The young man's pupils contracted; what a grand gesture!
The benefits alone amounted to Wu Bai Low-Grade Spirit Stone, which is roughly his annual salary in the Internal Affairs Office.
"My esteemed master, please continue to visit. I promise you will bring a generous gift next time you come."
The young man's eyes lit up, and he silently put the package containing Spirit Stone into his storage bag.
And there are generous gifts too?
This time it was Wu Bai Spirit Stone, so next time it certainly won't be less than Wu Bai Spirit Stone, right?
This benefit must not be known to anyone else in the Internal Affairs Office. Wouldn't it be better for him to keep such a great fortune to himself?
Since they didn't want others to know, they naturally couldn't take the storage bag to the elders in the Internal Affairs Office for inspection.
Otherwise, the benefits will inevitably be shared.
After a brief hesitation, the young man made up his mind.
"May I ask how you should address the Immortal Master?" Ling Yi asked.
My name is Bai Jiang!
"Greetings, Immortal Master Bai!" Ling Yi cupped his hands in greeting.
Then he whispered, "Next time I come, I will place three Shitou under the ancient tree in front of the sect. If Immortal Master Bai sees three Shitou under the ancient tree..."
Bai Jiang instantly understood Ling Yi's meaning, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Please rest assured, Master Bai, the storage Central City cultivation items. However, my young lady's identity is special, and this matter cannot be publicized. Please understand."
Zhang Yunya, the daughter of the Ninth Prince of the Baijin Kingdom, her identity is indeed not simple.
But that's only in a relatively conventional sense.
None of these things mattered to Bai Jiang; what mattered most was the benefits he could obtain.
With his Mixed Spiritual Root, without resource supply, he could only manage to reach the Qi Refining, Fourth Level at most.
If this person comes a few more times, he can take at least two or three Qi Gathering Pill each month.
In that case, he could reach the Qi Refining, Fifth Level in less than half a year.
"Next time, let's meet outside the mountain gate. After all, the people in the Internal Affairs Office are too busy to handle things," Bai Jiang suggested casually.
"That's how it should be!"
Ling Yi clasped his hands in a fist salute to Bai Jiang, then turned and left.
Indeed, greedy people are the easiest to manipulate.
As for whether Bai Jiang will open the storage bag, there is an opening record on the storage bag.
If Bai Jiang were to open it rashly, it would inevitably be noticed.
Bai Jiang understands the difference between a one-off deal and a steady, long-term commitment.
Bai Jiang is greedy, but cautious; he's the perfect target to exploit.
When Ling Yi returned to the servants' courtyard, it was already past four in the afternoon.
Guo Sihai, Lin Huai, and Liu Mo were all present.
Upon seeing Ling Yi enter, the three reacted in various ways: some with schadenfreude, others with disbelief, and still others with envy and jealousy.
The three of them already knew that Ling Yi had obtained the Qi Gathering Pill, a Mystic Grade cultivation technique, and one hundred Spirit Stone from Ye Cheng.
It wasn't just the three of them; almost all the menial disciples and some of the outer disciples knew about it.
It's not exactly common knowledge, but it's pretty much true.
It's obvious that someone is deliberately spreading this story.
As for who spread it and what their purpose was, Ling Yi didn't care.
They just want to see me suffer, to die; they have no good intentions whatsoever.
However, Ling Yi felt genuinely uncomfortable looking at the three people in front of him.
Looks like it's time to move.
Can a handyman disciple move?
Of course you can. As long as you have money, you can tell the servants or stewards and live in a nice private courtyard just like Ye Cheng.
Ling Yi has a secret. Even though the three of them have a good relationship with Ling Yi, Ling Yi still wants to move out and live alone.
Thinking of this, Ling Yi turned and left.
There's nothing much to tidy up in the room anyway.
"Stop!"
At that moment, Lin Huai's voice rang out.
It's like the sky is going to rain, or a mother is going to remarry; there will always be fools who will come knocking on your door to get themselves killed. Why the hell do that?
Upon hearing Lin Huai's voice, Ling Yi turned around and walked straight towards Lin Huai.
In just a few steps, he reached Lin Huai, and to Lin Huai's incredulous gaze, grabbed Lin Huai by the neck and lifted him into the air.
Lin Huai was completely stunned. His mind was filled with questions: Why? What right did he have? How dare he?
After a while, feeling suffocated, he remembered to struggle.
He reached out to pry Ling Yi's hand open, but Ling Yi's hand was like it was made of iron and he couldn't move it at all.
He wanted to kick Ling Yi, but when he looked down and saw Ling Yi's cold gaze, he felt a chill run through his body.
At this moment, he finally came to his senses and realized that Ling Yi wouldn't dare kill him within the Heaven and Earth Sect.
But he was afraid that Ling Yi might act impulsively and actually strangle him to death.
" Ling Yi, what are you doing? Let go right now!"
"Let go!"
It was only then that Liu Mo and Guo Sihai remembered to save people.
But then, Ling Yi released his Aura and coldly said to the two of them, "Get lost!"
"You've entered the Qi Refining Stage? You've reached the Qi Refining Stage?"
"How is this possible?"
The two were dumbfounded, but when they saw Ling Yi's gaze, they immediately shut up again.
Those in the Qi Refining Stage are no longer in the same world as them.
Even those at the First Layer of Qi Refining are still cultivators; those who don't reach Qi Refining are ultimately A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.
Ling Yi raised his hand and gave Lin Huai two large swipes before casually tossing him to the ground.
Lin Huai retreated in terror; he was truly frightened by Ling Yi.
Liu Mo and Guo Sihai didn't feel it very clearly, but Lin Huai could clearly sense the killing intent in Ling Yi's eyes.
If he hadn't been inside the Heaven and Earth Sect, he would probably be dead by now.
