Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 454 The First in History
It can be said that those who follow the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" get the lion's share of the spoils, while the underlings get the soup.

Moreover, some of the more powerful underlings even got to eat meat.

Many of the cultivators drinking tea in the teahouse come from families and sects, and these people are stationed in the "Hengyue Mountain Range".

During their rest time, they would also go into the city to enjoy the peaceful life there.

Just as Li Yunjing and Fu Chao were about to leave after finishing their tea, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the teahouse.

"Have you heard? They opened a 'Yan Yu Lou' in the city!"

"Yes! It's said that the girls at 'Yanyu Tower' are all incredibly beautiful!"

"Hehe! That's great! I never thought that the rigid people of the Shenxiao Dao Sect could also allow the Yanyu Tower to take root in the City of Glory!"

"It should have been done long ago! Food and sex are human nature! Human behavior is also the natural way of heaven and earth, how can it be forcibly suppressed?"

"I'm going to spend a fortune tonight!"

"Hey bro! I heard the girls at 'Yan Yu Lou' are really expensive! It's a notorious money pit!"

"I can't worry about all that now! I haven't had any meat in over ten years!"

"Hahaha!"

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Outside the teahouse, the laughter of various men mingled together, all talking about the girls at "Yanyu Tower".

Upon hearing the name "Yanyu Tower," Li Yunjing's heart skipped a beat, and his thoughts were instantly drawn back to many years ago.

The stunningly beautiful Liu Ruyan had an unforgettable encounter with him.

Her voice and smile seem to still be right before my eyes, but time has passed and she has disappeared for many years without a trace.

It would be a lie for Li Yunjing to say he wasn't worried!
Now that he had suddenly heard that "Yanyulou" was opening a branch here, he was intrigued and wanted to go and take a look.

Deep down, Li Yunjing had a feeling that perhaps he could meet her again in the "City of Glory".

Seeing Li Yunjing's dazed expression, Fu Chao couldn't help but ask, "Li Yunjing, what's wrong? Why do you look like this as soon as you hear 'Yanyu Tower'? Do you want to go and see it for yourself?"

As he spoke, Fu Chao's expression became extremely lewd.

This young master has certainly had his share of womanizing, far more so than Li Yunjing.

Within the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," he still had to consider his reputation; but outside the sect, this guy was shameless, accepting any woman who came his way.

Now that his brother was interested, Fu Chao naturally wanted to take Li Yunjing along for some fun!
"What's your expression?"

Li Yunjing came to his senses and looked at Fu Chao's lewd appearance. How could he not know what Fu Chao was thinking?
Li Yunjing shook his head and said calmly, "It's nothing, I just remembered some things from the past."

"Stop pretending! What man doesn't have his own desires? The grass is always greener on the other side."

Fu Chao chuckled and patted Li Yunjing on the shoulder: "But speaking of which, this 'Yanyu Tower' has quite a reputation, and it's said that the power behind it is unfathomable. Shall we go and take a look?"

"Alright! Let's go check out the market first! Then we'll go to 'Yanyu Tower' this evening!"

Li Yunjing pondered for a moment, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

He didn't want to get involved in these romantic affairs, but the appearance of "Yanyu Tower" stirred something within Li Yunjing.

The whereabouts of Liu Ruyan remained a knot in his heart.

This time, he wanted to confirm whether Liu Ruyan was safe!

"Hey, this is right!"

Fu Chao immediately became excited and rubbed his hands together: "We brothers haven't relaxed in a long time. Tonight, let's go and see the girls at 'Yan Yu Lou'!"

He had no idea what Li Yunjing was really thinking. He thought that Li Yunjing had been cultivating for a long time and was feeling uncomfortable, so he started to have designs on the girls of "Yanyu Tower".

But that's normal!

We are all minor cultivators; how can we possibly sever our seven emotions and six desires?

There's nothing wrong with Li Yunjing wanting to have some fun!

With anticipation in their hearts, the two went to various shops in the market and looked at the items sold in each shop.

Today, the largest shop in "City of Glory" is naturally "Treasure Pavilion".

Besides "Jubaolou", dozens of other shops have opened on this street one after another.

