Chapter 183: White Jade Inquiry Platform

Carrying the jade card given by Zhang Zhiliang, the radiance of the Seven-Colored Falling Immortal Array merely swept by, posing no threat at all.

The Bureau of Administration and the Conference Hall were the two most prominent tall buildings in the central area of Wan Xian Island.

Following the path, Li Fan quickly arrived outside the Bureau of Administration.

A Qi Refinement cultivator wearing a black and yellow Daoist robe stood at the entrance. Seeing Li Fan approaching, he cast a glance and then asked somewhat politely, "Is Fellow Daoist here to register for a position in the Strategy Formation Hall?"

Li Fan nodded.

"Alright, follow me."

Li Fan followed the cultivator and walked all the way inside, reaching a small room deep within the Bureau of Administration.

Upon entering, he realized there was another world inside.

The guiding cultivator left on his own, leaving Li Fan to observe this space alone.

Countless tall red wooden cabinets were arranged side by side on the ground.

There were an enormous number of wooden cabinets.

Endless and boundless, when looked at suddenly, one couldn't see the end.

An elderly man with white hair stood quietly in front of these red wooden cabinets.

Looking at him, Li Fan didn't know if it was some kind of illusion.

He felt that this old man seemed not to be in a state of stillness.

Rather, it was as if he had countless clones, busy in front of these red wooden cabinets.

Li Fan looked up and carefully examined this space.

All around was a vast expanse of whiteness, apart from the red wooden cabinets and the old man with white hair, there were no other decorations.

It was monotonous and somewhat frightening.

"Here, seems to be a space shared by every branch of the Wan Xian Alliance, just like the Tian Xuan Mirror?" Li Fan speculated silently in his heart.

However, he didn't neglect it, and handed the jade card to the old man.

Taking the jade card, the old man glanced at Li Fan.

He cleared his throat and said calmly, "Although you are following the path of Zhang Zhiliang, if you want to officially join the Wan Xian Alliance, you still need to go through the proper procedures."

Pointing towards the blank area in front, the ground instantly rose, forming a square white platform.

Made entirely of white jade, it emitted a lustrous sheen.

"This is the Inquiry Platform. In order to prevent spies from the Five Elders Council from infiltrating the alliance, before joining, you must pass the test of the Inquiry Platform."

"You go up!"

The old man instructed, not giving Li Fan a chance to refuse.

Li Fan's heart trembled slightly, immediately raising his spirit, ready to escape if anything went wrong.

After flying onto the white jade Inquiry Platform, Li Fan's miniaturized projection suddenly appeared all around.

This included some basic information about him within the Wan Xian Alliance.

"Besides the Wan Xian Alliance, have you ever joined any other cultivation organization?"

After glancing at Li Fan's information, the white-haired old man asked.

"No," Li Fan answered quickly.

The white jade platform remained calm, showing no anomalies.

The old man nodded, then continued, "Do you have any connections with the Five Elders Council?"

"No."

"Do you harbor ill intentions towards the Wan Xian Alliance?"

"No."

"Do you have any living relatives?"

"All ordinary people, I have no attachments."

...

Time passed in the back-and-forth questions.

Fortunately, these were basic questions about his stance, and did not involve privacy such as the cultivation techniques and magical abilities a cultivator practiced.

Li Fan calmly answered one by one.

"One last question." The old man cleared his throat.

"Why did you join the Wan Xian Alliance?"

Li Fan paused for a moment, then slowly replied, "Eternal life."

The eyes of the white-haired old man flickered slightly.

The Inquiry Platform quietly disappeared.

"You have successfully passed the Inquiry test. From today onwards, you are an official member of the Wan Xian Alliance."

The old man clapped his hands, and in front of him, Li Fan's miniaturized projection image slowly appeared.

Next to the image were many texts and the footage of Li Fan's inquiry process.

Afterward, a red wooden cabinet from afar, like a phantom, flew through the numerous obstacles of wooden cabinets and arrived in front of the white-haired old man.

One of the cabinet doors opened on its own.

The old man pressed his hands, compressing the image data in front of him to form a glowing white paper.

Gently, he placed the paper into the cabinet.

Later, the cabinet door closed, and the wooden cabinet instantly returned to its original position, disappearing from Li Fan's sight.

"You may go."

The white-haired old man said to Li Fan and then resumed his previous motionless state.

Li Fan bowed and quietly withdrew.

After leaving this pale space, Li Fan encountered the cultivator who had led the way before at the entrance of the Bureau of Administration.

He glanced at Li Fan and arched his hand, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, on officially joining!"

"Oh? I wonder how you were able to tell?" Li Fan replied with courtesy.

"Hehe, because after going up on the Inquiry Platform, the only possibilities are either successfully joining or dying. There's no other outcome. Since Fellow Daoist is still alive, the result is self-evident." The guiding cultivator replied with a smile.

"Thank you for enlightening me. I'm Li Fan." With that, Li Fan handed over a communication talisman.

"I'm Gao Yuan." Accepting Li Fan's talisman, Gao Yuan became even more polite.

Li Fan exchanged a few more words with him before returning to the Tian Xuan Mirror.

As soon as he entered, he received a prompt.

"Cultivator Li Fan, welcome to officially join the Wan Xian Alliance."

"Your current position: Formation Repairer for the Cloud Mist Sea."

"Duties: Assist Zhang Zhiliang of the Formation Hall on Wan Xian Island in repairing the island protection formation within the Cloud Mist Sea area."

"Fixed remuneration: 1500 contribution points per year. Depending on the degree of participation in repairs, you can additionally earn 200-2000 contribution points each time."

"Minimum duty requirement: Participate in at least three major formation repairs every ten years."

"Reminder: If the minimum duty requirement is not met the first time, you will receive a warning. If it happens again, your Formation Repairer position will be forcibly revoked. You will not be allowed to rejoin for one hundred years."

"Please take your duties seriously."

"Now you can increase your privileges within the Wan Xian Alliance by accumulating merit."

"The higher the privilege level, the more items and techniques you can view and exchange."

"Your current privilege level: Ascendant One."

"Complete merit tasks to earn merit points."

"Merit points are divided into six levels from top to bottom: Heaven, Earth, First, Second, Third, and Fourth."

"Each level is further divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks."

...

In addition to various new prompts, Li Fan also received several items.

One of them was the common black and yellow Daoist robe used within the Wan Xian Alliance.

The robe provided simple protection, effectively resisting attacks from mid-level Foundation Establishment cultivators.

For Li Fan, it was better than nothing.

If the robe was damaged and he needed a new one, he would have to spend contribution points to purchase it through the Tian Xuan Mirror.

The other item was the identity jade disc.

Different from simply joining the Wan Xian Alliance for work.

Without being part of the system, even if someone killed you outside, the Wan Xian Alliance wouldn't care.

But if you had this identity jade disc and died unexpectedly, the Celestial Machine Hall would be responsible for investigating.

Then, based on the specific results of the investigation, they would decide whether to carry out revenge.

(End of this chapter)