Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 75 Finally Arriving at the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Finally, I'm going to become an apprentice of a sect."

Su Yu stood on the edge of the Spirit Wing Flying Boat, looking down at the familiar mountains and rivers that were rapidly disappearing into the distance, and felt quite emotional.

It has been a full year since he left the Shenzhou Islands, the cradle of humankind, and arrived at Lanshan Island. In that short year, he has experienced unimaginable rapid development, standing out from the masses and becoming one of the best among his peers.

The Thousand Feathers Guild governs an area with over a million people and attracts tens of thousands of new members every year; it is number one.

This was an extremely rare experience, and a truly memorable one in my life.

Looking back on today in the future, he will smile knowingly.

Today, Su Yu's experience in the Thousand Feathers Guild will come to an end. Next, he needs to go to the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, where many elites gather, to begin the next stage of his cultivation.

In the other shore, all newcomers who have just awakened their bodies of laws and begun their cultivation will spend the first year cultivating outside, and will only join a sect in the second year.

Without exception, even if your father is a high-ranking member of the sect, your son must first cultivate in a subordinate force outside the sect for a year before he is allowed to join the sect in the second year.

This rule is a hard and fast rule that has been consistently followed since humanity entered the other world, from the Shenzhou Islands, the place of origin, to the many territories that have been expanded outwards.

Whether you have good talent, whether you have talent for cultivation, or whether you have hidden talent, you can basically figure it out within a year.

Those with high innate talent but no combat ability will generally stand out within a year, while those with low innate talent but with cultivation and combat abilities will have enough time to distinguish themselves within a year. They are likely to be exceptional talents and will not be overlooked.

What Su Yu is showing others now is someone with low innate talent but excellent cultivation and combat abilities, who will be very popular after joining a sect.

However, being popular is one thing, but with such low innate talent, it would be difficult to find a good master under normal circumstances.

Fortunately, I came in first place in this major exam and got the opportunity to become a disciple of a True Immortal.

Su Yu was full of anticipation for this and was in high spirits the whole way.

The flying boat was Chu Xinyue's spirit-winged flying boat. He boarded the boat and glanced around. Besides Chu Xinyue and himself, there were three other people on the flying boat: Xu Lulu, Lan Yiying, and Ding Lingyu.

People like Wei Xia and He Shoucheng also went out at this time, but they had joined other sects.

Although Ding Lingyu was defeated by him, he had good innate talent and his family had connections in the sect, so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to join the Immortal Sect.

I don't know much about Xu Lulu and Lan Yiying's situation, but judging from their circumstances, they have a chance to become outer disciples.

There were five people in total. Chu Xiaoyu didn't come; she had to stay at the guild to oversee the mundane affairs of the second guild.

The Spirit Wing Flying Boat traveled upstream along the Yuan River, crossing mountains and rivers, heading towards the center of Blue Mountain Island.

The Xuanzhen Immortal Sect is located in the center of Blue Mountain Island, on the upper reaches of the Yuan River. It is tens of millions of kilometers away from Thousand Feather City in a straight line. Normally, even at the speed of a Spirit Wing Flying Boat, it would take more than a month to reach the city.

But they don't need to keep flying. They only need to go to a large city a million kilometers away, and from there take a teleportation array to instantly cross tens of millions of kilometers to Xuanzhen Immortal City.

At the stern of the flying boat, Ding Lingyu stood on the edge of the stern, gazing intently at the passing scenery.

Su Yu came over, munching on a spiritual fruit as she walked. She looked out at the boundless river.

Ding Lingyu glanced at him, then turned back with a stern face.

Su Yu took a bright red spiritual fruit from her bosom and handed it to him, asking as she ate it:
"Let me ask you a question: how much do you know about the Old Ancestor Youlong?"

Ding Lingyu's lips twitched. After a few seconds of silence, he took the spirit fruit, took a big bite, and said:

"Didn't Commander Chu tell you?"

"Commander Chu doesn't know much; we'll have to wait until she returns to her sect to find out more."

"I don't know much either. I only know that the Old Ancestor Youlong came from the Suspended Lineage and was already a Venerable Earth Immortal more than a thousand years ago."

"According to the news released by the Suspended Lineage, the Old Ancestor Youlong is nearing the end of his life, but none of his original disciples are able to inherit his mantle. So he spread the word that he plans to select a group of elites from the descendants of his original disciples and train them, and then select a few of them as his personal disciples to be carefully trained so that they can inherit his mantle and legacy."

At this point, Ding Lingxin reached out her hand, and Su Yu was stunned for a moment before quickly taking out a spiritual fruit from the Zhenhai Pearl.

