After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 91 Cultivation

A beautiful woman setting up a stall always attracts attention, and her clear, crisp voice saying "Come and take a look, you won't lose out if you buy anything!" stood out among the group of rough voices. Gradually, several people gathered around her stall.

"Senior sister, the things on your stall are quite novel. What kind of magic weapon is this?"

A young monk in ornate robes curiously approached, looking at the power bank with several charging heads. He pressed a button, and the screen lit up, showing 100%. He blinked, then leaned closer to look. His hand accidentally pressed a button, turning on the power bank's light. Not knowing how to turn it off, he quickly returned it to Bailu.

This power bank is for Bai Chen's own use; it was just fully charged.

"This isn't some kind of magic weapon; it's just something used in conjunction with this. It's a little gadget for entertainment and leisure."

Bai Lu turned off the power bank's light and handed the old phone to the young monk.

He took the phone and examined it over and over, but he couldn't see anything worthwhile about this little brick-like thing.

"How do I use this?"

"Come on, press here—"

For the first potential customer, Bailu patiently taught him how to operate it. Looking at the suddenly bright and dazzling animated screen, the young monk was immediately intrigued and stared at the screen without blinking. When the screen went dark, his vision suddenly became blurry, and he could not see things clearly.

He rubbed his eyes: "Is this a magical artifact specifically designed to attack people's eyes?"

"No, that's not true!"

The egret shook its head: "Your eyes are just not used to bright light yet, it will be fine in a while."

Indeed, the young cultivator's eyes returned to normal in less than two minutes, and he looked at the object in his hand with curiosity.

Without internet, many functions of the phone were unusable. After thinking for a moment, Bailu turned on the front camera for him. When the young cultivator saw his face suddenly appear in the little device, he was startled and almost dropped the phone.

"Don't be afraid, this is a video! You could also call it a photo, just like a photo stone, except that a photo stone can only record video, while this phone can take still photos. You can try taking one!"

The egret taught the young cultivators how to use a camera, leaving behind the first photograph in the cultivation world.

"This thing is indeed interesting. I wonder what price you're willing to offer, Senior Sister?" the young cultivator asked with delight.

This thing can actually capture my handsome face so clearly, it's truly a rare treasure!

Bai Lu looked at the young cultivator whose eyes and face clearly showed his desire, and judging from his clothes, he was definitely not short of money. She was overjoyed and made an outrageous demand: "Fellow Daoist, you are my first customer, so I'll give you a discount. How about five mid-grade spirit stones?"

"It's not expensive! But you have to teach me how to use the other... what was it again?"

“Software! All of those are called software. Okay, I’ll teach you how to use it!” Bai Lu said with a smile.

My heart is bleeding—

She agreed to the five mid-grade spirit stones without even blinking. He's a young master from a wealthy family; her asking price was too low!

A mistake of 100 million!

But then again, if the phone and power bank can't be charged, they're just disposable items. Spending 500 low-grade spirit stones on something that can only be used for two or three days makes Bai Lu feel like a swindler.

With a slight pang of guilt, Bailu patiently taught the young monk how to use a mobile phone, take photos, and listen to music.

These two functions are arguably the most practical functions of a mobile phone in the world of cultivation. Bai Lu emphasized teaching them until he could operate them skillfully and take the phone away.

“Welcome next time!”

Bai Lu waved goodbye. Looking at the spirit stone in her hand, she almost burst into tears. It was exactly the same feeling she had when she received a million-dollar transfer from Master Songfeng in the modern world—a feeling of sudden wealth.

This was her first income in the cultivation world, foreshadowing a good start.

A low-grade spirit stone, only the size of a ground cherry, would easily fetch five thousand dollars, or even more, in modern currency. Even a cultivator like Master Qingxu would be willing to buy it!
Five hundred low-grade spirit stones, two hundred and fifty—the unit is ten thousand!
Bai Lu suddenly felt like he was being a shrewd businessman!

If she meets this customer again, she will definitely give him lots of free gifts!
However, she certainly didn't earn spirit stones to exchange for money!
"Fellow Daoist! Do you still have that kind of cell phone?"

Those watching, seeing someone make a purchase, also inquired about it.

The herd mentality is a human weakness, and even cultivators cannot avoid it.

"some!"

