The Eastern Expanse Cultivation World

After chatting with Jiang Xiaochuan for a while, Xu Changshou finally gained some understanding of servant disciples.

"Time to eat, Senior Brother Xu. Let's go to the Spirit Dining Hall."

"Let's go!"

Xu Changshou went downstairs with Jiang Xiaochuan.

Reserve Beauty Peak had its own Spirit Dining Hall, right in the middle of the servant disciples' residential area.

By the time they reached the ground floor, Ye Shanhua and the others had already left for the Spirit Dining Hall.

With Jiang Xiaochuan leading the way, they approached the Spirit Dining Hall's courtyard. Before they even entered, the aroma of food came wafting out.

It made Xu Changshou's mouth water. He had spent the past half month traveling with Zhang Zhengyuan under the stars and moon, without once smelling a cooked meal.

The Spirit Dining Hall had several dining rooms, and the two picked one at random.

Jiang Xiaochuan took Xu Changshou to collect utensils, then went to get their food.

The food was good, with both meat and vegetables. Each person received four dishes, and rice was unlimited.

When they collected their rice, Xu Changshou was stunned. The grains were translucent and more than ten times larger than ordinary rice.

"Senior Brother Xu, try it! This is called dogtooth rice. It's delicious."

Xu Changshou looked at it. The grains were the size of a dog's teeth, making the name quite fitting.

Xu Changshou took a large mouthful of rice, and its fragrance seemed to surge straight to the crown of his head. It tasted countless times better than the roast chicken at Wang Yuanwai's house.

Just for a mouthful of this rice, being sold into the Green Immortal Sect was worth it.

Xu Changshou felt fortunate that he had entered the Green Immortal Sect. Otherwise, how could he ever have tasted such an immortal delicacy in this lifetime?

"Senior Brother Xu, this is yellow goat meat. It's wonderfully flavorful."

"Yes, it really is good!"

A new door opened in Xu Changshou's world of flavors.

The meat in the Green Immortal Sect tasted even better. After eating it, he felt warm all over and brimming with vitality.

As they ate, Xu Changshou casually discussed cultivation with Jiang Xiaochuan.

Jiang Xiaochuan's cultivation was lower than his, so Xu Changshou freely shared everything he knew about breaking through to the second layer.

Although Jiang Xiaochuan had only recently begun cultivating, he knew far more about many things than Xu Changshou did. He suggested that Xu Changshou use Qi Gathering Pills to aid his cultivation.

Qi Gathering Pills were the lowest-grade pills used to assist cultivation. One spirit stone bought a bottle containing exactly ten pills.

After eating, they returned to Gengzi Courtyard and happened to see Ye Shanhua heading out.

Shi Wantong, Lin Xian'er, Han Zong, Su Mo, Li Linhao, and the others followed behind her.

"Hello, Senior Sister Ye."

Jiang Xiaochuan greeted her with a smile.

Ye Shanhua smiled and said kindly, "Junior Brother Jiang, Junior Brother Xu, we're going to Steward Peak to buy a few things. Would you like to come?"

Jiang Xiaochuan smiled. "Senior Brother Xu was just planning to buy Qi Gathering Pills. Senior Brother Xu, why not go together?"

"Sure!"

Xu Changshou nodded slightly. "Let's all go together."

"White Jade Boat, come forth!"

Ye Shanhua patted the Storage Bag at her waist and took out a translucent jade flying boat. With a casual toss, she sent it into the air, where it expanded in the wind to a length of three or four zhang.

A precious glow surrounded the flying boat. It looked far more luxurious than the sect's Public Flying Boat.

Xu Changshou was awestruck by the sight, but he showed no unusual reaction.

He came from humble origins and had only just entered an immortal sect. He constantly reminded himself never to show uncertainty, no matter what he encountered, for fear that others would look down on him.

"Wow, it's actually a White Jade Boat!"

"Senior Sister Ye really is wealthy."

"What extravagance!"

Everyone wore an envious expression. As expected of someone from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, she already owned a flying boat at the qi refining fourth layer. Comparing yourself to others could be the death of you.

"Let's go!"

Ye Shanhua was the first to leap into the White Jade Boat, and Xu Changshou and the others followed.

