After leaving the underground, Wang Shi followed the directions he received nearby and soon arrived before a fish-headed man.
"Stone Demon, one piece of Jade Essence in exchange for cultivation at the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal level."
The fish-headed man took out a token and shoved it into Wang Shi's hand.
Wang Shi looked at the token in his hand in confusion.
"How am I supposed to use this?"
Disdain appeared on the fish-headed man's face, and he pointed behind himself.
Wang Shi looked in the direction he indicated.
A crowd knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves with all five points of their bodies touching the earth as they crawled forward.
Holy Light descended from the sky, brimming with immense energy. So their supposed Primordial Unity Golden Immortal cultivation was actually obtained through such a humiliating method.
Wang Shi's face turned ashen as he watched. If this was how that so-called cultivation was begged for, he would rather go without it.
The fish-headed man seemed to know what he was thinking.
"Don't think this is humiliating. If you want powerful cultivation, giving up a little dignity is nothing."
"No one cares whether you're living well. Only you can feel it for yourself."
His words were so ironic, as though this was simply how things ought to be.
But how could someone who had seen the light be hoodwinked by those few glib words?
These were clearly things they could strive for themselves, yet because their world had been conquered, they had to follow the conquerors' rules. Utterly shameless.
They had sealed off every other path, trampling the dignity of the Primordial World Lifeforms and stripping them of the ability to compete.
Once people grew accustomed to begging for cultivation, who would still cultivate? Cultivating was nowhere near as fast as