"Little Fu, no, now you're a fellow cultivator! Haha, it's only been a few decades, not even a full century, and you're nearly catching up with me!"
"Senior, Manage Si, you're joking. I'm just a minor figure, not mentionable. Today I'm here to register again as a resident…"
Although Fu Xian was a formal resident, he was basically on a working visa. No matter how talented he was, as a foundation building cultivator, he couldn't get full residency.
Now that he had advanced, he wanted to complete the process as fast as possible!
"Haha, fellow daoist Fu, no need to be anxious! Naturally I will follow the procedure. Please give me your identity badge."
Fu Xian handed over the badge with a fast hand, which caused manage Si to smile. This reaction was normal, after all, the immortal city was so grand and everyone wanted to join, but joining didn't depend on your power, instead, it depended on your potential.
Your potential has to be at least that of a fifth stage to be able to get a residence – anything low wouldn't meet the requirements. As for a fifth stage directly joining… this wasn't common either.
You could only join directly with a cultivation of seventh stage or higher.
This combination of various requirements ensured the immortal cities' stable and loyal mid-range strength and vast high-rank strength. The lower strength relied on the internal members and residents of the city.
The manage processed his peal badge in a wooden box, casting spells and reciting a few inaudible things. A minute later, the process was over, and Fu Xian got his pearl back.
But this time, the reflection inside gained a jade luster!
"As per custom, this identity badge proves you're a formal member. Haha, I hope there will be a time where your badge is upgraded to purple or even gold level!"
"Manage Si, you're thinking too well of me!"
"Alright, let's continue the procedure. You're cultivating the Emerald Lake art, right? Well, it's good you switched your art to this when you came here. We have the whole inheritance of this art up to transcendence!
In fact, this art is called [Emerald Forest in the Boundless Lake], stemming from the idiom 'Moon in the Lake'. It's a combined art of wood and water, containing the vast vitality of wood and the boundless spiritual power of water.
Although compared to other special cultivation arts, this one is a bit meagre and mainly has supportive spells and techniques, in the right hands, it can become a supreme art.
This art costs a hundred high-grade spirit stones and a thousand contribution points. As usual, you need to pay us back in the span of a hundred years."
Fu Xian nodded and signed the contract that was offered, before he was given a jade slip.
He knew this was a one-time jade slip, afterward, it would shatter.
As for the contract, it was a detailed form of a heavenly oath, such as that he would be hit by lighting if he gave this technique away.
Thinking of this, he suddenly wanted to try passing it to his clone. But he only awakened one, the other two hadn't yet responded, and this clone didn't require this art, so he had to test it another time.
"As for being introduced to the cultivation stage, you can decide whether to take the public class held once a month, or ask your neighbourhood leader."
"Thank you, manage Si! Senior Ruan has already told me about this and will be guiding me before the next neighbourhood gathering!"
The manager looked at Fu Xian in the eyes before he smiled "That's good! The public classes aren't as in-depth as a private lesson.
Alright, if you have nothing else to do, you can leave."
Fu Xian bowed once more before leaving the room.
Outside, he was in a reception. Passing through, he left the building and looked at the area around.
Clean roads, beautiful trees in each corner, and several buildings the same as the one before.
This area was dedicated to guests and formal residence. He had been assigned to this are ever since he entered the city. Once his cultivation rose, he would be assigned a different area.
Just now he was in a private room with manage Si, who he was assigned to.
After all this drama, he sighed "Finally, I'm a full residence!"
Now, he didn't need to take missions. Taking them would just give him rewards, and it was fine if he wanted to take a break or go into seclusion for a while.
Thinking of this, he wanted to look at the missions, but it wasn't a good time now, so he walked away.
Like in the neighbourhood, he reached an intersection at the end of the road. This time though, the side paths on the road were normal paths, and the end of the road was a designated area.
He took the path to the inheritance island.
Going through the path, he felt no change. At some point, the greenery around the road changed a bit, gradually taking on a different vibe, and some buildings could be seen.
There was no huge change.
If he wanted to see a great view, he would have to go to the bridges themselves. There were direct paths and one could cross them, but generally when moving around, no one would do so.
The real distance between the bridges would take several months to cross.
"Well, it's also said to have brought inspiration to many people, so I should try crossing the bridges once I'm done with the matters at hand."
When he arrived on inheritance island, what he saw was that at the end of the road, there was a huge pagoda with several smaller around.
The huge pagoda could was the main library, while those on the side were different libraries that contained specific knowledge. Although the main library had copies, it's a lot easier to browse in the specific library.
Fu Xian's search this time was just a cultivation art, so he went to the main library.
Guides stood left and right, for the guests who didn't know how to use the library.
Having experienced it prior, he didn't need help, so he just entered casually.
The inside was huge – even just the first floor covered an extremely vast area, with countless bookshelves around.
At the entrance, there was a small reception, and in the centre of the library, there were various futons and tables for people to read on.
He walked to a table a bit further in the back, where there were less people.
This place, like the general affairs hall, was brimming with people. But, they were all quiet and concentrated, even those that talked together had formations around them, insulating the sound inside.
He sat on the table and took the brush on the side, then looked at the scroll in front of him. Raising the brush, he started writing "Cultivation Art: Fire, Wood, Wind Root, Qi Refining".
The words shined for a moment before they disappeared. In the place, various titles and small illustrations appeared. Fu Xian could also scroll up and down.
This was the search function of the library. He thought for a moment and added something on the search bar: "Profound and higher".
Cultivation arts were separated into stages and quality. The stage referred to the cultivation stage, and the quality referred to the power of that art. This quality was graded from low to high: Common, Refined, Profound, Perfect and Transcendent.
His Emerald Lake art was considered Transcendent because it led directly to the immortal realm, other arts of lower quality couldn't compare.