Chapter 4: You'll Pay for the Button
Su Kuang looked Xue Weiyang up and down. Silver-white hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her figure perfectly proportioned, her face angelic—absolutely stunning!
If the max score was ten, she'd easily get twelve. Her design was just too overpowered.
Shen Qingluan was no less impressive, though compared to Xue Weiyang, she seemed a bit more unpolished.
"Sect Master's great kindness—Weiyang will never forget it!"
Xue Weiyang's face was full of gratitude. The Nine-Turn Soul Restoration Pill had not only rebuilt her physical body but restored her fragmented soul as well!
The current Xue Weiyang… was a genuine peak Emperor Realm powerhouse.
"Since Qingluan is your disciple, you'll continue guiding her cultivation from now on!"
"Thank you, Sect Master!" ×2!
Xue Weiyang and Shen Qingluan froze for a moment, then bowed in unison.
Su Kuang gave Xue Weiyang an idle post as an elder of the Sect Master Peak, ready to send them off so he could start pulling summon cards!
"Sect Master, Qingluan still has some family matters to handle. Weiyang would like to accompany her until they're settled, then return to cultivate in peace!"
Xue Weiyang looked at Su Kuang respectfully. He had just helped her—leaving without a word would cause a huge misunderstanding.
"Fine. Tomorrow my Dharma Body will go back with you!"
"Qingluan, this is our Lingxiao Sect's supreme technique, along with some spirit stones. Cultivate well, and do not leak it to outsiders!"
Su Kuang nodded, turning the Chaos Dao Scripture into a beam of light that shot into Shen Qingluan's mind.
"You call *this* 'some' spirit stones?"
Xue Weiyang stared blankly at the mountain of ten thousand top-grade spirit stones piled before her.
Even the Xuantian Holy Land probably only had around a million top-grade spirit stones?
Sure, the exchange ratio between spirit stone grades was one to a hundred, but no one would actually trade with you!
Leave one top-grade spirit stone unattended, and it'd get snatched up!
"S-Sect Master, th-this is too precious…"
Shen Qingluan swallowed hard. She'd never even seen high-grade spirit stones, let alone top-grade ones?
Gifting techniques, saint weapons, helping awaken her Saint Body, taking her master into the sect—and not forcing her to become the Sect Master's direct disciple.
What kind of god-tier sect was this?
"No problem! Just cultivate diligently!"
[Hehehe… You're this Sovereign's cultivation charging station!]
Shen Qingluan's nose twitched. Apart from her father and her master, only the Sect Master had ever treated her this well!
Watching Shen Qingluan store the spirit stones in her spatial ring and leave with Xue Weiyang, Su Kuang finally rubbed his hands together.
"System, pull a card!"
[Ding! Consumed one Gold Summon Card. Congratulations, Host, on successfully summoning a Peak Quasi-Emperor: Jin Chi!]
[Ding! Consumed three Silver Summon Cards. Congratulations, Host, on successfully summoning three Peak Du'e Realm guards!]
Whoa, jackpot! All at max cultivation!
"Greetings, Sect Master!"
Jin Chi and the other four bowed respectfully. Su Kuang gave them a few instructions and sent them off.
The Sect Master Peak was Su Kuang's personal cultivation ground. Naturally, the two beautiful master-disciple flowers, Xue Weiyang and Shen Qingluan, could stay here.
Each had their own independent courtyard. Apart from Su Kuang, no one could break through the courtyard barriers.
But the master and disciple chose to share one courtyard, so Su Kuang let them be!
"System, can Li Qingtian and the others cultivate the Chaos Dao Scripture?"
[Ding! The Chaos Dao Scripture is restricted to the Host, disciples, and Peak Masters!]
Su Kuang: …
…
Inside Xue Weiyang's courtyard.
Shen Qingluan stared at Xue Weiyang, utterly stunned.
"Master, the technique the Sect Master gave us is God-tier—and this is only the first volume!"
What?
The first volume alone was God-tier?
How terrifying would the complete version be?
Xue Weiyang felt like crying but had no tears. Shen Qingluan's cultivation was low, so she had only taught her a High-Grade Saint-tier technique before.
