Novel Full Chapter 69: Wishing Senior Chen His Heart’s Desire
Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Wishing Senior Chen His Heart’s Desire
After some pleasantries, Li Jizhou sat upright in his seat, not looking sideways.
He guessed the situation at the scene at a glance.
Especially seeing Huang Yueshang’s daughter-like demeanor, bashful yet smiling, he understood even more.
Although his cultivation was shallow for now, his alchemy skills and ability to earn spirit stones were quite high, which had caught Steward Huang’s eye.
Sure enough, after a few rounds of wine, Huang Yueshang gave Steward Huang a slight smile, excused herself to leave, and Steward Huang began to speak under the influence of the alcohol.
“Pill Master Li, with your current alchemy skills, it’s enough for a safe living. However, the path of immortality is lonely, a person is eventually like snow in solitude, it’s about time to find someone who can warm your heart.”
“My younger sister, since childhood, has been gentle in nature and possesses a middle-grade water spirit root. If not for her kind heart and dislike for disputes, she would have already become an elite in the sect rather than being brushed aside due to her mindset.”
“Moreover… you understand the cultivation technique, right? It focuses on nourishing primordial yin and has an excellent nourishing effect on primordial yang, making her an exceptional choice as a cultivation partner.”
Upon hearing the mention of the technique, Li Jizhou slightly raised an eyebrow.
This water attribute cultivation technique is well-known for its effects, just as Steward Huang described, nourishing yin and supplementing yang, finer than dual cultivation techniques.
Moreover, any female cultivator who practices this technique appears as if made of water. With slight provocation, they can resemble flowing springs, satisfying a male cultivator’s vanity endlessly.
However… besides this, there is a special effect that varies by individual perspective.
That is, as the cultivation level of this technique increases, the female practitioner becomes increasingly insatiable.
For a long time, female practitioners of this technique were the dream choice for male cultivators seeking a cultivation partner.
That was until a particular rumor circulated, severely affecting these women’s market competitiveness.
According to conventional wisdom, no female practitioner of this technique could be genuinely self-respecting.
It was said that they would certainly cheat one day.
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Li Jizhou, confident in his complete practice of the Evergreen Skill, with his wood attribute full of vitality, had abilities significantly stronger than ordinary cultivators in that aspect,
yet, facing women who practiced such techniques, he dared not be overly confident.
“Fairy Huang is pure and beautiful, with exceptional grace, and has diligently practiced such divine skill, indeed rare.”
“Indeed, indeed, don’t tell anyone, but these years, so many cultivators who have sought my sister have nearly worn out our family’s doorstep!”
“Among them are heirs from significant cultivating families.”
“But my sister is headstrong; she insists on finding someone with whom she has a connection.”
“Having met today, my sister is pleased with Pill Master Li’s appearance and temperament…” Steward Huang hurriedly added.
However, before she could finish, Li Jizhou immediately waved his hand: “However, the cultivating world is ever-changing, full of uncertainties. My abilities are shallow, my strength minimal, unable to safeguard even myself, how dare I delay such a fine lady, Steward Huang, please, say no more.”
“Pill Master Li, do not belittle yourself. Although your cultivation is currently a bit shallow, your alchemy skills are exquisite, and with a virtuous wife to manage finances, it won’t be long before you’ve accumulated enough for Foundation Establishment resources, promising a bright future ahead.” Steward Huang hurriedly reassured.
“Steward Huang, you’ve praised me too much. The matter of Foundation Establishment is too distant; whether it can be achieved in this lifetime is uncertain, so it’s better not to speak carelessly.”
“Oh, Pill Master Li, are you also from those kinds of places like Inverted Mountain? I thought you would be like my husband, with lofty ambitions and abundant enthusiasm, yet how are you so pessimistic?” Steward Huang slightly frowned.
“From Inverted Mountain?” Li Jizhou slightly smiled.
“Yes, my husband often tells me about his life in Inverted Mountain, licking blood from the blade. Despite many hardships, he still nurtures great ambitions, swearing to establish his own cultivating family to pave a path for future generations.”
Upon hearing this, Li Jizhou slightly raised an eyebrow.
The words sounded somewhat familiar.
“May I inquire, who is Steward Huang’s partner?”
“My partner? A late-stage Qi Cultivation practitioner and a Tier One Late Stage Body Cultivator, Chen Yuankang!” Steward Huang proudly stated.
“…”
The world is indeed small.
Li Jizhou remained composed, not saying another word.
“Pill Master Li, to be honest, my husband has almost saved enough, and in a few years, he plans to return and buy a Tier One spirit vein territory to establish a family. If you marry my sister as a cultivation partner, you’ll be family, and our descendants won’t end up like us, alone and used as tools by others.” Steward Huang continued to persuade.
However, Li Jizhou was resolute.
He eventually departed gracefully, amidst the somewhat resentful gaze of Huang Yueshang.
“Senior Brother Chen has finally found someone suitable, I wish him all the best in achieving his desires!”
Upon returning home, Li Jizhou categorized all the medicinal herbs he had accumulated.
In the coming time, he planned to allocate more time and effort to alchemy.
He aimed to sell more Qi Condensing Pills before the battle started, to purchase more medicinal herbs for pills needed for battle preparations.
In the following period, every ten days or so, Li Jizhou would go out to distribute and sell the pills that hadn’t been sold from the previous year across various pill pavilions, then immediately exchanged the spirit stones for the needed kinds of herbs.
Although the profit margins lowered, he stored more herbs and avoided attracting unnecessary attention.
Six months later, all the pills had been converted into stored herbs.
The total value amounted to over three thousand spirit stones’ worth of herbs,
if based on current prices, crafting them into pills would yield profits of more than threefold with his skills.
But if considering the current costs for procuring herbs and the potential price increase for pills when the battle erupts later, profits would multiply at least fivefold.
There was no hurry now, simply awaiting the commencement of the battle,
Li Jizhou resumed his leisurely, stable cultivation life.
That day, having just finished body refining and testing his physical strength with Quack in the courtyard, an unexpected visitor arrived outside.
Zhao Qian arrived with Wu Daniu and Yang Yutong.
Divine sense sweeping past, Wu Daniu stood at the doorway, slightly uneasy.
Wu Daniu occasionally escorted spirit fish to the marketplace in Spirit Pearl Mountain and was familiar with it.
However, he had only ever been to the inner city at most.
He had never entered the core area at the foot of Spirit Pearl Mountain before.
Let alone the private residence at the foot of the mountain.
It’s said that the rent here is three hundred sixty spirit stones per year.
For Wu Daniu, who earned ten spirit stones a month, it was unimaginable.
Even now, Wu Daniu found it difficult to believe Zhao Qian’s words.
“Can Elder Brother really live here?”
Even Yang Yutong felt doubtful.
Their first meeting with Li Jizhou had been at that small courtyard in the slum of Inverted Mountain.
With the Yang family’s three hundred years of accumulation in the Qingshui River and its spirit fish industry, the annual profit was barely over ten thousand spirit stones.
Yet, shared resources mean shared wealth.
After distribution, less than half remained with the Patriarch,
and they still had to cater to external patrons, employees, and servants at various levels,
in addition to setting aside a large portion for the old ancestor’s cultivation and life extension…
Then adding some into the family risk fund and premium for the excellent younger generation.
Finally, what remained in the Patriarch’s control for spending was barely over a thousand spirit stones.
This thousand-plus spirit stones had to cover a year’s family expenses, needing to be planned meticulously.
Even Yang Yutong, as the third Miss of the Yang family, couldn’t afford to reside there permanently.