The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 57: You're Not Yun Qiansi, Number One

The other party's words were very calm, without much added emotion.

It seemed like they were simply stating a fact.

Simply put, the Li Family's offer was the worst, but had the most promising future, and no one else could compare to it.

Jiang Man didn't know why the other party had reached this conclusion.

But he was surprised that someone from the Li Family had come specifically to see him.

They clearly valued him the least, so why come in person?

The other two families hadn't come at all.

As for agreeing, Jiang Man had never considered that possibility.

As he said before, what qualifications did the Li Family have?

"Sects are huge whirlpools, and what you need to consider is whether you can establish yourself if you enter one," the middle-aged man said, looking at Jiang Man. "Perhaps no one has ever told you this, but you need to understand that entering a sect isn't the end—it's the beginning, and the most difficult beginning at that.""The other families have extremely shallow foundations within the sects."

"Only the Li Family can help you establish yourself quickly and receive cultivation resources ahead of others."

"That way, you'll have a chance to strive for advancement."

Jiang Man thought for a moment, then asked, "What if I don't enter a sect?"

"We don't consider waste material," the middle-aged man stated.

After a pause, he continued, "The conditions we offer aren't bad, you should think about it carefully."

"Once the results of the second competition come out, you might not get conditions like these anymore."

"You need to understand that everyone is progressing rapidly, constantly moving forward."

"Although you work hard and don't sleep, your current pace isn't enough."

"Five thousand per month is enough for you to keep up with them."

"Of course, other families can afford this price too, but after entering the sect, you'll plummet."

"Five thousand is just enough for a genius to barely enter a sect."

"That's why our offer is sufficient."

"Can't you add another five thousand?" Jiang Man tried asking.

The other party looked at Jiang Man, remaining silent.

Finally, Jiang Man said he needed more time to consider.

The other party didn't linger either, but took his leave.

Watching the man leave, Jiang Man shook his head.

He didn't even mention his name—these big families really have no manners.

After that, Jiang Man returned.

He didn't take the matter to heart.

As for having a hard time after entering a sect?

Wasn't that simple?

Just enter the sect as the Cloud Front Division's top performer, right?

He had never considered entering with the lowest ranking. How could he access treasures without entering with the highest results?

How could he obtain more resources?

Although the Peerless Prodigy Fate was always one step behind him, fate didn't play by the rules—it didn't test talent, but tested background and financial resources.

Returning to the stable, Jiang Man continued cultivating.

One hundred fifty times every day.

He had no choice but to cultivate.

Currently, his main focus was cultivating blood energy and cultivation base.

The seventh Qi Refinement "gourd" was only twenty percent full, while the fourth blood energy "gourd" was already almost half full.

He wasn't far from the fifth level of physical body cultivation.

However, after returning today, Jiang Man still asked about methods to guide Little Fatty.

He naturally couldn't do it himself, but the Old Yellow Ox was an Evil God with extensive experience.

It should have some methods.

"After the Four Major Immortal Sects unified and revised the cultivation methods, they no longer valued talent. Although there are still geniuses, with proper methods, others can cultivate quite quickly too," the Old Yellow Ox chewed on the weeds in its mouth, continuing only after a while. "So no matter how fast Qi Refinement cultivation progresses, it's within a reasonable range. That's why there are no earth-shattering geniuses in Qi Refinement."

After a pause, the Old Yellow Ox raised its eyebrows and looked at Jiang Man, saying, "But you are indeed somewhat different."

"How am I different?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

"Poor," the Old Yellow Ox stated flatly.

Jiang Man: "..."

The Old Yellow Ox continued, "I even helped you get a wife, but unfortunately, she disappeared before you could consummate the marriage."

Jiang Man looked at the Old Yellow Ox, feeling that it was mocking him.

After that, the Old Yellow Ox conveniently provided cultivation methods.

Jiang Man recorded them with a pen, writing for most of the night.

Things like daily cultivation time, frequency, resource supply quantities, etc.

Everything was arranged.

However, the schedule was quite intensive.

As the saying goes, how can someone so young sleep?

