Chapter 46 - Holess Man Arrested After He Refused to Pay Student Debt. He Never Attended College.
Fu Tong didn’t know what to think.
Earlier, he underestimated the weightless glitch’s effects. He only propelled himself 60 degrees forward, but he ended up flying at the speed of Mach 2000. He crashed into a mountain cliff, creating a hole with a F*nal Fantasy’s cactuar pose.
Fu Tong finally climbed from the hole, only to find himself 100 ters above a stone staircase. Before moving further, he opened the system nu and pressed on it.
The nu prompted him to a mod option nu. For the first ti, his first ga mod system, Mod Managent nu, could be useful.
Weight Limit Setting: Infinite
Fu Tong shook his head and pressed on the tap. He changed it.
Weight Limit Setting: Default (Vanilla)
Fu Tong could feel his weight return to him. His body could sense gravity once again.
’Useless mod. It works if I have an item interface mod, but I don’t have an inventory system here.’
Real life differed from the ga. He could not summon the item inventory interface and shove everything to the ga nu.
Fu Tong flew up. It took him seconds to reach the plaza, where Huli Jiubai had been waiting.
Upon arrival at the plaza, Huli Jiubai and another elder stood there to welco him. Unlike Lin Xuan, this elder was a black-haired, middle-aged man with a short goatee and a curved mustache. He wore black robes and dark headwear. The sword scabbard behind his back was made from obsidian and black steel, while the weapon itself exuded a dark aura.
He was Yin Qingming, the grand elder of the Divine Cloud Sect and the main villain of the first Chapter. Similar to Long Hao, he was treacherous and greedy by nature. He coveted everything that disciples had, and he had been planning to steal the sect master’s saint-grade sword for 100 years.
This was where players had to make a choice in case they attracted Yin Qingming’s attention. They could submit to him by bribing him, or they could antagonize him by resisting the extortion.
Seeing the iconic villain, Fu Tong almost called Yin Qingming by the nickna "Blackie". He coughed and paid respect to the elder.
"Fu Tong greets the senior. I’m an exam participant from the martial artist group."
Yin Qingming grinned widely and stroked his mustache.
"I know. Welco to Divine Cloud Sect. You’re the first in your group. Congratulations!"
Instead of giving Fu Tong rewards, he walked closer to Fu Tong and whispered.
"This sect has a custom. All new disciples must pay a tribute to , the grand elder, your most precious treasure. Consider it a tuition fee of our sect. The value of your treasure will determine the cultivation resource you will get and the SAFETY of your cultivation journey."
In short, Yin Qingming asked Fu Tong for a protection fee.
Fu Tong had expected this, but he didn’t foresee why Huli Jiubai still hadn’t killed this man yet. He thought that the fox elder would have eaten the guy on the spot.
Huli Jiubai grinned and sent a telepathic voice to Fu Tong.
’I’ve just turned this guy into my personal puppet. I’ll be using him to gather information, but it will be very suspicious if he acts out of character. Please play along. Don’t kill him yet.’
Fu Tong caught the hint. He fetched 100 spirit stones and shoved them in Yin Qingming’s arms.
"Please take care of , senior."
Yin Qingming nodded and stored everything in his storage ring. He then patted Fu Tong’s shoulders.
"You’re very sensible. Soone with good flexibility like you will go very far and live very long."
"Indeed. Heroes always die young."
"Well said! Hahahaha!"
Yin Qingming slapped Fu Tong’s back several tis. His voice resounded throughout the plaza.
Around them, onlookers gathered. A few of them were outer disciples, whom Yin Qingming had already robbed everything from them. They all glared at the grand elder in disdain, cursing him for taking advantage of their weaknesses.
More than half of the outer disciples looked pleased. These young cultivators were Yin Qingming’s underlings, who were in charge of bullying juniors who refused to pay tribute to their master. However, bribe-payers would always end up as good friends with the group.
As for the last faction, it belonged to the elite individuals from big families whom Yin Qingming didn’t dare to offend. Unlike grownup n like Fu Tong or Long Hao, they were children under the age of 16, whose strength already reached level 9 of the Qi Condensation Stage. They were waiting for advancent pills from their families so that they could advance to the foundation establishnt stage.
These youngsters shook their heads and ignored Fu Tong. They marked him as one of the vile people with whom they wouldn’t associate.
Yin Qingming looked around and gestured for one of his underlings to co over. A young man in his 20s in brown robes approached them and cupped his fist.
The grand elder instructed the outer disciple.
"Bring him to the contribution hall and register him as the most talented newcor. Let him have the rewards."
"Understood, Grand Elder!"
The man gestured for Fu Tong to follow him, which he complied. They left the plaza, following a road path to a wide plateau of the mountain range.
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An hour later, Long Hao arrived at the plaza. He too ran into Yin Qingming and Huli Jiubai. The surrounding outer disciples remained in the vicinity, observing the newcors.
As usual, Yin Qingming extorted the new disciple. He exuded the aura of a nascent soul cultivator and welcod Long Hao with his speech.
"Welco to Divine Cloud Sect. You’re second in your group. Congratulations. I’m Yin Qingming, the Grand Elder of the Divine Cloud Sect. Now, if you value your safety and smooth cultivation life, it will be in your best interest to pay the tuition fee before we accept you as an outer disciple. Hand over a treasure of equal value to 1,000 spirit stones."
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