Chapter 256 The Origin of Lan Xing and Luo Tian, Su Xing's Identity Exposed! (10,000 words, two-in-one)
The cultivation world, and even the entire Three Thousand Worlds, are all the same.
They don't look at appearance, only at strength and cultivation!
Even though Su Xing's appearance was ordinary after his disguise, in the eyes of these two female cultivators, he was a great cultivator who was close to the Immortal Realm, a senior expert!
Therefore, they naturally couldn't help but curry favor with him...
Even if Su Xing were to make more excessive demands, perhaps they would even be willing to offer themselves as concubines to him...
But what Su Xing was thinking about at this moment was simply to learn more about the Bai Di Tower faction and to obtain various intelligence about the Three Thousand Worlds.
...
For the next entire day, the two female cultivators took Su Xing for a tour of Bai Di City.
It wasn't entirely as Su Xing had imagined. Although this Bai Di City was the headquarters of the Bai Di Tower, there were also branches of other neutral forces within the city.
For example, the Tianji Pavilion branch, which sold some intelligence, and the largest auction house in the city was also run by them.
The only pity was that Su Xing didn't find any disciples of the Qingyun Sect.
According to the two female cultivators, Xiao Qingyun City was still ten million miles away from here. It was necessary to take an airship, cross a vast sea area, to reach it...
Under the guidance of the two women, Su Xing went to the Bai Di Tower in the center of Bai Di City for registration and displayed his Great Ascension Stage cultivation.
In this way, Su Xing became an outer member of the Bai Di Tower.
He was able to enjoy certain benefits, such as receiving a certain amount of spirit stones every year.
Su Xing used this batch of spirit stones to buy a shop in the west district of Bai Di City, which would be convenient for him to do some small business and accumulate resources in the future.
Thus, the immersive simulation ended...
Su Xing returned to the real world, with a trace of emotion still in his eyes.
"So, the cultivation world is actually so wonderful..."
"Because of the extraordinary nature of individual strength, it's difficult for any centralized power to exist. It's often the case that multiple powerful forces coexist... This is also true throughout the Three Thousand Worlds!"
"And because the land is vast, the local customs and people also vary greatly..."
After a pause, Su Xing digested the information he had obtained throughout the day.
"Within Bai Di City, most cultivators are below the Returning Void Stage..."
"Above that, Nascent Soul and Great Ascension stage cultivators are already considered rare."
"Crossing Tribulation Realm cultivators can already be considered core disciples of the Bai Di Tower... Above that, the Immortal Realm is at the level of honored guests!"
"With the resources I currently have, planting Gathering Spirit Flowers and selling pills is not a bad idea... While improving my body refinement cultivation, I should also inquire about the Qingyun Sect's intelligence, this is the best strategy!"
Su Xing thought so, his gaze falling upon the simulation panel.
[You rented a small shop with a courtyard in Bai Di City, and borrowed some spirit stones from two female cultivators.]
[Then, you set up a concealment formation and restrictions in the courtyard, and planted a batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers.]
[You bought some medicinal herbs, used a pill furnace to refine pills, occasionally carved talismans, or set up formations for others, hoping to earn spirit stones in this way.]
[At the beginning, your business was very deserted, but as time went on, your reputation gradually grew.]
[Many cultivators in the south district knew that there was a pill master who was extremely skilled in refining pills needed by body refinement cultivators. If taken for a long time, not only were the side effects low, but it could also significantly improve the speed of cultivation.]
[In the thirteenth year, you had lived in Bai Di City for a year.]
[During this year, you sold Rebirth Pills and carved sixth and seventh-order talismans for people.]
[In one year, you accumulated one million spirit stones.]
[You used these spirit stones to buy a mid-grade spirit sword, and also bought some blood essence of Crossing Tribulation Realm demonic beasts for your own cultivation needs.]
[At the same time, during this year, you also inquired about a lot of news about the Qingyun Sect.]
[The Qingyun Sect is a powerful force, but it rarely interacts with cultivators from the outside world. If you want to find them, the best way is to go to Qingyun City...]
[After knowing this news, you pondered for a moment.]
[Although you have an agreement with Qingyunzi that you can go to the Qingyun Sect to become his disciple.]
[But you don't know whether Qingyunzi will be harmful to you or not.]
[So you plan to improve your cultivation as much as possible before going to Qingyun City.]
[Thus, another two years passed...]
[In the fifteenth year, the first batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers you planted matured, with a total of five hundred plants.]
[You know that this is definitely a huge fortune. Five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers are equivalent to fifty million low-grade spirit stones, which is not something that cultivators below the Immortal Realm can easily come up with.]
[But you need to cash out urgently, and use these Gathering Spirit Flowers to exchange for a large amount of blood essence and some resources you need.]
[So you disguised yourself and concealed your aura, and went to the Tianji Auction House in the west district. You put the five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers up for auction.]
[After hearing the news, the person in charge of the auction house rushed over, with a kind attitude, because the auction house could take five percent of the auction commission.]
[You became a VIP of the Tianji Auction House.]
[The person in charge told you that the Tianji Auction House would hold an auction every August, and would provide the auction list in advance to see if you had anything you needed.]
[After listening, you nodded slightly. The Tianji Auction House has a very good reputation, and there has been almost no leakage of buyer and seller information.]
[And you yourself live in the south district, close to the city center. Cultivators above the Immortal Realm cannot take action in the city, so you don't have anything to be afraid of.]
[At this time, there is still a month before the official start of the auction, and you have received a list of this auction.]
[At the same time, on the suggestion of the person in charge, you decided to divide the Gathering Spirit Flowers into five parts, each with one hundred plants for auction...]
[A month later, you attended the auction as scheduled, because there were things you were interested in on the auction list.]
[A ninth-grade pill furnace, and a complete corpse of an Immortal Realm great demon!]
[You finally bought a ninth-grade pill furnace at a price of 5.6 million spirit stones... and bought the corpse of an Immortal Realm demon cultivator at a price of 32 million spirit stones.]
[There were also over a thousand catties of blood essence from Crossing Tribulation Realm demon cultivators, which also cost you nearly ten million spirit stones...]
[It is worth mentioning that the price of Gathering Spirit Flowers was higher than you imagined. These five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers were auctioned off for a sky-high price of nearly 60 million spirit stones!]
[And the buyer of these five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers was the same person, an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, who was also a guest of honor in Bai Di City!]
[In this auction, apart from the items you bought, the Gathering Spirit Flowers also brought you a profit of 10 million spirit stones!]
[This amount of spirit stones is roughly the total wealth accumulated by an ordinary Great Ascension Stage cultivator over thousands of years...]
[But you are not flustered either. With your strength, you can completely protect this wealth.]
[After leaving the auction, you returned home, and the shop was temporarily closed for a few months, and you began to focus on refining pills.]
[Thus, a few months passed...]
Su Xing saw this and sighed softly:
"Human cities are still at a certain disadvantage compared to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains!"
"The blood essence of demonic beasts has become even more difficult to obtain..."
[In the sixteenth year, the corpse of that Immortal Realm demon cultivator provided you with nearly three hundred catties of blood essence, allowing you to refine nearly a thousand Rebirth Pills.]