These shops all belong to various families and sects. If the "Shenxiao Daozong" wanted to use these forces to help, how could it not give them benefits?
This is not!

"City of Glory" must be a treasure land, right?
A commercial void, perhaps?

Now that the "City of Glory" is open, let's give each household a shop!
That's why the "City of Glory" has become so prosperous today!
These shops contain almost all the resources that can be sold in the Ming Dynasty's cultivation world.

The Shenxiao Dao Sect provides protection for these shops, requiring only an annual rent payment.

This can be considered a huge benefit that the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" has given to various families and sects.

Taking advantage of these benefits, the various forces circulated resources from "Crossing the Mountains" and "The Great Ming Cultivation World" among themselves, making a fortune.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao strolled through the market of "City of Glory". The streets were lined with shops and bustling with people.

The colorful signs gleamed in the sunlight, and the air was filled with the fragrance of medicinal herbs, elixirs, and magical artifacts, which was refreshing and delightful.

"This 'City of Glory' is truly a treasure trove!"

Fu Chao couldn't help but exclaim, "I only knew this place was an important town in the northern region before, but I never imagined it would become this prosperous."

"That was indeed a brilliant move."

Li Yunjing nodded, his gaze sweeping over the shops on both sides of the street, and said calmly, "Opening up the 'City of Glory' and attracting various families and sects to settle here not only makes this place a distribution center for resources, but also wins over various forces, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop."

"Let me think about it. If there's still space in the city, I'd like to open a 'Star Moon Trading Company' here!"

Finally, Li Yunjing shared his thoughts.

"Old Li, you definitely have a good idea!"

Fu Chao chuckled, rubbed his hands together, and said with a smile, "Your status is different now! I think if you go to Deputy City Lord Wang, he'd be happy to give you a piece of land!"

"Okay! We'll talk about it later! Let's go check them out one by one first! If there's anything you like, I'll pay for it!"

Li Yunjing smiled, gestured for them to enter, and then casually walked into a shop called "Lingcao Pavilion" with Fu Chao.

The shop displays all kinds of spiritual herbs, some of which exude a rich spiritual energy, while others emit a strange fragrance.

Upon seeing the two enter, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted them with a smile, saying, "Fellow Daoists, what would you like? Our spiritual herbs are all freshly picked from the 'Crossing Mountains,' of superior quality and reasonably priced."

"What kind of spiritual herb is this? How much does it cost?"

Fu Chao picked up a spiritual herb that emitted a faint blue light and casually asked a question.

The shopkeeper glanced at it and smiled, "Fellow Daoist has a good eye! This is 'Blue Star Grass,' one of the main ingredients for refining 'Concentration Pill.' One plant only costs five thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Fu Chao nodded, looked at the other spiritual herbs, and finally selected a few that he needed, paying with spirit stones.

Li Yunjing was also very interested in spiritual herbs. When he saw rare herbs at reasonable prices, he paid for them all almost without stopping.

Such a generous attitude made the shopkeeper grin from ear to ear!
So cool!
If all customers shopped like this!
His shop will not have the problem of stockpiling spirit stones!
With stronger turnover capabilities, we can acquire more spiritual herbs and attract more customers.

Repeating this process creates a positive cycle!

Unfortunately, such big spenders can't come every day!

We've almost bought up all the common medicinal herbs.

Li Yunjing's gaze suddenly fell on a peculiar spiritual herb in the corner of the counter inside the shop.

The herb was entirely purple, with fine veins covering its leaves, forming a five-pointed shape, somewhat resembling purple maple leaves.

"Shopkeeper, what is that spiritual herb?"

Judging from the spiritual energy, this was a peak second-tier spiritual herb. Li Yunjing didn't want to miss such a good thing, so he pointed to the purple spiritual herb and asked.

The shopkeeper followed Li Yunjing's finger, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Fellow Daoist, you truly have discerning eyes! That's 'Purple-Veined Dragon Beard Grass,' extremely rare, and our shop's prized possession." "Oh? What's the use of this 'Purple-Veined Dragon Beard Grass'?"

Li Yunjing asked the question.

Even with Li Yunjing's knowledge, he had never recognized this special herb before and could only humbly seek its knowledge.

