Chapter 109: Transcendent Arts
"Above these all are Transcendent Arts – arts that have the potential to transcend the world and reach the immortal realm.
They have this because they contain important key points for each stage.
But the requirements are also rough – having a True Inspiration at the first stage. And the earlier you practice this art, the better, for it can truly become your foundation for the path!
The Spirit Beast City has several Transcendent Arts, and each of the founding families also has their own unique art."
As Fengyu listened to the young man, he gained not only an understanding of the world, but also an understanding of the cultivation stages.
He never knew, ever since he reincarnated – how high this world could go?
In his previous life, he had also read a few novels. Yet each time, the world was different, and he had never seen a world like this. So he didn’t know how high the cultivation of this world was...
Looking at the young man, he knew there might be an answer.
But just as he wanted to ask, the young man instead asked him, "Do you want to learn such an art? The requirements aren’t difficult at all, but there are still many cultivators who refuse them."
"What are they?" Fengyu asked, his heart high. If this art could truly reach so far, wouldn’t it be best to learn them?
"You need to sign a contract with the city to become an Inner Citizen.
From then on, you will be bound to the city not only with the contract, but even your fortune and everything else will be bound to it.
You will have responsibilities, tasks and other things you have to do.
When you reach the third stage, cultivators usually establish a peak outside the city to the east, but the city might ask you to do something else.
Even if you wish to marry, you will need the blessing of the city... naturally they won’t reject it, but your wife would likely need to also enter this contract.
But, before you feel that it’s too controlling... let me tell you that the Inner Councillors only come from Inner Citizen.
While those people who establish a peak are also called councillors, they only have the right to participate and vote during council meetings, which is why they’re called Outer Councillors.
Any task in the city is delegated and controlled by the Inner Councillors.
Even bringing up something for a vote requires the participation of ten Outer Councillors, while an Inner Councillor can do so as long as it is reasonable enough."
The man was about to keep talking when Fengyu raised his hand, "Fellow daoist, this all sounds great, but I have a question.
Are the founding families also Inner Citizen?"
Fengyu looked deeply at the man, knowing that he was likely one of these. Founding Families, didn’t this sound great? But in fact, the history he read about the city was that there were hundreds of these families.
Those living south are all these hundreds of families, but those called Founding Families are those that are at the peak of them, those that led the construction and those that should have the greatest authority now.
"Fellow daoist, how could the founding families ruin the city they built so painstakingly?
There is an extremely important rule in our city –
Once a cultivator goes beyond the fourth stage, to continue living in the city permanently, they need to become an Inner Citizen.
The families in the south and the peaks in the east... they are only breeding places for Inner Citizen.
And before you ask, every Inner Citizen is of equal value in their respective stage.
This means if you enter, your status will be of the same stage as me, even if I am a family cultivator."
"Fellow daoist is an Inner Citizen?"
"Hehe, do you know why I walked up to you? Fellow daoist, you have a special aura, an aura that only one with a Spiritual Inspiration has.
From the moment I saw you, I knew you could become an Inner Citizen. I was just not sure whether you could become one now, or whether I should wait to invite you later."
Fengyu looked deeply at the man, finally understanding why he was so welcoming and inviting.
"Is there a reward for inviting cultivators into the Inner City?"
"There is one indeed." The cultivator didn’t deny, but didn’t say what it was either.
Fengyu thought for a moment, ’Inner Citizen, it sounds great... I just fail to see the negative about it...’
He was confused, why did this cultivator say there were many people who rejected this idea?
It seemed great – at the cost of responsibility and a few tasks, you would gain a cultivation art that leads to transcendence. Who knows which other benefits there are?
"Are there other benefits than the cultivation art?"
"The benefits are three: the cultivation art, a Creation Arts inheritance of your choice, and you get one request. Whatever you want – an item, a weapon, even a Foundation Building Pill – the city will give it to you."
"Fellow daoist, please be honest. What is the negative of this side?"
"The negative?" looking at Fengyu’s confused face, the cultivator realised something.
"Does fellow daoist not think binding your fortune to this city is horrendous? Once you do so, you won’t be able to leave. Your cultivation is bound to it, your life, your whole being..."
"Fellow daoist, you are a bit confused. In this first stage, I will surely not leave the city. In the second stage, I doubt I will have the means. Maybe in the third stage I can do it, but by then my foundation is here, so what’s the point of leaving?
And the further I go, the more reason I have to stay.
There is a saying where I come from –
A person can leave everything behind but their home.
Over two thirds of my life have been dedicated to this city already! As long as the city has a place for me, and as long as I can keep cultivating in the city, I won’t ever want to leave the city!"