Chapter 4 – Down the Mountain

“Expanding the Mo Sect?” Lu Chaoge looked at the mission name and nodded slightly.

As the head of the Mo Sect, this was indeed the most important thing he should do.

To take a step back, even if there was no mission, he would still do what he could to do these things.

“It seems that they want me to bring the entire sect up.” The Chosen One, whose character level was currently only level 10, felt that the quest was just that.

After Lu Chaoge clicked on [Mission Details], the first thing that caught his eyes was the system’s sect rating for the Mo Sect.

[Mo Sect: Unqualified]

Lu Chaoge: “???”

He felt offended.

To his knowledge, the worst sects in the Tianxuan Realm were of the ninth rank, while the strongest were the first rank sects like the Sword Sect.

Of course, within the system’s classification, there was also the legendary Super Grade, only that in the current Heavenly Mystic Realm, such a great Transcendent Sect had long since ceased to exist.

As for the so-called Unqualified, it was really the first time Lu Chaoge had seen one.

It seemed that when players entered the game, any sect that was not in the top tier would not be displayed within the [Sect Atlas]!

In other words, if the internal test and public test opened and players entered the Tianxuan Realm, players would simply ignore the Mo Sect if they were still unranked!

Only after he carefully consulted it did he understand the reason why the Mo Sect was not in the top tier.

“So the problem is with me and Xiao Qiu.” Lu Chaoge rubbed his chin for a moment as realization dawned on him.

The minimum requirement for a ninth-rank sect was that the number of members of the sect had to be ten. But these ten people must all be cultivators with cultivation skills.

“Xiao Qiu happens to be the tenth member of the Mo Sect, but this little girl has just been initiated and is still a mortal for the time being, so she doesn’t count.”

At the same time, the head of the sect, as the face of the sect and the strength of the sect, there were requirements for the cultivation level of the head of the sect.

For a ninth-rank sect, the strength of the Sect Leader must be at least at the First Realm.

According to the division of the realms, levels 0 to 10 are known as the Primordial Realm, while levels 11-20 are the First Realm, and so on.

And according to the upgrade system of The Heavenly Mystic Realm, at every tenth level one has to do an advancement task, and only after completing the advancement task can one continue to upgrade. This was also the reason why Lu Chaoge was stuck at the Completion of the Primordial Realm.

In the past, he could not even use his experience value, but since he could not do the advancement quests, he could not even break the simplest Primordial Realm despite his diligent cultivation.

Instead of being his golden finger in the early stages, the game system was holding him back.

“On the contrary, the reputation value of the clan has already met the criteria of a ninth-rank sect.” Lu Chaoge felt that this was all due to himself.

The Mo Sect’s [Sect Reputation Value] in the Tianxuan Realm today was 211, and the requirement for a ninth-grade sect was to reach 100 points.

Over the years, Lu Chaoge would come down from the mountains from time to time, and would go wherever there were many people.

With what he had done in the past, he was very good at making his presence felt.

Foolish mortals who had never seen anything in the world thought that this man, who looked like an immortal, was a great practitioner with a high level of cultivation.

After all, Lu Chaoge’s usual behaviour was still quite bluffing.

Of course, there was a limit to the value of the sect’s reputation that a mortal could bring, and the sect still had to make a name for itself within the industry if it wanted to become famous. In other words, it has to make a name for itself within the cultivation world.

The recognition of 100 mortals would not be worth the recognition of one ordinary practitioner.

You know, the reputation requirement for an eighth-grade sect is as high as 1,000 points!

And the reputation value of having some profound cultivators in your life is very significant!

But this was all an afterthought.

The first task that Lu Chaoge needed to complete at the moment was to raise the Mo Sect to a ninth-grade sect.

“It seems that… It’s time to make a trip down the mountain.”

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The following day, the Mo Sect’s main hall.

Although all the people of the Mo Sect live in “back-to-basics” bamboo houses, the Mo Sect hall was still somewhat grand.

This is the hall that was built when the Mo Sect was still in its glory, and since its decline, many things have been sold, but the hall has remained.

At this moment, the Sect Leader of the Mo Sect, Lu Chaoge, and the only elder, Lu Dongli, are having a morning meeting.

Lu Dongli is wearing a long light yellow dress today, with a delicate face and a slender body.

She had… grown up a long time ago.

“What! Brother, you want to go down with me!?” Lu Dongli was shocked, and her heart was a million times reluctant.

It was too high-profile to travel with brother!

It was worth mentioning that when there were outsiders, Lu Dongli would usually address Lu Chaoge as elder brother or Sect Leader, and in private, under the forceful request of Lu Chaoge, the deadly sister-controller, she had to address him as “elder brother”.

As for “Oppa”1, “Onii-san”2, and the like, it’s fine, but it’s not necessary.

“Hai, although it’s been a long time since you and I have been down the mountain together, you don’t have to be so excited!” Lu Chaoge smiled slightly with a crooked mouth and waved his hand, “Look at the joy you’re showing!”

