No strange things are allowed to evolve!

Watch out behind you!

Jiang Shu found it somewhat amusing to watch the Four Heavenly Kings search for their enemies in the void.

"The previous problems have been solved; now it's a new one."

The Four Heavenly Kings turned around and looked at Jiang Shu, who was sitting in a chair.

The handsaw puppet asked bluntly, "Master, what trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?"

"It has nothing to do with me; I encountered trouble as soon as I came into this world."

Since becoming Jiang Shu's invisible stand-ins, they have realized that Jiang Shu not only has the ability to travel between different worlds, but also gave them a second life. Therefore, they naturally regard Jiang Shu as a messenger of the gods, a person even more powerful than the creative craftsmen.

So although they didn't know much about the incubator, they could roughly understand it.

It seems that Jiang Shu has once again left the world she lives in to embark on an adventure in a new one.

"Master, please tell me what happened," the scissor puppet asked, waving its scissors. "Let me cut away all your troubles for you!"

"You can give me a haircut, that's fine," Jiang Shu couldn't help but complain.

The scissor puppet is great in every way, except its loyalty is a bit too childish.

However, the agreed-upon delivery date for the start-up funds with the creditors was still tomorrow. Since he had nothing else to do, Jiang Shu briefly explained the situation in this world to the four of them.

"Can you learn the magic here?" the hammer golem asked curiously.

"Well, although it's called a cultivation technique here, it's pretty much the same."

Jiang Shu nodded:

"However, there is one troublesome thing. Originally, I only needed to cultivate one technique, but now there are five. I have to spend five times as much time cultivating them, which means I will probably have to stay in this world for a while."

Just as Jiang Shu was worried that if the process dragged on for too long, it might affect his life in the real world, he suddenly heard the spindle puppet say, "Master, if you can learn the magic... techniques here, then we should be able to too."

Jiang Shu was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

“When you don’t summon us, we are in a chaotic space where there is no concept of time. There is only a red line, which is the bond between us and you, or rather, destiny.”

The spindle puppet explained earnestly:

“Our fate is intertwined with yours. As long as you live, no matter how many times we die, we can be reborn in that space. In other words, we are a part of you.”

We will grow stronger as you become stronger, and the improvements we gain will ultimately benefit you. Therefore, we can do anything you can for you, including learning and cultivation.

If you pass on the techniques to us after you receive them, we will also be able to cultivate them, which is equivalent to you cultivating five techniques simultaneously, and the time required will not increase.

"Such a thing is true?" Jiang Shu was extremely surprised.

The description of the [Undead Puppet Technique] on paper only states that it can summon up to five puppets to act as henchmen. Although it is said to have many uses, Jiang Shu always thought that it was a special ability that the puppets had by themselves, or that he could only unlock it by leveling up.

I never expected this to be a one-elemental-transformation-five-purification technique!

Only now did Jiang Shu understand why the [Undead Puppet Technique] was a calamity-level skill, and why, compared to the nightmare-level [Puppet Technique] which could also control puppets to fight for him, the maximum number of puppets he could control was a hundred or eighty times less.

Aside from their similar names, they are completely different skills from each other!

Suppressing the sudden joy in his heart, Jiang Shu asked, "So, after I obtain the five cultivation techniques, do I need to let you go out and cultivate on your own?"

“No need.” The spindle puppet shook its head: “As long as you engage in cultivation, you can enjoy the corresponding results even if the corresponding technique is not on you.”

"Phew." Jiang Shu let out a breath.

That's all set!

But then he suddenly thought of something: "If I were to have sex, would you also enjoy it?"

“Uh, I don’t think I can do that…” the spindle puppet replied awkwardly, “I don’t have synesthesia.”

The hammer doll chimed in: "However, if you're doing work-related activities, even though I can't sense your real-time emotions, I'll still feel good seeing it."

Jiang Shu raised her index finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture: "Okay, I know you love your job, stop talking."

......

The next day.

Jiang Shu left the temple and went out to have some breakfast.

Overall, it wasn't much different from the world he was familiar with. In fact, because the dojo was located in a small fourth- or fifth-tier city, rather than a second-tier city like Tancheng, it had an even stronger sense of everyday life.

It was Sunday, and the streets were packed with people heading to the market.

There were many tricycles parked by the roadside, and vendors spread out colorful canvases on the ground to sell all kinds of items, mostly fresh vegetables or fruits.