Lin Xian'er stroked the flying boat enviously. "Senior Sister Ye, how many spirit stones did this boat cost?"

At her question, everyone else turned to Ye Shanhua as well.

They all wanted to know how expensive such a luxurious flying boat was.

Han Zong said enviously, "Senior Sister Ye, tell us the price so I can give up hope."

Ye Shanhua smiled. "Not much. Five hundred spirit stones."

Ye Xian'er's eyes widened. "Five hundred spirit stones, and you call that not much?"

Han Zong smiled bitterly. "That price has killed all my hopes. I couldn't earn that many spirit stones in my entire lifetime."

Li Linhao said evenly, "As expected of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's Ye Family. Extravagantly wealthy."

Xu Changshou glanced around. Everyone except Li Linhao wore an envious expression.

Xu Changshou was desperately envious too, but he did not show it. After the vicious beatings Xu Wangshi had so often given him, he had long since learned to conceal his emotions.

They had a flying boat bought for five hundred spirit stones, while his entire fortune amounted to a single spirit stone.

The gap between rich and poor among servant disciples is enormous. Still, I'm already satisfied just to have entered the Green Immortal Sect and gotten to eat dogtooth rice. Why compare myself to others?

As these thoughts passed through his mind, Xu Changshou quickly regained his composure. He had been a cowherd boy. To him, entering the Green Immortal Sect was already like reaching heaven in a single step, and he was content.

The others, however, did not think like Xu Changshou. Every one of them longed for a flying boat of their own, even in their dreams.

Jiang Xiaochuan asked enviously, "Senior Sister Ye, does your flying boat consume much spiritual energy?"

"It's not too bad. One Fragmented Spirit Stone per hundred li," Ye Shanhua replied with a slight nod.

"Heavens, it consumes that much?"

"Oh dear, with consumption that high, I couldn't afford to use it even if I could afford to buy it."

"Senior Sister Ye is so rich."

Hearing how much spiritual energy the flying boat consumed, everyone burst into an uproar.

Fragmented Spirit Stones were leftover scraps that could not be cut into proper spirit stones. Their shapes were irregular, but they were roughly the same size.

A hundred Fragmented Spirit Stones could be exchanged for one whole spirit stone.

Xu Changshou did not understand what spiritual energy consumption meant, much less the value of a spirit stone, so his expression looked all the more natural.

Ye Shanhua could not help giving Xu Changshou another look. She thought he might be a worldly disciple from a great lineage. There seemed to be something different about him.

Whoosh-

The flying boat rose into the air, faster and steadier than the sect's Public Flying Boat.

"Senior Sister Ye, who do you think is the strongest in our Eastern Expanse Cultivation World?"

"Across the Eastern Expanse Immortal Forest, our Green Immortal Sect's Ancestor Xuanyang has the highest cultivation. He's at the nascent soul middle stage."

"Then that means our Ancestor Xuanyang is the strongest."

"You can't put it that way. Ancestor Xuanyang ranks first in cultivation, but he's an alchemist. He isn't necessarily the strongest in combat."

"Then who's the strongest in combat? Mo Qianji, the ancestor of the Mo Family at Crouching Dragon Ridge? Master Lu of the Ten Thousand Hanging Sect? Master Longyang or Couple Meilan of the Union of Joy Sect? Or Ancestor Wuzou of the Ten Thousand Immortals Tower?"

"They each have their strengths. I'm not sure either."

"Won't we find out once we become nascent soul cultivators?"

"How difficult it is to attain the great path of the nascent soul!"

"I'll definitely attain the great path of the nascent soul!"

Aboard the White Jade Boat, the young men and women spoke with easy confidence, bringing up nascent soul cultivators at every turn, as though they were certain they would become nascent soul ancestors in the future.

Xu Changshou was unconvinced. Still, their conversation gave him a rough picture of this cultivation world.

The world they lived in was called the Eastern Expanse Cultivation World.

It had five sects of roughly equal strength: the Green Immortal Sect, the Mo Family of Crouching Dragon Ridge, the Ten Thousand Hanging Sect, the Union of Joy Sect, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Tower.

When Zhang Zhengyuan had called the Green Immortal Sect the greatest immortal sect under heaven, he had merely been trying to lure Xu Changshou into joining so he could claim his reward as a guide.