From martial arts sects to immortality sects

Chapter 107 Ordinary People, Defying Fate
Zhang Yuchun hadn't expected Cai Liang to be so aggressive right from the start. Before Li Qingqiu could speak, he quickly said, "Brother Cai, it's our first meeting, how can you speak such nonsense? We should pretend we didn't hear anything."

Cai Liang remained unmoved. He stared intently at Li Qingqiu and said, "The emperor is incompetent, cruel, and ruthless. No hero or noble family in the world can tolerate him. Even if the sect leader refuses, this matter is already set in stone. I just want to give Qingxiao Sect a chance."

Zhang Yuchun couldn't help but look at Li Qingqiu.

Li Qingqiu regained his composure, looked at Cai Liang, and asked, "May I ask what the Cai family's goal is, and why they are looking for the Qingxiao Sect?"

"The nine great families have joined forces to promote a descendant of the Zhao family to a higher position. In the new order, the Cai family needs more say. The Qingxiao Sect defeated the Demonic Sect and saved the Guzhou Prefecture. They have a reputation for chivalry near the Taikun Mountains. You are a prestigious and righteous sect in the eyes of the world, and your martial arts have been recognized by the martial arts community. I need your help. The Cai family's goal is to reach the second rank."

Cai Liang spoke earnestly, meeting Li Qingqiu's gaze frankly.

Before Li Qingqiu and the other could ask, he continued, "If it succeeds, the Cai family is willing to help Qingxiao Sect replace the three major sects of the dynasty and become the leading force in the martial arts world."

Li Qingqiu fell into deep thought.

Zhang Yuchun smiled wryly and said, "Brother Cai, this matter is of great importance. Do you think we can agree to it so easily?"

Cai Liang said, "I will stay at Qingxiao Sect for one night and give me an answer tomorrow. Even if it is a rejection, the Cai family will not make things difficult for Qingxiao Sect."

Li Qingqiu nodded and said, "Then let's arrange for Brother Cai to stay first. Yu Chun, please treat him well."

"clear."

Zhang Yuchun nodded in agreement, then raised his hand to signal Cai Liang to follow him.

Without another word, Cai Liang turned and left.

Li Qingqiu sat at the table, deep in thought.

He suddenly realized that the death of the crown prince was not a power struggle at all; the crown prince was just a sacrifice. The real power struggle was between the emperor and those powerful families.

However, he had lost interest in worldly struggles.

As long as Qingxiao Sect is powerful enough, it can surpass the dynasty. He doesn't care who the dynasty is, as long as it doesn't affect the development of Qingxiao Sect.

That's right. Li Qingqiu now considers the fourteen regions of the Nine Provinces as his own territory. In the future, he will definitely travel the world to explore spirit mines, spirit veins, spirit lakes, and rare treasures like the Thousand Spirit Tree.

As long as he has one hundred true disciples at the fifth level of the Qi Nourishing Realm, he will have no fear of any powerful families or imperial authority.

Although the goal is still far away, he has already seen hope.

He continued to check the new disciples' panels.

The number of registered disciples has exceeded two thousand, but no one with a special destiny has appeared yet. The most talented disciple is only at the level of Xue Jin.

Sudden.

Li Qingqiu raised an eyebrow; he had finally spotted a disciple with a special destiny.

Name: Zhang Ping

【Sex: Male】

[Age: 16 years old]

Loyalty (Leader/Sect Leader): 81/89 (Maximum 100)

[Cultivation Aptitude: Mediocre]

[Comprehension: Mediocre]

[Destiny: An ordinary person who seeks good fortune and avoids misfortune, defying fate]

[Ordinary people: ordinary in origin, ordinary in appearance, ordinary in temperament, easily overlooked]

[Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune: When encountering trouble and danger, one always thinks of avoiding it, thus possessing a certain amount of good luck and not doing things without certainty.]

[Defying Fate: Three Opportunities to Change Your Destiny]

……

Two special destinies!

