northernbook Chapter 312 Changning City desperately wants to reach number 1 and break the curse of being perpetua
Chapter 312 Changning City desperately wants to reach number 1 and break the curse of being perpetua
That year, with the blessing of the immortal stones, his cultivation bottleneck actually loosened.
The celestial immortals he had longed for were already beckoning to him.
Therefore, he did exactly what Zhong Lingxin told him to do.
Soon, following the instructions of the Golden Immortal Amitabha, Zhong Lingxin bought Feng Yu, obtained his slave contract, and settled him in Wuyuan City to gather intelligence.
In the days that followed, Zhong Lingxin and Amitabha Golden Immortal began their migration to a place in the inner circle where immortal energy was abundant.
Wanfuzong is still called Wanfuzong; the name hasn't been changed yet.
However, the sect's registered address changed three times in ten years, eventually moving to the central area of the southern border, and finally arriving at a celestial city called Changning.
The Golden Immortal Amitabha was extremely satisfied with this celestial city, and said frankly that Changning was blessed with great fortune, and as long as the Wanfu Sect did not change its name, it would remain in Changning forever.
Zhong Lingxin had no opinion on whether or not to accept it.
Over the past ten years, she has done her best for the sake of Wanfuzong.
It's good to take a break for now, so she can have more time to cultivate.
As for promoting and developing the sect, Amitabha didn't urge it, and Zhong Lingxin didn't put in that effort either.
Both of them understood that strength was the only true backing.
If neither of them is particularly strong, developing their abilities too much would make them easy targets.
There are many immortals in the celestial realm who are looking for a place to live.
Poverty is now their shield.
The enormous taxes deterred all those who had designs on them.
Zhong Lingxin didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
They longed to escape poverty, only to find that if they had accumulated some assets, the sect would have already been taken away by others.
Helpless, Zhong Lingxin and Amitabha Golden Immortal began to worry about the ever-increasing number of immortal stones.
After moving to Changning City, the Golden Immortal Amitabha stopped drawing talismans and even stopped performing fortune-telling and blessing ceremonies. He simply hung up a sign indicating that he was in seclusion.
He won't come out until he's promoted to the Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal level.
Zhong Lingxin strongly agreed.
She was just a minor Earth Immortal, but Amitabha's advancement meant that her backing had become much stronger.
Moreover, she had another plan for moving to Changning City.
That is, there is a secret realm in Changning City that will open in ten years.
This little secret realm is called Ninghe Secret Realm, which opens once every hundred years, and each opening lasts for ten years. It is shared by the three cities of Changning, Pingning, and Yuning, and is only open to immortals below the Celestial Immortal stage. It is the best secret realm she can currently visit.
Amitabha also hoped that Zhong Lingxin would participate, saying frankly that with her nine purple luck, she would be able to collect resources in Ninghe Secret Realm, and no one would be able to collect as much as she did.
Zhong Lingxin was secretly delighted, thinking that she could take advantage of Amitabha's auspicious words to collect some resources.
Ever since she ascended to the Immortal Realm and the fifth level of the Nine-Layered Pagoda was opened, she has been troubled by the construction of the Nine-Layered Pagoda.
The celestial realm is still searching for her whereabouts, and families and forces represented by the Wang family have not given up their desire to enslave her.
Therefore, she never dared to stand out too much, for fear of being recognized.
She had been inquiring about the secret realm.
There are many secret realms in the immortal realm, but there are not many that a mere earth immortal like her can enter.
Ninghe Secret Realm is one of them.
However, the Ninghe Secret Realm has a requirement: the immortals must be citizens of the original cities of Changning, Pingning, and Yuning.
To prevent opportunistic changes to household registration, only residents of the city who have lived there for more than ten years are eligible to register.
Zhong Lingxin rushed as fast as she could, and with a sect that could pay taxes for Changning City, she successfully moved into Changning City right on time, ten years later.
Soon after Amitabha became a Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal, the Ninghe Secret Realm was ready to open.
