Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: No One is Born Useless

Xiao Yan was stunned and suddenly turned around.

He saw a handsome young man in a white robe looking at him with a smile, his calm gaze containing a hint of encouragement and warmth.

“Who are you? Are you here to laugh at me too?”

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and said.

The thing he hated the most was having others watch his misfortunes!

“You misunderstood!” Su Bai shook his head, then continued, “I’m not here to laugh at you!”

“Heh…” Xiao Yan chuckled derisively, clearly not believing Su Bai’s words.

“Let’s take a walk?” Su Bai smiled and said, “We can chat as we go?”

“Why should I walk with you?” Xiao Yan frowned, refusing.

“If you want to defeat those who humiliated you today in three years, then come with me.”

After Su Bai said that, he turned and walked straight ahead, no longer paying attention to Xiao Yan behind him.

On both sides of the street, pedestrians were coming and going, with sellers calling out repeatedly.

There were street vendors pushing carts, merchants galloping on horseback, and young masters dressed in luxurious satin robes, holding folding fans.

There were also cultivators dressed extravagantly, chatting and laughing, invoking admiration from everyone around them.

“What did you mean by that just now?” Xiao Yan caught up, looking at Su Bai with suspicion on his face.

Su Bai didn’t respond or stop walking; he continued to move forward.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan quickened his pace, staying close beside Su Bai.

He wanted to see what kind of scheme this young man, who didn’t seem much older than him, was hiding.

After a moment, Su Bai finally stopped. He took out ten coins from his pocket and placed them in front of a beggar lying on the ground, who had lost both legs.

“Thank you! Thank you!”

The beggar trembled as he repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Su Bai.

Xiao Yan, not understanding what was happening, fished one or two pieces of silver from his pocket and handed them to the beggar.

However, the beggar looked at the shiny silver with a look of horror, shaking his head repeatedly.

“If you want to kill him, then give him that silver,” Su Bai spoke up.

“Huh?”

Xiao Yan was taken aback and asked in confusion, “Why?”

Su Bai gave him a faint glance and said, “Ten coins can let him live three more days, a hundred coins can let him lie there for three more days, but one piece of silver won’t allow him to survive the night.”

Hearing these words, Xiao Yan’s heart sank.

He looked around and discovered that many able-bodied beggars were staring intently at the silver in his hand.

Suddenly, it all clicked for him.

“Begging for survival in a humble manner, the peddlers working hard from dawn to dusk to support their families—they haven’t given up; they don’t see themselves as useless.”

“Everyone is working hard for their own lives, each having their own goals to pursue.”

“You say that you are able-bodied and come from a well-off family, so why do you feel like you’re worthless?”

Su Bai looked at him seriously, speaking each word deliberately.

“Because I can’t cultivate, I can’t make Liu Yanran look at me favorably, and I can’t change my situation!”

Xiao Yan spoke softly, his tone heavy with an indescribable sense of desolation and loneliness.

“In this world, no one is born worthless,” Su Bai said gently. “It’s just that some haven’t found their path yet.”

“Path? Where is my path?” Xiao Yan scoffed at himself.

“Every time I cultivate, I work hard to refine a little spiritual energy, only for it to dissipate immediately.”

“My father hired a high-level Foundation Establishment master to take a look at me, and he said I have no dantian, that I can’t succeed in Qi Refining.”

He couldn’t cultivate Qi; this was a foregone conclusion for his life, with no hope of ascending to the celestial path!

“Then why did you just mention challenging them in three years?” Su Bai countered.

“Of course, to prove to them, to prove that I’m not worthless!” Xiao Yan gritted his teeth.

“Good!”

Su Bai laughed heartily.

“What are you laughing at?!”Xiao Yan asked in confusion, “Who are you, exactly?”

“I’m Su Bai, Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sect!” Su Bai replied with a smile.

“The Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sect? Su Bai?” Xiao Yan frowned and searched his memory but couldn’t recall what the Heavenly Dao Sect was about.

“If you want to surpass Liu Yanran in three years, then wait for me here at sunset, and I will take you to the Heavenly Dao Sect.”

With that, Su Bai stepped away, leaving Xiao Yan with a bewildered expression.

Xiao Yan stood dazed, lost in thought about something.

Entering the Heavenly Dao Sect…

…………

At the entrance of the Hundred Sect Gathering, when Su Bai finally arrived, Xiao Lingxi and Zhuge Feng were already waiting for him.

Xiao Lingxi seemed well, having changed into a new dress; even with a veil on, she still attracted plenty of attention.

Wait a moment, attracting attention…

Su Bai looked around and sensed several very subtle gazes.

Ah, what’s meant to come still can’t be avoided.

When enemies approach, we must resist; when water arrives, we must cover it. Now that I’m at the Heavenly Dao Sect, not to mention a mere Lingxiao Sect, even if the Heavenly King himself showed up, he’d have to kneel to me, Su Bai!

Zhuge Feng had completely transformed, wearing an exquisite brocade robe, tied with a purple gold jade belt, making him appear much more spirited. On his chest, the words “Heavenly Dao Sect” were engraved. However, he still bore an expression of restraint and unease; the outfit, costing several dozen taels of silver, felt too extravagant for someone from a humble background like him—he could hardly believe it.

“Hold your head high and puff out your chest! You are the eldest senior brother of our Heavenly Dao Sect—do you want people to laugh at you?” Su Bai admonished. “Look at Lingxi, so poised and impressive; are you going to cower like that?”

“You need to learn to be confident, otherwise, how can you become a strong person in the future?”

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Feng immediately straightened up, and his demeanor seemed to gain strength. Xiao Lingxi suppressed a smile, as it appeared she had just heard Master praising her!

Following that, the group stepped into the grand plaza of the Hundred Sect Gathering. The crowd was still packed, and the number of sects and forces represented had increased to over 120. However, they did not see the Lingxiao Sect’s recruitment banner; the previous spot had been replaced with another sign.

Wanted Poster!

For information leading to: Ten taels of silver

For capture: One hundred taels of gold

Beneath it was a large portrait, and it was unmistakably of Xiao Lingxi!

“Who painted this? It’s so ugly!” Xiao Lingxi exclaimed, nearly losing her temper upon seeing the portrait. Fortunately, Su Bai intervened just in time; otherwise, she might have ripped it to shreds. Meanwhile, Zhuge Feng took out the new sign of the Heavenly Dao Sect and found a spot to sit down.

It’s true that with the silver, the new sign was well-made, much better than the original. With Zhuge Feng’s ensemble and appearance, he truly looked like a disciple of a celestial sect, instantly attracting many people, and there was no repeat of the situation where Su Bai was mocked as a fraud last time. However, despite the large crowd, when they saw that the monthly base fee was thirty taels of silver, everyone shook their heads.

“What kind of sect, one that nobody has heard of, charges the same as the Lingxiao Sect? With thirty taels of silver, why would I go to your Heavenly Dao Sect and not the Lingxiao Sect? Even a dog would shake its head at this!”