Scum of the Cultivation World

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Yue Qianchou guessed about seventy to eighty percent of their thoughts. He downed a bowl of wine, gently placed the bowl on the table, and said calmly: “I had slightly better luck than you all – I barely managed to establish my foundation.”

The three froze in various postures. After a long while, Ling Feng asked in disbelief: “Brother Yue, are you saying you successfully established your foundation?”

“Just barely.” Yue Qianchou nodded.

Bei Zi put down his wine bowl and looked him over again. Seeing no difference from before, he felt puzzled and couldn’t help asking: “You’re already at Foundation Establishment stage – why are you living here?”

All three looked at him, waiting for an explanation.

“Naturally, it can’t be separated from Yan Shu.” Yue Qianchou smiled: “Actually, living here isn’t bad – being able to reunite with you three brothers, I should thank Yan Shu.”

With their doubts resolved, the three exchanged glances, immediately stood up, and bowed together: “Martial Uncle Yue.”

Yue Qianchou showed a surprised expression on the surface, but felt at ease accepting their bow. Only after they finished did he stand up to stop them: “What are you three doing?”

Ling Feng shook his head with a bitter smile: “Sect rules are like this.”

“Sigh! Since it’s like this, we’ll follow the rules in public, but when it’s just us four, let’s still address each other as brothers!” Yue Qianchou sighed with feigned emotion. Since he said this, the other three nodded in agreement.

It wasn’t that Yue Qianchou was greedy for this bit of vanity, but that his mindset had changed greatly after establishing his foundation. The path was walked step by step – going to Qingguang Sect to bring out Qu Ping’er was his goal, at least his current goal. The cultivation world was different from other places – everything depended on strength. Previously struggling desperately to successfully establish his foundation was the first step. After successfully establishing his foundation, he had to start striving for the second step – improving his strength enough to go to Qingguang Sect and bring out Qu Ping’er. But how long would it take for one person, and what level of cultivation would be needed to have that strength to bring out Qu Ping’er?

The scene of the great battle between Phantom Demon Palace and Qingguang Sect at the spirit stone mine was still vivid in his memory. At that time, he had marveled at Phantom Demon Palace’s strength, but subsequently Qingguang Sect had displayed their power and completely destroyed Phantom Demon Palace in one stroke – what terrifying strength that must have been. Trying to bring out Qu Ping’er with one person’s power was like a fool’s dream. He would probably be reduced to bones before even breaking into Qingguang Sect, unless his cultivation could truly reach the legendary Nascent Soul stage – but was that possible?

There was another matter – the revenge for Master Hao Sansi’s murder! That was pain deeply hidden in his heart. Unable to avenge this grudge, who could know this hatred? To whom could he speak this hatred? He had sworn to leave no one alive in Great Luo Sect! This wasn’t a joke or casual talk – it was the greatest motivation driving him forward. But Great Luo Sect’s strength was far greater than Qingguang Sect’s. Could such strength be resolved by his small cleverness?

Besides improving his own cultivation, he had to establish a group of forces belonging to himself – a group of forces that could contend with an entire sect’s power. This wasn’t talking in dreams – it was the conclusion Yue Qianchou had reached after deep consideration. The golden pearl in his hand was the lever to pry all of this into motion!

Guan Yu, Chen Feng, and Shi Xiaotian were his first batch of forces, though still very immature. But he believed there would come a day when they matured. This matter couldn’t be rushed, nor could it be accomplished overnight. So Ling Feng, Bei Zi, Xuan Ping, and all the people like you throughout the cultivation world – I can give you the hope you need, but you must also pay for my hope!

Yue Qianchou pretended to unconsciously accept their bow to first give the three the consciousness that he was one level higher than them. This was the awareness of being subordinates, and also the awareness that someone becoming their leader must have – the awareness that leaders are one level higher than those they lead.

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“Cultivation Hall” – Floating Immortal Island’s most formidable place. Just its territory alone occupied half of Floating Immortal Island’s area, with powerful experts standing in great numbers, thunderously famous throughout the entire cultivation world. It was the foundation of Floating Immortal Island’s standing in the cultivation world, maintaining over eighty Tribulation Crossing stage elders alone, with countless other types of experts. For thousands of years, whenever the cultivation world fell into great chaos or Floating Immortal Island faced crisis, “Cultivation Hall” would strike like thunder to turn the tide, always maintaining Floating Immortal Island’s position as the foremost righteous sect.

Not to mention its other battle records – just speaking of the last great righteous-demonic war four hundred years ago. Although Floating Immortal Island held the title of foremost righteous sect, like its geographical position, it was isolated overseas and never easily involved itself in any conflicts. However, when the demonic path became rampant and the entire righteous faction reached a precarious state, the top thirty-six major sects of the righteous faction jointly petitioned Floating Immortal Island to emerge and turn the tide.

Responding to the request, Floating Immortal Island’s “Cultivation Hall” dispatched eighty Tribulation Crossing stage elders leading three thousand Nascent Soul cultivators to strike decisively, reversing the righteous faction’s unfavorable situation in one stroke. Finally, in the peak confrontation with the demonic path’s greatest sect, Ten Thousand Demon Palace, they repelled Ten Thousand Demon Palace at the cost of sacrificing over sixty Tribulation Crossing stage elders and over two thousand Nascent Soul cultivators. The tragic and brutal degree of that battle made those still alive today unable to bear looking back. Since then, the entire cultivation world’s vitality was greatly damaged, leading to over four hundred years of peace between righteous and demonic paths. And Floating Immortal Island’s Cultivation Hall’s reputation from that battle made no one dare challenge its edge.

The matter of Yue Qianchou’s breakthrough to Foundation Establishment stage had been reported to the sect. The next day he received a registration notice, so he went alone to “Penglai Pavilion” to register, only to be required to go to “Cultivation Hall” for official recognition, then return to “Penglai Pavilion” to report back and be recorded in the registry. Only then would he be a properly recognized Foundation Establishment stage disciple of Floating Immortal Island. Yue Qianchou was both amused and exasperated – not only did Penglai Pavilion resemble government office buildings from his previous life, but even the bureaucratic procedures were so similar.

Yue Qianchou had naturally heard of “Cultivation Hall’s” great reputation. To describe it in his words, Cultivation Hall’s position on Floating Immortal Island was like the Arhat Hall of Shaolin Temple in his previous life – when matters needed to be resolved by force, the warrior monks of Arhat Hall would come out to fight.

Usually standing at the highest point of the Alchemy Pavilion and looking east, one would discover that most of the eastern half of Floating Immortal Island was perpetually shrouded in clouds and mist, making it unfathomable – that was where “Cultivation Hall” was located. The place was too large. Along the way, Yue Qianchou shamelessly asked several people for directions before finding the correct entrance.

Between two great mountains formed a valley, with a large memorial archway standing at the valley entrance. Looking at the imposing three large characters “Cultivation Hall” on the archway ahead truly gave a sense of oppression. There was no help for it – who told him he had established his foundation late and missed the group? He could only come alone.

Two sword-bearing disciples stood guard under the archway. Seeing him approach alone, they both stared at him coldly.

Yue Qianchou walked up to one of them with a smile, took out his ‘letter of introduction’ – a jade disc – and respectfully handed it over: “Foundation Establishment stage disciple Yue Qianchou, here for official recognition.”

The person looked him over suspiciously, took the jade disc and injected his divine sense to examine it. After confirming, he said: “Follow me!”