[And the blood essence of Crossing Tribulation Realm demonic beasts was also gradually refined by you into pills for trading and cultivation needs.]
[This year, your cultivation reached the Great Perfection Realm, seventh stage, mid-level!]
[In the following three years, your goals were only three things.]
[First, cultivate more Gathering Spirit Flowers and accumulate resources.]
[Second, strive to improve your body refinement cultivation and improve your realm as much as possible.]
[Third, obtain relevant information about the Qingyun Sect.]
[Following this plan, you lived a stable life in Bai Di City for three years.]
[In the nineteenth year, your cultivation remained at the Great Perfection Realm, seventh stage, mid-level.]
[In the past few years, you would go to the auction house to auction one hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers every year. If the amount was too large, you were worried that it would cause trouble.]
[At the same time, you also paid attention to the blood essence of Immortal Realm demon cultivators, and you had also bought more than one hundred catties in the past three years.]
[As your cultivation improved, you were able to absorb Immortal Realm-level Rebirth Pills to a greater extent, and your cultivation speed did not fall behind.]
[However, in the past few years, you still knew very little about the Qingyun Sect.]
[After much deliberation, you decided to spend spirit stones to buy related intelligence from the Tianji Pavilion...]
[So you disguised yourself and concealed your aura, and went to the Tianji Pavilion's branch in Bai Di City to seek the purchase of intelligence.]
[Based on the news you had previously obtained, the Tianji Pavilion's intelligence was all-encompassing, not only covering the Qingyun Realm and the Xiao Qingyun Realm, but even intelligence from other Three Thousand Worlds was also involved, and it was
absolutely true!]
[And what you currently want to know most is the intelligence about the Qingyun Sect and Qingyunzi.]
[So you went to the intelligence department and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who looked listless, yawning boredly and receiving customers.]
[Upon seeing you, you went straight to the point and directly stated your intention, wanting to buy intelligence related to the Qingyun Sect.]
Su Xing's heart moved when he saw this, and he silently said:
"Use immersive..."
[Ding...]
The simulator prompt sounded, and Su Xing's vision changed.
The next second, Su Xing found himself in an antique shop. An unknown incense was burning inside, making people feel refreshed.
The entire shop was empty, with only a girl with braided hair lying on the table, dozing off.
"Is this the Tianji Pavilion branch?"
After Su Xing saw the surrounding environment clearly, he felt a little puzzled.
The Tianji Pavilion is a behemoth-level force that shakes the Three Thousand Worlds. Why is the shop in Bai Di City so simple...
Seeing Su Xing come in, the girl yawned listlessly and casually said:
"Are you here to buy intelligence or sell intelligence?"
Su Xing was dumbfounded after hearing this. Could such a confidential matter of buying and selling intelligence be said so openly?
Shouldn't it be a transaction carried out in a secret room, with masked clothes?
Su Xing looked back at the half-closed pear blossom wood door behind him. He could still see pedestrians and cultivators like flowing water outside the window...
Discussing intelligence like this, aren't you afraid of eavesdropping?
As if seeing Su Xing's doubts, the girl raised her eyebrows and said:
"Are you a first-time customer?"
"The intelligence of the Tianji Pavilion is not the same as before... As long as you step into this shop, you can only see me alone, and it's absolute one-on-one service, with excellent confidentiality!"
"In this way, you don't have to worry about your identity being leaked..."
Su Xing's heart moved, and then he understood.
It turned out that the shop itself claimed to have formations and restrictions, combining concealment, shielding, and spatial formations. Even if ten thousand people entered, they could only see one person. This was indeed an excellent way to buy and sell intelligence.
Su Xing sighed inwardly: "As expected of the Tianji Pavilion, even the branch has such methods..."
Su Xing then asked:
"Then how do you sell the intelligence here?"
The girl's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then she quickly took out three tokens. The tokens were marked with the Chinese characters Yi, Bing, and Ding, representing the intelligence level.
"Here, as long as there is intelligence information in the Three Thousand Worlds, there is nothing that our Tianji Pavilion can't get!"
"The intelligence we sell is divided into three levels: Yi, Bing, and Ding. Yi has the highest price, and Bing and Ding have slightly lower prices. It depends on which one you want to buy!"
Su Xing frowned slightly after listening, and asked:
"Three levels: Yi, Bing, and Ding... Isn't there any Jia-level intelligence for sale?"
The girl chuckled and said: "Customers who want to buy Jia-level intelligence have certain identity requirements... And they can only buy it at the Tianji Pavilion headquarters!"
"As for us here, we only have three levels: Yi, Bing, and Ding!"
Su Xing nodded slightly after listening, and said:
"Then give me some intelligence about the Qingyun Sect..."
The girl's expression remained unchanged, and she said:
"Which level do you want to buy?"
"Ding-level intelligence contains the most general division of the Qingyun Sect's strength, including its grievances with some forces... This intelligence is common knowledge. You can get it if you inquire for a few years, and it costs 50,000 low-grade spirit stones."
"Bing-level intelligence contains some of the Qingyun Sect's secrets, the strength of some elders, and their arrangements in the Xiao Qingyun Realm, priced at 1 million low-grade spirit stones..."
"As for Yi-level intelligence, there's a lot more secret information involved... You know, even the righteous forces in the Three Thousand Worlds have some shady dealings... This intelligence costs 20 million spirit stones!"
Su Xing smacked his lips after listening. The prices of these three levels of intelligence were too different...
Su Xing had accumulated tens of millions of spirit stones over the years, but he couldn't spend them all on buying intelligence.
So Su Xing said:
"Give me one each of Bing and Ding-level intelligence..."
After saying that, Su Xing took out a storage pouch and put 1.05 million spirit stones inside.
The girl took the spirit stones and handed over two jade slips.
"Probe your spiritual sense into them, and you'll get the intelligence you want..."
Su Xing did as he was told and first probed his spiritual sense into the Ding-level intelligence jade slip.
Then, a large amount of information flooded into Su Xing's mind.
After a moment, Su Xing digested the information in the jade slip and frowned slightly.
The information in this jade slip was roughly the same as what Su Xing knew, but it was summarized more comprehensively.
For example, Su Xing knew that the Qingyun Sect would recruit disciples, and this jade slip stated the specific requirements and time for recruitment.
But there was no intelligence that Su Xing wanted, such as the treatment of inner disciples, core disciples... and Qingyunzi's status in the Qingyun Sect, etc...
So, Su Xing probed his spiritual sense into the other jade slip.
Compared to the previous one, the information in this jade slip was more comprehensive.
For example, the requirements for the Qingyun Sect's branches in various small thousand worlds to recruit disciples, what standards need to be met to join, and it even predicted the probability of successfully joining the Qingyun Sect for you.
In addition, Su Xing also learned about the strongest person in the Qingyun Sect in the Xiao Qingyun Realm.
A True Immortal Realm cultivator, stationed in Xiao Qingyun City!
His identity was the outer sect enforcement elder of the Qingyun Sect, and he was known for his integrity and uprightness.
After a moment, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
There was a lot of information in this jade slip, and Su Xing didn't lose out by buying it.
After all, the 1 million spirit stones only existed in this simulation, but the information and intelligence were something Su Xing could obtain forever!
However, this intelligence still didn't satisfy Su Xing.
