Inside Send-Off Phoenix City, the Protagonist Bai Chen, has just found a restaurant and begun his first job.
As soon as he starts working, the system gives him a corresponding reward every day.
Working at the restaurant allows him to gain some physical strength every day.
With his seemingly endless lifespan, if he were to live for another hundred or two hundred years, his physique would become extremely terrifying.
Physical constitution, on the other hand, represents defense, Qi and Blood, boundless vitality, resistance, and greatly enhances survivability.
After a busy day yesterday, Bai Chen received a system notification this morning that his "Constitution +1".
This put Bai Chen in a great mood.
"Working people, working spirit, working people are all superior people."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a commotion erupted outside the restaurant, with large numbers of ordinary people crowding and running backwards from the direction of the city gate.
"The bandits are attacking the city! The bandits have come down from the mountain to attack the city!"
Someone in the crowd shouted at the top of their lungs, and this shout caused those behind who were initially unaware of what was happening to also run backward.
"No way, I just started working here, and bandits are already attacking the city?" Bai Chen was dumbfounded.
Although he has an unlimited lifespan, it doesn't mean he won't get hurt or die.
"What are you standing there for? Close all the doors and windows right now!" the shop owner roared as he ran out.
"Yes, sir!" Bai Chen quickly replied and began helping the boss install door and window panels.
Before they had even gone halfway up, a group of soldiers ran past from the direction of the city gate.
As they ran, the soldiers shouted, "Calm down, calm down! This isn't a bandit attacking the city; the bandits have been captured and tamed by cultivators!"
"Don't be alarmed. It's not bandits attacking the city. The bandits from Send-Off Phoenix Mountain have already been captured and tamed by cultivators."
The soldiers' shouts Little Yi, but they all conveyed the same meaning.
Upon hearing this, the previously chaotic crowd quieted down slightly, but was quickly drawn back to the news of the immortal's appearance.
Bai Chen was the same; he knew that there were immortals in this world, and he even witnessed a great battle between immortals when he first transmigrated here.
I never expected immortals to help suppress bandits, but what does this "taming" mean?
"Boss, are there many cultivators here?" Bai Chen asked the boss.
"It's rare to see them. Cultivators mostly train in deep mountains Lin Zhong. The mundane world is too polluted, and the Spiritual Power is too thin, which doesn't offer much benefit to cultivators."
"Moreover, there are too few cultivators. Our Great Yan Nation only has two cultivation sects, and the total number of cultivators in them is less than a hundred."
"Is that so?" Bai Chen looked at the end of the street, somewhat curious.
"What, you're interested in cultivators?"
"Doesn't the boss want to become a cultivator?" Bai Chen countered.
"Heh, give up on that idea. Only one in tens of thousands of people is born with Spiritual Root. Do you think you or I are even likely to be one?"
But what if?
"I don't have any 'what ifs' left, but you might have a chance. Every seven years, the Great Yan Nation holds an Immortal Ascension Assembly."
"By participating in the Immortal Ascension Assembly, one can test their Spiritual Root aptitude. If their Spiritual Root aptitude is detected, they will have the opportunity to join Ling Yun Sword School or the Vast Sea Formation Sect."
"Next year is the Immortal Ascension Assembly. Whether you have Spiritual Root or not, you'll find out when the time comes."
A nationwide Spiritual Root test? That's way too much.
"What's so exaggerated about that? Any disciple with Spiritual Root is a treasure to any immortal sect."
"Boss, you know quite a lot, don't you?"
"Kid, where on earth did you come from? That's common sense; almost everyone knows that."
The boss glanced at Bai Chen with surprise, somewhat astonished that Bai Chen didn't know these things.
"We rarely have the opportunity to meet cultivators, but we can meet immortal envoys once every seven years. It is these immortal envoys who conduct the tests on Spiritual Root."
"Once a promising seedling with Spiritual Root is discovered, the Immortal Gate will immediately notify the cultivators through their methods, and the cultivators will inevitably descend. If a seedling with Spiritual Root appears in Send-Off Phoenix City, then we will have the opportunity to meet the cultivators."
Bai Chen then pointed ahead and said to the two young men walking in front, chatting and laughing with the city lord, "Aren't those two cultivators?"
"Hmm, only an immortal could make the city lord so humble," the shopkeeper nodded.
"Alright, immortals have very sharp ears. Let's not speak carelessly, lest we bring trouble upon ourselves."
"The boss is right!"
The group marched through the streets and alleys in a Haohao, finally stopping in front of a large mansion.
One group of bandits, about thirty people, was taken into the mansion by two cultivators, while the other bandits were led by the city lord towards the military camp.
"I wonder what level of cultivation these immortals possess, and how powerful they are," Bai Chen thought to himself.
But none of that matters to him. All he needs to do now is lie low and work honestly to earn reward points.
Over the next few days, the mansion where the two immortals lived began to be renovated.
Ultimately, the entire mansion was forcibly transformed into three rows of square Shitou houses.
Each row of Shitou houses is divided into six floors, with twelve windows on each floor. The windows are made of transparent " Crystal " material, which makes them look a bit rigid, like coffins.
At least in the eyes of ordinary people in this world, it looked like three huge coffins, giving people a very ominous feeling.
Fortunately, in the following days, the white Shitou house was coated with an extremely dazzling gold, and a large number of Aura red-edged black-bordered mythical beast patterns were carved on it.
While this approach made it less rigid, it also made it look rather gaudy and tacky.
