Dark Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 90 Hearing

In the teahouse.

After finishing a pot of hot tea and two plates of snacks, Zhang Qing's stomach was still not full, but he had thoroughly enjoyed listening to the gossip.

The teahouse has dozens of tables in its lobby, and they are almost all occupied.

Most of the customers are cultivators, and there are also quite a few demons.

They either talked loudly and laughed, or whispered among themselves.

However, as long as no magical power is deliberately used to restrict the sound from being transmitted, Zhang Qing can hear it clearly.

The hottest topic in the outer city of Luoshan recently is undoubtedly the Qingyun Gathering to be held tomorrow.

It is said that this year's selection of talents by the immortal sects will see the top ten sects in Luoshan Immortal City open their gates to recruit new members.

It was an unprecedented spectacle!

The inns in the city are now fully booked, and the restaurants are doing exceptionally well. Everyone is talking about who might win the title of the leader of Qingyun, and who is at least in the top three.

All the major gambling dens in the outer city opened betting odds for this.

Currently, the most popular candidate to win the championship is Dongfang Chengyan from the Dongfang clan of Luoshan.

According to legend, this person was born with a Daoist physique, began his Daoist studies at the age of three, and entered the mid-stage of Qi Refining at the age of seven.

He is currently only fifteen years old.

He is already a cultivator at the peak of the Qi Refining realm!

In fact, if Dongfang Chengyan wanted to establish his foundation, it would only take one Foundation Establishment Pill.

Although Foundation Establishment Pills are extremely precious, they are really nothing to the Dongfang Clan of Luoshan.

We can afford it completely.

However, Dongfang Chengyan was extremely ambitious and had no intention of relying on the power of elixirs to break through his cultivation level.

He wants to reach a higher level through his own efforts!

Such a brilliant and talented person would be welcomed by any major sect or school.

His path to enlightenment is truly boundless!

Zhang Qing, upon hearing this, couldn't help but secretly click his tongue in amazement.

Reaching the peak at the age of fifteen is truly enough to shame thousands upon thousands of Qi Refining cultivators!

Compared to this, the talent of the original body was utterly worthless.

Moreover, such a person belongs to the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage.

Once you enter a sect, you will undoubtedly receive full support and guidance, including cultivation techniques, elixirs, talismans, cave dwellings, and magical artifacts.

Everything!

However, despite Dongfang Chengyan's exceptional talent, Zhang Qing felt no shame or inferiority, only surprise.

He's a man with a powerful cheat code!

Given enough time and resources to develop, Zhang Qing is confident that he can surpass such prodigies in the future.

This is also an important reason why he decided to participate in this year's Qingyun Conference.

The four essential elements for cultivating immortality are wealth, companions, methods, and location!

Wealth refers to funds and resources; companions refer to spiritual partners, teachers, and relatives; methods refer to techniques and secrets; and the environment refers to the place for cultivation.

These four elements are not easy to categorize in terms of superiority or inferiority, but each one has a significant impact on spiritual practice and is essentially indispensable.

For example, in the cultivation environment of "Di" (地), even with external support, it was very difficult for Zhang Qing to improve his realm. Moreover, he was constantly disturbed by external factors and could not concentrate on his efforts without distraction.

Furthermore, obtaining fragments of artifacts is difficult, there's no one to guide one's cultivation, and resources are something one has to fight tooth and nail for.

But if he were to enter a major sect, the situation would be very different.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the immortal sects and mountain gates is several times, or even more than ten times, higher than in ordinary places.

Compared to disciples of sects, independent cultivators are completely on a different starting line!

Zhang Qing is now tired of the nomadic life of moving from one camp to another.

Therefore, Zhang Qing is determined to win this talent selection by the immortal sects.

I just hope that the three Azure Cloud Tokens will bring him enough luck!

After sitting for about half an hour and listening to a lot of true and false news, Zhang Qing quietly left the teahouse.

Looking for a place to stay.

Living in the Immortal City is no easy feat; even in the outer city areas, prices are extremely high.

Zhang Qing searched for several inns, but they were either fully booked or the remaining rooms were ridiculously expensive.

These unscrupulous innkeepers are clearly trying to make a killing during this talent selection event for the immortal sects!

Although Zhang Qing had recently made a small fortune, he didn't want to be taken advantage of.

After searching high and low until dusk, he finally found a secluded inn to stay in.

Although the outer city of Luoshan will not be invaded by the Black Tide, a curfew will be imposed after midnight. Anyone who is still wandering the streets at this time without a reasonable reason will be arrested by the patrolling cultivators and imprisoned, and will inevitably suffer some hardship.

Those with money could redeem themselves and leave, but those without money were in a terrible situation and were often sent to work as laborers!

Some even vanished without a trace, their fate unknown.

The water here is extremely deep.

Therefore, anyone who knew anything about the situation would not dare to violate the strict curfew rules.

Zhang Qing was no exception.

Although the room rate at this inn was not cheap, it was obviously much higher than usual.

For safety's sake, Zhang Qing gritted his teeth and accepted it.

Only after he settled into his room and bolted the door did he finally relax.

This was mainly due to the memories of his predecessor, which made Zhang Qing realize that the rules of the outer city were strict, and that it was a pipe dream to try to spend the night sleeping on the streets.

Now that I'm finally settled, I naturally no longer feel anxious.

The guest room is not large, and the living conditions are only average.

But Zhang Qing didn't have much to complain about. He simply washed up, took off his coat, and prepared to go to bed.

Today he ran all the way from Canglang Village to the outer city, covering a distance of over two hundred li. His true energy was almost completely depleted, and he felt extremely exhausted.

Since there was no need to worry about the Black Tide or the invasion of evil spirits in the outer city, Zhang Qing decided to get a good night's sleep.

I hope to be in good spirits for my first Qingyun Meeting tomorrow.

To Zhang Qing's surprise, he had just lain down on the bed when there was a gentle knock on the door.

Zhang Qing immediately sat up and asked in a deep voice, "Who?"

The next moment, a soft voice came from outside the door: "Young master, would you like to relax?"

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To relieve fatigue?

Zhang Qing really needs it.

But he immediately realized his mistake and replied, "No need!"

After a moment, the voice came again: "Excuse me."

Then, they left with soft footsteps.

Zhang Qing had a false alarm.

It was both funny and sad.

This city is definitely not comparable to the countryside; even staying at an inn has prostitutes offering their services.

Unfortunately, Zhang Qing didn't like that kind of thing.

Moreover, he was even more worried about being set up as a honey trap!

Boys must take good care of themselves when they are out and about.

So even though the person knocking on the door was an absolute beauty, Zhang Qing still refused to let her in.

They can't even open the door!

But this little incident actually dispelled Zhang Qing's weariness.

He had originally intended to get a good night's sleep, but now that he was no longer sleepy, he simply sat cross-legged on the bed to practice his internal energy cultivation and study the "Mysterious Illumination Light Method".

With each breath, the vital energy surges.

Zhang Qing unconsciously entered a state of complete absorption.

The night is long, and it has only just begun!