Chapter 82: Isn’t That Leaving Her an Opportunity to Steal My Home?
Seeing it was Su Huanli, Song Jiulai immediately said, “I’ll go now.”
After the Immortal Worship Ceremony, they would be leaving Liuxian City. Su Huanli had previously suggested Song Jiulai get a Sect Token.
When Longevity Sect disciples travel in groups, they can bring their Sect Tokens as long as it’s within a reasonable range.
There were no special rules for obtaining a Sect Token.
The Sect only needed to have ten or more members.
Song Jiulai reported it herself, and Myriad Immortal Sect didn’t need to investigate specifically.
Because the Sect boundary monument was there, Myriad Immortal Sect had a special method to directly observe the Sect’s situation from the monument. For example, if you tried to underreport taxes, you’d be in trouble if Myriad Immortal Sect found out.
You could underreport, as long as you could bear the consequences.
This wasn’t like giving you a heads-up before an inspection; Myriad Immortal Sect could investigate whenever they wanted, it only took an instant.
Why were the conditions so lenient?
Because obtaining a token required paying one Mid-grade Spirit Stone annually.
Coming out this one time had wiped out all of Song Jiulai’s savings.
At first, Song Jiulai thought Myriad Immortal Sect was just finding ways to scam money everywhere, but she soon changed her mind.
Su Huanli accompanied her to Myriad Immortal Sect’s office in Liuxian City to pay the fee and received a token refined by Myriad Immortal Sect members.
It was made of similar materials to a Jade Slip, fitting comfortably in the palm of her hand.
The words ‘Longevity’ were engraved on it.
You have to admit, it looked quite auspicious.
Who wouldn’t want longevity?
What a great name!
If the token was crushed, someone from Myriad Immortal Sect would immediately appear to rescue them.
However, this token couldn’t be used carelessly. A Sect could only use it once, essentially reserved for when the Sect faced utter destruction.
Otherwise, was Myriad Immortal Sect supposed to be their bodyguard?
In a way, it also meant Myriad Immortal Sect had set up an early warning system in various regions, knowing who was responsible if a Sect encountered trouble.
For example, was it a Demonic Beast attack or another force?
Thinking about it this way, the money didn’t seem so unreasonable to pay…
After paying for the token, Su Huanli took Song Jiulai to a Mortal restaurant for a meal.
Since Song Jiulai celebrated her Foundation Establishment Stage breakthrough last time, she had developed a fondness for tasting mortal delicacies.
But she felt the food in Liuxian City lacked flavor.
Coming here now was just to experience the local customs of Liuxian City.
Mortals without Spiritual Roots couldn’t perceive the difference between cultivators.
In many places where mortals gathered, apart from the current liveliness, cultivators rarely visited.
While eating, Song Jiulai curiously asked Su Huanli, “Senior Sister Su, do other Sects also collect taxes like our Myriad Immortal Sect?”
Su Huanli looked up at her and then shook her head.
She then lowered her voice and told Song Jiulai, “I only know that the tax system of the neighboring Tianyang Sect is three times that of Myriad Immortal Sect.”
As for what real life was like, she hadn’t been there and didn’t know any cultivators from Tianyang Sect, so Su Huanli didn’t have much to say.
Even for major events like the Immortal Worship Ceremony, other Sects would only bring high-level cultivators or exceptionally talented second-generation disciples, never interacting with ordinary cultivators like them, so they didn’t know much about other Sects.
Even so, the mention of triple the amount made Song Jiulai gasp, her scalp tingling.
Although Myriad Immortal Sect only collected taxes once a year, paying it all at once was still a significant pressure.
And this was obtained through methods that were almost like cheating for Song Jiulai and the Players, not to mention the Players could also make money.
For smaller Sects like Longevity Sect, such a high tax system would likely have driven them to ruin long ago.
“However…”
Su Huanli revealed a secret: “There are always cultivators from Tianyang Sect who come over through some method we don’t know, reportedly at a great cost. They just don’t dare to reveal their identities.”