Black, gold, and red—isn't this the quintessential nouveau riche look?
At least it doesn't look like a coffin anymore.
No one knew what the two immortals were up to, but given the reverence people had for cultivators, few dared to linger nearby.
Most of them just watched from afar, their eyes filled with curiosity.
Bai Chen, who only worked at the restaurant, looked at the so-called Immortal Residence with a strange expression.
Isn't this just a modern-day residential building?
They're not exactly similar, but rather identical.
"Could this cultivator be a transmigrator like me?"
If the other party really is a time traveler, then I need to be even more discreet and absolutely not reveal my identity as a time traveler.
Before he transmigrated, he had read a lot of online novels. Most of the time, if two transmigrators appeared in the same world, it would be very difficult for them to get along peacefully.
Most time-traveling Protagonist are quite selfish.
Even if the other party wasn't a bad person, Bai Chen still wouldn't reveal his identity as a transmigrator and foolishly try to claim someone from his hometown.
Anyway, there's no harm in being a little sneaky and keeping a low profile.
Another two weeks passed, Immortal Residence began selling something called a mobile phone.
Now, Bai Chen was even more certain that the other party was a transmigrator. He didn't know which of the two cultivators was a transmigrator, or whether they were both transmigrators.
Cell phones are cheap; at least the average person can afford them.
The mobile phones in the Immortal Cultivation Realm obviously don't use modern technology like chips and batteries, but rather Formation.
But its functionality is almost identical to that of modern mobile phones.
It not only has forums, live streaming, and short video features, but also e-commerce and, damn it, food delivery and errand-running apps.
The so-called deliverymen were actually the more than 700 bandits from Send-Off Phoenix Mountain.
Looking at the familiar "yellow robe" and the familiar "kangaroo" logo, Bai Chen sighed, "My fellow villager really knows how to have fun."
"I wonder what kind of cheat system the other party has. It must be more advanced than mine, right?"
Although his cheat ability was a bit weak, at least he could play it safe, without having to do any missions or take any risks.
A year later, mobile phones spread like wildfire across the Five Regions of the Wasteland and the entire Immortal Cultivation Realm.
After several upgrades, the phone now includes a gaming module and Spiritual Root aptitude scanning module.
Bai Chen also scanned himself and concluded that he had no Spiritual Root.
This left Bai Chen quite frustrated for a while, but he quickly adjusted his mindset.
We have a system, so what if we don't have Spiritual Root? What more could we ask for?
Does not having Spiritual Root mean you can't become stronger? Even if he survives for ten thousand years, he will still be invincible.
On the other side, in the Immortal Residence —well... Immortal Residence is what ordinary people in Send-Off Phoenix City call this place.
Actually, this place is called: Immortal Realm All-Purpose Service Operations Center!
Ling Yi sat in his office on the top floor, scanning the busy staff below, and couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.
He has been in this world for a year now, and since he started the operations center, he has had more than 100,000 employees.
Ling Yi's alternative interpretation of the " Strongest Worker System " was clearly successful.
Perhaps it was because of the enhancement that the Protagonist's cheat ability received from its own "ding" system that it accepted this interpretation, or perhaps the Protagonist's cheat ability itself could be interpreted in this way.
Anyway, Ling Yi is invincible now!
These workers can receive a corresponding reward as long as they work for them for one day.
The rewards are mostly attribute-based, accounting for about 60%, including strength, constitution, and defense. The highest attribute for a physical attribute has now reached over 90 million and is about to break 100 million.
Even the worst defensive attribute reached over 30 million.
The remaining 40% are for increasing cultivation level.
Ling Yi's current cultivation level has reached the Body Integration Realm.
In Ling Yi's cultivation novels, the cultivation realms are basically the same: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Leaving the Body- Body, Spirit Transformation, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, Mahayana, and Ascension.
Some salespeople promoting cultivation techniques always confuse Mahayana stage with the Tribulation Transcendence, putting the Mahayana Stage first and the Tribulation Transcendence Stage second.
Or perhaps there simply is no Mahayana Stage at all.
But Ling Yi thought this was wrong.
After Body Integration, one can Tribulation Transcendence. However, after Tribulation Transcendence, one does not immediately Ascension. Instead, there is a buffer period at the Mahayana Realm, during which the Spiritual Power within the body is converted into Immortal Yuan.
Ascension occurs when all Spiritual Power is converted into Immortal Yuan.
Of course, everyone has their own perspective. For the author, "interpreting" something is just talking; whether it makes sense or not, it all comes down to words.
If you insist on sticking to your guns, then there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Ling Yi's next step is to Tribulation Transcendence, but Ling Yi doesn't know how he will do Tribulation Transcendence.
No one Tribulation Transcendence in this world for nearly ten thousand years.
It's not that all cultivators failed their Tribulation Transcendence, but rather that the cultivation progress of cultivators in this world is extremely slow.
Moreover, cultivators can significantly increase their lifespan.
It takes several hundred years to go from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, almost a thousand years to go from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, and even longer to go from Golden Core to Nascent Soul.
As for the time it takes to Body Integration, it's over ten thousand years.
In other words, after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, cultivators have incredibly long lifespans, almost equivalent to Longevity.
Having reached the Body Integration Realm, Ling Yi has already reached the Limit of this world. With certain old monsters not appearing, he is already invincible in this Immortal Cultivation Realm.
If Ling Yi were given another year, he would be almost ready to Ascension Ling Yi.