I’m the MC, Why Do I Suck at Cultivation

Chapter 6: The Zenith Palace

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

“Senior Brother, the Chief Leader wants to see you in the Zenith Palace to discuss tomorrow’s grand meeting.” A disciple stood in front of Lu Changsheng’s residence.

In the house, Lu Changsheng was writing a pill recipe with a frown on his face.

What was in his hands was completely a made-up recipe invented by himself.

In fact, writing a recipe wasn’t too hard. Since herbs were divided into five main categories according to the five elements, a recipe was basically a reasonable combination of herbs. One could simply produce a unique recipe after doing some fine adjustments.

Therefore, in just ten days, Lu Changsheng managed to produce a dozen different pill recipes.

As for the efficacy of these recipes… Lu Changsheng had no idea at all because he hadn’t tried any of them yet.

“Senior Brother!” the disciple waiting outside called him again, this pulled Lu Changsheng back to reality.

“Right!” Lu Changsheng stood up and stretched a bit before walking out of his house.

The disciple, who was waiting for Lu Changsheng outside, was standing respectfully with his bowed down. When Lu Changsheng showed up, the disciple slightly raised his head and was stunned.

Obviously, what he saw was Lu Changsheng’s magnificent appearance.

Because the Zenith Palace was located in the middle of Zenith Heaven, even though the red hill wasn’t very far away from it. Lu Changsheng still needed a vehicle such as a flying sword to cover a few dozen miles.

In fact, what the sect had given to Lu Changsheng was even better than a flying sword. It was a jade boat.

Stepping onto the jade boat, the heavenly vehicle quietly ascended into the air. Despite moving fast, it was quite steady. Because of the incantation attached to it, the fierce wind was prevented from directly hitting Lu Changsheng, he could freely enjoy this moment flying through the sky.

Upon looking down from the jade boat, the scenic view he saw was beyond beautiful.

There were tall towers and majestic buildings everywhere, the scenery was embraced by mountains and hills as well as thriving plants. Zenith Heaven was covered in a layer of heavenly, golden light.

Any random section in Zenith Heaven could be a top scenic spot, it was truly ideal for one who wanted to enjoy the rest of his or her life peacefully.

The most majestic building, of course, should be the Zenith Palace.

The Zenith Palace wasn’t just a single building. Instead, it consisted of hundreds of palaces. The roofs were all covered by five-colored glazed tiles that shone under the sun, this is coupled with the sight of the background of heavenly cranes flying around. The voices of cultivators chanting sutras together added the vibe of solemnity to the palace.

Although Lu Changsheng never learned how to observe Qi, he could still clearly see the purple air gather above the Zenith Palace, showing the superb condition of the place.

Zenith Heaven was really qualified to be ranked in the top ten sacred lands in this world.

Right now, people in the palace seemed to be quite busy as they kept moving around to decorate the area.

Since the grand meeting would be held tomorrow, the entire sect had to get ready for it.

“Are there any guests invited for the grand meeting?” Lu Changsheng asked the young disciple standing behind him.

The young disciple didn’t answer immediately, this is mainly because he didn’t expect that Lu Changsheng would actually talk to him. He hurriedly cleared his throat and said, “Senior brother, we didn’t send out invitations because this grand meeting was to mainly confer you the title of Eldest Senior Brother.”

So… there were no guests invited…

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, slightly frowning.

He couldn’t help but feel very strange.

Shouldn’t the story unfold itself like this?

With the grand meeting conferring him the title of Eldest Senior Brother, it would be witnessed by many guests from the other major sects. By this logic, he would be seeing lots of other young and outstanding cultivators.

According to most plots in web novels, among the young cultivators, there would be a few of them who’d dislike Lu Changsheng for various reasons, they would then humiliate him right in front of the public. Due to this, some kind of powerful system within Lu Changsheng would be activated, turning him into a real genius.

“You’re so outstanding, Senior Brother! Soon, you’ll become the Saint Son of Zenith Heaven. At that time, all the major sects will be here to celebrate.”

Since the young disciple didn’t know what Lu Changsheng was thinking about, he just said this to praise him.

At this time, the jade boat finally arrived at the Zenith Palace.

“Senior Brother, please.”

The young disciple waited for Lu Changsheng to get off first.

“Thank you, Junior Brother. I don’t have more to give you but this pill recipe. As an Inner Sect disciple, you have to work hard as the path in front of you is still very long.”

Because Lu Changsheng had to deal with the grand meeting in the upcoming day, he had to temporarily put aside his practices in pill refining. This was one of the reasons Lu Changsheng decided to give this young disciple a chance and make him try the recipe. If the young disciple produced some good pills while following the recipe, then Lu Changsheng would be extremely glad. But if he failed…

Well, it had nothing to do with Lu Changsheng if that happened, as they barely knew each other.

If any accident happened—

Then the young disciple only had himself to blame. Without any doubt, Lu Changsheng wouldn’t take any responsibility.

Lu Changsheng already considered every possible consequence and knew that this was kind of shameless, but he had to guard his title of being the Eldest Senior Brother of the sect after all.

Lu Changsheng’s way of thinking was really strange and this surprised the young disciple. His wish of seeing the legendary Senior Brother with his own eyes had already been granted, but now, he was also given a pill recipe.

The young disciple’s name was Li Chun. Recently, he happened to be considering learning some other skills besides cultivating. With the recipe he just received, he now made up his mind to learn pill refining.

Li Chun said gratefully, “Thank you so much Senior Brother. I’ll work hard and I won’t let you down.”

“I’ve given this recipe to you and it’s yours now. What I want in this life is to comprehend the ultimate Dao, such a thing like this recipe doesn’t matter to me at all. But if you do manage to produce good pills out of it, do remember to inform me. I’ll share your joy.”

After saying this, Lu Changsheng started to walk towards the Zenith Palace.

In front of the Zenith Palace, there were nine hundred and ninety-nine stairs made of top-quality white jade. Only Zenith Heaven could afford such a luxury like this.

Right now, there was no one on the stairs, but when tomorrow comes, the Inner Sect disciples would be lining up on both sides for the grand meeting.

These nine hundred and ninety-nine jade steps looked majestic and luxurious, but climbing them was a totally different story.

Ten steps together were about three meters tall. This meant that the entirety of the stairs in total were about three hundred meters tall.

Although Lu Changsheng was still weak, as a cultivator, he didn’t believe that climbing this stair would be too hard.

However, when he walked onto the first step, he became totally speechless.

These sky stairs were enchanted with some kind of incantation that prevented him from using his powers. This meant that he had to reach the top a single step at a time.

When I become the Chief Leader, I’ll cancel this rule for sure…

Lu Changsheng thought. Despite all the complaints in his mind, he still looked very calm and elegant on the outside.

In his long, white robe, Lu Changsheng looked just like a celestial deity.

Strong wind pulled and fluttered the corner of his sleeves.

About half an hour later, Lu Changsheng finally reached the top, evidently exhausted.

“Changsheng!” a familiar voice called out to him all of a sudden.

It was Perfected Qing Yun.

Before taking a rest, Lu Changsheng hurriedly turned to look at the direction where the voice came from.

In the palace stood three elderly men. They were all twirling their beards as they looked at Lu Changsheng while smiling.

For some reason, Lu Changsheng wanted to curse.