
Chapter 1: A General Without an Army
East of the Great Desolate. The Heaven Refinement Sect.
In a dilapidated wooden house on Violet Cloud Peak, Ye Qiu quietly sat on the bed in a daze.
“That's it, I toast—
“I think I... move.”
He opened the window beside her and looked at the sky outside. It was a purple light. People flew past from time to time on the distant horizon. Surprisingly, it looked like a flourishing eternal paradise.
After half a day, Ye Qiu finally accepted this reality. He had indeed moved, and he had moved to the Great Desolate World.
His current identity was the head of the Seven Great Peak Masters of Heaven Mending Sect, the eighteenth master of the Violet Cloud Peak.
“My status seems quite noble, but it is a pity that he is a general without an army.” Ye Qiu shook his head and muttered to himself.
His master, the Perfect Xuantian, had been cultivating like a madman his entire life and was dedicated to pursuing the Immortal Dao. He had spent his entire life effort, yet he was still unable to become immortal in the end. Before he died, he could not bear to see the legacy of the Zixia Peak being destroyed and accepted Ye Qiu as his disciple.
In reality, Ye Qiu knew very well that his talent could only be considered average. His teacher had accepted him as a disciple because he had no choice but to accept it. In the end, he did not teach Ye Qiu long before dying. He had only left behind many legacies from Peak Zixia and his master's seat.
Ye Qiu succeeded to the throne. Although he was of high status and ranked first, this was a world where strength was everything. When his master was alive, everyone had to respect him. After his master died, no one else thought about him.
“Yes, my ability is very detrimental! I have to think of a way to make up for it..”.
After thinking this, Ye Qiu's heart suddenly shook.
[Dinging.].
[Ten thousand fold Return System is being tied.]
“Oh? System...” Ye Qiu's eyes sparkle. He was calm and carefully studied it.
[Ten Thousand Times Refund System. The host can give or give spirit pills, cultivation technique manuals, or cultivation bases to disciples. You can receive critical hit returns in bulk. The probability of a critical hit is random. A maximum of ten thousand times.]
Ye Qiu suddenly laughed after hearing the introduction of the system.
“Oh Interesting! Ten thousand times returns, capitalized investments. Does that mean that after I receive a disciple and teach him for decades, I will be able to obtain cultivation for hundreds or even thousands of years?
Ye Qiu suddenly stopped worrying.
[System detection.]
[Employer: Ye Qiu.].
[Cultivation: Level Two Black Finger Realm. Low cultivation level. A small cultivator. The kind that cannot be found even in the crowd.]
[Divine Engineering: None ..]
[Ability: Normal. It is hard to achieve great things.]
[Charm rating: 99, this is fine, I can handle it.]
Ye Qiu : “...”
Suddenly, he really wanted to defeat this system.
[Congratulations, host. You have received a beginner's gift. Do you want to open it?]
“Open.”
[Successfully open the gift bag. Obtained one top grade mortal Marrow Cleaning Pill, obtained ten years of cultivation.]
Following the cold sound of the system, a mysterious energy suddenly surged into Ye Qiu's body.
“Oh cool.”
“Only level three? System, are you kidding? I am only at level three after gaining ten years of cultivation!”
[Guests, no mistake. Cultivation was not based on the amount of time one spent in the past ten years. Instead, it was calculated based on the ten years effort spent on an ordinary person. The cultivation of ten years of an ordinary person would be like this.].
Ye Qiu : “...”
He only rose one level in ten years. How useless is he? But thinking about it, it makes sense. The higher one's cultivation base was, the more time it would take to improve one's cultivation realm. It's very normal. There was no lack of time in the Great Desolate World. Whenever one secluded themselves, it would take several months to several years. It's very normal.
[House master, please accept a disciple as soon as possible. Upon completion of the mission, you can receive a high critical return.]
He held the Marrow Cleaning Pill in his hand. Ye Qiu did not plan on using it. If he keeps it, it might come in handy later.
At present…
Bang bang bang bang…
“Martial Uncle Ye, are you inside?”
A series of beats came from outside. Ye Qiu stared blankly for a moment and said: “Please enter ..”
