At Tomato, This Wouldn't Even Earn a Perfect Attendance Bonus
[Passive Income on the second day, effective immediately.]
[You discover that fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones have appeared out of nowhere in your Storage Ring.]
Lu Ping's eyes twitched as he looked at the text that appeared on the panel.
How come the timing of this Spirit Stone distribution is exactly the same as the time when Tomato's backend data is updated?
Fifteen per day.
Only 450 a month.
If this were Tomato writing a novel, he wouldn't even get the Perfect Attendance Bonus!
[You tested the absorption efficiency of the Qi-Gathering Pill again.]
[Can absorb twenty per day, equivalent to the Spiritual Qi energy of two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]
[At this rate, it will only take you about six years to reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.]
This speed is astonishing.
The only downside is that it's expensive.
[Over six years, you will need Qi-Gathering Pills worth Forty Million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]
[Even if you yourself are Alchemist, with various Trait stacked up, the cost of refining a Qi-Gathering Pill can be compressed to eighty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]
That's a total cost of 3.2 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
[You thought of the wealthy young woman Si Wangshu, again.]
[Someone casually placed a bet in Baodi City and easily pocketed 85 million.]
As expected, the platform determines the ceiling.
[In such a remote and impoverished Border Region, let alone three million two hundred thousand Spirit Stones worth of medicinal herbs, they can't even scrape together three hundred and twenty thousand.]
[You stayed at the Greenwood Sect for a few more days, using up all the materials needed for the Qi-Gathering Pill.]
[You even crafted three more portions of the Lingering Silk.]
At this moment, Qi Cangshu officially emerged from seclusion, his cultivation stable at the Foundation Establishment Perfection. Given the right opportunity, or by obtaining a Yellow Fang Pill, he could attempt to break through to the Golden Core.
[You also left Qi Cangshu some Qi-Gathering Pills, as well as the Pill Formula Spirit-Urging Pills and Meridian-Clearing Pills.]
[You piloted the Flying Boat and left the Greenwood Sect.]
Three days later, you arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect.
The sea of clouds disperses before you.
[The seventy-two Spirit Peaks resemble inverted sword blades, pointing straight to the sky.]
Cranes soar through the air, Spiritual Spring waterfall flows, and clouds rise in the air.
[Compared entirely to the cyberpunk style of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, which is interwoven with gears and Array Patterns, this place presents the most orthodox atmosphere of a cultivation sect.]
[You stand at the bow of the Flying Boat, looking down at this colossal machine.]
[A rich Spiritual Qi wafted over, far surpassing the conditions of those impoverished, remote Border Regions.]
[Not wanting to be too conspicuous, you landed in the square in Mountain Gate and put away your Flying Boat.]
[You are dressed in ordinary clothes conjured from the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak, suppressing your aura at the Foundation Establishment Perfection.]
[You arrive at the Mountain Gate.]
The Mountain Gate of the Azure Cloud Sect stood a hundred feet tall, with several gatekeeper disciples standing on either side, dressed in blue Daoist robes, each with an arrogant expression.
[You step forward and hand over the jade token for Outer Sect Disciple that Han Shishan has given you.]
The leading disciple glanced at you and accepted the jade token.
He scanned the jade tablet with his Divine Sense, then paused for a moment, a strange expression on his face.
He turned around and exchanged glances with the disciples behind him.
[One of them subtly took a half step back, flicked his fingers in his sleeve, and a barely perceptible glint of light vanished into the air.]
[These gatekeepers even deliberately dawdled for a long time before the leader finally returned the jade token to you, saying with a forced smile,]
"Fellow Daoist, the spirit patterns on your jade tablet don't seem to be fully activated."
"According to the rules, I naturally need to inform the sect and confirm."
You sighed.
[The gatekeepers of Great Sects are indeed all officially registered informants.]
[As a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, your Divine Sense is incredibly sharp. This little trick of theirs is more conspicuous to you than a torch in the dark.]
[Having gone through numerous simulations, you naturally know that Han Shishan's days within the Azure Cloud Sect are not easy.]
The fact that Han Shishan gave out the tokens to Outer Sect Disciples was something that needed to be made public.
[And Han Shishan's opponents will likely not let any opportunity to strike him slip by.]
[And you, it seems, have once again become a pawn in someone's game.]
[As expected, you have some protagonist's destiny; wherever you go, trouble follows.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Keep a low profile, step aside, and wait for Han Shishan to come and get you.]
[B: Directly reveal your Nascent Soul cultivation level, smash the Mountain Gate with a single slap, and make the Azure Cloud Sect Master come out to see you.]
[C: He took out two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Ring, stuffed them into the security guard's hand, and shouted, "Security guard, have a cigarette, please be lenient."]
Ah, Little B, it's not impossible...
It's just a Spirit Transformation Stage; it's worth a try.
If the Azure Cloud Sect has several Spirit Transformation, it will be quite troublesome.
Let's play it safe at the start of the game.
Lu Ping chose A.
[You chose A.]
[You don't want to cause trouble on your first day at work. After all, joining the Azure Cloud Sect, while a KPI task, also aligns with your goal of mastering the "Four Arts of Cultivation."]
[You put away the jade token and were about to step aside.]
But before you could even take a single step...
["Zheng--"]
A piercing sword cry tore through the clouds.
Then, a Sword Light appeared in front of you.
[The Sword Light dissipated, and a young man dressed in the robes of an inner disciple, with a cultivation level at the Golden Core Early Stage, hovered before you on a flying sword.]
He looked down at you, his gaze sweeping over you as if he were appraising some merchandise.
"You're the genius Elder Han personally recommended from that desolate Border Region?"
[The Deacon wore a mocking smile; his voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire Mountain Gate plaza.]
"Elder Han has been so desperate lately, he's been throwing any kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry into the sect."
"As Inner Sect Deacon, according to the rules, I have to verify your worth on behalf of the sect."
Before he could even finish speaking, he didn't give you a chance to reply and launched into a direct attack.
The oppressive aura of Golden Core Stage cultivator crashed down on you.
The gatekeepers, unable to withstand the oppressive force, retreated, their faces pale.
This Golden Core Deacon steward is extremely ruthless.
A series of muffled explosions echoed through the air.
A cruel pleasure flashed in the Golden Core Deacon's eyes.
[He's even already planned out what words he'll use to humiliate you when you kneel down and beg for mercy.]
[He wants you, an "Outer Sect Disciple," to kneel down in public and be humiliated.]
[Not only do they want to thoroughly humiliate Han Shishan, but they also intend to use the guise of "verifying his quality" to completely destroy his foundation.]
[It's common for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to suffer damage to their meridians if they are forcibly crushed by the pressure of a Golden Core cultivator.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: He lies down on the ground, pretending to be severely injured by the oppressive force, thus extorting money from the Azure Cloud Sect and demanding compensation.]
[B: Little Golden Core, -_-]
[C: Pulls out a megaphone and broadcasts, "Someone's being assaulted! Azure Cloud Sect Deacon is beating a new employee! Is there no law? Is there no justice?!"]
Little B, you're being cheeky!
Sure enough, with higher cultivation levels, even their speech became more civilized.
They've stopped saying "fuck him" which they always used to say.
Lu Ping silently gave Little B a thumbs up.
Polite language starts with Little B.