Longevity in Two Worlds: Double Pupils Are the Road to Invincibility

Chapter 174: Long Night Meeting (Please subscribe, please vote)
The alchemy hall in the inner courtyard of Taiyi Dao Sect is usually crowded with people.

Whether it is exchanging for cultivation supplies or exchanging collected medicines for sect contribution points, it is basically carried out in the inner courtyard alchemy hall.

At the same time, the inner courtyard alchemy hall will regularly give out tasks to collect precious medicines.

Some tasks are released in these places.

The Talisman Making Hall, Equipment Refining Hall, Formation Pavilion, etc. are all similar.

Within the Taiyi Dao Sect, there are special medicine fields for cultivating medicines used in refining pills. However, some medicines are not suitable for cultivation in medicine fields because the growing environment of those medicines is very special. They may have to be collected in the Youlan Mountains, and the inner courtyard alchemy hall will then issue a collection mission.

The collection missions in the outer areas are relatively simple and not very dangerous, but the rewards for such missions are lower. Some missions are located deep in the Youlan Mountains. Such missions are extremely dangerous and ordinary disciples dare not set foot there. Therefore, the rewards for such missions are naturally very high.

There are also some cultivation resources that are offered by the affiliated forces of Taiyi Dao Sect and handed over to Taiyi Dao Sect on a regular basis. At the same time, those affiliated forces can also get some elixirs from Taiyi Dao Sect.

Although the two are affiliated, they are not provided separately.

When the Taiyi Dao Sect arranges these matters, they also focus on the long term.

When Shi Yi arrived at the inner courtyard's alchemy hall, he went straight to the medicine exchange counter. There were already more than twenty people queuing in front of him. This kind of queue was normal. If there were many people, it was common for hundreds of people to queue.

These people in the queue were all unfamiliar faces to Shi Yi.

There are quite a few inner disciples in the inner courtyard, many of whom Shi Yi has never seen before. This is also related to the fact that he has joined Taiyi Dao Sect for a short time, and Shi Yi spends most of his time in seclusion practicing and rarely leaves the courtyard.

During the period when he just joined Taiyi Dao Sect, Shi Yi did not want socializing to affect his daily practice, because his daily practice schedule was relatively full and he did not have much time to spend on socializing.

In the Taiyi Dao Sect, the number of disciples recruited every three years is the largest and the scope of recruitment is the widest, giving many people an opportunity to join the Taiyi Dao Sect. However, the affiliated forces under the Taiyi Dao Sect do not compete to participate in the entrance examination when recruiting disciples every three years, because these affiliated forces have an examination opportunity every month.

Although the requirements for this entry-level assessment are not low, there are always some geniuses who meet the requirements and join the Taiyi School during the monthly assessment process.

Using this method, not many people can finally pass the entrance examination for inner disciples, but there are so many people coming to participate in the examination that many inner disciples can eventually join the Taiyi Dao Sect!

If one breaks through the realm of driving objects before the age of 25 and passes the entrance examination, he can become an inner disciple. If one fails to break through to the realm of Yuandan and pass the elite disciple examination before the age of 40, he will lose his status as an inner disciple and become a manager or deacon in the sect.

Such a long period of accumulation is naturally enough to gather many inner disciples in the inner courtyard.

This number of inner disciples may sound like a lot, but in fact, they are almost all the most talented people in the entire Beiyuan State gathered together!

Beiyuan Prefecture is one of the seventeen prefectures of the Great Zhou Dynasty. To some extent, it can be said to be one-seventeenth of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and the population it contains is a huge number.

In Beiyuan Province, people with talent in Taoism, if they have the opportunity to join Taiyi Dao Sect, basically will not consider staying in other forces, because the upper limits of the two are simply not at the same level.

For the Taiyi Dao Sect, if there is a sect that poses a threat to Beiyuan Province, then the Taiyi Dao Sect will definitely take action and will not allow it to gain a foothold in Beiyuan Province.

This is the case with all powerful sects. They will not allow any forces of the same type that could affect their status to remain. As soon as signs of such forces appear, they will be eliminated without giving them time to grow.

Those who can destroy forces of this level are basically powerful external forces. When the two sides fight, the winner will continue to exist and the loser will perish.

As for the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Taiyi Dao Sect will not interfere, and a tacit understanding has been formed between the two sides.

