Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Heavenly Palace, First of the Immortal Alliance

A moment later, Ye Qingyao appeared before Su Bai with the beggar who had reached the Ninetieth Layer.

“This is our Sect Master,” Ye Qingyao introduced, then stepped back to continue overseeing the disciples’ assessment.

The beggar raised his head slightly and looked at Su Bai.

Dressed in a snow-white robe, with starry eyes, the young man exuded an air of confidence and vitality.

It was as if, through Su Bai, he could see his own distant past.

“What is your name?” Su Bai asked.

“Name…” the beggar paused for a moment before slowly speaking, “I can’t remember.”

Once, he had a dazzling name.

However, that name had vanished along with a cloud of smoke, leaving no trace behind.

In this world, there were probably very few who knew his name anymore.

If that’s the case, what significance does it have to be without a name?

“No name… then I’ll call you Nameless,” Su Bai pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Thank you for the name, Sect Master,” Nameless said, bowing respectfully.

Su Bai nodded, “You call me Sect Master, which means you want to join my Heavenly Dao Sect?”

Nameless gently nodded.

From beginning to end, he behaved like an ordinary beggar, without a hint of arrogance.

“According to the rules, reaching the Ninetieth Layer allows you to become my personal disciple, but considering your age, it might not be appropriate for you to be my disciple,” Su Bai said.

What a joke! The beggar in front of him, who knew how many years he had lived, might even outlive his great-great-great-grandfather!

Nameless did not respond, standing motionless.

“How about this,” Su Bai continued, “the Immortal Law Pavilion is in need of a guarding Elder; would you consider that?”

Elder!

Nameless still did not move. After a moment, he said, “Sect Master, the Elder position is too high for me. I would be fine just being a cleaning servant.”

Cleaning servant?

Su Bai’s expression turned strange.

“Alright.”

However, he did not refuse and simply nodded.

The beggar before him likely held secrets he did not wish to reveal!

Since he had secrets, Su Bai would respect his choice and let him be.

As long as his heart was directed towards the Heavenly Dao Sect, that was enough!

Then, Su Bai opened the System to check his cultivation information.

【Host】

Name: Su Bai

Age: 18

Realm: Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer

Items: Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones: 214, Lower Grade Spirit Stones: 50,000+, Gold: 5 million taels+, Silver: 59 million taels+

Fifth Layer of Foundation Establishment?

Su Bai frowned. Logically, given that this beggar had entered the Sect, his strength should have experienced a tremendous transformation, right?

Why had it only increased by such a small amount?

Moreover, it seemed like this wasn’t an increase in power brought by the beggar himself; it was likely due to many disciples breaking through today, which had contributed to a collective improvement.

“System, what’s going on?” he inquired in his mind (the protagonist’s growth remained incredibly rapid, in just a few chapters he would be among the top in the Empire, and after a few tens of thousands of words, he would be invincible in the Empire, but if Nameless’s strength feedback meant that he would be unbeatable across the land, then there would be nothing left to write about…).

“Ding, the host’s strength is ten times that of all disciples in the Sect, and Nameless is not a disciple of the Sect.”

Hearing the System’s response, Su Bai was left speechless.

Damn, I should have had the courage to take him as a disciple!

“Ding, a master must be stronger than their disciples; if the disciple’s cultivation is higher than the host’s, they cannot be taken as a disciple.”

It seemed like the System had heard Su Bai’s inner complaints, and the voice continued.

“System, isn’t it true that a master doesn’t need to be more virtuous than their disciple? Why did you change it?”

“That’s correct, a master doesn’t need to be more virtuous than their disciple, but a master must be stronger than their disciple!”

Su Bai: ………..

Alright, the bug has failed.

But really, if he could just come and go as he pleased, with ten times Nameless’s strength, how many people in the world could surpass him?

The Heavenly Dao Sect is already quite satisfied to have such a top-tier powerhouse!

“Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Sect, come out!”

Suddenly, a shout came from outside the Mountain Gate, prompting a slight furrow of Su Bai’s brow.

Are more people coming to deliver silver?

“Master, it’s a few deacons from the Lingxiao Sect shouting outside. Should I send a disciple to handle them?”

Zhuge Feng approached respectfully and inquired.

