Renting a Cave Mansion

A moment later, Ning Zhuo parted from Shen Xi and Su Lingkou outside the great hall.

Watching Ning Zhuo's back as he flew away, Su Lingkou stood beside her cousin and asked in confusion, "cousin, you are our clan's genius and hope. This time, in joining the Myriad Phenomena Sect, your goal is the position of True Disciple."

"What virtue or ability does that man have, to make you lower yourself to befriend him?"

Shen Xi said, "Did you not see? Fellow Daoist Ning Zhuo was traveling together with another cultivator, and they arrived on the teleportation array together. And although that man had restrained his aura and only leaked a little Confucian cultivator presence, he did not pay the teleportation array fee."

"That made me think of a policy the Myriad Phenomena Sect has. Any cultivator who possesses the status of True Disciple does not need to pay when returning to the mountain gate."

Su Lingkou said, "So that is how it is."

"But True Disciples are not the only ones who don't need to pay, are they?"

"And even if his traveling companion is a True Disciple, they may not necessarily be close, right? Perhaps they only met on the road."

"Think about it, cousin. If he really had an elder in the Myriad Phenomena Sect, why would he need to buy such expensive intelligence?"

Shen Xi nodded. "You're right. All of that is possible."

A trace of anger appeared on Su Lingkou's face. "This Ning Zhuo is somewhat unable to tell good from bad, too. Cousin, you took the initiative to invite him to rent a cave residence together and travel as companions, yet he refused. If this were back in our Nine Palaces Immortal City, who knows how many cultivators would swarm over, grateful to you