A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 267 Appointment
"No wonder each of the three major sects can ensure the presence of at least twenty Core Formation stage cultivators simultaneously..."

"Furthermore, it's no wonder that Nascent Soul cultivators from major powers can trade multiple bottles of ordinary Nascent Soul-level pills for Nascent Soul-level magic treasures at the 'Primordial Crystal Dragon Pavilion Trade Fair' in Tiantian City..."

Ordinary pills for Nascent Soul level use millennium-old spiritual herbs as ingredients.

Although the effect was only so-so, roughly equivalent to taking Golden Marrow Pills and Yellow Dragon Pills at the tenth level of Qi Refining, it was better than nothing.

Of the three sects in Yunmeng, the Ancient Sword Sect has the fewest formal disciples, with only a few thousand.

However, even the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect with the worst spiritual root talent all have three spiritual roots.

Moreover, it is the best among the three spiritual roots.

More than 10% are dual spiritual roots, special physiques, or unique spiritual roots.

The foundation-building period exceeds two thousand.

Besides the thousands of disciples, there are eight other major families. The ancestors of these families had all reached the Nascent Soul stage, and they all belonged to the Ancient Sword Sect. Only families that had produced Nascent Soul cultivators were qualified to establish themselves in the area of ​​the Ten Thousand Mile Cloud Dream Mountain that belonged to the Ancient Sword Sect.

There are at least eighty or a hundred other Core Formation families scattered throughout the region, and countless Foundation Establishment families. These spiderweb-like affiliated forces are the main reason why the Ancient Sword Sect's influence can cover nearly half of the Xi Kingdom, a territory spanning two to three million miles.

Although there are only a few thousand formal disciples, they can easily raise an army of seventy to eighty thousand elite cultivators at the twelfth or thirteenth level of Qi Refining with a single call.

The Ancient Sword Sect has clearly learned from the lessons of the Profound Sword Sect and has not completely lost touch with the lower levels.

【Baiqiaoyuan】 is composed of five families at the Nascent Soul level.

The three surviving members of the Fiery Old Monster, the Feng family, and the Ding family are all members of the five major families.

This sect is extremely xenophobic.

Even so, the five great families are all thriving, each with tens of thousands of members, covering a significant portion of the market districts of the vast Xi Kingdom. Each family also boasts at least four or five Core Formation cultivators, with some even having more than ten Core Formation cultivators plus one Nascent Soul cultivator. Unless an outsider is exceptionally talented and willing to marry into one of the five great families, they have no chance of joining.

The ancestral precepts of the Hyakucho-in family stipulate that a sixth major family will not emerge.

If an outsider wants to join the clan, they must either marry into the family or become an adopted son-in-law.

Either marry into the family.

To some extent, this sect can be seen as being composed of five large families similar to the "Yan family".

therefore.

The Hundred Treasures Institute also has the fewest spies.

This time, they only captured one Core Formation stage cultivator and about ten Foundation Establishment stage cultivators who had been turned by both righteous and demonic forces.

Furthermore, all of them were encountered by Nascent Soul stage cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths while traveling, and were subsequently subjected to powerful and subtle restrictions, even having to surrender parts of their primordial spirits. For the sake of their own lives, these individuals were forced to betray their families and secretly work for both the righteous and demonic paths.

As for the [Falling Cloud Sect]? Most of them are still family disciples, but a small portion are still independent cultivators.

Every ten years, a major recruitment event is held, affecting most of the Xi Kingdom, and even accepting recruits from independent cultivators in other countries. Every three years, a minor recruitment event is held, recruiting far fewer people.

The sect has twenty to thirty thousand formal disciples.

They also depend on many families.

There are also quite a few Nascent Soul clans that serve as pillars of the Nascent Soul family.

However, it is also the most leisurely of the three sects.

The atmosphere was also the best.

Of course, behind this relaxed and pleasant atmosphere lies a huge, cumbersome operation. It's not something just anyone can handle.

In short.

If the three sects joined forces, they could easily rally tens of thousands of Qi Refining stage elites, thousands of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and hundreds of Core Formation stage cultivators with a single call to action.

During the Qi Refining stage, each person consumes at least twenty to thirty spirit stones per year for cultivation.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, one should obtain at least one mid-grade spirit stone per year.

Each Core Formation stage cultivator receives thirty mid-grade spirit stones per year.

This doesn't even include side hustles.

