Duan Lingtian practiced for a whole night and deeply felt some of his current cultivation. Not long after, he heard Zhao Lu's voice from outside, "Duan Lingtian, I will take you to go through the formalities for joining the sect."
Duan Lingtian, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, immediately left the mansion after hearing Zhao Lu's voice, stood up in the air, and came to Zhao Lu who had been waiting there for a long time, "Elder Zhao Lu."
"Let's go."
Zhao Lu smiled kindly.
"Um."
Duan Lingtian nodded, and then followed Zhao Lu, who was leaving, all the way away from the floating island where they were. In the process, Zhao Lu also introduced the floating island to him, "This floating island tells us The training place of the Yunfeng lineage is also called 'Yunfeng Island'."
"The word Yunfeng actually has no other meaning. It is just the name of our ancestor."
"Our ancestor, named Zhen Yunfeng, is also the biological father of Elder Zhen who brought you back from Tianlong Sect. He is said to be one of the few Chongxu elders in our Chunyang Sect."
"You should also know that our Chunyang Sect's Chongxu elders are all powerful men who have entered the realm of intermediate god emperors."
After hearing what Zhao Lu said, Duan Lingtian nodded.
Then, after leaving Yunfeng Island, Zhao Lu continued: "In our Chunyang Sect, there are many branches. Anyone above Elder Jingxu can establish a branch of his own."
"Uncle Master, he can actually step out of the Yunfeng lineage and establish his own lineage... However, he has no interest in doing that. Moreover, even if he establishes his own lineage, I'm afraid there won't be many people, because everyone in the same lineage as him is here Yunfeng’s lineage.”
Zhao Lu's words made Duan Lingtian nod.
They are all one family.
Even if the family is separated, the son may not be able to take a few people with him.
Because people from Yunfeng's lineage would definitely respect Zhen Pingfan's father more than him later.
"Elder Zhao Lu, if Elder Zhen establishes his own lineage... then won't the lineage he establishes on his own be called the 'Ordinary Lineage'? And the floating island where his Ordinary Lineage is located will be called ' Ordinary Island'?"
Suddenly, Duan Lingtian thought of this and asked Zhao Lu immediately.
And Zhao Lu, after hearing what he said, his face became a little strange, and then he shook his head and smiled, "In fact, the name that the ancestor gave to his great uncle was often criticized by other ancestors, saying that his great uncle was such a genius. The character is simply not worthy of the word 'ordinary'."
"However, normally speaking, if my uncle establishes his own lineage, and if he has no requirements, he will indeed take the name of the ordinary lineage, and the floating island he occupies will also be the ordinary island."
Zhao Lu smiled.
"Normally speaking, in a situation like Elder Zhen's, there should be few people who set up their own business, right?"
Duan Lingtian asked with a smile.
"That's natural."
Zhao Lu nodded, "After all, he is not the strongest person in his lineage. Although he has the qualifications to establish his own lineage, it is meaningless even if he establishes his own lineage."
"Is it possible that I have to establish my own lineage and compete with my father's lineage?"
"Unless he is not the son of the ancestor, but just a nephew or something, then he can take away people from his lineage and establish his own lineage."
Duan Lingtian can understand what Zhao Lu said, and this is indeed the normal situation.
"Then what if... one day, Elder Zhen is stronger than his father?"
Duan Lingtian asked.
In terms of growth, the leader of a lineage is basically the strongest of that lineage.
But what if a stronger existence appears?
Moreover, what if he is still his biological son?
Hearing Duan Lingtian's words, Zhao Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "In this case, under normal circumstances, the great uncle would either go out to establish his own lineage, or the ancestor would transfer the lineage to him and then change his name to 'Pingfandi'." One lineage'."
"Of course, the ancestor must be willing. Otherwise, if you want to become the master of a line, you can only establish your own line."
"However, this situation will not happen... Not to mention the temperament of my uncle, who has no interest in leading a lineage. Even if he is interested, how can he take the initiative to compete with his biological father? It makes no sense."
When Zhao Lu said this, he suddenly remembered something and sighed, "Moreover, the thousand-year catastrophe that our ancestor suffered hundreds of years ago was already a bit difficult... I don't know how many more catastrophes he can withstand."
The thousand-year catastrophe must be faced by all beings above the realm of Immortal King, and no one can escape it.
In all the planes of gods, the Thousand Years of Heavenly Tribulation is also called the 'Fate-Chasing Heavenly Tribulation'. The longer you live, the stronger the Heavenly Tribulation you have to face. If you cannot keep up with your strength, you will eventually perish in the Heavenly Tribulation. under.
For example, in the Tianlong Sect where Duan Lingtian was previously located, there have been many high-ranking God-Emperors over the years who fell under the catastrophe because they failed to break through and become God-Emperors.
If they can break through and become God Emperors, even if they may not be able to live forever in the future, they will definitely be able to live a little longer.
Therefore, when Duan Lingtian heard what Zhao Lu said now, he didn't think anything was wrong.
