I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

Although the Loose Cultivator Alliance is a loose organization, there are still requirements to join. There are two obvious paths to choose from.

The first is to possess special talents, such as being skilled in alchemy, weapon refinement, or talisman creation. Passing an assessment allows you to join.

The second is to possess good talent. With this, you can not only join the Deacon Hall of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, but outstanding talents may even be accepted as disciples by the elders of the alliance.

Lu Xin didn't want to take either of these paths.

Although he could quickly learn alchemy, weapon refinement, and the like with "Focus", he chose a hidden path he had inquired about to avoid complications.

That is, to give money.

Lu Xin suppressed his cultivation to the peak of Qi training and came to the Deacon Hall of the Loose Cultivator Alliance in the city with Ji Yue.

After arriving here, he found many people queuing for assessment. After inquiring, Lu Xin went directly to the back hall and met a duty deacon.

This was an old man with gray hair and peak Qi training cultivation.

"What business do you two have with me?" the old man said unhurriedly, sipping tea.

Lu Xin took out a storage bag and handed it over. "Greetings, Deacon. My brother and sister have just arrived here and want to join the alliance for protection."

The old man didn't speak, expressionlessly accepting the storage bag. He scanned it with his spiritual sense, and a satisfied smile immediately appeared on his face, which he quickly restrained.

"The alliance is indeed short of manpower," the old man said, putting away the storage bag and taking out two tokens:

"These two bronze tokens are identity tokens, which can prove your identity, but the permissions are limited. You cannot receive a salary, no accommodation will be provided, and you cannot enter the Scripture Pavilion…"

In short, it was just a nominal token.

Lu Xin took it without care, and then carefully inquired: "I wonder, Deacon, does this token have the authority to sign up to enter the Long Heaven Secret Realm?"

"Enter the Secret Realm?"

The old man frowned, looked Lu Xin up and down, and said, "Seeing that you are young and have cultivated to the peak of Qi training, your future is limitless. Why rush to your death?"

As for Ji Yue, who was only at the sixth level of Qi training, he directly ignored her.

Lu Xin pretended to smile bitterly and explained: "Deacon, don't look at me being young. I actually took a youth-preserving pill by chance. Now I only have a few decades left to live, but I haven't felt any breakthrough, so I want to go to the Secret Realm to take a gamble."

"Ah, you are too impatient," the old man smiled and stroked his beard, seemingly because he had received money, or perhaps because he empathized with him.

"Alas, I don't have the same composure as senior," Lu Xin flattered slightly.

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately smiled and said, "Since you have come to me, then I will point you to a way. Although this bronze token identity can be used to sign up to participate, but…"

He suddenly stopped here.

Lu Xin immediately understood and painfully handed over five hundred spirit stones.

The old man accepted it without showing any emotion, and then said, "But it doesn't necessarily mean you can get a spot."

"Could it be that there are not enough spots?" Lu Xin was puzzled. He remembered the news he had inquired about was that there were always many spots left over each time.

The old man picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then said:

"Although this Secret Realm is extremely dangerous, most people in the alliance who meet the requirements are unwilling to go, but such a large alliance can't even gather a few dozen people, so that many spots are left over each time. Do you know why this is?"

"Why?" Although Lu Xin had a guess, he cooperated and asked.

"Because it can generate wealth."

The old man said indifferently:

"Every time our alliance goes to the Secret Realm, not only are there heavy casualties, but often the gains are not as good as the losses."

"Therefore, the alliance decided that it would be better to block some spots and auction them off to those small forces outside the alliance who have no chance to go."

"This not only reduces losses but also creates revenue."

Lu Xin understood that his token would definitely not be able to apply for a spot.

"Then what is the way that the deacon is talking about?" he tentatively asked.

This time, the old man didn't hide anything and said directly: "However, these revenues are all public. Elder Chen in the alliance is quite old and knows that there is no hope of breaking through to the Golden Core stage, and is now wholeheartedly for his descendants, so…"

Then the old man gave him a "you understand" look.

Lu Xin pretended to show a difficult look, pondered for a while, and asked: "May I ask, Deacon, how many spirit stones are usually auctioned for a spot?"

The old man understood his thoughts and was not annoyed. He smiled and said, "The first few times were not high, but now, the large and small forces in Yan Country basically know that our alliance will auction, so the competition is still very fierce."

The old man gave a rough figure.

Half an hour later, Lu Xin walked out with a pained expression.

A spot started at four thousand low-grade spirit stones, which was outrageously expensive.

But who told him that there were spiritual herbs for refining Foundation Establishment Pills in the Secret Realm?

An opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage naturally made those small forces flock to it.

Subsequently, Lu Xin met Elder Chen under the old man's introduction and obtained two spots for the starting price of four thousand.

Adding the two thousand spirit stones for buying the identity earlier, as well as the five hundred inquiry fee, this trip cost a total of a terrifying ten thousand and five hundred spirit stones.

"Remember to pay me back," Lu Xin said to Ji Yue when they arrived at a deserted place.

She hadn't said a word inside just now, which was what Lu Xin had asked for. He didn't want any accidents.

"There were originally my spirit stones inside," Ji Yue said dissatisfied.

Lu Xin began to calculate. "I only got a little over four thousand spirit stones from you in total. Can you calculate how much I just spent for you?"

"Alright, seeing how stingy you are, I'll pay you back double when I get back," Ji Yue glared at him.

"That's more like it," Lu Xin instantly felt much better and sighed, "You don't know the cost of living until you're in charge of a household. You have a large family and business, but I'm just a small loose cultivator. I have to rely on myself for everything."

Ji Yue snorted softly and suddenly asked, "Have you really taken the youth-preserving pill?"

"What, do you want one too?" Lu Xin looked at her face, which was quite delicate even though it had been disguised.

Ji Yue's face turned red from his gaze, and she retorted: "I'm afraid that you really don't have much lifespan left, and I'll have to take the time to build a grave for you."

"Heh heh."

Lu Xin rolled his eyes and retorted: "Then you have to be careful. Everyone in your Holy Heart Sect is shouting for you to be killed. If your identity is discovered, I don't know who will be building a grave for whom."

"You…"

The two of them bickered with each other like this and went to find a place to live.

There were still forty days before the Secret Realm opened. During this time, Lu Xin planned to cultivate the 'Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique'.

"Look at you, you're so good-looking, you just don't know how to be low-key. I told you to dress uglier before entering the city, but you just wouldn't listen," Lu Xin said dissatisfiedly in front of a few piles of black ash.

Just now, a young master who claimed to be something or other came over with a few guards and staged a clichéd scene of forcibly seizing a woman.

As a result, Lu Xin burned him to ashes with one strike.

"It's a pity about the storage bag," Lu Xin felt a little heartache. In order not to be exposed, he had taken a ruthless hand, and as a result, he didn't even leave the storage bag behind.

"But I've already tried my best to dress very ugly," Ji Yue said somewhat aggrieved, and then suddenly asked:

"Did you just say I was good-looking?"

"So-so," Lu Xin glanced at her and turned away.

Ji Yue followed happily.