Chapter 2: The Strongest Under Heaven

  Chen Taizhong saw that the three of them had already processed their identity jade cards, so he walked forward and said, "I'll get mine done too."

  The man in white robes glared at him with a scowl, wanting to make things difficult for him, but the jade token of the Nan Gong family had already been issued, and as an escort officer, he really didn't have the qualifications to make things difficult for someone who was about to ascend to the heavens - after all, there were recording stones nearby.

  What's more important is that Nangong doesn't just stand by and watch, he thinks it's better to be safe than sorry, and worries that his own misdeeds will be exposed.

  He put on a straight face, stepped forward and did a bit of formalities, tossing a jade plaque to the other party. "From today onwards, you will have to pay five pieces of spiritual stone as tax every month. If you fail to pay on time by the end of the month, you will be penalized with three months of celestial labor. Do you understand?"

  "Are you intentionally making things difficult for me?" Chen Taizhong's eyes widened.

  "Where did this country bumpkin come from? This is the rule of Feng Huang Xianjing," said Nan Gong Shi Jian coldly beside him, "You're so unsophisticated, does your family know?"

  "What's it to you if I'm dirty or not?" Chen Taizhong glared at him, "A little punk like you also dares to talk back to adults?"

  "You!" Nan Gong's servant was so angry that he wanted to take action, as the book boy of the Nan Gong family, he was naturally handsome and elegant, and the three words "selling ass" were an insult he could not tolerate.

  "What does this person do?" Nan Gong Bu Wei finally spoke up, looking at the man in white.

  In fact, he had already discovered that there was such a person next to him, but the Nan Gong family has always been arrogant and would not ask unless absolutely necessary. Now... his book boy had been insulted, so he naturally asked a question.

  "He has just ascended from a lower plane," the man in white replied with a smile, "If Young Master Nangong is interested, he can take him as his servant."

  "Rise to such a miserable state, and I'll take him in?" Nan Gong coldly snorted.

  People of the lower realm, when ascending to transcend tribulations, it is indeed terrifying and there is a great possibility of being reduced to nothingness. However, once the tribulation is successfully transcended, the Heavenly Way will compensate with an endless supply of spiritual energy. The ascender can then use this energy to cleanse their physical body and soul, and only after undergoing a true transformation can they ascend.

  So whenever someone ascends to the heavens, when they appear at the Pool of Welcome, they are always in a state of perfect and complete spiritual energy. Someone like this person, with tattered clothes, is truly beyond comprehension.

  Brother was in the ascending channel and encountered a huge spider! Chen Taizhong helplessly twitched his mouth.

  That spider was over 500 meters long, and he wanted to capture it. In order to kill the spider, he almost exhausted all of his Xianling energy, barely managing to kill it - now its corpse is still stored in his Su Mei ring.

  That's why his clothes were tattered, but with his understanding of the flying process, this spider appeared too abrupt, too unthinkable.

  He could have asked the two guides for advice, but the inheritance he received had very limited information and there were many things he didn't know. However, these two guides were so mercenary and worldly that he didn't want to ask them anymore.

  So he coldly glanced at Nan Gong Bu Yi, "You want me to surrender, I won't agree."

  Nangong Gongzi gave him a glance, too lazy to even respond, his arrogance was written all over his face - it wasn't worth arguing with someone like that.

  Before long, two white lights flashed from afar, truly like a whirlwind and lightning. In the blink of an eye, the white lights landed on the ground, but they were a scholar and a beautiful woman.

  The scholar came flying on a sword, while the beautiful woman was sitting in a flower basket. Now the sword is at his waist and the flower basket is on her elbow.

  "The Sword and Basket Double Absolute has accepted this errand," the beautiful woman said with a smile, "which one is Young Master Nangong?"

  "If you let me sit with you in a flower basket, I'll let you take the delivery," Nangong Buwei smiled slyly and shook his folding fan.

  "My flower basket can hold the young master of Nan Gong without any problem, but if I add two more people, it won't be okay," the beautiful woman said with a smile covering her mouth, her twin peaks shaking slightly, truly **.

  "My sword will not carry people, it will only kill them," said the scholar coldly.

  "Alright, let's go on foot," Nangong didn't know that in the Feng Huang Xianjing, at least a 7th-level or higher Youxian could ride a flying sword, and as for flying magical artifacts, they required at least a 5th-level Youxian to control.

  "Are these two reliable?" Nan Gong looked at the usher with suspicion.

  "A few of you can go and witness it in front of the Shadow Stone," the woman in black replied with a smile.

  It's great to walk, Chen Taizhong silently praised in his heart. He had not left and did not know how to get to Qingshi City from here. As for asking for directions? He wouldn't do that.

  Then, the five people in front walked on, with a shabbily dressed guy following behind. Nan Gong Servant Sword was somewhat annoyed and spoke up after walking for a while, "Young Master, get rid of that guy at the back?"

  "It's unnecessary," Nangong shook his head, and there was no trace of disdain in his eyes, "It's better to get in touch with the ancestors as soon as possible."

  A group of people talked and walked like this, and after about a day's journey, they arrived at Qing Shi City.

  There is a Xian Beast and Xian Bird Service Center here, where you can rent Xian Beasts and Xian Birds to travel, as well as use the Teleportation Array. However, although the Teleportation Array is fast, it is expensive, extremely uncomfortable, and highly dangerous - spatial changes are the easiest to be affected by external forces.

