Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 80: Changes in the World

On Muyu Island, Jiang Chen had already left, but the excitement did not dissipate. Instead, it became more and more intense. After witnessing the fairy miracle just now, more and more people began to think about joining Taiping Dao.

In this regard, Taiping Dao welcomed it and opened the door wide. Ordinary people could join the sect as long as they could pass the basic test. Those with good aptitude could be taught martial arts, and those with spiritual acuity could be taught immortal arts. Martial arts masters above the second rate could join the sect directly without taking the test and become sect guardians. They also had the opportunity to practice grandmaster martial arts, be given demon skins, and learn immortal arts.

Of course, although Taiping Dao emphasizes teaching without distinction and that the path to immortality is elusive and can only be achieved through the combined efforts of all, it does not provide everything for free. Apart from the most basic treatment, if disciples want more, they need to accumulate enough contributions to the sect in exchange.

As the saying goes, everyone serves the sect, and the sect serves everyone. As long as the disciples complete the sect's tasks diligently and accumulate enough contributions to the sect, they can exchange for both martial arts and immortal arts.

Taking the most eye-catching monster skin as an example, the condition given by Taiping Sect is to hunt three monsters of the same level for the sect. As long as this condition is met, the sect will sacrifice a monster skin for it. Of course, hunting monsters is not easy, even for warriors to form a team.

For this reason, Taiping Sect also came up with a compromise solution. As long as the disciples performed outstandingly and passed the sect assessment, they could apply for a monster skin in advance. However, after obtaining the monster skin, the sect disciples had to hunt six monsters of the same level for the sect within a certain period of time, or accumulate an equal amount of contribution.

"This Taoist priest is truly a remarkable person. It seems I underestimated him before."

On the tower ship, looking at the lively scene of blazing fire and boiling oil on Muyu Island, Qinghe County Magistrate Liao Yonghuai could not help but snort coldly.

His original idea was to use the power of the River Governor's Office to wipe out the Dangjiang bandits, and then support a force himself to completely control both the black and white sides of Qinghe County. However, he did not expect that the Lu family would take advantage of the situation to support the Taiping Sect. This immediately made him feel as if he was shooting himself in the foot.

Under such circumstances, he naturally disliked the Taiping Sect, but he did not show it in front of others. Even though he was impatient in his heart, as the county magistrate, he still came here to express his congratulations to the Taiping Sect, and he did a good job of saving face.

As for the gift, before leaving, he picked a hibiscus flower from his own garden. The flower was golden in color and he loved it very much. He made a great decision to give it to her. As for more, there was definitely no more.

There are many people who have similar ideas to Liao Yong. It must be said that the ability shown by Jiang Chen exceeded their original expectations, especially his skill of covering themselves with skin, which broadened their horizons.

Although similar techniques also exist in the world of immortal cultivation, for example, the royal family of Nanjing State has mastered a technique called Xuanjia, which allows warriors to wear armor and possess extraordinary combat power. They have even used this to form a powerful Xuanjia army that can even kill Qigong cultivators. However, the price is extremely high and ordinary forces simply cannot afford it. On the contrary, Jiang Chen's skin-wearing technique seems to have a lower threshold.

As for the various strange phenomena before, such as the blue stone glowing and the crane delivering lotus, they didn't care at all. They were just means to win people's hearts.

"It seems that the boy is also a fool with good fortune. This time he is really lucky and actually became a disciple of a real immortal."

On a low-key wooden boat, looking at the nearby Muyu Island, Cao Jinfu, the owner of Cao's Trading Company, fell into deep thought.

When Cao Banshan was studying in the county town, he accidentally killed someone. That person had some relationship with a minor official. In order to save his son's life, he had no choice but to send Cao Banshan to the Dangjiang bandits and cut off all contact with Cao Banshan.

Unexpectedly, the situation changed overnight. The notorious Dangjiang bandits became the Taiping Sect, a sect of immortals, and his abandoned son became a genuine disciple of the sect.

