The end of Gaowu: Becoming stronger from not practicing

People came and went in front of the tea stall.

In a certain year, an old man came.

Zhang Lingfeng could tell at a glance that the other party was a powerful Immortal Lord, but the other party could not possibly know that he was Immortal Emperor Lingfeng. The old man had not left since he sat down to play chess.

His chess skills are terrible.

They also like to cheat.

They're always ready to take back their moves and start over.

This brought Zhang Lingfeng a lot of amusement. Zhang Lingfeng was certain that the other party did not know that he was the Lingfeng Immortal Emperor, and that his liking for chess might have been due to some opportunity.

Sitting in front of myself allows me to relax.

Gradually, Zhang Lingfeng realized that the old man had developed inner demons.

Several times when my inner demons were about to erupt, I found that sitting at a tea stall helped me calm down. But even so, I was still quite irritable when playing chess and liked to hit people passing by.

They even wanted to take action against Zhang Lingfeng.

But every time he saw Zhang Lingfeng continue playing chess as if no one else was around, he would quickly pull his hand back.

The old man was able to give Zhang Lingfeng nearly four thousand "lying flat" points every day. Zhang Lingfeng allowed him to stay at the tea stall and did not drive him away. Gradually, the old man settled down near the tea stall and became a cultivator in Shenfeng City.

He would come to Zhang Lingfeng almost every day to play a few games of chess. He only liked playing Chinese chess, and his chess skills were as bad as ever. Whenever he encountered a difficult problem, he would scratch his head and act as if someone owed him a lot of money, which made Zhang Lingfeng very depressed and amused.

Time flies.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Lingfeng's tea stall in the bustling city has become deeply ingrained. People are used to it and regard Zhang Lingfeng as someone who is pursuing the Great Dao and longs to receive the resources bestowed by the Immortal Emperor Lingfeng.

"Brother, another bowl of tea, please."

Liu Xiaolong laughed.

After attaining the Dao of Earth Immortal, he went into seclusion for a while. Now that he has emerged from seclusion and his cultivation has stabilized, he has been coming to Zhang Lingfeng's place to play chess again.

He can still see gains, but achieving sudden enlightenment is not so easy. However, based on his previous gains, with proper cultivation in the future, attaining the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm will not be a difficult thing.

Liu Xiaolong realized that Zhang Lingfeng was no ordinary person.

After attaining the Dao of Earth Immortal, he did not make a fuss. He often came to play chess with Zhang Lingfeng. When he learned that Zhang Lingfeng seemed to like playing mahjong the most, he would also form a group to play mahjong with Zhang Lingfeng.

Sometimes, when the Black Bear, who was short-tempered and possessed the strength of a Celestial Lord, came over, Liu Xiaolong would give up his place so that the Black Bear Celestial Lord and Zhang Lingfeng could play chess or mahjong.

Of course, Liu Xiaolong was unaware of the Black Bear Immortal Lord's strength.

Black Bear was consumed by his inner demons, but sitting in front of Zhang Lingfeng, reason always prevailed over his inner demons, and he did not do anything out of line in front of Zhang Lingfeng.

Today, Liu Xiaolong played mahjong with two friends and Zhang Lingfeng.

Zhang Lingfeng was having a great time.

He can earn around 5,000 "lying flat points" every day by playing mahjong, which is a huge gain for him right now.

If he continues like this throughout the year, he can accumulate nearly two million "lying down" points. If he continues like this for about twenty or thirty years, he can obtain tens of millions of "lying down" points, which is an astronomical figure for Zhang Lingfeng.

Their abilities will also see a significant boost.

"Cough cough!"

The Black Bear Immortal Lord came again.

His face was covered in a layer of black smoke, as if he had encountered something, and he looked fierce. However, when he walked into the tea stall, his fierce expression lessened considerably.

Liu Xiaolong quickly gestured for his friends to leave together.

But the Black Bear Immortal Lord held Liu Xiaolong down and made one of his friends get up. Today, he didn't want to play checkers and wanted to play mahjong with Zhang Lingfeng instead.

This game is very easy to learn; Black Bear Immortal Lord learned it after watching it a few times.

They were very adept at fighting.

"bump!"

I don't know how long it lasted.

Black Bear Immortal Lord got a great hand, and excitedly stood up, knocked over the mahjong tiles, and won for everyone to see.

"Hahahaha!"

He then left laughing.

They quickly entered a state of seclusion.

A spatial ring filled with elemental stones appeared on the table.

A cursory scan of the divine sense revealed a staggering number of over a million.

This was a huge fortune, and even Liu Xiaolong was dumbfounded. His two friends beside him were even more stunned.

Zhang Lingfeng hadn't expected that the Black Bear Immortal Lord would leave behind such a large amount of spirit stones; it seemed that his inner demons were about to be resolved.

He put the ring away.

"It's getting late, let's call it a day!"

Zhang Lingfeng said.

"Eh."

Liu Xiaolong quickly left with his two friends.

