I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"In that case..."

"Then I will be disrespectful to refuse."

Wei Tu hesitated for a moment, then nodded, looking very excited.

A spiritual object that breaks through the levels and advances to the realm of refining emptiness.

The possibility of traveling to the spirit world.

These two points are enough to impress any casual cultivator at the peak of the Spiritual Transformation stage.

Including him.

Since the Demon Cloud Sect was actively recruiting followers, it would definitely not just focus on the Fire Spirit Nation. If he seized the opportunity, he could use the Demon Cloud Sect's channels to go to the Holy Spirit Nation.

Secondly, Wei Tu also wanted to see what the Demon Cloud Sect was up to.

"Okay, okay... Fellow Daoist E Lin will definitely not regret your decision today." Upon hearing this, the man with the scar was overjoyed. He took out his treasured spiritual wine and invited Wei Tu to drink with him.

Joining the Demon Cloud Sect with subordinates is completely different from joining the Demon Cloud Sect alone.

The latter will undoubtedly attract more attention from the Demon Cloud Sect.

Wei Tu also looked calm.

After a moment's hesitation, he took the wine glass and started toasting with the man with the scar.

"As long as there is meat for me to eat in the Demon Cloud Sect, I will never be stingy about sharing it with fellow Daoist Evil Lin..."

Seeing this scene, the man with the scar laughed, patted Wei Tu on the shoulder and made a promise.

Monks generally would not easily eat food brought by outsiders. After all, who knows whether it contains spiritual poison.

Wei Tu dared to do so, which showed his trust in him.

"I hope Senior Ji will give me more support in the future."

Wei Tu stood up and returned the greeting respectfully.

Hearing this, the man with the scar was in even better mood. Wei Tu's words "Senior Ji" undoubtedly confirmed the status of each other.

With such sensible subordinates, his life in the Demon Cloud Sect will be a lot easier.

He couldn't help but think that Venerable Evil Lin was not as strange and difficult to deal with as he had heard before.

But soon, thinking that his realm strength was far stronger than Wei Tu, all this became clear.

……

After expressing his intention to the man with scar.

The next day, the cultivator took Wei Tu to meet the "Master Lao" he mentioned, and led Wei Tu to join the Demon Cloud Sect.

It is different from the strict initiation ceremony of famous sects.

The initiation ceremony of the Demon Cloud Sect was very simple. After only registering Wei Tu's name in the register and using his blood and essence to make a binding soul tablet, Wei Tu was considered to have successfully joined the Demon Cloud Sect and became a deity elder of the sect.

Of course, this is just the foreign elder who belongs to the "Hua Xiang Duo" under the command of "Lao Duozhu".

If you want to become an "inner disciple" who knows the secrets of the Demon Cloud Sect, you still have a long way to go.

Inner sect disciples are in line with the master-disciple system of the major sects. Except for the monks who have been worshipped by the Demon Cloud Sect since childhood, ordinary monks generally have no chance to become inner sect disciples.

Either they have made great contributions or they are full of potential, and they are accepted as disciples by the top leaders of the Demon Cloud Sect.

Like Wei Tu, the scarred man is a cultivator in the Void Refinement Realm and was recruited by "Master Lao" to be the deputy leader, but in the sequence of the Demon Cloud Sect, he still belongs to the system of foreign disciples.

However, the Demon Cloud Sect has a parallel system of foreign and internal sects. In terms of welfare benefits, foreign monks are not much worse than internal monks. It’s just that in terms of the level of trust, foreign monks are far inferior to internal monks.

The core purpose of Wei Tu and Scar Man joining the Demon Cloud Sect was to make huge profits and take advantage of it, so they would not care too much about the identity distinction between inner and outer sects.

Moreover, another matter soon came up, which greatly occupied the attention of both of them.

"Baptism of Holy Blood?"

Wei Tu and the man with the scar looked at each other, then looked at Master Lao who was sitting on the main seat, with a hint of hesitation on their faces.

This "holy blood baptism" is a benefit that Mo Yun taught these new members. According to Master Lao, after the baptism, more than 90% of the monks will have a great improvement in their cultivation, and they may even have the opportunity to awaken some rare magical skills...

This benefit is very tempting.

However, Wei Tu and Scarred Man were not newcomers in the world of immortal cultivation. How could they believe that the Demon Cloud Church would easily give them such a good thing?

However, he had just joined the Demon Cloud Sect and had bound his soul tablet to the sect, so he had a certain amount of sunk costs - so although the scarred man wanted to refuse, it was difficult for him to say it out loud.

"This baptism of holy blood is a great opportunity that my sect leader got from a secret realm after he broke through the fusion. If we were not worried that the holy blood in the secret realm would lose its effectiveness over time, it would not have fallen into the hands of you foreign monks who have just joined the Demon Cloud Sect..."

The captain sighed and said.