Amitabha happily sent Zhong Lingxin into the Ninghe Secret Realm, where she began her carefree days.
To be honest, although he had more cultivation resources and his magic robes were now dazzlingly golden over the past twenty years, he was still extremely constrained by Zhong Lingxin.
Zhong Lingxin, who entered the Ninghe Secret Realm with the immortals from Changning City, understood Amitabha Golden Immortal's thoughts. She thought that after restraining him for so many days, it would be good to give him a ten-year vacation.
The Ninghe Secret Realm is neither particularly large nor small. Each time it opens, ten thousand immortals from each of the three cities enter. It is said that unless one reaches the Celestial Immortal stage and cannot fly through the clouds, it takes ten years to explore even a corner of the Ninghe Secret Realm.
Therefore, among the immortals who enter the secret realm, those at the Celestial Immortal stage are the most numerous.
Many immortals at the Celestial Immortal stage are stuck at this hurdle and desperately hope to reach the Upper Immortal stage in the secret realm.
The three cities of Changning, Pingning, and Yuning require immortals entering the secret realm to bring out various immortal medicines and minerals, and also set up various rewards for immortals entering the secret realm.
The top three finishers in each city receive very generous rewards.
Because it concerns the honor of this city.
Changning City, in particular, has always been second place, never having reached first place nor fallen to third.
Every time, I watch Pingning and Yuning fight tooth and nail, it's either you're first or I'm third.
Changning City is eager to take first place and break the curse of being second place for thousands of years.
Therefore, Changning City has set up rewards for the top three winners that are so generous that they are the envy of many.
The first place winner will be awarded a set of Rank 6 Immortal Robes, a Rank 6 Mind-Cleansing Pill, and a Rank 6 Array Plate.
The second place winner will be rewarded with celestial robes, celestial pills, and celestial arrays, all of which are of the fifth rank.
The third place winner will be rewarded with celestial robes, celestial pills, and celestial arrays, all of which are of the fourth rank.
This reward greatly piqued the interest of the immortals in Changning City.
Because the level of the immortals who enter the secret realm is not high, the reward in previous years was at most a fifth-grade immortal treasure.
This was because the title of "perennial runner-up" had been worn for so long that the city lord of Changning City couldn't stand it anymore and vowed to change it.
I heard that Lord Chen of Changning City once said that you either have to be number one or number one. This time, we have to break this curse no matter what.
Zhong Lingxin, adhering to her established principles, remained unmoved by the rewards offered by the city lord of Changning City, and was solely focused on making a fortune quietly.
She possesses the Nine-Layered Pagoda, a treasure that others cannot fathom, and she is not afraid that others will discover the treasure she can bring out.
Led by an official appointed by the city lord's mansion, and with the city's two largest families as deputy leaders, the immortals heading into the secret realm were divided into two teams and set off in a grand procession towards the Ninghe Secret Realm.
Zhong Lingxin was assigned to the First Brigade, whose leader was a member of the Jiang family named Jiang Baishun, who was known as Baishun the Fairy.
He included Zhong Lingxin in his personal guard, reasoning that it was rare for the Fuxian Sect to be stationed in Changning City, and he had to help the City Lord's Mansion protect Fuxian's safety.
Fu Xian has always been a transcendent being in the celestial realm.
Although no one thinks highly of Fu Xian's combat power, they all acknowledge that Fu Xian has an excellent effect on bringing good fortune to the Immortal City.
Zhong Lingxin said nothing and obeyed the leader's arrangement, becoming a member of Jiang Baishun's personal guard.
In fact, Jiang Baishun did this in accordance with the arrangements of his ancestors.
Just after he received the list of immortals who had entered the secret realm, his ancestor pointed to the name of Fairy Xiaoyao (Zhong Lingxin had been using this name since she entered Wanfu Sect) and instructed him to protect this person and that following this person would not be a loss.
Jiang Baishun knew his ancestor's abilities. Although he didn't think much of the Fairy of Leisure, he still carried out his ancestor's orders diligently.