The three of them chatted for an hour while discussing which peak to join. Arjun used his Qi to open the Storage bag and then took out a book. This book contains most of the things about the sect.
Arjun felt that he would have to build a good relation with Varun and Avantika, which may get in handy in the future and the other two also showed the same attitude towards him.
Inside the book there was a list of 169 peaks according to their ranking:
1. Firy sword peak: specialized in sword arts
2. The heavenly lotus peak: the quietest and the tallest peak
3. Vermillion bird Peak: Specialized in fire arts
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13. All Boys peak: as the name implies it is a boys' peak
16. Ultimate Yin peak: all women's peak
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48. Little Rice Peak: Good for growing herbs
49. High Silver peak: good in making talismans
Like this, the list had 169 peaks and at the end, it also had a note saying that the top 10 peaks will only accept 5 disciples a year and as for the rest of the peaks, each peak accepts around a hundred disciples every year. Arjun chose the heavenly lotus peak, Varun chose the fiery sword peak and Avantika chose the Vermillion bird peak.
"Senior brother, I want to join the heavenly lotus peak" Arjun informed him. The disciple looked at Arjun and then gave him a token and said "Show this token to the heavenly lotus peak's management hall"
"Thank you senior brother" Arjun thanked him politely and left back to meet with his friends.
Arjun said to them "Guys, I have chosen the heavenly lotus peak as y outer court peak, and it accepts five disciples every year, I hope you will all also cultivate fast and join me there"
"Arjun, don't worry we will try for it" Gopal said to Arjun and the remaining three assured him.
Arjun then went to his room and then took out the storage bag that he was awarded when he won the competitions and then he also stored the mid-grade spirit stones, the pills, and the spirit stones given by the orphanage dean.
Arjun stored 150 low-grade spirit stones and the black mist sword, the name given by him to the 1st mid-grade sword in one storage bag, 65 low-grade spirit stones and the raging sword, the 1st tier low-grade one, in another storage bag and then started his journey to the Heavenly Lotus peak. In addition to these, he had also won four spirit grasses during the alchemy quizzes and four spirit iron blocks during formation quizzes.
Arjun arrived there at evening six pm. He started at ten 'o'clock at home, and even with his increase in speed because of his cultivation he took eight hours to reach the peak. For today Arjun decided to eat in a restaurant before going to the Heavenly Lotus peak and he spent two low-grade spirit stones on a dish called fried Spirit chicken. It tasted like KFC except that the chicken contained spirituality.
Finally, at 8 o'clock, he arrived at the Heavenly Lotus Peak's management hall. He showed the token to the disciple present there and said "Senior brother I am here to join the Heavenly lotus peak"
The disciple looked at the town and then said "Currently, of the two types of cultivation abodes, houses and caves, only the caves are available but don't worry I will try to get you a nice cultivation abode"
The senior disciple wrote Arjun's name, cultivation stage, age, place where he came from, and other details about him. Arjun also got a token which displays his identity as the outer sect disciple. Arjun also received his first month's spirit stones as an outer sect disciple at the Qi cultivation early stage.
After that, the senior brother took out a sword which was around 4 metres tall and a mete broad and made it hover in the air and said "Junior brother get onto this sword and hold me tight."
Arjun got onto it and then they flew towards the middle section of the mountain and then arrived in front of a cave in 15 minutes.
Both of them got down from the sword, the senior brother then looked at Arjun and said "Junior brother, here, take this token, this token can be used to control the protective formation that the sect has implanted within the cave. With this formation, you will not have to fear anyone below the foundation-building realm. Junior brother if you get into any trouble you can always find me at the management hall, my name is Jay, you can call me Senior Brother Jay."
After that, he went away. Arjun then entered the cave and found out that although the cave seemed to be narrow from the outside it was huge inside, with a bedroom, a kitchen, a living area, a bathroom, and also a separate room for cultivation.
Arjun activated the abode's token and then illuminated the cave with light, the formation uses spiritual energy for this. Arjun also activated the protective formation, he went to sleep after taking a bath.
The next day morning he woke up, and after that, he went through the secret arts given by the sect. The Qi ball technique is a technique which enables a cultivator to condense the Qi within a cultivator's dantian into a ball which could be shot onto others.
Arjun read the secret skills for an hour and started to cultivate as the sun was going to rise. Arjun saw a huge boost to his speed of cultivation because of the second-tier top-grade spirit veins present on the peak. The surprising thing he was able to cultivate even after the sun had risen, maybe due to the height he is present but it was very slow when compared to the cultivation during sunrise.
After an hour Arjun took a bath and then wore his new outer court disciples' uniform, a white shirt and dhoti for boys and a white saree with gold engravings on it for girls.
Arjun then went down the Heavenly cultivation peak and went to the secret arts hall to redeem his secret arts token. It took him two hours to get down from the peak and another hour to arrive at the secret arts hall.
Arjun gave the token to the elder and said "Good morning elder, I am here to redeem this token for sword secret arts"
The elder looked at him and said "Okay boy, you have four hours to choose sword secret arts but remember that you can only choose sword secret arts"