The inner sect of the Holy Land was naturally more magnificent than the handymen’s yard.
Tall palaces and skyscrapers stood between the mountains, where waterfalls poured and spirit cranes flew in the sky. Disciples flew in the air, weaving the scene of an immortal sect which would make countless mortals envious.
The secular world yearned for such a place of immortal cultivation.
The current Taiyi Holy Land was no longer the same as before. Many disciples of the other Holy Lands and aristocratic families were envious and looked forward to joining the place.
Qin Chen had lost count of how many times he had been to the inner sect. He had swept the floor in this place for more than a hundred times and checked in dozens of times. He was very familiar with the place.
Of course, this was his first time here as an official disciple.
Those who could become inner sect elders were basically all Liuhe Grandmasters. When they saw Qin Chen’s appearance, they were slightly surprised. Then, they saw the recommendation letter from the miscellaneous affairs elder and knew that the Holy Lord had personally spoken, so they frankly accepted him.
The inner sect elders did not make things difficult for Qin Chen. After all, the latter had been around in the Holy Land for no less than a hundred years now and had come here to sweep the floor many times. They were somewhat familiar with him.
An elder handed over an identity token and an elementary-grade spirit stone with a gentle smile, “Qin Chen, congratulations on becoming an inner sect disciple.”
“Thank you,” Qin Chen accepted the items with a smile. The token was naturally a symbol of status for inner sect disciples. As for this spirit stone, it was given to inner sect disciples as their monthly training resources.
The current Taiyi Holy Land was no longer the same as before. Thanks to the Elder King, the Holy Land had expanded rapidly and had obtained many spirit veins. Other factions had also given the Holy Land spirit veins for the sake of currying favor with the Elder King.
As a result, the Taiyi Holy Land was no longer as short of cultivation resources as it had been a hundred years ago. Although they were still not at the point where they could have everything they wanted, they had enough to provide spirit stones for the many elders and disciples to cultivate.
It was because of this that the Taiyi Holy Land had made rapid progress in the past 100 years and had produced many experts.
Although one spirit stone was not much, it was enough for an inner sect disciple at the Sancai realm to cultivate for a month.
In the outside world, many Sancai realm disciples of the Holy Lands and aristocratic families didn’t even have a single elementary-grade spirit stone a month. They only had half an elementary-grade spirit stone, which was already very precious.
When Qin Chen received his identity token and spirit stone, the surrounding people started pointing and whispering.
“Look, isn’t that the handyman who was sweeping floors in the handymen’s yard?”
“I didn’t expect him to become an inner sect disciple.”
“He’s just too useless. I heard that he was already a handyman a hundred years ago. Now, a hundred years have passed, and he’s still only in the Sancai realm. I have to say, his cultivation talent is probably zero.”
“Hehe, if he wasn’t so useless, why would the imperial clan of the Great Qin Dynasty expel him and demote him to a commoner? They wouldn’t even recognize his status.”
“What? This old handyman is a Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty?”
“That’s right. He was the 17th Prince back then, from the same era as the current Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty. However, the 9th Prince is now the Emperor and I heard that he’s even become a Venerable for a few years now, entering the Bahuang realm before our Holy Lord. Yet, this guy is only in the Sancai realm.”
“No wonder the old Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty expelled him from the imperial clan. If it were me, I would have done the same. Such a useless piece of trash is an insult to the imperial clan’s dignity.”
“What bad luck! How could the Holy Land let such trash become an inner sect disciple? It’s an insult to our status to be in the inner sect with old trash like him.”
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The surrounding words were filled with mockery and ridicule. It was clear that they despised the 17th Prince of the Great Qin Dynasty, who had cultivated for a hundred years and only just stepped into the Sancai realm.
Many inner sect disciples felt that Qin Chen was damaging their status.
Regarding this, Qin Chen was not very angry.
After all, with his current status as the Elder King in the Taiyi Holy Land, he felt like an adult looking at a group of kids pointing at him behind his back when he looked at these inner sect disciples.
If he got angry because of this, he would be lowering his status.
Therefore, Qin Chen’s state of mind was calm, and he didn’t even bother to get angry.
Just as Qin Chen was too lazy to even care about them and headed to the waterfall where he first met Ling Ran in the past, ready to “learn” how to cultivate from the inner sect disciples, a young inner sect disciple suddenly walked over.
He looked at Qin Chen, who was in his forties or fifties, and frowned, “Old handyman, this is my place. You can go and cultivate elsewhere.”
Qin Chen looked at this young inner sect disciple. The latter looked to be around twenty years old, but he was already in the Sancai realm. His talent was considered decent.
Qin Chen didn’t get angry and stood up slowly. He moved to another place and was about to cultivate when another young inner sect disciple ran over and impatiently drove him away, “Old handyman, this is my place. You can go somewhere else.”
Qin Chen still did not get angry and continued to venture to other places.
However, no matter where he went, other inner sect disciples would run over to expel him. Seeing him being continuously expelled, they couldn’t help but sneer. Obviously, it was very satisfying for them to see Qin Chen’s sorry figure.
Finally, when an inner sect disciple of the Sixiang realm came over again and waved his hand to expel Qin Chen, the latter was already feeling quite impatient.
Qin Chen did not get angry with these inner sect disciples because he saw them as a group of insensible little brats and was too lazy to be angry with them. However, it didn’t mean that he was willing to continue being bullied like this.
At this moment, he raised his head and looked at the inner sect disciple who had come to expel him. His eyes suddenly became much colder.
The inner sect disciple’s heart trembled. However, he was instantly shocked and angry when he felt himself panicking under the gaze of an old handyman while also being stared at by others. With this, he would definitely be a laughingstock. Therefore, the disciple’s tone suddenly became much colder as he scolded, “Old handyman, what are you looking at? This is not a place you are qualified to stay. Get out of here.”
“You want me to get out?” Qin Chen looked at him coldly.
The inner sect disciple felt an inexplicable shiver in his heart, but if he showed fear now, he would definitely be laughed at later. Moreover, the other party was just an old handyman, so what was there to be afraid of?
As such, the disciple simply sneered, “You’re just an old piece of trash who has only reached the Sancai realm after cultivating for a hundred years. Even the Great Qin Dynasty is not willing to accept you and your father expelled you from the imperial clan. Tell me, what right do you have to stay here? Only true geniuses are qualified to stay here.”
Qin Chen laughed. At this time, he was too lazy to hold back. He glanced at the many inner sect disciples present and sneered, “Genius? You guys?”