Cultivation Online

Chapter 469 - Free

”Donʼt worry about the price. I will pay for them even if you can afford it.” Yuan said to Yu Rou after hearing her words.

”Really?” Yu Rouʼs eyes flickered with excitement.

Although it felt weird at first, she eventually got used to being spoiled by Yuan. Now, she even enjoys being spoiled.

”Meixiu, Miss Xia, I will also pay for your techniques.”

”Eh? You donʼt have to pay for my stuff as well…” Xia Jingyi said in a surprised voice, and she continued, ”Also, you can just call me Jingyi. It feels weird being called ʼMissʼ by someone older than me.”

”Itʼs okay. Just let me pay for it. Itʼll also feel weird for me if I pay for everyone else but you.” Yuan insisted on paying for her cultivation techniques.

”O-Okay… Thank you, Senior Yu.”

”Senior Yu? Just call me Yu Tian.” Yuan chuckled.

”Anyways, letʼs go check out the techniques.”

A few minutes later, they arrived at the reception desk.

”Hello, weʼd like to check the prices for these techniques.” Yu Rou said to the young man working behind the desk.

”Hmm?”

The young man turned to look at Yu Rou with a pondering expression on his face.

”Oh, I remember you. Youʼre that girl who bought the Wind Blade technique a while ago.” The young man said, as he was there during Yuan and Yu Rouʼs first visit to the store.

He then turned to look at Yuan, ”Itʼs good to see you again, Senior.”

”Hello. Youʼre still working at the desk? You donʼt have to rotate with another person like Zhu Yuying?” Yuan asked him.

”Haha… I am a permanent worker here, so no, I donʼt have any replacements,” he said.

”I see… Anyways, how much for these techniques?”

”Let me see what you got.”

Yu Rou and the others placed the techniques in their grasp on the table, and the young man immediately began looking through the scrolls.

”Your total will come out to 0 gold coins.” The young man said with a smile on his face.

”Excuse me?” Yu Rou raised her eyebrows in a puzzled manner, clearly doubting what sheʼd just heard.

”Did you just say 0 gold coins? Isnʼt that basically free?” Yuan asked with a surprised look on his face.

”Yes, itʼs free.” The young man nodded.

”Why is it free?” Xia Jingyi asked him.

The young man looked at Yuan and said, ”As long as youʼre part of the faction, everything in the Myriad of Techniques is free as long as the technique is below Heaven-rank.”

”Faction? What is he talking about, brother?” Yu Rou turned to ask him.

”Ehh… I will explain later.” Yuan said.

Then he turned to look at the young man and asked, ”Are there any limitations? Like I cannot share or sell the techniques. After all, getting all of the techniques I want for free sounds a little bit… too good to be true…”

”The only limitation is that you are limited to 10 free techniques a year. If you want to sell or share the technique, you are free to do so.” The young man said.

Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi turned to look at each other with dumbfounded expressions on their faces. They were shocked speechless by Yuanʼs privilege. What exactly is a faction, and how do they join it?

ʼMy parents had to shell out a few billion dollars to acquire a Heaven-rank cultivation technique, but Brother Tian only needed to join a faction to obtain 10 free techniques every year as long as itʼs below Heaven-rank?ʼ Yu Rou thought to herself.

”If you think this is too good to be true, just wait until you achieve a higher faction rank, since the higher your rank, the better techniques you get to take for free.” The young man continued.

”A-Are you also part of the faction?” Yuan couldnʼt help but ask him.

”Hahaha… of course, not. Itʼs too unrealistic for me— to the point where I cannot even dream about being part of Master Baiʼs faction.”

”Eh? Then how did you know that I am part of the faction?” Yuan then asked.

The young man then retrieved a talisman from under the desk and said, ”When this talisman glows gold, it means thereʼs someone from the faction in front of me. Thatʼs how I knew.”

”Wow, thatʼs pretty neat. Do you think I can get one as well?”

”Iʼm sorry, Senior, but this isnʼt something that can be given to everyone even if theyʼre from the faction. I only have one because I am working at the Myriad of Techniques. If you want one, youʼll have to acquire the rank of Captain.” The young man explained to him.

”I see… Thanks for letting me know.” Yuan said.

He then turned to look at Yu Rou and the others.

”Since I can acquire any technique below Heaven-rank for free and I still have ten slots this year, do you want to go back and look around some more? I wouldnʼt be surprised if there were some techniques that caught your interest but you decided to ignore them because you were worried about the price.”

”R-Really? Youʼre going to use your precious 10 slots for us?” Yu Rou looked at him with wide eyes.

”Yes. I donʼt mind.” Yuan nodded.

”Thank you, brother! I love you!” Yu Rou said to him.

”T-Thank you, Yu Tian. I will definitely return this favor one day in the future.” Xia Jingyi lowered her head and bowed to him.

”Guess I will hold onto these techniques for now.” The young man said with a smile on his face.

Yu Rou and the others left the place shortly after and returned to the second floor to look at the techniques one more time.

”Yingying, what about you? You only know a single technique right now, right? You should look around, too.” Yuan said to her afterward.

Lan Yingying then appeared before him and said, ”Is it really okay for me to get a technique as well?”

”Of course.” He nodded.