Shi Lang entered the building and came to the counter. He reigned his spiritual energy but he sensed the ce with his ability and found that there were seven floors in this building however, from the outside only five were visible.


    A girl behind the counter was looking at Shi Lang with great curiosity and asked, "Hello, wee to the bright moon pavilion."


    Shi Lang bowed and cupped his fist to her, this delicate looking girl was strong beyond Dao Soldier realm. Even a simple attendant was stronger than him. He had to be respectful to her. He replied, "I was sent in by Teacher Lao Yuesha. She told me to report here and then I will be given a room to rest."


    The girl was surprised and then said, "Please raise your head. I am called Lao Ying. Elder Sister Lao is my senior sister, so you are partially my student too."


    Shi Lang was surprised and greeted her, "Student Shi Lang greets you, Teacher Aunt Lao."


    The effect of this greeting was a smile that could blind the entire city. Lao Ying took a deep breath and thought, ''What sort of a Teacher Aunt will act so undignified before a junior. Calm yourself.''


    She forced herself to calm down and said, "Come along with me, I will show you your room."


    Then she took him to the side alley and said, "The five floors are all rooms of the Bright Moon Pavilion."


    Shi Lang asked, "Is this ce a Inn? Or is it an organization that provides special services?"


    Lao Ying paused in her steps and asked, "What do you mean?"


    Shi Lang detected how serious she sounded and he said, "The fighting skills that Teacher Lao has are not normal. Thedy outside the building could invoke the deepest fears and desire in the hearts of the people is not normal. You are a dignified Dao General, you are capable ofmanding at least five hundred city guards, yet you are acting as an attendant.


    This behavior is not normal in my view but I am too weak to have any views. Thus I thought this ce was some sort of organization that deals with rather unconventional methods of infiltration and assassination."


    Thest words were spoken by Shi Lang using the spiritualmunication, and it caused Lao Ying to open her eyes wide as she looked at him from head to toe. She took a deep breath before she said, "You aren''t normal either, child. For now, rest, you will know the reality of the Bright Moon Pavilion when the time is right."


    Shi Lang nodded and followed her to the farthest room on the ground floor. The Terran sensed a slightly higher flow of spiritual energy inside the room. He thanked Lao Ying and went inside to cultivate.


    He began to absorb the spiritual energy and convert it into lightning which in turn nourished the dao flower in his Dantian. Shi Lang''s speed was faster in this environment because he did not have to worry about anything like he did in the wild.


    ...


    While he was cultivating, Lao Ying caught up with Lao Yuesha and told her what Shi Lang said. Lao Yuesha chuckled as she said, "Its not too hard for that kid to connect the dots. Well, let him cultivate, he will know when he joins the Martial Spirit Hall."


    Shi Lang was not disturbed by them, he was in the initial stages of the Dao Soldier Realm he needed to gain as much strength as possible. He was not strong enough to make his way through the Martial Spirit Hall''s test, however, he had the techniques that could make up for hisck of strength.


    If nothing else worked, Shi Lang would not hesitate to take out Raksha. The sword was a heavenly weapon, and it was certainly the strongest armament, however, he was not strong enough to keep it under his possession. Even if the sword spirit has be one with him. The greedy and the petty would always want more. They would not hesitateing after him.


    Shi Lang was not scared, but he was cautious. The Terran spent twenty days inside the room before Lao Yuesha came outside his room and knocked on the door. Shi Lang opened his eyes and came out. Lao Yuesha''s eyebrow twitched for a bit but then she asked, "Come along, it is time. There will be a meeting where you will get your first task."


    Shi Lang nodded and followed her slowly. On the way, he greeted Lao Ying, before they came out of the building. The entire city was bustling with noise and it made Shi Lang say, "If not for the sound istion array on the building, I swear it wouldn''t be easy to focus on cultivation."


    Lao Yuesha smiled but did not say anything. She led him through the crowd and they came to the center of the city. Shi Lang saw a white building, the doors of the ce were so magnificent that the Terran gasped. The doors only were seventy feet tall, and the entire ce was engraved with intricate patterns. Shi Lang asked, "Is this the Martial Spirit Hall?"


    Lao Yuesha nodded and said, "This is the ce, but we will not be entering it at the moment."


    Shi Lang looked at her in askance, and thedy turned to point at the small counter on the side. There was a big queue before the counter and an old man was sitting behind it with great indifference on his face.


    Lao Yuesha said, "Come, let''s queue up."


    The duo lined up, and while Shi Lang stood in the actual queue, Lao Yuesha stood on the side, and she spoke with her spiritual sense, "There are hundred people ahead of you, and that is when the task distribution has ten days to starts."


    Shi Lang was surprised and Lao Yuesha said, "The moment you ept the task, from that moment on you have a month to finish the task ande back to submit the result. Seventy percent of these people will not make it back, and mind you, they are all geniuses from various ns."


    Shi Lang nodded faintly and thedy continued to inform her about a few people who were standing at the front. They could be called the cream of the cream. Shi Lang could sense raging auras from their bodies and was surprised to find that these people were at the peak of Dao General realm.


    Lao Yuesha said, "The traditional power distribution of the Immortal Realm is like this, Two Peaks, Three Houses, Two Halls. They are more or less the same, and below themes, Twenty Lineages. The people ahead, are from the so called twenty lineages."


    Shi Lang understood, only now did he realize that the reason behind these twenty people looking so strong. He thought for a bit and asked, "They came soon because they wanted to keep an eye on people with better potential?"


    Lao Yuesha nodded and said, "Indeed, that''s what they intend to do. However, they will be choosing only one such person. They will thenplete two tasks within the period of thirty days. They will only waste one hour to wait, if they could not find thepanion then they will fly away."


    Shi Lang asked, "Why are you so sure?"


    He was indeed confused by this, and Lao Yuesha said, "It is because this is a pattern of the twenty lineages."


    Shi Lang nodded and then he looked around and sat down on the ground. Since he knew that it would take ten days for the task distribution to begin, he intended to utilize his time and not socialize. He began toprehend the Dao contained within his spiritual energy and also the Dao of his Alchemy path.


    Many people saw this, while some sneered at his weak strength, some were indifferent. There were a few people who nodded in approval, because they believed that only bymitment could one reach the higher level.


    Shi Lang did not care about what other people thought of him, he never had, and never would. He believed in his own path and the way he walked this path was up to him. Lao Yuesha stood beside him with a smile, she was guarding him and also creating a barrier that kept away the probing eyes.


    It was easy to peek at the secrets of a person when they were absorbing spiritual energy andprehending the secrets embedded in it. It was because spiritual energy inside the body of the cultivator would resonate with the outside. Shi Lang had cast a barrier, but it wasn''t strong enough to block the prying eyes of the old and dandy.


    …


    Ten days passed in a blink, Shi Lang was still immersed inprehension and a figure appeared beside the old man behind the counter and bowed as he said, "Greetings Elder San."


    The old man half opened his eyes and said, "Oh, Xiao Tu, they sent you this time. Good, start the process, I will be here if there is any trouble. Be fair."


    Xiao Tu shivered at thest words and bowed to the old man. Then he looked at the people and said, "Everyone, thank you foring, the primary task distribution for the Martial Spirit Hall selection will now begin."


    Many people cheered and the primary task distribution began.