If Xu Changqing had merely been an ordinary Spirit Cultivator, not many people would have taken him seriously.
For one thing, there was no shortage of talented, gifted people.
For another, the Immortal Sect did not lack people with status and backgrounds.
To say nothing else, among the two great Spirit Fields lineages alone—the Rong Family and the Zhang Family—there were replacements for him, and more than one.
Yet before the Grain Lord left the Immortal Sect, he had pulled strings for Xu Changqing, allowing him to go to Azurewood Peak and take its peak master—the highest administrator of the Spirit Fields—as his master.
With that, Xu Changqing had gone from a mid-level administrator to someone most people could not afford to offend.
The reason Bei Qingtang helped Xu Changqing was not merely because they were fellow disciples. The most crucial reason was to let their master break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm in peace and stability.
Once she succeeded, her disciples would naturally rise with the tide.
At that point, no one would dare provoke them, much less offend them.
To put it bluntly, after layer upon layer of filtering, most of the pressure and trouble Xu Changqing faced had been blocked by his senior brothers and sisters.
That was why, though trouble seemed never-ending on the surface, there was actually not much risk.
Only now did Xu Changqing understand his eldest senior sister's painstaking intentions. "Rest assured, I'll honestly complete the task."
Bei Qingtang let out a breath. "It's good that you understand. As long as you break through to the Golden Core Realm, even if it's only a Human-Grade Golden Core, Master and the rest of us can protect you for eternity."
Xu Changqing nodded hard. "Mm."
"Daoist Zhao, you're late today. Did your