Chapter 873: Chapter 873: You Need to Work the Bureaucracy Here Too for a Future
While eating with everyone and chatting, Ji Yang managed to ask about many things he wanted to know.
From everyone’s conversations, Ji Yang learned that even though they were outer sect disciples, they had sect tasks. Each of these tasks was filled with risk, and if they were not careful, they could be killed by marauding cultivators. The sect did not pay much attention to cases where disciples were killed by marauding cultivators.
Although the surveillance here was strong, no one knew if the marauding cultivators would destroy it. Furthermore, in some remote areas, there might not be any surveillance at all. A major reason many people continuously earned points was to cover their annual tasks by paying them.
“Junior brother, you must try to earn as much as possible, and you should also conserve the items you brought from your hometown. The sect tasks that occur twice a year must be completed. If you don’t do them, you need to pay a thousand points per task to cover it, totaling two thousand points; otherwise, you will probably have to take on tasks,” a person named Rakel sighed.
“Junior brother, Rakel is right. Increasing our cultivation isn’t easy. When everyone arrived, we all brought items from home to exchange for points. Initially, we thought it was good, but over time, the points were all used up. Look at me, I came here with the first level of Qi Refinement cultivation. I worked hard for thirty years to reach the fifth level of Qi Refinement, which isn’t bad. But every year, two thousand points plus rent, various expenses, food, etc., and I spend five thousand points a year. After thirty years, I have almost spent all my points, and next year I won’t have points to cover tasks. I have no choice but to take on sect tasks,” said a person named Diya with bitterness.
“Those in the Cave Heaven Realm are better off. They have reached the Cave Heaven Realm and have at least an acre of Blessed Lands and Caves. The items they grow can be used to pay for task points. Unfortunately, reaching the Cave Heaven Realm is too difficult for us outer sect disciples.”
Ji Yang said, “I see many people here who don’t seem like disciples of Haotian Gate. What’s the situation?”
Jiang Suyue said, “In the world of cultivators, people need to establish families. After establishing a family, many of their descendants may not have good qualifications and do not have special admissions like us. Naturally, they become ordinary people, and these people cannot be ignored, so they become city residents. They are not qualified to enter the sect. If their descendants have good spirit roots, they can enter the sect. Without it, they remain ordinary people. Over time, when some families’ cultivators don’t care about them, or when they die, they lose their backing and become the lowest class group.”
Ji Yang nodded slightly, acknowledging that this was indeed the case.
Rao Mingping looked at Ji Yang and said, “Junior brother, in the Cultivation Realm, strength is key. With strength, one can enter the inner sect. Once in the inner sect, even the worst can become a steward, and the next level up is to become a Sphere Leader.”
Ji Yang, puzzled, asked, “Didn’t you just say being a Sphere Leader is risky?”
Rao Mingping replied, “Sphere Leaders are not the same. Inner sect disciples can learn various skills, and they earn more points. They can acquire good formations, and the planets assigned to them are resource-rich. As long as they set up a Defensive Great Formation and install surveillance, most marauding cultivators won’t dare to rob them. As their planet produces more, they can earn more points, creating a virtuous cycle.”
Ji Yang realized that the sect was actually like an officialdom. The higher up one goes, the better the conditions in every aspect, so even after reaching the Cultivation Realm, one needed to take on the path of official career.