Invisible Security Guard
Chapter 685 - 684: Opportunity Has Arrived

Chapter 685: Chapter 684: Opportunity Has Arrived

After thousands of years of establishment, generation after generation, Sect inevitably gave rise to some super experts with seniority. Not all of them were a Monk, so it was normal for them to have families and children within the Sect. As their children grew up within the Sect, they naturally became part of it and enjoyed a superior status. This led to the formation of an inner circle in the Sect, whose members were all daring and unscrupulous.

Extortion for protection money and taking in disciples were very common, and no one considered them serious matters.

Thus, Yusuf Zuck entered the inner workings of the Sect with 800,000 Gold Coins and became the disciple of the slacker Hector Cooke.

The dormitory where Yusuf Zuck stayed was actually a small room less than ten square meters in size, containing only two beds. One belonged to Alvin Trujillo, and the other was his. Besides the two beds, there was nothing else in the room, not even a desk or a chair.

It wasn’t that the Sect couldn’t afford these items, but rather they were unnecessary. Why should a cultivator care about so many worldly possessions? A single room was enough as long as it could house a person. There were three canteens for the outer disciples, but they had to pay for food and accommodation, tuition and other miscellaneous fees first.

Yusuf Zuck paid another 10,000 Gold Coins for tuition and 5,000 for food and accommodation before he could finally have a meal in the canteen.

However, the meals provided there were even worse than pig feed, and very few people actually ate there.

Alvin Trujillo told Yusuf Zuck that he could cook his own meals, but not be seen by others, or he could go to the city to eat.

The Outer Sect was relatively more relaxed. Once the tuition and heart method of the Sect were learned and the fees were paid, no one cared about your daily activities, as long as you completed the monthly tasks assigned by the Sect. If you failed to complete your task, there were two options: either pay to extend the deadline for a month or pack up and go home!

Fair and reasonable – after all, the Sect didn’t support freeloaders. The Sect wasn’t established to proliferate a spirit; it taught you how to question and how to cultivate immortality. If you couldn’t contribute any money, why would they teach you?

Of course, Gold Coins were common currency in both the cultivation world and the mundane world. But Alvin Trujillo told Yusuf Zuck that there was another currency used in the cultivation world — Spirit Jade. However, it was rare, and only Golden Core Cultivators and those above them used Spirit Jade for trading treasures. Under normal circumstances, they as low-ranking individuals wouldn’t even see Spirit Jade!

As for the rules of the Sect, the first was not to betray the Sect; the second, not to disobey one’s master; the third, not to harm fellow sect members; the fourth, not to steal... There were ten such rules in total.

After changing into new clothes and receiving his Waist Badge, Yusuf Zuck also saw the tasks for the month at the Martial Practice Field, which differed based on each disciple’s Cultivation Level.

This month, the task for those in the Middle Stage of Big Fetus Breath was to find three rare natural treasures, kill a Fetus Breath-stage Demon Cultivator, bring back three natural treasures, and submit the tail of the Demon Cultivator as proof of task completion. A symbolic reward would be given — one low-grade Solidifying Pill.

Of course, this was a mandatory task assigned by the Sect. Another task was self-determined, which involved finding nearly a hundred rare herbs. This task had no deadline; whenever it was completed, one would receive an Elixir crafted by the Sect, which could enhance the chance of Core Formation.

"Thousand-year Ginseng, thousand-year Ginseng, ten-thousand-year willow shoots?" These were the three natural treasures required for the Sect task.

"The first two are easy to find, but the last is hard. Ten-thousand-year willow shoots are very rare!" Alvin Trujillo shook his head.

"Ginseng is just ginger, right?" Yusuf Zuck smacked his lips. In his memory, the ginger used for cooking, called Ginseng in medicine, was precisely what they needed, though they required a thousand-year-old ginger.

"Right, Brother Alvin, is the Inner Sect located up on the mountain?" Yusuf Zuck pointed up the hill, where the Sect’s many palaces and buildings were enshrouded in mist.

"Yes, unless called upon by the Inner Sect, outer disciples are not allowed to enter. The entrance to the Inner Sect is guarded by experts, and it also houses some women and the like. However, you are not a woman, nor are you handsome. If you were a woman, a pretty one at that, someone with a bit of charm, you would have been quickly moved to the Inner Sect. If you were more handsome, it would be even better, you’d be even more popular!" whispered Alvin Trujillo.