The Qingyun Sect described in the intelligence was a righteous force, a leading force in the Three Thousand Worlds, one of the most powerful forces, and always fighting on the front lines against alien races.
It sounded a bit... too idealized!
So Su Xing said:
"Give me another Yi-level intelligence! About the Qingyun Sect!"
Su Xing said, handing over a storage ring containing 20 million low-grade spirit stones.
The girl's eyes lit up after seeing it. This was 20 million spirit stones.
Their Tianji Pavilion's Bai Di City branch might not be able to sell an Yi-level intelligence in a year!
The girl handed over an information jade slip, and Su Xing took it and carefully investigated it.
After a moment, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, with a strange look in them.
This Yi-level intelligence was completely different from the previous two!
If the previous two pieces of intelligence portrayed the Qingyun Sect as a righteous leader, a behemoth that shook the Three Thousand Worlds.
Then the information Su Xing got from this intelligence was much more comprehensive.
According to the intelligence, many Qingyun Sect elders and core disciples had cooperated with the Descending Church!
Of course, this cooperation didn't mean helping the alien races and the Descending Church to fight against the human race.
Instead, it was a trade!
They spent spirit stones and other things to buy corpses and treasures of alien races from the Descending Church.
After all, apart from battlefields, it was difficult to obtain alien race corpses. The Descending Church must have a lot of them.
Moreover, many of these alien race items were useful to human cultivators.
In addition, there were also some "scandals" of the elders, such as some powerful elders keeping young concubines outside, things that couldn't be seen in the light...
There was even the grievance between the Qingyun Sect and the Heavenly Demon Prison, which seemed to be more than just a fight over territory and injuring disciples. The core reason was not described in detail.
Finally, the most crucial piece of information Su Xing obtained.
It was about the strongest person in the Qingyun Sect, the grandmaster who had been in seclusion for ten thousand years... Qingyunzi had not yet emerged from seclusion!
Qingyunzi was a terrifying expert who had shaken the Three Thousand Worlds several eons ago.
He was also one of the founders of the Qingyun Sect...
"But why hasn't Qingyunzi emerged from seclusion... for ten thousand years?"
"Even ten thousand years of seclusion has led the outside world to believe that Qingyunzi has perished, causing the Qingyun Sect's prestige to be less than before?"
"But I clearly saw Qingyunzi before... It's only been a year or two... Qingyunzi definitely hasn't perished!"
A doubt arose in Su Xing's mind.
"But overall, the Qingyun Sect is still a famous and righteous sect in the Three Thousand Worlds... Although there are some scandals, the good outweighs the bad."
A large forest has all kinds of birds, and the Qingyun Sect is such a large force, it's normal for some elders and disciples to have impure intentions...
However, what Su Xing was most interested in was what crucial information was hidden in the Jia-level intelligence.
Unfortunately, it wasn't easy for Su Xing to go to the Tianji Pavilion headquarters, and it wasn't very realistic, so he could only give up for now.
"According to the current intelligence, it's worth going to the Qingyun Sect!"
"If I reveal my identity as Qingyunzi's direct disciple... that would be equivalent to being a direct second-generation disciple of the Qingyun Sect!"
"Now, the direct second-generation disciples are probably at least True Immortal or Profound Immortal level, right? The resources I could obtain then... would probably be countless!"
Su Xing's eyes lit up at the thought.
Not to mention, such a large sect must have some kind of welcoming gift, right?
If seven or eight True Immortal or Profound Immortal-level senior brothers give me a welcoming gift, wouldn't I be making a fortune?
Maybe I could directly soar to the Immortal Realm!
That was what Su Xing was thinking at this moment...
But to be on the safe side, Su Xing still decided to buy a few more pieces of intelligence.
"Give me some intelligence about Qingyunzi as well, one Yi-level and one Bing-level!"
Su Xing said.
The girl's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then she handed over two jade slips:
"One Bing-level intelligence and one Yi-level intelligence, for a total of 26 million spirit stones..."
Su Xing twitched the corner of his mouth after listening. Just buying four pieces of intelligence had cost him most of his savings.
But Su Xing still paid readily, then investigated the information in the jade slips.
After a moment, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, with a look of surprise flashing in them.
These two pieces of intelligence were relatively detailed about Qingyunzi.
Qingyunzi, a cultivator with extraordinary destiny and talent, rarely seen in the Three Thousand Worlds in hundreds of thousands of years.
Several eons ago, he had already obtained the Golden Luo Dao Fruit!
To understand the Golden Luo Dao Fruit, we have to talk about the cultivation levels after the Immortal Realm in the Three Thousand Worlds.
After passing through the tribulation, achieving the orthodox immortal path, one becomes a Human Immortal.
After the Human, Earth, and Heaven Immortal stages, one can obtain the True Immortal Dao Fruit!
True Immortals can already be considered top-tier combat power in a medium thousand world, the kind of figures who can open schools and establish sects!
Above that, are Profound Immortals, Golden Immortals... This level has a deep understanding of the Dao, and their lifespan is calculated in eons, with terrifying strength.
After the Golden Immortal stage, comes the Great Yi Golden Immortal... This level is also a well-known top-tier figure in the entire Three Thousand Worlds. They often close themselves off for thousands of years, and ordinary cultivators rarely see them.
Above Great Yi Golden Immortals are Great Luo Golden Immortals!
This level is also recognized as the strongest combat power of top-tier forces in the Three Thousand Worlds!
The Tianji Pavilion Master, Qingyun Sect's grandmaster Qingyunzi, and Bai Di Tower's grandmaster Bai Di... are all at this level of cultivation.
Their power is vast, and they can destroy heaven and earth and shatter worlds with a flick of their wrist...
Time and lifespan for such cultivators are just numbers.
"Hiss~ Qingyunzi... a Great Luo cultivator..."
Su Xing gasped. He never imagined that when he first entered the cultivation world, he had actually encountered such a terrifying expert!
If the information didn't match what Su Xing knew about Qingyunzi in ten out of ten cases, Su Xing wouldn't have believed it!
According to the intelligence, although Qingyunzi's strength was terrifying, he was indifferent to fame and fortune. Instead, he liked to cultivate fields and nurture spirits, and often spent time with nature.
Qingyunzi would even often transform into an ordinary farmer, cultivating fields in the wild and traveling through the Three Thousand Worlds.
If he encountered a young man with a good personality and excellent aptitude, he might even take him as a disciple.
The current second-generation disciple of the Qingyun Sect, the Huo Yun Golden Immortal, was a disciple Qingyunzi had taken ten thousand years ago...
"According to this information, Qingyunzi shouldn't be a bad person... So, it's indeed worth going to the Qingyun Sect to become a disciple!"
Su Xing felt a little hopeful.
As for why Qingyunzi had been in seclusion for ten thousand years, but Su Xing had seen him before, the intelligence also had the answer.
It was because Qingyunzi had learned a divine supernatural art, called the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones!
It could divide one into three, allowing him to travel through the Three Thousand Worlds... and increase his understanding of the Dao.
Su Xing guessed that the one he had seen before was Qingyunzi's clone, right?
"The only pity is that there's no information about Qingyunzi in the past ten thousand years... Maybe the Jia-level intelligence contains this? Or maybe even the Tianji Pavilion can't get information from ten thousand years ago?"
Su Xing sighed.
