Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 73

Chapter 73 No Money to Fix Your Immortal Head

“Senior, this way, this is the treasure vault of the Lingxiao Sect.”

Han Feiyu pointed the way, leading Su Bai effortlessly through layers of maze-like formations.

“Oh?”

Su Bai followed the direction he indicated and saw a stone chamber hidden within the mountain’s belly.

At the entrance of the stone chamber stood two Foundation Establishment cultivators as guards.

“Who approaches…”

Before the two guards could react, Su Bai waved his hand and struck them down, collecting their Storage Rings.

“Senior, this stone door is engraved with a restriction; only the Sect Master’s token can pass through…”

Looking at the thick stone door that was at least ten feet thick, Han Feiyu turned to Su Bai.

“Simple.” Su Bai calmly shook his head.

Boom!

He threw the spear in his hand, plunging it violently into the stone door.

Crack!

The restriction shattered, and the stone door exploded in response.

Such a trivial restriction, handled with ease.

“I heard that the Lingxiao Sect’s treasure vault is filled with countless rare treasures; one could say the entire wealth of the Lingxiao Sect is stored here!”

Han Feiyu rubbed his hands and stepped into the stone chamber.

“Hiss!”

As soon as he stepped in, he was shocked by the scene before him and took a sharp breath.

He widened his eyes, almost doubting that he was seeing things.

The floor was covered with mountains of golden coins, dazzling silver piles, and stacks of Spirit Stones; there were translucent pills, a variety of weapons, artifacts, and there were even countless talismans and secret techniques!

Su Bai entered as well, utterly astonished.

The total value of these items, calculated in Lower Grade Spirit Stones, likely exceeded a million!

When calculated in Silver, it surpassed ten billion!

It was even more than what a Nascent Soul Level force would have to contribute to the Immortal Alliance in a year, by a factor of ten to twenty times!

However, it made sense; after all, this was the Lingxiao Sect’s accumulation of resources over hundreds of years—how could it be small?

At once, Su Bai started frantically collecting these resources.

Silver and Gold? Collect!

Lower Grade and Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones? Collect them!

Spirit Artifacts, pills, talismans, and treasures? Collect, collect, collect!!!

One Storage Ring wasn’t enough, so he took two!

If two weren’t enough, then three!

If three didn’t work, then there were still four, five, six, seven, eight, nine more!

“Can they possibly spend this much money?”

“I’ve overestimated the situation as much as possible, but I never expected that poverty would still limit my vision.”

“For those lofty cultivators, gold and silver are just numbers, but for countless poor people, they represent the hope for survival!”

“Within their realm of control, many people are struggling to live, yet they have to hand over seventy percent of their income each year!”

“They already have more money than they can spend, yet they still intensify the exploitation of us ordinary people!”

Beside him, Han Feiyu clenched his teeth, appearing extremely angry.

Coming from the bottom, he naturally understood the hardships faced by those at the lower levels.

“Hmm? Is that so?” Su Bai was taken aback; he truly did not know this.

Because Yunshui City was not ruled by any major sect, those smaller sects did not have the strength to govern a city.

Of course, there weren’t any major powers, but there were too many minor forces, collecting protection fees here and tolls there.

It was just like Huangtu Town, where the Ouyang Mansion took advantage of it, yet the Ouyang Mansion was also being exploited by the Yellow Sand Sect, and the Yellow Sand Sect would surely be taken advantage of by even stronger sects.

Over here at the Lingxiao Sect, there were just fewer “mediators,” but the layers of exploitation still made it hard for the people at the bottom to live.

It’s like how the Lingxiao Sect too would be exploited by the Immortal Alliance; the strong oppressing the weak.

Bully the weak and fear the strong, that has always been the operational principle of this world!

Perhaps, the living conditions of ordinary people were even harsher than Su Bai had imagined!

And now, the territory of the Heavenly Dao Sect already included Yunshui City; however, since it was too soon, the matter of “collecting money” hadn’t been addressed yet.