The Bailu family has six old smartphones that have been discarded. They've all been formatted, with only some songs downloaded on them. With 64GB of storage, they should be able to use them for a while without internet access.

However, charging mobile phones is a problem.

But Bailu's conscience has been clouded by the spirit stones. Right now, she only wants to make some quick money and wait until some cultivator comes knocking on her door because their phone won't turn on—if they can find her.

I do have a conscience, but not much.

As time went on, more and more monks were drawn to the goods at the egret's stall.

They were curious about these novel items and went up to ask them questions.

The egret patiently answered their questions and demonstrated the functions of the mobile phone and tablet.

Some monks showed great interest in these goods and were willing to pay high prices to buy them.

Bai Lu's stall gradually became more lively, and her income continued to increase.

Six old cell phones, each costing 500 low-grade spirit stones, sold out quickly. An old tablet, initially priced at 10 mid-grade spirit stones, was sold for 20 mid-grade spirit stones!

The egret was so happy it almost showed its teeth.

Good heavens, she's lost count of how much money she's made!
Anyway, I'm rich now.

There's definitely enough money to buy a compass!

The goods were almost sold out, but there was still some time before the hour was up. Bai Lu thought for a moment and then took out a big thing from the storage talisman - a television set installed on a mobile TV stand.

Insert the memory card and plug it into the external power source.

Fellow cultivators in the cultivation world, some squatting, some standing, watched their first TV series.

A newcomer squeezed to the front row. As soon as he poked his head out, his eyes met those of an unknown cultivator on the television screen, who was wielding a halberd and fiercely slashing at him. He took a big step back, pushed over a few people, and assumed a fighting stance.

"What are you doing! Why did you push someone out of the blue!"

The onlookers, who were caught off guard, immediately started shouting. They were watching TV perfectly fine when it was knocked over. Anyone would be angry!
"This man wants to fight me. If I don't dodge, am I supposed to wait for him to pierce me with his spear?"

As he spoke, the cultivator had already grasped his natal spiritual weapon in his hand, holding it in front of him: "Hmph, bring it on!"

Everyone: "..."

Where did this idiot come from?

Bai Lu, fearing they might break the television, quickly stepped in to break up the fight and explained to the fellow Daoist, "This isn't a real person! It won't harm you, senior brother, don't be impulsive! Impulsiveness is the devil!" Breaking a television will cost you money, my friend!
This is the point!
"Not a real person?"

The cultivator was skeptical, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the person was trapped inside a black frame and couldn't get out. He couldn't help but ask, "Junior sister, whose new image-recording magic artifact is this?"

"The master's name is a secret!" Bai Lu said. "If anyone wants to buy anything, just contact me!"

Thus, this broken television set became a newly developed photographic artifact by a certain master, which was realistic and had a very long recording time, and the price was only thirty mid-grade spirit stones!
In the cultivation world, low-level memory stones generally last for about half an hour, while high-level ones last much longer, but they are expensive!

In this dog-eat-dog world, murder and robbery with ulterior motives are not uncommon. While having a recording stone may not bring you justice, it exposes the hypocrisy of those who act like prostitutes while pretending to be virtuous! It prevents you from feeling so aggrieved!

Upon hearing that the story had taken such a twisted turn, Bailu hurriedly explained the "photo-taking" function—pui, this TV series only has a playback function, not a photo-taking function!
The crowd's enthusiasm immediately waned, but they were still kept watching for a while because this TV series was so outrageous, yet it also had an irresistible urge to keep watching.

The TV series being broadcast was called "The Lotus Lantern".

Erlang Shen Yang Jian was handsome and brave, and the little fairies present were practically drooling with admiration. Even in the world of cultivation, where beauties abound and handsome men are as numerous as clouds, his appearance would rank among the best. That armor, with its broad shoulders and narrow waist—slurp—

The plot wasn't very good...

Long ago, before the beginning of creation, there was no distinction between the pure and the impure, before heaven and earth were formed, all things were in chaos, and the whole world drifted in boundless cold and desolation...

The opening monologue of the fantasy drama made the viewers, who were cultivators, involuntarily begin to think about the origin of this world. When they saw the heavenly fire in the open world transform into a magical lotus lantern with boundless power, they couldn't help but show expressions of envy.

In their land, the lowest level of magical artifacts born from heaven and earth is a Heavenly Grade magical artifact, which is an extremely valuable item!

