Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

As Qingse examined the bottle of high-quality Albizia Dew, her exquisitely beautiful face was no longer filled with a playful smile:

"Even among those old Immortal Treasure Pavilions, I've never heard of any senior refining high-grade Aphrodisiac Dew. Although this medicine has a bad reputation, its rarity far surpasses everything else in terms of grade. Using it to guard the pavilion is already a huge gimmick!"

"But Your Highness, who exactly produced such a high-grade Acacia Dew? I've heard that the medicinal materials required for Acacia Dew to reach the fourth grade are extremely demanding, and its cost is even higher than that of a regular third-grade healing pill. This bottle of Acacia Dew should be very close to the second grade."

If it were a medicinal pill, its grade could be judged by its fragrance and spiritual essence. However, this kind of acacia dew doesn't have many characteristics. It's just a pool of liquid, so you can only guess its quality based on its medicinal effects.

"If I may ask, can Sword Immortal Zuo resist the effects of this Acacia Dew?"

"No, I gave it to her..."

Gala—

Zuo Qiuchi twisted his wrist behind Chu Mingkong's back, making a malicious cracking sound.

Chu Mingkong changed his words: "I had my master examine it, and she said that even if one is completely unprepared the first time, one cannot defend against it, but right now I can neutralize the medicinal power with my flawless sword heart!"

Qingse really liked this bottle. Having this item in the store would quickly attract high-quality customers like pharmacists, allowing the store to gradually transform from a mid-level shop into a luxury store!

"But Your Highness, if you want to buy this bottle of Acacia Dew all at once, I'm afraid I won't have enough funds. Could you leave it here first and pay it off gradually?"

Chu Mingkong hadn't expected to sell the bottle directly; he was more interested in doing her a favor so she would buy back the junk gifts he'd extracted from the system.

"Okay." Chu Mingkong readily agreed.

Qingse breathed a sigh of relief; she was really afraid that Chu Mingkong would ask her to buy it at a fixed price. However, she owed him a big favor in this matter. She also had to give him a higher price for the batch of "cabbages" he wanted to clear out earlier.

Her gaze was drawn to the jade dildos. She had initially thought Chu Mingkong was just teasing her by taking them out, but upon closer inspection, she realized that these things were quite extraordinary!

Ordinary jade dildos are quite simple, almost like a blunt-tipped pestle. Some even have hollowed-out interiors so that warm water can be poured in during use, thus preventing women from feeling cold while using them, similar to the function of a hot water bottle.

But these pieces before me are exquisitely carved, with even the menacing veins on the muscles clearly depicted. They can only be described as lifelike, and their craftsmanship surpasses that of any jade artifact found in the world. It's as if a jade craftsman carved them bit by bit from the "real thing."

Such precision would require a jade craftsman to spend a considerable amount of time, which means the jade craftsman would have been staring at a man for a long time.

"Wait, this material... it's a large piece of Five Elements Spirit Jade carved into a jade pendant?!"

"Yes." Chu Mingkong checked and confirmed that these things were indeed made of Five Elements Spirit Jade.

The hairpin that Chu Mingkong gave to his sister-in-law Keqing had a top-grade water-attribute spirit jade on it. It was a treasure that would be of great benefit to people who were close to the five elements.

Regardless of quality, it is extremely rare for a Five Elements Spirit Jade to be the size of a fist. These jade pillars are all carved from Five Elements Spirit Stones of medium to high quality, so the original spirit jade blanks must have been even larger.

“A spirit jade of this size is easy to sell. Five Elements cultivators are happy to carry it with them to nourish their spiritual veins. It’s just that the shape is a bit… peculiar.”

Chu Mingkong imagined a female cultivator placing this thing beside her while meditating and cultivating... the image was too beautiful. He said subtly:

"I'll leave these few things to Qingse. You can sell them as a way to make connections with cultivators. It's fine to sell them cheaply, preferably to older female cultivators, or even sect elders."

The older female cultivator, who was also a sect elder, perfectly matched the high-quality elder qualifications recognized by the cultivation system.

Chu Mingkong had a guess in his mind: if these jade dildos were sold to the upper class of these female cultivators, could they continue to show him filial piety like Consort Wan did?

If you can, you'll make a fortune! If not, consider it liquidation; you won't lose money either way.

But if it actually works, wouldn't that be considered a pyramid scheme? Spreading out tokens (jade oxen) and collecting spiritual power (filial piety) from token holders all over the world.

We'll use the bull as a token, and then we'll call it the Minotaur Cult.

"If I may ask, whose model is this jade pendant based on? It is carved so exquisitely. If that person has some background, it could be used as a selling point."

"I."

"Ok?"

"The template is me. Do you want to see it for yourself?"

