"As far as I know, there are only two ways: join a faction and serve it, or find a prominent household on the island to act as your guarantor!"
"What? To settle permanently on Kuixing Island, I have to join a faction or have a major local family vouch for me?" Xiao Yu froze. This news was far too unexpected.
Xiao Yu had known that a local could act as his guarantor, but he had never imagined that would be his only alternative. He had assumed the other options would simply involve spending some spirit stones to buy or rent a cave abode. After all, that was how things worked in many places in the cultivation world. He had never expected Kuixing Island to be an exception, offering low-level cultivators from elsewhere only these two choices.
Revealing his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation was an option, but Lesser Ring Island, the place he had his eye on, was hardly suitable for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Its spiritual energy was thin. If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator specifically asked to go there, wouldn't that be like posting a sign saying, "No silver buried here," practically inviting suspicion?
That was precisely why Xiao Yu had gone to such lengths, first approaching mortals and then posing as a low-level cultivator.
For the rest of their conversation, Xiao Yu was somewhat distracted, constantly pondering how to find a guarantor. As for joining a local faction, he never even considered it. None of the major factions would give a low-level cultivator much time to cultivate. Which of them wouldn't work him like an ox or a horse?
After a while, Lu Wei actually brought up some questions about cultivation, which Xiao Yu answered offhandedly.
"Brother Xiao, you're incredible! Just a few words from you cleared away the