Three days later, a building and a plaza had been constructed on the highest peak of the ancient sect ruins. Construction was also being accelerated on other peaks.
Su Han stood on a cliff, looking at the peaks shorter than his own. "We'll be completely finished in two weeks. Then, we can go down the mountain to recruit disciples. But before that, let's get Xuanmen to bolster its ranks with disciples from Dragon Country first."
The main reason for building the Xuanmen headquarters on the highest peak was the concentration of spiritual energy there. To better utilize this dense spiritual energy, a simple building and a large plaza were constructed. In the future, a large number of Xuanmen disciples would meditate and cultivate here.
Because of this, the constructed building was not very large, occupying only five hundred square meters. It was built using solid construction materials, so the supporting templates had not yet been removed. They would be dismantled in a few more days.
The other peaks were quite far apart, so the sounds of construction from those distant peaks were faint by the time they reached this location.
Over the next few days, Su Han spent his time cultivating here.
Two weeks later, large buildings had been erected on more than a dozen surrounding peaks. Three thick iron chains connected each peak. Only the final location remained.
Su Han learned from the designer that the newly built structures were designed to restore and modernize the original ruins.
Although the ancient sect ruins had turned into a wasteland, Dragon Country had used supercomputers to reconstruct them. The designers then used these restored blueprints for their work.
Su Han arrived at the final construction site.
On the shortest peak, Su Han stood in front of a building. This building was a massive gate, intended to serve as the sect's main entrance.
Once a calligraphy master from Dragon Country wrote the two characters "Xuan Men" on this gate from a hovering platform, the gate was officially completed.
The hovering platform brought the calligraphy master down to Su Han.
"Deputy Minister Su Han, the inscription is done."
Su Han replied, "Thank you, Master."
The calligraphy master before him was a genuine master, not one of those peculiar fake masters found online.
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Su Han gazed at the characters "Xuan Men" on the gate, filled with joy. Xuanmen was finally established.
Just as Su Han had this thought, Chu Shi interrupted him, saying, "Deputy Minister Su Han, the establishment of Xuanmen requires an opening ceremony and a sacrifice."
Su Han asked with some confusion, "We still need to do this? What's it all about?"
"We've collected many books from this world. All sects hold an opening ceremony when they are established. The books describe that only through an opening ceremony will the sect receive the acknowledgment of heaven and earth. In the cultivation world, these things are very important."
Su Han nodded in agreement, "Indeed, in the cultivation world, such matters are crucial. If that's the case, then let's prepare for the opening ceremony. If we are to establish a sect, we must choose an auspicious day. I wonder if the almanac of this world is the same as Dragon Country's?"
In the cultivation world, all sorts of matters related to heaven and earth occurred. One of the most significant was the heavenly tribulation.
Chu Shi said, "The date for the sect's opening has already been chosen; it's in three days. That day is a suitable day for opening a sect in this world, and it's also a day of general auspiciousness according to Dragon Country's almanac."
"So soon. Then let's proceed with the opening ceremony in three days."
Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Su Han's cultivation at the mid-Qi Condensation stage had improved slightly.
At eight in the morning, Su Han stood on a hastily erected altar and began to recite the sacrificial text.
After reciting the text, Su Han declared, "From this moment on, I, Su Han, will serve as the Sect Master of Xuanmen."
Su Han could feel that the spiritual energy in Xuanmen had become much more stable after the completion of the opening ceremony. The stability of the spiritual energy also made cultivation more consistent and smooth.
After the recitation, there were many other rituals. It took a whole morning before the opening ceremony was finally concluded.
Following the opening ceremony, many elders were appointed within Xuanmen. Members of the special operations team were also given honorary elder titles. Disciples were not accepted haphazardly; even soldiers from Dragon Country had to reach the Qi Condensation stage before they could be admitted into Xuanmen.
Of course, even after reaching the Qi Condensation stage, joining Xuanmen was a voluntary decision.
Currently, including Su Han, there were only fifty people in this world who had cultivated to the Qi Condensation stage among the Dragon Country nationals.
Su Han's realm was the highest, at mid-Qi Condensation. The others were all at early Qi Condensation.
They were all cultivating using the "Qi Condensation True Scripture." Most people were unable to sense spiritual energy, indicating that even among Dragon Country nationals, those with cultivation potential were a minority.
Through their exploration of this world in recent days, the think tanks of the Otherworld Development Department had analyzed that the cultivators in this world seemed to have a tacit agreement to control the number of cultivators. Cultivation manuals were not widely distributed in the mortal world. Even the few manuals that made their way to the mortal realm were unreadable by ordinary people. This was akin to the ancient aristocracy controlling the dissemination of knowledge.
Naturally, Dragon Country currently had no interest in changing this. What Dragon Country needed were the vast amounts of cultivation knowledge and resources from World 4.
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Meanwhile, several thousand kilometers away, Ge Ju was still participating in the entrance examination of a sect.
Ge Ju was taking the entrance examination for the Blustering Wind Sect. During the examination, he had received spirit stones from Dragon Country. Ge Ju had used these spirit stones to bribe the examiners and cheat with a satellite phone to reach this point.
This was the final examination. If he passed this, he would be able to join the Blustering Wind Sect and become an outer disciple. Among the outer disciples, continuous cultivation was required to have a chance to enter the inner sect.
Now, only one hundred people remained in the final stage of the examination. Ge Ju recalled that when he first entered the mountain gate to participate in the entrance examination, there had been thousands of applicants.