To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

The reason is quite simple.

Behind the people of Qing Mountain Pavilion stood Xiao Jingyi, their formidable backer.

To outsiders, the highest level of Taiping Dao nowadays was naturally Elder Qing Guanzi.

This Elder Taishang was of Earth Immortal Cultivation, the strongest in the sect and the mainstay.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, where strength is the center of everything, those with higher cultivation are naturally the ultimate authority.

However, Elder Taishang was a simple man, and he usually wouldn’t concern himself with Sect affairs outside of his deep cultivation, nor did he take on any more disciples.

Thus, to the average disciple, he was merely a figure of legend, someone they could never really come into contact with.

Since Elder Taishang didn’t involve himself in matters, naturally, the affairs of the Sect were handled by the School Leader.

But who was the Taiping Dao’s School Leader?

It was none other than the master of Brother Xiao standing before us, Venerable Yi of Yi Dancheng.

And Venerable Yi had only taken one disciple under his wing, who was Xiao Jingyi.

However, as School Leader with myriad responsibilities, occupied by managing numerous affairs and often visiting other sects in the Nine Provinces, he could not possibly oversee everything in detail.

Thus, many tasks were delegated to his disciples to handle.

Consequently, Xiao Jingyi seized the opportunity to monopolize many powerful positions within the Sect, becoming the true leading disciple in name and fact.

And being the School Leader’s leading disciple means he was the foremost among all the sect’s disciples.

With this status and the power in his hands, it was extremely easy for Xiao Jingyi to manipulate situations to suppress the disciples of other factions.

Under his maneuvering, whenever there was a conflict between the factions of Wind Thunder Fortress and Qing Mountain Pavilion, the former was often at a disadvantage.

Once or twice might not be a big deal, but after dozens or even hundreds of times, the animosity between the two sides naturally intensified.

Gradually, their rivalry took on the tone of irreconcilable enemies.

The higher-ups, such as those from Yi Dancheng, were naturally aware of these struggles among the disciples below.

But they didn’t care much.

Let them fight it out; in the eyes of Taiping Dao, if one doesn’t become a True Immortal, they are worthless.

Even their own disciples were merely tools.

If they performed well, they could stay; if not, they would be directly taken to task, without any hesitation.

As long as Xiao Jingyi did his job well, favoring someone was no issue.

Over the years, Xiao Jingyi had performed quite well despite his personal desires; he organized Sect business efficiently, saving Venerable Yi a great deal of trouble, naturally satisfying him.

A bit of indulgence was, therefore, not particularly significant—it could be seen as a reward.

Once a disciple becomes a True Immortal, their perspective and status are naturally different from those of mortals.

What binds and constrains mortals appears in a different light at the Immortal level.

Moreover, with people like those from Yi Dancheng holding sway, the struggles of those at the lower levels could not affect the True Immortal.

Instead, allowing them to compete against each other might have a motivating effect.

It all depends on one’s perspective.

Therefore, considering all the aforementioned reasons, the current scene unfolded as it did.

With the downfall of his arch-enemy clear to him, Yang Xiuan wouldn’t pass up the chance to speak mockingly of the situation.

He hinted not only that he was faring better himself, but also suggested that his opponent’s power was about to be stripped away soon.

As mentioned before.

Venerable Yi, who had been the School Leader of Taiping Dao for three hundred years, was about to abdicate and pass on the leadership to someone else.

And Xiao Jingyi, being Venerable Yi’s disciple, without the identity of the School Leader’s disciple, still thinking of securing the position of the Sect’s leading disciple?

It’s simply impossible.

The power that he held would dissipate like smoke with the ascension of the new School Leader.

As for whether Venerable Yi, in seclusion and deep cultivation, could truly achieve the status of Earth Immortal, this didn’t really matter much.

If Venerable Yi could become an Earth Immortal, that would be excellent news.

Having an additional Earth Immortal in the Sect would double its strength, and as a disciple of Taiping Dao, Yang Xiuan would share in the glory and felt happy about it.

But what does this have to do with Xiao Jingyi?

The latter was Venerable Yi’s disciple, and it seemed Venerable Yi might also have the signs of a breakthrough to Earth Immortal.

But could Xiao Jingyi wait that long?

Let’s take them, for example.

Yang Xiuan perfected his Divine Powers and made full preparations, but his final attempt to break through to the Immortal Realm would still take a hundred years of accumulation and readiness.

Breaking through the level of a Human Immortal is already such a long and arduous process.

The Realm of Earth Immortal, being more mysterious and far surpassing that of a Human Immortal, would only be more difficult.

Even with Venerable Yi’s exceptional innate talent, without several hundred years, it’s feared it would be impossible to make the breakthrough.

Then the question arises.

Could Xiao Jingyi wait for several hundred years?

It’s feared he couldn’t even wait a hundred years.

With his visibly decrepit spirit and lack of ambition, let alone his advanced age, how could he even think of breaking through Human Immortal?

It’s feared he’d die of old age within a century.

Even if we assume that, by some stroke of good fortune, he did manage to breakthrough to Human Immortal, it wouldn’t make much difference.

Yang Xiuan was confident that in several decades, he too could achieve the status of a True Immortal.

By then, they would both be True Immortals, both high-level members of the Sect.

Even if the other had an Earth Immortal as a master, it wouldn’t be possible to treat him poorly.

Taiping Dao wasn’t limited to just one Earth Immortal, and Venerable Yi wasn’t unreasonable; he wouldn’t indulge his disciples in causing chaos.

Thus, he had no fear at all.

"My Master is blessed with immense fortune, and will surely achieve the status of Earth Immortal,"

Xiao Jingyi, hearing Yang Xiuan’s words, flashed a hint of anger in his eyes but still bowed respectfully towards the Mountain Gate and said, "As for junior brother, it seems that your fate is not insignificant either; perhaps in the future, you might well become an Immortal, with no need for this elder brother’s help.

From now on, it is the new School Leader who will make decisions within the Sect; elder brother might as well ask permission from the Sect to enter seclusion and deep cultivation, in preparation for breaking through to the Immortal Realm.

If junior brother truly wants to use connections, it is better to seek out the new School Leader; finding favor with the School Leader is what matters."