Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 258 - 12: Red Sun Sect

"Bai Xin, tell us, what's going on."

Bai Xin was Tie Zhu's formal name, and when called upon, the straightforward young man immediately stood up straight and replied loudly, "Master, this person is our fellow villager. He left to seek immortality last year and has just now returned."

The man casually glanced at Wang Qi, "Since he is a fellow villager, you all host him... Hmm?" After seeing the blue robe on Wang Qi, the middle-aged man's expression changed dramatically, "Is this... are you a disciple of the Wanfa Immortal Sect?"

The Modern Immortal Path was actually a scientific community, a community of shared interests, and its attributes as a ruling power were purely incidental. Hence, Modern classification of sects also differed from the Ancient Method.

The first level, supreme sects, leaders of the Immortal Dao, totaled five. Wanfa, Heavenly Spirit, Burning Gold, Guiyi, and Mysterious—these were entities that set research domains and established academic systems. No matter the sect, its cultivation methods were bound to be linked to these five sects, and no cultivation could escape the boundaries of their systems.

The second level, first-class sects, sanctums of true cultivation. Each of these first-class sects excelled in one particular field. Elemental Power Sect was to classical mechanics and statistical mechanics, Liuyun Sect to fluid dynamics and meteorology, Mountain River City to engineering and geography, and Xuanxing Temple to astronomy and celestial mechanics, and so on.

The third level, second-class sects, foundations of immortal families. These sects didn't prioritize theory but had mastered core technologies, reaching the peak in a particular technology. Thousand Mechanism Pavilion was one of the representatives. Additionally, sects like Heavenly Talisman Sect and Artifact Refining Sect counted too. By Earth's academic standards, they could roughly compare to the R&D departments of companies in the global top 500.

The fourth level consisted of third-class sects that could be said to have a particular skill. In terms of Earth, this would be like a small business that dares to start a factory with a single patent. The Red Sun Sect in front of Wang Qi didn't even qualify as fourth-class; it was a sect that barely marked the intermediary level.

Wanfa Sect, a supreme sect, a leader of the Immortal Dao, even an outer disciple's status was higher than that of the leader of a minor sect like this one. To use an Earth analogy, the leader of a small sect like the Red Sun Sect would at best be a senior technician—if he polished his craft well, he might come up with a patent, contributing to the advancement of human technology. A disciple from Wanfa Sect could at least be considered a senior technician, and moreover, one with education and a foundation, making it easy to obtain qualifications.

Of course, Wang Qi wasn't wearing the robe that represented the true inheritance of the Wanfa Sect, so ordinary people wouldn't immediately guess that he was a true inheritor.

Wang Qi raised his hand to greet the middle-aged man, "Wanfa Sect, Wang Qi. What may I call you?"

Wang Qi's overly familiar tone truly startled the surrounding crowd. Someone gently tugged at Wang Qi's sleeve: "Wang Qi, how can you be so rude? This man is an Immortal, a person of status and position!"

To everyone's surprise, the Sect Leader returned the gesture and said, "I am Chi Lianxue, the current Sect Leader of the Red Flame Immortal Sect."

"This generation?" Wang Qi asked, "An Ancient Method inheritance?"

Chi Lianxue smiled, "Like your esteemed sect, ours has been passed down from ten thousand years ago. We just haven't been as successful as your sect."

This statement was already quite flattering to himself. The cultivation techniques and mathematics of the Wanfa Sect had merged solidly and transformed, aiming directly at the Great Dao. How could it be comparable to the Red Sun Sect, which had not even completed the rationalization of the core tenets of their cultivation techniques?

However, the two weren't very familiar, and Wang Qi did not point this out. He said, "I have just returned home, originally only to tend to the graves, not expecting to encounter these match-making events and desiring to catch up..."

Chi Lianxue, being a clever man, immediately responded, "Please, Daoist Fellow, do as you wish."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Chi Lianxue returned to the house at the center of the village, leaving Wang Qi and the bewildered crowd behind.

At this moment, the villagers all wore expressions of shock and stared at Wang Qi with wide eyes.

Who was Sect Master Chi? A person of the Immortals! In their eyes, Chi Lianxue's cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage was already boundlessly powerful! Yet Wang Qi could converse with the Sect Leader on equal terms?

This... this... in just one year, had Wang Qi changed so drastically?

After Chi Lianxue left, Wang Qi inquired about the origins of Chi Lianxue from the Red Sun Sect and their recent situation from the locals.

It turned out that although the aftermath of the battle between Xiang Qi, Li Ziye, and the Ancient Method Practitioners had destroyed the entire village a year ago, that was after all not a targeted attack on these mortals. Moreover, with Xiang Qi having called for help from the Immortal Alliance before fainting, the rescue by the Security Guardian for the villagers was timely. Out of the hundred or so households, nearly thirty people were saved.

The Immortal Alliance had judged this incident as a retaliatory attack against Xiang Qi and Li Ziye. Dabai Village had suffered undeserved disaster and thus was compensated. Since it was Late Spring at the time, and the battle had affected the farms, destroying the peasants' means for a year, the Immortal Alliance provided for the villagers' food, clothing, and shelter in Xiangkou until this spring. In the meantime, all age-appropriate survivors from Dabai Village attended the lectures of the Immortal Alliance, to see if they had a chance to become cultivators.

Regretfully, the education system was not well-developed, and it was already not easy for ordinary people to learn to read, let alone to establish a scientific worldview which was the goal of the Learning Stage, and it was extremely difficult. Not one of them passed the unified trial during the Learning Stage last year. Naturally, the results of the uniform entrance trials weren't ideal either. Although they did indeed qualify for cultivation, few sects wanted to accept them.

It was at this time that Chi Lianxue appeared. He had previously earned merit points as a Guardian Envoy in the West Sea and was now tired of the constant fighting. He returned to Jingxiang with the desire to establish his own sect and pass on his knowledge. He was an incredibly generous man, not only accepting new disciples like Tie Zhu but also taking on old, disabled, and unable to cultivate people like Old Luo. Most admirably, he even agreed to his disciples' unreasonable request to establish the Mountain Gate at the ruins of Dabai Village, fulfilling their wish to guard the graves of their deceased family members.

Even one of the surviving old men patted Wang Qi on the shoulder and loudly praised, "This Sect Master Chi, he's a good man!"

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