The Old Yellow Ox's answer was simple too: if you don't sleep, how can they sleep?

After that, Jiang Man divided what he had recorded into three parts.

This was basically arranged specifically for Little Fatty's Qi Refinement period.

It probably wouldn't be very effective for others.

But it would definitely make him stronger.

Because...

He wouldn't be sleeping anymore.

The time after that was spent on cultivation.

The Sixth Courtyard also taught some other things: identifying spirit herbs, analyzing demon beast bones, planting methods, etc.

If one had some talent, they could choose to seek new paths.

If one had nothing.

Then they had to see if they could find a way to stay in Lucky Cloud City.

Becoming a guard was most people's choice.

If one couldn't even do that, then they could only return to their village.

And continue farming.

They would basically have no more opportunities to come out after that.

Throughout the entire month of January, Jiang Man spent his time cultivating and earning spirit sources.

Aside from the Li Family, no one else came looking for him.

They were probably all waiting for the second competition.

Jiang Man didn't care either—it was better if no one came.

During this month, his physical body reached the fifth level.

With the help of the Flawless Blood Qi Pills, his fifth blood energy "gourd" was now thirty percent full.

He wasn't too far from the sixth "gourd" either.

However, he was running low on Flawless Blood Qi Pills.

The limit should be opening the sixth "gourd," which would be the sixth level of physical body cultivation.

That was enough.

By then, he didn't know if he could break through the bottleneck from the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement to the Eighth Level of Qi Refinement.

After all, the sixth level of physical body cultivation was required to advance to the Ninth Level of Qi Refinement.

At the end of January.

Jiang Man assessed his current state.

Seventh Level of Qi Refinement, fifth level physical body, third level mental power.

Corresponding techniques: Qi Refinement Method eleventh level, Blood Energy Method ninth level, Visualization Method thirteenth level.

As for spells, there was basically no progress.

This progress wasn't fast enough.

It was still because he didn't have enough spirit sources and hadn't eaten enough Qi Condensing Pills.

Even the Qi Refinement Method at eleventh level couldn't drive faster progress.

He had to advance to the Eighth Level of Qi Refinement before the March break.

Otherwise, he wouldn't get good spells.

As for this courtyard assessment...

After brief hesitation, Jiang Man decided to directly display his Seventh Level of Qi Refinement.

This would securely maintain his position as first in the courtyard.

Not only that, but it would also make conversations easier during his next meeting with Li Yuan and the others.

Otherwise, someone at the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement looking at someone at the Sixth Level of Qi Refinement would be condescending again.

It would make conversations difficult.

The assessment still took two days.

Everything went smoothly, and scores were released on February 1st.

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Gao Residence.

After returning from the assessment, Little Fatty immediately started cultivating.

The thought of Jiang Man secretly cultivating as soon as he returned made him unable to sit still.

How could there be someone so dedicated to cultivation?

Even the cultivation method given to him didn't include time for sleep.

Nowadays, staying up late was making him lose weight.

Helpless, he could only sneak in some sleep occasionally.

But it was still early, and he needed to cultivate properly. Even though he had passed the qualification assessment, cultivation in the Sixth Courtyard never stopped.

If he stopped, he would get last place.

However, while he was cultivating, he noticed someone entering.

It was a somewhat overweight middle-aged man.

It was his father.

"You're still cultivating after today's assessment ended?" the other party asked.

Little Fatty said seriously, "Everyone in the courtyard cultivates secretly. If I don't cultivate, I'll fall behind."

The man was quite surprised—was there something wrong with this courtyard?

But when he saw Little Fatty looking at a book, he asked curiously, "What's this?"

"This?" Little Fatty raised the book in his hand. "Brother Jiang's cultivation guidance."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man frowned.

He thought he needed to find a way to replace this thing.

Someone at the Sixth Level of Qi Refinement, although their own improvement wasn't bad, definitely couldn't teach others.

After all, it mostly relied on talent and resources. Having him provide guidance would just mislead students.

He's only first in the courtyard, not first in the Cloud Front Division.