The shopkeeper explained, "This 'Purple-Veined Dragon Beard Grass' is one of the main ingredients for refining the 'Dragon Essence Pill,' which can greatly enhance a cultivator's physical strength. However, this spiritual herb is extremely rare and expensive, costing two thousand mid-grade spirit stones per plant."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunjing's heart stirred.

His body had almost reached the Golden Core realm, so he naturally didn't need any external help. However, none of his women practiced body-refining techniques. If he could buy this "Purple-Veined Dragon Beard Grass" and combine it with several other medicines to refine "Dragon Essence Pills," it would be of great benefit to his women.

"Okay, I'll take this 'Purple-Veined Dragon Beard Grass'."

Li Yunjing said without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoist is indeed straightforward!"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper beamed with joy: "I'll wrap it up for you right away."

"Old Li, you're really rich and powerful!"

Seeing how generous Li Yunjing was, Fu Chao couldn't help but click his tongue and say, "Two thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and he didn't even blink an eye."

"Cultivation resources still need to be spent."

Li Yunjing smiled and said calmly, "If one day I refine the 'Dragon Essence Pill,' I will give you one!"

"Haha! That's great!"

Fu Chao was overjoyed, extremely satisfied.

After leaving "Lingcao Pavilion", the two visited several other shops.

Fu Chao bought some refining materials, while Li Yunjing purchased several bottles of high-quality pills from a shop called "Dan Ding Ge".

Of course, why would a master alchemist buy someone else's pills?
the reason is simple!
Only after purchasing a certain quantity of pills will the "Dan Ding Ge" sell him several second-tier pill formulas!
Of course, these prescriptions do not conform to the mainstream.

Because many medicinal herbs are severely lacking, with only one plant appearing once in a hundred years, and despite having the formula, they cannot refine the elixir. This is why "Dan Ding Ge" sold the elixir to Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing wasn't stupid; he naturally understood this principle.

However, there was nothing he could do!
With the pill formula in hand, Li Yunjing could potentially improve his alchemy skills by deduce and find alternative methods. However, without the formula, he wouldn't have the time. Since he devoted all his energy to alchemy, he naturally wouldn't have time to deduce the Dao of Alchemy.

Li Yunjing had carefully considered the pros and cons.

Just consider it as spending my own money to buy a few scratch-off lottery tickets and see how lucky I am.

If we are lucky enough to discover a formula for a pill and find a substitute, we might be able to refine a new kind of elixir.

At that time, the profits would be far greater than a mere prescription.

After strolling through the market, the two arrived at a restaurant called "Drunken Immortal Pavilion" to rest for a while.

"Drunken Immortal Pavilion" is one of the most famous restaurants in "City of Glory". It is said that the spiritual wine and spiritual food here are of the highest quality, attracting countless high-level cultivators to come and taste them.

The two ordered a pot of spirit wine and several spirit dishes, and sat by the window, enjoying the food while admiring the bustling scene on the street.

Fu Chao took a sip of the spirit wine and sighed with satisfaction: "The spirit wine of 'Drunken Immortal Pavilion' is indeed well-deserved of its reputation! We made the right choice coming here this time."

"It's really good."

Li Yunjing smiled slightly, picked up his wine cup, took a small sip, and said with a smile, "It's definitely no worse than the 'Immortal's Intoxication' from 'Donghua Tower'!"

Li Yunjing was also someone who had tasted fine wine, and he could tell it was extraordinary after just one sip.

"When I leave, I'll buy a few jars and take them with me to enjoy later!"

Finally, Li Yunjing added a sentence.

This was the first time he had ever considered hoarding a kind of spiritual wine!
"Okay! Go ahead and buy it! You have the money! When I'm thirsty, I'll just ask you for some wine!"

Fu Chao's eyes lit up, and he jokingly said with a smile.

Anyway, he figured it out: Li Yunjing had really struck it rich.

They've gained countless benefits in the East China Sea!
From the moment he returned to the "Shenxiao Dao Sect", he acted all rich and powerful!

As Li Yunjing's good brother, if we don't help Lao Li spend some money now, when will we?
"No problem! Why bother with all this between us?"

