At The Beginning, I Counted The Immortal To Death

Ascending Immortal Tower is the first floor of Ascending Immortal City.

The fact that a restaurant in Ascending Immortal City can be named Immortal Ascension indicates the strength of Ascending Immortal Tower.

It is rumored that the owner behind Ascending Immortal Tower is not from Ascending Immortal City.

Even the City Lord Dugu Qing is very wary of the existence of Ascending Immortal Tower.

This makes people even more suspicious of the power behind Ascending Immortal Tower!

Jiang Bai followed Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng all the way to Ascending Immortal Tower.

Jiang Bai looked at the first floor of Ascending Immortal City, his mouth wide open, fully expressing what it means to be a country bumpkin.

What he saw was a high-rise building that occupies the southeast corner of Ascending Immortal City.

The area of Ascending Immortal Tower is about the size of a stadium from his previous life.

It is divided into nine levels.

Each level only entertains cultivators whose strength corresponds to it.

The first level is the hall, and from the second level upwards, it accommodates cultivators from the Mortal Shedding Realm to the Transcending Tribulation Stage.

Even as the City Lord of Ascending Immortal City, Dugu Qing can only go to the eighth floor.

The ninth floor has only been opened three times since the establishment of the Immortal Tower.

The first time was on the day of its opening, when top forces from the Heavenly Spirit World came to congratulate, including an ancestor at the Transcending Tribulation Stage.

The second time was when a mysterious figure passed by, and no one knows the specific identity.

The third time was when the unfortunate exiled immortal, Long Tao, arrived here.

Jiang Bai tried his best not to show any fear and followed Dugu Qing into the first floor of Ascending Immortal City.

As soon as they entered, a servant approached.

"City Lord Dugu, may you be safe and well, and may Elder Qin enjoy peace and longevity!"

Dugu Qing nodded and said, "I've booked the eighth floor today. I will treat our distinguished guests and have the chef showcase his skills!"

"Rest assured, City Lord. I will not let you down."

The servant, facing a cultivator at the Return to Void Realm, showed no trace of fear and spoke naturally, without any humility.

Jiang Bai was very curious about this.

Dugu Qing seemed to sense Jiang Bai's doubts and explained, "Sir, you may not know that the power behind Ascending Immortal Tower has extraordinary influence. Even the most ordinary servant here has at least the cultivation of the Foundation Building Stage!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bai was greatly surprised.

What kind of power would use cultivators at the Foundation Building Stage as serving staff!

Not only that, he also noticed that it seemed like he was the weakest in terms of cultivation in the entire Ascending Immortal Tower.

Wherever his gaze fell, there was not a single ordinary person.

The lowest cultivation level was at the Mortal Shedding Realm.

And the cultivators dining here were not ordinary people; even those at the Mortal Shedding Realm were young masters from various families.

After all, ordinary low-level cultivators could not afford the food here.

Led by the servant, Jiang Bai and the others arrived at the eighth floor.

Compared to the previous seven floors, the eighth floor did not have separate rooms.

Although the area was slightly smaller compared to the lower seven floors, the entire floor was a single private room.

Under Dugu Qing's invitation, everyone took their seats.

Jiang Bai was arranged at the top position, flanked by Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng on either side.

"Today, sir, you have opened my eyes. Before meeting you, I never thought that there could be such extraordinary people in the world, even capable of calculating immortals."

Dugu Qing raised his glass and toasted Jiang Bai.

Qin Xiaofeng also raised his glass and toasted Jiang Bai.

With the two leaders taking the lead, the people at the table began to exchange compliments.

As a newcomer, Jiang Bai was almost lost in the titles of "sir" and "extraordinary person."

"Sir, practicing your divination must be quite difficult. I have a question, and I hope you can enlighten me?"

After three rounds of drinks, Qin Xiaofeng suddenly asked.

Upon hearing Qin Xiaofeng's question, everyone quieted down, waiting for Jiang Bai's response.

Jiang Bai was startled. Was this a probe into his background?

Fortunately, he was prepared.

"Please feel free to ask, sirs. I will share everything I know with you esteemed gentlemen!"

"I noticed that sir has no cultivation at all. Why is that? With your divination skills, it shouldn't be difficult to develop some Divine Abilities, right?"

Qin Xiaofeng's question had also puzzled Dugu Qing.

Now that it was asked, he put down his glass and looked at Jiang Bai.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bai immediately put on a somewhat helpless expression.

Everyone looked at him as if he were a piece of drifting dust, evoking a sense of sadness.

His inner distress was as heavy as dark clouds covering the sky.

"Esteemed gentlemen, you may not know that it's not that I don't want to cultivate, but I simply can't!"

Everyone was surprised.

"Why do you say that, sir?"

"My Jiang family has been practicing divination for generations. If I may boast a little, in the field of divination, no one in the Heavenly Spirit World can match us."

"Divination involves causality and the will of heaven, and it does not allow my Jiang family to dabble in these exclusive arts of heaven."

"Fortunately, there is a way out, but the price is that those in my family who practice divination cannot cultivate for their entire lives."

"In each generation of my family, only one person can practice this ancestral divination."

In my generation, I am the only one left in the Jiang family!"

As he spoke, tears welled up in Jiang Bai's eyes, and he exuded a sense of sorrow.

The listeners were deeply moved by his story and found it hard to calm their hearts.

In this world of survival of the fittest, there is nothing more difficult to accept than the inability to cultivate.

Initially, many people had considered taking advantage of Jiang Bai's divination skills, but after hearing about the high price, they all abandoned the idea.

For cultivators, self-cultivation should be the primary goal.

Such arts that benefit others should be left to others to practice.

However, two people seemed to have different thoughts.

These two were Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng.

As the City Lord of Ascending Immortal City and the head of the Qin family, they were not just ordinary people; they were well-versed in the ways of the world.

Their minds were deeper than the ocean.

Seeing Jiang Bai wiping away his tears, he carefully glanced at the two of them.

"Darn it, don't they believe me? These two are really suspicious!"

Seeing this, Jiang Bai prepared to provoke the two further.

"In addition, it seems that my Jiang family has also been cursed!"

Everyone was startled.

In the Heavenly Spirit World, there are countless cultivation techniques, but there are not many that involve curses.

"Please elaborate, sir," someone immediately asked.

"Extinction of descendants!"

Everyone was stunned. There is such a curse in the Heavenly Spirit World?

"My Jiang family was once a prosperous and influential family, but since the divination was perfected, our descendants have become fewer and fewer!"

"In my generation, there is only me left in the family!"

Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng were both shocked.

Regardless of whether Jiang Bai's words were true or false, they couldn't afford to take the risk.

If it was just the inability to cultivate, they could easily find someone else in their families to practice.

In large families, sacrificing individuals for the sake of the family is a very cost-effective practice.

But if there was also a curse of extinction of descendants, they had to think twice.

As for seeking help from outsiders, that was absolutely out of the question. They couldn't trust outsiders with such serious matters.

For now, they could only stabilize Jiang Bai and think of other ways.