Walking in the Nan Hua Immortal Sect's station, one would never imagine that this was the top of a mountain. White cranes were playing in the water, immortal deer were eating duckweed, and fairies with long sleeves were chasing each other. Such tranquility and beauty could never be found in the Demon Realm.
"If I can really cultivate and live here, it would be a wonderful thing!" Xiao Lingyu thought to himself.
Under Qing Pingzi's lead, Xiao Lingyu came to the door of the pavilion in the deepest part of the station.
This pavilion only had two floors, and there were no other buildings around it. There was not even a wall, only immortal trees and flowers that could be vaguely seen in the clouds.
"This used to be the residence of one of my junior brothers, but he has passed away, and this place has been vacant for many years. Junior Brother Xiao, since you just arrived, you don't have a good place to stay, so you can stay here for now."
As Qing Pingzi spoke, he opened the door of the attic and invited Xiao Lingyu in.
The first floor was not big, less than 30 square meters. The decorations were simple, but it was clean and comfortable.
There were two wooden chairs on both sides, and a small wooden table in the middle. There were landscape paintings on the walls, and there were only four words in the main hall — Heaven rewards the diligent.
"My junior brother didn't like luxuries, and he was indifferent to worldly possessions. He only focused on cultivation. He used to be the strongest in my generation, but …"
Qing Pingzi stopped talking and pondered for a moment. Then he said, "This will be your cultivation place from now on. If there's a chance, I'll introduce you to other disciples. You can also walk around the sect more."
After that, Qing Pingzi left behind a jade slip and left.
Xiao Lingyu immersed his mind into the jade slip, and it took 15 minutes before he came back to his senses.
There were a lot of things recorded in the jade slip. There were the rules of the Nan Hua Immortal Sect, the history, the introduction of the Sect Masters and special people, and the description of the various businesses of the Nan Hua Immortal Sect. It was almost everything and was very detailed.
Xiao Lingyu already had a better understanding of the Nan Hua Immortal Sect after reading it once.
The Nan Hua Immortal Sect had a long history and a rich foundation. It had existed for tens of billions of years and had once produced Immortal Venerables. Now, there were more than 200,000 disciples in the sect. There were close to 50 Immortal Emperors and thousands of Immortal Monarchs.
Just like many other major sects in the Immortal World, the Nan Hua Immortal Sect was not only one of the top sects in the East Imperial Continent, but they also controlled almost one-third of the territories and major cities on the East Imperial Continent. They also sent out more than half of their inner sect disciples who were Immortal Monarchs to control many major cities on the continent.
With such a huge force and so many experts and elite disciples, the Nan Hua Immortal Sect naturally had many ways to earn immortal stones.
In this aspect, the Immortal World was actually similar to the Devil World. Except for some mines that contained large amounts of immortal crystals, the large factions would not mine immortal stones to maintain the sect's livelihood. Whether it was controlling the entrance fees, collecting rent, or setting up shops, it would bring them an endless amount of immortal stones every year.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, the financial power and influence of large sects would become stronger and stronger. Because with enough strength, it would not be a problem to recruit experts. And with experts, others would be afraid of you and would not dare to compete with you.
In the history of the Nan Hua Immortal Sect, the most famous person was naturally the founder of the sect, Nan Hua the Enlightened Being.
Compared to many ancient experts, Nan Hua the Enlightened Being might not be much. However, according to the introduction in this jade slip, Nan Hua the Enlightened Being was definitely one of the top experts in the Three Realms. According to the records, when Nan Hua the Enlightened Being was in the Immortal Emperor Realm, he once severely injured an Immortal Supremacy. When Nan Hua the Enlightened Being reached the Immortal Supremacy Realm, he defeated three Devil Supremacies by himself and even killed one of them during the war between the Immortal World and the Devil World.
Of course, it was impossible to verify whether Nan Hua the Enlightened Being was as powerful as recorded in the jade slip. However, he must have been a proud prodigy back then.
"Every ten thousand years, he can receive 100,000 immortal crystals. That would be ten million immortal crystals every million years. This treatment of an Immortal Emperor Realm expert is really good."
Xiao Lingyu put away the jade slip with a satisfied expression.
The cultivation resources in the Immortal World were much more abundant than those in the Devil World. Ordinary Devil Emperors in the Devil World could hardly take out ten million devil crystals. However, if Immortal Emperors in the Immortal World were in urgent need of immortal crystals, they could borrow them from a few of their friends.
However, Xiao Lingyu didn't take into account that even though Immortal Emperors could receive ten million immortal crystals every million years, the immortal crystals they would use to cultivate for a million years wasn't a small amount.
From the way Qing Pingzi addressed him, Xiao Lingyu knew that he was treated like an Immortal Emperor Realm expert in the Nan Hua Immortal Sect. Even though he wasn't an Immortal Emperor Realm expert and didn't have the strength of an Immortal Emperor, no one would mind having a higher status.
The second floor of the pavilion was even smaller. There was only a wooden bed without any decorations and a table and chair by the window.
The four walls were also bare. No matter how one looked at it, it looked like a cultivation room.
Xiao Lingyu sat on the wooden bed. Just as he sat cross-legged, he suddenly felt a cooling sensation enter his body, making him feel refreshed.
