Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Able, yet show oneself unable!

“Overseas Islands?”

“You plan to relocate there?”

“Would the Immortal Sect agree?”

Su Ping feigned surprise as he looked at the middle-aged cultivator.

“Hahaha, Junior Brother Su, don’t worry too much, we still have our limits,” the middle-aged cultivator said with a grin as he took a sip of his tea and spoke slowly:

“Only some members of the Yun Family from the Mortal World and the old cultivators who have resigned from their Immortal Sect duties will be relocating to the Overseas Islands.”

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“Those with merits and demerits recorded in the Immortal Sect and who are still in office will continue to serve the Sect during this critical time of survival, to repay the Immortal Sect’s grace.”

Hearing this, Su Ping understood that the Yun Family was making preparations on both ends.

However, the decision was resolute enough, directly moving most of their foundation to the Overseas Islands.

It is said that the concentration of spiritual energy there is even thinner than in the Mortal World!

In that place, even if the Yun Family did nothing, they would suffer heavy losses!

Could it be that the spirit plants they have collected over so many years, those they can’t sustain, will all be sold off at low prices?

It’s essentially spending most of their fortune in exchange for a backup plan for the clan’s propagation and survival.

“So, Senior Brother, you’ve come to me because…?”

“Naturally, it’s because I value your abilities,” replied the middle-aged cultivator, eyeing Su Ping without offering empty flattery.

As an Immortal Cultivation Family near Golden Sparrow City, they were even clearer than the higher-ups of Immortal Sect about what the Inspector had accomplished.

They also knew that this Inspector possessed talent for body cultivation and had quickly joined the ranks!

Considering the age of the Inspector… he was indeed worth courting and nurturing.

Moreover, since Su Ping was an Inspector in the Mortal World who didn’t receive much attention, using just the right connections, it would be easy to get the Immortal Sect to agree to his retirement from this position.

After all, it wasn’t uncommon to see vacancies for the position of Inspector in many cities; the absence of one more wouldn’t make a difference.

The Yun Family, after discussing in their meeting, was indeed sincere in their intention to recruit Su Ping into their ranks.

“Junior Brother Su, the Yun Family has recently been secretly recruiting outside loose cultivators as well as cultivators like you stationed in the Mortal World,” said the middle-aged cultivator.

“If Junior Brother Su agrees to go to the Overseas Islands with us, the Yun Family is willing to marry the direct daughter of our second branch to Junior Brother as a wife and promises that the future head of the second branch will be the offspring of Junior Brother’s wife.”

“In addition, the Yun Family has some spirit stone reserves, so in the Overseas Islands, Junior Brother need not worry about a lack of spiritual energy halting your cultivation.

“Furthermore, if the Immortal Sect safely overcomes this disaster, and Junior Brother escorts the clan back, the Yun Family will have additional rewards!”

The middle-aged cultivator stated his price to Su Ping.

If the person in question were an ordinary Inspector, the offer would be considered very generous.

Wealth, status, and potential future advancements were all arranged.

Plus, with Su Ping coming from humble beginnings and having no relatives to speak of, even if the Yun Family gave away more benefits, from the clan’s perspective, it would merely be considered an internal matter, not worrying about future developments going awry.

The middle-aged cultivator felt this was a win-win situation where the other party had no reason to refuse!

Su Ping listened and pretended to be contemplative.

But, in his heart, he had already made a decision.

If there were no Fishing Point at Frost Moon Lake and he didn’t have his Pot Cave Heaven, then clinging to the Yun Family’s coattails wouldn’t be an issue.

But now it was different; he couldn’t bear to part with that Fishing Point at Frost Moon Lake.

He also wouldn’t agree to marry a Yun Family woman.

He had too many secrets; mundane servants and maids were still easy to hide from.

But faced with a direct descent daughter from an Immortal Cultivation Family, even if she were just a loose cultivator.

The difficulty of keeping his secrets would increase drastically!

Not to mention, after arriving at the Overseas Islands, how would he find an excuse to use the Pot Cave Heaven or even the Town Return Talisman under the watch of hundreds, if not thousands, of eyes.