"No, no need."

Qingse felt a strange unease, not quite understanding his motivation for commissioning these trinkets, but she still accepted the request. She said:

"Young Prince, I recently received a piece of jade with a very strong yang energy in my treasury. Would you like to buy it as a talisman? It might help suppress your injuries."

Chu Mingkong knew that she must have kept it for him specifically after learning of his injury. These kinds of items are easy to sell; everyone is scrambling to get them, and selling them at a high price would be considered a favor. The fact that she thought to save it for him first showed her thoughtfulness.

However, Chu Mingkong doesn't need such things now; he can just find someone to cultivate with directly.

"No need, I'm indifferent now. Do you have any other novelties here?"

Qingse was very good at hitting the other party's shopping desires. Seeing that Chu Mingkong was selling aphrodisiacs and jade dildos, she guessed that he was probably eager to have children.

"I recently acquired a batch of incomplete books related to bedroom arts. Would the young prince be interested?"

“I’m not interested in these things,” Chu Mingkong said solemnly. “But I don’t mind criticizing them. Bring them up!”

Chapter 82 Beautiful Woman: I mainly just wanted to see (48/51)

"The Classic of the Plain Girl and the Classic of the Mysterious Girl? These don't look like cultivation methods." Chu Mingkong examined the two sheets of gold paper in front of him. The so-called scriptures were printed in ancient script, and each sheet contained one scripture.

Zuo Qiuchi said irritably, "This is equivalent to the original mental cultivation method of Taoist sexual techniques. Later Taoist dual cultivation methods were all improved based on this. But this kind of thing shouldn't be leaked, right?"

Qingse explained the origins of these two treasures:

"You two may not know this, but a disciple of a branch of the Kunlun sect fell into demonic possession, causing chaos within the sect. Some petty thieves took advantage of the chaos to steal these two scriptures. However, they should be copies made by later generations, but they are still considered important treasures of the Daoist sect."

The original mental cultivation method is of little use to Chu Mingkong. It is for those who have the opportunity to comprehend it. For example, you are given a few words such as "娚、菇、嬲、嫐、莪" and you have to figure something out on your own. If you can't figure it out, you are just staring blankly at the sky. It is not the same as the conventional cultivation method.

Chu Mingkong said, "The Kunlun branch, is it the branch of the blind female Taoist priest? Could it be that she went back to deal with the chaos in her sect? I'll buy it first and return it to her later, as a way of repaying her favor for the Wuchen Talisman."

Although the Dustless Talisman might have been just a casual thing for her, it did indeed help Chu Mingkong a lot on several occasions, making him very happy.

Qingse smiled sweetly, in high spirits after making a big deal: "For the sake of our friendship, I'll only charge you 20 spirit stones for the two copies of the Original Heart Sutra, young prince."

Chu Mingkong nodded generously: "No problem, just take it from that bottle of Acacia Dew."

Qingse's smile vanished.

Chu Mingkong seemed oblivious to her dejection, and picked up another manuscript of cultivation techniques from the Hehuan Sect to examine it.

The cover of this manuscript only has the two characters "Hehuan" written on it, and it is unknown what kind of cultivation method it is.

"What the hell is this?"

Qingse composed herself and introduced:

"The sect leader of the Hehuan Sect takes it as his responsibility to perfect the Hehuan Gong. Each generation of sect leader will integrate his own Dao and create his own cultivation method. This originally belonged to the insights of the old sect leader of the Hehuan Sect, but the cultivation method he comprehended was difficult to enter the mainstream of the sect and became a failed manuscript."

As Chu Mingkong listened to Qing Se's explanation, he flipped through the contents and realized that there was a reason why this manuscript would become a failure.

This technique involves refining the medicinal power of aphrodisiacs such as Hehuan Pill and Hehuan Dew to condense a Hehuan Qi vortex within the body. The more medicines refined, the stronger the power, effectively enhancing the dual cultivation effect. Furthermore, it can release Hehuan poison mist when fighting, but the effect of the poison mist is negligible.

Because using drugs like Albizia Dew to refine medicinal power is too costly, and the final return is very low.

Qingse sighed:

"One aspect of the 'Joyful Union Technique' is derived from the 'Classic of the Plain Girl,' which uses dual cultivation to heal injuries and accelerate the recovery of depleted spiritual energy. However, it is unlikely to be of much use to the young prince's injuries. This is the most inconspicuous function of the 'Joyful Union Technique,' but it is still far superior to this manuscript. If the young prince wishes to take a look, I will give it to you."

