A Deal Is a Deal.

'Huff!'

'Huff!'

'Huff!'

Lu Changsheng had to climb these stairs once again.

Despite his strong constitution, his heart was filled with the feeling of resentment.

When he reached the top and saw all the high-ranking sect leaders smile at him in front of the Zenith Palace, this sentiment became even stronger.

'When I become the Sect Master, I'll change this rule for sure.' Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

He then walked to the Zenith Palace, wearing the long robe embroidered with the pattern of qilin, he was embraced by the flowing Qi of Yin and Yang, Lu Changsheng moved at a brisk pace. Such an unworldly handsome young man easily made people feel so well disposed towards him.

Earlier, the leaders of the saint lands were still arguing. However, right now, they all had genial smiles on their faces. They looked very like true immortals.

"Martial Nephew Changsheng!"

"Martial Nephew Changsheng is here."

"Martial Nephew Changsheng."

They hurriedly greeted Changsheng. The joy of seeing him glistened in their eyes, they didn't even try to hide it, almost as if Changsheng was their own very student.

'Old bastards.' Perfected Qing Yun swore in his mind, however, despite this, he knew he had to keep showing an amicable attitude, especially when he was in front of Lu Changsheng.

"Changsheng," Perfected Qing Yun called out to him.

"My respect, Master!"

"My respect, Uncle-masters."

Lu Changsheng greeted them and then bowed. The conduct he displayed was very elegant.

Although he had no idea what was happening, he still knew that there was a reason why he was called here.

"Changsheng, listen. Your Uncle-masters want to make you the Eldest Senior Brother to all Dao cultivators. What do you think?" Perfected Qing Yun asked him.

The Eldest Senior Brother to all Dao cultivators?

Lu Changsheng was slightly stunned. He really had no idea where this title suddenly popped out from.

First, he became the Eldest Senior Brother in Zenith Heaven, this was then followed by the title of the Saint Scholar. Later on, he also became the Mentor to All Buddhist Monks. And now, he was going to become the Eldest Senior Brother to all Dao cultivators?

Tomorrow, would he become the Demon Saint? And the day after tomorrow, the True Fiend? When a space crack appears in this world, would he then become the Son of the Extraterrestrial World?

If he was in an online game, Lu Changsheng believed that there would be a line of big titles written in golden letters above his head.

However, to remain humble, Lu Changsheng said slowly, "The foundation of my cultivation is still shallow. I'm afraid this is too big of a responsibility for me."

The Eldest Senior Brother to all Dao cultivators?

The title really looked good, however, Lu Changsheng was also aware of the heavy responsibilities that came with it. He didn't want to bear them, and instead, he just simply wanted to take his time to enjoy the process of cultivating.

Of course, most importantly, he clearly knew that all he had were just special effects, it wasn't actual, tangible power. If his secret got exposed one day… then that would be so embarrassing.

Nevertheless, as soon as Lu Changsheng finished these words, his Uncle-masters immediately chimed up, "Martial Nephew Changsheng, don't underestimate yourself."

"That's right. If you have a shallow foundation, I should call my students losers."

"Changsheng, we know you're always this humble. But we've all already agreed on this, and we really want you to accept this title."

All of them were very passionate…

Lu Changsheng looked at them as he ruminated on the proposal.

Apparently, they would keep nagging him until he agreed. Therefore, Lu Changsheng slightly nodded and said, "Thank you for such trust and honor, Uncle-masters. Therefore, I'll accept it."

One more title wouldn't make too much of a difference.

Lu Changsheng just wanted to go back and focus on refining his pills.

Through what happened during this period of time, Lu Changsheng knew that he had to have at least one thing that he was truly good at. Simply relying on his appearance would make him rather shallow.

Lu Changsheng's decision made all the Uncle-masters very excited.

"Good! A deal is a deal."

"Perfected Qing Yun, since Changsheng has agreed, don't say anything else."

"Excellent! This is good news to all the Dao sects!"

"Right. I'll go back and get prepared. We'll be waiting for Changsheng's arrival."

"Me too. We'll treat this seriously to maintain the dignity of the sect."

They all started celebrating.

As they all continued to talk, the look on Changsheng's face changed.

Wait for my arrival?

For what?

Lu Changsheng was really confused. He turned to look at Perfected Qing Yun.

The latter could only cast a sympathetic look at Lu Changsheng. On second thought… Perfected Qing Yun convinced himself that it wouldn't really do harm if Changsheng took the title. After all, no matter what happened, Lu Changsheng would always be his student.

Therefore, Perfected Qing Yun decided not to interfere in Changsheng's decision. However, the way Changsheng was looking at him made him want to speak out to make things clear.

"Changsheng, since you've agreed to become the Eldest Senior Brother to all Dao cultivators, you'll have to tour Middle-Earth to make your peer cultivators respect you, you will be visiting many saint lands. When you finally come back, the title would be officially conferred on you," Perfected Qing Yun said.

Tour Middle-Earth?

Visit the saint lands?

The outside world was extremely dangerous.

I, a loser who had just reached the Qi Refining stage, am going on a tour in Middle-Earth?

Are you serious?

Lu Changsheng's mind went blank. It was understandable since other people didn't know the truth, however, Perfected Qing Yun did. Why did he allow this nonsense to happen?

Did his Master want to see him die?

Despite the fact that Lu Changsheng didn't know the outside world very well, he had read many web novels in his previous life.

With the righteous sects' prosperity, it didn't necessarily mean that the world wasn't dangerous. After all, monsters and demons only cared about if they were going to starve.

"Uncle-masters… I don't really have any plans to go on a long journey yet, I want to focus on my cultivation first," Lu Changsheng said. There was one extremely simple reason why he didn't want to leave Zenith Heaven—

He didn't want to die.

This was the only reason.

"Changsheng, you're only a half step from ascending to the celestial world. You don't have to cultivate anymore!"

"Changsheng, I really have to say this; more haste, less speed. You've already reached such an amazingly high stage within just three years. There's no need to rush anymore."

"The trip won't take that long, it's only less than six months."

"That's right!"

"Changsheng is so hard-working and self-disciplined. He's still focusing on cultivating despite the fact that he already has such incredible prowess, meanwhile… my students brag about their tiny bit of progress. Such shame!"

"True. If my student was half as diligent as you, I would feel so blessed."

They were extremely generous with their praises.

"Let's do this then. We'll plan Changsheng's trip within two days. And we'll give Changsheng a bit more time before the trip officially starts."

In their eyes, it was Changsheng's modesty that was preventing him from leaving Zenith Heaven, this quality of his made him even more impressive to them.

With Wang Liang's words, they finally made Lu Changsheng's trip a reality.

"No problem!"

"The Lord of Boundless Heavens!"

"Fine!"

"I agree!"

They all nodded.

"Uncle-masters, I'm really not joking. I really need to cultivate," Lu Changsheng hurriedly said. He really didn't want to leave Zenith Heaven yet. As weak as he was, the outside world was going to kill him without mercy. He really just wanted to stay at home.

"Changsheng, we've already talked about this. It isn't good for you to be so overly humble."

"Modest! You're way too modest."

"Changsheng, the decision has already been made. Even your Master has agreed."

Before Lu Changsheng could open his mouth and retort, they hurriedly said their farewells and left the palace in high spirits.

Lu Changsheng was left dumbstruck, his mind had gone completely blank.