Later, the owner of the Lotus Lantern, the Third Holy Mother, who cured diseases and disasters and brought blessings to the people, fell in love with a failed scholar!
Those who cultivate the Tao have weak family ties, and they simply cannot understand how a celestial fairy who has protected the people of a region for many years and has encountered countless events and met countless people could be so captivated by a mortal man who failed the imperial examination.
She'd defy the heavenly laws just to be with that person?!

They racked their brains but couldn't understand why there would be such a stupid fairy!

Could it be that they will have the opportunity to ascend to the upper realm in the future, where the heavenly rules are strict but the fairies are stupid?

The nuns looked at the not-so-handsome, failed scholar with the same expression an old man on the subway looking at his phone—not disdain, but more like disdain.

"Is this Third Holy Mother Fairy blind?"

A female cultivator voiced the sentiments of all the female cultivators.

The Heavenly Realm and Heavenly Court in the TV series were unfamiliar to the cultivation world, but they could roughly guess that they were similar to the "Immortal Realm" that they had only heard of but never seen. The highest rulers of the Heavenly Court were the Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother, and the rules were very strict.

They couldn't help but wonder, who is the ruler of the immortal realm?
There has always been a legend in the cultivation world about ascending to the immortal realm—it is a legend because no cultivator has successfully ascended for almost a thousand years since then.

Even so, the Immortal Realm remains the ultimate goal for every cultivator in the cultivation world—to ascend to the Immortal Realm and live as long as the heavens.

In the world of cultivation, even a Tribulation Transcending Ancestor will eventually run out of lifespan. Apart from ascending to immortality, the only other option is to disintegrate. Who would willingly disintegrate after standing at the peak of cultivation for so long?

Therefore, they have been relentlessly searching for a way to ascend to immortality.

Of course, there are also cultivators who do extreme things in order to ascend to immortality.

They are still interested in watching the TV series that Bailu is broadcasting now, which satisfies their fantasies about the heavenly realm.

"Chenxiang is an exceptionally talented child! He can use magic without any teacher and doesn't need to be taught!"

"Indeed!"

"Hey, did you guys figure out what kind of spiritual root he has?"

"No, no—do they have spiritual roots? This TV series didn't say they had spiritual roots!"

"How do they cultivate without spiritual roots?"

"Uh……"

This was beyond the understanding of cultivators, since only those with spiritual roots could draw qi into their bodies and cultivate in this place.

The story progresses to the point where Yang Jian secretly goes to the mortal realm to see Chenxiang and the Third Holy Mother before returning to Heaven to meet the Queen Mother of the West.

"The Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother are living a very good life, with singing and dancing everywhere!"

"The Heavenly Realm actually forbids immortals from engaging in romantic relationships, and they can't even form Daoist couples. What's the point of being an immortal then?"

"Wait a minute! Can't people become Daoist couples? Aren't the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother Daoist couples?"

"I don't understand!"

"They're saying that gods and humans can't marry! If a god and a mortal have feelings for each other, it would be unfair! They're not saying that gods can't have feelings for each other."

"Talking about feelings is so boring, wouldn't it be better to focus on cultivation?!"

"Isn't the purpose of my cultivation to be able to refute biases?"

"Is Yang Jian righteous or evil? He wanted to change the Heavenly Laws, and he personally suppressed his own sister, preventing them from seeing each other for sixteen years. What a cruel heart he has!"

"No way, haven't we already agreed to let them meet?"

Just as the Third Holy Mother was about to meet Chenxiang, the two episodes of the TV series finished airing!
"This TV... why is there no picture?!"

"Sorry, that's all for today's two episodes. We'll see you again sometime in the future for the rest of the story."

Although there are many flaws, the ending of this story... leaves everyone feeling unsatisfied.

"Let's air two more episodes!"

"No, I'm sorry!"

Bai Lu unplugged the TV, and amidst everyone's reluctant gazes, the TV screen went black.

"Fellow Daoist, can I watch this on my phone?" asked a fellow Daoist who had bought a used phone.

"Sure! But we need one more thing, which I don't have right now. I'll bring it to you at this time in three days!"

I only downloaded two episodes of the TV series, not a single episode more.

"That's great, thank you!"

"You're welcome, this is a generous twenty low-grade spirit stones!" Bai Lu said gently.

Fellow Daoist: "..."

He said weakly, "This is way too expensive!"

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