But now…
"Qingluan, the Sect Master's kindness is immense. Cultivate well. From now on, we master and disciple must never drag the sect down!"
Xue Weiyang looked at Shen Qingluan earnestly. The latter nodded heavily.
She had to cultivate hard and not betray the Sect Master's expectations!
…
Meanwhile.
Baiyun County.
Wang Family.
"Teng'er, didn't you go seek a legacy? Did something go wrong?"
Wang Chuan, the Wang Family Head, looked curious. Wang Teng, however, was bursting with excitement as he recounted the whole Su Kuang affair.
After hearing how Su Kuang took disciples, Wang Chuan was instantly shocked!
Not only did he have a Saint Law Avatar, but he could travel from the Lingxiao Sect to the Imperial City in an instant. That strength already surpassed the Great Sage Realm Imperial Ancestor, didn't it?
Sure, Venerable Realm cultivators could tear through space, but moving that kind of distance required at least a Saint King Realm powerhouse!
"Good, good, good! My son Wang Teng… has the makings of a Great Emperor!"
"Starting today, your task is to cultivate hard and earn a place in the Lingxiao Sect!"
The Wang Family elders exchanged glances. If the Young Master could join the Lingxiao Sect, their family would truly ascend to the heavens in one step!
…
Elsewhere.
Xuantian Holy Land.
Regarding the Saint Body matter, Xuantian Holy Lord Zhao Xuan personally received the Xuantian Sect's Sect Master and elders.
"Are you certain the information is correct?"
Zhao Xuan's right hand trembled. A Saint Body—an actual Saint Body!
His Xuantian Holy Land's Holy Son possessed only a Spirit Body, yet he swept aside all his peers!
If it were a Saint Body… wouldn't that mean his Xuantian Holy Land might produce a Great Emperor?
"Holy Lord, that Su Kuang said… his Lingxiao Sect only accepts Saint Bodies or disciples wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao!"
Lingxiao Sect?
Zhao Xuan turned to the other elders, who all wore confused expressions. Clearly, none of them had heard of this sect.
"Such arrogant talk…"
One elder began to scold, but Zhao Xuan raised a hand to cut him off.
"Saint Body or not, I'll personally visit the Lingxiao Sect tomorrow and find out!"
"But that arrogant tone… it's exactly like those Ancient Great Sects!"
"If it really is an Ancient Great Sect reviving, then our Xuantian Holy Land will have no choice but to yield its place!"
What?
Ancient Great Sects?
The Xuantian Holy Land elders gasped.
If it really was an Ancient Great Sect, then the Xuantian Holy Land meant nothing in their eyes!
To be called an Ancient Great Sect, one needed a lineage exceeding a million years and at least three peak Great Emperors in its history!
Meanwhile, their Xuantian Holy Land had only one Peak Quasi-Emperor ancestor holding the fort, ranking in the lower-middle tier among the Eight Hundred Provinces.
"All of you, withdraw."
"Yes, Holy Lord!"
…
The next day.
[Ding! Shen Qingluan broke through to Early Spirit Gathering Stage, triggering Hundredfold Return. Host's cultivation increased to Early Xuan Gang Realm!]
Whoa!
Waking up early is the best!
So this is what winning by lying flat feels like?
Once I summon a few more Great Emperors, I'll take them and block other Holy Lands' gates!
Su Kuang was just about to condense his Dharma Body and follow Shen Qingluan and the others to the Shen Family when Zhao Xuan's voice came from outside the mountain gate.
"I am Zhao Xuan, Holy Lord of the Xuantian Holy Land, here to pay my respects!"
Xuantian Holy Lord?
The Imperial Ancestor, who had rushed over in a panic, didn't dare breathe upon hearing the words "Xuantian Holy Lord."
"A mere Peak Saint King Realm cultivator dares to request an audience with the Sect Master?"
The voice had barely sounded when a terrifying pressure descended on Zhao Xuan.
Li Qingtian and Jin Chi slowly stepped out from the void.
Feeling the aura of the two—one comparable to an ancestor, the other stronger than one—Zhao Xuan's face turned deathly pale.
"G-Great Emperor Realm powerhouses…"