Chapter 69: Sect's Foundation (Third Update)

  Although Zuo Chao is not as dazzling as Ding Yuanyan, he can be considered a mid-to-upper level among all the direct disciples of the ancestors. Moreover, he is usually honest and never causes trouble, always diligent and following the rules to cultivate. Wan Gui Lao Zu treats him with importance, although not excessively pampered, but still regards him as a proper direct disciple. With Wan Gui Lao Zu's status, he would not let Zuo Chao be too shabby, so he gave him two high-quality artifacts. However, the flying artifact that emits white light is only of low quality, and its speed is far inferior to that of Evil Ghost Flag and Green Cloud Dart. The two high-quality combat artifacts were given to him by Lao Zu two years ago for the grand competition.

  After seven or eight miles, it was clear that Zuo Chao couldn't keep up with Ding Lei and the others. As a girl should be more careful, as soon as Ding Yuanyan noticed, she quietly slowed down and secretly signaled to Lei Dong.

  The two slowed down, and Zuo Chao quickly caught up, seeing that he was not only relying on the Ling Stone to drive his artifact, but had already used his maximum true energy to control it. He was sweating profusely, but unlike others who would feel embarrassed, he instead said with some embarrassment: "Ding Shijie, Lei Shidi, you two go ahead first, no need to wait for me."

  "Left Shidi, what are you talking about?" Ding Yuanyan lightly rebuked: "My Shifu and the three of us siblings came out together, so naturally we should leave together. Is that right, Lei Shidi?"

  "But come to think of it, didn't you have a mid-grade flight artifact, Left Shixiong?" Lei Dong asked curiously as the three flew shoulder to shoulder.

  "This time, the old ancestor has high hopes." Zuo Chao smiled stupidly and said: "The trial arena is not big, the flying device's effect is not great. So... I used it to exchange for a top-grade attack device. Although my talent is not good, I also want to help the old ancestor gain some face."

  "Left Shixiong, if your qualifications aren't good enough? Then what about me?" Lei Dong's heart was slightly depressed. Although his qualifications were above average among all the disciples, they were still ordinary. But compared to the direct disciples, he was at the bottom of the barrel. In order to quickly advance to the eighth layer of the Qi Refining stage, he had spent over 10,000 spirit stones on elixirs and ten mid-grade spirit stones. After all that fuss, apart from his decent magical equipment, his pockets were now empty... Moreover, the amount of spirit stones spent on Ghost Servant's body was even more than what he spent on himself...

  "Lei Shidi, I didn't mean it that way..." Zuo Chao was normally quite introverted and had entered the Wan Gui Ku at a young age, so he wasn't good at interacting with people. Seeing Lei's gloomy expression, he thought he was angry, so he flushed red and began to explain himself.

  "Left Shidi, you can rest assured that Lei Shidi is not blaming you." Ding Yuanyan also couldn't bear to see the honest person suffer, so she explained: "Lei Dong's talent may be ordinary, but he has a good method and will think of all ways to gather resources everywhere. Now his equipment is even better than mine, and his wealth is countless, enough to buy Huafeng Dan and Dilin Dan as snacks. I dare bet that his promotion to the foundation period will not be slower than yours."

  Lei Dong, who was being teased, couldn't help but laugh: "Sister, you're exaggerating, right? I did eat a lot of Cihua Dan, but only used one Dilin Dan. Moreover, if our Wan Gui Ku wants to compare wealth with others, except for Lao Zu, who dares to compete with you? Unlike me, I'm already penniless and white-haired. I was thinking of borrowing some money from Sister to spend."

  "You'll figure out a way to get it anyway." Ding Yuanyan was getting more and more familiar with Lei Dong, hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It's actually Left Shidi, who usually stays in the Wan Gui Cave and doesn't go out much..."

  Zuo Chao, although silly, was not stupid. As soon as he heard it, he understood Ding Yuanyan's meaning and hurriedly flew over, his face red with embarrassment, shaking his head: "Sister, you mustn't do this, I...I..."

