1073: Chapter 656 1073: Chapter 656 People who are transmigrators, hailing from the civilized world, each arriving at the Cultivation World in different families—they originally thought having a privileged birth would guarantee a bright future!
But while a portion of success depends on one’s inherent advantages, others boast stronger golden fingers and greater resources.
Destiny is simply unequal.
After all, the protagonist is the protagonist, and the supporting character remains a supporting character!
From the perspective of character design, they’re already at a disadvantage!
As relatives or friends, with such excellent resources, how could one not cling to a powerful figure?
Without a bit of shamelessness, how else could one acquire greater abilities?
Ye Tian is not an overly upright, inflexible person.
Nor is he a rigid science guy oblivious to human relationships and social wisdom.
Smoothness and adaptability are perhaps essential for survival!
Jiang Tang had no idea what Ye Tian was truly thinking, and even if he did, there would be little he could do!
After all, weren’t they now both wandering bachelors on their cultivation trials out there?
Besides working and cultivating, gathering occasionally, they had little else to discuss!
Things like romance and sentiment?
They’re not interested…
Brotherhood, perhaps born from life-and-death bonds; the camaraderie between men can sometimes evoke emotional sparks.
Jiang Tang isn’t the type to look down on others just because he holds superior abilities.
As brothers, arrogance and belittling others bring no merit!
Jiang Tang’s golden finger remains a secret—a thing never to be shared.
As others suspect him, he deliberately avoids certain topics to divert attention!
Jiang Tang transmigrated to the Cultivation World years ago.
In his early years, he was rather independent, with a low-ranking position in the Immortal Sect and few acquaintances.
Later, due to youthful recklessness, his penchant for showing off even a hint of ability repeatedly drew him into danger.
These were the mistakes of an impetuous youth!
And he paid a price for those errors—although, luckily, through those errors, he gained greater opportunities.
Perhaps this is the essence of destiny!
Jiang Tang’s current destiny is unmatched.
In the Cultivation World, envy surrounds him; some want to exploit him but are forced to grovel instead!
People ponder whether risking the downfall of their family by attempting to seize a bearer of great destiny is worth it.
Grovelling, on the other hand, is safer.
Many continue their smooth sailing, their arrogance proclaiming, “We don’t grovel,” though their actions betray them as nothing less than supplicants!
The Ten Great Clans solidify bonds through arranged marriages, placing the happiness of a female family member onto a promising youth—claiming it’s for her own good!
Yet isn’t the true motive the family’s collective gain?
Sacrificing one woman’s happiness to benefit the clan, pinning their collective future upon her shoulders!
With such gambits, they seek millennia-long stability, prosperity for their generation, immortality, and an ever-expanding path of cultivation!
The Ten Great Clans, it turns out, made the right bet!
At first, only Xuanyuan Mengting had encountered Jiang Tang’s elegant and dashing visage.
Like a savior, he descended into Immortal Venerable City, distributing antidote equipment to those poisoned—a hero materialized in the Cultivation World!
Witnessing his heroic demeanor firsthand, she also observed his impressive abilities and abundant resources!
She saw his prowess in forging miraculous pills and viewed this man as the next-generation temporal hero!
When Xuanyuan Mengting received the familial decree to marry, rather than opposing it—which could mean sacrificing her happiness—she secretly felt delighted!
Unlike women from the other nine clans, whose families merely heard rumors of Jiang Tang as a rising star or a potential dark horse, Xuanyuan’s clan had already begun their strategic supplication!
Other families set aside their arrogance, for if Jiang Tang could elevate their entire clan, that dark horse was theirs to claim—bought and ridden straight to triumph.
Fortunately, their timing was swift.
Sending forth their daughters to greet him, they chose wisely.
Each young woman saw Jiang Tang’s exceptional strength and unwavering righteousness—not weak-kneed, not overly macho, but fiercely loyal!
Even by Jiang Tang’s side, they would secure the resources they desired, and their families were lucky to gain cultivation manuals and pills!
The Ten Great Clans acted swiftly.
Other sects, city lords, and clans, arriving late to the game, could only hope to form relationships with Jiang Tang as friends of friends or as past acquaintances from various Immortal Sects.
Take Su Chang’an, for instance—back before Jiang Tang’s rise, he had already sworn brotherhood with him—showing an admirable foresight and righteous spirit!
Ye Tian also succeeded in joining their Saint Sect, becoming an investor!
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin arrived later, seeking pill purchases under familial tasks, earning Jiang Tang’s protection.
Sharp-eyed representatives of their clans hoped to become subordinate families within the Saint Sect!
The Jiang Family?
They sought to purchase supreme pills but faced suppression by another clan, prompting Jiang Tang to defend them.
Subsequently, they attempted to become a subordinate clan, citing their shared surname with Jiang Tang as a beneficial advantage!
As for the North City Immortal Sect, Jiang Tang’s original sect—they marveled at his accomplishments, unaware that he had once been a servant disciple of their sect!
During attempts to purchase supreme pills, coincidences revealed that their once low-ranked servant disciple held extraordinary talent.
His name carried a reputation within the sect despite not reaching high cultivation levels or garnering leadership’s attention!
Only a few within the Mission Hall remembered tasks Jiang Tang undertook!
Jiang Tang first made a name for himself in Immortal Venerable City.
After befriending the Ten Great Clans and acquiring subordinate families, profits from pill sales allowed him to establish the Sacred Gate Base—a grand undertaking managed over several months!
During this period, he leveraged the abilities of his pets and magical treasures to effortlessly regulate over twenty influential figures within the great city!
On his meteoric rise, he acquired the artifact spirit of Hell Palace and later wielded magical treasures against the Dragon King!
Amid his base-building, fortuitous encounters allowed him to take in Seven-colored Immortal Qi, seal the body and spirit of a monkey, and integrate the monkey’s three spirit fragments into Hell Palace’s artifact spirit!
Later, while seeking the Heaven-Mending Spell, he dispatched the monkeys, which incidentally tracked the Dragon King’s Crown Prince and monitored the Mahayana Great Powers attempting to breach the Dragon King Palace!
Subsequently, Jiang Tang and Ye Tian, along with two pets, accidentally transmigrated back to the civilized world, only to discover they had travelled across the Cultivation World in different eras!
At this point, revelation dawned that they were both transmigrators.
Jiang Tang had already suspected Ye Tian’s advanced technological products derived from a fusion of cultivation-based artifact refining and modern tech!
Ye Tian, however, was unaware of Jiang Tang’s origins.
Their journey to the civilized world prompted Jiang Tang to send out Eryao, who excelled at battling extraterrestrials!
Thus, the two joined forces, contributing immensely to the civilized world over several months!
Later, as they prepared to depart, Eryao proposed an adventure among the eternal stars, seeking opportunities to uncover the Heaven-Mending Spell!
This led them to the Eternal Star, where they flourished, vanquishing evil demons.
Eryao was the first to emerge, wielding thunder and lightning to crush the Guandi Cult!
The Guandi Cult was discovered to be ruthlessly depraved, with Taoist Temples spread across the entire world!
The widespread abuse of humanity by this insidious cult was intolerable!
Such a pervasive evil as Guandi Cult demanded annihilation.
Jiang Tang and Eryao reaped rewards, as purging cult disciples of their Evil Qi returned the Light of Merit, which was no different from earning merit through other acts!
Killing monsters while gaining the Light of Merit—how could one hesitate?
They could defeat evil while enjoying leisure, plundering resources from the demonic cultivators everywhere they went!
Especially targeting the Guandi Cult, which had operated like a pyramid scheme globally for years, accumulating vast resources!