Step by Step Ascend to Immortality - Chapter 64 - 54 Shenxiao Sect
Chapter 64: Chapter 54 Shenxiao Sect
The sunlight is so bright and soft, and Gu Shanhe’s face is still so lovely. However, Liu Suiyun feels a chill in his heart. This secret service chief is a bit too lovely. As soon as they meet, he sees through his true identity.
The Pang family is his mortal enemy. However, during Liu Suiyun’s escape all the way, although there were suspicions of exposing his identity several times, he was still safe after all. No one knows Liu Suiyun’s true identity, but this is only the first time he has met Gu Shanhe!
But Liu Suiyun still replied with a sunny smile as much as possible: “That’s right, I am Xing Ruyu.”
Even Gu Yinghua on Liu Suiyun’s back felt a sense of uneasiness. She didn’t jump down from Liu Suiyun’s back. Instead, she hugged Liu Suiyun even tighter: “Brother, this is your brother-in-law!”
“Brother-in-law!” Gu Shanhe seemed to smile apologetically, but Liu Suiyun couldn’t figure out his true thoughts at all: “Since Yinghua is yours, we are also a family. As an elder brother, I just want to ask, what are your arrangements with Yinghua? Yinghua is going back to Lingjing Mountain. What will you do?”
Gu Shanhe is indeed Gu Shanhe. He directly points to the essence of the problem. After Gu Yinghua returns to her master’s school, Liu Suiyun hasn’t figured out what to do.
But one thing is certain, that is, one cannot live like a casual cultivator. Although casual cultivators are free, it is extremely difficult to make rapid progress on the path of cultivation. Every step of a casual cultivator is extremely difficult. Even ten years of hard cultivation by a casual cultivator is not as good as one year of life for a cultivator from a sect.
In this case, Gu Yinghua is not polite to this cousin who used to love her the most: “Brother, I’ll leave my brother-in-law to you. After all, he is Xing Ruyu. He will definitely be useful under your command.”
But Gu Shanhe shook his head: “I can take in my brother-in-law for a while. But I don’t have time to be a nanny. Yinghua, when you go back to Lingjing Mountain and have your master take care of you, I’m afraid my brother-in-law won’t be able to catch up with you…”
He continued: “So for my brother-in-law’s cultivation, it’s better to enter the Shenxiao Sect for cultivation.”
Liu Suiyun can only be considered as coming from an unorthodox background and cannot be compared with orthodox sect cultivators. As soon as he heard Gu Shanhe say this, he immediately cupped his hands and said: “Thank you, big brother, for your help. But it’s not easy to enter the Shenxiao Sect!”
After all, he is a person with a criminal record. It’s not so easy to enter the Shenxiao Sect. You should know that the Shenxiao Sect has a grand entrance selection every year. Often thousands or even tens of thousands of cultivators compete for dozens of entrance qualifications. And even two or three unfortunate guys die every year.
Gu Shanhe smiled calmly: “Brother-in-law, are you now practicing both martial arts and cultivation?”
Liu Suiyun immediately replied: “My martial arts has reached the peak of Yuanlong and I can enter the Separated Mountains Realm at any time. In terms of cultivation, I have also reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. As long as I am given a little time, I can definitely enter the middle stage of Qi Refining!”
“Not enough, not enough!” Gu Shanhe can be said to know Liu Suiyun very well: “Moreover, brother-in-law has wasted too much time on martial arts. According to the rules of our Flying Fish Guards, your peak Yuanlong realm can only be considered as the treatment of a cultivator at the early stage of Qi Refining. Brother-in-law needs to work harder.”
Liu Suiyun is after all from an unorthodox background and doesn’t understand the principle. You should know that there is only one step from the Yuanlong Realm to the Separated Mountains Realm. According to the classification in the Jianghu world, it is equivalent to the later stage of Qi Refining: “Who says this is the rule of our Flying Fish Guards? In fact, it is also the classification of the Shenxiao Sect and even most of the real major sects in the world. When converting martial arts cultivation to immortal cultivation, it needs to be lowered by one level…”
That’s not right either. Liu Suiyun calculated in his heart. If it is lowered by one level, his Yuanlong realm should at least be estimated as the middle stage of Qi Refining. How can it be lowered to the early stage of Qi Refining? But Gu Yinghua quickly told him what was going on.
Because of the rule of lowering martial arts cultivation by one level when converting to immortal cultivation, before many martial arts disciples are evaluated for their cultivation, they all try to forcibly raise their cultivation in various ways. Some use fierce medicines, some use spiritual medicines that temporarily raise their realms, and some simply give money to the evaluating disciples.
In the end, smart people simply find an elder in the sect to help directly issue an evaluation report. With a wave of the elder’s pen, a disciple who was originally only at the Yuanlong realm is directly evaluated as “equivalent to the Separated Mountains Realm” or even “equivalent to the Dragon Scale Realm”. Such evaluation reports are in sects all over the world.
And the corresponding handling method is also very simple. No matter what the cultivation level is, it is directly used after being lowered by two levels. And Gu Shanhe also told Liu Suiyun: “Brother-in-law, I know you are also capable in martial arts. But rules are rules. Even if Yinghua is already yours, I can’t break the rules. After all, there are more than just a few hundred people in your situation.”
Moreover, although this handling method seems to be a very rough makeshift measure, the system is the system, and even Gu Shanhe dare not break it: “So brother-in-law might as well work a little harder in immortal cultivation. As long as you have a cultivation level of seven or eight levels of Qi Refining, it will be easier for me to speak. I will directly evaluate you as ‘equivalent to the strength of the later stage of Qi Refining’ or even ‘equivalent to the strength of great success in Qi Refining’. Then it will be more certain to recommend you to enter the Shenxiao Sect.”
