Floating Immortal Order

Chapter 61 – Morning Dew Peak

TL: I misread one of the words on accident and made a minor translation mistake on the previous chapter.
Bai Zhehua has actually been calling Xu Disheng “junior martial brother”, not “senior martial brother”.
Sorry about this, I’ve already gone back and corrected it in the previous chapter.

The human affairs disciple was astounded.
“You were able to obtain such an outstanding grade, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have been preselected by a Mountain Peak yet… Anyway, as for the matters regarding selecting a Mountain Peak, you have some degree of personal discretion.
You can take a look at this list of Mountain Peaks, and once you’ve selected one, please inform me.”

He tossed over a jade tablet and a record jade slip.

Xu Disheng wordlessly received the items and examined the record jade slip.

“Mingxin Peak, the highest peak in the Mingxin Mountain Range.
Ranked 1st place.
Peak Master: Feng Simiao, known as the Spirit Master of Asphyxiation.
Temporarily unavailable for selection.”

“Profound Heart Peak, ranked 7th in the Mingxin Mountain Range.
Peak Master: Yu Xingchao, known as the Killing Heart Spirit Master.
Temporarily unavailable for selection.”

“Morning Dew Peak, ranked 45th in the Mingxin Mountain Range.
Peak Master: Lu Changge.
Available for selection.”

“Transgression Peak, ranked 58th in the Mingxin Mountain Range.
Peak Master: Yi Yuanming.
Available for selection.”

“… …”

Xu Disheng noticed that the Peak Masters of the Mountain Peaks at the top of the ranking also had a Spirit Master honorific title attached to their alias, but the ones lower on the ranking didn’t.
Did this mean that the Peak Masters with this title were at the realm above the Dao Foundation stage?

As Xu Disheng was pondering, someone came up beside him.
It was Bai Zhehua.

Bai Zhehua looked at the jade slip in Xu Disheng’s hands and smiled.
“Junior Martial Brother Xu, do you have some understanding of the Mountain Peaks of Mingxin Mountain Range now? Among the 317 Mountain Peaks of Mingxin Mountain Range, Morning Dew Peak is ranked 45th.
There are over 100 elite Sea of Qi stage disciples and around 10 Dao Foundation stage disciples, and it’s a pretty good place to live too.
Just as Junior Martial Brother Li Dan said earlier, you’re a fellow martial brother who took the examination at the same time as us, so we should all look out for each other.”

Dao Foundation stage disciples were the core force in every Mountain Peak in the Mingxin Mountain Range.
The Mountain Peaks at the top of the ranking often had more than ten, and some even had several dozens.
Aside from the Peak Master, who had to be at least a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse, there weren’t more than a few Dao Foundation stage disciples belonging to each of the Mountain Peaks further down the ranking.

As for the ones ranked lower than 200 out of the 317 Mountain Peaks, the Peak Master was often pretty much the only one at the Dao Foundation stage, and there wasn’t necessarily a Vice Peak Master appointed.
Those kinds of Mountain Peaks easily had several hundreds of Sea of Qi stage disciples, but they were all ordinary Sea of Qi stage disciples who were assigned there by the Human Affairs Hall, which couldn’t even be spoken of in the same breath as the elite Sea of Qi stage disciples that belonged to the top-ranking Mountain Peaks.

Clearly, Bai Zhehua looked upon Xu Disheng as a future elite Sea of Qi stage disciple, so his attitude towards him was extremely amicable.
He stood there smiling, waiting for Xu Disheng’s reply.

Xu Disheng looked at the handsome, bright youth beside him, and suddenly returned his smile.
“For you to be so hospitable as to invite me twice, it would be too impolite for me to refuse,” Xu Disheng replied.
With that, he handed back the record jade slip to the human affairs disciple and said, “Senior Martial Brother, I will choose Morning Dew Peak.”

The human affairs disciple nodded at Bai Zhehua, clearly indicating that they were acquainted.
He then took back the jade slip from Xu Disheng.
Smiling, he said, “Okay, then you can go with Brother Zhehua.
I’ll help you make a record of it.
He’ll make the arrangements for the trip to Morning Dew Peak, so I won’t bother with that part.”

Bai Zhehua and the others seemed to have already finished recording which Mountain Peak they selected.
Seeing that Xu Disheng had finished picking, Li Dan walked over with a wide smile and said, “Senior Martial Brother Bai, are we leaving then?”

These few people, including Li Dan, were people that Bai Zhehua attracted over to his side while in the Outer Region of Mingxin Mountain.
The worst out of them had Grade 1 Profound Meridians, and now they were all following Bai Zhehua.

