Since whether he became friends with or enemies of that mysterious [Person Endowed with Great Fortune] could double his debt repayment efficiency, then...
This matter became much simpler!
Ryan pushed open the door and, facing the first rays of the morning sun, began to search for his target person.
Searching for all the people within a radius of ten miles and screening them one by one was a rather arduous task.
After all, the supernatural power of causality didn't provide a specific direction or distance, so Ryan had to search bit by bit.
Now, Ryan was no longer an ordinary person but a cultivator at the first level of Spirit Nurturing. He had abundant stamina and energy, and he didn't feel tired at all while searching.
The area he first searched was concentrated among the small bluestone houses of the outer disciples at the foot of the mountain.
"All the outer disciples and the four deacons under Drunken Immortal Peak, I have met them, and none of them are the one!"
Facing the faint morning light, Ryan searched the nearby area thoroughly but found nothing. So, he expanded his search range.
At this moment, noticing his movements, Chu Shaobai also walked out of his room.
Dressed in the outer disciple's attire, he greeted enthusiastically: "Brother Ryan, good morning!"
"Although I only arrived one day earlier than you, but..."
"In order to complete more sect tasks faster and obtain more contributions, I deliberately spent a spirit stone to exchange for a detailed map of the surrounding hundred miles from a senior."
"I have firmly memorized the content of the map and am very familiar with the nearby environment!"
Compared with other outer disciples, although Chu Shaobai had just arrived, he wasn't financially strapped.
His spirit stone didn't come from the sect's welfare but was brought from the outside world.
The ancestor of the Chu family was a formidable figure at the tenth level of Spirit Nurturing and was highly respected and received with great ceremony in various mortal dynasties and even some small immortal cultivation sects.
At this moment, Chu Shaobai also took the initiative to offer to be Ryan's guide and share the various pieces of information he had inquired about.
Ryan asked expressionlessly: "Won't this delay your cultivation progress?"
Deep down, Ryan was actually a bit conflicted.
He felt that he was using the other person as an excuse to delay the repayment deadline, but the other person was so enthusiastic and friendly to help him... It seemed that he was a bit unkind?
Chu Shaobai, however, burst out laughing: "Without Brother Ryan's guidance, I would still be just a registered disciple now!"
He looked calm and sincere and said: "Moreover, you are the only true disciple of my Drunken Immortal Peak."
"If my relationship with you is closer than others, then I can also benefit from your reputation and be a bit intimidating!"
"I'm not a bullying and tyrannical dandy, but I can also avoid being oppressed by others!"
Hearing this, Ryan nodded slightly, acknowledged his statement.
This made sense.
Coincidentally, with Chu Shaobai as his guide, his search efficiency would be higher.
The [Person Endowed with Great Fortune] was a living person and might move around, leaving the area where he was originally and increasing the distance from him.
Having a local guide to help was the best!
Ryan thought for a moment and no longer limited his search target to the outer disciples. He asked Chu Shaobai to take him to the thatched cottages where the registered disciples lived to have a look.
Chu Shaobai didn't suspect anything and introduced as he walked: "Although the houses where the registered disciples live look like simple thatched cottages, don't underestimate these ordinary dwellings."
"Their building materials are all woven from spiritual grass and leaves."
"Moreover, they are imprinted with array inscriptions and are sturdy and reliable, capable of providing shelter from the wind and rain without any problem."
"Not to mention strong winds and earthquakes, even if you directly burn them with a torch, no fire can be lit!"
"The treatment for outer disciples is even better. Each bluestone house is cast from the scraps of spirit mines, the residues and leftover materials of refining tools."
"It can naturally gather spiritual energy and slightly improve the cultivation efficiency."
"Under the stone houses where we are living now, there are water supply pipelines made of [Gilded Bamboo] crisscrossing, supplying spiritual spring water all day long."
Chu Shaobai chattered on about the differences in welfare and treatment between the outer disciples and the registered disciples.
After about a quarter of an hour, Ryan suddenly stopped in his tracks and his eyes sharpened.
His gaze focused on an ordinary thatched cottage in the southeast.
The feedback from the supernatural power of causality indicated that the Person Endowed with Great Fortune was inside.
At the same time...
Inside the thatched cottage, a young man who had fallen asleep with his clothes on suddenly woke up.
