Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant

Chapter 827: Chapter 670: Duel of the Twin Prides

A few days later.

A new announcement was posted at the gate of Starlight Immortal City.

In golden characters, stamped with the Great Seal of the Island Master.

The content was very brief.

Disciples of the Profound Celestial Sect, must vacate Starlight Island within one month.

Those who overstay will have all their possessions confiscated and be expelled from the island.

The same notice appeared in the other four small Immortal Cities on Starlight Island.

The news spread quickly.

People on the street walked with their heads down, speaking in hushed tones.

The air felt heavy, as if something was pressing down on it.

This announcement signified that True Master Profound Ice from Starlight Island had officially broken ties with the Profound Celestial Sect.

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In a private room of a tavern.

The doors and windows were tightly shut.

A few Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators sat around a table.

The spiritual vegetables had barely been touched, but the spirit wine was being consumed quickly.

The tall, thin-faced cultivator sitting to the east put down his wine glass.

The bottom of the glass clinked lightly against the table.

"Have you seen the announcement?"

"Does any brother know what’s going on inside?"

The black-faced man opposite rubbed his hands together.

"I heard it, it’s just hearsay, can’t be trusted."

His voice was very low.

"They say the Profound Celestial Sect wants to reclaim Starlight Island. The Island Master didn’t agree."

"Can he agree?"

A younger cultivator interjected.

"This is the Island Master’s domain. It took fifty years of hard work to reach today’s prosperity."

"So, they broke ties."

The black-faced man said.

The group fell silent.

All that was left in the private room was the sound of breathing and the faint noise of the market coming from outside the window.

After a while, the thin face asked again, "Can the Island Master hold on?"

This was also a question many people were worried about.

After all, it was the Profound Celestial Sect, the number one sect in Song Country.

Even though True Master Profound Ice was a famous Ice Technique Golden Core cultivator in Song Country.

Could he withstand the pressure of the Profound Celestial Sect alone?

The old cultivator sitting at the head of the table had been silent.

At this point, he picked up a piece of demon beast meat, put it in his mouth, and slowly chewed.

Grease clung to his graying beard.

"Even if he can’t, he must."

He swallowed the meat with difficulty and took a sip of spirit wine.

"Some things are a matter of principle, not a step can be taken back."

He looked around the room.

"Tell me, is Starlight Island managed better by the Profound Celestial Sect or the Island Master?"

"Naturally, the Island Master."

The young cultivator blurted out.

"If it weren’t for the Island Master, how would Starlight Island have its current prosperity?"

The black-faced man added.

The thin face nodded: "If it were the domain of the Profound Celestial Sect, I wouldn’t stay either."

They fell silent for a good while.

They all knew well the benefits of Starlight Island.

And these benefits didn’t come out of thin air.

They were formed by the great kindness and righteousness of the Island Master, who proactively shared the benefits.

Starlight Island is a paradise for loose cultivators.

Here, as long as you’re willing to work, you can earn Spirit Stones.

Mines, workshops, docks, warehouses, they all need manpower.

The Cyan Cloud Sect’s spaceship makes several trips each month, bringing in ore, beast materials, spirit grass from the wilderness, and taking out refined elixirs, talismans, and magical artifacts.

Spirit Stones flow like living water through everyone’s hands.

The world hustles for profit, and the world bustles for profit.

Allowing loose cultivators to earn Spirit Stones is the hard truth.

Here, there is no sect family pressing down on you.

The few cultivation clans that originally followed the Island Master here are low-key, integrated into all aspects of Starlight Island.

Their descendants take pride in holding public positions on Starlight Island.

For business, instead of being proactive, there are restrictions.

On Starlight Island, laws are strictly enforced.

If those in charge make a mistake, they are penalized more heavily than anyone else.

The rules are carved into stone tablets, and whoever touches them falls.

Loose cultivators walking on the street hold their heads high.

As long as they don’t break the law, no one can do anything to them.

Here, taxes are extremely light, open, and transparent.

For selling goods thirty percent is taken, spirit field rent is ten percent.

Cave mansions are cheap, the price of the same specs here is only thirty percent of that in Profound Celestial Immortal City.

No corvée, no levies.

Expenses for food, clothing, housing, and transportation can be clearly calculated.

Here, loose cultivators have more hope.

Once registered, their children can go to free schools.

No Spirit Stone is charged, even materials and meals are covered by the school.

According to the attributes of their Spirit Roots, appropriate cultivation techniques are taught.

The secondary curriculum is the corresponding cultivation techniques.

Even if you have an Inferior Spirit Root, you can still cultivate to Qi Cultivation Third Layer and secure an apprentice position.

In fifty years, more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators have walked out of this school.

Foundation Establishment Pills and Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects can be applied for at the Island Master’s Mansion, with costs advanced by the Island Master’s Mansion.

Upon successful Foundation Establishment, repayment can be made slowly.

If Foundation Establishment fails and repayment cannot be made, no one will come to collect the debt.

The success rate of Foundation Establishment is not very high.

Even if you have only a ten or twenty percent chance, you can still get an opportunity.

It must be said.

The treatment Starlight Island provides to loose cultivators exceeds that of any sect and Immortal City in Song Country.

These matters, like stones piled into a mountain, weighed heavily on their hearts.

They liked Starlight Island, willing to settle here.

However, if Starlight Island is returned to the Profound Celestial Sect, will it still be the same Starlight Island?

Will these policies still continue?

The old cultivator took another sip of spirit wine.

The spirit wine was a bit spicy, and he squinted his eyes slightly.

"The Island Master hasn’t exploited the loose cultivators over the years."

"If this old man is not mistaken, the Island Master has been subsidizing and filling the gaps. We can all see it."

The young cultivator gripped the wine glass, slightly using force.

"If the Profound Celestial Sect really takes the island..."

He didn’t finish his sentence and sighed.

"Then it won’t be the Starlight Island of today."

The black-faced man added: "It would just be another ordinary island of the Profound Celestial Sect."

The Profound Celestial Sect has more than one Tier Three island like Starlight Island.

Compared to Starlight Island, the other Tier Three islands are worlds apart.

Not even on par with an ordinary Immortal City.

The thin-faced man stared at the spiritual vegetables on the table.

The spiritual vegetables had gone cold, the oil congealed into white.

"I don’t want to leave."