Li Yunjing smiled dismissively.

As friends, what does a few drinks matter?
Li Yunjing is a generous person who will never treat his brothers and friends unfairly!
As the two were chatting happily, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the restaurant.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao looked downstairs and saw a group of cultivators dressed in black hurrying past, their expressions solemn, as if they had some urgent mission.

"Are these the sect's enforcement team? Judging from their appearance, something seems to have happened?"

Fu Chao frowned, looked around, and then lowered his voice to speak.

"It should be a minor problem!"

Li Yun nodded and said casually.

However, a hint of seriousness flashed in Li Yunjing's eyes.

"Never mind it! If something serious were happening, there would have been a huge uproar by now! It's probably just a minor issue!"

Fu Chao couldn't figure it out either, so he simply stopped thinking about it and continued eating and drinking.

Looking at Fu Chao's carefree attitude, Li Yunjing chuckled. This guy is really dashing!

Sometimes, Li Yunjing envied Fu Chao and Ma Xingyuan's carefree attitude.

He was burdened with worries: his own cultivation, the future paths of his women, the reform of the "Seven Star Palace," the development of the "Purple Cloud Party," and the fate of the "Divine Cloud Dao Sect"...

In short, Li Yunjing himself sometimes felt that being a cultivator was quite tiring!
However, in this world, is there anything good that you can enjoy without giving anything in return?
Without developing his power, Li Yunjing could never have become the supreme leader of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect"!

If we don't accelerate our cultivation, it will be a matter of life and death, and we cannot be careless!

Li Yunjing wanted to become the supreme immortal, and he also wanted to live forever!
He naturally paid a much higher price than anyone else.

For a cultivator like Fu Chao, the highest aspiration he could hope for was probably the Nascent Soul Realm.

If Fu Chao were to say he wanted to become an immortal, he probably wouldn't even believe his own words.

this is the truth!
Not everyone is as outstanding as Li Yunjing, who can aspire to ascend to the immortal realm one day.

In the cultivation world, the vast majority of cultivators stop at the Qi Refining stage and cannot even reach the Foundation Establishment stage; only a few hundred people are lucky enough to enter the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for forming the Golden Core?

Among tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators, there might not be two or three Golden Core cultivators!

Nascent Soul Realm cultivators are myths among myths!
A lifespan of two thousand years, invincible fighting power, his entire life was like a history!
That is the ultimate goal pursued by millions of cultivators!
As for the Divine Transformation Realm?
For ordinary independent cultivators, as well as small families and sects, they may not even know that there is a realm above the Nascent Soul Realm called "Deity Transformation"!
As you can imagine, that was a very unfamiliar word!

This is spiritual practice!
One hurdle after another!

Many people even despaired, accepting their fate from the very beginning, believing there was no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm!

Only someone like Li Yunjing could start cultivating five deputy positions simultaneously, running his own business, establishing his own party, and vying for power within the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" in the early stages of cultivation without affecting his own cultivation speed.

Such a prodigy was already well-known to all the important figures of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect".

Many ancestors whom Li Yunjing had never met possessed detailed information about him!
The future leader of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" is almost a foregone conclusion.

Even Ming Lingchuan was silently waiting for the day when Li Yunjing would break through to the Golden Core Realm!
Li Yunjing could never have imagined how much the sect's higher-ups had for him!
It has to be this way!
The Shenxiao Dao Sect has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, and even though it has experienced periods of rise and fall, its lineage has never been interrupted.

The entire sect has a history book!
The history of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" itself!

Over hundreds of thousands of years, the Shenxiao Dao Sect has produced many peerless geniuses who swept across the world and eventually ascended to the upper realm!

Their deeds are known among the sect's higher-ups. Compared to any other peerless genius who has ascended to immortality, Li Yunjing's early development was far superior!
Throughout the entire Southern Continent, it seems that no sect or ascendant, even in their early forties, possesses the combat strength of Li Yunjing!
This refers to combat strength!
It's not about achieving a certain level of attainment!

In terms of realm, the speed of reaching the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm is astonishing in history, but it is not the first, or even in the top three!

(End of this chapter)