"Yes, once you have tasted the sweetness of the baptism of holy blood, you will understand the kindness of the leader in allowing you, the new believers, to have this opportunity."

The other elders of Huaxiang Duo showed a hint of dissatisfaction on their faces and started to scold.

They sang the same tune, one had a good cop and the other had a bad cop.

The scarred man suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and he became more determined to refuse.

However, when Captain Lao said the next moment, "Give me a reply in three months," he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fellow Daoist Elin, it's easy to enter the Demon Cloud Sect but hard to leave."

After bidding farewell to Master Lao, Wei Tu and the man with the scar went into a private cave to discuss the matter.

As soon as the cave formation fell, the man with the scar said this with a wry smile on his face, his regret evident in his words.

But Wei Tu was not surprised by this.

As a human cultivator, he knew the "essence" of the Demon Cloud Sect earlier than the man with the scar.

"Senior Ji, let's first inquire about the process of this 'holy blood baptism'. This may really be as Master Lao said, an opportunity, not a means to harm you and me..."

"After all, the captain has given you and me three months to respond."

Wei Tu said comfortingly.

This is also his view today.

Don’t scare yourself first. After knowing the process, decide whether to participate in the "Holy Blood Baptism".

Of course, if this "Holy Blood Baptism" really has too many tricks, then he will definitely not be so foolish as to continue staying in the Demon Cloud Sect.

Anyway, the soul tablet and blood essence he left behind belonged to the Evil Lin Venerable, not his own.

"You are right."

"Thank you, Captain, for giving you and me three months. Three months is too long for a response... It seems that you, Captain, are sure that you and I will not abandon the Demon Cloud Sect..."

Hearing this, the scarred man's eyes lit up and he paced back and forth in the cave hall as if relieved.

Although he did not have Wei Tu's means, he directly forged other people's essence and blood to avoid the monitoring of the Demon Cloud Sect's soul card.

But the restraint of the soul tablet was not strong enough for a great master like him who had reached the realm of refining emptiness.

Deng Laogui and the other two were able to use their "Second Yuanying" to get rid of the "Soul Seal" with stronger constraints. With his ability as a great Lianxu master, getting rid of the constraints of a mere soul tablet was a piece of cake.

"Please wait here for a moment. I will go find Captain Lao and ask him clearly." The man with the scar narrowed his eyes slightly, made up his mind, flicked his sleeves, and flew out of the cave.

"Baptism of Holy Blood..."

At this time, Wei Tu also secretly wondered what this "Holy Blood Baptism" was in the Demon Cloud Sect.

The mere word "holy blood" was enough to make him imagine a lot.

After all, behind the ancient demon world, it is very likely that there is an ancient demon who calls himself the "Holy Ancestor".

Half a day later.

With Wei Tu's patient waiting, the man with the scar returned to the cave with a happy look on his face.

"You and I have misunderstood Master Lao's intentions. We have wrongly blamed Master Lao and the Demon Cloud Sect."

"This baptism of holy blood is indeed a great opportunity."

"However, entering this secret realm will bring a certain risk of death. It is for this reason that the high-ranking members of the Demon Cloud Sect, including Master Lao, have accepted foreign monks like us to participate in the "Holy Blood Baptism."

The man with the scar explained the reason.

A great opportunity equals a great crisis. This is the simple idea in the minds of old cultivators like Scar Man.

Now, Captain Lao admitted that there was a certain risk of death in the baptism of holy blood, which indirectly convinced the scarred man that there was no fraud in the opportunity granted to them by the Demon Cloud Cult.

Of course, it is also possible that the scarred man has already surrendered in his heart. After all, facing the Demon Cloud Sect headed by a powerful master, he has no choice but to be weak.

"Death crisis..." Upon hearing this, Wei Tu frowned slightly, and a trace of fear appeared on his face.

"I will give you a reply in three months."

Wei Tu hesitated for a moment, then bowed and replied.

"Of course. Not to mention you, even Ji would have to do some more verification to confirm that this holy blood baptism really has no harmful effects before he dares to enter." The scarred man smiled and said indifferently.

……

Farewell to the man with scar.

Wei Tu walked into the elders’ cave that Hua Xiangduo of the Mo Yun Sect had arranged for him.

"Escape? Or use this to calculate the secrets of the universe..."

Inside the retreat room, Wei Tu took out a pitch-black compass and looked at the broken arm of the ancient demon inside, his expression slightly hesitant.

Frankly speaking, he is not in a dead end right now.

It has not reached the point where sacrifice is necessary.

"It's better to be steady..."

"The Holy Blood Baptism is for all new members of the Demon Cloud Sect, so the crisis level should not be too great."

After taking a deep breath, Wei Tu followed the sacrificial ritual and began divination using the "Law of Wishes" in the ancient demon's remaining arm, looking for guidance from heaven.