As far as Shi Yi knew, there was a governor arranged by the court in the city of Beiyuanzhou. This man was also Zhao Qingcang, the Marquis of Shenwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His martial arts skills had reached the peak of the Grandmaster of Martial Arts. He was only one step away from becoming a Blood-Transforming Martial Saint, and his combat power was extremely formidable.

Zhao Qingcang was stationed in Beiyuanzhou City to prevent foreign invasion. Most of the affairs in the city were managed by Zhao Qingcang, the Marquis of Shenwei, and the Taiyi Dao Sect was not involved.

The relationship between the two parties is not a direct conflict.

If Zhao Qingcang cannot solve the problem in the city, he will ask the masters of Taiyi Dao Sect to help. The two sides have reached a tacit understanding not to interfere with each other.

The disciples of Taiyi Dao Sect can also enjoy many conveniences in Beiyuanzhou City, which is also the result tacitly agreed by the other party.

The imperial court also wants to see this situation.

For the imperial court, what the major provincial capitals need is stability, not internal strife.

After all, there are many countries near the Great Zhou Dynasty. These countries seem to be at peace and friendly with each other in normal times, but once there is an opportunity to take advantage, it will definitely be these nearby countries that send troops to attack the city.

Shi Yi had seen relevant records of this information in the "Recent History of the Great Zhou Dynasty" that he brought out from the Chuan Gong Pavilion. The characters involved in it were all people from the Great Zhou Dynasty, some of whom were from the court, and some were from various major sects.

Among them, Shi Yi paid more attention to the information in recent years, because the latest information recorded in "Recent History of the Great Zhou" was only two years ago, and it mentioned the Marquis of Shenwei Zhao Qingcang.

I think it was because the historian of Taiyi Dao Sect specially included Zhao Qingcang, the Marquis of Shenwei, in the supplement of "Recent History of Great Zhou" so that the disciples who wanted to know the situation of Beiyuanzhou City could have a general idea.

This information was very helpful to Shi Yi, allowing him to understand the situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty and no longer be completely in the dark about the situation nearby.

"Another unfamiliar face, a new disciple? Haven't you joined the sect yet?"

"If you haven't joined yet, please line up at the back and give me your place."

At this time, a voice of command sounded in Shi Yi's ears.

At the same time, one hand reached out towards Shi Yi's shoulder.

"Ok?"

When Shi Yi was queuing and thinking about these things in his mind, someone approached him. He didn't pay attention until the person reached out his hand to him, and then he realized that the other person was talking to him.

He had never encountered such a thing before when he came to the inner courtyard alchemy hall to exchange medicine.

He knew that the inner disciples were fellow disciples and also competitors, but the intensity of the competition did not seem to be to this extent.

Shi Yi thought about what he had done recently and soon had a guess in his mind.

If it wasn't a coincidence, then the person in front of me did it on purpose.

Especially when the other party mentioned the word "joining the club", it seemed to be a hint.

These thoughts flashed quickly through Shi Yi's mind, but his body's reaction was faster than his thoughts.

The moment the opponent's hand reached out, his body subconsciously grabbed it, and then he threw the opponent over his shoulder.

"Oh!"

A strange and slightly fat figure was thrown directly to the ground by Shi Yi, making a dull sound instantly.

Shi Yi could see clearly then that the man in front of him was a little fat and had an unfamiliar face. He had never seen him before.

"Ouch, what are you doing? It hurts so much!"

The man was still dazed when he fell to the ground. After he came to his senses, he felt the pain in his body and cried out. This was only because Shi Yi reacted later and restrained his strength. Otherwise, with the martial arts cultivation of this man who had just entered the Flesh Realm, he would have been directly killed by his thousands of pounds of strength.

"Boy, are you looking for trouble?"

"We are all members of the Changye Society. In the inner courtyard, no one dares to provoke us."

A thin man nearby hurried over, helped the fat man up from the ground, and then glared at Shi Yi.

Several people from a distance also came over and surrounded Shi Yi.

In the Taiyi sect, the inner disciples are not harmonious with each other and often compete with each other.

As long as the matter is not too serious and no one is seriously injured or killed, basically no one cares.

As for conflicts, they are common and not surprising.

When the people around saw this, they had no intention of intervening and just watched the show.

"Sorry, my body reacted a little too quickly!"

"But it seems that I'm not the one looking for trouble, but you guys!"

Shi Yi looked at the people surrounding him and was not panicked but very calm.

Of course he had heard of the Chang Ye Society, which was one of the forces that had invited him to join. The person who invited him at that time also said how powerful the Chang Ye Society was, but later the other people who invited him to join exposed the lies in the other party's words.

