Qinling Sect, located at the tallest mountain in the entire Tianyin Region.
Today was another entrance examination day that was held annually.
Countless young people could be seen climbing the mountain; the harsh rocky environment, the cold temperature, the height that they had to reach, and the various dangerous animals along the way were the first hurdles they had to pass before they could even be allowed to stand on the sect gate just to take the entrance exam.
However, at this moment, when thousands of youth were climbing the mountain, a certain young man could be seen doing the opposite.
"Sigh, expelled to the sect just after I crossed." He sighed as he looked at the young people climbing the mountain with enthusiasm in their eyes, feeling extremely complicated.
Both envy and pity
The original body was named Li Fei, an ordinary mortal who was lucky enough to find an immortal cave owned by the Qi refining realm practitioner and obtain his inheritance.
Originally, his talent wasn't bad; he was actually able to cultivate to the third stage within seven years just on his own, which is already good considering he did not take any kind of resources like other casual cultivators.
Unfortunately, he suddenly decided to join because he thought that his spells and techniques were too low-level, and he wanted cultivation resources to speed up his cultivation.
As such, he did join one, which is the Qinling Sect.Â
After passing the exam, he was given his own courtyard with two times more spiritual energy than outside; he was also given a ration of cultivation resources, which was something he could only dream of before.
Unfortunately, things weren't as simple as he expected.
Just after he joined the sect, someone knocked on his door. Initially, he thought they came to congratulate him, so he invited them into his courtyard. To his surprise, they weren't there to greet him but to take his belongings.
Because he was only in the 3rd stage of the Qi refining realm, he couldn't do anything and was helplessly beaten as he watched his resources being stolen.
Furthermore, he was forced to complete missions for them, enduring periodic beatings to satisfy their egos... This torment lasted for 10 years.
What's even laughable is that the people in charge knew it, but no matter how the predecessor reported it to them, they did nothing to stop it. At one point, he even heard that the sect encouraged such acts in order to stimulate the potential of the disciples.
Stimulate Potential? By what? Bullying?
What kind of rubish theory is that?
As someone who was used to a civilized society, the unfiar treatment made him realize how cruel this world are.. Perhaps such a method could indeed work for some people, but those people were only applicable to talented ones but what about average people like him?
For people like him, there's no way out, he could only bow his head and accept his fate, becoming a livestock for those oppressor, becoming a cannon fodder no worse than an animal.
Ten years had passed... yet he was still in the same 3rd stage Qi refining.
He wasted 10 years of his life doing various missions for others, being beaten up, humiliated, and having his resources taken away from him... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sighe.
10 years of hard work, and he was still in the 3rd stage of the Qi refining realm, it was natural for the sects to expel him; however, he didn't feel any sadness; rather, he was happy that he was finally able to escape that kind of helish place and swore that he would never join a sect in the future.
But then, just as he was about to leave the sect, another misfortune fell on him. Just as he was preparing to leave the sect, he was killed by one of the senior brothers that used to bully him, which is also the reason why Rock from the planet Earth, was able to occupy his body.
"How cruel.." Patrick sighed, feeling sad at the fate of the original body and at the same time happy that he crossed just after the original body was expelled.
Knowing the experience of his predecessor, he couldn't help but complain about how unreal those cultivation novels were that he had read in his previous life.
In those novels, MCs usually joined cultivation sects, became disciples of an elder or sect master, and learned various techniques, spells, alchemy, and other various feats.
But in reality, things are more complicated, Rock wasn't sure if he was just unlucky or if it was a common occurrence, but from the predecessor's memories, sects are more like a cruel version of a corporation in the previous life, and disciples are like employees but more cruel as they could do whatever they wanted to you.
Killing, bullying, poisoning, robbing.. Well, it was forbidden to do it openly, but it is still what it is; it was very hypocritical, and everyone did it.
"Sigh, fortunately the hard days are gone; now that I've taken over the predecessor's body, I'm going to start all over again." Rock sighed and began to think of his plans for the future.
In the novels he had read in his previous life, Mcs who transmigrated into the cultivation world, did the exact same thing, which was to ignore everything that they'd learned in the past and focus on the cultivation path.
However, he was different.
As a person who was born in the beautiful world of technology and the internet, how could he live without them?
Well..If it were before, he might not think so, but because of the various benefits of spiritual cultivation, such as photographic memory, improved IQ, enhanced computing power, and various other perks, his thinking was more daring.
...
In a bustling Jincheon Immortal City.
A third-rate immortal city under the Qinling Sect's jurisdiction
Men and women in different attire could be seen roaming around, entering and exiting the city gate, and on the side walks, various stalls were set up, and vendors could be seen loudly introducing their products, attracting consumers.
At this time, an inconspicuous, ordinary-looking young man could be seen looking at the lively scene around him, dazed.
"I've really crossed." Shaking his head, he couldn't help but feel emotional.
Although he already accepted the memories and experience of the predecessor, he still felt unreal... especially those tigers and bears as big as buses, those young girls in colorful clothes, attracting men and the like, and those men adorning in armor and armament.
"Sigh, it's really otherworldly." Rock sighed, calming himself down. He put away his messy thoughts and strode forward to the city.
Reaching the city gate, he paid an entrance fee before he was allowed to enter the city.
The currency in this world was divided into two categories: material currency and spiritual currency.
Material currencies are more or less gold, silver, and copper coins. It was a currency preferred by mortals, and normally, it was used to buy mortal necessities or anything that had nothing to do with spirituality.
Spiritual currencies, on the other hand, are spiritual crystals and spiritual stones.. Spiritual crystals are miniature versions of spiritual stones. Both have the same essence; the only difference is that 1 spiritual stone is equivalent to 100 spiritual crystals.
Of course, the value of spiritual stones is not always equivalent to 100 spiritual crystal, it fluctuates according to the market.
As for whether material currencies and spiritual currencies could be exchange...well, usually such exchanges are rare as very few monks are willing to exchange spiritual currency for material currency.
However, although it was rare, there are always places that provide exchange services for both currencies, and usually, one spiritual crystal is equivalent to 1,000 to 3,000 gold coins.
I had to say that the predecessor's hard work was not in vain; even after being oppressed by the sect, he still managed to keep a few dozen spiritual crystals in his pocket.
After exchanging one spiritual crystal for gold coins, he spent a few dozen for the entrance fee, and there's still a lot left in his pocket.
If he were in a mortal city, he would have been a proud, rich man... Unfortunately, in this immortal city, he was nothing but a poor man who was only better than mortals and some casual cultivators.