Not long after.

The ancient demon's remaining arm wrote out the required sacrifices.

A fifth-order demon beast, or a divine cultivator.

The conditions for this sacrifice were much simpler than the ones Wei Tu had encountered before, and the level was directly reduced by one level.

“Does this mean that the danger I’m facing is only at the level of Spirit Transformation?” Wei Tu seemed to understand.

After so many sacrifices, he slowly figured out the rules of the "Law of Wishes" of the ancient demon's remaining arm.

It follows from the principle of equal exchange.

The secret of heaven is complex or simple, and it determines the amount of sacrifice.

"However, this is different from the previous search for a way to escape in Dingyuan Immortal City. This time, I calculated the secrets of the heavens just to find out... whether the Holy Blood Baptism is dangerous..."

“Since this place is not dangerous, doesn’t it mean that I don’t need any further guidance from the ancient demon’s remaining arm? In other words, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices?” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed as he pondered secretly.

At this moment, he vaguely sensed that he seemed to have figured out another use for the "Ancient Demon's Remaining Arm".

——Without offering sacrifices, people use the “remaining arm of the ancient demon” to ask for divination and predict good or bad luck.

However, a fifth-order monster is nothing to him, so he would not risk "angering" the ancient demon's remnant arm and offend it at this moment.

He found the corpse of a fifth-level monster in his storage bag and offered it as a sacrifice to the ancient demon's broken arm.

"lucky!"

The ancient demon's broken arm and jade hand moved slightly, and wrote this simple word on the ground of the storage space.

Seeing this word, Wei Tu was completely relieved.

However, he did not fully believe in the wish-making rules of the ancient demon's broken arm.

In the next three months.

He also used his connections to start looking for other members of the Demon Cloud Sect and inquire about the details of the "Holy Blood Baptism".

But the strange thing is that no matter who it is, they all seem to be extremely taboo about this "holy blood baptism", as if talking about it would bring disaster.

Seeing this situation, Wei Tu also wanted to capture an elder of the Demon Cloud Sect and search his soul to find out the details.

It’s a pity that since this place is in the capital of the Fire Spirit Nation, within the perception range of the powerful ones in their combined form, this idea has to be abandoned.

Gradually, the decision day drew closer.

"Let's take a gamble."

"If all else fails, there is still this [Breakstone]."

Wei Tu showed a determined look and stroked the boundary stone hidden in the storage bag in his sleeve.

The "Yang Stone" and "Yin Stone" of the [Boundary Stone] can construct a natural teleportation array.

Not only can it allow him to teleport from the spirit world to the "Ancient Demon World", it can also allow him to teleport from the "Fire Spirit Kingdom" in the small spirit world to the "Earth Spirit Kingdom" in the small spirit world.

Moreover, compared with cross-border transmission, this short-distance cross-border transmission is undoubtedly easier.

At that time, the worst that could happen to him is that he would look for another opportunity, disguise himself as other monks, and enter the cross-border teleportation array again to go to the Holy Spirit Kingdom.

I can hide it from Master Lu just once.

He was confident that he could hide the secret from Ci Xiu for the second time.

"But have you decided to be baptized with holy blood?"

The next day, at the high-level meeting of Huaxiang Duo, Captain Lao looked at Wei Tu and the scarred man with a burning gaze and asked.

"It's natural."

"We are both loyal to the Demon Cloud Cult."

"How can we reject the good deeds of the Holy Religion?"

The man with the scar, who had informed Wei Tu in advance, was naturally able to answer this question with ease.

"Okay, you must be loyal to my religion. After you participate in the baptism of holy blood, I will report to the leader and allow you to become inner disciples of my religion..." Leader Lao showed a satisfied look on his face. After affirming the statements of Wei Tu and the man with the scar, he painted another big pie for them.

The status of an inner teaching disciple is much more noble than that of an outer teaching disciple.

Some of the magical powers, secret techniques, and hidden benefits of the Demon Cloud Sect will all be revealed in the future.

"Thank you, Captain."

Wei Tu spoke up at the right time to express his gratitude.

At this time, Captain Lao said no more. He took out a flying boat from his sleeve, motioned Wei Tu and the man with the scar to get on it, and then urged the boat to fly out of the royal capital.

Half a day later.

After being thousands of miles away from the Fire Spirit Kingdom.

The flying boat stopped over a wilderness canyon.

"Greetings, Master." Master Lao bowed to an iron-faced male cultivator deep in the clouds with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Iron Evil Lord?"

Wei Tu on the flying boat narrowed his pupils as he looked at this top-level master of the Void Refining Realm, whom he had met several times when he was in Dingyuan Immortal City.

"No! This cultivator is probably already halfway to fusion now."

Wei Tu vaguely sensed the faint fluctuations of the laws that had not yet dissipated from the Great Lord Tiesha. (End of this chapter)