"And here, this is our last stop, the neighbourhood!
It looks a bit bare, doesn’t it?
The grass is green and the sky is blue, but the roads are rather empty and there aren’t many courtyards around.
As said, our neighbourhood has been empty for a long ti. Now this new wave of cultivators will make it more lively.
Senior brother and junior brother, please co with to see eldest senior sister first.
Afterward, I can show you around my courtyard.
Ye Long, you go and prepare the courtyard, pluck so lemon leaves and warm up the tea," Fu Xian led Mingling and Gui Zen into the neighbourhood.
"This is such a unique teleportation formation, combined with illusion and other formations!" Gui Zen exclaid while looking back at the road he ca from, not quite understanding the chanism of how he could just teleport through the islands without even sensing a change.
Mingling, on the other hand, was more focused on observing the neighbourhood.
He saw that it was indeed a bit bare, but in the distance, there were a few cultivators taking care of their courtyards and chatting outside.
They walked along the road and passed them by, greeting them casually.
When they left, the cultivators looked curiously at the scene but didn’t say much about it, only thinking Fu Xian was inviting his fellow daoists to his courtyard.
Fu Xian naturally didn’t explain and walked along the road to the centre of the neighbourhood.
Here, he saw that the courtyard of his sister was even more prominent – the construction hall also quite large.
He looked at the reconstructed hall and shook his head with a smile, "It seems eldest senior sister can’t stand sitting still and directly started constructing!
Well, this is better. This ans I can et her right away."
He was worried he couldn’t et her since he arrived sooner than intended, but since she left seclusion, then he might as well directly go in and talk with her.
Entering the hall, he saw various cultivators moving around.
They carried things from behind the hall, going all around.
So had various plans in their hands, rushing from one room to another.
Even cultivators at the third stage were commanding and managing the situation, overlooking everything ticulously.
"It seems I’m a bit late," Fu Xian smiled.
He could guess what caused such a bustle.
Nodding to the third stage cultivators and the receptionist, he went right to the side, walking up the stairs.
This ti, the floor of his senior sister was higher and greater, taking more ti to reach it.
When he did so, the door opened right away and he saw a charming elegant female cultivator scribbling on a paper, sitting in her chair. Many papers were laying around on the table without any care.
She looked up when she saw him, greeting him with a smile, "Junior brother Fu Xian, you returned quickly.
I hope your journey was enjoyable."
"Greetings eldest senior sister! It was indeed enjoyable and full of fortune.
I didn’t intend to co back so fast, even leaving two people behind to catch but.
But fellow daoist Gui Zen here was in a bit of a hurry!"
"Defense Master Gui Zen greets senior Qian!" Gui Zen cupped his hands solemnly, his expression one of admiration and respect.
"Oh? Is this the turtle daoist defense master you talked about?" Ziling asked curiously.
"Indeed, this is the turtle daoist who told to enter the Immortal City! Without his guidance, I wouldn’t be here today!"
"Haha, then I am very thankful.
And who is that little fellow?"
"This is Mingling, a rogue cultivator I found outside. He seems to fit into our neighbourhood, so I hoped to use my quota to invite him too."
"Very well, that works.
Junior brother, how about you return to your courtyard and I chat with the two fellow daoists for a mont?"
Fu Xian nodded, cupping his hands, "Thank you eldest senior sister for taking your ti! When you’re not as busy, I hope to invite you into my humble courtyard too!"
"Haha, I will definitely co and try out your lemon tea!"
Fu Xian said a few more words before leaving.
Once he left, Ziling’s expression beca harder, an oppressive air spreading from her to the whole room.
She truly beca like a senior at the fifth stage, not like an amiable senior sister.
Looking over to Mingling, she nodded, "Your shadow talent does seem to hold so value. Junior brother probably already told you the requirent – to beco a citizen, you will have to advance to the third stage in fifty years. If you fail to do so, you will have to leave the city.
For now, you will beco a temporary citizen. We have a large courtyard community to the west of the neighbourhood, where a few third-stage cultivators will reside temporarily in the future. You can also take place there.
Once you reach the third stage, we will give you a proper courtyard where you can stay.
If there’s nothing else, you can go and wait outside first."
Mingling nodded solemnly and cupped his hands, bowing deeply. He didn’t dare say anything and went out right away.
Looking over to Gui Zen, Ziling’s eyes beca slightly softer, but a glint of apprehension wasn’t concealed at all.
"Your cultivation has reached the very peak of the fourth stage, close to the fifth.
But I don’t recomnd you break through just yet.
Your comprehension outside can’t compare to the insights you will gain here.
In addition, the city doesn’t trust you if you only stay here for a short ti and then break through.
I recomnd you spend at least a hundred years as a mber of this neighbourhood.
You will find that there are many things to learn. With the temporary citizenship, you will be able to visit the library and explore everything.
In addition, you can also use this ti to amass the wealth needed to purchase a breakthrough item.
Looking at Fu Xian, he probably already has a plan mapped out in his head to allow you to amass so wealth.
Take it even if it’s not the most profitable way.
As for a courtyard, we will talk about it after a hundred years."
The last sentence sounded more like a command, but Gui Zen wasn’t unhappy at all!
Such an opportunity to enter the immortal city – what did it matter if he wasted a hundred or two hundred years?
And from the way he got to know Fu Xian in the past few days, it did look like he would have sothing planned for him...
Even if it wasn’t as good as what he could achieve, it would likely still benefit him.
"Thank you, senior, for your grace!"
"No worries. I hope to be able to call you junior brother in the future. Go, don’t let junior brother Fu Xian wait too long." She returned her attention to the papers in front of her, paying him no more heed.
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