The street loudspeakers and the bustling crowds of people create a vibrant atmosphere, with occasional honking sounds indicating traffic congestion.

Jiang Shu didn't dislike this feeling; it made him feel like he had returned to his hometown county.

It wasn't until Jiang Shu saw a car honking its horn get rear-ended, and the driver got out to check and actually said "thank you" to the other driver that he came to his senses.

This guy looks like a monk from the car insurance sect.

Arriving at a breakfast stall, Jiang Shu ordered a basket of steamed buns and a bowl of mung bean porridge, pondering his next plan as he ate.

Although the returns from "late bloomer" insurance are not high each time, the advantage is that they are updated daily, allowing you to accumulate small gains over time. Therefore, it is definitely better to arrange it as early as possible.

However, 10,000 universal cultivation points is only the storage threshold for one insurance policy. If you achieve great things late in life, you still have to save up for the rest.

This wouldn't have mattered in the first place, since one can only practice one skill at a time. And judging from the way those creditors acted yesterday, they would have to beg and plead for 10,000, and even have to charm the late-blooming immortal master. Getting 50,000 would be absolutely impossible.

But now the situation has changed. He has the Four Heavenly Kings as the sockets for his cultivation techniques, so Jiang Shu doesn't want to wait that long. He hopes to use all five methods at the same time.

So, is there any way to quickly obtain universal cultivation level, or even to simply not need universal cultivation level, but instead start from the root and get the five major sects to lower their requirements and lend them their cultivation level?

"Fourteen in total, should I scan a QR code or use tokens?"

Jiang Shu looked up at the breakfast stall owner who was demanding Universal Cultivation from him, and then took out his phone to check his account balance.

Can you wash the dishes?

The shop owner was taken aback, then glared fiercely at Jiang Shu: "You want to dine and dash?"

“No, not being able to pay and not wanting to pay are two different things.” Jiang Shu explained the difference seriously: “I just don’t have money, not that I want to dine and dash.”

"You're such a grown man, and you don't even have fourteen points of cultivation. You're hopeless." The shopkeeper said disdainfully, "When my son was your age, he was already an inner disciple of the Immunity to All Diseases Sect. Every month, he could gain a lot of cultivation points just from the chronic pharyngitis he got from smoking, and he even had some left over that he could convert into general cultivation points to supplement his family's income."

"That's impressive." Jiang Shu was already used to this kind of old Deng's classic lecturing and boasting, and casually replied with a perfunctory remark.

However, the fact that the boss's son was immune to all diseases piqued Jiang Shu's interest, and he asked, "What level of cultivator is your son now? Could you introduce me to him sometime?"

Unexpectedly, these words evoked sadness in the boss: "Sigh, he died from smoking, lung cancer."

“Uh…” Jiang Shu was taken aback.

"Forget it, it's only fourteen, I don't care about the money." The boss shooed Jiang Shu away impatiently, as if swatting away a fly: "If you were to wash the dishes for me, I'd be afraid you wouldn't do it properly. Finish eating and get out of here, then go find something worthwhile to do. You're so old, aren't you ashamed?"

As Jiang Shu walked out of the breakfast stall, she turned to look at the owner who was tidying up, and realized that Lao Deng, who liked to preach, wasn't just doing it to show off.

However, although it's a bit dishonest to say it like that, thanks to the boss's son dying from smoking, Jiang Shu discovered a blue ocean that belonged to him.

The five major cultivation methods cultivate the body, and cultivating the body is inevitably accompanied by pain and torment. Whether it is illness, injury, the blow of unemployment, or the long wait and troubles of childbirth, they will torment the cultivator's body and mind at all times.

Humans have their limits; no matter how dedicated one is to cultivation, there must be a limit.

But these limits... are quite lenient with me.

Jiang Shu looked at the cultivators on the street who lived under the rules and limits at all times.

"Humans are still too fragile..."

Meanwhile, a plan was gradually taking shape in his mind.

Perhaps... we need to make a big splash.

So great that even the members of the five major sects believed that he was a one-in-a-million cultivation genius!

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Entering the Capital

After breakfast, Jiang Shu returned to the dojo.

Not long after, the creditors arrived as promised.

A card was tossed onto the table in front of Jiang Shu.

"Ten thousand points of universal cultivation are all here. I hope you keep your promise, otherwise..."

Jiang Shu rubbed his cultivation card: "What else can I do?"

