Chapter 486: Establishing a Sect

Early in the morning, Lin Dong and Yun Lan went to knock on the doors of Old Ding and Feng Yue respectively.
The two top assassins of Lin’s Inn stepped out—one carrying a wine jar, the other holding a Tianfeng pepper, both looking rather disheveled.
“Elder, Senior Feng, how about we set off now? Our target is the summit of Da Kong Mountain,” Lin Dong asked.
“Please, Senior Ding!” The pepper enthusiast respectfully gestured for the old drunkard to go first.
Old Ding didn’t hesitate; he vanished in an instant, and shortly after, Yun Lan disappeared as well.
Feng Yue stuffed the Tianfeng pepper into his mouth, chewed it forcefully a few times, then vanished. In the next moment, Lin Dong felt his body lighten as the world around him began to swirl rapidly. The howling wind roared like thunder in his ears.
After a while, Lin Dong focused his spiritual energy in his eyes. Gradually adapting to such extreme speed, he could barely make out some scenes when Feng Yue suddenly stopped.
They had reached the summit of Da Kong Mountain—the Da Kong Peak!
Meanwhile, Yun Lan and Old Ding had already been waiting for over a dozen breaths.
Da Kong Mountain stretched for more than 500 li, with countless towering peaks. Among them, Da Kong Peak was the highest and largest, and also home to the most sects.
Generally, the higher and more spiritual the mountains, the richer in spiritual energy they were, yielding higher-grade spiritual minerals, materials, and beasts. Such places were undoubtedly reserved for major sects. Smaller sects not only dared not claim territory here for fear of being punished but would also be crushed by the advanced spiritual beasts if they tried. Only major sects had the strength to establish themselves in such places.
Da Kong Peak was the highest summit of Da Kong Mountain. According to Lin Dong’s research, there were 21 sects there—two major sects and the rest being mid-to-high-level sects. Their combined strength was almost equal to that of all sects on the other peaks. This showed just how difficult it was to establish a sect on Da Kong Peak without real strength.
The place Lin Dong had chosen was right at the very top of Da Kong Peak.
The summit was the most resource-rich area in entire Da Kong Mountain. No one established a sect here because it was also the fastest place for a sect to be destroyed. Whoever controlled the resources at the summit would have the advantage to grow stronger faster, posing a significant threat to other sects. No one wanted a giant rival nearby.

Lin Dong chose this place for this reason as well. With the store about to open and the Yu Tian Sect not yet established, it naturally had no deterrent power over the scattered strong figures in the capital. If they succeeded in founding the sect at the top of this Great Empty Peak, even if the Yu Tian Sect only had a small thatched cottage, it would possess sufficient deterrence power.

“Let’s get to work!”

Facing the fierce winds at the summit, Lin Dong took out a large pile of wooden planks, pillars, and iron nails, waving his arms with enthusiasm.

Elder Ding and Feng Yue were usually lazy, but when it came to working, they wouldn’t put on airs as senior elders or top assassins. At Lin Dong’s command, they immediately got to work, moving swiftly inside a cave he had already chosen. The wooden planks, pillars, and iron nails disappeared little by little.

In just the time it took to eat a meal, the two of them emerged outside the cave.

Elder Ding patted the dust that wasn’t there on his palms, then started pouring in fine wine. It was clear that the structure was already complete.

“One more outside—just one room is enough,” Lin Dong said with a smile, bowing to the two of them.

In the blink of an eye, a circle of wooden stakes was formed. In the next blink, dozens of door panels were nailed to the stakes, followed by a roof, doors, and windows… With each blink, something new appeared. In just a short while, a small wooden cottage stood outside.

The cottage covered an area of about twenty square meters, with each side patched up like a beggar’s clothes. The entire structure was crooked, like an old man, and despite the stakes below, it creaked incessantly in the gusts of wind at the summit, seemingly on the verge of being blown away at any moment.

Lin Dong was very satisfied with this.

Two peak-level strong figures helping to build a small cottage was already an honor that others would covet. Who would care if it wasn’t very impressive or sturdy? Besides, this was exactly the effect Lin Dong wanted.

If it weren’t for the strong winds at the summit, he would have even used thatch to build a small hut.

For the Yu Tian Sect, even if its base was just a small thatched cottage, it could easily fend off attacks from high-level spiritual beasts in the vicinity and force nearby sects to accept its establishment. Once word got out, this would be seen as true strength. In a short time, it would allow the Yu Tian Sect to gain the deterrent power that other major sects had accumulated over hundreds or thousands of years.

“Elder and Senior Feng, take a moment. From now on, we’re enough.”

Lin Dong said politely before entering the cave with Yun Lan.

The cave wasn’t large, with a diameter of only about three meters. Going deeper, it reached an end after about 300 meters, with the diameter expanding by only five or six meters.

A cave of this size would be dismissed by any somewhat powerful hermit.