As he said that, he raised his hand and tried to pinch Lu Dongli’s goose egg face, but he saw her take a step back and cleverly dodge it.

Are you serious about the half step back…

“You used to beg me to pinch it and would stare at me with your big eyes and say: please please please!” Lu Chaoge shut himself up, his whole being almost losing colour and turning grey.

Lu Dongli had long been accustomed to Lu Chaoge’s daily autism, on the contrary, she even felt that her brother in this state was a little more agreeable than usual…?

“Brother, what is the reason for you to come down from the mountain this time?” Lu Dongli inquired.

“Oh, Xiao Qiu has just started, I thought you would also take her down to the mountain to look for Marrow Cleansing Spirit Herbs, so I thought I would go with you.” Lu Chaoge said.

The Marrow Cleansing Spirit Herb was extremely effective when taken before formal cultivation. Unless one was really poor, Marrow Cleansing Herbs were a necessity before cultivation.

For some sects with strong financial resources, there was a large stock of Marrow Cleansing Herbs in their treasury, but for some poor sects, this was not practical.

This is because Marrow Cleansing herbs are extremely difficult to preserve and require special containers, which are small and expensive and not affordable for today’s Mo Sect.

It is also difficult to bring back the Marrow Cleansing Herbs to raise, which has a high difficulty factor. If you grow it yourself, it is also a bit uneconomical.

Therefore, the Mo Sect all take their disciples down to the mountains to find it, and then… the herbs are picked and eaten.

This was the first time she heard that her brother was going to go down to the mountains with her to look for grass, I wondered, “Isn’t this a small thing that my brother used to be uninterested in?”

In Lu Dongli’s eyes, after a disciple took the Marrow Cleansing Herbs and was then given the cultivation recipe, he or she would be considered to have officially entered the door of cultivation. It was a very ritualistic thing, so she was all for actively participating in it.

But Lu Chaoge had always been disinterested in this kind of thing, so why was he so uncharacteristic today?

Something is not right!

Lu Chaoge seemed to see the doubt in Lu Dongli’s eyes as he sat on the main seat in the main hall, straightening his back and coughing lightly before saying in a deep voice.

“Elder Dongli doesn’t know, I am about to break through, and this time I’m coming down the mountain to break through!”

“Really!?” Lu Dongli instantly sat up.

How many years had it been since her brother was stuck at the Great Perfection of the Primary Realm!

When she formally cultivated, Lu Chaoge was already at the Completion of the Primary Realm.

When she was at the Completion of the First Realm, Lu Chaoge was still at the Completion of the Primordial Realm.

Now, Lu Dongli was already at the Second Realm, and Lu Chaoge was still at the Completion of the Primordial Realm!

Even the Mo Sect’s oldest disciple, Lu Chaoge’s first apprentice, was now at the Great Perfection of the First Realm.

The disciple is catching up!

Luckily, her brother had always been in a good state of mind, and every time she made a breakthrough, she was afraid that he would be ashamed of himself and feel too far behind her, causing his Dao heart to become unstable and for him to lose confidence in himself.

As it turned out, she had thought too much.

Her brother would only have his eyes lowered and his gaze cold, then lower his voice and come up with the phrase: “Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully your youth!” 3

Lu Dongli found this to be a great quote, but she was really scared.

She was afraid that her brother would really take thirty years to break the realm.

Therefore, at this moment, Lu Dongli was extraordinarily excited, and her beautiful eyes had a light in them.

“Happy now?” Lu Chaoge said.

Lu Dongli nodded, not hiding her emotions, this was indeed a matter of great joy.

Only to hear Lu Chaoge speak, “Then why don’t you hurry up and bring your face over and let this seat pinch it!?”

“I’ll go and prepare the luggage.” Lu Dongli cast a vanish technique and instantly disappeared without a trace.

Lu Chaoge looked at the empty hall and said with a smile, “Little Li’s cultivation, it seems to have improved again, worthy of being a genius girl who can be considered the best even in the Sword Sect.”

“It’s just a pity that her nature is too steady, it’s really not conducive to the acquisition of the sect’s reputation value.”

“It is still up to me to bring glory to the sect.” Lu Chaoge sat on the main seat in the main hall, looking up at a forty-five degree angle and letting out a long, quiet sigh.

Fixed the keyboard problem, I think?

1 “Oppa” is a Korean term that means “Older Brother” though it is also used by women to refer to men who are older than them by 5-10 years.

2 “Onii-san” is a Japanese term that means “Older Brother”. “Onii” means “Big Brother” and “San” is an honorific that signifies respect.

3 “三十年河东三十年河西，莫欺少年穷！”
Means that you shouldn’t bully a young person because he is poor, because he may soar in the future. Hedong refers to the east of a river, and Hexi refers to the west. The saying comes from the Yellow River shifting its course. A place east of the river might have become a place west of it in the future.
Sources:
https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/244348186.html
https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedong