Chapter 157: The Bootlicking Immortal Lord Who Wants to Live Off a Woman

When Shen Xiuyan saw Su Mingyue leave just like that, he naturally lost all motivation to keep cleaning.

He sat on a rock, swinging his legs idly. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Wang Gang still cleaning with great enthusiasm, and he felt a little guilty.

So Shen Xiuyan called out, “Wang Gang.”

“What’s up?” Wang Gang dashed over like an arrow, his tone full of eager flattery. “Just say the word!”

Shen Xiuyan: “???”

Bro, it’s only been one day—how did you manage to out-simp a simp?

There’s no future in being a simp.

Shen Xiuyan patted his buddy on the shoulder. “I’ve got something to do, so I’m heading out. I’ll leave the rest of the cleaning to you.”

Wang Gang stood at attention and cupped his fists. “No problem. Leave it all to me.”

“Mm, thanks for the hard work.” With that, Shen Xiuyan pulled out a porcelain bottle from his robes. “This is for you. I’m off.”

Wang Gang stared at the bottle, dumbfounded.

Wait a minute—why is it another porcelain bottle just like the last one?

He was terrified.

Junior Brother, at least tell me what kind of Medicinal Pill is in here before you leave!

He couldn’t take another shock like the one he had earlier today…

But Shen Xiuyan was already gone in a flash, leaving Wang Gang with no chance to ask a single question.

Since he didn’t get any answers, this time Wang Gang didn’t dare eat the pill recklessly.

He quickly put it away, planning to ask his Junior Brother about it next time they met.

At that moment, as he looked out over the endless expanse of Central Peak, he shouted in his heart—this was the first time in his life he’d ever loved cleaning so much.

Especially cleaning with his Junior Brother!

Hehehehehe~

He was grinning so hard his mouth was nearly crooked.

After he finally finished cleaning on his own and returned to the Outer Sect, he was summoned by the Sect Leader.

Wang Gang’s face went pale.

No way—he just got the Medicinal Pill from his Junior Brother, and the Sect Leader already knows?

As expected of the Sect Leader—his foresight is terrifying.

But he really, really didn’t want to hand it over.

He’d only just gotten the pill—it wasn’t even warm in his pocket yet…

Fortunately, when Wang Gang arrived at the Sect Leader’s residence, he discovered that Sect Master Xia didn’t know anything about it.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but then Sect Master Xia said, “I told you this morning—now that you’ve reached the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, it’s no longer appropriate for you to stay in the Outer Sect. What’s more, the Inner Sect Elders have all heard about your breakthrough today. They’re very interested in your speed and want to take you as their disciple.”

“There are quite a few of them, so I won’t make the decision for you. You’ll have to choose for yourself.”

Wang Gang was overjoyed when he heard this. “Thank you, Sect Leader!”

Sect Master Xia then led him to the main hall, and sure enough, it was packed with over a dozen elders, creating a lively scene.

Wang Gang had never imagined there’d come a day when elders would be fighting over him.

At that moment, the Fifth Elder spoke up. “You’re the one who broke through from Qi Refining to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment in a single day?”

Wang Gang answered respectfully, “Yes.”

The Fifth Elder smiled with satisfaction. “Not bad. Would you like to join our Peach Blossom Peak?”

“Oh come on, Fifth Elder, that’s not fair,” a playful female voice chimed in. “We’re supposed to compete fairly—jumping the gun like that, trying to catch him off guard?”

Everyone present knew this dumb kid had stumbled upon some extraordinary opportunity.

Even though the Sect Leader wouldn’t reveal what kind of opportunity it was, as long as they could keep him close, they’d find out eventually.

And if they could get the same opportunity too?

The elders here weren’t fools—if they were, they wouldn’t have shown up en masse like this.

The one who had just spoken was Elder Ye, from the Twenty Peaks.

She smiled seductively. “What’s so great about Peach Blossom Peak? It’s full of smelly old men. Why not consider our peak instead? It’s full of sweet, soft little Senior Sisters.”

She even threw a flirty wink at Wang Gang as she spoke.

Wang Gang blushed and immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Elder Ye again.

Elder Zhou spoke up next. “Enough nonsense. Show some decorum, will you? Kid, come to my peak. I’ll take you in as my Direct Disciple.”

Wang Gang looked over in surprise. A Direct Disciple?

That was seriously tempting.

After all, just entering the Inner Sect wasn’t the end—there was still a strict hierarchy.

Inner Sect disciples were divided into Direct Disciples of Elders and regular disciples.

And the difference between the two was like night and day. Resources were heavily skewed in favor of those with higher status.

Even ten fingers aren’t the same length—such is life.

The Fifth Elder slammed the table and stood up. “I see what you’re trying to pull. Kid, don’t listen to him. Not only will I take you as my Direct Disciple, I’ll also teach you a cultivation technique I created myself—it’s faster than any of the sect’s standard methods.”

“What, like you’re the only one who can do that?”

“Exactly! Me too! I’ll throw in a low-grade magical artifact!”

“I don’t have an artifact, but I can give you three bottles of Blood Spirit Pills!”

“I’ve got something too—”

The room descended into chaos, with everyone shouting over one another like a flock of ducks in the back mountains—utterly headache-inducing.

Elder Su was also among them, though he remained silent. He could tell that the others were determined to win.

He’d only come hoping to pick up the scraps, but now it looked like he’d be going home empty-handed again.

After all, aside from some Spirit Stones and magical artifacts, he had nothing to offer.

And that wasn’t sarcasm—in the cultivation world, those were just external things. What truly attracted cultivators were powerful cultivation techniques.

Sect Master Xia’s frown deepened as he listened to the racket. He suddenly slammed the table.

“That’s enough! Do any of you even remember how to act like elders? The kid’s right here watching—aren’t you ashamed?”

Then he pointed straight at Elder Su. “Look at Elder Su over there—so calm and composed. You should all learn from him.”

“Pfft.” Elder Ye scoffed and rolled her eyes.

Calm and composed? More like resigned to failure and already given up.

As long as the thirty-two disciples weren’t blind, they all knew exactly where to go for the greatest benefit to their cultivation.