The Lin’s Inn was located right inside. Though small, it had everything needed—a lobby, lodging buildings, a backyard, a kitchen, and a storage room… The only difference was that the lobby and lodging buildings were combined, with a ceiling height of just over two meters. Each room was surprisingly small, and its appearance was even less noteworthy; just think of the Imperial Heaven Sect’s headquarters outside—it couldn’t be much better. Lin Dong didn’t care about any of this; as long as it was hidden enough. As long as a high-level spiritual array was set up in the cave and a few guards were stationed there, everyone would think it was the Imperial Heaven Sect’s treasure vault and never suspect anything else. Upon arriving at the lobby entrance, Lin Dong took out a pre-made sign and leaped up to hang it on the door. The four characters “Lin’s Inn” appeared vividly. Inside the lobby, Yun Lan was responsible for taking out and arranging the dining tables from the storage spiritual ring, while Lin Dong headed straight upstairs to place a wooden bed and desk in each room. After finishing, Lin Dong went downstairs to a corner, set up a counter on the ground, and placed a chair behind it. Once everything was ready, he sat down in the chair. Ding: Please choose whether to join the inn system. The system prompt sounded as expected, and Lin Dong chose without any hesitation. After the Gorge Inn, Lin’s Inn opened another branch in the wilderness. A door was created on the courtyard wall relying solely on the cave wall and set up as a transport door. A few rooms were designated as guest rooms, with the highest cultivation bonus multiplier adjusted. Yun Lan used the transport door to fetch the Tianpeng Bird from the Gorge Inn, while Lin Dong went outside the cave to ask Old Ding to transform it. Everything was ready; they just had to wait for Yun Lan to fly over from the Gorge Inn on the Tianpeng Bird, while the sun still hadn’t risen. In just the time it took to burn a stick of incense, the Tianpeng Bird, with its speed surpassing even peak-level warriors, rushed from the distant Gorge Inn to Da Kong Mountain. Lin Dong lightly stepped onto the back of the Tianpeng Bird, which covered over a thousand square meters. For a ninth-tier spiritual bird, having a stranger dare to jump onto its back was undoubtedly a great humiliation, and it was about to explode in anger. Yun Lan patted it a few times and said, “Treat him as one of the masters.”

The Tianpeng Bird had been raised in the captivity pen at the Canyon Inn using accelerated growth techniques at hundreds of times the normal rate for nearly half a year, and it had long become utterly loyal to the guard in charge of it. The guard told the Tianpeng Bird to regard Yunlan as one of its masters, and it did so. Yunlan, as one of its masters, asked it to regard Lin Dong as another master; although the effect was slightly weaker, it was still very close, and the bird immediately calmed down. It even used its bird-like head to nudge Lin Dong, and if not for Lin Dong’s extraordinary strength, that nudge would have sent him flying down the mountain.

Taking out the map that someone had sent earlier, Lin Dong glanced at it briefly before leaping onto the bird’s head and standing side by side with Yunlan. Then, he gently stepped on the part of the Tianpeng Bird’s head that had been dyed black with spiritual juice.

The Tianpeng Bird spread its wings and took off, resembling a cloud or even a huge mountain suspended in the air.

Due to its enormous size, in addition to direct commands, another control method was used: clicking. Below Lin Dong’s feet, there were many marks the size of footprints, stained with special spiritual juice—these were the areas to be clicked. There were two rows in total, seven marks in each row, meaning fourteen commands: take off, land, slow down, accelerate, hover, turn, dive, left, right… The marks were spaced closely for easy operation and covered the simplest yet most commonly used commands.

First, Lin Dong stepped on the mark to slow down the bird, then adjusted its flight direction. After that, he took out two chairs, and he and Yunlan each sat down on one.

Before long, the first target marked on the map arrived—Fengyun Sect!

The sect’s gate was over ten zhang tall, with a magnificent sign. Inside, there were numerous gardens and pavilions. Compared to this, Yutian Sect paled in comparison.

Since it was not yet fully daylight, the huge gate remained closed. Its imposing presence made one feel as if they had entered a giant’s kingdom.

After controlling the Tianpeng Bird to hover above the gate, Lin Dong took out a large stone and gently pushed it toward the gate. The stone crashed against the gate with a loud noise. He didn’t stop there; he stepped back a few meters and pushed again.

After more than a dozen attempts, the gate creaked open, and a young man dressed in cloth robes stepped out.

To be able to open such a huge gate, the young man’s strength was undoubtedly extraordinary. As a disciple of a major sect, he should have been well-versed in many things. Yet, upon seeing the terrifyingly large Tianpeng Bird, he couldn’t help but be astonished.

“According to the rules established when Yutian Sect was founded, we have specially invited your sect to a banquet!”

Lin Dong remained motionless, and an invitation card five meters long and three meters wide appeared in his hands. The next moment, it flew slowly toward the young man.
“The Imperial Sky Sect? Establishing a sect?” The young man caught the huge invitation card, stunned. It was not until the Tianpeng Bird had flown away carefree that he snapped out of his daze and rushed back to report that another sect had been established in Dagong Mountain—moreover, its mount was at least an eighth-tier spiritual bird.
On the other hand, Lin Dong’s next target was another major sect, the Lingjue Sect. He knocked on their door, delivered the massive invitation card, and the Tianpeng Bird left with the sect members’ astonishment… In about half an hour, all twenty-one sects met Lin Dong’s expectations—full of dominance!
To establish the Imperial Sky Sect and gain maximum deterrence in the shortest time, Lin Dong’s strategy was indeed to display overwhelming dominance!