Ding Lingyu took the spirit fruit soaked in liquid spiritual water, took a bite, and continued:

"As far as I know, there are many people eyeing this opportunity. In addition to the guilds and families that we former disciples have established, there are also a large number of current disciples and grand-disciples competing for it."

Su Yu was surprised:
"Wasn't it said that only the descendants of former disciples had the opportunity?"

Ding Lingyu glanced at him:
"Isn't this it?"

"Uh, that's true."

"As far as I know, the Old Ancestor Youlong will give us three years of opportunities: this year, next year, and the year after. There will be about thirty or forty people in each round, and more than a hundred people will compete together over the three rounds."

Ding Lingyu glanced at Su Yu, a look on her face that was hard to decipher—it was either a smile or a smug expression.

"Actually, losing to you might not be a bad thing for me."

"With so many people competing, the pressure is immense. I really don't have much confidence. Losing to you is actually a good thing, as I can decide for myself which lineage to join. Although there will still be competition, it won't be nearly as intense."

Su Yu was speechless. No wonder she didn't react at all after losing.

"Furthermore, don't think that you can make a fortune by serving as the patriarch's disciple for ten years. Don't even think that you're better off than outsiders, even if you don't get a spot as a direct disciple. You're overthinking it."

"The reason why the Old Ancestor Youlong recruited his personal disciples was to cultivate his own lineage of Earth Immortal True Monarchs. The potential of Loose Immortals was not even worth his attention, and he would not bother to cultivate them."

Ding Lingyu glanced at him again and continued:

"Although your innate talent is good, your innate comprehension and six senses are too poor. At most, you are destined to become a wandering immortal. It is almost impossible for you to become an earth immortal. It is almost impossible for the Old Ancestor Youlong to choose you as his personal disciple."

Su Yu was stunned; Chu Xinyue had never told him this before.

"Believe it or not, the resources required to advance to Earth Immortal are extremely high. After level 150, you can basically forget about leveling up by accumulating killing experience. At that point, you'll need other methods, and even Earth Immortal True Monarchs have limited resources for those methods."

"For example, others only need one resource to level up, while you need two or even three. How do you think others will choose?"

"Of course, if you don't rely on these, becoming a disciple of True Monarch Youlong is not bad. Although the resources won't be plentiful, being a disciple of a Celestial Immortal can guarantee top-tier Daoist techniques and sword skills, as well as forbidden magical abilities. You might not have access to those top-tier flying swords and magic treasures of the ninth and tenth ranks, but getting a few seventh or eighth-rank flying swords and magic treasures shouldn't be a problem."

Ding Lingyu said in a comforting tone:
"Overall, it's better than becoming a disciple of most wandering immortals."

"You're actually a pretty nice person."

Su Yu's good mood vanished. She turned around, opened the panel, looked at her innate comprehension and six senses, which were not even twenty yet, and glanced at the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique, which she had not yet started to improve. She couldn't help but click her tongue.

"Should we first accumulate killing experience to refine a few immortal bones?"

One immortal bone grants +5 to all innate attributes, two bones +10, three bones +15. Even the worst comprehension and six senses will exceed 30 points, and innate root bone will exceed 45 points. Reaching that level of innate attributes will definitely meet the requirements for the Earth Immortal's appearance. Then, combined with one's own talent, wouldn't it be easy to defeat these competitors and become the personal disciple of the Wandering Dragon True Monarch?

Yes, even if Ding Lingyu doesn't think highly of her, Su Yu won't give up this opportunity.

Just as Ding Lingyu comforted him, even if he wasn't valued by Youlong Zhenjun, the presence of a powerful Earth Immortal meant that his basic resources would be stronger than those of most Loose Immortals.

Moreover, he doesn't believe he has absolutely no chance.

In the Thousand Feathers Guild, he was at the bottom in terms of talent, but in the end, through his unremitting efforts, he defeated all his competitors and became number one.

If I could do it before, I can do it this time too.

"And this time we need to work even harder."

Once Su Yu made up her mind, her state of mind naturally returned to calm and she was no longer affected.

The airship then headed west and soon entered an unfamiliar environment.

While enjoying the scenery, the five of them gathered together and chatted.

The four of them already knew each other. Since they came from the same place and were considered fellow townsmen, they were even more familiar with each other on their way to the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect. Lan Yiying specially created a chat group for the four of them so that they could help each other after joining the sect.

A week later, the airship veered off the Yuan River and headed south, below which stretched an endless expanse of dense forest.

The flying boat spent five days traversing this boundless, dense forest, then saw the Yuan River turning here, and flew upstream along the Yuan River for another two days, before a huge city appeared among the mountains ahead.

This city was built on the banks of the Yuan River, with five towering peaks, each ten thousand meters high, forming a circle. The mountaintops were flattened to form city walls, and dense buildings were built on the mountainside on the edge of the city.

