It's important to understand that floating islands are extremely rare. While a few may form naturally due to unique conditions, most in the cultivation world are created through vast expenditures of wealth or built by powerful cultivators with profound cultivation.
And neither vast wealth nor powerful cultivators are things typically found in the impoverished mortal realm.
Yet here he was, looking at one.
It was highly unlikely that this floating island had formed naturally.
If it had, it would have caused a massive disturbance in the mortal world, as something of this rarity would create significant celestial phenomena. If that had happened, He Yi would certainly have heard some mention of it during his time collecting information in the mortal realm.
It seemed that this legendary Lingxian Sect wasn't as simple as it appeared…
That night, all the members of Lingxian Sect submitted their elective course forms.
Yes, not just the disciples of Qingyun Peak—every member of the sect, aside from the five members of the teaching group, had to select five techniques to study.
The teaching group worked with impressive efficiency. Less than half an hour after receiving the forms, everyone's course schedules were completed, and the locations for the classes, all set in Lingxian Academy at the foot of the mountain, were announced.
That evening, Lingxian Academy, which was usually quiet and empty, was brightly lit and filled with people.
The members of Lingxian Sect entered their respective classrooms according to the courses they had selected.
However, the people of Xiushui Village remained completely unaware of these activities.
Sun Yigao had already set up isolation arrays around the academy, blocking all sounds and light. From the outside, it appeared as though nothing unusual was happening, and the academy was just as quiet as usual.
Thus, the sect's evening classes officially began.
Due to the current shortage of technique instructors, even Sect Master Lin Xiao had to free up his evenings to help teach.
Fortunately, the disciples already had a solid foundation in mental cultivation, so learning these techniques wasn't too difficult.
Lin Xiao was confident that it wouldn't be long before some of the disciples could take over the task of teaching these techniques, relieving the pressure on the teaching group.
Moreover, unlike the members of the teaching group, who had to learn hundreds of techniques in a short time, the disciples only had to learn five. Mastering the first level of those techniques wouldn't take long.
In just ten days, over a dozen disciples had mastered the first level of their selected five techniques.
This immediately eased the teaching group's workload considerably.
Several more technique classrooms were opened, and all the rooms in Lingxian Academy were fully utilized.
With more free time, Lin Xiao began planning the construction of new technique cultivation rooms within the sect.
Unlike before, he no longer needed to rely on the system's synthesis function for building projects.
That function was too random. Once materials were thrown in, the result was unpredictable, and it often didn't align with his specific vision. Alterations afterward were difficult as well.
And technique cultivation rooms didn't require too many special features.
All they needed was a Spirit Gathering Array and designated areas for cultivation and practice.
So this time, Lin Xiao decided to take matters into his own hands.
He selected a location on a mountain peak behind Qingyun Peak, separated from it by the sect's main square.
The reason for choosing this location was that if the number of disciples increased in the future, the new disciples would likely be housed on the peaks behind Qingyun Peak. It would be more convenient to have the technique cultivation rooms located in the middle.
As for other frequently used locations, like the Four Arts Hall and the Miscellaneous Hall, he would plan for those later.
For now, it was best to focus on one thing at a time.
Luckily, Lin Xiao had mastered spatial formations.
With just a few spells, he cleared a suitable area on the second mountain peak.
The materials for construction—wood, stone, and other supplies—were all purchased from the cultivation world by the finance hall during their trips. These materials were far superior to anything from the mortal realm in terms of durability and insulation.
For a Nascent Soul cultivator like Lin Xiao, building several technique cultivation rooms with these materials was a breeze.
While building, he integrated Spirit Gathering Arrays and spatial expansion formations. In a short time, the rooms were completed on the mountain.
Five rows of intricately designed buildings now stood nestled between the cliffs, blending harmoniously with the mountain while still being highly visible. In front of the buildings was a small rectangular clearing, and a wide stone staircase of about fifty steps connected the five rows of rooms.
However, beneath these stairs was a steep cliff with no easy path leading down.
Lin Xiao decided to stop there.
The road leading from the square to the cultivation rooms could be left to the disciples of Qingyun Peak to build! After all, since joining the sect, they'd only built houses—they hadn't experienced the joy of road construction yet.
With this thought in mind, Lin Xiao descended to the small clearing in front of the cultivation rooms and entered one of them.
Now that the construction was complete, it was time for inspection.
He entered the first technique cultivation room, looked around carefully, and, finding no issues, nodded in satisfaction.
There were five rows of rooms, each with ten rooms, for a total of fifty. From the outside, the rooms didn't look particularly large.
But in reality, they were much bigger inside.
Each room had been expanded with spatial formations, providing enough space to accommodate up to a hundred students for classes. There was also a dedicated area inside each room where disciples could practice the techniques they learned.
To ensure that this practice area was safe, Lin Xiao had added multiple reinforcement, isolation, and absorption arrays.
These arrays would guarantee that disciples could practice their techniques without worrying about blowing up the room, hurting themselves, or injuring others.
Lin Xiao thoroughly inspected each room, testing the strength of the practice areas in each one.
After confirming that even his Nascent Soul-level power couldn't damage the rooms and that everything remained solid and secure, he left, satisfied.
Before leaving, Lin Xiao took out a large piece of uncut jade from his personal stash. It was roughly the same size as the Lingxian Sect monument near the sect's entrance, but it hadn't been polished. This was a gift from Puxi Country during a previous diplomatic exchange.
He placed the raw jade into the system's synthesis function, added a few spirit stones, wrote two characters, and completed the process.
The system quickly synthesized the materials into a jade monument for him.
Though it still appeared to be jade, its hardness was now far beyond that of ordinary jade.
Lin Xiao planted the jade monument at the corner of the clearing near the stone steps, partially hidden among the yellowing grass.
Satisfied with his work, he left.
Half-hidden in the yellowing grass, the gleaming green jade monument bore three characters: Caution Path.