Planting an immortal tree in the wizarding world.

Chapter 23 True Immortal Realm

Verdant peaks, fairy dwellings, shantytowns, Deacon Xie...

Before Ronan arrived, he had very little information, and now, faced with all of this, his mind was filled with confusion.

He clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to the young woman in front of him.

"Fellow Daoist, I have come here based on the tokens and fragments of information left by my ancestors. I am not very familiar with this place. I wonder if you could enlighten me?"

The young woman smiled upon hearing this:

"This isn't the first time I've met a fellow Daoist like you."

"My grandfather was the same way. When he came, he only had the tokens left by his ancestors and knew nothing else."

"Does this place know where I am, fellow Daoist?"

Ronan shook his head slightly.

The young woman said, "This is the Immortal Realm of the True Sect."

She pointed to the mountain peak in the distance.

"That is where the True Soul Sect's mountain gate is located."

"Outer disciples reside in a separate courtyard at the foot of the Zhenhuan Sect mountain."

"Those magnificent buildings you see."

"Inner disciples live in caves above the mountainside."

"Beneath the mountain peak lies a spiritual vein."

"Therefore, the spiritual energy of the True Immortal Realm is most concentrated in that mountain."

"Especially in the cave, one can open the eye of the spiritual spring, which is full of spiritual energy."

"The farther away from the mountains, the thinner the spiritual energy becomes."

"Down the mountain is where we, the independent cultivators who are affiliated with the True Realm Sect, live."

"The residential area near the foot of the mountain is for wealthy, independent monks to live in."

"Even the worst mansion costs three mid-grade spirit stones a year."

"This shantytown only requires three low-grade spirit stones a year."

"It is said that there were no buildings at the foot of the mountain thousands of years ago."

"Back then, only a handful of cultivators opened up cave dwellings and cultivated in the mountains."

"But during their long years of cultivation, they had offspring, and those offspring had offspring of their own."

"With a larger population, the resources on the mountain will not be enough."

"The descendants of these cultivators have varying aptitudes, and some of them don't even have spiritual roots; they're just ordinary people."

"After several generations, the blood ties and family bonds have long been diluted."

"The first few cultivators opened up this area at the foot of the mountain and provided it for their descendants with poor aptitude to live in."

"As time went by, gradually, even this place at the foot of the mountain could no longer accommodate so many people."

"The living environment has deteriorated significantly."

"Some descendants of cultivators without spiritual roots could not endure the environment here, so they left the True Realm Sect's Immortal Realm and went to live in the mortal world."

"Our ancestors must have been among these descendants."

"Later on, this place gradually evolved into the True Immortal Realm, which is divided into the Inner Sect, Outer Sect, Residence Area, and Slum Area."

"With the power of us cultivators, building a mansion is not a difficult task."

"The reason why the buildings in the mansion area and the shantytown are simple is that we can't have the same living conditions as the disciples of the True Realm Sect."

"It's only natural that the housing in shantytowns is more rudimentary."

"The high rents in the mansion area are not only because the spiritual energy is more abundant than in the shantytown, but also because it is more comfortable to live in."

"Oh, by the way," the young woman suddenly changed the subject:

"Fellow Daoist, did your ancestors leave you any spirit stones?"

"No." Ronan shook his head, then asked:

"Without spirit stones, you can't stay here?"

The young woman said, "No, if you cultivate the spirit fields and mine the spirit mines for the True Immortal Sect, you can get a rent-free room and a shack."

"but."

"Fellow Daoist, you may inquire in the future whether there are any of your clansmen in the inner sect of the True Realm Sect."

"If you can find one, and if your clansman has a lot of influence within the sect, they might be able to bring you into the sect."

"At the very least, I can give you some support."

Upon hearing this, Ronan had just entertained the idea of impersonating a descendant of the Liu family when he immediately dismissed it.

Impersonating a descendant of the Liu family is extremely dangerous.

If the immortals possess some means of testing bloodlines, he, as the imposter, will surely suffer.

Moreover, in order to prevent the Liu family from having any ancestors in the clan, he had to keep this a secret.

Even if there are still Liu family ancestors in the True Sect, the current Liu family members should be considered as collateral descendants of these Liu family ancestors, and the blood relationship is already very shallow.

However, if they knew that the immortal destiny of their kin's descendants had been intercepted, they would inevitably be angry.

After his thoughts raced for a while, Ronan began to ponder whether he should reside in the True Immortal Realm of the Realm of True Immortals.

He didn't yet know the concentration of spiritual energy on the mountain.

However, the spiritual energy of the shantytown is still much thinner than that of the wizarding world.

It is only about one-twentieth of the Wizarding World.

He had absolutely no reason to stay in the shantytown to practice his faith.

Moreover, his purpose in coming here was to obtain more powerful spells, talismans, and so on.

So he asked the young woman, "Fellow Daoist, is there anywhere here where I can obtain cultivation techniques and spells?"

"Didn't your ancestors leave you any cultivation techniques?" The young woman raised an eyebrow slightly.

"I'll stay," Ronan said. "But I'm afraid my spiritual roots aren't compatible with the techniques in the manual, so I'll have to find another manual to cultivate."

"That's true," the young woman said. "There's a market here where you can buy and sell all sorts of cultivation items."

Hearing about the market, Ronan felt a slight excitement.

Where there is a market, there will be buying and selling.

His lightness amulets and protective charms can be sold through the market.

After exchanging for spirit stones, he could buy more powerful spells, talismans, and other items.

"However, I'm new here, and the fact that I can draw talismans will surely arouse suspicion."

"After all, spiritual energy is scarce in the mortal world these days, making cultivation and talisman drawing virtually impossible."

"Looks like I'll have to become a citizen here and pretend to be cultivating for a while."

"I will sell the talismans again after some time has passed."

Thinking of this, Ronan said to the young woman, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, fellow Daoist. I will go to register now, and we can talk again another day."

After saying this, he cupped his hands in farewell, pinched the woman and child's chubby cheeks, and then walked toward the shantyhouse where "Deacon Xie" was located.

In front of the shanty, there was a man who looked to be in his forties, with dark skin, wearing straw sandals, sitting on a small wooden chair, smoking a pipe.

Seeing Ronan approach, he looked up and exhaled a puff of smoke: "New here?"

Ronan bowed respectfully: "Is this Steward Xie?"

"It's me." Deacon Xie placed the tobacco pipe beside the wooden chair and stood up.

"Come in, I'll register you."

As he spoke, he led Ronan to a desk.

"Name."

"Ronan."

"The Luo sect does have a Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Luo..."

Deacon Xie muttered to himself as he made a note in the book.

"Where do you want to rent? Do you have spirit stones?"

"No spirit stones, rent a shantytown."

"Rent-free farming or rent-free mining?"