Life as an immortal cultivator was not quite what Chen Qingshan had imagined.
Upon arriving at the Servant Quarters, Chen Qingshan discovered that the other servant disciples were not holding immortal swords or magical artifacts, but rather carrying shoulder poles for fetching water and iron shovels for cleaning manure!
It looked much more like farm work.
Still, they were servant disciples doing odd jobs, which Chen Qingshan could understand.
However, the way these servant disciples looked at him and Wang Dahai made Chen Qingshan furrow his brow slightly.
Their gazes were filled with desire—fierce, greedy looks.
This made Chen Qingshan, a bandit chieftain, feel quite at home.
It felt as though he had returned to his own stronghold.
Only, Chen Qingshan could not figure out what he had that was worth robbing.
The gold and silver treasures he had accumulated in the past had all been left behind at Qingfeng Stronghold.
Figuring that he was going to become an immortal cultivator and would no longer have any use for gold and silver, Chen Qingshan had simply left them behind.
Soon enough, Chen Qingshan found out what he possessed that was worth stealing.
As a servant disciple, he had been issued a set of cultivation techniques and a set of servant robes.
In addition, there was a Blood Qi Pill for cleansing the marrow and transforming the bones.
This Blood Qi Pill could strengthen the body and build stamina, making it the most basic elixir of the Body Tempering Realm.
To core disciples like Ye Qingxuan, it was completely worthless.
However, among the servant disciples, this was a fine treasure.
The person who distributed these items had told Chen Qingshan that they had to honestly do a month of servant chores just to earn a single Blood Qi Pill.
Furthermore, this was the only legitimate way for them, as servant disciples, to acquire a Blood Qi Pill.
Yet, aside from legitimate channels, there were other ways to obtain one.
That was to rob the Blood Qi Pills of other servant disciples.
Since they were all just insignificant servant disciples anyway, the Xuanyang Sect hardly bothered to manage them.
Chen Qingshan and Wang Dahai had just collected their belongings and had not even found their quarters yet when they were blocked by someone.
Looking at the four or five burly men in front of him, Chen Qingshan felt a sense of familiarity.
Back at the stronghold, that was exactly how they used to surround passersby.
Now, it was they who were surrounded.
The leader was a well-built man who looked Chen Qingshan and Wang Dahai up and down before asking with a sneer, "Newbies?"
Chen Qingshan nodded and said, "That's right, my name is Chen Qingshan, and this is my brother Wang Dahai. We just joined the Xuanyang Sect today, and I ask the Senior Brother to show us guidance from now on!"
Chen Qingshan's words caused all five burly men on the opposite side to burst into loud laughter.
"Join the Xuanyang Sect? Kid, let me tell you, servant disciples are not considered members of the Xuanyang Sect; you are merely slaves of the Xuanyang Sect. Only by cultivating to the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering before the age of thirty can you earn the qualification to truly join the Xuanyang Sect!"
The muscular man said with a smile, his face full of smugness.
Only then did Chen Qingshan and Wang Dahai realize that they were not even considered members of the Xuanyang Sect yet.
Chen Qingshan remembered Ye Qingxuan mentioning that he possessed Innately Divine Strength, which was equivalent to the realm of the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering.
Although he still didn't understand much about cultivation, Chen Qingshan figured that cultivating to the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering shouldn't be too difficult for him.
After the muscular man finished speaking, a lackey beside him chimed in to build momentum.
"Kid, this is Brother Liu An. He is currently at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering and will soon become an official disciple!"
"Why aren't you rushing over to hug Brother Liu's thigh right now? From now on in the Xuanyang Sect, Brother Liu will have your back!"
The expression on Liu An's face grew even more smug; obviously, his lackey's words gave him immense pleasure.
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingshan and Wang Dahai both nodded silently and walked toward Liu An.
Seeing this, Liu An hurriedly shouted, "What are you two doing?!"
With an innocent look, Chen Qingshan said, "Hugging your thigh!"
Liu An's expression instantly turned ugly, and he said coldly, "Kid, are you playing me?"
Chen Qingshan smiled honestly, shook his head, and said, "No, it was your man over there who told us to come hug your thigh!"
The lackey beside him shouted hastily, "Cut the crap! Is that how I meant for you to hug it? I meant for you to hand over your Blood Qi Pills right now and give them to Brother Liu!"
Chen Qingshan knew it—this Liu An was after his Blood Qi Pill.
"Brother Liu, I only have one Blood Qi Pill, and I haven't even tasted it yet!" Chen Qingshan said with a troubled expression.
Liu An sneered and said dismissively, "Of course I know you only have one, and you have no use for this kind of thing right now anyway!"
"Hand it over to me. Once I reach the Fifth Layer of Body Tempering and become an official disciple, I'll return it to you. By then, you can have as many Blood Qi Pills as you want!"
Chen Qingshan was almost amused by Liu An.
Back at the stronghold, he hadn't given fewer empty promises to his own brothers.
Things like how once the stronghold grew large and strong to create new glories, there would be as much meat and as many women as they wanted.
Yet Liu An actually wanted to feed Chen Qingshan empty promises—something Chen Qingshan couldn't swallow a single bite of.
Chen Qingshan smiled faintly and said with a hint of disdain, "What if we don't want to give you this Blood Qi Pill?"
Hearing Chen Qingshan say this, Liu An's expression changed instantly.
The lackey beside him also shouted hastily, "What, you don't want to give it? I'm afraid that's not up to you!"
Chen Qingshan put on a look of sheer terror and cried out in surprise, "You're not going to rob me, are you? This was issued to me by the Xuanyang Sect!"
"Hahahahaha!" Liu An and the others laughed disdainfully.
"So what if the Xuanyang Sect issued it? Let me tell you, the Xuanyang Sect doesn't care at all about fights and squabbles between servant disciples!"
Hearing them say this, the terrified look on Chen Qingshan's face vanished instantly.
"If that's what you say, then I can rest easy!"
Watching Chen Qingshan's expression gradually grow arrogant, Liu An was somewhat baffled by the current situation.
"Kid, what do you mean?"
Chen Qingshan grinned, an almost ferocious look appearing on his face.
Liu An felt as though he must have gone mad to actually think that Chen Qingshan alone intended to rob all of them.
Steadying his nerves, Liu An shouted in a low voice, "Brothers, teach these two newcomers a lesson and make them keep their tails tucked while living in the Servant Quarters!"
At Liu An's command, his four lackeys all smiled and walked toward Chen Qingshan.
Seeing this, Wang Dahai shouted in a low voice, "Boss, hold your ground!"
Then he turned around and sprinted away!
Liu An's expression became even more disdainful.
"Kid, your lackey isn't much use. He just abandoned you here all by yourself to take a beating!"
Chen Qingshan said indifferently, "With him gone, he won't be in the way here!"
Without wasting any more breath, Liu An shouted loudly, "Do it!"
His four lackeys immediately lunged at Chen Qingshan with fists and kicks.
Yet, although these lackoys had also begun immortal cultivation, they were merely at the First or Second Layer of Body Tempering and were simply no match for Chen Qingshan.
In a few quick moves, they were all knocked flat on the ground by Chen Qingshan.
Seeing this, Liu An was somewhat surprised as well.
"Kid, no wonder you were so confident; you really do have some skills!"
However, Liu An remained completely composed.
Although Chen Qingshan was formidable, in his opinion, it was impossible for him to be stronger than himself.
He was at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering and was about to reach the Fifth; anyone stronger than him had already become an official disciple and left the Servant Quarters!