The two friends were somewhat reluctant to part with it, keeping their eyes fixed on the spatial ring in Zhang Lingfeng's hand, which contained a million yuan stones—a number they had never seen before.

It's worth noting that even in the resource-rich Baiyang Starfield, when I lived in Wangjia Village in Zixiao City, the spirit stones I had to hand over to the Wang family each month were only a few dozen.

This is the Boundless Starfield.

It is still underdeveloped and resources are scarce. Let alone a million spirit stones, even ten thousand spirit stones would be an astronomical figure for many people.

The human heart is the most difficult thing to fathom, even more unfathomable than the way of Heaven.

"Don't flaunt your wealth" has always been a wise saying. Zhang Lingfeng never expected that the Black Bear Immortal Lord would leave behind such a sum of spirit stones, which could erase the memories of Liu Xiaolong and the other two.

But it also subtly affected the karma of the three of them.

Even a Celestial Emperor cannot easily get involved in karma, so he let it go. In any case, who could do anything to him in the Boundless Star Domain?

Watching all beings navigate their cycles of reincarnation and wander through cause and effect is helpful to his cultivation.

"Brother Long!"

After the three people left.

Outside the bustling city, one of Dali's friends stopped Liu Xiaolong.

"That's a million spirit stones, Brother Long, aren't you tempted?"

Another friend, Yang Suo, said.

All three of them were Earth Immortals.

Liu Xiaolong attained enlightenment relatively late, and his status among the three was relatively low. However, due to the opportunity he received from Zhang Lingfeng, although his immortal essence was not as good as the other two.

But the strength they displayed was no less than that of the two.

In addition, this opportunity was brought about by Liu Xiaolong's previous leadership, which is why Dali and Yang Suo both hoped that Liu Xiaolong could participate in this matter.

They actually felt that having more people made things easier.

Although Zhang Lingfeng was just a tea stall owner, he had been running his tea stall for many years and had always lived peacefully in the bustling city. In addition, the Black Bear Immortal Lord seemed to treat Zhang Lingfeng very well.

In short, Zhang Lingfeng is not so easy to deal with.

"If you want to die, go ahead and do it yourselves."

Liu Xiaolong knew what the two were thinking, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them and quickly distanced himself from them.

"Eh."

He shouted loudly.

Liu Xiaolong walked away without looking back.

Yang Suo tugged at Dali and said, "Forget it, since he's unwilling, let's not force him. Let's find a few more people, and once it's done, we'll leave Shenfeng City immediately."

Go to Wangjiacheng.

It seems there's a teleportation array built there. Let's use it to leave the Boundless Starfield, the farther the better.

"it is good."

One million spirit stones—how could the two of them resist such a temptation?

When they scanned the number of spirit stones inside with their divine sense, they almost grabbed them directly. They were able to restrain themselves, thankfully they still had some rationality.

Knowing that openly robbing others of their treasures would get them nowhere in a place like Shenfeng City, they would never be allowed to leave.

So the two of them began to plan this.

"You dare to take a million spirit stones? You idiots."

Liu Xiaolong cursed under his breath.

He ran quickly toward a large courtyard.

"I need to see Young Master Yan; I have important matters to discuss with him."

Liu Xiaolong found one of the largest families in Shenfeng City.

Yan Sanshi, a Golden Immortal powerhouse and a direct descendant of the Yan family, was a once-declining clan outside the Boundless Star Domain. However, within the Boundless Star Domain and in the prestigious Divine Wind City, he became a powerful family capable of influencing the city's order.

Liu Xiaolong met Yan Sanshi by chance at a gambling den.

After learning about the other party's family background, he intended to befriend him. Over the years, they maintained intermittent contact. In Yan Sanshi's eyes, he was just a gofer.

After Yan Sanshi attained the Dao of Earth Immortal, Yan Sanshi's opinion of him improved.

"Wait!"

The guard was also an Earth Immortal cultivator.

They didn't have much respect for a down-on-his-luck rogue cultivator like Liu Xiaolong.

About an hour later, Liu Xiaolong was finally summoned by Yan Sanshi.

"Young Master Yan, I have an opportunity to offer you."

Liu Xiaolong laughed.

Yan Sanshi lay lazily in the arms of a voluptuous female cultivator, and said indifferently, "

What opportunity do you have to give me?

"One million elemental stones."

Liu Xiaolong said.

"What did you say?"

Yan Sanshi stood up directly from the female cultivator's arms. The sexy and voluptuous female cultivator also stared wide-eyed at Liu Xiaolong in shock.

One million spirit stones—even the entire Yan family doesn't have that kind of resources.

"You heard me right, one million spirit stones."

Liu Xiaolong laughed.

Although he gained an opportunity from Zhang Lingfeng and even had the potential to become a Great Luo Golden Immortal in the future, the world was too small. One million Yuan Stones was not something even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could easily afford. It would be a lie to say that Liu Xiaolong was not tempted.

