As mentioned earlier, Innate Experts were fairly popular in the Cultivation World, because it was easy for them to switch over to the Qi Refining Stage.
However, most martial cultivators were already rather old by the time they entered the Innate Realm. So even if they switched to the Qi Refining Stage, people generally did not think highly of their prospects. Usually, they could only become powerful enforcers.
But if an Innate Expert could achieve Martial Entry into the Dao, that was different. Even if they were a little older, having grasped martial will meant not only formidable combat strength, but also considerable potential for future growth—they had already glimpsed "Dao Intent."
Chen Junsheng had entered the Innate Realm at the age of thirty. He had been exceptionally proud, and when he infiltrated the Cultivation World, he had sought an opportunity for Martial Entry into the Dao.
So he would not easily attach himself to any faction or switch professions. He simply wanted to carve out a path of his own.
Many Innate Experts outside the immortal sects now thought the same way: they would sell their skills, but not themselves.
The terms proposed by Jing Qingyang of Fuhai Commandery were of this sort.
He would serve a cultivator as a bodyguard for three months. If he acted on behalf of his employer during that period, the term would automatically be extended by three months. During those three months, he would have relatively more freedom to seek his own opportunities.
If he acted for his employer again during that period, the term would be extended by another three months.
In short, if he never had a chance to act within three months, then once those three months were up, his work visa expired and he could only obediently leave the