On both the east and west sides of the Longevity Hall stood over a dozen ancient, elegant buildings, specifically designated for newly joined scattered immortals of the sect.
"Senior Brother Jiang, this is the room in the West Wing, Building A, Room One."
A young immortal attendant pushed open the door to the farthest room in the West Wing and said to Jiang Yuan with a smile. After Jiang Yuan joined the Longevity Hall, the attendant had changed his address to "Senior Brother."
"Thank you for your trouble, Junior Brother."
Jiang Yuan stepped inside to take a look and found the space surprisingly spacious. The entrance led to a living room of about a few square meters, with a small door on the left leading to a study and bedroom. Moreover, the bedroom and study were separated by a partition, creating distinct areas.
"Junior Brother, where will my friends be staying?"
After inspecting his own quarters, Jiang Yuan began to worry about the accommodations for Hamster Pudding, Wen Ding Cang Sheng, and the others, so he turned to the attendant and asked.
"The other senior brothers will be housed in the East Wing. As for this senior sister, there is a separate resting area for female cultivators. Please follow me."
Thus, Jiang Yuan followed the attendant to the East Wing to check on the lodgings for Hamster Pudding and the rest.
Upon arriving at the East Wing, Jiang Yuan noticed that the accommodations here were much more modest compared to the West Wing. Not only was there no living room, but the study and bedroom were connected without any separation.
"Damn! The difference between being an official and not is huge."
Seeing the living conditions in the East Wing, Ding Ye couldn't help but grumble a few complaints.
"Senior Brother, if you wish to move to the West Wing, you only need to accumulate fifty thousand sect contributions to submit an application."
Hearing Ding Ye's complaints, the attendant immediately smiled and said to him.
"Junior Brother, how do we obtain sect contributions?"
At this, Wen Ding Cang Sheng became interested and asked with curiosity.
"There are many ways to earn sect contributions, such as completing sect tasks, submitting rare treasures to the sect warehouse, helping the sect slay powerful beasts, and so on. Each can grant a certain amount of contributions. Oh, and if you hold an official position in the Heavenly Court like Senior Brother Jiang, you can also earn contributions: 10,000 for the seventh rank, 20,000 for the sixth, 40,000 for the fifth, and 50,000 for the fourth. Senior Brother Jiang Yuan was appointed as an Investigating Censor, a fourth-rank official, so he was directly assigned to the West Wing."
The attendant explained the methods for earning sect contributions in detail.
"Looking at it that way, earning fifty thousand contribution points doesn't seem too difficult."
After the attendant finished, Wen Ding Cang Sheng glanced at Jiang Yuan and said with a slight smile.
"I'll start doing sect tasks right away and aim to move to the West Wing soon to be neighbors with Yuanzi, haha!"
Ding Ye laughed heartily, walked over, and slung his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulder.
After arranging the accommodations for the male players, the attendant led Hamster Pudding alone to the residence prepared for female cultivators by the Longevity Hall Sect, located on another mountain peak.
Once Hamster Pudding had left, Jiang Yuan exchanged a few words with Wen Ding Cang Sheng, Ding Ye, and the others before returning to his own room to rest for a while.
Not long after Jiang Yuan returned to his West Wing quarters, another young attendant delivered a package.
"Ding! Congratulations on receiving the Longevity Hall Sect Gift Pack *1!"
A system notification sounded. Jiang Yuan chuckled to himself, looking at the package before him, thinking, "So it really is a pack!"
The moment he opened the package, the items inside began flying automatically into his backpack, and a series of notifications rang out one after another.
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Longevity Hall Daoist Robe (Male) *1!"
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Immortal Crystal *1!"
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Hundred Flowers Jade Dew Pill *999!"
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Longevity Flowing Cloud Powder *999!"
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Flying Sword Frost (30-day duration) *1!"
These were all basic items, part of the gift pack every new player entering the Longevity Hall could claim.
Among them, wearing the Longevity Hall Daoist Robe granted a 2,000 HP boost. The Immortal Crystal was the currency of the Immortal Realm. The Hundred Flowers Jade Dew Pill was a health potion, each restoring a certain amount of HP instantly, while the Longevity Flowing Cloud Powder was a mana potion, instantly restoring a set amount of MP.
Jiang Yuan's gaze fell on the last item: the Frost Flying Sword.
[Mortal Flying Sword: Frost] Required Level: 120 Required Realm: Scattered Immortal Duration: 30 days Speed: 6.0 m/s [Description]: The most widely used flying sword in the Immortal Realm, purchasable from Flying Immortal Maidens in various regions for 1,000 gold.
Frost was a sword with an ancient design, its entire body gleaming with a cold light, about the width of three fingers together. Jiang Yuan couldn't imagine how he was supposed to stand on such a narrow blade, let alone fly on it.
"Ding! Would you like to equip the Flying Sword Frost (30-day duration)?"
A prompt sounded. Jiang Yuan opened his character panel and equipped the free, time-limited flying sword in the equipment slot. To his surprise, he found that his equipment panel now had many new, previously nonexistent slots.
Seal, Mark, Artifact, Pouch, Nascent Soul, Dharma Body...
Jiang Yuan stared at the array of new empty slots in his equipment panel. Currently, he only knew what the Seal and Artifact slots were for; the rest were a mystery.
"Right, I haven't checked the two pieces of equipment the Jade Emperor rewarded me with yet."
Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered that after being promoted to Investigating Censor of the Immortal Realm, he had received two immortal-grade items from the Jade Emperor, still sitting quietly in his backpack. He quickly opened it.
[Immortal Equipment: Investigating Censor's Seal] Required Level: 360 Required Realm: First-Tier Celestial Immortal Equipment Slot: Seal HP +500,000 MP +500,000 Defense +150,000 Attack +200,000 Physical Critical Rate +35% Magical Critical Rate +35% Ice Attribute Enhancement +200 Fire Attribute Enhancement +200 Light Attribute Enhancement +200 Dark Attribute Enhancement +200
"The stats are impressive, but it requires level 360 to equip. By the time I reach that level, who knows how strong others will have become."
Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly as he looked at the immortal-grade [Investigating Censor's Seal] lying in his backpack, then turned his attention to the other artifact, [Soul-Suppressing Ruler].
[Artifact: Soul-Suppressing Ruler (Not Yet Bound)] Required Level: 105 Required Realm: Ascended Quality: Immortal Grade Max Artifact Energy: 270 Current Artifact Growth: 0 Attack: 8-30 HP +41 MP +45 Artifact Fire Resistance +8 Artifact Ice Resistance +8 Artifact Light Resistance +8 Artifact Dark Resistance +8 [Artifact Skill: Soul-Suppressing Strike] Adds 115% of the user's base attack. On hit, there is a 20% chance to trigger the "Soul-Suppressing Strike" effect, instantly killing the enemy.