But overall, Su Xing was very satisfied with obtaining the intelligence he wanted this time.
Su Xing was about to leave when he had a sudden thought:
"By the way, do you have any intelligence about Luo Tian..."
The girl, who had been smiling playfully, changed her expression slightly when she heard the words "Luo Tian", but still said:
"Yes... The intelligence about Luo Tian is all of a very high level... It's only divided into Jia, Yi, and Bing levels, and our branch only has Bing-level intelligence for sale. Do you still want to buy it?"
Su Xing felt a little strange after hearing this, but still nodded.
"Give me a Bing-level intelligence..."
"It'll be 27 million spirit stones..."
...
The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world, with a complex and bewildered expression on his face.
"Luo Tian... So that's it!"
"So, the Lan Xing I'm on... and the surrounding broken copies... are actually all part of Luo Tian!"
Su Xing was extremely shocked at this moment. He didn't expect to obtain such explosive intelligence from the Tianji Pavilion this time!
According to the intelligence, Luo Tian Realm was one of the most powerful great thousand worlds in the Three Thousand Worlds several eons ago...
At that time, the entire Luo Tian Sect's power was no less than, and even surpassed, the current Qingyun Sect!
Within the Luo Tian Sect, seventy-two Golden Immortals were stationed... and the grandmaster was a terrifying expert who had obtained the Great Luo Dao Fruit!
But several eons ago... a great calamity struck, it was the invasion of the alien races!
Initially, the power of the alien races was not strong, and most of the Three Thousand Worlds didn't care.
Until the alien races invaded Luo Tian Realm on a large scale.
The Luo Tian Sect fought with all its might against the entire alien race...
But in the end, the Luo Tian Sect was shattered, and the result of that battle is unknown...
According to the intelligence, the Luo Tian Sect had sought help from other top sects at that time, but the final result was still that they were conquered.
Perhaps, other forces only cared about their own safety, and even were happy to see this behemoth, the Luo Tian Sect, broken, so that they could grab a piece of the pie?
But the major forces in the Three Thousand Worlds didn't expect that the alien races would be so terrifying... The vast Luo Tian Sect.
From the Great Luo Golden Immortal... to disciples who hadn't achieved immortality, all perished!
And the vast Luo Tian Realm was also blown into countless fragments...
The world coordinates are now unknown, scattered throughout the void of the Three Thousand Worlds.
Based on this intelligence alone, it's impossible to think that the Luo Tian Sect is Lan Xing...
But combining the information Su Xing had obtained before, he was 90% sure that the Luo Tian Realm was the entire Lan Xing and the surrounding copy worlds...
Including the Spirit Beast Realm, the Slaughter Battlefield, the Spirit Realm where Luo Shuying was located... or the Immortal Martial Era, the Blood Demon Realm, etc., were all once part of the Luo Tian Realm!
"So... Luo Tian is now sealed by the Red Moon?"
"And the Red Moon is a powerful evil god among the alien races, who eventually perished in that battle?"
"That's why the alien races and the Descending Church are so focused on Lan Xing, wanting to seize the secrets on Lan Xing, or in other words, inherit the legacy of Luo Tian!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing took a deep breath.
Combining the faint words "Luo Tian" that came from the black passage, and the residual power in the space...
Su Xing could roughly guess the relationship between Lan Xing and Luo Tian.
Thinking of this, Su Xing's emotions were somewhat complex.
There was a hint of fear and worry, but also a trace of excitement and a spirit of adventure!
The worry was that among so many big shots and powerful cultivators, if they knew Su Xing's secret, it might even lead to Su Xing's death...
The excitement was that if Su Xing really found the Luo Tian Sect's legacy, it would definitely be the greatest support for Su Xing to stand tall in the Three Thousand Worlds and become a top-tier cultivator!
"Luo Tian!"
"Based on current guesses, the Luo Tian legacy might be a kind of inheritance... I have already obtained the supreme body refinement secret technique from the Luo Tian inheritance, a path that leads directly to the Saint Realm!"
"My Qi cultivation has now reached the Great Ascension Stage, I wonder if I can gain even more benefits?"
Su Xing felt a little hopeful.
In the next simulation, Su Xing must go to the Luo Tian copy again!
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
[After coming out of the Tianji Pavilion branch, you were overjoyed, having obtained the important intelligence you needed!]
[But what worried you was that all the spirit stones you had earned over the years from selling Gathering Spirit Flowers and buying and selling pills were all gone...]
[And there was even higher-level Yi and Jia-level intelligence about Luo Tian, which was not something your current financial strength could afford.]
[In order to further improve your strength, you decided to go to Xiao Qingyun City.]
[But before that, you decided to accumulate some more resources and improve your cultivation.]
[In the blink of an eye, three years passed.]
[In the twenty-third year, your cultivation improved to the Great Perfection Realm, seventh stage, late-level!]
[In these three years, you purchased a lot of blood essence and refined pills, making your cultivation progress surprisingly fast.]
[At the same time, you also accumulated tens of millions of spirit stones. Now you are ready to go to Xiao Qingyun City.]
[According to the intelligence you obtained before, Xiao Qingyun City is ten million miles away from Bai Di City, and it takes a month to travel by airship to reach it.]
[Airships are a common mode of transportation in the cultivation world, ranging from traveling ten thousand miles a day to tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of miles... The best airships can even match the flight speed of high-level immortals.]
[To be on the safe side, to prevent accidents from happening, you spent one million spirit stones to buy a ticket for a high-level airship.]
[There was even a Heavenly Immortal cultivator stationed on this airship, and the passengers were at least at the Great Ascension or Crossing Tribulation Stage... so it was relatively safe.]
[You took the airship, crossing continents and seas... and nothing unexpected happened during the journey.]
[After a month, the airship arrived at Xiao Qingyun City.]
[After arriving at Xiao Qingyun City, you didn't rush to join the Qingyun Sect, but rented a room in an inn, preparing to observe for a while first.]
[You learned that the Qingyun Sect would be recruiting disciples from the outside world in two years, so you planned to reveal yourself and join the Qingyun Sect at that time.]
[In the next two years, you cultivated peacefully in Xiao Qingyun City.]
[In the twenty-fifth year, the spiritual energy in Xiao Qingyun City was relatively abundant, and you possessed a sixth-order miniature Gathering Spirit Formation. Even if you cultivated very little, your cultivation improved to the Great Ascension Stage, first stage, late-level, as if it were effortless...]
[This year, the Qingyun Sect recruited disciples from the outside world, and hundreds of thousands of cultivators gathered in Xiao Qingyun Realm.]
[Some were loose cultivators who wanted to join the Qingyun Sect and ascend to the Qingyun Realm.]
[Some cultivators were simply there to join the fun, to see how grand the Qingyun Sect's recruitment ceremony was...]
[The entire recruitment ceremony lasted for more than three months.]
[At the recruitment site, even the outer sect True Immortal elder of the Qingyun Sect would personally appear.]
Su Xing looked at the simulation text in front of him and nodded slightly.
"This outer sect elder, according to the intelligence... is a third-generation direct disciple of the Qingyun Sect. His aptitude is mediocre, only having a Heavenly Spiritual Root, but he still achieved True Immortality and became the spokesperson of the Qingyun Sect in the Xiao Qingyun Realm. He has quite a bit of power..."
