Scourge Messenger

Chapter 452 Outer Sect and True Inheritance

When Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge returned to the rest room, everyone was speechless. They no longer had the right expression to face the situation. All their surprise had been used up the moment Tiger Vanguard displayed his supernatural powers, and all their admiration had been exhausted in the long battle between Tiger Vanguard and Thunder Eagle.

All of this happened so fast, and now that the main characters of the sand table are right in front of them, they still feel like they are in a dream.

Bai Zhou rushed over to the food counter, grabbed a meat bun, and stuffed it into her mouth, eating as if no one else was around, as if she had just gone out for a stroll and was now tired and back to eat.

"Wow! You are amazing!"

"How did you defeat the giant monster in one move? Can you teach me?"

"Boss, Brother Tiger, I'll follow you from now on!"

The children swarmed around Tiger Vanguard, chattering excitedly. Shen Qiuqiu pushed through the crowd, grabbed Tiger Vanguard's hand, and asked with her big, blinking eyes, "Brother Tiger Vanguard, are you going to join us on the path to immortality? Can you take me with you next?"

"And I!"

"I also want!"

Upon hearing this, even Chen Xunxian and Rong Hai couldn't maintain their aloofness anymore. They quickly raised their hands and shouted, "I, I can help! Take me with you!"

Not only the children, but even the other participants waiting in the hall were getting restless. What does it mean for Tiger Vanguard to kill a fourth-tier elite demon, the Thunder Eagle, without taking any damage? It means that the vast majority of levels on the Ascension Path cannot stop him. Teaming up with him is like clearing more than half the Ascension Path!

Tiger Vanguard looked around, pushed through the crowd, found Mi Mian hiding in a corner of the hall, and asked, "Why are you hiding here?"

"I...I'm hungry." Mi Mian held a bowl of meat porridge and ate it in small bites.

"Come with me on the next Ascension Path, and we'll retreat after thirty steps."

“But… but I’m not very strong, you can go with Chen Xunxian, Rong Hai, Shen Qiuqiu, those Four Heavenly Kings.” Mi Mian stared at the meat porridge in her hand as if there were cockroaches in it, and muttered, “You’re so powerful, I can’t help you much. Besides, can’t you leave already? Why do you still need to help us?”

Hearing this, the other children became agitated: "What are you doing? If you don't want to help, fine, but he's willing to help us, how can you say such a thing! We should all help each other!"

"Help each other? Why didn't you help each other out when you were eating the other day? You four Heavenly Kings got the most food, why didn't you share some with us?" Mi Mian retorted, hands on her hips. "You all ate your fill before sharing the leftovers with your underlings, why didn't you think of us who weren't getting enough to eat?"

Many children felt embarrassed by what Mi Mian said, especially the "Four Heavenly Kings" who were named by Mi Mian, and they were too embarrassed to say anything more, but some children were still unconvinced:

"That's different. We earned those through our own abilities. Why blame us if you didn't work hard?"

"I wasn't full either, I'm innocent!"

Mi Mian scoffed, "When Tiger Vanguard proposed going to the Ascension Path, why didn't you dare go? Now that you see how powerful Tiger Vanguard is, you expect him to protect you? Why should he? Does he owe you anything?"

"Little Tiger, ignore them!" Mi Mian looked at Tiger Vanguard: "Just leave on your own. Their problems are their own to solve; it's not your place to help them." What a clever girl.

Wei Qiu, observing coldly from the sidelines, sighed inwardly.

If Tiger Vanguard had escaped the Ascension Path with considerable difficulty, that would be one thing, as re-entering the Path would also be risky. However, Tiger Vanguard single-handedly defeated the Thunder Eagle and fought his way through the Ascension Path. Nothing could stop him on the path. If he were to take the children away one after another, the gamblers could easily win money, but more importantly, the Ascension Path would become completely predictable.

The Path to Ascension, which has been in operation for eight hundred years, has buried countless elites at the third level of cultivation. It is an opportunity that countless mortal messengers both fear and yearn for. Now, it is like a latrine, freely entered and exited by a little devil who has not even reached the third level of cultivation... To put it bluntly, he has destroyed the Path to Ascension, a gambling project!
But this is no ordinary casino. This is the holy land of gambling in the East Sea, the blessed land and dojo of the Blissful Immortal Lord! You may have the ability to secretly win a fortune and no one will care, but if you insist on making the Blissful Immortal Palace lose face... 'reputation' and 'rules' are insignificant things that cannot withstand the disgust or even anger of a seventh-rank Immortal Lord.

Of all these people, only this little girl realized this: the moment Tiger Vanguard cleared the Ascension Path, he should never have stepped onto the Ascension Path again.

Suddenly, crows began to swarm around the rest area, dozens of them circling Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge, startling everyone into taking a step back. White Porridge, clutching a steamed bun, bared his teeth and hissed at the crows, while Tiger Vanguard gripped his weapon, ready to strike. But the next second, they were transported to the very center of the Ascension Road viewing platform. Dozens of fireworks burst around them, and the area outside the platform was packed with spectators, all applauding. The overwhelming joy drowned out the senses of the young men and women.

"Congratulations!" the man shouted cheerfully, clapping his hands loudly, clearly having won a lot of money.

"Congratulations!" the man shouted through gritted teeth, his palms almost slapped raw; he must have lost a lot of money.

Bai Zhou had never seen anything like this before, and he hid behind Tiger Vanguard, carefully munching on his steamed bun.

Tianqin Zhenren stood at the front of the crowd. He gently raised his hand, as if pressing the pause button to turn off all the cheers, leaving only the uplifting music still flowing in the air.

"Congratulations on successfully completing the Path to Immortality," said Celestial Bird Master. "Young men and women, state your names. Your names will be forever etched on the monument of the Path to Immortality as the youngest people in history to have successfully completed the Path to Immortality."

"Tiger Vanguard".

"Plain porridge."

"Due to your outstanding performance, Immortal Lord Xuanji Jile intends to take you as his disciples." True Man Tianqin made no comment on their names, forcing a smile on his face: "Although you have all passed the test, Bai Zhou made little progress after the thirtieth step, so he can only enter the outer sect for training; Tiger Vanguard performed excellently and is qualified to become the Immortal Lord's fifth true disciple. What do you think?"

A murmur rippled through the observation deck as many people gazed at the two with envy, including several Foundation Establishment cultivators. As a true disciple, it goes without saying that Xuanji Jile Immortal Lord possessed the wealth of the Jile Immortal Palace and was himself a master alchemist. In terms of financial resources alone, even the head of the Imperial Flowing Court might not be able to compare. As a true disciple of an immortal lord, he received money and tokens as he pleased, without any resource constraints. Cultivating to the sixth level of the Golden Core realm would be no problem for him.

While outer disciples may seem like the lowest-ranking disciples of the Blissful Immortal Palace, the palace has extremely high standards for accepting disciples, recruiting only ten disciples every five years. As long as they can cultivate to the third stage before the age of thirty, they are eligible to accumulate merits to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills—this treatment is not much different from that of the Imperial Flowing Court!

Have you not seen how the people of the East Sea have been relentlessly pursuing the path to immortality, one after another, all in search of the chance to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill?

Perhaps these two children do not know the value of the true teachings and the outer sect, but just being able to join the Immortal Lord's forces is enough to make them dance with joy, right?

However, to everyone's surprise, Bai Zhou hid behind Hu Xianfeng, showing no intention of agreeing. Hu Xianfeng pondered for a moment: "After becoming a true disciple, can I still challenge the Path to Immortality?"

(End of this chapter)