After Wenren Sheng saw this scene, he naturally would not ascend immediately.
Did they expect him to ascend only to become a beggar?
He could not bear that.
Though if he truly could not survive, being a beggar would not be unacceptable.
After all, survival came first.
Living like a beggar, like Green Cloud Old Ancestor, was probably something many people could endure.
Never underestimate people's tolerance for being slaves.
Still, Green Cloud Old Ancestor had brought this upon himself.
He had finally obtained a Golden Finger, only to give it to someone else for ascension. What was the point?
For immortality, he would rather be a beggar.
Actually, that was perfectly normal. As long as a person was alive, there was hope.
Given enough time, even the experience of being a beggar could be forgotten and erased.
Just like how many important figures had dark pasts.
He could understand Green Cloud Old Ancestor and would not mock him.
After all, the other man had only the slimmest hope of immortality and had to risk everything.
But Wenren Sheng had already reached the finish line.
If he still mocked the man for having no dignity, that would be far too pretentious.
The well-fed knew nothing of the hungry.
Wenren Sheng continued observing that twin, Shuang Laoda.
Shuang Laoda continued being a beggar.
Every day, he followed Green Cloud Old Ancestor and learned how to please other Cultivators.
But begging for food was truly difficult.
At first, when he followed Green Cloud Old Ancestor, he often went three days hungry and missed nine meals.
The first thing he developed was resistance to Hunger.
He had now learned to absorb only the tiniest amount of spiritual energy each day, enough to keep his cultivation from declining.
In the cultivation world, spiritual energy