To be precise, they are three special destinies. What may seem like a flaw to ordinary people can actually be an advantage on the path of cultivation.

It's easy to overlook because there's no defined level of cultivation. Could even highly skilled cultivators easily overlook it?
If that's the case, then that's a divine skill!
Li Qingqiu also felt that the idea of ​​seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune was problematic. This kid only did things he was confident about, which meant he couldn't be allowed to take risks. If the pressure was too great, he might betray his sect.

If that's the case, then we need to reduce his workload and focus on developing him so that he has more confidence.

If Zhang Ping didn't have the destiny-defying ability, Li Qingqiu might think he wouldn't be of much help to the sect, but with the destiny-defying ability, it's a different story.

Zhang Ping, who is at the seventh level of the Nourishing Essence Realm, can perform tasks for those at the fifth level of the Nourishing Essence Realm, and as someone at the Spiritual Consciousness Realm, he can resolve troubles for those at the Nourishing Essence Realm.

The faster he grows, the more things he can be confident about.

After a while, Zhang Yuchun quickly entered the courtyard. He sat down next to Li Qingqiu and asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, what do you think about this matter? Don't be fooled by Cai Liang's nice words. If we refuse, they will definitely be dissatisfied. Even if they don't retaliate against us now, they will surely turn around and settle scores with Qingxiao Sect once their great cause is accomplished."

Li Qingqiu replied, "Yes, he is so proud. He came alone, got straight to the point, and didn't bother with any tricks. The Cai family of Linchuan is truly a family of great ambition."

Zhang Yuchun frowned and asked, "Then how should we respond?"

"Of course we refuse. The disciples of Qingxiao Sect are busy practicing their skills. They have no time to fight with them for power."

"What happens after that?"

Zhang Yuchun asked worriedly, "They have already offended the Pei family, do they want to provoke the Cai family as well?"
Li Qingqiu stood up, causing Zhang Yuchun to subconsciously look up at him.

The sunlight shone directly on Li Qingqiu's head, obscuring Zhang Yuchun's face. "Second Junior Brother, no matter what we choose, someone will always cause us trouble," Li Qingqiu said in an unusually calm tone, a calmness that even Zhang Yuchun found frightening.

"Only if we take charge will the current troubles not occur."

Zhang Yuchun looked puzzled and subconsciously asked, "How do we make this decision?"

Qingxiao Sect is just a martial arts sect. No matter how much it develops, it can never shake the dynasty's hegemony. No matter how big a sect becomes, it can never be bigger than a dynasty with tens of millions of people.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yuchun heard his senior brother utter four words that he would never forget for the rest of his life:

"The monarchy was bestowed by the gods."

……

The news that Qingxiao Sect refused Cai's invitation to rebel did not spread. Cai Liang left with a cold expression, but Zhang Yuchun was unusually calm and worked even harder to build up the sect.

Li Qingqiu also didn't take Cai Shi seriously.

In the same month, Jiang Zhaoxia successfully broke through to the seventh level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm and immediately told Li Qingqiu, which made Li Qingqiu very happy.

With two cultivators at the seventh level of the Nourishing Essence Realm, Li Qingqiu truly fears no power in the Great Li Kingdom.

This is the source of Li Qingqiu's confidence to refuse Cai's proposal!

On that day, Li Qingqiu summoned all the hall masters, including Sword God Shen Yue, Zhang Yu, and Cheng Canghai, to tell them the news that Jiang Zhaoxia had reached the seventh level, which surprised and delighted everyone.

"Seventh level of the Nourishing Essence Realm, truly terrifying," Zhu Yan exclaimed.

She had already begun cultivating the Hunyuan Scripture, and she finally understood why the Qingxiao Sect was so powerful, possessing such a unique skill that no other sect could compare to.

But because she cultivated the Hunyuan Scripture, she knew even better what the seventh level of the Yangyuan Realm represented.

