The first stop for the people sent by the Dragon Kingdom to explore this world was in Ji Hu County to familiarize themselves with the local customs and traditions. Therefore, their assistance in reconstruction was not merely about rebuilding structures but also involved interacting with the residents of Ji Hu County during the process. In this environment, they learned the daily practices of the people of Ji Hu County.
After spending a week reconstructing the buildings here, the explorers from the Dragon Kingdom began to leave. They boarded hovercars and set off to explore various parts of World 4.
Their closest focus was on another county, while others were placed in very distant locations.
In World 4, the globalized Type 4 drones had already roughly mapped out the planet. This planet's volume was surprisingly twice as large as Blue Star.
Despite being twice as large, its gravity was not significantly different from Blue Star.
This planet, Xiu Qi Star, had a total of four continents. The largest continent was the one where the portal was currently located. The other continents were less than a quarter of the size of this main continent.
On the largest continent, gale-force winds raged in the Juebi Mountain Range. These winds extended to an altitude of twenty thousand meters. The first globalized Type 4 drone was destroyed because its flight altitude was insufficient. Later, after losing three more globalized Type 4 drones, they realized that to cross the Juebi Mountain Range, they had to fly at altitudes above twenty thousand meters.
The globalized Type 4 drones that flew over the gale-force winds of the Juebi Mountain Range also captured images of the northern region of this continent.
Precisely because of the raging winds in the Juebi Mountain Range, reaching the northern region required direct flight.
After using hovercars to send out those exploring the southern region, the Dragon Kingdom began using aircraft to transport those exploring the northern region. Thanks to the use of hover engines, the aircraft did not require airports to take off. After all, if the aircraft were hovering, they wouldn't need runways.
To prevent cultivators on this world from obstructing the aircraft, they flew at altitudes above twenty thousand meters.
Upon reaching the northern region, the aircraft began to deploy explorers to various locations within it.
The number of explorers this time was twelve hundred. On the vast Xiu Qi planet, these twelve hundred people were like a single drop of water in the ocean.
Therefore, the main focus was on the largest continent. All twelve hundred people were deployed on this continent, with eight hundred in the southern region and the remaining four hundred in the northern region.
With over twelve hundred people spread across the continent for exploration, the Dragon Kingdom naturally provided support. The Dragon Kingdom established signal hover towers at various locations on the continent, placing them where explorers were present. Numerous drones also relayed signals at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
It was precisely these intricate arrangements that allowed the satellite phones of the twelve hundred explorers sent by the Dragon Kingdom to connect with the base near the portal.
Of course, all of this cost the Dragon Kingdom billions of Dragon currency to manufacture these devices.
As the twelve hundred explorers continued their investigations, the names of various sects were transmitted to the base near the portal via satellite phone.
Although these explorers had not yet joined any sects, they could overhear the names of surrounding sects in some of the cities.
A few days later, Su Han was presented with a list containing the names of almost all the sects on the continent.
Chu Shi said, "Deputy Minister Su Han, this list contains the names of three hundred sects on this continent. Please use this list as a reference for naming our sect."
Su Han looked at the list. The naming style of the sects on this list bore a resemblance to the naming styles of ancient China.
After reviewing the list, Su Han took out the papers on which he had written potential sect names during this period. Su Han had conceived of several sect names during this time.
Su Han had thought of three names in total. After comparing them, Su Han was surprised to find that none of the names he had thought of were duplicated with the three hundred sect names on this continent.
These three names were Zheng Qi Sect, Tian Yan Sect, and Xuan Men.
Zheng Qi Sect represented the righteous path that the Dragon Kingdom intended to follow. Tian Yan Sect was derived from the saying "Tian Yan Si Jiu, Da Dao Wu Shi, Ren Dun Qi Yi" (Heaven's principles are forty-nine, the Great Dao is fifty, and man escapes by one). Xuan Men was even simpler, being another name for the Daoist school, meaning "mysterious and profound, the gate to all wonders."
Su Han looked at the three names on the slip of paper and finally decided to let fate decide.
Su Han tossed a small pebble into the air. The pebble flew up into the sky and quickly fell back down. Ultimately, the pebble landed on the name Xuan Men.
Su Han walked outside and announced, "From now on, our sect will be named Xuan Men. The meaning of Xuan Men is: Xuan Zhi You Xuan, Zhong Miao Zhi Men (Mysterious and profound, the gate to all wonders)."
Those who had been waiting outside immediately cheered upon hearing the name.
"Xuan Men... Xuan Men."
"Xuan Men, Xuan Men."
At this time, a large complex of buildings had been constructed around the portal. The buildings above ground were in the ancient Chinese architectural style of the Dragon Kingdom, while the underground housed modern bases of the Dragon Kingdom. Of course, hidden amongst the ancient architecture were many large mechanical equipment and weapons.
Within the constructed buildings were several missile launch silos hidden underground. The above-ground part of these silos was concealed by small sheds.
Once Xuan Men was decided, a master calligrapher who had been waiting immediately wrote the characters "Xuan Men."
Upon receiving the master calligrapher's sample, the construction team immediately carved the characters "Xuan Men" onto the main gate of the building complex.
Of course, the characters "Xuan Men" were the script of World 4.
The portal's location would serve as an apparent branch of Xuan Men. The overt headquarters of Xuan Men would be established elsewhere in World 4.
To select a location, many drones had already been dispatched to search. Several potential locations had been found. The next step was to await the exploration of spiritual energy to determine the site for the overt headquarters.
Chu Shi then asked, "Deputy Minister Su Han, where do you propose we locate the overt headquarters?"
Su Han replied, "Let the explorers investigate where the spiritual energy is better first."
Chu Shi said, "That won't work yet, as they haven't reached the Qi Condensation stage and cannot sense the presence of spiritual energy."
Su Han responded, "Well then, have those who have already reached the Qi Condensation stage sense it. By the way, how many people have reached the Qi Condensation stage now?"
Chu Shi answered, "A total of twenty people have reached the Qi Condensation stage."
"Only twenty people? It seems a bit slow. However, besides the location, our Xuan Men also needs a large number of cultivation techniques. By the way, has He Gui Cang woken up yet?"