Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Sect Upgrade, 2-Star Sect

“Ding, the disciple’s cultivation base has broken through, rewarding 30 points.”

“Ding, congratulations! The task has been completed, and the sect has been upgraded to 1-Star. The 1-Star rewards have been issued; please check, Host.”

“Ding, congratulations! The sect has been upgraded to 2-Star. The points and task system have been activated, and the reputation system is now open.”

After a night without incident, Su Bai awoke to three system notification sounds in quick succession.

[Sect Information]

Sect Name: Heavenly Dao Sect

Sect Level: 2-Star (Upgradeable)

Sect Members: 5 (Disciple information can be viewed at any time)

Sect Territory: A radius of ten miles (the Host is absolutely invincible within the territory)

Sect Buildings: One Sect Main Hall (expandable), one Immortal Law Pavilion, Combat Technique Pavilion (not built), Pill Pavilion (not built), ten Disciple Training Pavilions (not built)

Sect Real Estate: Eleven acres of fertile land, one thousand one hundred spirit seeds, one inferior-grade spirit vein.

Sect Reputation: 4 (number of people who admire the sect)

Sect Points: 120

3-Star Sect Upgrade Conditions: Recruit ten disciples (with a sect loyalty above 60), and at least one disciple must reach Foundation Establishment stage, with sect reputation exceeding 10,000.

Main Quest: Please upgrade to 3-Star Sect as soon as possible; rewards include one Divine Artifact Pavilion and one Formation Pavilion.

Host Feedback: The Host’s strength is ten times the sum of all disciples’ strengths.

As the system’s notification sounds played, Su Bai opened his eyes and looked at a series of system notifications scrolling on the screen in front of him.

Upgraded!

30 points…This was because a disciple had broken through to the Qi Refining Third Layer. Among the disciples at the Qi Refining Second Layer, only Xiao Lingxi remained, so it was obvious who had made the breakthrough.

Su Bai looked over and saw Xiao Lingxi sitting cross-legged outside the Great Hall, her posture upright. The aura radiating from her had changed significantly compared to before. Her entire vitality felt different.

Qi Refining Third Layer!

In the palm of her hand, the luster of the inferior-grade spirit stone had dimmed somewhat, clearly indicating that it had consumed a good amount of spiritual energy. Judging by its glow, it could probably last for another two days, which meant she was consuming one spirit stone every three days.

The speed at which she used the spirit stone was more than ten times faster than an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator!

The result was a dramatic increase in her cultivation speed! With the spirit stones, Xiao Lingxi was surpassing even Zhuge Feng, who possessed a Heavenly Spirit Root, making it evident just how much spirit stones aided in cultivation!

“Master, this Immortal Technique is so powerful! It absorbs pure spiritual energy without the need for refining or purification. As long as the concentration of spiritual energy is high enough, breaking through is as easy as drinking water!”

Xiao Lingxi opened her eyes, filled with excitement. She had never imagined that one day her cultivation speed could reach such heights!

She understood it wasn’t due to her talents or the use of spirit stones, but entirely because of the Immortal Technique! The spirit stones enhanced the speed of absorbing spiritual energy but could not improve the efficiency of purification. Even with the Lingxiao Art, it still required quite a bit of time to break through to the next level.

The Immortal Technique of the Heavenly Dao Sect was extraordinarily powerful, directly eliminating the complex process of purification, saving a tremendous amount of cultivation time.

Beside her, Zhuge Feng, who was in the middle of his training, also opened his eyes. Although he had not yet broken through, he had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining Third Layer and would not be far from advancing to the Fourth Layer.

Ye Qingyao had worked hard all day. As a mortal body without a spirit root, her cultivation speed was exceedingly slow. Even with the assistance of spirit stones and the Mortal’s Cultivation Manual, reaching the Qi Refining First Layer was still a distant goal.

Mortal bodies are not meant for the path of immortality; this saying is not just a cliché. One must put in tenfold or a hundredfold more effort without guaranteed results.

There had once been a young master from a prominent family in the empire who, also a mortal body without a spirit root, took his family head a considerable amount of resources, almost bringing the entire family to ruin, and it took him a full year to succeed in the Qi Refining stage.

However, watching her senior brothers and sisters grow stronger made her more resolute. She would work even harder in her cultivation to try and catch up with them.

This is a belief! Just as the Master said, even a mortal body can ascend to the peak of immortality!

“I want to strive to meet the conditions for practicing the Hongmeng Body Refining Art as soon as possible!”