"Perhaps this is truly an opportunity for my Cao family. The world is becoming increasingly chaotic. Although Qinghe County is still okay, there was a rebellion in Changfeng County before. If the imperial court had not suppressed it in time, it would have caused a disaster. In such a situation, having only money is not only not a help, but also a disaster."

"I can't become an immortal, but it would be good to practice martial arts and strengthen my body."

Thinking of what Cao Banshan had said before, ripples appeared in Cao Jinfu's heart.

The Taiping Dao is interested in collaborating with various industries in Qinghe County. The conditions offered may seem harsh, but overall, it's a win-win situation. Add in the possibility of spiritual cultivation, and it's completely worth it. Yes, in addition to the normal assessment and applying with your skills, there's a third way to join the Taiping Sect: donating money. As long as you can bring sufficient benefits to the Taiping Sect, even if you lack spiritual intelligence and have only average martial arts skills, you can still join.

Even as long as the benefits you bring are great enough, Taiping Sect is willing to provide you with enough Blood Spirit Pills to help you practice martial arts, and directly turn you into a second-rate or even first-rate warrior.

Of course, according to Cao Banshan, this is the disciple's contribution to the sect and another way of practice. This type of disciple is called a home disciple, which is specially set up for people like Cao Jinfu.

While various forces were constantly weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Chen quietly returned to his own courtyard.

The best location on Muyu Island is naturally Muyuding, but the yin energy there is deep and it is only suitable for raising corpses, not for living people to practice. It is precisely because of this that Jiang Chen still stays in his own courtyard. This is his first stop in this world, and he always has some special feelings for it.

Of course, during this reconstruction, this small courtyard was also expanded and turned into a large courtyard with three entrances. In addition to daily residences, it also has a martial arts field and a quiet room for training.

When Jiang Chen came back, Lu Xuanping was already waiting there. This time he came on behalf of the Lu family. One purpose was to deepen the relationship between Taiping Sect and the Lu family, and the other was to stand up for Taiping Sect.

"A white crane sends a blue lotus, and the Taoist fellows are blessed with good fortune. I would like to congratulate the Taoist fellow on founding his own sect and becoming the source of his own school."

With a smile on his face, Lu Xuanping congratulated Jiang Chen.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen shook his head without further explanation.

"Brother Dao, the demon skins you refine are truly extraordinary. I wonder if my Lu family can trade a few of them for me, even in exchange for elixirs or spiritual sand..."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Lu Xuanping couldn't help but speak.

Looking at Lu Xuanping like this, Jiang Chen smiled.

"I wondered how long you could endure this. This is a cat demon skin, and its strength is only at the early stage of inspiration. You can go back and experiment with it before discussing the deal."

"This item contains the remnant spirit of a demon beast, so it's not easy to control. Furthermore, refining this skin isn't easy either. If we really want to exchange it, I can't find the price right now."

Opening the storage bag, Jiang Chen handed a cat demon skin directly to Lu Xuanping.

As long as he wants to quickly develop combat power, the skin-wearing technique cannot be concealed, and he is not averse to trading monster skins. In fact, this time he let the skinny monkey refine the monster skin in public, in addition to showing that the Taiping Sect has good means, it is also for advertising.

Since he wanted to sell it, he naturally had to sell it at a good price. This might bring him a lot of resources in the early stage. Although this technique was mysterious, its flaws were also obvious. Many cultivators could see it as long as they got a piece of monster skin. First, it was dangerous and hidden, which was quite useless to real cultivators. Second, it was difficult to refine and the possibility of failure was very high.

For such a technique, a true cultivation family would most likely look down upon it, and the strength of those who could look upon it would be relatively limited. Of course, if someone really had thoughts that they shouldn't have, Jiang Chen wouldn't mind trying his own methods.

Looking at such an upright Jiang Chen, Lu Xuanping couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. For a moment, he actually felt that the white crane sending the green lotus was truly God's will, not a deliberate arrangement.

(End of this chapter)