Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 236 System version too low?

Although Zhang Chengdao is already at the Nascent Soul stage, he can still break through because he has unlocked the "permission" for the first three levels with the "Elementary Nascent Soul Book". However, it takes much longer than when he was at the Core Formation stage. It takes more than 30 days to go from the first to the second level of the Nascent Soul stage, which is more than twice as long!
If we can recruit more gold card apprentices, we can probably shorten the time even further.

Moreover, as the disciples in the sect gradually got on the right track, there was a shortage of manpower again.

On weekends, the outer disciples who are on holiday all go out to do trial missions in groups, and the entire White Stone Mountain is deserted with hardly anyone around.

Zhang Chengdao calculated the "spirit stones" produced in the various mines and also considered the resources produced by the main peaks of the sect. He figured that it would be more than enough to support another hundred people, so he discussed with Xu Ying about holding another Immortal Fate Conference.

Oh, and while we're at it, let's find a name for it, like...

"Change the era name!"

Without a second thought, Xu Ying blurted out, "Now that the Celestial Court has been established for several months, it's truly time to change the era name!"

This matter had actually been brought up more than once before, and it was even the matter that the high-ranking officials in the court were most actively advocating for, but Zhang Chengdao had never figured out how to establish an era.

It's definitely not feasible to adopt a new national name like before, changing it every few years. Not only is it troublesome, but it's also not conducive to the people's use.

However, if we use the Gregorian calendar, it feels like such an unfamiliar system would take a long time for the people to adapt.

However, after such a long delay, it's really not good to delay any longer. They're even still using the reign title from when Lee In-soon was in power, which is quite inconvenient.

“That makes sense,” Zhang Chengdao nodded. “Why don’t we start from the end of this year and designate it as the first year of the Immortal Era? We can use the year instead of any other year designation for the convenience of the people.”

This plan was something Zhang Chengdao had thought about many times in private. It was actually a disguised form of the Gregorian calendar, except that he defined "Year 1 AD" as the first complete year since the founding of the White Stone Immortal Sect, without setting a separate year name, which was also for the convenience of the people.

He had mentioned this theory to Xu Ying before, so Xu Ying wasn't surprised. He simply said, "The sect leader will probably have to mention it at the court assembly."

"There's no rush. We can discuss it at the next court assembly. In the next few days, we'll spread the word that the Immortal Affinity Assembly of the White Stone Immortal Sect will officially begin on the first day of the first month of the first year of the Immortal Yuan Era..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Chengdao frowned as he recalled the bustling scene at the foot of White Stone Mountain during the last Immortal Fate Gathering—because there were so many people, it was almost like a refugee camp, and the air was very polluted. This time, we still need to divert people!
He then added, "This time, let Xiaoyu set up several teleportation arrays in the main cities at several passes under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Court. Then, disciples will guide seekers of immortality to enter White Stone Mountain through these teleportation arrays. In this way, we can minimize the number of people gathering at White Stone Mountain and avoid causing trouble for the Xiao Kingdom."

Although Zhang Chengdao and Emperor Murong Zhen of Xiao Kingdom have taken over the area east of Baishi Mountain, the places west of the mountain, such as Zhujian Villa and Feihu County, still belong to Xiao Kingdom and will definitely be affected.

Moreover, diverting those seeking immortality to regions under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Court would bring considerable economic benefits to the Qin and Jin regions. Only a fool would let this opportunity pass!
Since the Immortal Affinity Conference was a matter for the White Stone Immortal Sect and had nothing to do with the Immortal Court, Zhang Chengdao and Xu Ying discussed it and then went to handle the matter.

Zhang Chengdao then finally took out the Qiankun bag containing the "Qin King Ghost" and leisurely walked towards Tianchi.

Now that he had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he no longer needed to worry about the threat posed by the "Qin King Ghost" after it regained its senses.

Even in the cultivation world where spiritual energy is truly abundant, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is considered to be a relatively high-level cultivator. Although the Nascent Soul stage is only the fourth of the nine major realms, the nine major realms of cultivators are not evenly distributed. Rather, the number of cultivators decreases by more than half for each major realm advancement.

This is similar to modern academic qualifications. It seems that everyone online has a high level of education, but if you look at the statistics, the actual percentage of undergraduates is less than 5% of the total population, and the percentage of postgraduates is only about 1%, while the percentage of doctoral students is less than 0.1%.

The same applies to cultivators. Although most people can draw qi into their bodies, those who can establish a foundation are like junior high school graduates, while those who can break through to the core stage are like high school graduates.

Nascent Soul cultivators are like undergraduates, already extremely rare among cultivators.

Astral projection and spiritual transformation are cultivation levels that many cultivators cannot achieve even in their entire lives.

Therefore, wherever a cultivator is at the Nascent Soul stage, they are always addressed as "True Person." In some small, spiritually barren places, they are even called "Ancestor" or "Sect Master," because they are indeed quite rare and their strength is considerable.

Ghost cultivators, especially those practicing incense and deity rituals, would likely be unable to exert even a fraction of their power in this world with its scarce spiritual energy.

If Zhang Chengdao were still in the Core Formation stage, we would have to think twice, but now that he is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, we don't take him seriously at all.

Therefore, Zhang Chengdao confidently soaked the "Qin King Ghost" in the Heavenly Pool, and also surrounded it with a bamboo fence to prevent any overly curious disciples from disturbing it.

After finishing these tasks, Zhang Chengdao opened his backpack and fell into deep thought as he looked at the more than thirty member red envelopes.

To smoke or not to smoke, that is the question.

The thought had barely crossed Zhang Chengdao's mind when he suddenly noticed an inconspicuous "button" at the very bottom of the backpack panel, symmetrical to the countdown to breaking through to a minor realm.

Or rather, it's an "option".

Above the "Options" section is a line of small print that is both absurd and somewhat reasonable: 【System version too low, please confirm whether to upgrade】

That "option" is [Upgrade].

The cheat system has been updated!?
Wait, why is it still showing this weird "system version too low" message? Do you think this is Windows?!

Is this really a Matrix-style cultivation game?!
Zhang Chengdao was somewhat surprised. There were so many things to complain about in this line of small print that he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

However, the idea of ​​transmigrating with a cheat code is already quite abstract, so why insist on making a big deal about whether it's a system or not?
Moreover, since it's an upgrade, could it be that the developer of this cheat system, whose existence is unknown, has finally realized how absurd it is that there are still restrictions on the level of cultivation breakthroughs, and his conscience is bothering him so much that he plans to grant him access to all levels from now on?
Is there even a question? Of course, we'll upgrade!
With excitement in his heart, Zhang Chengdao decisively controlled his "thoughts" and chose to [upgrade].

(End of this chapter)