The main entrance of Qing Yun Pavilion was tightly shut, with a faint glow emanating from the doors, hinting at an ancient mystery.

Fang Hong stood before the door, his gaze sweeping over the closed panels, then raised his hand to push the door.

To his surprise, his palm met no resistance the moment it touched the wooden door.

His hand passed directly through the door panel as if it were a thin curtain of water.

Fang Hong’s heart stirred, and he instantly realized.

This Qing Yun Pavilion was not an ordinary pavilion at all, but a Dao Artifact imbued with the Space Law, its interior already a self-contained world. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Fang Hong no longer hesitated, stepping lightly through the wooden door, and the scene before him abruptly changed.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Hong found himself in an extremely spacious hall.

The palace was towering, with thick pillars, appearing grand and solemn.

This hall was astonishingly vast; even if tens of thousands of people stood together, it would not feel crowded in the slightest.

At this moment, several hundred Cultivators were already lined up neatly in the hall.

Each of them was focused, silent, seemingly waiting for some important event.

Fang Hong’s gaze swept over the Cultivators in line, secretly astonished.

These hundreds of Cultivators were, without exception, all powerful experts in the Immortal King Realm!

The lowest cultivation among them had also reached the Early Stage Immortal King.

And the few standing at the front of the line had profound and powerful Qi, clearly possessing Late Stage Immortal King strength.

It was Fang Hong’s first time seeing so many Immortal King Cultivators gathered in one place.

Combining this with the information he had previously received, Fang Hong immediately understood that these Cultivators were likely queuing to register for the Elder assessment of the Qingyun Dao Lineage.

With this thought, Fang Hong no longer hesitated, quickly walking to the end of one of the queues, standing quietly, and patiently waiting for registration.

The hall was exceptionally quiet; all the Cultivators in line consciously maintained silence, with solemn expressions on their faces, no one willing to be noisy or disrespectful at this moment.

Occasionally, a few figures entered from outside, all of them Immortal King Cultivators with impressive Qi, and after entering, they silently joined the end of a queue, continuing to wait... Time slowly passed, and before he knew it, half an hour had gone by.

When it was Fang Hong’s turn, he provided the required information, successfully completed his registration, and received a black identity token engraved with his name and number.

The Cultivator responsible for registration informed him that the Elder assessment would officially be held half a year later, and the assessment location would still be within Qing Yun Pavilion.

At that time, he would only need this identity token to enter.

Taking the identity token and putting it away, Fang Hong turned and walked out of Qing Yun Pavilion.

Looking at the identity token in his hand, with half a year until the assessment, this period could not be wasted; he had to make good use of it to improve his cultivation.

After all, after eliminating the Cui Family and the Yuan Family, Fang Hong had acquired quite a few good things.

It was a good opportunity to digest them and elevate his strength to another level.

Recalling that battle, the Immortal King Cultivators of the Cui Family and the Yuan Family were devoured and refined by the Demon Gourd, ultimately yielding a total of eight Immortal King-level Immortal Pills.

There were also five hundred and twelve Grand Unity Immortal Pills.

As for medicinal pills below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, although their quantity was considerable, for Fang Hong, who was now at the Immortal King level, their effect on improving cultivation was negligible and could essentially be ignored.

In addition to these Immortal Pills refined by the Demon Gourd, Fang Hong had also itemized the accumulated relics of the Cui Family and the Yuan Family over generations, as well as the treasures in their Family treasuries.

Overall, the harvest this time was extremely abundant.

In Immortal Stones alone, the two families combined had over two hundred billion.

Currently, Fang Hong was practically sitting on a majestic mountain of Immortal Stones.

Besides the massive amount of Immortal Stones, Fang Hong also acquired nine Dao Artifacts, tens of thousands of Immortal Artifacts, thousands of types of immortal herbs, materials for artifact refining, pill formulas, and so on.

The nine Dao Artifacts were all the Natal Weapons used by Yuan Wu and other Immortal Kings during their lives, including the nation-guarding seal, golden armor, golden longswords, and so on.

Additionally, there were tens of thousands of Immortal Artifacts, of various types, ranging from offensive to defensive, and even auxiliary.

Among them were many tenth-grade immortal artifacts of extremely high quality.

These Immortal Artifacts and Dao Artifacts were undoubtedly precious resources.

However, it was unfortunate that ever since Fang Hong’s own Immortal Artifact successfully advanced to a Dao Artifact, the Spirit Devouring Secret Art, which had previously been used to assist in the upgrade of artifacts, had once again become ineffective.

To continue using it to assist in the further upgrade of Dao Artifacts, the Spirit Devouring Secret Art would need to be re-improved...

In terms of pill formulas, Fang Hong also had a considerable harvest.

In the treasuries of the Cui Family and the Yuan Family, Fang Hong discovered several excellent pill formulas.

For example, "Qi Emperor Pill," "Southern Dipper Pill," "Snow Lotus Pill," and so on.

These pill formulas were all recipes for tenth-grade Immortal Pills.

If refined with the power of one’s own Great Dao during the alchemy process, the medicinal pills could transform into first-grade Dao Pills.

They had a good effect on improving the cultivation of Immortal King Realm Cultivators.

What made Fang Hong even happier was that the Medicinal materials required to refine these medicinal pills were already fully gathered in the treasuries of the Cui Family and the Yuan Family.

The only drawback was that most of the Medicinal materials were not old enough in terms of their Dao cultivation and needed to be cultivated with the years pearl for one year before they could be used to refine Dao Pills.

After leaving Qing Yun Pavilion, Fang Hong did not immediately find a place to enter seclusion for Cultivation.

As a top ancient city on the continent, the Imperial Capital was so prosperous and lively; he might be able to buy many rare and good things.

Fang Hong planned to first explore thoroughly to see if he could find anything.

Over the next few days, Fang Hong’s figure moved through the streets and alleys of the Imperial Capital.

He visited almost all the famous local shops and markets.

The prosperity of the Imperial Capital indeed did not disappoint Fang Hong.

Various shops lined both sides of the streets, and the goods inside were dazzling, making it hard to take everything in.

After a round of shopping, Fang Hong bought a large number of rare immortal herb seeds, of various types, almost covering most of the commonly used immortal herbs he currently knew.

With these immortal herb seeds, and accelerated cultivation by the years pearl, in the future, whether refining Dao Pills or other medicinal pills, he would no longer have to worry about the shortage of Medicinal materials.

After a few days of exploring, guided by a Cultivator, Fang Hong arrived at the Imperial Capital’s most famous "Seeking Dao Trading Street."

It was said that this trading street had a long history and a great reputation.

Every day, a large number of Cultivators from all directions gathered here to set up stalls and sell goods.

If one was lucky, they might even buy some rare treasures or ancient secret techniques here.

Fang Hong stood at the entrance of the trading street, looking up, and saw that the entire street stretched as far as the eye could see.

Both sides of the street were filled with various small stalls, colorful banners fluttered in the wind, and the clamor rose and fell.

The Cultivators coming and going were endless, of varying strengths, and the scene was very lively.

Fang Hong stepped into the trading street, slowly moving with the crowd.

His gaze constantly swept over the various goods on the roadside stalls, carefully examining them, hoping to find something useful to him.