Under the cooling sensation, not only did Xiao Lingyu's soul feel refreshed, but his body also felt like it was bathing in the spring breeze. His body quickly adjusted to its peak state.
Xiao Lingyu spread out his mind. He was surprised to find that the mist around the pavilion was even thicker. It could isolate cultivators' thoughts and vision. There were also obvious restriction ripples.
Obviously, as long as he sat on the wooden bed, the hidden arrays and restrictions around the pavilion would automatically activate to ensure that he wouldn't be disturbed.
Even though Xiao Lingyu didn't go through a huge battle, he still felt a lot of pressure when facing an Immortal Emperor Realm expert. He gradually entered a cultivation state. In less than ten minutes, he finished his cultivation with a gloomy expression.
As he sat on the wooden bed for longer, the Immortal Spiritual Energy in the cultivation room became denser. However, the Chaotic Demonic Energy in his body had an extremely strong demonic nature, which repelled the Immortal Spiritual Energy.
He didn't know what kind of exquisite array had been set up in the pavilion, but it was able to continuously gather immortal spiritual energy and make the immortal spiritual energy automatically drill into the cultivator's body at an extremely fast speed, causing the primal chaos energy in Xiao Lingyu's body to gradually become chaotic. How could he cultivate in peace?
Helpless, he could only get off the wooden bed, take out a square futon, and cultivate on the floor of the cultivation room.
When he left the wooden bed, the restriction ripples around the pavilion disappeared, and the rolling mist gradually dissipated.
After a month, Xiao Lingyu finished his cultivation and walked out of the pavilion. He followed the path in his memory and walked out of the mountain gate.
In the Nan Hua Immortal Sect, there weren't many defensive or alert restrictions and arrays. There were also no illusion arrays to confuse people's vision and mind. Xiao Lingyu easily reached the gate, walked down the stairs, and flew away.
Two days later, Xiao Lingyu arrived at the Nan Hua City. The Nan Hua City was one of the many big cities owned by the Nan Hua Immortal Sect. In the East Imperial Kingdom, its scale was second only to the East Imperial Kingdom. It was also a big city that the Nan Hua Immortal Sect focused on.
He came to the Nan Hua City to sell sand crystals and collect the materials he needed for his cultivation.
The city was still bustling with people. Xiao Lingyu squeezed into the crowd and walked slowly. Every time he came to a material store, he would enter and sell his sand crystals according to the size of the store.
After half a day, Xiao Lingyu had sold more than 50 sand crystals. However, he arrived at the Nan Hua Treasure Pavilion.
The Nanhua Treasure Pavilion was also one of the businesses of the Nanhua Immortal Sect. Moreover, it was the largest material store in the Nanhua City. Xiao Lingyu was prepared to sell the remaining tens of sand crystals to the Nanhua Treasure Pavilion. Moreover, he would sell them at a cheaper price as a contribution to the Nanhua Immortal Sect.
"Daoist friend, how much do you want to sell these sand crystals for?"
The shopkeeper of the first floor of the Nan Hua Treasure Pavilion was a shrewd-looking middle-aged cultivator. He squinted at a sand crystal and asked.
"15,000 immortal crystals for one," Xiao Lingyu said calmly.
If he sold it to other stores, it would be 18,000 immortal crystals. Therefore, 15,000 immortal crystals was a very low price.
"Although the soul power in these sand crystals is very pure, the amount is too little. One or two pieces won't be of much use. Moreover, it's practically useless for cultivators above the late stage of the Profound Demon Realm. The price of 15,000 is too high. We can only offer 10,000 Immortal crystals each." The shopkeeper on the first floor put down the sand crystals and evaluated.
Xiao Lingyu frowned slightly and then said generously, "I'll do as you say."
Xiao Lingyu was prepared to sell them to his own people at a cheaper price, so he didn't care how much he would lose. After all, he would get a share of the immortal crystals from the businesses of the Nan Hua Immortal Sect.
But when Xiao Lingyu took out the 50 sand crystals, the shopkeeper on the first floor said, "Among these sand crystals, the quality is different. The one you took out just now is considered a high grade sand crystal and is worth 10,000 Immortal crystals. But the rest are not worth it. If we calculate on average, I can only give you 8,000 Immortal crystals each."
"Haha, then I won't sell them."
Xiao Lingyu put away the sand crystals and walked out of the Nan Hua Treasure Pavilion without looking back.
He wasn't unwilling to sell them because he felt that he had lost too much. It was just that the shopkeeper was too greedy and disgusted him.
However, he was stopped by someone soon after he walked out of the Nan Hua Treasure Pavilion.
"I remember that you're the receptionist of the Nan Hua Treasure Pavilion. Why are you blocking my way instead of serving customers in the store?" Xiao Lingyu said unhappily.
"I don't want to block your way. Our shopkeeper wants to invite you to the teahouse for a chat," the receptionist said awkwardly.
"I don't know your shopkeeper and I don't know him. What's there to chat about?" Xiao Lingyu said bluntly.
"I don't know about that. However, please do me a favor and come to the teahouse for a while. The shopkeeper will be back soon," the receptionist said.
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