I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Dual Cultivation Technique, which belongs to the category of Immortal Techniques that are both orthodox and unorthodox, has several sects within the Great Heng that use it as their foundation.

“Daring to engage in Dual Cultivation with a Golden Core Nascent Soul, aren’t they afraid of being secretly harmed, having their essence, qi, and spirit all drained away!”

Zhou Yi strolled down the streets of the capital, hands tucked into his sleeves and looking around leisurely, like an old man leisurely wandering the streets.

The taverns sold Spiritual Wine, the restaurants served spiritual beasts, and the pawnshops traded in Spiritual Objects; if it weren’t for the stores selling medicinal pills and talismans, it wouldn’t feel much different from a mundane city.

The spirits of the common people were high, and when speaking with foreign cultivators, their tone involuntarily rose.

Living in the capital is no easy matter.

The families that managed to reside there long-term all had at least a Foundation Establishment cultivator sitting in position, bending over backwards to associate themselves with those of the Golden Core Realm.

The use of residences in the capital had long since transcended mere living; they were more akin to heritable caves, not only enjoying top-notch Spirit Veins but also the safety protection of the Great Heng Imperial Court.

Zhou Yi found a real estate agency to inquire about housing prices.

No matter how exorbitant the capital’s house prices seemed, to a venerable old freak more than sixty-five hundred years old, it was all insignificant. For instance, if one lamented the expensive house prices in the emperor’s capital in a previous life, wouldn’t they be able to afford it if they worked for six thousand years?

“Unfortunately, there’s a market but no price; unless absolutely necessary, no one is willing to sell their house!”

Zhou Yi’s pace appeared slow but was actually fast, covering a hundred zhang in one step, a technique stemming from the Thousand Buddhas Sect’s Divine Footwork. While not as fast as flying light, traversing the city had its own unique charm.

Inside the city.

To the east of the Great Heng Imperial Palace.

The Inspection Bureau government office.

Established in the eighty-fifth year of Emperor Yuanding’s reign, it had been fourteen years to date. Two lions stood at the entrance, not as stone sculptures but living Dragon Child Suan Ni.

Of course, their bloodlines were diluted, generations removed from true dragons.

The Suan Ni were responsible for guarding the gate. Seeing Zhou Yi approach, they opened their mouths to inquire about his business.

Zhou Yi presented the scholar’s soul before a nobody officer opened the gate and led him to the office.

“Senior, please wait a moment.”

The official bowed and said, “You are the first Nascent Soul Daoist to visit, so how to assign merit will need to be decided by the head of our department.”

Zhou Yi slightly nodded and sat down to taste the tea.

He had already found out before arriving that ever since Emperor Yuanding carried out his imperial inspection and great reforms, many corrupt officials and Evil Gods within the capital had fled. The Inspection Bureau released wanted bulletins and bounties.

Since the escaping cultivators were at least of the Golden Core Realm, and some even Nascent Soul ancestors, changing their identity and fleeing the Great Heng boundaries made completing these bounties rare.

Three years ago, a foreign Golden Core killed an on-the-run Evil God and delivered it to the Great Heng to submit to the Inspection Bureau.

The Imperial Court issued rewards and even officially conferred the title of Mountain God.

Not long after.

A red-robed official materialized, bowed, and said, “I am Wang Qing, the Merit Examination Head of the Inspection Bureau.”

“I’ve met Wang Daoist friend.”

Zhou Yi, sensing Wang Qing’s aura as vast as the sea, at least in the middle or late stages of Nascent Soul, bowed and said, “I am Zhu Gang, the Wushan Mountain God of Qingyun Prefecture.” ŘÂΝОᛒΕꞨ

“Is it the Linyang Wushan or the Lu County Wushan?”

Wang Qing was very familiar with the terrain within the Great Heng, as the officials of the Inspection Bureau had almost travelled to every county to assess local officers and the merits and demerits of the lands.

“The Linyang Wushan.”

Zhou Yi took out the scholar’s soul and said, “A few days ago, during my seclusion, this fellow usurped the godly position. After questioning, it turned out he was a fugitive. I immediately killed and brought him to the Imperial Court.”

“That must have been tough for Zhu Mountain God.”

Wang Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling no fondness for Zhou Yi. In the eyes of the Inspection Bureau officials, ninety-nine percent of the Mountain Gods and River Lords deserved death.

“As a cultivator in the Great Heng, it’s only right that I wholeheartedly serve the nation.”

Zhou Yi bowed towards the Imperial Palace, “With His Majesty’s profound wisdom and grand vision in purifying the officialdom and the divine, I naturally offer my utmost support, wishing to capture all the fugitives!”

“…”

Wang Qing was momentarily speechless, unable to believe that a Nascent Soul Daoist could be so shamelessly sycophantic.

Unlike the mundane saying ‘All within the world is the King’s land, the subjects are all the King’s men’, the Li Imperial Clan and the sects ruled the Great Heng together. As the strongest cultivating family within the nation, cultivators by nature enjoy freedom and rarely flatter so overtly.

However, Wang Qing didn’t dare to contradict Zhou Yi; a private stance could not be made obvious, and he could only go along with the conversation.

“Zhu Daoist friend has contributed to the Court, and His Majesty will certainly not be stingy with rewards. Since you wish to capture fugitives, how about taking a post at the Inspection Bureau?”

“My modest mana is insufficient for such a great responsibility.”

Zhou Yi repeatedly declined, as taking on a position at the Inspection Bureau seemed impressive, but the personal losses were not small. Today, executing a Golden Core, tomorrow a Nascent Soul, the losses were considerable.

Moreover, having offended so many powers, once the divine pathways are cleared within the Great Heng, Emperor Yuanding’s cold nature would certainly use the Inspection Bureau to pacify the anger of all parties, only a fool would join.

“I seek nothing else but an official entry in the Yellow Register as a rightful god so I may shepherd the people well for His Majesty in the future.”

“That really is humble of Zhu Daoist friend; I shall convey this to His Majesty.”

Wang Qing spoke with a hint of sarcasm, failing to understand how such a slick and false character managed to overcome the tribulation of the heart demon.

Zhou Yi, having achieved his goal, didn’t mind Wang Qing’s mockery. With the official entry in the Yellow Register, he could secretly cultivate in the mountains until he reached full completion of Nascent Soul. By the time he emerged again, grass would be growing three feet high on this official’s grave.

“Thank you, Officer Wang, I will await news at the Flying Immortal Pavilion.”

…

There are no secrets within a government office.

Just as in the mundane world, so too in the Cultivation World.

Soon enough.

Zhou Yi’s background and every move were laid bare before the great families and sects of the Great Heng Imperial Court, with the investigation halting at the Wushan Mountain God and the shopkeeper, with no further information beyond that.

Some tied the report from Chiming Prefecture to reckon that Zhou Yi was that tribulation-transcending cultivator.

Overall, he seemed to have a clean record, particularly since his Cultivation Technique’s aura was upright and harmonious, which made him a favored individual amongst various powers.

Zhou Yi’s choice of residence was also quickly discerned, as he frequented the finest brothels in the capital, part of the Flying Immortal Sect’s division in the city, and since entering, he had never come out again.

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