Chapter 606: Half-Qian Immortal of the Cheng Tian

Zhou You had broken through to become a High-level Martial Master on this side; with one true body and two avatars, he already had two High-level Martial Masters.

The second avatar, Moyunzi, remained, but because he specialized in Seal Script and neglected fist-art Martial Dao, he was still only a Primary Martial Master.

Zhou You diverted his focus to the avatar to take a look, and as a result, he happened to encounter an extraordinary matter.

"Moyunzi, I have been observing you for a long time, and I have preliminarily determined that you have passed."

……

Moyunzi carried his inkstone back to his residence, thinking of using up the remaining half of his candle to stay up late and write more.

As it turned out, he was stopped by a colleague just a few steps away from his door.

This colleague was also a renowned great scholar, invited to participate in the compilation of the sect's classics; all this time, Moyunzi had only thought of him as an ordinary man of culture.

Yet today, the way he stopped him to say such cryptic things was far too strange.

The great scholar suddenly formed a seal with both hands, and a completely different aura rose up, "Eight-Fen Immortal of the Golden Immortal Dao, Ge Bangen. I have already stated my name, so you need not hide yours either."

"The one who improved the Heavy Talisman and created the Storage Pocket... Moyunzi!"

Moyunzi was startled, knowing the other party was not bluffing, but had mastered all the information about him.

He shrugged helplessly, "Outside is not the place to talk, let's go inside!"

Once inside the room, Moyunzi carefully set down the inkstone, not a single drop of ink spilling from it.

"This fellow Daoist, I have come here from Beixuan Zhou and know nothing of the local fellow Daoists, so I ask for your guidance."

Ge Bangen smiled slightly, "Fellow Daoist is quite lucky; you entered the mountains upon arrival, staying far from many disputes and avoiding the 'Fuji' whose momentum is currently at its peak."

"Listening to this, fellow Daoist, you are not with Fuji?"

Upon hearing this, Ge Bangen said disdainfully, "Fuji is merely a frog in a well entrenched in the northern provinces; we are the orthodoxy of the Golden Immortal Dao!"

"Fellow Daoist Moyunzi has great talent, and since you do not wallow in the mire with Fuji, you are truly one of our own."

"The elders in the Dao once evaluated you as someone who could be called a Half-Qian Immortal, a rising star of the Golden Immortal Dao."

Hmm, Eight-Fen, Half-Qian—what kind of title is this, or is it some sort of unit of measurement?

Next, Ge Bangen, this Eight-Fen Immortal, began to educate Moyunzi.

It turned out that the largest mainstream branch of the Golden Immortal Dao was named 'Cheng Tian', radiating across the world with the Dijing Bazhou Liangfu as its headquarters.

Although their influence in Beidi was not as great as Fuji's, looking at the world as a whole, their overall strength crushed the other party.

They were well aware of the trouble Fuji had been causing recently, but they stayed out of it and did not interfere, harboring a somewhat condescending attitude.

Within Cheng Tian, they used 'One-Qian Immortal' as a system for gauging strength.

It is said that the limit of the Immortal Dao in this world is 'One-Qian' at the top, and there is nothing beyond that.

Therefore, the nicknames for the Golden Immortal Dao within the Cheng Tian organization were either One-Qian, Two-Qian, or Seven, Eight, or Nine-Qian, making it sound like commodity price tags.

For example, Ge Bangen was known as the Eight-Fen Immortal, meaning he had not yet reached the One-Qian level; he was still two fen short, belonging to the 0.8-Qian Immortal category.

Looking back at the evaluation of Moyunzi, Half-Qian, which was 0.5-Qian, equivalent to Five-Fen, was still a few fen less than Ge Bangen.

Moyunzi thought to himself that as an outsider, to receive such an evaluation, it was likely mostly due to the Heavy Talisman and the Storage Pocket.

"The Golden Immortal Dao member who invented the Heavy Talisman has already been recruited into the organization by the Fuji Dao Master."

"Ever since that Heavy Talisman was sent from Beixuan Zhou, all parties have been quite interested in it, only they do not yet know that Moyunzi has already arrived in Caoshu Zhou, and they are still sending people to Beixuan Zhou."

