“Awesome!”
Su Bai rubbed his hands together in excitement.
He was beyond thrilled—happier than marrying a new bride.
The Hundred-Life Pill could increase his lifespan by a hundred years all at once!
The Skycloud Sword was a mid-grade spirit weapon—even Inner Sect disciples might not be able to obtain something like this.
The True Divine Fire Talismans contained Pure Yang Divine Flame, especially effective against demons and evil spirits. Their destructive power was immense—even Golden Core Realm cultivators wouldn’t want to face one of these directly.
As for the silver notes—they didn’t really count for much.
For cultivators, such mortal currency was fleeting like smoke.
Of course, Su Bai still obediently stuffed the silver notes into his pouch.
After all, he wasn’t a cultivator yet, still just a mortal.
“Aside from that pill, the Spirit Stones are the most useful. With these, I can definitely break through the Qi Refining Realm and become a real cultivator in no time!”
Right now, Su Bai had 10,000 Spirit Stones.
You had to understand—an Azure Cloud Sect Outer Sect disciple only received one Spirit Stone per month.
The stash Su Bai held now was an absolute fortune!
The system’s Critical Return feature was simply too incredible!
He placed the Hundred-Life Pill in his mouth.
A surge of heat exploded from his lower abdomen, flooding his dried-up body.
His decaying meridians were revived with vitality, and his flesh and bones filled with strong vital energy. Although he still looked like an old man on the outside, his internal energy was full and robust.
Not only were his senses sharper, but even his long-dormant little brother had regained its vigor.
At this moment, he felt like storming into the Joyous Union Sect and battling their demonesses for a hundred rounds—just to show them the might of a righteous cultivator!
After packing all the items into his storage pouch, Su Bai grabbed his walking stick, put on his frail old-man act, and left the inn, heading straight for the Azure Cloud Sect.
On the main street, Su Bai walked slowly and staggered with each step, looking every bit like a seventy-to-eighty-year-old elder.
But the moment he exited the city, he ran faster than a horse.
His steps were lightning-fast. Wind howled past his ears, and trees on both sides blurred backward in his peripheral vision. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
It had been many years since he’d felt this kind of speed.
The last time was when he’d peeked at a senior sister bathing and got slapped dozens of meters through the air.
Recalling his glorious past, Su Bai couldn’t help but feel emotional.
Back in the day, he was known as the most handsome man in Azure Cloud Sect, the prettiest boy in the menial labor quarters.
So many young maidens and married women had thrown flirtatious glances at him, and in the blink of an eye, he had become an old geezer.
As he approached the mountain gate of the Azure Cloud Sect, Su Bai noticed two groups in a standoff, tension high.
He immediately slowed down, caught his almost-flying shoe, and hobbled forward toward the sect, looking breathless and aged with his cane in hand.
Once he got close enough, he could clearly see who the two groups were.
One group wore the robes of Azure Cloud Sect disciples—clearly members of the sect.
The other group wore beast pelts. Most of them were shirtless, showing off muscular upper bodies, looking more like wild men.
Their mounts were even more diverse—some rode lions, some tigers, and one even rode a giant tortoise.
But the most outrageous of all—someone was riding a porcupine.
Su Bai instinctively covered his butt.
He’d heard of Iron Head Technique… but Iron Butt Technique? This was his first time seeing it.
Although Su Bai was an old menial laborer, he had seen much over the decades and recognized that these beast riders were from the Beast Taming Sect.
Though considered a righteous sect, the Beast Taming Sect practiced some strange methods, best known for fighting alongside spirit beasts.
Their beast-human joint tactics gave many cultivators headaches.
Being stabbed by a sword or slashed by a blade was an honorable death.
But if you got gored to death by a pig… well, there goes your heroic legacy.
“Miss Ziyun clearly came to join our Azure Cloud Sect—who gave you the right to snatch her?!” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Xu Gang, the Azure Cloud Sect’s Outer Sect senior brother, stood at the front with two massive hammers in his hands. He pointed angrily at the opposing group and rebuked them harshly.
He was tall and broad-shouldered, with powerful muscles and a sharply defined face—his head was quite pointy too.
The Beast Taming Sect’s Outer Sect senior brother was named Ji Kun.
He had a center-parted hairstyle and looked unusually dashing. His mount was a golden chicken, and he held a spherical magical weapon in hand—he looked mighty and intimidating.
“What are you dreaming about? Miss Ziyun is a half-demon. She can communicate with spirit beasts. Her cultivation would improve twice as fast in our Beast Taming Sect—how could we let her join your Azure Cloud Sect?”
Ji Kun sneered, showing no mercy toward his longtime rivals.
There were many sects near the Azure Cloud Sect, and they frequently clashed over new disciples, so relationships between them were far from friendly.
“I came here to join Azure Cloud Sect. Please stop blocking my way.”
Ziyun wore a flowing violet dress. Standing before the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, she was starting to lose patience.
She had clearly stated she came to join Azure Cloud Sect, yet these people kept pestering her—it was infuriating.
They were as annoying as flies.
“Did you hear that? Miss Ziyun already said she’s joining us! If you dare cause trouble again, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Xu Gang’s expression turned cold like an iceberg as he issued a final warning.
“Be rude? You?”
Ji Kun burst out laughing, “With your pathetic strength, you want to take me on? Go back and cultivate for another two and a half years!”
He patted his mount.
That massive golden chicken—over 5 meters long—spread its wings and charged toward Xu Gang.
This leap covered at least 50 meters!
The golden chicken spirit beast had reached the 7th stage of the Qi Refining Realm, roughly the same level as Xu Gang.
Dealing with just the beast wouldn’t trouble Xu Gang—but Ji Kun, who sat atop the chicken, was also at the 6th stage of Qi Refining.
So Xu Gang was essentially fighting one versus two!
As the massive golden chicken launched its ferocious attack, Xu Gang’s expression darkened. He swung his massive hammer upward in a powerful arc.