Once this was over, he needed to take a closer look in Yunshui City.

Soon, the entire treasury was emptied, leaving only a row of crystal covers.

Inside each cover lay an ancient book, upon which inscriptions were carved.

“This is… Lingxiao Art, and also Spirit Sword Art, Kai Xiao Art…”

As Han Feiyu looked at the names on those ancient books, his breath quickened.

These were all the Immortal Techniques treasured by the Lingxiao Sect!

They were the Immortal Techniques he had longed for!

Meanwhile, Su Bai was also weighing his options regarding these techniques.

To be honest, in his eyes, these Immortal Techniques were entirely akin to mere roadside trinkets.

“What’s wrong? Do you want them? Feel free to take them; I can break the restrictions on them for you.”

Seeing Han Feiyu’s expression, Su Bai asked.

Han Feiyu suppressed the itch in his heart and replied, “No, no, I’m already planning to join the Heavenly Dao Sect; how could these Immortal Techniques compare to those of the Heavenly Dao Sect?”

Su Bai smiled and, after some thought, decided to gather all these Immortal Techniques.

After all, since he had come this far, he shouldn’t leave anything behind, right?

Loft?

Take it!

White Jade Arena?

Take it, take it!

Great Hall?

Take, take, take!!!

Spirit Grass, mysterious iron, Great Hall?

Anything of even a little value, let’s take it all!

Soon, under Han Feiyu’s guidance, Su Bai arrived at the “Safety Pavilion,” which stored the disciples’ belongings.

Inside the Safety Pavilion, there were numerous storage pouches, each labeled to indicate which disciple they belonged to.

With a wave of his hand, Su Bai triggered all the restrictions, and tens of thousands of storage pouches were collected by him.

Finally, Han Feiyu pointed to the entirety of Lingxiao Mountain beneath them.

“Senior, there are two Lower Grade Spirit Veins located in the center of Lingxiao Mountain.”

“In the mountain?” Su Bai smiled as he surveyed Lingxiao Mountain below him.

The scale of Lingxiao Mountain was comparable to that of the current Heavenly Dao Mountain.

However, Su Bai did not feel any particularly rich spiritual energy, so he was unable to pinpoint the location of the Spirit Veins.

Now hearing Han Feiyu’s reminder, he focused his attention, broke through several shielding formations, and finally sensed rich fluctuations of spiritual energy deep underground.

Lower Grade Spirit Veins could yield two to three thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones and a small amount of Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones each year.

But the premise is that the spiritual energy must be contained and not allowed to leak out to achieve such a yield.

If the spiritual energy isn’t contained, the yield would drop by half!

As for the Spirit Veins of the Heavenly Dao Sect, Su Bai hadn’t contained any of them; he only set up formations at the fringe of the sect to prevent the leakage of spiritual energy.

This way, the concentration of spiritual energy within the Heavenly Dao Sect was much higher than outside, allowing the disciples’ cultivation speed to further increase.

“Are you reluctant to offer even one of the Spirit Veins for the disciples’ cultivation?”

Su Bai shook his head.

Don’t you understand that a stronger disciple, who continually breaks through, makes the sect stronger?

“To provide for the disciples’ cultivation?”With such a training room, hey, it costs ten taels of silver just to practice for a day!”

“No money, you think you’re a celestial being!”

“Those higher-ups, aside from their own direct disciples, treat ordinary disciples like sheep to be sheared, milking them every day!”

Han Feiyu said this with self-deprecation, because he was one of those sheep.

Oh no, he couldn’t even count as a fat sheep; only those who had the money to become formal disciples were in that category.

At best, he was just a little lamb!

In this world, ordinary people are destined to be exploited their whole lives.

The biggest fairness in this world is that everyone is born a human of the dominant race on the Continent, and the greatest unfairness is also being born as a human.

Because the gap between people is far greater than the gap between dogs!

Whether to live a life of being a beast of burden or to enjoy the fruits of labor, one’s fate is sealed the moment they’re born!