This city has an internal diameter of over a thousand kilometers, containing rivers, mountains of varying heights, and even mortals living within it.

Su Yu opened the map, which showed that the city was called Five Dragons City. It was the largest city within a radius of millions of kilometers and a gathering place for players within the same million kilometers.

The Spirit Wing Flying Boat arrived at the city, and players were everywhere, some in flying boats of various sizes, some riding on air, some riding birds and beasts, etc., densely packed everywhere.

I saw plenty of players in the city at the foot of the Crimson Sky Sword Vein Mountain before, but they seemed insignificant compared to this place.

Xu Lulu stared in astonishment at the vast city, clicking her tongue in amazement:

"This city is so big, which power owns it?"

Su Yu and Lan Yiying both shook their heads:
"I don't know."

Looking at Ding Lingyu, he also shook his head and said:
"I'm not so sure either."

At this moment, Chu Xinyue, who rarely spoke, suddenly spoke up:
"Five Dragons City belongs to the Qingxu lineage of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect and is the Daoist temple of the Spirit Extreme True Lord."

"Oh."

"Such a large city, all belonging to True Lord Lingji?"

"To be precise, the Five Dragons City and its surrounding radius of 100,000 kilometers are all within the Five Dragons City area, and all assets within this area belong to True Lord Lingji."

“So cool!”

"If you can advance to the Earth Immortal True Lord in the future, you will also be able to obtain a Daoist temple."

"Tsk tsk!"

Based on what Su Yu sees now, the number of active players near Five Dragons City is estimated to be in the tens of millions, and they generate an unknown amount of revenue every day.

"How enviable."

The Spirit Wing Flying Boat sailed straight into Five Dragons City without stopping. There was a row of small peaks with flattened tops and huge teleportation arrays on them. A large number of players were queuing outside the peaks waiting to be teleported.

Once a certain number are gathered, the master of the array will activate the portal. Accompanied by a surge of spiritual light that soars into the sky, the powerful force distorts space, transporting people and objects within the array to a place millions of kilometers away.

The Spirit Wing Flying Boats slowly lined up behind them, and it was their turn two hours later.

The five people disembarked and went to the platform, where they stood on the portal with the others.

"Buzz!"

A dazzling burst of light shot into the sky, and an invisible force twisted space. Su Yu saw that Ding Lingyu and the others, who were right in front of her, had all been deformed, as if they had been put into a washing machine and turned into a mess.

But once they were back on solid ground, the inspiration vanished, and everyone was fine.

"Everyone, leave the teleportation array immediately and do not disturb others."

Stepping out of the teleportation array, Su Yu looked around, her mouth agape, her face filled with shock.

They were on a huge platform suspended in the air, with another platform overhead. The group flew out of the platform and saw that there were even more platforms stacked on top of each other, looking like plates stacked in the air.

Every now and then, surging spiritual energy would pour out of the round boat like a tide, and then countless players would fly out from each of the round plates.

Beyond the platform lies a vast, boundless immortal city.

The void was filled with floating platforms or inverted mountains of varying sizes, with buildings standing tall and radiating precious light.

Further away, white clouds drifted by, swirling with various colorful lights and mists. The silhouettes of many huge floating island platforms could be faintly seen, and every now and then, dazzling precious light would pierce through the air, and thick pillars of light would shoot into the sky.

Looking up at the sky, a huge disc with a diameter of over ten thousand li hovered in the sky. The surface of the disc was covered with exquisite spiritual patterns, and huge channels were hollowed out inside the disc.

After leaving the teleportation platform, the flying boat headed straight for the sky. Through the passage between the huge discs, one could see layers of white clouds and spiritual mist above. From time to time, flying boats or figures could be seen flying out from the white clouds and plunging into the immortal city below.

Every now and then, figures would fly up from within the city and head towards the ethereal fairyland, which resembled a passage between immortals and mortals.

The group looked around with pious expressions, took a deep breath, and a rich spiritual energy rushed towards them.

Although the total amount of spiritual energy is not much, it is slightly worse than the spiritual veins in the underground caves of the demon strongholds he conquered before. But you have to know that one side is a spiritual vein, and the other side is full of spiritual energy.

The flying boat soared through a thick layer of clouds and appeared in a new world.

Beneath the layers of clouds lies a new world, filled with towering peaks tens of kilometers high, adorned with pavilions and terraces, shrouded in spiritual mist, and radiating precious light.

Suspended in the air are towering peaks, lush and green. The misty energy of the fog overflows from the peaks, flowing down their edges like waterfalls, creating an extremely beautiful scene.

"What a magnificent fairyland!"

(End of this chapter)