722: Make a living

Lin Yang returned to the Moon Shadow Sect.

Since he was being laid off and there was a severance package to be had, he certainly wouldn't miss it.

After all, he would become a rogue cultivator after being laid off.

For a rogue cultivator, even finding a place to live is a problem; living in a city requires paying fees, so he might as well take the extra severance pay.

On his way back, Lin Yang happened to encounter three guys at the Ninth Level of Dao Above.

They were people from the Tiankun Sect.

Judging by their appearance, they should have come to investigate the causes of death of Lan Gang and Zi Hong.

Fortunately, Lin Yang had been cautiously concealing himself while traveling, so these three guys failed to discover him.

He also had no intention of attacking these three, so he stayed hidden and quietly left.

His current cultivation was only at the Third Level of Dao Above, and dealing with the Eighth Level of Dao Above was nearly his limit.

He had no absolute certainty in dealing with the Ninth Level of Dao Above, let alone when the other party consisted of three people.

While cautiously concealing himself all the way back to the Moon Shadow Sect, Lin Yang received an official notice halfway there.

The Moon Shadow Sect was indeed going to lay off a batch of disciples.

Just as Shi Jie had told him, disciples below the Dao Fire Realm were basically all to be laid off.

Especially those of them who had joined the sect not long ago.

According to the Moon Shadow Sect's notice, it was to avoid implicating them.

After all, given the Moon Shadow Sect's current situation, disciples at the Dao Above level would basically have no hope of improvement if they continued to stay in the sect.

This was a fact.

But it was also because the Moon Shadow Sect could no longer afford to support too many ordinary disciples and could only retain elite disciples to wait for better days.

As for the severance pay, it was given based on the time of joining the sect and contributions.

Consequently, Lin Yang and the others couldn't get much at all.

But even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

Everyone still took the severance pay and then left the Moon Shadow Sect.

The Moon Shadow Sect was going to close its gates.

This was one of the measures to prevent being completely wiped out by the Tiankun Sect.

Standing outside the Moon Shadow Sect's mountain gate, Lin Yang was filled with emotion.

His luck was truly something else.

Back then, he was only a step away from becoming a disciple of the Yuyu Sect.

Now, it was just great; he had passively become a rogue cultivator.

Although the Moon Shadow Sect had been benevolent enough.

But this feeling was really... hard to describe in words.

"Senior Brother Lin Yang, what are your plans for the future?"

Beside Lin Yang, Shi Jie, Xin Hao, and Li Liping were all present.

They had been waiting for Lin Yang's return and had not left early.

Now, they had the intention of advancing and retreating together with Lin Yang.

Lin Yang pondered for a moment and said, "I plan to venture out on my own."

They had become rogue cultivators, and because they had joined a sect, plus it was already difficult to join a sect in the first place, other sects would almost certainly not accept them again.

For now, the only way was to make a living on one's own.

Shi Jie and the other two looked at each other and said, "We have also been scouting for information during this period. There are some ordinary cultivator families around Baichi City. They don't have too many taboos; perhaps we can find a cultivator family to try."

The Primal Ancient Continent was too vast, and the situation was naturally very complex.

Sect forces were undoubtedly the most common and strongest existence.

But there were also some cultivator families that had their own ways of surviving.

Because these cultivator families were not strong enough themselves, they were not as strict as sects when selecting disciples.

As long as there were no major issues with their background and they were not from a hostile family, they could generally join.

Of course, they wouldn't be core members.

It was more of a mutually beneficial relationship.

The cultivator family provided a certain degree of protection, while the joining cultivator needed to create certain benefits for the family, work for the family, and even risk their life for it.

Shi Jie and the others intended to go to a cultivator family, but Lin Yang did not want to join any other forces for the time being.

They were disciples laid off by the Moon Shadow Sect, so their backgrounds were considered clean, and since they came from the Space-Time Tree, there was basically no problem joining some ordinary families.

But the situation of cultivator families was also complex, and there were quite a few constraints.

He currently had nearly a million yuan sand and some resources that could be sold.

Therefore, Lin Yang planned to be a lone wolf for a while to see the situation before deciding.

Hearing this, Shi Jie and the others didn't say much. After all, everyone had their own aspirations. Although it was a pity that they couldn't join a cultivator family with Lin Yang, they couldn't force him, so they said:

"Then, Senior Brother Lin Yang, let's keep in touch at all times."

"Alright!" Lin Yang did not refuse.

Shi Jie and the others could be considered to have a life-and-death friendship with him.

They could also be considered his first batch of friends after coming to the Primal Ancient Continent.

