Chapter 846 - 407: Updating...

Chapter 846: Chapter 407: Updating...

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The next day.

Just at dawn.

Everyone was gathered by the steward, crossing the wooden huts and passing through a stone arch straight to the realm of cultivators.

Different from where ordinary laborers lived, the realm of cultivators was bustling and lively at first glance.

There were Sword Cultivators, practicing Sword Flight.

Free and carefree.

There were Beast Tamers, riding and guarding as they moved.

Mighty indeed.

But they, as servants, could only look from afar at the edge of the open ground with envy.

A stone gate.

Two worlds.

One of mortals.

One of immortals.

Truly a cause for reflection.

"Look if you must, but don’t step forward," the steward warned, as if it was a matter of life and death.

Upon hearing this.

No one dared take a step forward.

Very soon.

Several cultivators strolled over leisurely.

Five men and one woman.

With extraordinary and refined temperaments, compared to ordinary people, they seemed like heavenly immortals.

"Stand out if you’ve reached more than halfway on the path to immortality... Don’t stand randomly, if discovered, beware of your life," the leading middle-aged cultivator stood with hands behind, eyes scanning the over three hundred present.

Wen Jiu didn’t hesitate and chose to step out.

Seeing this, Chen Qing quickly followed.

Soon, more than a hundred stepped out one after another.

The middle-aged cultivator spoke to the steward, "Take the others away, those who couldn’t even make it halfway on the path to immortality, their hearts for seeking the way are fragile indeed, let alone enduring until earning a Spirit Stone, they probably can’t even last a year or two."

The steward nodded.

Quickly led the two hundred people away.

Wen Jiu quietly watched this scene, though he didn’t know what servants needed to do, but the words suggested it was not simple. Could it be true as the Purple Robed Immortal said, ten years to earn one Spirit Stone?

Seeing Wen Jiu in deep thought, Chen Qing beside him spoke softly to explain, "Brother Wen, servants are also divided into different levels. The farther you go on the path to immortality, the harder the work, the more you earn naturally... Brother Wen, you’re just one step from the top, surely you’ll get a good money-making job."

Harder means more money?

He’s not afraid of hardship.

Only afraid of not earning money.

Only afraid it might really take ten years to earn a Spirit Stone.

With this golden opportunity of living like years, as long as given a chance to earn, he could seize it to climb up.

Before Wen Jiu could speak, the middle-aged cultivator took out a piece of paper, "Those whose names are called, follow me."

"Wen Jiu, Chen Qing, Li Nian..."

The middle-aged cultivator announced ten names in sequence.

Chen Qing, beside Wen Jiu, seeing his name together with Wen Jiu’s, couldn’t help but break into a smile.

Being with Wen Jiu proved it was a good money-making job!

Moreover, staying more with Wen Jiu, their relationship could grow daily, after all, among those left on Immortal Island, Wen Jiu went the farthest on the path to immortality, most likely to become a cultivator in the future.

"Brother Wen, let’s go!"

Chen Qing quickly followed the middle-aged cultivator’s steps.

Wen Jiu glanced around, then followed.

He naturally saw through Chen Qing’s intentions, as it’s natural for those in hardship to stick together.

Chen Qing was willing to give up being Crown Prince to pursue immortality.

Indeed a resolute person.

Such a person is worth befriending.

But those in high positions have many thoughts, not suitable for deep friendships.

This is a conclusion from over twenty years of roaming the Hidden Dragon Continent because those at the top always weigh interests.

Let them really be your friends?

Let them be tearful at farewell like Li Er?

Impossible.

...

Moments later.

Wen Jiu and the ten followed the middle-aged cultivator across a small path in the hills.

During the journey, the middle-aged cultivator particularly noted Wen Jiu, "Heard you never paused on the path to immortality and almost reached the top?"

Wen Jiu nodded.

"What a pity... such a resolute heart for the Dao, unaffected by illusions, if you had Spiritual Roots, your future would be limitless," the middle-aged cultivator lamented regretfully, "but you really shouldn’t stay."

"Immortal Master, why do you say that?" Wen Jiu inquired.

Calling him Immortal Master made the middle-aged cultivator’s heart glad, he explained with a smile, "It’s true that with a cultivation technique, one can use Spirit Stones to step into Qi Cultivation... But that’s the limit for those without Spiritual Roots, wanting further requires exponentially more Spirit Stones, but an ordinary person’s lifespan won’t hold long enough. So over a century on Feiyu Island, among nearly one hundred thousand ordinary servants, only three reached Qi Cultivation Second or Third Layer."

"Thank you for the reminder, Immortal Master, but I still want to try. If I can’t cultivate immortality, I think even in death I won’t rest in peace."

Wen Jiu expressed gratitude.

The middle-aged cultivator shook his head with a chuckle, "No wonder you were just a step from the top, such a resolute heart for the Dao... Hope you won’t have your Dao Heart worn away by the years as a servant."

Afterwards.

The middle-aged cultivator reminded again.

"Also, don’t call me Immortal Master in front of others, just call me Steward Li. I’m merely a cultivator myself, only at Qi Cultivation Third Layer, not worthy of the title Immortal Master."

"Understood, Immortal Master!" Wen Jiu responded.

The middle-aged cultivator shook his head with a smile.

Spoke no more.

Because he liked being called Immortal Master!

Soon.

The ten were taken to a fishing port.

The fishing port was quite large, with hundreds of large and small boats docked on both sides, a spectacular sight.

Before Wen Jiu and the others could take more than a glance, Steward Li brought them to a large shed filled with a mix of blood and fishy smell, and gave everyone a knife.

A bright and sharp fish-cleaning knife.

Steward Li spoke, "Your task is to dismantle Spirit Fish in the shed, for every fish dismantled, you can earn ten taels. Killing enough of a thousand fish gives you one hundred thousand taels, just enough to exchange for one Low-grade Spirit Stone. Ordinary Qi Cultivation entry-level techniques also cost exactly one Low-grade Spirit Stone."