I can only say that he has some fame, but that's all.

At this time, Shi Yi's behavior of these people confirmed his guess.

This is because they want to make trouble for him after he refused to join the sect, or they want to force him to join the sect in order to obtain more sect rewards.

As for the fact that they would offend him, when the other party arranged people to come over, they obviously did not take him seriously.

It is very likely that they think that he is a newcomer, has no backing, and has no ability to resist, so they can bully him in any way they want.

Even after he joins the club, it is possible that he can use this opportunity to assign Shi Yi some dangerous tasks.

As for Shi Yi's future growth, it was obviously not within the other party's consideration.

Furthermore, who wouldn’t be a local prodigy if they could join the Taiyi Dao Sect and become an inner disciple?

"Hey, you're a new disciple, and you're quite arrogant."

"You're so confident even after I hurt you. You have no respect for your senior brother at all."

"Now you've seriously injured me. I won't be able to recover in a short time, and I can't complete the mission. Pay me back!"

"Since you are a new inner sect disciple, I won't bully you. Just compensate you with 1,000 sect contribution points!"

The fat man who had been thrown to the ground by Shi Yi was helped up and stared at Shi Yi viciously.

When this man walked, he pretended to walk slowly, as if he was really seriously injured.

But the words were extremely vicious.

Because the sect contribution points that ordinary inner disciples can get every year are only more than 2,000. Only those powerful people who complete more tasks will have more sect contribution points.

For new inner disciples like Shi Yi who have just joined the Taiyi Dao Sect, the contribution value given by the Taiyi Dao Sect is only about two thousand.

As soon as the other party opened his mouth, he directly asked for half of the sect contribution points of an ordinary inner disciple in a year.

"The long night meeting was very good and interesting."

Shi Yi smiled when he heard this.

He didn't expect that he would be scammed while in Taiyi Dao Sect!
This was something he had never thought of.

He had never encountered such a thing on Blue Star, but he encountered it in Taiyi Dao Gate.

He had never thought about such a thing before. After all, those who could become inner disciples of Taiyi Dao Sect were all local geniuses, and each of them was no simple person. Those who could condense the Yin Spirit and cultivate to the realm of driving away objects were definitely not fools, and would not act so brainlessly.

And now someone is doing this openly, and the method is so simple, as if they are afraid that no one can see it.

It seemed as if the intention was to disgust him.

No matter what the other party's purpose was, he was really disgusted!

"Boy, our long night meeting is certainly good!"

"You are a new disciple who has just entered the sect. You have no support and you are not a member of the sect. If you know what's good for you, don't make me do it. Just pay the compensation."

"Otherwise, it's only natural that you should pay back your debts. It's also right for us to beat you up."

"Of course, if you want us to beat you up first to vent your anger and then hand over the sect contribution points, we don't mind."

The thin man stared at Shi Yi and said with a sneer.

From his words, it seemed as if he had already decided on Shi Yi.

They received arrangements from the president, saying that Shi Yi had repeatedly refused them membership, which made the president, who had made a bet with someone, very embarrassed. This kind of thing had never happened in the Changye Club before, so they were asked to teach Shi Yi a lesson and let him know that in the inner courtyard, if he did not join the club, he would not be able to move forward.

This also seems to be related to the bet between the president of their Changye Club and other presidents of the inner courtyard, which involves the exchange of interests.

This kind of thing has been done before. When encountering an inner disciple with great potential, if the other party refuses to join the guild, several forces will appear, one force plays the good cop, and the other force plays the bad cop. With the efforts of several parties, they will eventually be able to recruit the promising person into the guild.

As for the other party's revenge, there is no need to consider it. After all, if you have more cultivation resources, you can become an elite disciple first. In this case, you will naturally always be stronger than the other party. Even if the other party has objections, they will have no ability to resist.

In order to accomplish things and obtain more resources for cultivation, the disciples in the inner courtyard might do some small things that are not presentable.

Furthermore, instead of failing to break through the Yuandan realm and become an elite disciple before the deadline, and having no future in Taoist practice, it is better to give it a try. As long as you succeed, the future will naturally be smooth.

If success fails, then find an opportunity to leave Taiyi Dao Sect and establish a subsidiary force in Beiyuan Province, so that you can also enjoy the protection brought by Taiyi Dao Sect.

It is not an easy task for the person you offended to grow up and influence the external situation. Few people can do this.

(End of this chapter)