Ge Bangen smiled incessantly, "Fellow Daoist might as well join our Cheng Tian; with the organization's protection, Fuji would not dare to show you any disrespect."

"Besides, do you not wish to obtain cultivation advancements and become a One-Qian Immortal?"

What? The Cheng Tian organization had methods for cultivating immortality? Moyunzi's heart pounded violently twice; this was a great opportunity!

He did not hesitate, cupped his hands, and said, "I ask that you please act as my introducer!"

He casually handed over a Mid-grade Storage Pocket.

Ge Bangen caught the Storage Pocket in his sleeve and nodded with a smile, "A small matter."

The problem was that the two of them were deep in the sect's mountains; they could not leave until they finished their tasks, so how could they contact the local Cheng Tian organization members?

The next moment, Ge Bangen let Zhou You's avatar, Moyunzi, witness the methods.

He spread out a piece of white cloth covered in dense, intricate characters; with four corners and four sides, enclosing a circle in the center, it radiated outward in layers. At a glance, he did not recognize more than half of the characters.

"Cheng Tian members contact each other via 'Divination Charts', using a brush as the medium."

A brush made entirely of red gold, even the tip cast from red gold, stood upright in mid-air above the chart. There was no hand holding it, nor was it suspended by any line; it stood in the air as if by some supernatural power.

Ge Bangen tapped the table, and the golden brush slowly landed on the chart, dotting a foreign character, which instantly lit up.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

Zhou You suddenly realized that the characters on the Divination Chart were all encrypted and different from ordinary text; no wonder he couldn't understand them—he feared only the master who created the chart could.

Character after character lit up, and the golden brush moved like the wind, faster and faster...

"Who is contacting us? State your name."

An aged voice rang out from the void.

Ge Bangen bowed respectfully, "Eight-Fen Immortal Ge Bangen, introducing fellow Daoist Moyunzi; I request approval from within the organization!"

"So it is Moyunzi."

The aged voice became friendly, "I am the Three-Thousand Immortal of the Northern Territory Cheng Tian branch, Elder Xuandong."

Three-Qian Immortal, Moyunzi thought; that was six times his own Half-Qian, a big shot.

"Do you wish to join our Cheng Tian organization?"

Moyunzi thought that if he could peek at the secrets of cultivating immortality, never mind Cheng Tian, he would even join Fuji, with whom he had a deep blood feud.

He said decisively, "Please grant your approval, Elder Xuandong."

"Haha, you are quite lucky; among the entire Beidi, I am one of the few who has the authority to approve such an entry."

Elder Xuandong chuckled, "Moyunzi, join my Cheng Tian, and in the future, we shall contact each other via the Divination Chart, but things will not be given to you for free, do you understand?"

Moyunzi thought, here it comes; they are after the little bit of stuff I have on hand!

"I am willing to trade 10 Heavy Talismans and 3 Mid-grade Storage Pockets for one Battle Map."

To be honest, the value of the Divination Map itself was far less than this; what Zhou You was giving was an entrance fee and protection money.

"Very well, Ge Bangen will pass it to you later; give the items to him first."

Understood. The Divination Map can only be used for communication, not for online item trading, so the exchange must be handled by Ge Bangen; he must surely have a secret line within the sect that leads to the outside world.

Moyunzi glanced at the Divination Map; if the function of the Seal Script 'Trade' were added to it, wouldn't he be... *cough cough*, an e-commerce tycoon.

Casting aside these wild thoughts, the appearance of the Battle Map made Zhou You realize that there are many talented people in the Golden Immortal Dao who must be using Seal Scripts to develop many treasures; he joined Heaven-Claiming in order to reach a broader world and, incidentally, to make contact with the world of 'Immortals'.

After this brief meeting, Zhou You successfully joined Heaven-Claiming and was qualified to call himself 'Heaven-Claiming Half-Coin Immortal' in front of outsiders.

A few days later, Ge Bangen sent him a Battle Map; as for whether it was a gold brush or a jade brush, that was purely a private customization, and if it didn't feel right, snapping off a tree branch would also suffice.

(End of this chapter)