Su Xing chuckled, finding it quite interesting.
In terms of seniority, this outer sect True Immortal elder was a disciple of one of Su Xing's senior brothers...
So he should address Su Xing as Uncle-Master.
"Then I'll reveal myself at this grand gathering... It's usually very difficult to see a True Immortal..."
"If I can break through with this nephew-disciple and smoothly join the Qingyun Sect, that wouldn't be bad!"
Su Xing thought so, his gaze falling upon the simulation panel.
[On the first day of the Qingyun Sect's recruitment, tens of thousands of cultivators signed up.]
[From seventy-year-old old men to six or seven-year-old children, everyone had the dream of seeking immortality, hoping to be admitted to the Qingyun Sect.]
[Even if it was just becoming an outer disciple, it would still be a step up, a chance to rise to prominence.]
[But the vast majority of those who signed up were cultivators with their own cultivation, either Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or Transformation God or Returning Void Stage loose cultivators... They also hoped to have a backer after joining the Qingyun Sect.]
[You didn't rush to sign up, because the True Immortal elder hadn't appeared yet. You planned to wander around the recruitment site and gain some insight.]
[The quality of the Qingyun Sect's recruitment was surprisingly high. In just one month, you saw one Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivator and two True Spiritual Root cultivators admitted.]
[The probability was indeed very high, but you guessed that these people had probably had their aptitudes tested beforehand, so they were confident in joining the Qingyun Sect.]
[During this recruitment grand gathering, something interesting happened.]
[A "noble young master" dressed in brocade robes and accompanied by dozens of old servants was detected to have True Spiritual Root aptitude.]
[Then, the young master, in a good mood, casually threw out dozens of low-grade spirit stones, causing some ordinary people and low-level cultivators to scramble for them.]
[And, as luck would have it, the spirit stones happened to land at your feet.]
[With your stature and cultivation, you naturally wouldn't bend down to pick up these measly dozens of spirit stones.]
[This made the young master unhappy, and he gave you a cold sneer, even hinting at wanting to make a move.]
[You just found it amusing. A little guy who hadn't even reached the Qi Condensation Stage was looking down on others.]
[So you secretly cast a spell, making the little guy unlucky for a while.]
[Unexpectedly, an old servant beside him saw the spell and almost got into an argument.]
[You just chuckled in response and didn't argue with him too much.]
[But unexpectedly, this young master's family was quite influential, and it seemed that his ancestors had produced a Nascent Soul Stage ancestor... so he relentlessly pursued you and mocked you...]
In the real world, Su Xing found it funny.
"Tsk tsk, so there are such cheesy things happening in the cultivation world?"
"But in the simulation, I look like an ordinary middle-aged man, even a bit like a farmer... It's easy to be looked down upon..."
Su Xing chuckled. It wasn't that he was magnanimous, it was just that it was like an ant punching an elephant. Would the elephant choose to ignore it or fight back?
The answer was self-evident...
"However... the True Immortal elder should appear at the end of the Qingyun Sect's recruitment ceremony. I can reveal my identity then!"
Su Xing thought so, his gaze falling upon the simulation panel.
[You repeatedly tolerated this "noble young master", but it only fueled their arrogance.]
[They seemed to be certain that you didn't have any background behind you.]
[But you didn't want to cause any trouble at the Qingyun Sect's recruitment ceremony.]
[Time passed quickly... and the last day of the recruitment arrived.]
[This noble young master saw that you hadn't signed up for disciples in three months, and he was certain that you were a low-level cultivator with insufficient aptitude, and that you were just there to join the fun.]
[Until the end of the recruitment, red light rose into the sky.]
[A figure accompanied by endless flames, like a god of flames, descended upon the sky above Xiao Qingyun City.]
[The top expert of the Xiao Qingyun Realm, the master of Xiao Qingyun City, Dan Huo True Immortal appeared! This person was the outer sect elder of the Qingyun Sect.]
[Dan Huo True Immortal stood high in the sky and announced that the recruitment was officially over.]
[The cultivators below... the disciples who participated in the recruitment all showed admiration and fanaticism.]
[And Dan Huo True Immortal had a red face and red beard, looking very majestic and imposing.]
[Just as Dan Huo True Immortal was about to leave, you, standing in the crowd below, rose into the air and stopped the Dan Huo True Immortal who was about to leave.]
[You told Dan Huo True Immortal that you had something to discuss with him.]
[Dan Huo True Immortal just chuckled in response. Often, bold cultivators would try to leave a deep impression on him, hoping to become a prominent figure or gain an opportunity...]
[Clearly, Dan Huo True Immortal also regarded you as one of those cultivators.]
[But at this moment, Dan Huo True Immortal was about to leave, so he didn't intend to pay attention to you.]
[Seeing that Dan Huo True Immortal was about to leave, you knew that if you missed this opportunity, you would have to wait for several years.]
[So you directly stated that you were a direct disciple secretly taken in by a certain ancestor of the Qingyun Sect, and that you had specially come to visit your teacher and return to the sect...]
[After hearing your words, Dan Huo True Immortal paused, and asked with slight interest which senior brother you had learned from.]
[After listening, you hesitated for a moment, but still chose to tell the truth, saying that you were a disciple of Qingyunzi, and prepared to take out the token to prove it...]
[After hearing this, Dan Huo True Immortal was stunned.]
[Not only that, but even the elders and supervisors beside Dan Huo True Immortal, and the cultivators in the city, all burst into thunderous laughter...]
[Everyone knows that Qingyunzi has been in seclusion for ten thousand years and has never left, and there has been no news.]
[Some elders even mocked you, saying that you must be a direct disciple of Qingyunzi from ten thousand years ago?]
[After all, they were more aware that Qingyunzi hadn't taken on any disciples in tens of thousands of years...]
[Just as the other cultivators and elders were laughing uncontrollably, Dan Huo True Immortal noticed the token you took out...]
[The next second, Dan Huo True Immortal's face changed drastically!]
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Chapter 257: Joining Qingyun Sect, The Arrogant Senior Brothers and Sisters! (Extra Chapter for Monthly Tickets, Please Vote~)
[The ordinary elders didn't know this token, but Dan Huo Zhenxian, as a direct third-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect, had naturally seen it!]
[Because his master, a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect, the renowned Huo Yun Jinxian, possessed a token exactly like yours!]
[And due to certain circumstances, he had the privilege of seeing this token that symbolized supreme glory…]
[The Qingyun Sect Second-Generation Direct Disciple Identity Token!]
[This token has no particular function, it's merely a symbol of supreme identity and glory!]
[And within Qingyun Sect, only a handful of individuals, perhaps two or three, have the authority to issue this token…]
[Therefore, the moment he saw the token, he believed your identity to be about 70-80% true!]
[Dan Huo Zhenxian quickly stepped forward, his attitude towards you undergoing a 180-degree shift.]
[He then requested to see the token in your hand.]
[You handed the token to Dan Huo Zhenxian, who, after confirming it multiple times, ascertained that it was indeed the token of a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect!]
[This meant that your seniority was that of Dan Huo Zhenxian's grand-uncle!]
[Then, in full view of everyone, Dan Huo Zhenxian bowed respectfully to you, addressing you as "Grand-uncle".]