In other words, the three sects of Yunmeng spend no less than three million spirit stones annually on their disciples at the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Core Formation stages. That's more than thirty thousand mid-grade spirit stones.

For this operation, the three sects only paid them 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones and a few dozen thousand-year-old spiritual herbs that were not particularly rare, which was hardly a generous gesture.

"Joining the Falling Cloud Sect guarantees at least a thousand mid-grade spirit stones as a dividend each year..."

"Furthermore, it can also help the sect find the various spiritual materials and herbs needed..."

"If someone hasn't claimed their annual dividend for several years or even a decade due to seclusion, travel, or other reasons, the sect's finance department will keep records and safeguard it on their behalf..."

Remembering the original story, the original owner commissioned the Luoyun Sect to find a walnut-sized piece of Gengjin worth at least 70,000 to 80,000 mid-grade spirit stones, as well as a batch of rare and valuable materials for crafting ancient Nascent Soul level puppets. However, the original owner did not use spirit stones from his own storage bag to compensate the sect for its efforts.

The logic here is that the sect cultivators used the "historical dividends" left by the original owner on the sect's ledger.

The benefits of joining or establishing a sect were readily apparent at the time.

"As for me, as a guest elder of the three sects, my annual total dividend is... six hundred mid-grade spirit stones."

The same applies to Man Hu Zi and Qing Yi.

Yuan Yao received less, only three hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

This is certainly not as good as directly joining any one of the three sects, but it has the advantage of being unrestrained and having access to all the cultivation resources of the three sects at the same time.

"In the future, should I choose the elite model of the Ancient Sword Sect, the family model of the Hundred Crafts Academy, or... the all-rounder model of the Falling Cloud Sect?"

"Oh, and there are also the Ten Righteous and Ten Demonic Sects of the Great Jin Dynasty, which also have a long history! Among them, the Heavenly Demon Sect, the leader of the demonic path, has a very interesting way of passing on its traditions..."

"Furthermore, the ways in which the Tuwu people and the Mulan people of the Tianlan Grassland survive are actually worth considering..."

"Finally, there's the Star Palace in the Chaotic Star Sea and the Minor Polar Palace in the Far North Ice Sea..."

"If I want to protect the interests of my descendants, what is the best approach?"

...

The postwar meeting with the three factions did not last long.

At the meeting, Jin Wuhuan and other old monsters also proposed to hand over the old monsters of Taizhen Sect to them in exchange for benefits.

Han Li decisively rejected the proposal.

That fellow from the Tai Zhen Sect has a great use for us; the three sects of Yunmeng shouldn't even think about him. If they're so capable, they should go and capture one or two Nascent Soul stage cultivators from either the righteous or demonic paths themselves.

The three sect leaders then inquired about the standards for accepting disciples of Han Li, Man Hu Zi, Qing Yi, and Yuan Yao. It was probably because someone had seen Meng Di's treatment and wanted to replicate it.

Han Li's conditions were also very simple: three great sword bodies would suffice.

Barbarian Beard's requirement was: a naturally strong spiritual consciousness.

Qingyi's requirement is: go with the flow.

Yuan Yao stated that she was merely a sword attendant and not qualified to take on disciples, thus politely declining the offers of the three sect leaders on the spot.

When the identity of the "Sword Servant" was revealed, Jin Wuhuan, Liehuo Laoguai, and the others were all greatly surprised. Didn't this mean that Yuan Yao, this dignified Nascent Soul female cultivator, was personally trained by Han Li? At first, they thought that this treasure-filled girl was a direct descendant secretly cultivated by some super clan.

In this regard.

Han Li simply smiled faintly.

It gave everyone endless room for imagination.

Before the meeting ended, he obtained some materials for crafting ancient puppets from the three sects of Yunmeng. He had entrusted the three sects with keeping an eye out for these rare materials ten years ago when he was a guest elder of the sects. Over the past ten years, he had collected quite a lot.

However, he needs to pay for these things.

So, before he could even enjoy the ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones he had just received, he handed them all over, even losing money in the process.

"Fellow Daoist Cheng, are you alright?"

After the meeting, Han Li met with Cheng Tiankun alone.

He was quite surprised to hear that Cheng Tiankun was still injured.

"It's alright, he'll recover in a year or two."

The silver-haired old man waved his hand.

Then he clasped his hands in a respectful bow:
"Fellow Daoist Han, thanks to you this time, I am likely to make another step forward."