I will tell Yan Sanshi everything that happened today.

"Is this true?"

Yan Sanshi said.

"It's true."

Liu Xiaolong said.

Why don't you take those one million spirit stones yourself?

Yan Sanshi inquired.

“Young Master Yan is joking. How could I, with my mere Earth Immortal cultivation, be a match for that old man? Besides, I have two friends who witnessed this, and they should be making their move soon. Let’s see just how capable that old man is.”

Liu Xiaolong laughed.

"You're quite clever. If you really had a million spirit stones, could you take them with you?"

Yan Sanshi put his arm around Liu Xiaolong's shoulder.

"So I immediately sought out Young Master Yan, hoping that after he succeeded, he could provide me with some resources so that I could serve the Yan family in the future."

Liu Xiaolong said respectfully.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll give you 30% after it's done."

Yan Sanshi said with absolute certainty.

"Thank you, Young Master Yan."

Liu Xiaolong said excitedly.

Where is the person who gave one million spirit stones?

Yan Sanshi asked again.

"I don't know, but it often appears at the tea stall. This time it suddenly changed such a large amount of spirit stones. I think it may have made a major gain, or it may never come back."

Liu Xiaolong analyzed.

"I'm afraid this is someone we can't afford to mess with."

Although Yan Sanshi was greedy, he was not stupid.

A person who can casually give away a million spirit stones is not as simple as they seem on the surface, but the temptation of a million spirit stones is simply too great.

He spends his days indulging in pleasure and debauchery; how could he possibly resist?

If I were to obtain this amount of spirit stones, I wouldn't have to worry about not being able to continue living a carefree life.

So Yan Sanshi decided to give it a try, to wait and see if Liu Xiaolong's friend could take away one million yuan stones.

Let's also see how strong Zhang Lingfeng is, and whether that Black Bear Immortal Lord will appear.

Of course, Yan Sanshi did not know the Daoist name, identity, or strength of the Black Bear Immortal Lord; otherwise, he would not have dared to covet those one million Yuan Stones even if he had a hundred times the courage.

Zhang Lingfeng remained at the tea stall, waiting for new players to appear.

As evening fell, the last player finished his spirit tea and left.

After packing his things, Zhang Lingfeng returned to Willow Alley.

He usually lives in this alley and is familiar with his neighbors. They often visit each other for hot pot.

I got home quite late today.

Only a few lights were on in the alley.

Zhang Lingfeng began washing up.

He was completely submerged in the water tank.

The ring that held a million elemental stones was placed aside.

Dali, Yang Suo, and their friends had already entered Willow Alley.

One of the cultivators, who possessed the strength of a Celestial Immortal, cautiously released his divine sense and saw that Zhang Lingfeng was taking a bath, with the ring containing one million spirit stones placed beside the water tank.

He felt strange and somewhat excited.

His divine sense swept into Zhang Lingfeng's courtyard, but Zhang Lingfeng remained unmoved, continuing to soak in the bath. Could it be that he hadn't noticed that Zhang Lingfeng's strength was far inferior to his own?

Under temptation.

He stirred up his immortal energy and unleashed his magical powers.

Make that ring disappear into thin air.

The ring thus quietly ended up in his hands.

"Has it not yet recognized its master?"

"Has this old man gone senile?"

Dali and Yang Suo discovered that there were no restrictions on the ring.

As everyone's divine senses swept in, they could see a million white, gleaming spirit stones. Their eyes lit up instantly, while the celestial cultivator merely clutched the ring.

One million elemental stones were obtained so easily.

That's too easy.

After confirming that it was not a hallucination, he led Dali and the others and quickly left Willow Alley.

"Let's go, let's leave Divine Phoenix City first, then we'll divide the Yuan Stones."

That celestial cultivator was named Zhang Biao.

"Listen to Brother Biao."

Dali regretted it a little. If he had known that Zhang Lingfeng was so weak and that the Yuan Stones would be so easy to obtain, the two of them would have done it themselves.

The ring is now in Zhang Biao's hands.

There were five of them in total.

Zhang Biao gets the lion's share.

The remaining few of them will each receive approximately 200,000 spirit stones.

"Walk."

Zhang Biao laughed.

He left with four brothers.

In the darkness, Yan Sanshi and Liu Xiaolong witnessed the entire scene clearly. They were both taken aback by how easily Zhang Biao had succeeded.

Some even doubted whether there were any elemental stones inside the ring.

Because the ring was in Zhang Biao's possession, Yan Sanshi couldn't directly use his divine sense to investigate, as it might alert Zhang Biao.

Secondly, if Zhang Biao were to destroy the spatial ring in a fit of anger, the elemental stones inside would also vanish, swallowed by the laws of space, and cultivators of their strength would have no way of recovering them.

"Follow them."

Yan Sanshi did not act rashly.

Zhang Lingfeng continued soaking in the bath and drinking tea, seemingly oblivious to everything. (End of Chapter)