[Seeing this, you were slightly surprised, not expecting Dan Huo Zhenxian to humble himself so much, addressing you, a mere Da Cheng Stage cultivator, as "Grand-uncle".]
[This scene was witnessed by millions of people in Xiao Qingyun City… It wouldn't take a month for the news of Qingyun Sect gaining a new second-generation disciple to spread like wildfire throughout the entire Xiao Qingyun Realm!]
[All the cultivators present looked at you with respect and envy.]
[Becoming a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect was undoubtedly the highest status one could achieve in the Xiao Qingyun Realm.]
[Among the cultivators below, the "noble young master" who had been arrogantly watching the show earlier, now had a pale face and stammered, unable to speak.]
[In this world of cultivation where the strong prey on the weak, offending a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect was equivalent to severing one's path to immortality, and one could even be targeted and killed.]
[You didn't even need to give any orders, those who were well-informed would naturally discover what had happened in this period, and those cultivators who wanted to curry favor with you would undoubtedly ensure that this "noble young master" and his family vanished from the cultivation world… ]
In the real world, Su Xing let out a soft sigh upon seeing this.
"This is the true cultivation world!"
"Even a noble young master in the eyes of ordinary people, whose ancestors had produced He Ti and Da Cheng Stage cultivators… In the eyes of a top-tier force like Qingyun Sect, what's the difference between them and ants?"
Su Xing once again experienced the reality of the cultivation world.
But this had no connection to Su Xing. What Su Xing cared about now was how many benefits he could gain after joining Qingyun Sect?
Could his cultivation level improve further? Could he simulate for a longer duration?
And perhaps… could he save Earth?
With such questions in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
[In full view of everyone, Dan Huo Zhenxian treated you with the respect due to a senior, leading you into his cave dwelling in Xiao Qingyun City.]
[Dan Huo Zhenxian then used a shielding technique to conceal the heavens' secrets. You frowned slightly, thinking that he might have ill intentions towards you.]
[However, Dan Huo Zhenxian truly believed that you were a senior grand-uncle!]
[He asked how many tens of thousands of years ago you were accepted as a disciple by Grandmaster Qingyunzi…]
[It turned out that Qingyunzi had been in seclusion for ten thousand years and hadn't emerged.]
[Dan Huo Zhenxian mistakenly believed that you were a disciple Qingyunzi had taken in while traveling through the Three Thousand Worlds tens of thousands of years ago.]
[In his perception, you were merely a Da Cheng Stage cultivator, and though your body refinement cultivation was slightly higher, it hadn't reached the level of a Xian.]
[Therefore, he naturally assumed that your cultivation far surpassed his, at least a Xuan Xian or Jin Xian level expert, which was why he couldn't see through your cultivation…]
[After hearing Dan Huo Zhenxian's words, you sighed and shook your head, secretly acknowledging that his imagination wasn't bad.]
[After some hesitation, you still told the truth, stating that you were indeed just a Da Cheng Stage cultivator, but you were accepted as a disciple by Qingyunzi about a hundred years ago.]
[You had come to the Xiao Qingyun Realm to return to your sect…]
[After hearing your words, Dan Huo Zhenxian was stunned.]
[His expression became slightly unnatural, and then he told you a secret.]
[It turned out that Qingyunzi had been in seclusion for ten thousand years without revealing his whereabouts. Not only the third-generation disciples like him, even the direct disciples of Qingyunzi hadn't seen him for ten thousand years…]
[Upon hearing this, you explained that you must have been accepted as a disciple by a fragment of your master Qingyunzi's consciousness, and the time definitely didn't exceed two hundred years.]
[After your repeated confirmations, Dan Huo Zhenxian was instantly flustered.]
[Because at this moment, Qingyun Sect was in decline, and even this Xiao Qingyun Realm was gradually being divided by other cultivators.]
[A large part of the reason was that Qingyunzi had been in seclusion for a long time… Not only other forces, but even within Qingyun Sect, some disciples believed that Qingyunzi had suffered an accident and had already perished.]
[And the news you brought, that Qingyunzi had appeared within the past hundred years… This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the entire Qingyun Sect!]
[Thus, Dan Huo Zhenxian immediately took out a jade slip and sent a message to his master, Huo Yun Jinxian, reporting the matter.]
[After the message was sent, Dan Huo Zhenxian informed you that he would return to the Qingyun Realm in five years, and he would take you with him at that time.]
[During this period, he would provide you with sufficient cultivation resources and a cultivation environment…]
[You were quite satisfied with Dan Huo Zhenxian's arrangements, so you settled down in a cave heaven in Xiao Qingyun City.]
[Although you were a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyunzi, you hadn't yet entered the sect, so naturally, you couldn't receive your own salary and cultivation resources.]
[Therefore, your cultivation resources, apart from earning them yourself, were solely provided by Dan Huo Zhenxian.]
[As a direct second-generation disciple, Dan Huo Zhenxian treated you well, ensuring that he provided you with a million spirit stones each year to cover your daily cultivation needs.]
[You weren't interested in spirit stones, you needed more flesh and blood essence.]
[So, Dan Huo Zhenxian provided you with a hundred catties of Ren Xian Realm demon cultivator flesh and blood essence every year…]
[These weren't considered a windfall for you, but freebies were better than nothing.]
[Thus, you stayed in Xiao Qingyun City, cultivating peacefully and improving your cultivation.]
[In the blink of an eye, five years had passed…]
[In the thirtieth year, your body refinement cultivation level rose to the peak of Da Cheng Realm Seventh Stage, just one step away from reaching Da Cheng Realm Eighth Stage!]
[The cave heaven was filled with abundant spiritual energy, and coupled with your occasional use of spiritual liquid for cultivation, your cultivation also rose to the peak of Da Cheng Stage First Stage.]
[One day, Dan Huo Zhenxian found you and informed you that he was going to return to Qingyun Sect and asked if you wanted to go with him.]
[Upon hearing this, you naturally wouldn't refuse and readily agreed.]
[So, on that day, Dan Huo Zhenxian took out a flying artifact resembling a small boat and threw it into the air.]
[You and Dan Huo Zhenxian sat on the flying boat, and the formations on the boat quickly activated…]
[Violent spatial fluctuations emanated from this single-leaf flying boat as it soared through the void.]
[Dan Huo Zhenxian told you that his comprehension of the Dao of Space was insufficient, so he couldn't traverse worlds and travel through the Three Thousand Worlds…]
[However, this flying boat treasure was a gift from his master, Huo Yun Jinxian, a post-heaven supreme treasure capable of traversing the void and shuttling between worlds…]
[Dan Huo Zhenxian told you that the distance between the Xiao Qingyun Realm and the Qingyun Realm was unknown, and if they used the flying boat's route, it would take about a month to reach their destination.]
[You nodded slightly and stayed in the flying boat's room, curiously observing the surrounding void.]
[The scene of traversing the void was somewhat similar to traveling through space in your previous life, with countless small thousand worlds like stars.]
[However, due to the flying boat's excessive speed, you could only see blurry white lights…]
[After watching for a few days, you found it uninteresting and continued to close yourself off to cultivate.]
[Soon, a month passed…]
[When the flying boat gradually slowed down, you were awakened by Dan Huo Zhenxian, who informed you that they had arrived at the Qingyun Realm.]