“Much appreciated for your kindness, senior brother,”

“I still wish to stay in Golden Sparrow City, to guard this peace.”

A trace of determination appeared on Su Ping’s face, and he continued,

“Senior brother, you didn’t seek me out just for recruitment, did I? Although I have no intention of following, I still understand the Yun Family’s predicament.”

“If there is anything the Yun Family needs help with, I will make sure to pass it on.”

The middle-aged cultivator fell silent for a moment, then sighed and said, “What a pity.”

After that, both parties drank tea, signifying the end of that matter, and started discussing the auction to be held by the Yun Family.

The Yun Family planned to relocate to the Overseas Islands, and many Spiritual Objects that could not be taken away or would not survive the move were to be sold.

In addition to Spiritual Objects, any surplus Magic Artifacts, talismans, various miscellaneous items, and odd skills that could be exchanged for Spirit Stones would also be disposed of cleanly to prepare for unforeseen needs.

Having failed to recruit him, Su Ping was now considered a potential trading partner, and he received the wooden tablet and the specific location and time for participating in the auction.

Su Ping was not surprised by this.

The Yun Family wasn’t inviting him to a rebellion that he had refused.

They were not about to retaliate violently just because he had declined the recruitment.

For the time being, it seemed that moving part of their families to the islands was something that Su Ping believed other Immortal Cultivation Families were likely arranging to some extent.

As long as the family’s main force remained loyal to the Immortal Sect and did not collude with enemies,

at such a crucial moment, the upper ranks of the Immortal Sect at least tacitly permitted it.

“It’s just that, such tacit permission may have a thousand reasons, but it still appears as a sign of weakness.”

“However, the principle of appearing weak when one is strong is indeed mentioned in the general principles of Qi Cultivation.”

“It also truly makes it difficult to discern what exactly the higher-ups in the Immortal Sect are scheming.”

“I just hope you can slow down a bit, let me fish for a few more years, grow to the same height as you all and then…”

On his way back, Su Ping took out the wooden tablet given by the Yun Family.

With this tablet, he could go to the Nine Leaf Workshop and enter the auction on the deep night of the following week.

There would not only be goods from the Yun Family but also cultivators from various places coming to trade.

Su Ping still hoped to trade for some useful items at this auction,

especially the Immortal Cultivation Techniques of alchemy, artifact refining, talismans, and the ways of formations.

Su Ping planned to dabble in all of them first to grasp a general understanding.

Then Su Ping did not intend to master everything; he would choose the skill he was most talented in to delve deep into.

As for the other techniques… a bold idea was already quietly sprouting in Su Ping’s mind.

Considering the substantial amount of Spirit Stones needed for the trip to the Yun Family’s workshop auction when the time came,

Su Ping, after returning to Frost Moon Villa, immediately set the mice to search for targets on his behalf.

He also procured briefings reported from the various towns through Ji Family connections.

Then Su Ping once again experienced the benefits of being a superior.

With just a command, he had hundreds of martial artists working for him, hurrying to confirm whether the wild beasts causing trouble in different places were just ordinary fierce beasts. @@novelbin@@

Three days later, Su Ping went to a remote forest and captured a wild bear that often came down the mountain to steal chickens, ducks, and geese from the villagers.

This was the third fierce beast Su Ping had caught based on intelligence analysis in the last few days.

The previous two, although somewhat intelligent, inciting suspicion from martial artists, were non-spiritual Mortal Beasts.

Su Ping killed them casually, considering it a service to the people.

Finally, his luck turned, and this third fierce beast clearly had a trace of spirituality.

Su Ping summoned his Spiritual Beast to guard the surroundings to avoid disturbance, then took out a waste pill and Purification Spirit Medicine.

After forcibly feeding the wild bear and turning it into a demon beast, he deliberately entangled with it, fighting until the forest was in uproar and the roars frightened the martial artists and villagers outside to the point of turning pale.

Only then did he strike with his sword, slaying the wild bear, whose combat strength actually could not even bring forth thirty percent of its capability, and began skinning, extracting sinews, pulling bones, and collecting meat…