Number one in the world!

With two cultivators at the seventh level of the Qi Nourishing Realm, plus the unfathomable Li Qingqiu, even Zhu Yan, who had become the head of the Heavenly Crafts Hall, was secretly alarmed.

Regardless of social status, anyone who dares to provoke the Qingxiao Sect is courting death.

The reason Li Qingqiu revealed Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning's cultivation levels was not only to give everyone confidence, but also to warn Zhu Yan.

Since the powerful families are preparing to rebel, the Zhu family will probably be among them. He wants Zhu Yan to see the true strength of the Qingxiao Sect so that she won't make the wrong judgment or choice.

Shen Yue remained calm, stroking his beard as he did so, but in reality, he was far from at peace.

Although he is old, he doesn't want to be surpassed by Jiang Zhaoxia.

He has already reached the second level of the Nourishing Essence Realm, and his cultivation is growing rapidly, but the seventh level is still a bit far away for him.

Cheng Canghai and Zhang Yu were also shocked. The former was only at the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm, and the latter was only at the first level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm.

"I plan to launch a ranking system for realm advancement. From now on, the first ten disciples to reach the fifth level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm will receive different amounts of spirit stones as a reward. This matter will only be informed to the true disciples."

Li Qingqiu continued, his words drawing everyone's attention back to the long table.

Yang Jueding gasped, "Did I miss something? Are there so many geniuses in the sect? I'm only at the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm!"

He was able to reach the third level only because of his status as a hall master. If he were like an ordinary disciple, he would probably only be barely at the second level by now.

Everyone else was startled; half of those present saw no hope whatsoever.

"This strategy is good. It can motivate the true disciples to practice their skills more diligently. After all, their main responsibility is to practice their skills, and other miscellaneous tasks can be handled by the nominal disciples and the servant disciples."

Zhang Yuchun exclaimed in admiration, "As the head of the Yuling Hall, he has access to the roster of disciples and is very clear about the cultivation levels of the disciples in the sect."

The level of cultivation determines one's monthly salary, so most disciples do not hide their cultivation level. Once they break through, they will go to the Spirit Hall to register and obtain the next level of cultivation method.

"Tell me about the cultivation levels of your disciples," Li Qingqiu said to Zhang Yuchun.

Zhang Yuchun nodded and said, "Currently, the number of true disciples has reached two hundred, among which more than thirty disciples have reached the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm, and three disciples have reached the fourth level."

This report did not include these high-ranking officials.

"So many? The second level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm is already comparable to the top masters in the martial arts world. Doesn't that mean we have more than two hundred top masters, and our disciples are still very young?" Yang Jueding exclaimed in amazement.

Aside from practicing his skills, he spent all his time at Guangyuan Hall. He knew that Qingxiao Sect was developing rapidly, but he didn't expect it to be this amazing.

Li Sifeng's eyes widened, and he said, "How come there are more than thirty disciples at the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm? Why doesn't my Training Hall have even one disciple at the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm? Are you hiding some geniuses and letting me have them!"

Li Dongyue smiled and said, "Sixth Junior Brother, my Lingcai Hall has three disciples at the third level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm."

Li Sifeng repeatedly cried out in distress, which made the others laugh.

Everyone was amazed by the speed of the sect's development, and Li Qingqiu gave them time to process the impact of this event.

After a while, Li Qingqiu stood up.

Seeing this, the others also stood up and all looked at him.

Li Qingqiu scanned the crowd and said, "Chaos is approaching. Qingxiao Sect will continue to focus on its own development. From now on, everything in the Taikun Mountain Range belongs to us. We will protect the people around us. Do you understand?"

These words stirred the blood of the crowd.

Zhu Yan sighed inwardly; she had long felt that this sect leader harbored considerable ambition.

Shen Yue was more curious; with such ambition, what exactly did this sect leader want to do?

To unify the martial world?
Or is it a bigger goal?
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