Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: A Tiny Spark Can Ignite a Prairie Fire!

For so many years, they had been exploited by the sect, suppressed by the Aristocratic Families, oppressed by the Landlords, and bullied by Bandits, living incredibly difficult lives. The world had told them that as people at the bottom, they had no status whatsoever—once a beast of burden, always a beast of burden!

However, at the Heavenly Dao Sect, they actually felt for the first time the sense of being valued! They were not beasts; they also had their own worth; they were human beings! Not slaves! They had never experienced such happiness! Yet, at the Heavenly Dao Sect, they felt an unprecedented sense of dignity and honor!

At this moment, everyone was filled with gratitude!

“Thank you, Sect Master!”

“To be born a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect, to die a soul of the Heavenly Dao Sect!”

“I swear to follow the Sect Master to the death, and I will never betray!”

In an instant, every disciple present knelt on the ground, shouting their own slogans! At this moment, it seemed an invisible energy emerged from everyone, gathering in the Great Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

This was fortune!

When people’s hearts unite, fortune forms!

Moreover, within the condensed fortune of these disciples, a faint aura of destiny unexpectedly began to diffuse! Although it was extremely subtle, it was undeniably present.

“The basic silver has been distributed; next, it’s time for the extra rewards,” Su Bai nodded and said slowly.

“Extra rewards?”

Upon hearing this, the disciples all showed expressions of shock and delight. There’s an extra reward? That’s fantastic!

“For every successful Qi Refining disciple, there will be an additional reward of one hundred taels of silver. Furthermore, for every layer of cultivation base improved, the monthly basic stipend will increase by several times!”

With a wave of his hand, another large pile of silver appeared before the seven disciples, including Zhuge Feng. The higher the cultivation base, the greater the amount of silver.

“Thank you, Sect Master, for your generous gift!”

“Thank you, Master, for your grace!”

The seven Qi Refining disciples were all extremely excited, bowing and offering their respects to Su Bai. The other disciples watching this scene couldn’t help but feel envious.

“The reward for successfully refining Qi is one hundred taels of silver, and there’s an additional thirty, which means a total of one hundred thirty taels of silver!”

“My family’s total income in a year is only a few dozen taels of silver!”

“I was so close to succeeding in Qi Refining; had I known there were extra rewards, I would have cultivated all night to succeed!”

“Oh no, I need to work hard to cultivate and strive to reach the Qi Refining Third Layer next month to earn several hundred taels of silver!”

The disciples in the hall were eagerly discussing, their eyes filled with enthusiasm. At this moment, everyone was thinking about striving hard in their cultivation, wanting to advance further and earn more silver. They had originally been so thirsty for cultivation; now that there were rewards in silver for refining, the atmosphere of cultivation had exploded!

Zhuge Feng was also deeply moved. Looking at the cheers of the disciples, he couldn’t help but remember his days in the Lingxiao Sect. When he was a handyman, he had gone to the Lingxiao Sect once to deliver a shipment and had seen some of the formal disciples there.

Even formal disciples, if their cultivation base is low or they lack a powerful background, lead incredibly difficult lives! Every day, there are far too many tasks to complete; without working overtime, there’s simply no way to finish everything, let alone find time to cultivate! But the Heavenly Dao Sect is completely different! The daily tasks focus solely on cultivation! The tasks assigned by the sect can even earn points that can be exchanged for elixirs, unlike other sects where tasks come with no additional rewards. A sect like this can truly flourish!

Zhuge Feng seemed to envision the future, where his Master raises his arm and millions of disciples call out in unison! It would surely be a magnificent sight!

“Moreover, there are also awards for diligence, task completion, effort, excellence, and the ‘Three Good Disciple’ prize, among others. The rewards aren’t excessive, so don’t be picky.”

With another wave of his hand, Su Bai sent out another pile of silver, this time nearly half of the disciples received rewards!

“Additionally, for disciples in the Qi Refining stage, according to their cultivation base, they can receive lower-grade Spirit Stones for free every month—one for each disciple at Qi Refining First Layer, two for those at Qi Refining Second Layer, and so on.”

Following this, Su Bai took out twenty-one lower-grade Spirit Stones and distributed them among the seven Qi Refining disciples. This scene once again shocked everyone, even more so than the silver. They’re actually distributing Spirit Stones!

Heavens! These are Spirit Stones! Each one is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver! They’re precious items that can help cultivators rapidly enhance their cultivation base!

“Thank you, Sect Master, for your generosity!”

“Thank you, Master!”

In an instant, everyone in the Great Hall, including those disciples who had failed to refine their Qi, bowed fervently before Su Bai! This treatment drove everyone into a frenzy.

Cultivation must start with Qi Refining as soon as possible!

“If you all perform well, there will also be a year-end bonus, and the amount of the year-end bonus will be at least the equivalent of three months’ additional rewards!”

Su Bai added, and as soon as he said those words, it sent everyone into an even greater uproar!

“No way, there’s a year-end bonus too?”

Hearing Su Bai’s words, the crowd, who had been lost in excitement, immediately snapped back to reality, their enthusiasm surging even higher.

“Sect Master is mighty!”

“Sect Master is mighty!”

“Sect Master is mighty!”

………

At that moment, Su Bai’s figure seemed towering in the eyes of the disciples, akin to a deity, inspiring their reverence!

If Su Bai were to check the information of his disciples, he would find that nearly every disciple’s loyalty to the Sect Master was soaring!

After this wave, out of the one hundred and two new disciples, almost none had a loyalty rating below seventy!

“However, with rewards come penalties. Every month, each person must ascend the Heavenly Ladder again. If your position on the ladder doesn’t improve but falls instead, then all rewards will be canceled!”

“If you fall below the Sixtieth Layer, your cultivation base will be abolished, and you will be expelled from the Sect!”

Suddenly, Su Bai’s tone shifted, growing cold.

A decline in sect loyalty indicated the potential for dissent, and if it dropped too low, it could even lead to betrayal, which he could not tolerate!

“The disciples understand!”

Instantly, the disciples stood respectfully, saying in unison.

“Good, you can disperse now.”

Su Bai slightly nodded, and then waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.

“Disciple takes my leave!”

The crowd bowed and slowly walked away.

These disciples, in groups of three or five, were all beaming with happiness and excitement.

“How lucky I am to join the Heavenly Dao Sect in this lifetime!”

“I didn’t expect the sect to give out silver; I’m so touched! From now on, with just one word from the Sect Master, I’m willing to go through fire and water!”

“My family went into debt just to send me to the Immortal Sect, and now I’ll use this silver to pay off those debts and tell my family this good news!”

“I also want to go back; my family has been struggling for years, and my father and mother haven’t tasted meat for a long time. I’m going to buy a big piece of meat to take back!”

The disciples chattered excitedly, each one smiling as they walked away into the distance.

All these words reached Su Bai’s ears, and looking at the backs of these disciples, Su Bai smiled slightly.

He could foresee what would happen once these disciples returned to Yunshui City and spread the news about the Heavenly Dao Sect distributing silver!

This news would rapidly spread from Yunshui City, reaching all corners of the empire!

Those impoverished youths who couldn’t enter the sect, those oppressed and suffering common folk, those lowly citizens bound by rules, and those unfortunate souls who had been stalled on the path to immortality…

They would come from all directions, crossing mountains and rivers, traveling great distances, to rush to the Heavenly Dao Sect!

At that time, the scale of the Heavenly Dao Sect would expand to a terrifying extent!

If one were to sum it up in a single sentence, Su Bai recalled a phrase from the world he traveled from.

A single spark can start a prairie fire!