest you join a super force!”

Unexpectedly, Su Zixi did not try to convince Lu Li to join the prefecture his great-grandpa was in. Instead, he recommended other forces. “I’d advise you against joining any prefectures. To make something of yourself is hard in a prefecture. My great-grandpa has been in that prefecture for tens of thousands of years without becoming accomplished. His suggestion to me is to join a super force. Of course… it would be perfect if we could join the four legendary forces. However, it’s not like we can go there just because we want to. They never recruit anyone publicly. The four legendary forces will invite you if they find out that you are talented or that you have reached a certain stage.”

Lu Li understood something about the four legendary forces but nothing about the super forces. He asked, “What are the super forces?”

“They are very large sects!”

Su Zixi answered with a glow in his eyes. “There are 72 sects in the Divinity. Join any one of them and you can have your way in the Divinity. Not even the prefectures can mess with the super forces. Anyone that can join one of the 72 sects can pretty much be guaranteed to have a promising future and can swagger about in the Divinity.”

Lu Li memorized such information. Those sects were too far away from him, and he did not wish to go at the moment. All he wanted to do was go to the Swords Mountain and find Emperor of Heaven Reverse before he planned further ahead.

But he was interested in the 72 sects. Astro Emperor once said that the name of the force Lu Ling was at had the word “Ni” in it. The force she was in was powerful. Was it one of the 72 sects?

Lu Li asked, “Brother Su, do you know the names of the 72 sects? Does any of them have the word ‘Ni’ in its name?”

“Ni?”

Su Zixi shook his head. “I don’t know about the names and details. I will have to ask my great-grandpa.”

“Well.” Lu Li thought of another topic. “Brother Su, how do we cultivate after becoming an immortal? Have your great-grandpa told you a general direction?”

“That is easy!”

Su Zixi explained. “Ask anyone and you will know that after becoming an immortal, the focus of cultivation is on Fundamental Meanings and skills. About skills, you will have to look for or purchase books. For Fundamental Meanings, we have to learn them or else we could not have become immortals. But the Fundamental Meanings we have studied are at the lowest level, the origin form. There are three forms of Fundamental Meanings, the origin form, the principal form, and the great perfection. After the great perfection form, you can move further ahead…”

“We can continue?” Lu Li was surprised. How could you go forward when you have reached great perfection?

“Ha, ha!”

Su Zixi smiled. “Fundamental Meanings have different ranks. Usually, the ones we learn are low-level ones, then there are middle-level, high-level and… super-level Fundamental Meanings. When you have reached great perfection in Fundamental Meanings, you have two options. First, is to integrate with the other Fundamental Meanings and the second is to evolve it. Whichever way you choose, the goal is to evolve low-level ones to a high-level one, so you can become stronger.”

“Low-level, middle-level, high-level and super-level!”

Lu Li nodded. He wondered if the Slayer’s move belonged to a super-level Fundamental Meanings given its strength. Then would he progress by leaps and bounds when he reached great perfection on the front of the Slayer’s move?

“Well… I have one last question!”

Since Su Zixi knew a lot, Lu Li thought he just might as well ask away. “Brother Su, do you know about the Third Plane in the Divinity? Is it a special place or something else?”

“Third Plane in the Divinity?” Lu Li got Su Zixi. The latter shook his head in confusion. “I don’t know. I may have to ask my great-grandpa.”

“Thank you, Brother Su!”

Lu Li bowed. Su Zixi had provided him with useful information and just helped him to conceal his secret. He had gained initial recognition from Lu Li.

“You are welcome.”

Su Zixi nodded with a smile. He knew that Lu Li must need some time to digest the information, so he did not stay any longer and left.

After he was gone, Lu Li sat in his room for over half a day. He had had a faint idea of future cultivation. He had a skill, the Method of Stone Golems, whose third level he had not studied yet. He decided to study the Method of Stone Golems recently and then read some books on formations. If time permits, he would dig deeper into the secrets of the immortal’s body.

Emperor Zi mentioned that his body was once the strongest under the Third Plane and harbored information about a body refinement skill. Lu Li would like to study it if he had the chance.

Lu Li rested in his room for a day after he had had a clear plan. Then he left the castle and headed to the mines. He decided to let the Deaf Taoist find Spring Gold, and he would cultivate somewhere.

What he did not know was that…

When he stepped into the mines, that bird-eyed prefecture warrior came out from a castle and threw a look at five slaves who went after Lu Li…

At the same time, over 10 immortals came from another direction and hurried into the mines after Lu Li.