Zhuge Feng shook his head and stepped out of the Great Hall, heading toward the Mountain Gate.

At this moment, several deacons from the Lingxiao Sect were strutting outside the Mountain Gate, each one exuding an air of arrogance.

After a moment, Su Bai appeared in front of them with Zhuge Feng.

“Oh, isn’t this Zhuge Feng? Failed the assessment and came here, huh?”

One deacon immediately spotted Zhuge Feng and began to mock him.

“Zhuge Feng, you are just a servant of our Lingxiao Sect; running around without reporting is a crime of betrayal!” another chimed in, looking gloating.

“Betrayal of the sect? That’s a capital offense!” the last deacon sneered as well.

Zhuge Feng looked up at the deacons from the Lingxiao Sect before him, his eyes narrowing slightly with coldness.

“Deacon Wang, Deacon Xu, Deacon Han!”

Some unfortunate memories flashed through Zhuge Feng’s mind.

Among them, Deacon Wang was the one who said he failed the assessment and called him a lowly beast!

Deacon Xu often looked down on him for lacking background, deliberately assigning him the most difficult tasks while targeting him specifically.

Deacon Han, during a conflict between him and another servant disciple, accepted money from the other party and, without distinguishing right from wrong or listening to his explanation, relentlessly punished him with dozens of strikes.

The three deacons, all of whom were the managing figures for the Lingxiao Sect in Yunshui City, had now all come to find him!

No, they had come right to his doorstep!

Thinking of this, a surge of anger built up in his heart.

“The several of you from Lingxiao Sect, what brings you here?”

Su Bai caught a glimpse of Zhuge Feng’s expression and, looking at the Lingxiao Sect deacons, chuckled lightly.

“Haha, although we are deacons of the Lingxiao Sect, this time, we are not here to seek out your Heavenly Dao Sect!”

Deacon Wang laughed proudly as he spoke, his demeanor exceedingly arrogant.

“We are merely here as guides!” Deacon Xu added with a cold sneer, looking as if he were enjoying a show of death.

Then, the several deacons turned around and respectfully knelt on the ground.

“Esteemed Elder of the Immortal Alliance, this is the Heavenly Dao Sect!”

As their respectful voices echoed, a figure from the heavens descended slowly, riding a fiery qilin.

The fiery qilin was incredibly majestic, and a wave of heat swept through, causing the surrounding disciples to instinctively take several steps back.

On top of the fiery qilin sat a rotund figure, gazing down with indifference at the Heavenly Dao Sect, a trace of disdain flickering in his eyes.

In such a small place, where spiritual energy was thin and strong practitioners were rare, he would have never bothered coming here if it weren’t for a task from his sect.

“The Immortal Alliance shakes the world, and when the great figures of the Immortal Alliance travel, all sects bow in reverence!”

Several stewards from the Lingxiao Sect shouted enthusiastically, bowing their heads heavily several times.

“What? A big shot from the Immortal Alliance?”

Hearing these words, the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect grew increasingly uneasy.

After all, the name of the Immortal Alliance carried significant weight!

However, seeing Su Bai still standing with his hands behind his back, calmly gazing at the sky, they relaxed a bit.

Meanwhile, in the sky above, the rotund figure on the fiery qilin swept his gaze around before finally resting it on Su Bai.

“I am Gao Kepan, a Core Disciple of the Heavenly Palace, and a student of Zhenyang Venerable, Elder of the Immortal Alliance. I have been ordered to investigate your Heavenly Dao Sect’s application to join the Immortal Alliance. Comply swiftly, or it will be the day your Heavenly Dao Sect is expelled!”

The rotund figure spoke straightforwardly, his attitude arrogant and overbearing.

As soon as his voice fell, everyone who was aware of the Heavenly Palace’s power, including Zhuge Feng, narrowed their eyes slightly.

Among the top 500 of the Immortal Alliance, the most commonly known sects were the Lingxiao Sect and the Yuntian Sect, while few outside the region cared to know more about the other 500 sects.

Even among the thirty-two strongest forces of the Immortal Alliance, not many had heard of most of them.

However, even ordinary people were very familiar with the name of the Heavenly Palace.

Because…

The Heavenly Palace is the first of the Immortal Alliance!