  "What's wrong with me?" Lei Dong knew that Zuo Chao had a thin face and some masculine pride, so he didn't dare to take advantage of Ding Yuanyan. He smiled and scolded: "Sister is not an outsider, she made such a big fortune, giving some to poor brother is also rightful."

  "Lei Dong, don't even think about it." Ting Yuanyan scolded in a bad mood: "For you, I was hit by two Soul-destroying Fingers, do you feel good?"

  Lei Dong was also quite ashamed about this matter. He dryly laughed twice, then said: "Elder Sister, what are you talking about? You suffered the wrath of the Ling Finger for me, and I felt even more pain than if I had been injured myself. Let me apologize to you, Elder Sister."

  "Hmm." Ding Yuanyan's expression improved slightly. What annoyed him was not something else, but that he had been injured because of himself. After returning from the Boneless Peak, he came to visit once and then closed his door in a hurry, closing it for two whole years, almost never leaving the house. However, as the saying goes, Ding Yuanyan also knew that he was under great pressure, with relatively poor qualifications, and had to participate in the Great Competition of Baiyun under the old ancestor's requirements. If he didn't cultivate well, how could he be a match for Baiyun? Although he said so, his heart had long since stopped caring.

  As the three of them were talking, in the distance ahead, a large natural platform on the waist of the mountain peak had already come into view. They couldn't help but press down on their glows, drawing out three different colored arcs that shot straight down.

  As I drew closer, I found that the platform in this square was already packed with people. There were all sorts of colorful lights flying around, some shooting up and others falling down. After circling around for a while, I managed to find an empty spot to land. Even the usually unflappable Lei Dong was stunned by the atmosphere.

  As soon as the three of them landed and put away their flying devices, a large group of businessmen rushed up to them, chattering excitedly and enthusiastically promoting their goods. Those experienced merchants naturally knew how to identify who was wealthy and who was poor. Among these three people who had just arrived, one was using the famous flying device "Evil Spirit Flag", and another one was obviously also a high-quality flying device.

  Among the top-grade artifacts, flying artifacts are the most expensive. Although it seems that Lei Dong and Ding Yuanyan both have one, in reality, even among the direct disciples of the old ancestors of various caves, the vast majority will not have a top-grade flying artifact, with no more than ten people having one. And yet, this proportion is already terrifyingly high.

  That's because the Yin Xie Sect is one of the eight major sects in this world, belonging to the cultivation world's behemoths. The direct disciples from each cave mansion, after mixing for ten years, are all either mid-grade or high-grade artifacts.

  This is placed outside, let alone those scattered cultivators who have no backing and no sect. Even in smaller sects, the core disciples are already very luxurious if they can match Left Chao's cultivation level. For example, Lei Dong and Ding Yuanyan, these Qi Refining stage cultivators with top-notch spiritual roots, are simply unimaginable for those scattered cultivators and small sect disciples. Even Chen Gouwei Hua, an ordinary disciple who has mixed in the sect for ten years, will have learned techniques and possessed spiritual roots that far surpass the average when he goes out to travel again. This is the huge difference between a large sect's disciples and small sects' scattered cultivators.

  Both have the same cultivation, loose cultivators and small sect disciples are often not opponents of sect disciples. For most Qi Refining stage cultivators under the heavens, a decent low-grade artifact is already enough to take the lead, and having a mid-grade artifact is considered a very powerful existence.

  Lei Dong and others were included in the Meng Zong sect, and their starting point was already much higher than those loose cultivators. After all, the Yin Xie Sect is one of the eight major sects in the world, with a profound foundation and terrifying wealth that is hard to imagine. Those thousands of small schools and families who practice immortality under the banner of the Yin Xie Sect, every ten years' worth of offerings adds up to an astronomical figure. Not to mention the profits from the various industries owned by the Yin Xie Sect itself all over the world.

  It is also for this reason that those who can master the top-grade flying vehicles will be surrounded by a group of businesspeople wherever they go. Because in their eyes, these are all living fat sheep, and cutting one will yield ten years' worth of profit.

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