421: Chapter 33 Heavenly Saint Appears 421: Chapter 33 Heavenly Saint Appears Every power and advantage under the heavens, when fought for, suggests the person doing so is in need.
Value varies with the item, and from person to person.
Of course, Gu Wen didn’t covet the position that could make one a Saint, for even if others became Saints, they couldn’t compare to him.
Cultivation is sometimes like wealth in a previous life; a self-made man can be worth millions, and an heir can also be worth millions—the outcome for both is nearly the same.
But the only difference is that the billionaires don’t need to struggle against each other, whereas cultivators might face attacks from peers of the same rank.
The master of Jianmu Cave Heaven was at the Immortal level, yet my own master has killed who knows how many Devil Ancestors, as well as those Little Saint incarnations of Jianmu.
Similarly, if Gu Wen were to face those so-called Immortals striving for Saint, he too could kill them.
“Do you want it?”
The position of a Little Saint didn’t tempt him; instead, Gu Wen turned to ask Chi Yu Zi with his usual calm and gentle smile.
“If you want it, I could probably get it for you.”
A Yuqing Sect elder standing three steps ahead slightly turned his eyes; he didn’t know about the Immortal Position yet, but felt that Chi Venerable must indeed have a rather unusual relationship with their Heavenly Venerate.
To give away even the position of a Heavenly Venerate so casually.
Otherwise, he couldn’t understand why a descendant from the Sword Control Sect would stay with their Yuqing Sect.
All the more so when the Sword Control Sect now appeared to be in decline, with only a few aging Dao Realm fellows left and not one robust and vigorous Heavenly Venerate.
Yet, surprisingly, Chi Venerable was a woman.
No matter how many times the Yuqing Sect elder saw it, he couldn’t help but be amazed that the Chi Venerable, known as True Martial Venerable, was only five and a half feet tall.
“Hmm…”
Chi Yu Zi appeared contemplative and couldn’t make up her mind at that moment.
Of course, she wanted to become a Saint, but she also knew that everything had its price.
She wasn’t even an Immortal yet, so how could she become a Saint?
And if she could become a Saint, what would the price be?
And having taken the position of Yuqing, would she have to sit in the Jade Palace for a hundred years, unable thereafter to leave the Daoist Sect as she pleased?
To most people, the power and temporary freedom of a Heavenly Venerate are incomparable, but Chi Yu Zi valued her own freedom above all else.
Yet it was an opportunity to become a Saint…
Chi Yu Zi, unable to decide, started scratching her head and then became visibly annoyed, baring her tiger teeth and directing her frustration at Gu Wen.
“Why do I have to make the decision?
You’re the Yuqing Heavenly Venerate, not this old lady.”
Gu Wen responded with mixed laughter and tears, “I give you a favor, and you find it troublesome.”
“You make the choice for me.”
Chi Yu Zi tugged at Gu Wen’s sleeve, tilting his head slightly back.
Gu Wen, with resignation, said, “Then don’t take it.
It’s not certain you will become one anyway, and who knows what problems might arise.”
Even if Chi Yu Zi wanted to take the position, he would advise her to wait.
Chi Yu Zi asked, “When will you be able to bestow Immortality like Jianmu?”
“I don’t know.
It could be soon, or it could take a while.”
“Then I’ll wait for you!”
“Well, by then the opportunity that’s currently available might not include you.”
Entering the main line of the Yuqing Sect, they were faced with a road one zhang wide, paved with rough stone slabs.
Every hundred steps or so, there were scattered small courtyards and Daoist temples.
Compared to the scholarly style of Taiyi City and Liuyun Sect, the buildings of the Yuqing Sect could only be described as simple, consisting purely of blue-tiled, white-walled Daoist temples with eaves no higher than three zhang and not wider than ten zhang.
There were no stone carvings at the entrance, no lanterns hanging from the eaves, no Golden Bodies in the temples.
It was common to see disciples along the mountain path, carrying baskets on their backs containing firewood, food, grains, and even livestock.
They passed through a market where the air was thick with worldly hustle, and a spacious main street faced them.
Both sides were lined with a variety of shops, from vestment robes and fabric, magic treasures and spiritual artifacts, pills and spirit grass, to wine shops, restaurants, and medicinal meals—the picture of comprehensiveness.
All nineteen thousand eight hundred Yuqing Sect disciples and elders lived there, took what they needed from there.
“The Yuqing Sect has a record of nineteen thousand eight hundred disciples and elders living on Yuqing Mountain, with three thousand Daoist temples and twelve streets divided into four districts.
This is Eight Treasures Street, also known as the common market, established mainly for the multitude of disciples who have not yet achieved Golden Core and cannot abstain from sustenance.”
“Here you can find anything you need for daily life, all necessities for cultivation below the Golden Core level.”
While speaking, the Yuqing Elder enthusiastically introduced Gu Wen to the various areas and local customs of the Yuqing Sect.
Although it seemed a bit strange, he had received word that this Yuqing Heavenly Venerate, who had not been on duty for eight hundred years, was entering the sect’s gate for the first time.
Gu Wen looked around and saw many disciples carrying baskets, just like ordinary people going to the market.
Curious, he asked, “Don’t these people have Qiankun Bags?”
Upon hearing this, the Yuqing Elder was stunned, while Chi Yu Zi covered her mouth and laughed, “You really don’t understand the plight of others; not even Golden Core practitioners necessarily have a Qiankun Bag.
Even though we’re in a Daoist Sect, it’s unrealistic to expect everyone to have one.”
Containing the universe is already in the realm of Great Divine Power.
Those who can store items without relying on Qiankun Bags are True Monarchs, those who can spirit away a mountain into the void are Dao Realm Venerables, and those who can contain living beings are Immortals.
A Qiankun Bag is a luxury, a symbol of status and position, only Major Sects can provide Qiankun Bags to their disciples.
The Yuqing Elder said, “Although our Daoist Sect is revered as the master of the world and the honor of the thirty-six states, our way of living is quite austere, with the disciples primarily practicing asceticism.”
“Because every year the Daoist Sect has to offer a great deal of Spirit Stones to nurture Five Spirits Valley, and whatever spirit crops it yields is then distributed to the world without charge, so there’s no money.”
Chi Yu Zi spoke bluntly, “A middle-tier sect is wealthier than the Three Pure Ones True Inheritance; elsewhere sects give out Qiankun Bags but in the Three Pure Ones True Inheritance, you must practice the Qiankun Skill yourself.”