Zhen Pingfan's father must be quite old.
"The middle-ranked god-emperor has to deal with the arduous catastrophe...how powerful must that be?"
Duan Lingtian felt his heart tremble just thinking about it. If he faced such a catastrophe, he would probably be wiped out in a blink of an eye, right?
"However, our lineage is okay. Even if our ancestor does encounter misfortune, there are still great uncles who will stand up to support the situation... But in other branches, there are many leaders of the lineage who are facing great calamities, but have no successors. The human condition.”
When Zhao Lu said this, his face was obviously a little more happy.
Duan Lingtian can understand what Zhao Lu said.
It's nothing more than some branches that are only supported by a strong God Emperor, and that strong God Emperor is now facing a thousand-year catastrophe and has begun to feel helpless. Once he dies, his branch will not be able to survive without the second god. If the emperor and the strong hold on, they will lose their backbone.
"If the only powerful God Emperor of a branch dies, what will happen to the people of that branch?"
Duan Lingtian asked.
Zhao Lu sighed: "If this situation really happens, then the people of that branch must move away from the floating island where they are... because only the branch supported by the strong God Emperor can occupy the Chunyang Sect alone. A floating island within it serves as a foothold for their lineage.”
"If any branch loses the powerful God Emperor, the people of that branch will be assigned to the training grounds of ordinary elders and disciples after they move away from the floating island they occupy, and they will no longer enjoy special treatment."
"Of course, if there are outstanding beings among them, or if they have any connections, they can also go to other branches supported by the powerful God Emperor."
Zhao Lu's words made Duan Lingtian feel the reality of Chunyang Sect, but he could understand this reality.
After all, there is no such thing as preferential treatment without reason.
You can get preferential treatment because your ancestor is a powerful God Emperor. Once your ancestor dies and no powerful God Emperor is born in your lineage, then you will be revoked of the preferential treatment and go to fight with ordinary elders and disciples. keep company.
"However, these are issues that other branches need to worry about... We, the Yunfeng branch, do not need to worry about this problem. If nothing else, our Yunfeng branch can at most change its name to the 'Ordinary branch'."
"Moreover, even if that time does come, it will already be thousands of years or even ten thousand years later."
"Besides, who knows that our ancestors will not make another breakthrough within these ten thousand years and have stronger strength to deal with the catastrophe?"
"No one can predict this kind of thing."
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On the way to the Chunyang Sect's residence to apply for admission, Duan Lingtian and Zhao Lu chatted and learned a lot about Chunyang Sect from Zhao Lu.
For example, the current Chunyang Sect has a total of nineteen branches.
The Yunfeng lineage is just one of them.
Among these nineteen branches, seven major branches are the most powerful, because these seven major branches are all controlled by Elder Chongxu. As a result, they are naturally the seven strongest branches in Chunyang Sect.
The remaining twelve branches are under the control of Elder Jingxu. For example, when Duan Lingtian first arrived at Chunyang Sect, the branch where Nalan Xilin was located was one of them.
"Elder Zhao Lu, after completing the formalities for joining the sect, will I be considered a member of the Yunfeng lineage? Or are there any further procedures for me to go through in the Yunfeng lineage?"
Duan Lingtian asked Zhao Lu, who suddenly thought of this question.
Zhao Lu heard this and said with a smile: "After completing the formalities for joining the sect, you can only be regarded as a disciple of our Chunyang Sect. And those who want to join our branch and become our branch need to go through some additional procedures in our branch. In your status The token will bear the imprint of our branch."
"Of course, the mark can be removed. This is also to give some people more choices."
"If you feel uncomfortable staying in a certain branch and feel bad, as long as you have the ability and another branch accepts you, you can choose to switch to that branch."
"In the sect, this is not considered betrayal... At most, people from the previous branch will target you."
"Of course, this kind of thing doesn't happen often in our Chunyang Sect."
Speaking of what happened later, a complicated light flashed in Zhao Lu's eyes. Although it passed away briefly, it was still captured by Duan Lingtian.
"Elder Zhao Lu, when I heard you say these words, I seemed to be quite emotional... Is it possible that there are people like this in our Yunfeng lineage?"
Duan Lingtian's ability to observe people's emotions was quite good, and he could see Zhao Lu's strange behavior at this time.
Hearing this, Zhao Lu smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay to tell you this...Actually, I am this type of person myself."
"I, Zhao Lu, was not a member of the Yunfeng lineage before, but belonged to another branch... However, that branch, in order for me to focus on cultivation without distractions, actually sent people to destroy my family far away."
"When I found out that the initiator of all this was my master at the time, I almost went crazy..."
"Later, my master at the time was expelled from the sect, and I was embarrassed to be in that branch, so I switched to the Yunfeng branch."
"Then, I met my later master, who treated me like a son. It was a pity that he left a little early, and before I had time to fulfill my filial piety, he died under a catastrophe."
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