Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

With elders present, even though Lin Qingqing and the others were highly respected disciples, they were not in a position to oversee the management.

The elders who were there to meet them were all efficient people. Under the orderly arrangement of the two elders, the disciples who came down from the flying boat quickly received their orders and flew away on their swords.

Lin Qingqing and the others hurriedly flew away to deal with the captured demonic cultivators with the elders, leaving only a few disciples who had been picked up by Ye Wuxin in the square. They were responsible for arranging the next destinations of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou families and Li Fuyao.

Three disciples remained. Two senior brothers and sisters went to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou families, and after some conversation, they quickly led them away on paper cranes. The remaining senior brother went to Li Fuyao and the other two.

"Are you Li Fuyao and Bai Suifeng?"

After the two little ones nodded in agreement, the senior brother smiled, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, and said loudly:

"My name is Zhang Ze. Elder Ye instructed me to help you find accommodations, but that place is quite a distance from the mountain gate. We won't walk there, so please wait a moment. Please follow me!"

After saying that, he raised his hand, took out a small bell, and shook it a few times. A few breaths later, a huge butterfly with wings like the evening glow flew over from the Yanjian Sect. After stopping in front of the three of them, it intelligently drooped one wing to the ground and waited quietly.

"Isn't it beautiful? This is called the Cloud Butterfly, a spirit beast bred by the Beast Taming Peak within the sect for transportation."

As Zhang Ze spoke, he led the two of them up the magnificent wings that gradually transitioned from gold to orange. When they reached the base of the wings, Li Fuyao noticed that there were five rows of single seats arranged on the butterfly's back, like a roller coaster.

"If you become our fellow disciples in the future, you can exchange your sect contribution points for this Beast Control Bell. With this bell, you can command any corresponding spirit beast to serve you, just like this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked down at Li Fuyao and the other person with a smug smile, and then shook the bell in his hand again with a bit of showing off.

But for some reason, this cloud butterfly was not as obedient as usual. Instead, it trembled all over, as if it was afraid of something and dared not take off.

"My brother, stop messing around!"

Seeing Zhang Ze's flushed face and embarrassed head scratching, Li Fuyao glanced helplessly at Bai Suifeng beside her and transmitted her voice through her soul seed:

"Big brother, stop your magic right now! What did this little butterfly do to you that you had to scare it like that? Look how embarrassed you've made your senior brother..."

"Hmph, you don't understand!"

Bai Suifeng puffed out his cheeks, sullenly turned his head to the other side, and transmitted his voice through his soul seed:

"I just don't like seeing them enslave spirit beasts!"

"What are you saying? What do you mean by enslavement?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fuyao's eyes widened, and she retorted within her soul seed:

"I think this Cloud Butterfly is in pretty good condition. She doesn't look like she's been abused or enslaved at all. People who provide food and lodging and then do the work call it 'working'!"

"Besides, you're not this cloud butterfly, how do you know it's not happy?"

Seeing that Bai Suifeng still looked unhappy, Li Fuyao knew that this kid was probably feeling sorry for his own kind and was being stubborn.

She thought for a moment, then nudged Bai Suifeng with her elbow, patiently reasoning with him within the soul seed:

“I know you have noble blood and a proud nature. If you don’t like it, we can just use magic weapons for transportation from now on and not use spirit beasts. But until you have the ability to make all cultivators stop using spirit beasts for transportation, you have no right to interfere with what others do.”

“Senior Brother Zhang Ze meant no harm. It’s not very polite to embarrass him like this. Besides, I think this Cloud Butterfly would rather be threatened by you than carry the three of us for a while. What do you think, brother?”

Bai Suifeng looked thoughtful upon hearing this. He glanced at Li Fuyao, then at Zhang Ze, who was sweating and awkwardly smiling.

After a few breaths, it let out a soft hum and finally obediently withdrew the bloodline pressure that only beasts could feel.

After the Cloud Butterfly trembled and took flight, he muttered softly into his soul seed:

"One day, I will make the two races equal, and all my fellow human beings will no longer be enslaved by humans!"

Upon hearing this, Li Fuyao didn't respond within her soul seed. She simply listened as Zhang Ze, retching, explained the situation of Yanjian City, while inwardly sighing:

It's good that children have ambition, but how easy is it to truly achieve equality?

Not to mention that there is no absolute equality in this world, even among humans, there are differences in rank and strength, so how can we talk about equality with other races?

Bai Suifeng listened to her thoughts and felt they made sense, but he was also very unconvinced. He remained silent the whole way, but a hint of determination appeared in his eyes.

The Cloud Butterfly was very fast, and arrived at Yanjian City in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Strange, is this cloud butterfly sick today? Why is it flying so erratically?"

"If I hadn't been carrying you two, I would have been throwing up the whole way!"

Zhang Ze, looking pale and sickly, stopped outside the city gate. After putting the two little ones on the ground, he swallowed hard, as if about to vomit, and said with a sneer:

"Once this matter is settled, I must go to Beast Taming Peak to ask my fellow disciples for advice."

He muttered to himself as he watched the Cloud Butterfly dart away as if fleeing for its life. Once the golden-orange figure was out of sight, Zhang Ze turned around, patted his leg as if teasing a child, and chuckled at Li Fuyao and the other man:

"Flying is prohibited within Yanjian City, and your senior brother is penniless and can't afford to rent spirit beasts or buy spirit artifacts. From now on, we'll all have to walk."

"Young fellow Daoists, there are many people in the city, so stay close to me!"

Although there's not much money to be made from guiding newcomers, the advantage of this task is that it's easy and safe.

It's a good job when you're bored or have nothing to do, and Zhang Ze has taken on quite a few of them.

He had led countless newcomers through the city, so he naturally knew what kind of expressions these newcomers would have when they first entered Yanjian City.

Seeing that Li Fuyao and the other person were still young and dressed simply, he dared not treat them lightly because they were people carefully arranged by Elder Ye. However, he still secretly hoped that they would show a surprised look because they had never seen the world before.

But to their surprise, this bustling metropolis, which he saw as a place of towering skyscrapers and grandeur, was nothing to be astonished as the two little ones, who were used to modern cities and celestial landscapes. Apart from a slight sense of novelty at arriving in a strange place, there was nothing about it.

Zhang Ze observed this and couldn't help but have some suspicions about the two children:

They showed no surprise upon seeing the First City of the Sword Transformation Domain. What did these two experience growing up like?

Elder Ye is so kind to take care of them, could it be that they are of great importance?

Thinking this way, his attitude became even more enthusiastic when he introduced the way to Li Fuyao and the other person.

Li Fuyao noticed the change in Zhang Ze's attitude, and after a moment's thought, she immediately guessed the reason. She found it quite amusing, but on the surface, she remained calm and asked for more details.

Having heard her thoughts, Bai Suifeng understood and followed suit, subtly probing as the three of them continued their conversation until they reached a courtyard.