An old wooden door was pushed open and a handsome young man entered. Ye Qiu recognized this person. He was the main disciple of the Jade Pure Hall, Liu Qingfeng. His cultivation base was at the third level of the Heavenly Realm, one main realm was higher than Ye Qiu. He was considered an outstanding talent among this generation of disciples.
He is quite approachable and not on the air.
Perhaps it was because he was the successor of the Sect Master in the future, so he had an excellent relationship with the various heads, elders, and disciples of the same generation.
According to Ye Qiu, he was an intelligent person. He had already built up a good relationship even before he was promoted.
“Martial Uncle Ye, Sect Master called me to tell you that you should get up immediately and go to the Jade Pure Hall to discuss the matter.”
Since the seniority of master Ye Qiu was higher, his seniority was actually the same as Sect Master and many other top heads. Therefore, Liu Qingfeng addressed him respectfully as Martial Uncle.
“Did Sect Master Senior Brother say what happened?” ask Ye Qiu. He was in a cursed place and there was no one around him. Why would someone suddenly tell him to attend a meeting?
Liu Qingfeng hesitated for a moment and said, “It was because of the ferocious beasts in the village at the foot of the mountain yesterday. The orphan who is still alive is awake. The teacher was meeting at the Jade Pure Hall to discuss the cause and effect of the animal riots, as well as the arrangement of the surviving orphans.
“Oh, so ..” Ye Qiu nodded his head. He still remembered yesterday's riot at the foot of the mountain, but not by much. As for the arrangement of the surviving orphans, it was nothing more than a simple disciple recruitment ceremony.
“Hmm, very good! I will go see and see if I can accept a disciple to test him. Because of the Ten Thousand Fold System, Ye Qiu was eager to receive a disciple. It just so happened that the opportunity came.
“Alright, I understand! You can go back first.”
“Martial Uncle, I'll go.” Liu Qingfeng bowed and quietly left the small wooden house. Before he left, he glanced at the small wooden house on Violet Cloud Peak and shook his head.
A few minutes later, Ye Qiu waved his fan and walked out of the small wooden house. He was no longer as lazy as before. There was a charm between his eyebrows, and his demeanor was incredible. Those who did not know would think that he was an otherworldly expert, but in reality, he was only a level three of a Black Finger realm cultivator.
Ye Qiu summoned the Violet Cloud Sword, and used the Imperial Sword Technique that he had learned a few days ago and flew towards the Jade Pure Hall. The Violet Cloud Sword was bequeathed to him by his master after he died. It was a supreme grade precious weapon and extremely rare.
This was probably the only thing that belonged to the precious Ye Qiu. Hard to come by.
Not long after, Ye Qiu arrived at the Jade Pure Hall. As he entered the hall, he saw a group of people standing below. These people should be lucky victims.
“Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, how great you made so many of us waiting for you.” Before Ye Qiu returned to his seat, the head of the Hidden Sword Peak beside him, who was also the Disciplinary Elder of the Heaven Refinement Sect, Qi Wuhui, spoke in a strange tone.
Ye Qiu glanced at him. This old man doesn't look like a good person. He knew very well that no one in the head group thought of him highly. The only reason they were waiting for him was because they did not want to break the rules.
Other than Qi Wuhui and this eccentric Sect Master, the Seven Great Peak Masters were also present. All the other masters raised their heads, not even bothering to greet him.
Ye Qiu ignored them and said to Sect Master, Meng Tianzheng, “Master Sect Senior Brother, I am really sorry. The distance from Violet Cloud Peak was far, so I was delayed a long time. Please forgive me..”.
“It's okay.” Meng Tianzheng waved his hand. As the Sect Master of the Heaven Mending Sect, he still responded for the sake of sect harmony even though he also looked down on Ye Qiu.
After Qi Wuhui was ignored by Ye Qiu, he became even more furious. “Hmph, he is only a level two Black Finger realm cultivator. His cultivation was not high but he was quite arrogant. If he was unlucky and was accepted as a disciple by Martial Uncle Xuantian, he would not naturally take over Peak Zixia. He doesn't even have the right to speak in front of me.”
Everyone present knew how Ye Qiu got his position. They looked down on him from the bottom of their hearts.