Bai Zhehua pondered for a moment, then replied, “Right now, everyone who took the Mountain Entry Examination this time is already more or less finished with their Mountain Peak assignments.
Junior Martial Brother Xu is with us now, and there aren’t any remaining disciples worth waiting for.
We can leave for Morning Dew Peak now.”

The others all nodded in agreement.

After leaving Human Affairs Hall, Bai Zhehua’s finger moved slightly.
The storage ring on his finger twinkled, and a massive flying sword appeared in front of them.
It was extremely spacious, sizing up at around 20 meters long and 7 meters wide.
The entire length of the blade glimmered with a brilliant purple sheen.

Among their group was a youth with a square face named Ma Zhenghao, who exclaimed, “A high-grade flying-type Spirit Tool! What a flex, Senior Martial Brother Bai!”

Li Dan also stared blankly in amazement.
They already knew that Bai Zhehua owned 3 or 4 Spirit Tools, but this was the first time he took out a flying-type Spirit Tool, and it was a high-grade one at that.
This kind of giant flying sword would cost no less than 400 or 500 spirit stones!

Bai Zhehua didn’t pay any attention to their reactions, and nonchalantly got on the giant purple flying sword.
“Junior Martial Brothers, come aboard.
In the Outer Region, we would ordinarily use a Spirit Cloud to get around, but this time, that won’t do.
Morning Dew Peak is located in the center of the Mingxin Mountain Range, so we’ll get there a lot faster on this giant sword,” he said.

Xu Disheng also got on the giant sword, examining it closely in the process.

As the name implied, a high-grade flying-type Spirit Tool such as this one had no combat capabilities despite having a sword form.
It could only be used for flight.

Bai Zhehua made a hand seal for the activation technique, and a barrier of light in the shape of an ellipsoid appeared around the giant purple sword, enveloping everyone within.
The spacious length of the blade tilted upward slightly, and the giant sword began to rise toward the skies.

Li Dan, Ma Zhenghao and the others still hadn’t had time to react.
Xu Disheng saw the corners of Bai Zhehua’s mouth curl up playfully.
He secretly stabilized his body, using profound qi to reduce the rocking.

And sure enough, in the next moment, the giant purple sword abruptly accelerated, shooting upward like a beam of light.
It pierced through the clouds, riding swiftly along the updrafts and wind tunnels between the mountains.
Although the giant sword was covered with a purple protective barrier, it was still possible to vaguely hear the roaring of the wind outside.

Li Dan, Ma Zhenghao, and the others all hadn’t had the chance to stabilize themselves.
They had tumbled backward, and were now sprawled on the floor of the giant sword.

Upon seeing this, Bai Zhehua couldn’t conceal the laughing expression on his face.
He suddenly turned and noticed Xu Disheng, who was standing as motionless as a rock.
He narrowed his eyes and smiled.
“Junior Martial Brother Xu, good hold,” he praised.

Xu Disheng shook his head lightly, not saying anything.

Li Dan got back to his feet in a fluster, patting the nonexistent dust from his robes in an exaggerated manner.

Ma Zhenghao, on the other hand, simply just sat there on the ground, not even bothering to get up.
He lifted his head and asked, “Senior Martial Brother Bai, you said before that once we join a Mountain Peak, things will be different from when we were in the Outer Region.
How exactly is it different?”

“”

Bai Zhehua’s expression turned a bit more sober.
He looked at the several people around him and replied, “Although you Junior Martial Brothers are coming with me to Morning Dew Peak, there are a few things you must absolutely keep in mind.
First, after joining a Peak, you will be counted as a formal disciple, so you must complete at least 5 sect missions each year.”

Seeing everyone’s expression turn serious, Bai Zhehua nodded slightly and continued.
“Second, after joining Morning Dew Peak, you will be considered a disciple of my father’s pedigree.
I will take care of allocating the appropriate amount of cultivation resources to you all.
But if you have nothing to do, at the very least, don’t start any conflicts with other disciples belonging to other forces on the Peak.
Just concentrate on your cultivation, and everything will be fine.
I could handle it if anything were to happen in the Outer Region.
But in Morning Dew Peak, many of the disciples under the Dao Foundation stage powerhouses are all vicious and greedy personas.
If you were to provoke them, I wouldn’t be able to protect you.”

As it turned out, Bai Zhehua’s father was a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse of Morning Dew Peak, so it was no wonder that he was so wealthy as to be able to easily pull out a high-grade flying-type Spirit Tool.
But his words were a bit incongruous.
He said that the others were vicious and greedy, but as one similarly belonging to the lineage of a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse, how could his people be any better?