He subconsciously looked at the corner of the room.
Sizzle...
Smoke was rising from the small red clay stove, and a pot full of Yellow Millet Spirit Rice seemed to be still uncooked.
"I am the Champion Marquis Fenrir Howe of the Diting Dynasty, born in poverty and rose to prominence through military achievements."
"Last night, I just passed the assessment of the Preaching Stele and was accepted as a registered disciple of Xuanji Cave Heaven. Then..."
"I was instantly teleported thousands of miles away by the sect's [Near and Far in a Single Step Array] and arrived here."
The heroic young man opened his eyes and looked at the rice pot not far away, with a dazed expression: "I rushed here from the territory of the Diting Dynasty through wind and rain."
"Hurrying all the way, I rode dozens of horses to death before I managed to arrive in time for the immortal sect's assessment. Naturally, I was exhausted from the journey."
"Therefore, as soon as I became a registered disciple, I cooked a pot of rice and wanted to take a short nap before filling my growling stomach."
"Who would have known that with just one blink of my eyes, I had a nightmare that lasted for a hundred years!"
Fenrir Howe remembered it very clearly.
He had just closed his eyes and immediately entered a dreamland.
In a daze, Fenrir Howe encountered a hunched old man in the foggy nightmare. The old man said that he wanted to teach him, a destined person, the [Great Dream Immortal Art].
As a result...
As soon as the words were spoken, the old man disappeared without a trace.
Then, he began his long and arduous journey of immortal cultivation here in Xuanji Cave Heaven.
The assessment of the Preaching Stele was quite accurate!
With the assistance of the Xuanji Cave Heaven's town - protecting dao artifact [Preaching Stele], it took him six or seven days to understand the [Xuanji Qi - Nurturing Method]. His cultivation talent was indeed mediocre.
In the mortal world, he had studied and practiced hard, fought bravely against strong enemies without fear, and was renowned as the Champion Marquis.
In the immortal cultivation world, he naturally also strived bravely and refused to be inferior to others!
Unfortunately, cultivation talent was an invisible and intangible but real chasm!
He tried his best to undertake various sect tasks to earn merit and contributions and exchange for rare pills and elixirs.
He attempted alchemy, tool refining, and practiced hard in the art of killing and protecting the dao, racking his brains to cultivate to a higher realm.
Unfortunately, all these attempts had little effect!
Until he was old and frail, he barely managed to reach the tenth level of Spirit Nurturing.
Finally, seeing that his path of cultivation was coming to an end, he wanted to obtain a [Transcendent Dust Pill].
At that time, he planned to use the power of the pill to break through the realm, increase his lifespan, and continue his immortal path.
So, he took risks and competed with demons for opportunities.
As a result...
The young Champion Marquis who had once wanted to travel through the eight wastelands and nine seas, reach for the sky to explore the firmament, and dive into the deep sea to embrace the bright moon ultimately failed to fulfill his wish and gradually became an ordinary person.
Finally, when he was old and weak, he was brutally disemboweled and had his heart dug out by a powerful demon and died a miserable death!
"It was too real... It didn't seem like a dream at all!"
Fenrir Howe held his head and looked a bit confused: "I can recall all the details in the dream with just a little thought."
Those familiar faces, their voices, their experiences, the taste of the many pills I took...
"Even my memories of alchemy, tool refining, and even the arduous practice of the art of killing and protecting the dao..."
"The joy and excitement of breaking through the realm, the excitement of fighting, the pain and coldness of the approaching death..."
"So detailed, I don't believe they are all fake!"
However, this pot full of Yellow Millet Spirit Rice that he had cooked with his own hands wasn't even cooked yet.
At a glance, it was obvious that it was still undercooked.
This proved that he had indeed just passed the assessment and become a registered disciple of Xuanji Cave Heaven not long ago!
Just as Fenrir Howe frowned tightly and was thinking carefully...
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the thatched cottage.
"True Disciple Ryan of Drunken Immortal Peak and his friend are here on a tour. I wonder if the host would like to see us?"
The voice that he had only heard once but would never forget sounded outside the house.
Fenrir Howe was stunned for a moment, and then quickly calmed himself down, pretended to be calm, and replied loudly: "Those who come are guests. There is no need for formalities. Please come in!"