Ling Yi wanted to say something harsh, but felt it was really unnecessary to argue with these little bastards.
Seeing their cowardly behavior, Ling Yi immediately lost the desire to waste time with them.
He snorted coldly, then turned and left.
But after taking only a few steps, he turned around and came back.
This greatly alarmed Lin Huai and the other two, who thought Ling Yi was going to continue beating them.
Who spread the word that I obtained the Qi Gathering Pill?
Lin Huai was immediately shocked, his face turning deathly pale.
Guo Sihai and Liu Mo almost instinctively looked at Lin Huai.
Ling Yi stomped on Lin Huai's chest. "How did you know what I took from Ye Cheng?"
"Me, me, me!"
Ling Yi stomped his foot. "You fucking attack the crowing horse, spit it out!"
"I heard it. I've always had very good hearing; I can hear from very far away."
"I didn't expect you to have this kind of ability. Why did you do this?"
Lin Huai fell silent. Why would he do that? Pure envy, jealousy, and hatred. He wanted to spread the word and wait for Ling Yi to be killed.
But he dared not say it aloud, and he didn't know how to say it.
Even without him saying it, Ling Yi knew the reason.
Ling Yi had seen far too many people like this in his previous life.
The worse a person is, the more self-important they are, and the more they can't stand seeing others do well.
Seeing others doing well makes me feel restless and anxious.
Lin Huai is that kind of utterly rotten person.
This guy has gotten himself into so much trouble for no reason; he really deserves to die.
However, as mentioned before, within the Heaven and Earth Sect, killing fellow disciples is forbidden.
Ling Yi glanced at the three people, then turned and left the courtyard.
It wasn't until Ling Yi had been gone for quite some time that the three of them finally came to their senses.
"How did I Qi Refining? It's just a Qi Gathering Pill, and I have a low-grade Mixed Spiritual Root. What makes me so special?" Lin Huai said angrily.
But neither Guo Sihai nor Liu Mo said anything.
It's no longer important what they have to say about their reasons; what matters is that they have completely offended Ling Yi.
They were also involved in spreading the news that Ling Yi had obtained the Qi Gathering Pill.
It would have been impossible for the information to spread so quickly by Lin Huai alone.
Just as the three were wondering what to do next, Ling Yi arrived in Ye Cheng.
Looking at the two bottles of Qi Gathering Pill on the table, Ye Cheng felt a little numb.
Two bottles of Qi Gathering Pill, ten pills in each bottle, twenty pills in total, enough for him to break through to the Qi Refining Stage.
"Brother Ling, where did you get this? You mustn't do anything wrong in the Heaven and Earth Sect."
"Don't worry, these pills are from a legitimate source, so feel free to use them." Ling Yi naturally understood Ye Cheng's concerns.
Ye Cheng looked at the two bottles of Qi Gathering Pill on the table and said helplessly, "Even if I reach the Qi Refining Stage, I'll still just be a menial disciple."
That's true.
First Layer of Qi Refining is merely becoming a regular handyman disciple.
The lowest level of the Heaven and Earth Sect.
They will then be assigned to various miscellaneous affairs halls within the Heaven and Earth Sect.
They might go mining, fertilizing medicinal herbs, or cleaning manure and fetching water in the Spirit Beast garden.
In short, it was all dirty and tiring work.
Of course, if you don't want to do it, you only need to give the servants some Spirit Stone each month to be exempt from work and focus on cultivation.
Even if Ye Cheng is rich, and even if he doesn't have to do dirty or hard work, with his aptitude, he'd be lucky to reach the Qi Refining Second Layer in three years.
Unless, there is an endless supply of Qi Gathering Pill.
Thinking of this, Ye Cheng looked at Ling Yi again.
The fact that Ling Yi managed to get two bottles of Qi Gathering Pill means he can get even more, doesn't it?
"Brother Ye, how about we make another deal?"
Ye Cheng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "And how does the transaction work?"
Ling Yi smiled slightly, "I can help you break through to the Qi Refining, Third Level within six months and enter the outer sect..."
An hour later, Ye Cheng took Ling Yi to see the servant steward.
A middle-aged man named Liu Shihai, who was about forty years old.
At the Qi Refining Second Layer, it's difficult to enter the outer sect.
Without the Qi Gathering Pill, Ling Yi and Ye Cheng's future would likely be like Liu Shihai's.
After paying two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stone, Ling Yi moved into a separate courtyard, which faced Ye Cheng's courtyard across the lake.
By the time I finished all that, it was already past six in the evening.
"Several hours have passed, hasn't Bai Jiang delivered the storage bag to Zhang Yunya yet?"
As soon as Ling Yi finished speaking, the system's notification sounded.
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya 1000 First Tier Low Pin Qi Gathering Pill, with a 10,000-fold return, and you have received 10,000 First Tier Supreme Pin Qi Gathering Pill Qi Gathering Pill, which have been deposited into your inventory.]
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya First Tier 1 Superior Qi Gathering Pill, and received a 10,000-fold return, gaining 10,000 First Tier Superior Qi Gathering Pill, which have been stored in the system inventory!]
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya one Second Tier Low-Grade Spirit Gathering Pill, and received a 10,000-fold return. You have obtained 10,000 Second Tier Spirit Gathering Pill, which have been stored in your system inventory.]
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya one Third Tier Low-Grade True Spirit Pill, with a 5000x return. You have received 5000 Third Tier- Grade True Spirit Pill, which have been stored in your system inventory.]
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya 10,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stone, and received a 10,000-fold return, gaining 10,000 High-Grade Spirit Stone, which have been deposited into the system inventory.]
[Ding! The host gifted Zhang Yunya a storage bag, and received a thousandfold return in return, plus a storage ring, which has been added to the system inventory.]