Only after crossing the spiritual herb fields on top of the Ninth Star Peak did Pei Yang calm down enough to notice the qi between heaven and earth.
"To think the qi in here is so dense... Even when I visited the capital city of the Blue Sea Empire in the past, it was nowhere near as dense as this. Maybe only the place where those Celestial Immortals cultivate can compare to this..." Unconsciously muttering this to himself with a sense of awe present on his face, Pei Yang became even more certain than before that the Star Shattering Sect had a Pseudo Saint Realm Formation Master.
In his eyes, this was the only thing that could describe the terrifying guardian formation and the qi gathering formation that should be covering the Shattered Star Peaks.
The only problem was that he had no clue how the Star Shattering Sect had managed to get their hands on a Pseudo Saint Realm Formation Master. After all, the ones who could reach the Pseudo Saint Realm in their profession were highly sought after by the different powers in the core region, there would be no reason for them to settle down in a sect like the Star Shattering Sect that was located in outer edges of the continent right next to the Frozen Wastelands.
Not to mention, the formation master who had set up the formations of the Star Shattering Sect was not just a Pseudo Saint Realm Formation Master, but one that had reached the Late Stage of the Pseudo Saint Realm!
In the eyes of the cultivation world, an existence like that was rarer than that of a Celestial Immortal and only a few existed across the entire continent. Most of them having been absorbed by the larger powers at the core of the continent while a few eccentric ones wandered the continent searching for an opportunity to breakthrough to the Saint Realm, a realm that nobody had managed to reach since ancient times.
"Huh!?"
However, his shock didn't end there, as he soon spotted a few of the elders from the half spirit race on their way to the spiritual herb fields.
Considering the fact that the current continent was dominated by humans, Pei Yang had never seen any intelligent races outside of the human race and some of the stronger demon beasts he had encountered during his travels across the continent.
For this reason, he could only freeze on the spot with a face of disbelief as he watched the elders from the half spirit race walk past them. Not knowing how to react upon suddenly encountering someone from a race, he had only heard vague tales about in tales describing the past.
Leaving with these few words, Xuan Hao made his way back towards his palace where his disciples were probably eagerly waiting for his return.
"Greetings, Elder Song, I heard a lot about you from Xuan Hao along the way."
"Haha, how humble of you to call this old man elder even though I'm barely at the Nascent Soul Realm. Follow me and I will show you where you will be living from now on." Chuckling happily upon hearing Pei Yang refer to him as an elder, Elder Song wasted no time as he began leading Pei Yang in the direction of his future home in the Star Shattering Sect.
"..."
During the entire process, Pei Yang had no idea how to respond to the enthusiastic Elder Song, as he found himself being dragged away from the entrance to the courtyard by him.
The reason why he had called him Elder Song was not because he was trying to be humble and respectful towards him, but because he had never heard Xuan Hao refer to him as anything other than Elder Song. In the end, it caused him to just use it like a normal name. In the end, it resulted in Elder Song thinking that he was being humble and respectful.
All things considered, he didn't try and correct himself after seeing how happy Elder Song was. Even though he had never met Elder Song before, from what Xuan Hao had told him, he could not help feeling a sense of admiration towards the happy old man leading him towards his future home in the Star Shattering Sect.
Not so much because of his strength, but because of how he had been able to climb to his current position in the sect while only being in the earlier stages of the Nascent Soul Realm. Even reaching a point where he overshadowed the sect master to some extent.
I hope I will be able to recover safely without anyone from the Blue Sea Empire appearing. At least I don't want to bring trouble to the sect of my benefactor...
With these thoughts in mind, Pei Yang soon found himself exploring his new home together with Elder Song before being dragged away by him a few minutes later to explore the different facilities of the sect.
From the Combat Hall to the Grand Mission Pavilion and the Grand Library, Pei Yang found himself becoming more and more shocked with every place he visited in the Star Shattering Sect. Reaching the point where he began wondering if the Star Shattering Sect was really just a new sect that had been recently established or some ancient sect that had decided to reveal itself to the world.
The only thing that kept him from believing the last part was the fact that the strongest people in the Star Shattering Sect outside of Xuan Hao had only reached the Domain Lord Realm. If not for this, he would have almost certainly believed that the Star Shattering Sect was an ancient sect that had just recently surfaced.