Main Quest issued by the System: three total.
One was to increase her personal strength.
Another was to suppress the Luck of the male and female leads.
Yun Jin had already claimed rewards for both.
Generally, quests related to improving her own cultivation yielded large amounts of Emotional Value as rewards.
Quests that targeted the male and female leads' Luck came with both [Emotional Value] and the Insight Eye skill. Her Insight Eye had already been merged with the Thousand Veil Perception Technique, allowing her to perceive someone's Luck.
Currently, the female lead's Luck had dropped below 10, while the male lead's was under 60. After collecting all the milestone rewards for suppressing them, her Insight Eye had upgraded.
She could now check the Luck of ten people per day.
Theoretically, if she drove the leads' Luck down to zero, she could still claim additional rounds of rewards afterward.
Yun Jin had a strong hunch: when that moment came, the Insight Eye might undergo a fundamental transformation.
Right now, it could only observe Luck.
But if it advanced to its peak… could it modify Luck? Interfere with it? Even generate it?
Currently, it was limited to reading individual Luck.
But in the future…
Could it be used to view the Luck of an entire sect?
Could it change a sect's Luck?
If it reached that point, this one skill alone might render her unmatched in this world. In short, the rewards from these two main quests were exactly what Yun Jin needed most right now.
As for the third main quest, the one related to the sect's development, she had yet to receive even a single reward.
That made her all the more curious.
Once Wushuang Sect advanced to an upper-grade sect, what kind of reward would she receive?
Perhaps something that could directly enhance the strength of the sect. With system tools as support, elevating the sect's power would be far easier. And once the sect leveled up, she'd be able to claim more rewards.
It would set off a true virtuous cycle.
But right now, Wushuang Sect hadn't even made it into the official registry. By grading standards, it wasn't even considered a mid-grade sect.
That had to change.
Soon.
Only then could they qualify for the upcoming Sect Appraisal Gathering.
This time, she needed Wushuang Sect to be recognized—at the very least—as an upper-grade sect.
"Sister Yin Jun," Yun Jin turned to ask Fairy Yin Jun, "the Sect Appraisal Gathering is right around the corner. What exactly are the requirements to be classified as an upper-grade sect? And for a super-grade sect?"
Time was short.
Her immediate goal was to secure upper-grade status.
But if they had a shot at a super-grade classification, she certainly wouldn't turn it down.
Fairy Yin Jun quickly replied, "To qualify as an upper-grade sect, the minimum requirements are: three Mahayana cultivators, ten in the Tribulation stage, and fifty in the Unity stage. Additionally, the sect must rank within the top thirty in the group competition. Meeting these criteria earns the sect upper-grade status within the Qingxiao Pavilion's jurisdiction, along with matching Luck and resources."
Three Mahayana stage experts.
Ten at the Tribulation stage.
Fifty at the Unity stage.
Yun Jin narrowed her eyes slightly.
The standards were far stricter than those for mid-grade sects.
For example, Tianxing Sect had just barely met mid-grade standards: three at the Tribulation stage, and ten in Unity.
But upper-grade requirements? More than doubled.
If Wushuang Sect had more time, assembling that kind of lineup wouldn't be too difficult. But time was exactly what they lacked.
In the Mahayana stage, they only had the Lava Dragon.
Sword spirits like Jian Ling didn't count as living beings, so they weren't eligible.
Even counting Tianxing Sect, they had only three Tribulation-stage elders.
And the gap at the Unity stage was massive.
On top of that—
There were only two months left.
Two months to reach those numbers?
That would be extremely difficult.
Still, Yun Jin continued, "What are the requirements for super-grade sects?"
This wasn't classified information.
Fairy Yin Jun answered, "Super-grade sects require ten Mahayana cultivators, twenty at the Tribulation stage, and one hundred at Unity. Additionally, in the group competition, the sect must rank in the top ten among all contenders."
She elaborated, "Every year, the Sect Appraisal Gathering attracts sects trying to advance their classification. Take Tianxing Sect, for example. If we want to move up, once we meet the basic requirements, we'd compete against other mid-grade sects and the current upper-grade ones. Since there are only thirty upper-grade slots in this region, we have to rank in the top thirty to qualify. The same logic applies for the super-grade bracket—upper-grade sects must compete against existing super-grade sects, and the top ten advance."
Yun Jin narrowed her eyes. "Only upper-grade sects are eligible to compete for super-grade status?"
Yin Jun was stunned by the question. After a long pause, she replied uncertainly, "I… suppose so?"
After all these years…
No sect had ever advanced two grades in a single leap.
Yun Jin sighed. "Forget it. Our foundation is still shallow. Let's just focus on becoming an upper-grade sect this time."
"…Right," Yin Jun muttered.
Tianxing Sect had been a mid-grade sect for years and had never even considered competing for upper-grade status.
But from Yun Jin's tone, she'd actually been thinking about trying for super-grade?
And now that she'd adjusted her sights to upper-grade, she sounded… disappointed?
Yin Jun felt mentally drained, but still said, "Sect Leader, if we want to qualify as an upper-grade sect, we must first be entered into the official registry. Then we must meet the strength requirements to participate in the selection. Our sect does have great potential, but with only two months left, I fear we won't be able to gather enough high-level cultivators in time."
"Not necessarily," Yun Jin said with a faint smile.
Training them from scratch would definitely take too long.
But…
Aside from Tianxing Sect's people, there was another force she had already arranged to bring into Wushuang Sect.
The cultivators from the Imperial Canglan Kingdom, led by Qin Ping.
After she'd entered the Wushuang Sect's secret realm, Qin Ping had returned to the kingdom.
Later, she'd had An Tong broadcast a live feed over the skies of Canglan.
The people of Canglan must have seen Wushuang Sect's incredible potential.
With Qin Ping advocating for them as well, it was highly likely that those cultivators would choose to join Wushuang Sect.
If that happened, assembling the required roster shouldn't be a problem.
After all—
If the Canglan Kingdom's Imperial cultivators combined their strength, they might not match a super-grade sect, but they should easily surpass the standards for upper-grade.
Even if they couldn't recruit all of them, just gathering enough to qualify should still be feasible.
But Qin Ping had yet to send any updates.
That puzzled Yun Jin.
Could it be…
Something unexpected had happened in the Canglan Kingdom?
She thought for a moment and said, "Tianxing Sect's situation is more or less handled now. This demon invasion also helped expose certain people's true natures. There are some we should keep an eye on."
Fairy Yin Jun nodded in agreement.
Back when everyone had been forced to choose, a number of people had opted to surrender to the demons.
Now that Tianxing Sect had become a subsidiary of Wushuang Sect, they would be receiving support moving forward.
Those traitors weren't worthy of any benefits.
Fairy Yin Jun's expression turned cold. Those people had already had most of their life force drained by the demons—they wouldn't live much longer anyway. There was no need to kill them immediately. Better to imprison them and let them suffer, day after day, under the constant fear of death.