Chapter 279: No Harm
“Outrageous!”
The old man, fuming, entered the restaurant and placed ten mid-grade spirit stones before the shopkeeper.
“Who says I don’t pay for my meals?”
The shopkeeper was just a mortal, but he knew that the players had tacitly allowed the old man to eat for free these past few days.
Didn’t this clearly show that the old man’s identity was extraordinary?
He immediately said in a panic, “Oh, elder, who said you don’t pay for your meals? We treated you!”
The old man wasn’t buying it.
He rarely ate mortal food, and when he did, it was always brought to him by others.
In his logic, it was an honor for others to have him eat their food.
Yet here, he had been eating for free these past few days, and while the players hadn’t said anything to his face, they had been gossiping about him behind his back!
Being spoken to by such a young mortal girl made the old man feel quite ashamed.
However, he didn’t do anything else; he just paid the spirit stones and left.
The shopkeeper chased after him, saying, “Elder, these spirit stones are too much…”
The old man huffed, “Remember, don’t say I don’t pay for my meals in the future!”
Shopkeeper: “…”
Upon returning, the old man came before the little girl and snorted, “I’ve already paid for the meals I’ve eaten.”
The little girl immediately gave him a thumbs-up, “Then you’re a great immortal!”
Old Man: “…”
He narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked, “If other immortals skipped out on their bills, would those Longevity Sect disciples arrest them?”
“Yes!” the little girl nodded. “Even immortals have to pay for their meals. Without rules, nothing can be accomplished…”
The little girl scratched her head, thinking about what the elder sisters from the Longevity Sect usually said. However, being young and having not experienced modern enlightenment, she couldn’t fully grasp their meaning, and just scratched her head, “I don’t understand the rest.”
“Without rules, nothing can be accomplished…” the old man repeated the phrase, then scoffed.
Even a small sect had such ideas.
But this Yunzhou Continent had always believed in the power of strength.
If your fist wasn’t strong enough, no amount of reasoning would be useful.
Fortunately, he had encountered someone who was willing to reason with him.
The old man stroked his beard and decided not to stoop to their level.
After all, he still wanted to know how Chen Miaomiao managed to cultivate Tier 3 spirit herbs.
He had observed her secretly these past few days. Although it was beneath his status, he was astonished that through her methods, he had vaguely grasped something, yet couldn’t fully comprehend its meaning.
This surprised him even more.
He had never seen such a cultivation method in Yunzhou before; without any spirit liquid, the seedlings could undergo a complete transformation with such a high survival rate.
Such a genius was actually in such a small sect.
And she didn’t go to other sects.
This Longevity Sect was so interesting that he was reluctant to leave.
What’s more, he had discovered someone here who shouldn’t exist.
The other party might have sensed something, but they didn’t recognize him.
With that thought, the old man took out a mid-grade spirit stone and gave it to the little girl, “Bring me more candied hawthorns tomorrow.”
The little girl’s eyes widened; she had only ever seen low-grade spirit stones before.
The color and spiritual energy density of mid-grade spirit stones were clearly different from low-grade ones, and the little girl could tell that the spirit stone in front of her was extraordinary.
The little girl shook her head vigorously, “I don’t want spirit stones, old grandpa. The school gives us snacks separately every day, I’ll bring them for you.”
The old man deliberately put on a stern face, “Don’t you think I’m freeloading?”
The little girl said, “The restaurant’s meals are for sale, but my snacks aren’t. You’re old, so I respect my elders, I’ll share with you.”
Old Man: “…”
His age was indeed not ordinary.
As long as nothing happened to the old man here, the other players couldn’t bother with him for the time being.
After all, they couldn’t manage him.
And it wasn’t just the disciples who returned from the Peach Blossom Sect who managed to inform their Sect Master.
Whether the Peach Blossom Sect Master would come was another matter.
Over at Cave Demon Valley, the disciples of the Flying Sparrow Sect were also enjoying the pills provided by the Longevity Sect.
The Flying Sparrow Sect had quite a few disciples stationed here; basically, their core strength was all here.
They rarely paid attention to sect matters unless there was major news.
Like the demonic beast invasion last time.
However, the Longevity Sect had handled it quickly, and they returned after finding out there was no longer any trouble.
For the Myriad Immortal Sect, the existence of these small sects was also somewhat useful.
The disciples at the border were not only undergoing training but also guarding.
Beyond the border of Cave Demon Valley, they were merely the second line of defense.
The true first line of defense was at the core of the actual border, where high-tier demonic beasts could appear at any moment. The disciples of the Myriad Immortal Sect guarded there, and there was also a teleportation great formation.
Normally, the disciples of the Myriad Immortal Sect would not interact with the disciples of these small sects.
These disciples of small sects were merely to prevent any demonic beasts with suspicious behavior from infiltrating.
When the players from the Longevity Sect distributed pills to them, the disciples of the Flying Sparrow Sect guarding the border were in disbelief.
At this moment, Dong Yulan was also at the border, and she turned a blind eye to the pills from the Longevity Sect.
Even though receiving the pills required signing a contract, under Su Huanli’s persuasion, everyone quickly signed.
After receiving the pills, the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples realized that the Longevity Sect was not joking.
On the contrary, Shui Ping was very confused about Su Huanli’s persuasion of the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples.
She had been training with Su Huanli at the border for a month, and now she was on the verge of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
After the pills were distributed, Shui Ping asked Su Huanli, “Do you think this is right? First it was Tier 2 spirit herbs, but now they’re giving us Tier 3 pills. Senior Sister, don’t you think this Longevity Sect is very strange…”
Su Huanli placed the Tier 3 pill in front of her, “Are the pills real?”
Shui Ping: “…”
Su Huanli closed her palms, “As long as the pills are real and the contract signed is fine, why wouldn’t we agree to something that benefits our cultivation?”
Shui Ping, however, was somewhat worried, “I just think the Longevity Sect is too outrageous. In just a few months, their scale has begun to far surpass ours…”
Su Huanli knew a little of the truth.
She and A Wu were the only two people who knew Song Jiulai was the Daughter of Destiny.
Although Su Huanli didn’t know what kind of Daughter of Destiny Song Jiulai was, or what destiny she carried.
But looking at the Longevity Sect’s current development, Su Huanli felt that following them would be beneficial.
Su Huanli lowered her head and slowly said, “Shui Ping, we disciples can only stay in places like this border region for our entire lives, where spiritual energy is scarce, and breaking through to Foundation Establishment is already an arduous task. I just want to go as far as possible on this path. As long as the Longevity Sect can give us benefits, we don’t need to care what they do. And do you think they have done anything harmful to us?”
Shui Ping was speechless.
She also knew about the changes in Wang’an County. Not to mention anything else, just their attitude towards mortals showed that the disciples of the Longevity Sect had a patience that even the Flying Sparrow Sect lacked.