Xiao Yan clenched his fists. His current physique still did not meet the standard for practicing the Hongmeng Body Refining Art, so he could not officially cultivate and could only watch as his senior brothers and sisters grew stronger in their cultivation.

Thinking of this, he ran even faster.

“Today, I must run twenty laps around the foot of the sect’s mountain!”

One lap is about two miles, so twenty laps would be forty miles!

It’s just a mere forty miles!

Seeing the progress of several disciples and their hard work, Su Bai felt even happier. His own strength had also improved due to the breakthroughs of his disciples; he had now reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

“Sect upgrade!” Su Bai silently thought.

In an instant, the heavens shook and the earth trembled, and spiritual energy surged within a ten-mile radius!

The Heavenly Dao Sect’s mount expanded immensely, now truly resembling a large mountain.

A massive palace stood at the peak, grand and magnificent!

The palace covered an area of about a hundred zhang, with four hanging glazed lamps at its corners, emitting a radiant glow.

On the plaque of the palace, two ancient and vigorous characters ‘Heavenly Dao’ were written in a flourish.

Furthermore, the entire mount saw the addition of more than a dozen pavilions, all resplendent and imposing.

Immortal Law Pavilion, Combat Technique Pavilion, Pill Pavilion…

Not only had the mount changed, but at the foot of the mountain, there were also dozens of acres of fertile fields, rich in spiritual energy and almost suffocating.

Previously, the sect’s territory was too small to accommodate the Fertile Fields, and the Spirit Seeds required Spiritual Energy for irrigation and nourishment from the spiritual veins. Now, with the territory expanded to a ten-mile radius, reaching its limit, it was even close to Yunshui City! This sudden change naturally attracted the attention of countless people from the Heavenly Dao Sect who were eager to see what was happening.

“What… what just happened?”

“The concentration of Spiritual Energy… has increased severalfold. Could it be that a spiritual vein has emerged underground?”

“Is this a divine blessing descending from the heavens?”

Everyone was wide-eyed in astonishment, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

“Look, the peak of the Heavenly Dao Sect has expanded several times!”

It had originally been a rather remote area with sparse Spiritual Energy, just an ordinary low mountain. But now, a towering mountain had appeared, reaching for the clouds, majestic and awe-inspiring.

“Damn, I remember a powerful sect wanted to establish a location here, but it turned out the Spiritual Energy was too barren; I never expected such a dramatic change to occur!”

“Has the spiritual vein nourished this place’s dragon energy? Otherwise, it’s hard to explain such a transformation!”

“No wonder the Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sect chose to establish the sect here; it turns out they discovered there was a spiritual vein!”

“A spiritual vein! Even a low-grade spiritual vein can support a large sect!”

“Just so you know, the Linglong Sect doesn’t even qualify to occupy a spiritual vein!”

“The Heavenly Dao Sect is about to soar!”

The crowd buzzed with discussion, and for a moment, all eyes were on the Heavenly Dao Sect, utterly shocked!

At the peak of the Heavenly Dao Sect, several disciples looked even more astonished.

The towering mountain that had risen from the ground, the magnificent pavilion that appeared out of nowhere, the grand and imposing Great Hall, and the increase in Spiritual Energy concentration…

Zhuge Feng and Xiao Lingxi had witnessed Su Bai’s extraordinary ability to create things out of thin air once before, and seeing it again was still staggering.

Xiao Yan, on the other hand, wore a dazed expression, his mouth slightly agape, and his eyes nearly popping out.

“Wow, Master, you’re simply incredible!”

Xiao Yan swallowed hard, murmuring, with admiration shining in his eyes as his respect for Su Bai deepened.

At that moment, he seemed to feel a majestic mountain standing behind him!

Yuntian Sect, Liu Yanran, three years from now, I will make you realize who the genius is and who the true waste is!

“Wait a minute… because the sect’s mountain has expanded, it seems… running around the foot of the mountain now exceeds ten miles?”

Twenty laps would be two hundred miles…

Xiao Yan:………

Now, the territory of the Heavenly Dao Sect radiated ten miles from the Great Hall at its center, reaching right to the city gate of Yunshui City!

If it upgraded once more, it would envelop the entire Yunshui City!

“Oh, and there’s an additional points and task system. I’ll check that first…”

Just as Su Bai was about to look into the points and task system, a stern voice suddenly echoed from the sky.

“The Linglong Sect is on the move; unrelated personnel, quickly retreat!”

“Today marks the day of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s annihilation!”