True Person Qingyang naturally felt some regret at being unable to draw Jiang Fengxian into the Xuan Yang Immortal Sect. Still, Zhou Yang's willingness to honor his promise and serve as the Xuan Yang Immortal Sect's Guest Supreme Elder made him very happy.
The Xuan Yang Immortal Sect still had too few Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. Though it had strengthened its resource investment in Golden Core Elders with hopes of forming Nascent Souls over recent years, results could not be seen within merely a century or two.
Before the sect could cultivate enough Nascent Soul Stage cultivators of its own, recruiting outsiders like Zhou Yang, who had deep ties with the sect, as Guest Supreme Elders was undoubtedly an excellent way to supplement its numbers of top-tier cultivators.
However, a Guest Supreme Elder still carried the word "guest" in the title and could not receive the treatment afforded to a true Supreme Elder.
If a Golden Core Stage Cultivator of the Xuan Yang Immortal Sect successfully formed a Nascent Soul, they would immediately receive at least one Sixth-tier Artifact from the sect. They could also establish a cave abode on Xuan Yang Peak, freely access and command the various treasures in the sect treasury, and browse all kinds of divine abilities, cultivation methods, and Cultivation World secrets open only to Supreme Elders.
As for Zhou Yang, he had merely received a sixth-rank low-grade cave abode on Huohua Mountain, a sixth-rank low-grade spirit mountain under the Xuan Yang Immortal Sect. He could enter the Xuan Yang Immortal Sect's treasury and freely choose any three treasures, and he would receive one High-grade Spirit Stone annually as an Attendant stipend.
Of course, those were only the tangible benefits. Many hidden benefits had not yet been counted.
For instance, Guest Supreme Elders received a