No Money, No Movement! (Please give a collection ticket, thank you!)

Chapter 24: Without Money, You Can't Move an Inch! (Please give me a collection + ticket, thank you!)

Just then, the System stopped its cultivation. "Ding-dong! This cultivation session is complete. Thank you for using the Intelligent Cultivation System. One-click auto-cultivation, soar to immortality without worry! We look forward to your cultivation review. If satisfied, please give a five-star rating!"

Pei Ling didn't have time to rate it. He stretched his limbs, shook the Aversion to Life Saber, and performed the entire saber technique from beginning to end in place. He was astonished: his body was now incredibly familiar with the Aversion to Life Saber, as if it were a part of his own body. Once he gripped the hilt, all reactions were natural and effortless, requiring no conscious thought.

"Well done, System!" Pei Ling breathed a sigh of relief, gripping the Aversion to Life Saber tightly. A sense of security grew in his heart. He then gave the System a two-star rating and immediately looked around at the devastated surroundings, pondering how to clean up the mess.

Thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones... No, that's not how he should calculate it.

Li Siguan and the other two had backers within the Sect. The fine was likely calculated at the maximum of ninety thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

They might even just kill him directly and pay a fine to the Sect.

Therefore, the most urgent matter was to leave the Chongming Sect as soon as possible!

Otherwise, who knew if some wealthy family member would send him on his way?

The problem was that Pei Ling had only just arrived at the Chongming Sect. He had arrived by Xuan Gu Ling Yin Boat, which docked directly at the Zhan Chen Platform. He didn't even know which way to go to leave the Chongming Sect.

Thinking of this, Pei Ling took out the Outer Sect disciple's uniform he hadn't had time to change into from his storage pouch. He changed out of his blood-stained robe, tore his inner garment into strips, and wrapped the Aversion to Life Saber entirely to avoid further complications.

He then tidied up the entire room as best he could, ensuring nothing looked amiss from outside the courtyard. With that done, he took the storage pouches and identification tags of the three men and left. He activated the restrictions outside and first went to the dense forest behind the mountain. He found a place where the vegetation was lush and buried the items under a clump of bushes, disguising the spot. After noting the location, he oriented himself and went to find Pei Hong Nian.

Following what Pei Hong Nian had said yesterday, Pei Ling successfully found his residence.

However, this clan brother was clearly completely obedient to Sun Yinglan and didn't even open the door to let him in. "Didn't you hear what Junior Sister Yinglan said yesterday? Don't come looking for me again! Otherwise, Senior Sister Yinglan will be unhappy if she sees you."

What a simp... Pei Ling felt speechless, but he had no other options at the moment. He said, "Clan brother, I was impulsive yesterday. I thought about it later, and Senior Sister Sun might be my clan sister-in-law in the future. It really wasn't right for me to treat her like that yesterday. But I just arrived at the Sacred Sect and don't have a single Spirit Stone on me, so it's inconvenient to apologize to Senior Sister Sun. How about you tell me how to leave the Sect? I'll go outside and find something nice for Senior Sister Sun that girls like."

"Leave the Sect?" Hearing that it was for Sun Yinglan, Pei Hong Nian's expression softened considerably. However, after thinking for a moment, he shook his head. "You can't leave the Sect."

Pei Ling's heart sank. "Why? I didn't see anything in the sect rules about Outer Sect disciples being forbidden to leave the Sect?"

"The Sect certainly doesn't restrict Outer Sect disciples from leaving. Otherwise, how would I have gone back before?" Pei Hong Nian said. "The problem is, the Sect is vast. From Huaiyin Peak to the mountain gate is a thousand miles. When you came before, the Xuan Gu Ling Yin Boat got you there in an instant. Now that you want to leave, the cheapest Yin Corpse Cloud costs ten Low-grade Spirit Stones to rent for a trip. How will you travel if you don't have a single Spirit Stone?"

Pei Ling almost vomited blood. "Then what should I do? Am I supposed to stay on Huaiyin Peak forever?"

As the saying goes, without money, you can't move an inch. This was literally true!

"Why do you have to leave the Sect?" Pei Hong Nian retorted. "There are plenty of poor Outer Sect disciples. How could the Sect not consider this? Behind the Affairs Hall is the Miscellaneous Affairs Department. Every day, they post various tasks. Go and see if there's anything suitable, and take it."

Pei Ling tentatively asked, "Then can you lend me ten Low-grade Spirit Stones, clan brother? I'll return them to you in a while?"

Pei Hong Nian shook his head without even thinking. "I gave all my Spirit Stones to Junior Sister Yinglan. Where would I have any extra for you?"

"..." Pei Ling didn't want to say another word to this simp. He turned and left.

He hurried to the Miscellaneous Affairs Department. It was a large hall that occupied a vast area, bustling with people and extremely lively. Even before entering, he could hear shouts and calls: people recruiting for teams, individuals declaring their skills to seek tasks, those with problems looking for professional cultivators, and haggling... It was as noisy as a marketplace.

Pei Ling finally squeezed his way in, only to find the interior very simple. There were no furnishings in sight. The four walls were covered with array patterns. At about waist height, there was a ring of densely packed holes.

After observing for a while, Pei Ling followed the example of others and inserted his identification tag into one of the empty holes.

A mass of black mist immediately appeared on the wall in front of him, slowly transforming into lines of text:

The first was to plant a spiritual plant called Ghost Face Grass for three months, with a reward of five Low-grade Spirit Stones... Pei Ling gave up without finishing.

The second was to help deliver a letter, requiring the applicant to have their own mount, for one month, with a reward of three Low-grade Spirit Stones... He gave up on this one as well.

The third was to take care of spirit beasts, mainly responsible for handling excrement and other waste, for one month. The reward? The reward was the excrement, mucus, and other things that needed to be handled... Get lost!

The fourth was a recruitment for apprentices at the Weapon Forging Peak. Requirements: diligent, able to endure hardship, preferably with some talent, and a good foundation in body refinement. No Spirit Stones were given, but one could observe senior disciples forging weapons? Screw that!

The subsequent tasks were all similar. Pei Ling's brow furrowed as he read. He didn't know how popular Li Siguan and the other two were, or how long it would take for their deaths to be discovered. But considering their backers, every moment he remained in the Sect was an agony.

If only he had ten Spirit Stones, he would have rented a Yin Corpse Cloud and fled long ago.

He patiently read for a long time and finally saw a task with a relatively high reward: "Investigate the truth behind the sudden death of the entire Han Family Manor. Deadline: one month. Reward: eight hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones."

His heart leaped with joy, and he was about to accept it without thinking, when he keenly noticed the sentence immediately following: "This task is only open to disciples at Qi Cultivation level six and above."

Pei Ling: "..."

He looked at the others and found that tasks with higher rewards, especially those that required leaving the Sect, all required at least Qi Cultivation level six.

Or, the team must include at least one person at Qi Cultivation level six.

Seeing this, Pei Ling decisively put away his identification tag and began to wander around the hall, trying to join a team that had accepted a task requiring them to leave the Sect.

Whether the team was good or bad didn't matter. The key was that it could take him away from the Sect, and the sooner the better!

With this thought, he quickly walked up to a disciple who was loudly recruiting for a monster clearing task, saying he just needed two more fellow disciples to depart: "Senior Brother, I want to join your team!"