“Recommendation?”
“That’s right, recommendation!” Gu Shanhe replied: “In my position, I naturally have the qualification to directly recommend you to enter the Shenxiao Sect.”
Gu Shanhe didn’t make it clear. The leader of the Flying Fish Guards does have the right to recommend disciples to enter the Shenxiao Sect for cultivation. But according to the regulations of the Shenxiao Sect, only the immediate relatives of Flying Fish Guards disciples who heroically died in the execution of tasks can be recommended. But I don’t know when this recommendation qualification has become the private benefit of the leader of the Flying Fish Guards.
Gu Yinghua thinks that her brother is her brother. The arrangement couldn’t be better: “That’s great. As long as you can enter the Shenxiao Sect, you will have a chance to catch up with me!”
With the same aptitude, a disciple of a sect can live a year, but it is better than several years of hard cultivation by a casual cultivator. As a cultivator from an unorthodox background, Liu Suiyun is most aware of the various shortcomings of casual cultivators. Therefore, he readily agreed: “Thank you, big brother. I will go to the Shenxiao Sect to cultivate well. At least I have to be able to enter the gate of Lingjing Mountain!”
“Entering the gate of Lingjing Mountain” is something that sounds simple but is very difficult to do. Liu Suiyun estimates that he must have a strength “equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivation” before he can enter Lingjing Mountain without being directly kicked out of the mountain gate by Gu Yinghua’s senior sisters.
If he continues to live as a casual cultivator, Liu Suiyun feels that it will take him twenty or thirty years to reach this step. Moreover, the most important Foundation Establishment Pill for Foundation Establishment can only be obtained from sects. If he continues to live as a casual cultivator, he will neither have the channels nor the qualifications to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Gu Shanhe still gives people the feeling of being gentle with a little sunshine. He said easily: “No problem. The matter of recommending my brother-in-law to enter is on me. But before that, please do me a small favor.”
Liu Suiyun couldn’t help but sigh. What should come will come after all. He never believes in such words as “do me a small favor”. Although he doesn’t know the specific market situation, a qualification to directly recommend a disciple to enter the Shenxiao Sect will cost at least a million dollars – if converted into land, this is enough to buy several villages.
Even for his own brother-in-law, Gu Shanhe cannot give up such an astonishing benefit without principles. Therefore, he is also straightforward: “Big brother, please speak. I will definitely do it for Yinghua.”
Gu Yinghua is still nestled on Liu Suiyun’s back. She said softly: “Brother, you can’t make things difficult for your brother-in-law. Although his cultivation is a bit weak now, at his peak, he had the cultivation of the seventh level of Qi Refining. Coupled with the Heavenly Tear Meteorite Falling Sword in his hand, he had the strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining. If he can successfully establish the Foundation Establishment, he will definitely be of great help to you.”
This is the common problem of cultivators. Even though they deeply know that the path of cultivation is arduous and difficult, the power of magic is infinite, and the lifespan of cultivators is unlimited, the more they like to use their own people. Even if they don’t use their own people, they have to be direct disciples or adopted sons. Although Gu Shanhe is engaged in secret service work, he still likes to use his own people in key positions – this is not only the common problem of cultivators, but also the common problem of people.
Therefore, Gu Shanhe was a little tempted by what Gu Yinghua said, but he still had his own thoughts: “Brother-in-law, you don’t know how hot a direct recommendation qualification for the Shenxiao Sect is. If you can’t do something, it will be inconvenient for me. So please do me a small favor…”
“Fortunately, you are Liu Suiyun.”
Gu Yinghua temporarily didn’t have any feelings about Gu Shanhe’s words.
“Fortunately, you are Xing Ruyu.”
Gu Yinghua always felt that Gu Shanhe’s words were so awkward.
“Fortunately, you are Yan Ruojiang’s man.”
Gu Yinghua finally understood the awkwardness of Gu Shanhe’s words.
Liu Suiyun also understood. He blurted out: “Heavenly Horse Plain?”
Gu Shanhe still had a smile like fresh snow on his face: “That’s right. There are thousands of horse thieves on the Heavenly Horse Plain. In the future, they will definitely become a major threat to our Great Han Kingdom. You are a citizen of our Great Han Kingdom. You would rather die than go to the Heavenly Horse Plain. Naturally, you don’t want your old friends to become deadly enemies of the Great Han Kingdom.”
Liu Suiyun only said one sentence: “This is digging at Xu Zhaori’s corner! Perhaps the last thing I want to do in my life is to dig at Xu Zhaori’s corner.”
Gu Shanhe still had confidence in persuading Liu Suiyun: “But this is a great thing. It is good for you, good for me, and good for the Great Han Kingdom. Even for Xu Zhaori, it has great benefits.”
He talked eloquently: “I’m not asking you to dig at Xu Zhaori’s corner. I know you are close to Xu Zhaori. Otherwise, this Heavenly Tear Meteorite Falling Sword would not have fallen into your hands. I just want you to gather your old subordinates and return to Tianji Prefecture to settle old scores with the Pang family. As for how you settle old scores with the Pang family, I will never interfere. I just want the Pang family to taste the feeling of losing their closest relatives and family.”
Gu Shanhe’s words have a bit of Ma Qianjun’s flavor. Liu Suiyun shook his head: “This is still digging at Xu Zhaori’s corner. But for Yinghua…”
“I’ll do it!”
Gu Shanhe smiled: “I knew you are the best brother-in-law. Is there anything you need help with?”
Liu Suiyun also directly said: “This is a big matter. I need a lot of money, a lot of money.”