Qing Yue Sect, forbidden area behind the mountain.
A figure sat cross-legged on a large rock. Behind him, a colossal black hole with a diameter exceeding thirty meters continuously devoured spiritual energy from an area of over ten kilometers. Simultaneously, ten spirit stones in front of him spun rapidly, emitting terrifying spiritual energy that converged like a small stream, swiftly consumed by the black hole.
Sun Xiaoshan closed his eyes tightly. At a certain moment, his aura suddenly surged and then calmed.
More than two months had passed since Ye Yun killed the outer disciples of Bei Kui Sect. In these two months, the news of hundreds of thousands of Bei Kui Sect disciples being annihilated by a powerful being outside the Tian Yu Kingdom had spread throughout the entire Northern Region.
In these two months, after killing the invading Bei Kui Sect disciples, Sun Xiaoshan had even gone to several surrounding sects and annihilated all the alien races. Afterward, he brought back all the treasures from the sects' treasuries and libraries to Qing Yue Sect before entering seclusion.
After more than a month of seclusion, Sun Xiaoshan had devoured a total of fifteen spirit stones to break through to the peak of the Mahayana stage. His progress in strength was akin to riding a rocket in this world.
"Amazing! These Kui Mei tribe are indeed one of the four major races in this world. They control such an evil method." Sun Xiaoshan opened his eyes, marveling at the explosive power surging within him as he looked at the two blood-red pills in his hand.
Blood Pills! Brewed from the vital blood of over five thousand genius disciples of the Kui Mei tribe.
To obtain this elixir continuously, Su Yan had colluded with over a dozen sects in the northern part of the Northern Region, targeting their newly recruited genius disciples. These disciples were imprisoned in an underground cave behind the forbidden area of Kui Jian Sect.
Every day, they were fed various heavenly treasures, then forced to expel their vital blood for Su Chenming. Afterward, pharmacists sent by Su Yan from Kui Jian Sect would mix it with other herbs in specific proportions and refine it by fire. Over time, these genius disciples had completely become their blood slaves.
According to Elder Du, this kind of blood pill could enhance a cultivator's physique, stimulate their innate potential, and accelerate the absorption and refinement of spiritual energy.
For martial cultivators, it could strengthen the physical body and enhance their combat power.
Although the refining method was wicked, Sun Xiaoshan had no psychological burden in consuming it. After all, it was Ye Yun's reincarnation; such mutual consumption among alien races was common in the Ten Directions Universe.
"My cultivation has reached the peak of Mahayana, and my physical strength has also reached the level of a million jin. If the Heavenly Dao were to awaken, and if this reincarnation could enter the Heavenly Dao, then the achievement of this reincarnation would be at least Quasi-Emperor at the starting point!"
Sun Xiaoshan's eyes were filled with confidence. His divine sense spread out, instantly encompassing an area of twenty kilometers within his sight.
In just two months, the strength of the disciples in the entire Qing Yue Sect had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Grand Elder Dongfang Dao had broken through two minor realms consecutively, reaching the peak of the True Man stage. The twelve veteran elders had also broken through to the peak of the Enlightenment stage, just one step away from becoming True Men!
Compared to the elders, the progress of the forty true disciples was even more terrifying. The weakest had broken through two minor realms, and two individuals had even broken through a major realm, reaching the mid-Enlightenment stage.
Below the true disciples, the strength of all Qing Yue Sect disciples had surged.
In response, Sun Xiaoshan decided to make some adjustments to the hierarchical promotion of disciples of each level.
Every year in July, disciples recruited from the Tian Yu Kingdom would undergo a strength assessment. The top three thousand would become outer disciples.
The assessment for outer disciples to advance to inner disciples would select two thousand people. Inner disciples to advance to core disciples would select five hundred. Core disciples to advance to true disciples would select five!
Among the disciples, nine positions of Saint Son and Saint Daughter would be established, to be competed for among the true disciples!
Sun Xiaoshan, based on the sect templates from novels on Blue Star, began to build the Qing Yue Sect into a sect with a strict hierarchical structure. The primary goal of this was to promote competition among the disciples below, as only then would the entire Qing Yue Sect continuously progress!
For the development of the human race in this world, Sun Xiaoshan not only had the Yellow-grade cultivation techniques and skills imprinted and compiled into books, but he also established libraries throughout the kingdom for commoners to access freely. He even required inner and core disciples of the sect to periodically offer literacy classes there, teaching those who were illiterate how to cultivate.
For the reproduction and prosperity of humanity, under Sun Xiaoshan's pressure, the Tian Yu royal family agreed to reduce taxes by half. All human children aged four and above could attend the kingdom's elementary schools for free.
It could be said that in just a few months, profound changes were occurring in various parts of the Tian Yu Kingdom.
"Kid, why do you have time to come back today?" Ye Yun walked into his courtyard in Qing Yue Sect. Sun Dashan, who was packing his belongings, immediately stopped what he was doing.
"Dad, where are you going?" Sun Xiaoshan asked curiously, seeing his cheap father packing his luggage.
"Heh heh, isn't it the emperor who asked me to go back and lead troops? So, your dad is now a great general." Sun Dashan said with a smile.
Originally, as a reserve general for the second war, it wouldn't have been his turn. However, the empire had expanded too much now, and many borders were difficult to manage. Thus, a portion of the city defense forces had to be drawn from various cities and reorganized into five border patrol legions of five hundred thousand soldiers each, divided into twenty-five smaller legions of one hundred thousand soldiers each. Sun Dashan happened to be on this recruitment list.
"No, Dad, you are now a cultivator in the Void Returning stage, and you're going to a mortal kingdom to be a general of a hundred thousand soldiers? Isn't that a bit too much?"
Logically, Sun Dashan should have reported his entry into Qing Yue Sect to the Tian Yu Empire and had his reserve general status canceled. But this fellow insisted on not canceling it.
"Heh heh, Comrade Xiaoshan, you won't understand the joy of using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken. Think about it, if we encounter an enemy legion, just as everyone is preparing for battle, your dad swings his forty-meter broadsword down, the expression on their faces..."
Sun Dashan said, and then continued packing his luggage.
"You're just going to show off, talking a bunch of nonsense. I think you're just too bored at home." Sun Xiaoshan looked at his father speechlessly, then threw him ten spirit stones.
His family was indeed peculiar. His mother was gentle and virtuous, but her personality was more masculine than a man's...
Meng Tian and Kui Mei, along with two other first-rank sects, had always been on not-so-amicable terms. Yet now, the true disciple of Kui Mei Sect was so close to the Saint Son of Meng Tian, and from their conversation just now, they had known each other for one to two hundred years, and the entire Kui Mei Sect was unaware!
"Good! I'll contact the higher-ups immediately!" Elder Xiao came back to his senses and prepared to leave. However, as he looked up, he saw a man and a woman blocking their path.