When he opened up his eyes in the morning, Wu Long adjusted himself to the long forgotten feeling of being sligtly sluggish after sleeping. As an immortal, it has been entire dozens of millenia since he last needed to sleep.
Afterward, Wu Long washed up and went straight to the Treasure Hall of the sect. Upon arriving in the hall, he saw people lining up in front of a dozen counters. But he instead went to the corner where the information counter was.
As most of the people who came here knew what they wanted, this information counter was usually idle, so he didn't have to wait in line and immediately arrived in front of it.
"How may I help you?"
The female disciple behind the counter livened up after seeing this handsome disciple approach her counter. Wu Long smiled charmingly in response.
"May I see the catalogue with prices?" he asked.
"Certainly. Here-"The female disciple behind the counter blushed as she saw his smile and bashfully handed over a piece of jade to him. While the Wu Long before he remembered his past life did not know how to use his handsome appearance properly, the same could not be further from the truth when it came to the current Wu Long. His demeanor and gaze alone was able to make the bodies of these girls to heat up.
"Thank you" he said and used his spiritual sense to activate the jade.
Information poured into his head and he could see all of the items sold in the Treasure Pavilion and their prices. There were, treasure weapons, non-weapon spiritual treasures, pills, medicinal ingredients, minerals and a lot more types of products, but what he focused on were pills and medicinal ingredients.
However, he quickly noticed that the pills sold here were not only of low-tier but also quite low in quality, he did not notice any decent pills worthy of his attention even after looking through all of the most expensive ones on the list.
He then went through the medicinal ingredients and could only find a dozen that he could barely consider, the rest being basically trash in his eyes.
He decided to lower his expectations and standards, as even when he started cultivating in his previous life the pills and medicines he consumed were not up to par to his current standarts. But even then, the quality of pills and medicial ingredients he saw on the list was a step or two lower than he would expect of even a low-level mortal sect.
This, coupled with the quality of Spiritual Qi in the environment and the fact that most of the disciples were only at the Qi Gathering Realm, only a realm higher than Body Transformation Realm, while sect elders were at the Revolving Qi realm, three realms higher than Qi Gathering Realm told him that the quality of cultivation in this place was very low even compared to his childhood in past life.
While that was a necessary observation, he decided to focus back on what he came here for, and spotted a few ingredients he found useful. Among them, the best was the Scarlet Fire Ginseng, which was also one of the most expensive items on the list.
'Scarlet Fire Ginseng - 25 000 points'
He would at most get 20 point from doing his menial missions. Getting 25 000 points was nearly impossible not only for him, but for most of the disciples of the sect. However, he would not be able to cultivate if he did not have it.
He thanked the female disciple again and returned the jade to her.
He then went for a walk contemplating his next move.
Buying the Scarlet Fire Ginseng was essentially impossible, at least not in a desirable timeframe, so he could only opt to take a mission to gather medicinal plants outside the sect and go look for it or any substitute.
As he was walking, he looked at the female disciples around with indifferent eyes. Even if he managed to repair his sword right now, he would still need a partner to cultivate with. And while he did not particularly mind age difference, that was because his partners were at least a thousand years old.
It would feel weird to cultivate with mortal girls in their teens, but he also understood that he was not in a situation he could be picky in, as no one in his prefered age category would even look at him right now, much less cultivate together.
That being said, even if he accepted this, their cultivation bases and potential for growth was quite low, so the efficiency of cultivating with them was not high. He would normally not discriminate based on cultivation and talent, but not in the current situation where he was pressed for time.
There was also an option of going for quantity instead of quality, but he looked down on such a method.
It did not mean that he wouldn't cultivate with many women, but given his current needs and desired timeframe, he would need to go through partners like a conveyor belt, which lacked personal connection and passion in his eyes.
There was a time in his youth when he used to cultivate like that, but he has long since decided not to repeat that period ever again.
What he seeked was to make each of his partners, even those he would only have a one night stand with, feel as if they are the one and only, the most precious and loved woman at the time of their cultivation. And that required time and attention.
That is not to say that he would not enjoy pleasuring multiple partners at the same time, as some women enjoyed his company in a group and he could give them equal attention and affection, but even then he preferred not to go over 10 partners on the bed at the same time as he did not like to have his partners wait for their turn. And the numbers he would require to cultivate efficiently with these disciples would be in the thousands.
Thus he would only cultivate with this many partners if he had a lot of time, simply idling and finding pleasure in satisfying each of millions of women over the course of thousands of years.
When he required fast breakthroughs, however, he would choose a few high quality partners to maximize benefits. And he currently was in such a situation.
Though, he would of course not refuse someone who wanted to cultivate with him if she did not meet his standards, its just that he would only do so when he had the time and could give her the attention he believes each of his partners deserves.
There were multiple reasons he needed to improve at a fast pace.
Firstly, he was currently too weak, and as a person who knew how cruel the world of cultivation was he knew better than to linger in such a state for long.
Secondly, he knew next to nothing about the situation he was currently in, how much time passed since the incident in the minor world that collapsed, where he was, what became of his loved ones, and if they were in any danger. And even if he knew such information, he again needed strength to be able to do something instead of just worrying.
And lastly, he knew that his potential at this moment was at its greatest, so he needed to improve at least to a point when he extended this golden period of potential by extending his lifespan. The earlier he can achieve a certain realm the better.
When he was walking by the training grounds, he felt a sharp aura, which led his gaze to one of the training fields where a group of disciples stood before a beautiful woman who looked to be 25-27 years old with a stunning figure in sect elder clothes. The woman was holding a sword and seemed to be demonstrating a sword technique to the disciples during a lecture.
While Yin Yang Unity Palace was a dual cultivation sect, it was still a cultivation sect nonetheless, so there were naturally lectures on combat skills.
When he saw her, something deep within his soul trembled. He stopped walking and quietly watched her delicate features and smooth movements.
His handsome appearance coupled with a tranquil and refined aura instantly attracted the attention of the female disciples passing by.
"Who is that guy? How come I didn't know about someone like him in the sect?"
"I don't know either! I have never seen him before, otherwise, I would have already got to know him a lot more personally."
"He is so handsome! I wonder where he was hiding this whole time?"
The female disciples started murmuring to each other in low voices.
"Hm? That's Wu Long, he was quite famous and then infamous a few months ago."
"Yeah, he may look handsome, but I don't recommend getting your hopes up. His cultivation is quite low and his dragon is dead if you know what I mean, he also has some mental issues if I remember correctly."
"Yeah, I remember him, it's the 'waste of a handsome face', right? Although, he somehow looks different now. More... handsome and cool maybe."
Some of the surrounding female disciples recognized him and quickly warned those who were overwhelmed with curiosity. But they also noticed some changes around him.
While that was happening Wu Long did not pay any mind to their gossip. His whole attention was focused on the woman gracefully wielding the sword.
He watched her in a daze, unconsciously following her every movement with his eyes as he felt a nostalgic feeling for some unknown reason.