"The elders in the Inner Sect like pretty young girls. Some of the female cultivators there also fancy handsome young men. Unfortunately for us, we’re both rather ugly!" Alvin shook his head.

"Doesn’t that make it quite chaotic?" Yusuf Zuck exclaimed in shock.

"Dual cultivation is a natural thing amongst people, how can you describe it as chaotic? It’s all about mutual need, isn’t it?"

"I want to go see the Inner Sect. Perhaps one of the ladies there will take a fancy to me, and I’ll skyrocket to success. Brother Alvin, please help me!" Yusuf Zuck took out another Gold ticket of 5,000 Gold Coins and placed it in Alvin Trujillo’s hand!

"Just you? With that ugly mug, you think you can catch the madam’s fancy? Not a chance, my friend. I may have a way to get you inside to see the world, but you absolutely have no chance," Alvin Trujillo shook his head as he spoke.

"All I want is to go in for a look. How do you know the madams don’t like the ugly ones?" Yusuf Zuck rolled his eyes and retorted.

"Do you actually have some kind of scheme? Why else would you want to go the inner sect as soon as you got here?" Alvin Trujillo asked suspiciously.

"Brother, you gotta be kidding me," Yusuf Zuck shook his head and said, "I’m just at the Middle Stage of Big Fetus Breath. What kind of scheme could I dare have? If I had any schemes after getting inside, they would swat me like a fly, wouldn’t they? My coming to the Sect is genuinely to make progress, to climb up to someone of status, at the very least to be able to cultivate in peace and reach Core Formation quickly!"

"That’s true. You’re only at the Big Fetus Breath stage. Any schemes would be way out of your league. But since you’re so perceptive and wholeheartedly seek the Way, and at the same time I want to prove my capabilities within the Sect to you, here’s the deal: tonight, I’ll take you in. But you have to listen to me, got it? You can only look around inside, and we leave when I say so, stop when I say so!"

"No problem!" Yusuf Zuck thumped his chest and promised.

The reason Yusuf Zuck was so eager to infiltrate the Sect was to quickly locate Ginseng and then figure out a way to escape with her. He didn’t want to waste a single day. To hell with those damn tasks, learning the Sect’s Heart Method, or any of that – he had zero interest!

Blending into the inner sect, getting the lay of the land, understanding the situation, gathering information, finding Ginseng – that was what he urgently wanted to do.

Of course, he already had marked the Sect for death. Given the chance to strike unexpectedly, he intended to annihilate it!

"Wait here for me. I’m going out to snoop around and get ready, to see if there’s a good opportunity today. If not, we’ll have to wait until tomorrow," having received fifteen thousand Gold Coins, Alvin Trujillo also wanted to show off to Yusuf Zuck to prove he wasn’t just loafing around in the Sect, so he went out to take care of business, likely to find a greasy way to sneak into the inner sect.

Yusuf Zuck didn’t dare to release Telekinesis. He just sat quietly in the small room, waiting.

After an entire afternoon, it was almost dark when Alvin Trujillo burst in, sweating profusely.

"There’s a chance! Hurry, hurry, hurry! It cost me two thousand Gold Coins to find this opportunity. Come on, follow me quickly! Damn, you’re lucky, kid. It’s been years, and I’ve never come across such a good opportunity!" Alvin Trujillo seemed very excited, grabbing Yusuf Zuck’s hand and dragging him outside.

Moments later, they arrived at the procurement room, where Alvin Trujillo nodded and bowed obsequiously, whispering to a man who looked like the overseer.

"Be smart about this. Mess up and people will die. You should know about the Saintess’s temper. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Follow behind me, quick, let’s go before it melts!" The overseer waved his hand dismissively.

"Yes, yes, of course." Alvin Trujillo gave Yusuf Zuck a meaningful glance, and then they each picked up a shoulder pole with two large wooden buckets hanging from it.

Yusuf Zuck saw that inside the buckets was ice, emitting a chill.

Here in the Southern Continent, there were no frosts or snows all year round, but now there was ice, clearly for the nobles to cool off at night. Who knew where they got it from.

The overseer didn’t carry a load; only Alvin Trujillo and Yusuf Zuck carried the shoulder poles, and Yusuf Zuck’s heart pounded with apprehension as he was going to deliver ice to the Saintess?

Wasn’t the Saintess the very Luna Wolfe who had captured Ginseng?

"Motherfucker, once I find the opportunity, I’ll take you down!" raged Yusuf Zuck inwardly.

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PS: Fourth release, with a fifth to follow.