Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 59

Chapter 59: The Beggar Who Ascended to the Ninetieth Layer

On the Sixtieth Layer of the Sky Ascension Ladder, Ye Qingyao stood there, congratulating each new disciple who reached this position. The responsibility of recruiting new disciples was shared among them, the second-generation disciples, and today it just happened to be Ye Qingyao’s turn.

“Ha ha, I made it up here too!”

“Seven days! Do you know how I spent these seven days?”

A young boy struggled to climb to the Sixtieth Layer and excitedly jumped up, shouting.

Everyone below looked at him with envy, inspiring them to climb even harder.

“Congratulations, Junior Brother, on reaching the Sixtieth Layer; please wait to the side. When the assessment is over, I will take you all to the Great Hall,” Ye Qingyao said with a nod and a gentle smile.

“Alright! Thank you, Senior Sister!”

Hearing her, the boy grinned and walked over to stand with the others who had passed the assessment.

Soon, more people began to successfully climb, and the number of those reaching above the Sixtieth Layer kept increasing.

“Congratulations, Junior Brother, on reaching the Sixtieth Layer; please wait to the side. When the assessment is over, I will take you all to the Great Hall.”

Another person arrived, and Ye Qingyao automatically repeated her words.

“Ordinary body? Qi Refining Third Layer?”

A hoarse voice sounded, and Ye Qingyao looked up in surprise, only to see a beggar standing before her.

However, despite his appearance as a beggar, there was not a hint of disdain in Ye Qingyao’s eyes; instead, she felt a flicker of confusion.

Could this person before her truly see through her cultivation base?

If that’s the case, then this person’s strength should be greater than hers. But how could a cultivator be a beggar?

However, she soon put aside this doubt and smiled, saying, “You have passed the assessment, please come this way.”

The beggar stood still, his gaze sweeping over the others who had already passed the assessment, noticing that many of them wore patched, worn clothes.

Out of more than three hundred people, very few had strong Spirit Roots; most had mixed Spirit Roots.

Geniuses were rare; the ordinary were the majority.

He even spotted another beggar among them!

The rumors were not false; the Heavenly Dao Sect indeed treated everyone equally!

Then, his gaze returned to Ye Qingyao, this ordinary girl who had refined her Qi to the Third Layer. There was not the slightest hint of disdain in her eyes when she looked at him.

“I am a beggar; can I really join the sect?” the beggar asked.

“Of course! As long as you pass the assessment and can adhere to the Sect Rules, anyone can join,” Ye Qingyao replied.

“Can a beggar enjoy the same treatment in the sect as others?” the beggar continued to inquire.

Ye Qingyao smiled slightly and continued, “Disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect are all treated equally. The harder you work on your cultivation, the higher your cultivation base, and naturally, the better your treatment will be.”

After saying that, she added, “Before my Master took me in, I was also a beggar.”

She had no qualms about her background compared to others; despite its humble nature, she never felt inferior in front of anyone.

Because her Master had once told her,

“Birth is something you cannot decide, but your future depends on your own choices!”

The beggar was momentarily stunned, giving Ye Qingyao a deep look before stepping forward and climbing up to the Sixty-First Layer.

Ye Qingyao was momentarily taken aback. The beggar in front of her wanted to keep going up? However, she didn’t stop him; instead, she quietly followed behind to see how far he could go.

Sixty-Second Layer, Sixty-Third Layer, Sixty-Fourth Layer…

Soon, the beggar had already stepped into the Seventieth Layer! If climbing to the Sixtieth Layer meant there was a crowd, reaching the Seventieth Layer meant no one else was there!

Instantly, more people began to focus on the figure at the Seventieth Layer, and when they saw it was a beggar, they erupted in shock.

“Damn, if a beggar can reach this high, how can I fall behind!”

“Am I really worse off than a beggar?”

“Damn it, half a month has already passed! I’ll give it my all today to reach the Sixtieth Layer!”

In an instant, more people rushed forward, competing to ascend, feeling they shouldn’t be outdone by a beggar and wanting to reach the Sixtieth Layer as well.

Meanwhile, the beggar had already climbed to the Eightieth Layer!

And he was still going up!

When the beggar stepped onto the Eightieth Layer, Ye Qingyao stopped, surprise flickering in her eyes. Now, aside from the six disciples her Master had initially taken in, everyone else was stuck at the Seventy-First Layer; no one had ever reached the Eightieth Layer!

The Seventieth Layer only had disciples from the Fourth Generation, and she hadn’t overseen them yet. But reaching the Eightieth Layer meant she had to report to her Master!

Thinking this, she hurried up the mountain to find Su Bai.

“Master, someone has reached the Eightieth Layer of the Sky Ascension Ladder…”

She stopped midway through her sentence.

Because Su Bai was standing there with his hands behind his back, looking at the beggar at the Eightieth Layer of the Sky Ascension Ladder.

No, it’s not the Eightieth Layer. During the time she ran to the top of the mountain, the beggar had climbed another ten layers! In other words, the beggar had already reached the Ninetieth Layer! The Ninetieth Layer, where disciples of the Second Generation gather, just like her! It was also the first time he entered the sect! She gasped and covered her cherry lips in disbelief!

Not only her, but the beggar reaching the Ninetieth Layer also attracted countless gazes. It was too insane!

Su Bai remained expressionless. The moment the beggar stepped into the territory of the Heavenly Dao Sect, he had already sensed something. Although this beggar showed no peculiarities in appearance, demeanor, or aura that would catch the eye of an ordinary person, he was different!

Within the Heavenly Dao Sect, he was absolutely invincible! Even the slightest indication could not escape his perception. If the beggar were truly an ordinary person, he might not have noticed, but the problem was, he was not an ordinary person!

He intentionally suppressed his cultivation base, pretending to be a mortal. Yet even so, a faint aura of Dao still surrounded him. Others may not see it, and even the Nascent Soul Monsters might not notice it, but Su Bai could!

This person was not a mortal but an Old Monster with very high cultivation! However, the reason Su Bai remained unchanged in expression was that this person had reached the Ninetieth Layer! This meant that although he was an Old Monster, his Favorability towards the Heavenly Dao Sect had reached a full ninety points!

Such a high Favorability meant that this person could not be someone detrimental to the Heavenly Dao Sect. Therefore, aside from watching this individual, he took no other action. At this moment, he was contemplating what position to give this Beggar. Disciple… was no longer quite suitable.