Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 131 - I'm an Undercover Agent

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators weren't all equal.

Ye Chuan, having achieved Heaven-Grade Foundation Establishment, possessing a Supreme constitution and spiritual root, was far stronger than ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This was the benefit of a solid foundation.

After spending so much, how could he be on the same level as ordinary cultivators?

Wouldn't that be a waste of money?

After the warning from the Foundation Establishment cultivators, the number of people queuing at the foot of the mountain decreased significantly. As those trying to slip through the cracks dispersed, Ye Chuan noticed the line start moving towards the mountain gate.

Following the crowd, Ye Chuan entered a vast plaza, a stone tablet standing in the center.

Several elders and peak masters of the Qingyun Sect sat in a pavilion, overlooking the plaza.

"Hey, handsome, what's that?" Ye Chuan asked the man in front of him, curious about the stone tablet.

"Don't touch me!" the man snapped, clearly annoyed by Ye Chuan's touch. He felt like this guy was hitting on him.

Men and women shouldn't touch each other casually, and it was even more so between men!

"Then explain it to me," Ye Chuan said.

"That's the Testing Stone. It can detect your spiritual root aptitude. If you have good talent, you might even become an inner disciple and receive special training," the man explained, then gave Ye Chuan a strange look. 

"There are no eggs here, you should just go back."

"Am I the kind of person who's obsessed with eggs?" Ye Chuan asked.

"Weren't you looking for eggs from the beginning?!"

…

In the center of the plaza, an elder in a Daoist robe, seeing that everyone had entered, said calmly,

"Those who have already reached the Qi Refining realm, step forward."

His voice wasn't loud, but everyone could hear him.

Some people stepped forward.

"Reaching Qi Refining before thirty requires resources, something only those from established families can achieve. We ordinary folks, even with cultivation aptitude, can only start as servants if we're lucky enough to enter the sect," the man in front of Ye Chuan sighed, then noticed Ye Chuan walking forward.

"Where are you going?!" he called out.

"Didn't he say those who have reached Qi Refining can go? I have," Ye Chuan said with a smile and walked towards the stone tablet, leaving the man dumbfounded.

So he had been messing with him all along?

Ignoring the man's indignant glare, Ye Chuan looked at the stone tablet, stroking his chin.

His reason for participating in the Qingyun Sect's disciple selection was purely for sabotage.

Since he had been randomly placed here, and he didn't know where he would appear next time, he might as well cause some trouble.

He loved causing trouble.

After all, these people had bullied his little Qianshuang.

Especially since that adorable glutton had been hunted as a "Demonic Sect Saintess." He had to do something.

Unbeknownst to him, many eyes were on him.

"Elder Ziyun, this year's batch seems quite promising," a beautiful woman said to the elder who had spoken earlier.

"There are dozens who have reached Qi Refining, much more than previous years," Elder Ziyun said, then gestured for them to start the aptitude test.

"Lin Feng, twenty-nine years old, early Qi Refining, Water, Fire, and Wood spiritual roots, good aptitude."

"Xiao Ding, twenty-seven years old, early Qi Refining, Wood and Fire spiritual roots, good aptitude."

"Zi Su, nineteen years old, mid Qi Refining, Ice and Poison spiritual roots, excellent aptitude."

"..."

As one person after another went up to test their spiritual roots and age, it was soon Ye Chuan's turn.

"Next, what's your name?" the testing disciple asked.

"Huang Haotian," Ye Chuan said with a smile.

"Huang Haotian, touch the Testing Stone."

Ye Chuan stood before the Testing Stone. Before he even touched it, several elders in the pavilion looked surprised.

They couldn't sense his cultivation level.

Their divine senses, upon reaching Ye Chuan, seemed to be absorbed, with no feedback.

This was because, after his strength increased, the effect of his Chaotic Indestructible Body had also been enhanced.

Unless he deactivated it, no one could sense his true realm.

"There's something strange about this child," Elder Ziyun said, stroking his beard, his interest piqued.

Could an ordinary cultivator possess a treasure that masked their cultivation level?

"Here?"

Following the instructions, Ye Chuan placed his hand on the stone tablet.

A cool sensation spread from his palm, but the stone tablet didn't glow; instead, it turned dark, and his age and realm appeared.

The testing disciple gasped,

"Huang Haotian, eighteen years old, p-peak Foundation Establishment? Spiritual root attributes… undetectable?"

The words "peak Foundation Establishment" immediately attracted everyone's attention.

An eighteen-year-old at the peak of Foundation Establishment?

That was the level of a prodigy in any sect!

"An eighteen-year-old at peak Foundation Establishment? My Flying Sword Peak claims him!" Elder Ziyun's eyes lit up, and he instantly appeared before Ye Chuan.

"Hold on, Elder Ziyun, our Falling Flower Peak also wants this handsome young man," a beautiful woman also appeared, giggling, her eyes filled with undisguised desire.

In the pavilion, seeing Ye Chuan's talent, many elders and peak masters couldn't resist and rushed forward.

"Our Refining Pavilion claims him!"

"Nonsense, such a good seedling should be forging weapons with you? He's coming to our Divine Cloud Peak!"

"Give him to us, our Hundred Flowers Peak hasn't had a new disciple in years!"

"..."

The elders started arguing, after all, at Ye Chuan's age, he was a rare talent.

Even the prodigies nurtured by the Qingyun Sect from a young age, with abundant resources, rarely reached the peak of Foundation Establishment before eighteen.

"Your name is Huang Haotian?" Elder Ziyun asked, looking at Ye Chuan. "Did you cultivate to this level on your own? Do you belong to any family?"

"I don't know, I just woke up one day like this," Ye Chuan said with a smile. "So I'm actually this talented?"

Woke up like this?

Could it be enlightenment?

It was said that some cultivators didn't actively cultivate but could increase their strength through comprehending the Dao. 

They were even more powerful than ordinary cultivators.

Sudden enlightenment and ascension weren't just legends.

Ye Chuan could feel the increasingly fervent gazes of the peak masters and elders.

Good.

I'm an undercover agent.