[You felt a slight sense of anticipation in your heart. Upon arriving at the Qingyun Realm, you could clearly feel that the spiritual energy in the entire world was much more abundant than in the barren Xiao Qingyun Realm, at least twice as abundant!]
[Moreover, the closer they got to the Qingyun Sect's sect grounds, the more abundant the spiritual energy became.]
[On the flying boat, Dan Huo Zhenxian enthusiastically introduced Qingyun Sect's influence to you.]
[The entire Qingyun Realm was under the direct jurisdiction of Qingyun Sect, with an area of tens of billions of miles. Other forces could only establish organizations and cities for trading within this realm with Qingyun Sect's permission.]
[And the generations of Qingyun Sect disciples were countless.]
[The only ones you needed to know were the direct disciples within the first four generations.]
[There were three founding patriarchs of Qingyun Sect, one of whom had already perished, and the other two, including Qingyunzi, were in seclusion for a long time.]
[There were eighteen second-generation disciples, six of whom were direct disciples of Qingyunzi.]
[These second-generation direct disciples were also your nominal senior brothers.]
[Currently, Qingyun Sect was managed by Huo Yun Jinxian and several other second-generation direct disciples.]
[As for the third-generation disciples, their number was even greater, a total of two hundred and eight.]
[The fourth-generation disciples of Qingyun Sect numbered over a thousand, making it difficult to recognize them all…]
[As for those beyond the fourth generation, in Dan Huo Zhenxian's words, there was little interaction with them, so there was no need to know them.]
[You nodded slightly, silently memorizing Dan Huo Zhenxian's words in your heart.]
In the real world, Su Xing sighed upon seeing this.
"Qingyun Sect, a behemoth that has stood tall in the Three Thousand Worlds for several aeons, remaining undeterred for millions of years… This sect's power is truly terrifying!"
"But in the Luo Tian copy I saw… it seemed that the Luo Tian Sect's strength wasn't that terrifying?"
Su Xing felt a slight sense of doubt in his heart.
The information he had obtained earlier indicated that the Luo Tian Sect, at its peak, had seventy-two Jin Xian… But in the Shui Yue Illusion he saw, even those above Xian were rare!
"However, Qingyunzi is in seclusion, so I don't need to worry about my secret being discovered…"
"I can even use Qingyun Sect's resources to make my cultivation progress even faster."
"I just wonder how the resources within Qingyun Sect are?"
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[The flying boat slowly descended, finally stopping at the Qingyun Sect's mountain gate plaza…]
[This was the first time you had seen such a magnificent and imposing sect.]
[Outside the mountain gate, there were precipitous cliffs and towering rocks, with the occasional bird chirping…]
[Within the Qingyun Sect's mountain gate, hundreds of peaks stood tall, surrounded by swirling white smoke, like a dreamlike illusion…]
[Vaguely, you could even hear the sounds of rare and exotic beasts and dragon roars…]
[A jade-colored, pure white spiritual dragon, spotless and immaculate, soared through the clouds and mist towards you, its eyes filled with curiosity.]
[You were shocked in your heart, this was a spiritual vein dragon!]
[And it was a mature spiritual vein dragon!]
[The spiritual vein dragon sized you up and then circled around a few times before going off to play on its own among the high clouds and mist.]
[The plaza where the flying boat landed was the main peak of Qingyun Sect, with a length and width of over ten thousand zhang… The surface was paved with jade-like tiles, luxurious to the extreme.]
[This impossibly tall main peak seemed as if it had been cleaved open by a sword, smooth and grand…]
[Under the guidance of Huo Yun Jinxian, you soon arrived at the grand hall in the back mountain of the sect, which was only accessible to direct disciples of the first three generations.]
[Here, you saw many of your junior disciples, whose cultivation levels were unfathomably deep, but they all looked at you with curiosity.]
[At this time, most of the second-generation direct disciples were in seclusion.]
[Only two direct disciples of Qingyunzi were not in seclusion, Huo Yun Jinxian and Zi Ling Xianzi.]
[One was your third senior brother, and the other was your fourth senior sister, both Jin Xian level experts!]
Su Xing couldn't help but feel amazed upon seeing this.
"As expected of a behemoth in the Three Thousand Worlds, just the second-generation direct disciples possess Jin Xian cultivation…"
"These two powerful cultivators… they must have given quite generous gifts upon meeting me, right?"
Su Xing's eyes filled with anticipation, and he looked at the simulation panel.
[The two senior brothers and sisters were extremely enthusiastic towards you. They told you that your master Qingyunzi was in seclusion, but he had received news of your arrival and would likely emerge from seclusion within a few decades.]
[Before then, you would enjoy the treatment of a direct second-generation disciple of Qingyun Sect.]
[In addition, the two senior brothers and sisters also gave you gifts upon meeting you.]
[Third Senior Brother Huo Yun Jinxian gave you a jade-like fiery red sword-shaped magic treasure, a top-grade Xian sword with boundless power.]
[Fourth Senior Sister Zi Ling Xianzi prepared a Daoist robe for you that could protect against heat and cold, resist spells and curses… A top-grade Xian treasure-quality defensive magic treasure.]
[You pretended to refuse but secretly rejoiced as you accepted the two Xian treasures, feeling overjoyed in your heart.]
[With these two magic treasures on you, even if you encountered a Xian, you could give it a try!]
[You were given a cave dwelling, which was filled with abundant spiritual energy and located on a spiritual vein of Qingyun Sect. The concentration of spiritual energy was about the same as your Ling Tian cave dwelling.]
[But the only thing that disappointed you was that, apart from the two gifts and a cave dwelling, you didn't receive many substantial benefits.]
[Because Qingyun Sect had a large number of cultivators, and the number of direct disciples was in the tens of thousands, so it adopted a "contribution system". You needed to make a certain contribution to the sect to receive corresponding treatment and resources.]
[As a direct second-generation disciple, the basic welfare benefits you could receive each year were only ten million low-grade spirit stones…]
In the real world, Su Xing sighed slightly upon seeing this.
"Second-generation disciples, they're probably all close to Jin Xian level experts… I wouldn't count on this meager welfare benefit."
"They mostly hold positions within Qingyun Sect and have cultivated for tens of thousands of years… Perhaps only I have a high seniority but such a low cultivation contribution within the entire Qingyun Sect…"
"It seems that if you want to obtain the corresponding resources in a cultivation sect, you still need to rely on your own efforts!"
Although Su Xing also wanted to obtain billions of spiritual liquids at once and directly become a Xian on the spot.
But this was obviously unrealistic.
Qingyun Sect, no matter how deep its foundation, had countless disciples. The number of direct disciples was more than tens of thousands, and the number of collateral disciples was probably in the tens of millions…
If everyone relied on seniority to receive their salary and didn't care about their contribution to the sect, it would have long been in chaos.
"However… my seniority within Qingyun Sect is extremely high, so it should be easier for me to obtain resources. My growth rate within Qingyun Sect should be faster…"
Su Xing had a smile on his face. So far, Qingyun Sect had given him a good impression.
It didn't seem like there were any traps waiting for him.
After all, a group of Jin Xian wouldn't need to scheme against a small Da Cheng Stage cultivator like him…
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[So, for the next year, you stayed in Qingyun Sect, continuously learning about this behemoth-level force in the Three Thousand Worlds.]