  The Nan Gong family rented a Xian beast and left, but Chen Tai Zhong stayed behind.

  In fact, he almost couldn't get through the city gate. The gate guard asked him for a toll of one xian stone to enter the city. He thought about it and pointed at the people in front of him, "I didn't see them pay."

  "They have a sign of Qing Shi Cheng's reception, which is the person from Qing Shi," The gatekeeper's attitude was not bad, but his face was very ferocious.

  "I also have a Qing Shi's introduction card," Chen Taizhong took out his identity jade card and flashed it.

  "Bring it over for a check," the gatekeeper took the introduction card, scanned it on the compass in his hand, and quickly returned it to him, with an inexplicable smile on his face. "Young man, five spirit stones per month, remember that."

  "If you keep talking to me like that, you'll regret it," Chen Taizhong said with a smile, but in his heart, he had already developed some hostility - the immortal realm his brother had been expecting should be very peaceful, not so plebeian.

  After swiping his card, he entered the city of Qing Shi Cheng. The city wasn't big, about four square kilometers in size, two thousand meters long and wide.

  All he had in his hand was an identity jade card, and his understanding of the fairy world was also pitifully little.

  Chen Taizhong currently has to consider the problem of survival first. After wandering around the city for a week, he discovered several places where he could make money, such as the Task Courtyard.

  This courtyard is not far from the city gate where he entered, about 1,000 meters or so. The yard is also quite large, with an area of around 70 to 80 mu, and there are seven or eight large rooms, divided into adventure categories, bodyguard categories, life categories, wanted categories, transportation categories, message categories, etc.

  Chen Taizhong naturally chose adventure type, he never liked serving people, even bodyguard type was not very interesting to him.

  Unexpectedly, he was standing outside the room, looking at the task list posted on the wall, when a strong force pushed him from behind, causing him to stumble several steps.

  Turning his head, he found two men and one woman standing behind him, and the one who pushed him was a short and sturdy man.

  That man saw him turn around and snorted disdainfully, "A first-class Youxian coming to watch an adventure mission? If you want to die, roll far away, don't block me from receiving the mission."

  Chen Taizhong glanced at him lightly and turned to leave, but in his mind he was thinking: I wonder if there's a saying about killing people and paying with one's life in this immortal world.

  But no matter what, he knew that his current realm was the lowest in the Immortal Realm. Acting rashly would be unwise.

  With this understanding, he no longer went to look at bodyguard-type tasks, and instead came to the procurement section to see if anyone was buying spider-like demons.

  Standing here, it turns out that no one minds him getting in the way. However, he has looked through the tasks from difficult to easy and hasn't found anyone collecting spiders, nor is there anyone collecting spider silk. Instead, someone is offering a reward for collecting ice silkworm silk.

  Can't even get a job? Chen Taizhong's frustration didn't need to be mentioned, thinking that he was the only cultivator on earth, although not very worldly, but once others saw him, they were very respectful.

  But in the immortal realm, he was at the very bottom of the hierarchy, bullied by everyone, and this sense of balance was really hard to find.

  He was staring blankly at the taskbar when a staff member walked by, "Huh, what are you spacing out for? The quest to find Lixiang Fruit... isn't it tailor-made for a first-rate traveling immortal like you?"

  Chen Taizhong's eyes immediately shifted to that task upon hearing this.

  Many tasks posted here have detailed descriptions, and later he found out that posting tasks is charged, charged by the day, no wonder the posters are willing to elaborate on the information as much as possible.

  Lieyang fruit, a high-grade spiritual medicine, is the symbiotic plant of the 9th-level Wild Beast Lieyan Turtle. The Lieyan Turtle can only fall into a deep sleep in places with Lieyang fruit, and the growth of Lieyang grass cannot be separated from the Lieyan Turtle's dung.

  Chen Taizhong had just seen this one, but he knew too little about the Xianjie. He looked at it again and frowned, "Nine-level wild beast...this one."

  "A ninth-level Youxian can't even beat a Lianyan Turtle," the staff member replied matter-of-factly. "But Youxian and Huangshou aren't comparable level by level... Don't tell me you don't even know about the Lianyan Turtle's habits?"

  "I really don't know," Chen Taizhong shook his head.

  "The Lava Turtle is a very lazy wild beast, it only eats and sleeps, unless it feels threatened, then it will wake up," the staff member gave him a glance, "You call yourself a first-class tourist, you can't even cut through its shell, why would it care about your passing by?"

  "But I want to pick the Liet Yang fruit," Chen Tai Zhong furrowed his brow, "Will it not wake up like this?"

  "Don't pick too much, just leave some, usually there's more than one Blazing Sedge next to the Inferno Turtle," the staff member replied gruffly. "If you pick them all, the Inferno Turtle won't even be able to sleep."

  "Ten Luminous Sun Fruits and three blocks of Spiritual Stones," Chen Taizhong pondered for a moment, nodded his head, this deal could be done, getting dozens of Luminous Sun Fruits would complete this month's quota, the rest could be used to freely cultivate with the Spiritual Stones.

  But the next moment, he thought of another question, "How can a high-grade spiritual medicine be so cheap?"