The least valued members in the Origin Dao Sect are the outer disciples. For someone like Joe Di, an outer disciple, leaving the sect poses no difficulty at all. The steward at the Disciples' Hall didn't even bother to ask for a reason and simply approved Joe Di's departure.
Joe Di wasn't surprised. When he first joined the Origin Dao Sect, he hadn't even bothered to remove his disguise, and no one checked. It was clear just how little attention was paid to outer disciples in the sect.
In fact, if he didn't have Ann Tu Ning's token, as an outer disciple, he would only be allowed to move around the Outer Disciples' Hall and the area near the Origin Range. Any place with even a hint of secrecy was strictly off-limits to outer disciples.
After Joe Di relinquished his status as an outer disciple of the Origin Dao Sect and walked out of the sect, neither Penny Pang nor Ronan Shao were anywhere to be seen.
Joe Di waited patiently for a full hour before Penny Pang and Ronan Shao finally emerged, chatting and laughing intimately.
Seeing Joe Di waiting outside, a trace of disgust flashed in Penny Pang's eyes. To her, the trip to Grandridge was supposed to be with Senior Brother Ronan Shao alone, yet Joe Di insisted on tagging along.
If it weren't for the fact that the Insight Token for Grandridge was obtained by Joe Di, she would have told him to get lost without hesitation.
Ronan Shao, however, simply smiled and even nodded to Joe Di before summoning a flying ship. "Let's go together. Now is the perfect time," he said.
Joe Di couldn't be bothered with idle chatter and stepped straight onto the flying ship. If he hadn't gained so much from the Origin Range, he might have regretted trading the Insight Token for Grandridge with Ann Tu Ning. He could have given the token to anyone, but giving it to Penny Pang was truly irritating.
"He does have some guts," Penny Pang muttered under her breath as she saw Joe Di head directly into the ship's cabin.
Ronan Shao simply smiled and activated the flying ship. He also thought Joe Di had some guts, daring to step onto his ship. He didn't take Joe Di seriously at all; if he wanted to kill Joe Di, the latter would already be dead aboard his vessel.
Naturally, Joe Di felt no fear. Ronan Shao was at the Dao Shaping Realm, Penny Pang at the Dao Nurturing Realm—he truly did not regard these two at all.
Ignoring whatever Ronan Shao and Penny Pang were up to, Joe Di set up a restriction as soon as he boarded the ship and began refining pills in his cabin.
Having acquired so many divine spirit herbs, not working hard to improve his alchemy would truly be a crime.
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Grandridge has always been a place that cultivators across the Dao Domain yearn for.
It is universally recognized as the best place for enlightenment in the Dao Domain. Generally, it is extremely difficult for Immortal Emperors to enter Grandridge, but once they do, they almost always attain enlightenment. As for Dao Nurturing and Dao Shaping cultivators who achieve enlightenment in Grandridge, they are simply too numerous to count.
Many powerful Dao Shaping experts at the peak of their realm also seek opportunities to enter Grandridge, just to strive for the Second Step.
There are countless famous places in the Dao Domain, but Grandridge is definitely among the very top. Even the vast Ruins, known as the best place to cultivate divine abilities, cannot compare to Grandridge.
This isn't to say that the vast Ruins are inferior to Grandridge, but ninety-nine percent of the trial cultivators in the Ruins can only linger on the first and second levels. Moreover, the death rate for cultivators entering the Ruins is extremely high.