"So that's how it was. But you could rely on your own cultivation to take on missions to hunt Immortal Beasts, or gather medicinal herbs." Ye Tian could think of many ways to make money, but Yu Huachi seemed not to have done any of them.
"Brother Ye, you mean the Affairs Hall? It wasn't that I hadn't considered doing those things, but every newcomer needed an old hand to bring them in before they could pass the verification and accept missions. I didn't know any old hands well, nor could I afford to pay someone to bring me in. Usually, I just helped out the neighbors in exchange for some food to take back to my tribe."
Ye Tian did not ask further. Every family had scriptures too difficult to recite; perhaps the survival of Yu Huachi's entire tribe rested on his shoulders. It would not be right for him to humble himself and do odd jobs.
"So this time, I'm competing for the Place of Return to One because I want to bring out some treasures, exchange some of them with the great sects for supplies and money, and keep the rest for my own cultivation."
Ye Tian said nothing. Yu Huachi was quite a pitiful man.
"What about your parents? What status do they hold in the tribe?"
"No status, really. They're just ordinary tribe members..." Yu Huachi's gaze shifted evasively. Ye Tian noticed it, but did not pry. A clan like that surely had many troublesome matters, and it was not good to ask too much.
"Brother Ye, what realm are you currently in?" Yu Huachi did not wish to discuss those matters any further and shifted the topic to cultivation.
"More or less the middle to late stages of the Earth Standing Realm. I should