[Of course, the main thing you learned was how to obtain contribution points and exchange them for cultivation resources.]
[There were many ways to obtain cultivation resources in Qingyun Sect.]
[The powerful second and third-generation direct disciples would often go to various small thousand worlds to manage them or engage in trade.]
[Managing a small thousand world for a few hundred years could earn a large amount of contribution points and even gain a lot of benefits.]
[But you immediately ruled out this method. Although your status was high enough, your strength hadn't reached the Xian level yet. If you encountered evil cultivators outside, you might even lose your life.]
[Apart from this, other ways to earn contribution points included finding resources needed by high-ranking officials (second and third-generation disciples) within the sect and earning contribution points from them.]
[Or you could slay demonic beasts, obtain materials, and exchange them for contribution points.]
[Those with strong strength could also go to various "chaotic realms" to fight against alien races and earn a vast amount of contribution points.]
[But for you, you chose the safest method.]
[Planting spiritual plants, selling pills, and earning contribution points… then exchanging them for the resources you needed.]
[In the thirty-first year, you stayed in your cave dwelling, planting Gathering Spirit Flowers, and began to diligently cultivate.]
[The cave dwelling was filled with abundant spiritual energy, and you only needed three years to cultivate a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers.]
[You cultivated Gathering Spirit Flowers while taking pills to improve your body refinement cultivation.]
[Thus, three years passed…]
[In the thirty-fourth year, you took out the thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers you had cultivated and went to find the sect's affairs elder to exchange them for contribution points.]
[The sect's affairs elder was a third-generation disciple with Xuan Xian level cultivation, and he showed you great respect, calling you "Little Grand-Uncle" every time he spoke.]
[If you were outside, you wouldn't dare to easily take out a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers, but within Qingyun Sect, your status was extraordinary, so you naturally took out the thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers to exchange for resources.]
[The affairs elder was startled when he saw you take out so many Gathering Spirit Flowers at once, then kindly told you that Zi Ling Xianzi was looking for Gathering Spirit Flowers to improve her cave dwelling. If you could trade with Zi Ling Xianzi, you would definitely get more contribution points.]
[You accepted the affairs elder's kindness, so you took out a transmission jade slip and contacted Senior Sister Zi Ling.]
[Senior Sister Zi Ling was aloof and indifferent, appearing to keep people at arm's length, but for you, her junior brother, she still left her contact information, though you had never contacted her before.]
[Upon hearing that you had a large number of Gathering Spirit Flowers for sale, Zi Ling Xianzi became interested and personally came to your cave dwelling to find you.]
[You handed the thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers to Zi Ling Xianzi, who was greatly surprised upon seeing them. She immediately expressed her willingness to pay 130,000 sect contribution points to buy this batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers.]
[The Qingyun Sect contribution points were extremely valuable. One contribution point could easily be exchanged for a top-grade spirit stone… or a hundred low-grade spirit stones.]
[This meant that for each Gathering Spirit Flower, you had exchanged for nearly 130,000 low-grade spirit stones, a huge fortune.]
[Moreover, contribution points had many uses and were more useful than spirit stones. They could be exchanged for many rare materials… or even supreme secret techniques!]
[Overall, Zi Ling Xianzi didn't exert any pressure based on her cultivation level. In fact, she took extra care of you during this transaction, causing you to develop a sense of fondness for her.]
[After the transaction, Zi Ling Xianzi hesitated slightly and asked where you got so many Gathering Spirit Flowers. She wanted to buy this information from you and wouldn't let you suffer any losses.]
[After thinking for a moment, you frankly admitted that you had cultivated these Gathering Spirit Flowers yourself.]
[Zi Ling Xianzi was shocked after hearing this.]
[You should know that Gathering Spirit Flowers are celestial wonders, extremely difficult to cultivate.]
[For every hundred seeds, after ten years of hard work, the survival rate is only about one in ten… This is also the reason why Gathering Spirit Flowers are becoming scarcer and more expensive.]
[You said that you were exceptionally skilled in the Dao of Cultivation, and it only took you five years to cultivate Gathering Spirit Flowers, with a success rate of over 50%, which is why you were able to sell them.]
[Zi Ling Xianzi was slightly surprised after hearing this. She had a long-term need for Gathering Spirit Flowers to improve the spiritual energy content in her cave dwelling.]
[So, she asked you to sell Gathering Spirit Flowers to her for a long time, and she was willing to pay a high price.]
[This was a win-win situation, and you naturally wouldn't refuse. So, you guaranteed to provide Zi Ling Xianzi with a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers every ten years, and Zi Ling Xianzi would buy them all for 130,000 sect contribution points.]
In the real world, Su Xing sighed slightly:
"Sure enough, even in the Three Thousand Worlds, Gathering Spirit Flowers are rare treasures in the eyes of Jin Xian!"
"The higher the cultivation level, the slower the improvement, and the more abundant spiritual energy is needed… And Gathering Spirit Flowers are specifically used to improve the quality of their cave dwellings. For these powerful cultivators, it's a way to improve their cultivation speed, so naturally, the more the better!"
However, this was definitely good news for Su Xing.
In the entire Three Thousand Worlds, there were almost no cultivators who could cultivate Gathering Spirit Flowers as easily as Su Xing.
This meant that Su Xing had a near-monopoly!
As long as he had Gathering Spirit Flowers in hand, he wouldn't lack money!
"The path of cultivation requires wealth, companions, methods, and land…"
"Then, after I have money, I need to further improve my cultivation…"
His gaze fell upon the simulation panel.
[After the transaction with Zi Ling Xianzi, you obtained 130,000 contribution points!]
[This amount of contribution points was something that ordinary Qingyun Sect disciples might not be able to accumulate even after hundreds of years of hard work.]
[So, you used these contribution points to buy hundreds of catties of peak Ren Xian Realm flesh and blood essence, hoping to improve your body refinement cultivation to Da Cheng Realm Eighth Stage in one go!]
[In the blink of an eye, another year passed.]
[In the thirty-fifth year, your body refinement cultivation reached Da Cheng Realm Eighth Stage!]
[Now that you had enough contribution points and cultivation resources, the next thing you needed was to transform those resources into cultivation.]
[So, you continued to cultivate in seclusion…]
[In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.]
[In the fortieth year, your cultivation level rose to the mid-Da Cheng Realm Eighth Stage!]
[At the same time, over these few years, several senior brothers and sisters of the same generation had successively emerged from seclusion, and they all gave you gifts as a sign of respect for your seniority.]
[Among them, the one you liked the most was a flying boat comparable to a top-grade Xian treasure. It could be driven by mana, and your speed could even reach that of a Tian Xian level cultivator!]
[Just the value of these gifts was no less than hundreds of millions of spirit stones!]
[The only thing that bothered you was that Qingyunzi hadn't emerged from seclusion yet. Perhaps you would receive even more precious items after Qingyunzi emerged.]
[But time flies in the cultivation world, and you felt good during this time in Qingyun Sect.]
[The days of living in fear were gone, and all you needed to do every day was to seek immortality and cultivate the Dao.]
[You planned to tell your master about Earth after he emerged from seclusion and see what his reaction would be.]
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