"Oh? Why?"

"Although Junior Brother Lü and I failed to kill the Nascent Soul stage cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths, we managed to force the Golden Mirror Scholar to leave behind his storage bag. In addition, we also obtained rare spiritual herbs from the storage bag of a Core Formation stage cultivator we killed along the way."

Cheng Tiankun chuckled and stroked his beard.

The fact that Jin Jingshusheng was able to retreat with only minor injuries means he left behind the money he had earned by risking his life.

This contains two bottles of rare and exquisite elixirs and a rather rare treasure.

This was the reward given by Venerable Zhiyang and the Pavilion Master of Haoran Pavilion, among other veteran Nascent Soul cultivators, before this operation.

The scholar Jin Jing had a bottle and a half of fine artifacts that he hadn't had time to refine, so he gave them to his junior brother Lü Luo to help him improve his magical power. But he kept the precious artifact for himself.

"Oh, right, I must thank you, Fellow Daoist Han."

The thought of the other precious elixir he had received from his junior sister Hong Fu filled him with emotion.

The second treasure was in the storage bag of the Nascent Soul elder of the Tai Zhen Sect.

This was the payment made in advance by the Tai Zhen Sect to the Nascent Soul stage monster who was carrying out this operation.

Judging by its quality, it is even better than the one from Haoran Pavilion.

Han Li didn't value it, and Yuan Yao had other benefits, so when the spoils were divided, this pill was given to Hong Fu. In reality, it was a disguised way of giving it to Cheng Tiankun and Lü Luo, because Hong Fu had no use for that earth-attribute pill.

Sure enough, the item ended up in Cheng Tiankun's hands.

This shrewd person immediately recognized that Han Li was trying to curry favor.

"You're welcome."

Han Li smiled and nodded.

The Luo Yun Sect treated Master Hong Fu well and was willing to cooperate with his actions, so he was returning the favor. After all, it wasn't until he leaked the information beforehand that the Ancient Sword Sect and the Hundred Crafts Academy were willing to cooperate with him in certain operations.

Both families were mainly acting out of respect for Cheng Tiankun of the Luoyun Sect.

...

Return to the cave.

Han Li began to play with a hairpin and a feather robe.

The hairpin is a high-grade antique treasure called the Phoenix Needle.

Obtained from Fairy Mingxin.

The high-grade ancient treasure, the Rainbow Feather Robe, was also obtained from that person.

At that time, this woman hadn't had a chance to use the Phoenix-Hidden Needle while dealing with the Twin Demons. Or rather, even if she had used it, its effect wouldn't have been significant, so it wasn't used against her.

But this Rainbow Feather Robe withstood a blow from the Moon Golden Wheel; it's a fine piece.

“Mingxin’s cultivation technique is also extraordinary, capable of reaching the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm! Her inheritance is even better than the top-tier techniques of the Hehuan Sect that only reach the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. In some ways, it might be more suitable for Senior Sister Xuan’er…”

Han Li pondered.

With her naturally alluring charm combined with the "Hundred Flowers Spring Technique," how about giving it a try?
This Hundred Flowers Spring Breeze Technique is only passed down to those in the late Nascent Soul stage, but in reality, Ming Xin had already obtained the complete version.

The legacy of the Golden Pages is in his hands.

In the end, he gave the cultivation technique to Dong Xuan'er, letting his senior sister choose for herself.

He left the Fufeng Needle to Gan Rushuang.

There was no favoritism.

The Rainbow Feather Robe is stolen property and should not be taken out for the time being, lest it damage everyone's relationship.

...

Three months later.

To the north of Dongyu Kingdom.

The intersection of three major powers.

On a mountaintop, Han Li, accompanied by Yuan Yao, went to their appointment to wait for the people from the Tai Zhen Sect.

Man Hu Zi and Qing Yi remained hidden in the shadows.

Before long, Han Li, who was idly drinking tea, looked up at the western sky.

"coming?"

Yuan Yao asked.

"Ah."

"Several people?"

"Master Zhiyang and another mid-Nascent Soul cultivator."

As he spoke, the thirty-six Golden Magnetic Bee Cloud Swords transformed into strands of golden threads and disappeared before him: He was the kind of person who would rather be a villain first and a gentleman later.

Before long, a powerful force of magic came from afar.

They made no attempt to conceal their whereabouts.

(End of this chapter)