Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 343 The Middleman (Part 2)

Since entering the Nine-Bend Academy, Han Yi has kept a very low profile, staying at home and focusing on cultivation. In addition, he is also a quiet and unassuming person.

Apart from a few close friends with whom I often communicate, I've basically had no contact with the others.

Therefore, he was quite inconspicuous at the banquet, and no one paid any attention to him.

Insignificant, unnoticed, just a nobody like Karami.

Under these circumstances, a beautiful woman immediately revealed your age, background, and identity, and even earnestly discussed with you the important issue of your future cultivation...

In this situation, anyone would feel a strange emotion and become very close to the person in question.

Han Yi was no exception, but he just smiled.

"Let's take it one step at a time. There are always more solutions than problems. Even if our skills are depleted, there are ways to rebuild our physical foundation."

Sun Ruoqing shook her head and smiled, "Junior Brother Han, you are still young and have a long road ahead of you. This won't do. People always need to plan ahead."

If you were able to successfully cultivate the first level of true skill within six months, it shows that you have decent aptitude and are capable of attempting to cultivate to the level of mastery of true skill.

My Nine-Bend Academy requires that one master the first level of true skill within one year, the fourth level within three years, and the sixth level (true skill mastery) within nine years. If one fails to master it within the stipulated time, then one can only leave the inner academy.

The first four levels of true skill are relatively easy to cultivate; with persistent effort, one can eventually master them. If you haven't lost your cultivation and your vital energy is abundant, with your aptitude, even with slightly insufficient resources, progressing from the first to the fourth level shouldn't be a problem. However, imagine if you lost your cultivation, damaging your vital energy. You could have reached that level, but due to insufficient resources, you couldn't compensate for the deficiency, resulting in a bleak exit. Would you be willing to accept such an outcome?

Even if you're lucky enough to reach the fourth level and strive towards the pinnacle of true skill, once you've dissipated your power, after the fourth level, you'll need to find a way to repair your body's foundation and increase your vital energy. This requires a large amount of resources and supplements, taken continuously, to even have a sliver of hope.

Han Yi was silent for a moment. Although it was the first time he had met Senior Sister Sun Ruoqing, what she said made a lot of sense.

Even though he now has the Heaven-Mending Technique to make up for the deficiency in his primordial blood, the Heaven-Mending Technique is not a creation from nothing. Its fundamental principle of cultivation is to absorb and store a large amount of qi and blood, which can then be transformed into strands of innate primordial blood.

Moreover, judging from the advancement pattern of the Heaven-Mending Technique, it consumed a large amount of idle blood and qi stored in his body since he started practicing martial arts. In addition, he consumed Qionghua fish and meat four times a day without interruption during that period, as well as absorbed more than a hundred points of Yuan power stored in the demonic disaster in Pingzhou. Only then did he barely advance the first level of the Heaven-Mending Technique to the third level.

Clearly, the higher the level of the Heaven-Mending Technique, the more terrifying and enormous the amount of various resources required will inevitably become.

Moreover, Yunzhou is peaceful and stable, with no vital energy to absorb and replenish. If he were to rely on the meager amount of Qionghua fish and meat he eats every day, it would take him forever to break through to the fourth level.

He hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture: "Senior Sister, please speak frankly."

"It's nothing really," Sun Ruoqing said with a smile. "Junior brother, you haven't been a disciple for long. Have you ever heard of the Hundred Heroes Gathering?"

"Please speak, Senior Sister."

"As the name suggests, this Hundred Talents Gathering selects mostly outstanding disciples with exceptional talent and potential," Sun Ruoqing explained. "The Hundred Talents Gathering serves as a communication channel, with our Jingtian Manor on one side and Huayang City on the other."

As my junior brother probably knows, not all families in Huayang City possess the same bloodline and powerful armed forces as the three major families. Many large merchant magnates and other wealthy individuals also need skilled elites to maintain the security of their businesses.

As one of the five major powers under the Yuanmiao Sect in Yunzhou, Jingtian Manor naturally became their first choice with such a prestigious reputation.

At the same time, although most of us inner court disciples who are able to cultivate into martial arts masters have a certain amount of financial support and come from wealthy families, we don't have to worry about cultivation resources.

However, many disciples come from impoverished families, or whose families have fallen on hard times, or, like my junior brother, have encountered demonic calamities, come from afar, and have no one to rely on. In such cases, they urgently need the support of others.

Thus, the Gathering of One Hundred Heroes was formed.

"I see..." Han Yi nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

He had heard before that many inner disciples of Jingtian Manor, despite their pitiful net worth, could focus on their cultivation without worrying about resources because outsiders had invested in them in advance.

It seems the root of the problem lies here...

"Judging from Junior Brother Han's character, he has a good personality and the strength to defeat Long Shezi head-on. Although you are a martial arts master with mixed skills and your strength is uneven, making it more difficult to break through after dispersing your power, overall, your potential in our Jingtian Manor is considered to be above average."

Someone should be optimistic about you and offer investment. How about it, interested in joining the Top 100 Club and giving it a try?

Sun Ruoqing smiled, looking forward to it.

She was just a middleman, recruiting members for the Hundred Heroes Association. If any of her disciples successfully signed contracts with wealthy merchants who urgently needed to develop and expand their military power, she could also earn a considerable reward.

Han Yi thought for a while. Overall, this Hundred Heroes Gathering seemed similar to what he used to do when he was in Pingzhou, where he would register his name on small shops and earn a commission, only on a more sophisticated level.

While he may not lack resources in the short term, in the long run, additional financial support is essential.

He was somewhat interested and tempted.

"Senior sister, how do I join the Hundred Heroes Association?"

“Junior brother, once you agree, you can leave the rest to your senior sister. Just wait for my message.” Sun Ruoqing was in a great mood. “Also, I’d like to remind you that there are many talented people at this Hundred Heroes Gathering. If no one chooses you for a long time, you will be forced to withdraw and find another way.”

Of course, if you don't like the host family, you can express your opinion and run for election again.

"I understand," Han Yi replied knowingly.

This "Hundred Talents Gathering" sounds similar to the graduate student selection meeting in my previous life. The supervisor (mentor) has to be satisfied with the student while the student is also interested in the student.

"By the way, Junior Brother Han, you reap what you sow. If you accept the investment and sign the contract, we disciples of Jingtian Manor will need to step in and help resolve any troubles for them when the time is right."

Alternatively, if you sign a training contract, you might need to accept employment from your master's family after you've mastered the skills. The specific contract varies and depends on the individual. You need to know this in advance,” Sun Ruoqing reminded her again.

"I understand." Han Yi nodded.

Once everything was settled, the two quickly grew closer, chatting about this and that, and the atmosphere became lively.

Sun Ruoqing looked at Han Yi and chuckled, "I heard from Huang Rong that Junior Brother Han is already nineteen and still unmarried?"