73: Chapter 73 My popularity is just too good

[Age 46.]

[You and Liu Ruyan have begun a shameless life of Dual Cultivation.]

[Facts have proven that the "Dragon Playing with Phoenix Technique" is indeed a top-tier Dual Cultivation Cultivation Technique.]

[Following the methods recorded in the Cultivation Technique, your Divine Souls merge, and your Qi circulates. The Qi within your body, like a galloping Dragon, gallops wantonly within her body, which is like a gentle ocean. Her Qi also transforms into a resounding Phoenix, wrapping around you, nourishing your Meridians and Divine Soul.]

[Every Dual Cultivation session is a perfect feast of body and Soul for both of you.]

[Liu Ruyan has also gone from her initial shyness and reserve to gradually savoring the essence, and even occasionally, she will take the initiative to ask you for it.]

[Both of your cultivation levels are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.]

[...]

[Age 48.]

[You feel that the consumption of Medicinal Pills is a bit fast, and it is already unable to keep up with your cultivation speed.]

["This won't do, I have to find a way to make money."]

[You set your sights on the other two main sword forging Materials in your Storage Pouch.]

[Anyway, since it's a simulation, selling these things doesn't affect reality.]

[You found an excuse to go out with Liu Ruyan, and then snuck out of the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[You activated Thousand Faces (Green) and transformed into a white-haired, immortal-looking old Daoist who seemed to have a story to tell. Then, you headed straight for the largest trading market for Cultivators in the Northern Region—Heavenly Star City.]

[You didn't go to those ordinary shops, but went straight to the largest trading firm in Heavenly Star City—Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.]

["Fellow Daoist, is there anything I can help you with?" The manager of Ten Thousand Treasures Tower is a sharp-looking Cultivator at the Middle Foundation Establishment Stage. Seeing you, although he couldn't see through your cultivation level, he didn't dare to neglect you due to the "expert" aura you exuded.]

[You smiled unfathomably, then slowly took out a pitch-black piece of wood that looked like a firewood stick from your Storage Pouch.]

["I have something here that I would like your firm to help me appraise."]

[The manager saw that "firewood stick," and a hint of imperceptible contempt flashed across his face. But good professional etiquette still led him to take it.]

[However, the moment his hand touched the piece of wood, his expression changed abruptly.]

[A vast and majestic, strange power that nourishes the Divine Soul emanated from the wood, making his Divine Soul, which was somewhat exhausted from handling mundane affairs for years, feel invigorated!]

["This... This is... ten thousand year soul nurturing wood!"]

[The manager's voice became sharp due to excessive excitement.]

[He looked at you, his eyes filled with awe and fanaticism.]

[ten thousand year soul nurturing wood! This is a priceless treasure that only appears occasionally in ancient ruins according to legend! For those great beings at the Nascent Soul Stage or even the Soul Transformation Stage, this thing is even more precious than a top-grade Magic Treasure!]

["Senior!" The manager's form of address changed, "Are you... are you really going to sell such a divine object?"]

["Otherwise?" You glanced at him indifferently, "Use it as a firewood stick?"]

["No, no, no, Junior did not mean that!" The manager was so scared that cold sweat broke out, "Senior, please, please go upstairs! Our Tower Master will definitely give you a satisfactory price!"]

[In the end, after some "friendly" negotiations, you used this piece of ten thousand year soul nurturing wood, which you didn't even know how to use in the real world, to exchange for a huge sum of two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones from Ten Thousand Treasures Tower!]

[Two million, a large chunk more than the "nine heavens breathing soil" sold previously. As expected of a supreme treasure that can make even Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation experts tempted.]

[Holding the Storage Pouch filled with Spirit Stones, you were blooming with joy inside.]

[Awesome!]

[Too awesome!]

[But on your face, you still maintained that peerless expert demeanor, as if two million Spirit Stones were nothing.]

[...]

[With money, the first thing you did was to go on a shopping spree.]

[Spiritual Plants of various years, rare Ores, internal cores of Yao Beasts... As long as it was useful for Alchemy, buy! Buy! Buy!]

[Your extravagant spending style directly stunned the owners of several Medicinal Pill shops in Heavenly Star City.]

["What is the background of this Senior? He is just too rich!"]

["I don't know, but looking at it, he must be an Alchemy Great Master!"]

[You soon became a mysterious and wealthy legend in the Heavenly Star City market.]

[After buying the Materials, you returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[With sufficient Materials and the blessing of Alchemy Genius (Purple), your Alchemy skills began to skyrocket at a terrifying speed.]

[Third Grade, Fourth Grade...]

[The Medicinal Pills you refined were of higher and higher quality, and the effects were getting better and better.]

[Your lives became extremely regular.]

[During the day, the Immortal Cave was filled with the fragrance of pills, one person practicing Alchemy, one person acting as Protector.]

[At night, the stone bed trembled and swayed slightly, the Dragon and Phoenix resonated, clouds turned and rain fell.]

[The days were as happy as an immortal.]

[...]

[Age 55.]

[You found that the Materials bought with two million Spirit Stones were running low again.]

[So, you set your sights on your few "dear" Senior Brothers again.]

[You found your Third Senior Brother, Qian Duoduo.]

["Third Senior Brother, I'm a bit tight on cash recently, can I borrow some Spirit Stones?"]

[Upon hearing the words "borrow money," his face turned green.]

["Seventh Junior Brother, it's not that Senior Brother won't lend it to you, it's just that... Senior Brother is also poor!"]

["Third Senior Brother, you are being too distant." You patted his shoulder and took out a bottle of Medicinal Pills from your Storage Pouch, "This is what I refined recently. Although it's only Third Grade, the effect is more than 30% better than those sold on the market. Take it, just think of it as my filial piety to you."]

[Qian Duoduo looked at the Medicinal Pill, and his eyes straightened.]

[He is currently at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and he really needs this kind of Medicinal Pill to consolidate his cultivation and hit the Bottleneck.]

["This... how can I be so embarrassed..." He was polite on the surface, but his hand was very honest as he took the Medicinal Pill.]

["Third Senior Brother, look, I've given you the Medicinal Pill, so about the borrowing money thing..."]

["Borrow! Must borrow! Junior Brother, since you've asked, how can I, your Senior Brother, not lend it to you! How much do you want!" Qian Duoduo patted his chest and said heroically.]

[You used the same method to visit your Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters... one by one.]

[You fully utilized the principle of "If you want to get rich, get a loan first," using the high-quality Medicinal Pills you refined as "knocking bricks" and "collateral," and successfully "borrowed" a huge sum of hundreds of thousands from your Senior Brothers.]

[They all said "next time for sure" on their lips, but they were bleeding in their hearts.]

["This Seventh Junior Brother is really a devil! Taking our own money to buy the pills he refined, and then he borrows our money away!"]

[But they had to borrow it.]

[Because the pills you refined were just too effective! No one could refuse the thrill of their cultivation level rising rapidly!]

[They even hoped that you, this "creditor," would live a long life. That way, they could always exchange for those high-quality Medicinal Pills from you.]

[Holding that huge sum of "borrowed" money, you were filled with emotion.]

["My popularity is just too good. Everyone is so helpful."]

[You took the money with peace of mind and invested it into your great Alchemy career once again.]

[The main point is, borrow and return, borrowing again is not hard... As if!]