"Otherwise, I'll dig up your family's ancestral graves!" the man with the big knife threatened in a deep voice. "A filial son like you, willing to pay off your parents' debts, surely wouldn't want to see your ancestors' bones lying exposed in the wilderness, would you?"

Jiang Shu looked solemn and remained silent.

What I really think is, "Do whatever makes you happy."

However, the men with the big knife didn't push Jiang Shu too hard. After all, they hoped that Jiang Shu could patch up the hole without making any mistakes rather than digging up the grave.

So, the slap was also a sweet treat: "But you don't need to worry too much. As long as we can see your sincerity, we are happy to be friends with someone like you. You can also tell us if you have any troubles. Since we have decided to help you, we will try our best to satisfy you, as long as it's not about asking for more cultivation."

Do you offer any support other than money?

Then there's nothing I need your help with.

"Thank you." Jiang Shu nodded.

"Let's go, the Immortal Master is waiting for you at the station." The man with the big sword extended his hand to Jiang Shu: "We'll take you there."

Grasping the hand of the man with the large knife, Jiang Shu stood up: "Okay."

The headquarters of the five major factions at the top of the insurance pyramid would naturally not be located in such a remote third- or fourth-tier town.

Although after a long period of development, even those minor sects have achieved coverage across the entire continent, making it easy to find corresponding insurance points and obtain cultivation techniques, let alone the five major sects.

However, due to Jiang Shu's special circumstances and the sensitive nature of his family background—his parents were both late bloomers who had abandoned their families—he was naturally placed on the blacklist.

If you want to get insurance for late bloomers, you have to go to the headquarters and go through the manual channel to remove yourself from the blacklist.

The immortal master from the Late Bloomer School originally came because of the fraud committed by Jiang Shu's parents. Now that they had run away, he naturally had to go back and report. So Jiang Shu simply set off with him, hoping that he could help him recommend someone to handle this historical problem.

This was agreed upon yesterday.

Then, take a qualification assessment similar to an entry-level test to see if you are eligible to take out insurance for late bloomers.

Jiang Shu had already inquired about this. As a sect that relies on receiving rewards for cultivation, the only requirement is good health and longevity, because the longer one lives, the more rewards one can receive and the higher one's cultivation level can be.

Jiang Shu wasn't worried about this, as his physical abilities had long been honed to the point where they were comparable to his iron will.

As the saying goes, "A golden carp is no ordinary fish; it will transform into a dragon once it encounters wind and clouds." All Jiang Shu needs now is an opportunity!

......

On the high-speed rail platform.

Passengers waiting for the high-speed train suddenly noticed a group of strange people arriving.

They appeared to be there to see him off, surrounding a young child and repeatedly giving him instructions, one sentence at a time.

It's common in small places like this that young people who have just graduated from university leave their hometowns to seek out sects in big cities for cultivation; no one finds it strange.

Normally, it's usually the child's parents who see them off, with maybe a few close relatives and friends. It's rare to see a large group of more than ten people like this.

Moreover, some observant people quickly noticed that many of them were prominent figures from local martial arts sects.

This immediately aroused everyone's curiosity and whispers.

"Is that the elder in charge of the nail loss insurance?"

"And that other one, isn't he the head of the hemorrhoid insurance business?"

"Hiss... They are all heroes of their time. Those who can establish their own schools are all insurance masters. These people must be at least insurance kings or even insurance emperors, right?"

"More than that! As far as I know, the one wielding the greatsword is the sect leader of the Ruinous Sect. His strength has reached the pinnacle, making him a true expert of the Ruinous Sect!"

"That's not right... If he's a powerful expert from the Danger Sect, he can fly through the air without having the junior take the high-speed rail. Why didn't he just fly there with that young man?"

"Yes...it's really strange..."

"Let's not talk about that for now. The key is that young man. He's the only one who can attract so many big shots to personally see him off. He must be an unparalleled genius. If we get on the bus later, we must try to befriend him. It will definitely be of great benefit to us."

"Absolutely! Absolutely!"

the other side.

"Alright, alright, no need for any more threats. I already said I'll pay you back." Jiang Shu tried her best to calm everyone down as they became increasingly agitated.

After calming him down, he looked at the immortal master again: "Is there anything else that I still owe you for your train ticket?"

"Because this is not covered by reimbursement." The immortal master explained, "I am a powerful expert of the Dangerous Sect, and I can already fly through the air. I can go wherever I want. I no longer have transportation subsidies, so I paid for these two tickets out of my own pocket. You have to pay me back."