Although they would no longer be fellow sect brothers in the future, this friendship could still be continued.

Having more friends meant more paths.

Subsequently, Lin Yang said goodbye to Shi Jie and the others.

Outside the Moon Shadow Sect, some cultivator families were taking the opportunity to recruit disciples.

The Moon Shadow Sect might look down on Dao Above disciples, but for these cultivator families, sect disciples were still highly sought after.

Moreover, recruiting right under the mountain gate saved the effort of investigating their backgrounds, which saved a lot of trouble.

Therefore, many laid-off disciples would be surrounded by people from various cultivator families asking if they wanted to join as soon as they left the sect.

The conditions offered by each cultivator family were different, suitable for people with different cultivation levels.

Lin Yang was naturally recruited as well, but he politely declined them all.

Then, after walking a long distance, he quietly concealed himself and traveled alone towards Baichi City.

Now, the fixed route to Baichi City was extremely safe.

Major cultivator families had all come to the Moon Shadow Sect to recruit laid-off disciples, and the wraiths on the road had long been cleared along the way.

The people from the Tiankun Sect also no longer secretly assassinated the former Moon Shadow Sect disciples who had already joined other cultivator families.

Since they had already joined other families, they were no longer Moon Shadow Sect disciples. Rashly assassinating them again would be equivalent to offending the family forces they had joined.

Although the Tiankun Sect was a second-rate sect, it did not dare to easily offend many families.

Therefore, Lin Yang traveled with great peace of mind.

Around Baichi City, there were strongholds where rogue cultivators gathered.

He planned to live in a Rogue Cultivator Stronghold for a while to see.

...

East of Baichi City, a Rogue Cultivator Stronghold.

After a long journey, Lin Yang arrived here.

He did not choose to enter Baichi City.

The cost of living in Baichi City was not cheap.

In the Rogue Cultivator Stronghold, unless one lived in the core area, one could settle down anywhere in the periphery, only needing to pay a small fee.

These fees were paid to the three major families of Baichi City, who were the joint operators of the stronghold.

The three major families of Baichi City provided a certain degree of protection for the Rogue Cultivator Stronghold.

There were also various shops and living areas within the stronghold, which could be considered a simplified version of a city.

The closer to the center of the stronghold, the more expensive the living costs, but even the most expensive was not as expensive as Baichi City.

Lin Yang did not choose to go to the central area immediately. After paying a small fee to the manager, he obtained a foothold in the periphery and began to familiarize himself with the situation of the entire stronghold.

The entire rogue cultivator gathering place was actually still some distance from Baichi City.

But the three major families had guard teams stationed in the stronghold, so safety was somewhat guaranteed.

Well, it was only "somewhat" guaranteed.

As for making money, the three major families also provided some work, but the remuneration was not high.

Besides that, everything had to be relied upon oneself.

"People living in the rogue cultivator gathering place all have some areas they are good at, otherwise it is difficult to survive."

Lin Yang whispered.

According to his understanding, there were some experts in Formation Array in this stronghold who made money by selling complete Formation Arrays.

There were also those good at refining pills who sold pills with various effects to make a living.

And some people who refined magic treasures and Dao soldiers made a fortune by refining Dao soldiers for others.

The Great Dao had thousands of paths, each different.

Basically everyone had a specialty to rely on.

And Lin Yang himself...

"Whether it's Formation Arrays, pills, or even Dao soldier refining, I only know a little bit about them. It seems I don't have any particular specialty..."

Lin Yang felt a bit helpless.

Although when one's cultivation reaches a certain level, one will have a certain degree of mastery over these skills.

But mastery and proficiency are two different things.

For example, with Dao soldiers, every Dao Above can refine basic Dao soldiers.

But the quality is very average.

To refine high-grade Dao soldiers, one needs to study specifically.

Otherwise, the failure rate is terrifyingly high, which is purely a waste of materials.

The same applies to Formation Arrays and pills.

Some basic Formation Arrays and medicines can be set up and refined casually.

But for advanced ones, it requires deep study and countless practical operations to become proficient.

And because Lin Yang's cultivation speed had been astonishingly fast along the way, he had not specifically studied any skill.

This also led to his current slightly awkward situation.

"It seems that I have to study a skill properly."

Lin Yang pondered, starting to think about which skill would be better to study.

After reaching the Dao Above level, improvement becomes very slow. Taking some time to learn a skill is a good choice; otherwise, to make money, one can only go to the border battlefield to fight.

And if he went to the border battlefield, with his current cultivation, it would be no different from courting death.

It is better to study a skill while cultivating. (End of chapter)