Isn’t this just smuggling?
After all, the major Sects were separated by the Demonic Beast battlefield.
Cultivators without capability couldn’t possibly cross over.
If one had no ambitions, there wasn’t much difference between Myriad Immortal Sect and Tianyang Sect; both could push people to smuggle to another major Sect. Song Jiulai, not understanding the situation well, vaguely felt that the Yunzhou Continent might not be as ‘peaceful’ as she imagined.
Mainly because her birthplace was within Myriad Immortal Sect’s territory, and a few travelogues couldn’t provide information about other major Sects.
What she saw were only stories passed down within the Yunzhou Continent itself.
Song Jiulai committed all these matters to memory, considering whether to include some information in future version updates.
This would also allow the Players to gradually understand the Yunzhou Continent along with her.
And on the last day in Liuxian City, the Immortal Worship Ceremony officially began.
Perhaps Song Jiulai had imagined it too beautifully.
Because she discovered that this Immortal Worship Ceremony had nothing to do with ordinary cultivators like them.
It was just that Liuxian City would be open during this festival, essentially providing a communication platform for lower-tier cultivators, and perhaps buying some things in the Black Market.
The main venue for the Immortal Worship Ceremony was in Myriad Immortal Sect’s Sect City, which Song Jiulai and the others couldn’t access.
The Sects that came to Liuxian City were all gathered in the empty, massive Sect building in Liuxian City.
That was Guanhai Sect’s territory. Due to the oppressive power of their high rank, Song Jiulai and the others didn’t even know what was happening above.
They could only see the building emitting golden light all over the sky on the last day—it was blinding.
Song Jiulai squinted, her eyes hurt by the golden light, not daring to look directly at it for too long.
She felt a power similar to the sun in this Otherworld.
It had been a long time since she had experienced this sensation of being so blinded that tears welled up.
She thought that when she became powerful in the future, she would get rid of such bad habits.
She wanted to set off fireworks.
The whole city would set them off for her!
If there was a grand celebration above, there should be celebrations below.
As for those Prodigies mentioned in gossip, they were indeed Prodigies.
They were completely unseen.
At this moment, Song Jiulai felt the stark difference in the Cultivation World based on rank more than ever.
On Blue Star, at least during major festivals, television stations would have Live Broadcasts…
On the last day, Su Huanli also looked up at the sky, her face cupped in her hands. Although she couldn’t look directly at it for long due to the brightness, the envious expression on her face couldn’t be hidden: “In this life, I’m already very satisfied to have reached the Foundation Establishment Stage. If I could break through to the Golden Core Stage one day, how far could I go on this Heaven-reaching Great Dao of cultivation?”
“You will definitely Ascend,” Song Jiulai said sweetly, offering insincere praise without hesitation. “Senior Sister Su, you have a distinguished appearance and extraordinary Talent. To have reached Foundation Establishment at such a young age, Golden Core is certainly within reach in the future.”
Su Huanli was amused: “You’re very good with words.”
“Yes,” Song Jiulai asked subtly, “Senior Sister Su, how many people are in your Flying Sparrow Sect now?”
“Us?” Su Huanli answered without hesitation, “Including Outer Disciples, there are just over two hundred people.”
Just over two hundred people?
Is that all the talented cultivators in Wang’an County?
“Is your Sect Master in seclusion?”
Su Huanli shook her head. “No, the Sect Master left a year ago. Everything in the Sect is currently managed by the Second Elder. If nothing major happens, he probably won’t return for decades.”
Golden Core Stage cultivators have lifespans of several hundred years, so it’s common for them to go out for ten or twenty years and not return.
Song Jiulai’s eyes lit up with a ‘BIU’.
The boss isn’t here…
Doesn’t that give her an opportunity to raid the house?
11.17 Update at night. My condition is not good, so no update in the early morning.