Chu Mingkong's current dual cultivation isn't exactly a proper form of healing. It's merely using the union of dual cultivation and a woman to absorb a wisp of extreme yang energy to suppress the injuries from the abyss. Proper healing would leave one with severely damaged flesh and blood, but a single session of dual cultivation can restore one to a completely healed state. He hasn't achieved this effect with his current dual cultivation, otherwise Shangguan Rong wouldn't have been complaining of pain and exhaustion.

But I'll keep this manuscript anyway. I can study it from time to time, and use it as a way to deal with trash like the Hehuan Dew.

Having already taken advantage of the situation, Qingse set her sights on Chu Mingkong, wanting to see if he had any new tricks up his sleeve. The clothing advice he gave her last time had been very helpful.

"Does Your Highness have any other insights regarding clothing?"

Chu Mingkong unceremoniously sat down in Qingse's seat, taking up her desk, and disdainfully slapped her buttocks open with the back of his hand:

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! What are you doing sitting on the table? You're in the way!"

He took out a charcoal pencil and drew several sketches of high heels, and then offered suggestions for improving the stockings.

"The ones in front are high heels. The blueprints have already been drawn for you. You can find someone to make them yourself."

The key is the stockings. Right now, you've only made the stockings. You could try adding some patterns to them. These patterns could be your Immortal Treasure Pavilion's emblem or something similar. You could also customize them for other sects, design patterns, and promote them as female sect uniforms.

When other Immortal Treasure Pavilions follow your example, Qingse, you should find someone to turn stockings into magic robes, add some spirit patterns or something, and upgrade stockings from ordinary clothing to the magic robe system.

As the undisputed leader, you will henceforth be the pioneer and trendsetter of the hosiery industry, and the fashion icon of the cultivation world!

Qingse has definitely a talent for business to get to where she is today, but she still can't quite understand why a pair of socks worn as pants can have such power. This is because her thinking is limited, and she is not as open-minded as Chu Mingkong.

Seeing her confusion, Chu Mingkong explained his various ideas in detail and placed high hopes on her, hoping that she would keep her mission in mind, forge ahead and spread the culture of stockings in this world, not be afraid of difficulties, dare to be the first, create a new pattern and open up a new realm!

Fashion trends in the cultivation world can greatly influence the secular world. If Qingse successfully navigates the path of stockings, then it's estimated that wearing stockings will become popular in the Tianji Empire before long.

Chu Mingkong dragged Zuo Qiuchi around Qingse's Immortal Treasure Pavilion, and casually took a few pairs of stockings from Qingse's warehouse.

Qingse remained in her room to ponder, and after she had almost finished thinking it over, she called her maid over:

"Go to the storeroom and get two pairs of stockings. Adding some patterns will make them more attractive? I'll see how they actually work."

The maid hesitated, unsure whether to speak or not, and stammered, "That young master just went into the storeroom and took all the stockings, not a single pair left. If you need any, Miss, I'll take off the ones I'm wearing myself and give them to you..."

Qingse was speechless. "I prepared so much, and you took it all? You're robbers, aren't you, master and apprentice!"

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Several distinguished guests from various sects arrived at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. They were elders from the Xiaoxiang Qin Academy. Hearing that the Immortal Treasure Pavilion was temporarily located near the capital, they came to visit.

Qingse has now retired to the background, and the reception is usually handled by the maids. However, seeing that these beautiful women fit Chu Mingkong's criteria for a partner, she summoned an avatar to greet them.

"Seniors, our pavilion has acquired a batch of jade dildos made of top-grade spirit jade, carved in imitation of the items of the Prince of Xiling. I wonder if you are interested?"

"How dare you! My Xiaoxiang Qin Academy is a sect of women who cultivate in seclusion. How could we use such a thing... Wait, what did you say?"

These beautiful women had all heard about Chu Mingkong beheading the crown prince in the street, and one of them even witnessed the whole process, which made her heart flutter.

Qingse: "Made of top-grade spirit jade..."

The beautiful woman said, "No, that's not it."

Qingse: "Imitation of the item of the Crown Prince of Xiling."

The beautiful woman's face showed surprise, and she nodded: "Whether he is a prince or not is irrelevant. I never expected that someone would use top-grade spirit jade to carve such an absurd object. Let's see if it's real or fake, and lead the way quickly."

Chapter 83 How come you're using three at the same time? (49/51)

When the female elders of Xiaoxiang Qin Academy saw the exquisite jade pendant, they were greatly amazed. It was truly a rare sight in their lives to see a jade pendant carved with such meticulous detail.

Not everyone has a sincere heart for seeking the Dao. Even if the rules of the sect require a pure heart and few desires, it is only natural for people to eat and drink and to be with their loved ones. After decades of sitting in meditation to seek the Dao and decades of walking in the mortal world, it is inevitable that one's heart will be stirred.