Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"..."

Chen Qiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and looked towards Liu Zide, "This is our first meeting, and you're already asking me for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones. You really have the nerve to ask."

"However, I think you're quite imaginative."

"The fifteen thousand Spirit Stones are yours, and this Sound Transmission Ring too."

"Let's not talk about ten percent or five percent anymore. Let's go with the ten percent you mentioned. I'll give you ten percent."

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

...

Very soon.

Chen Qiu dispelled the soundproofing charm and, taking Liu Zide with him, returned to the Deserted Forest. He looked towards the scholar and softly said, "It's going to be hard on you these two days following him. Temporarily obey his commands, do whatever he tells you."

"And this man."

He glanced indifferently at the robust and burly man on the ground, "Since you said not to kill him, then we won't kill him."

Then, he casually tossed a Storage Bag full of Spirit Stones in front of the burly man.

"Go back and tell your boss to mobilize all the members of your gang to buy up all the Qi Replenishing Pills in Kai Mountain City."

"I'll be waiting here for you."

Only then did he look towards Liu Zide, clapped his shoulder with a smile and said, "There's no need for a Flying Boat anymore. My two brothers here are much faster than any Flying Boat. I'm entrusting them to you for these few days; they should help you speed up significantly."

...

"Quick, quick, quick!!"

"Shopkeeper, bring out all the Qi Replenishing Pills in your shop. We're buying all of them!"

In an instant.

Hundreds of burly men, shirtless and wearing armor, frenziedly bought up Qi Replenishing Pills in all the big pharmacies of Kai Mountain City, as if they intended to buy up every single pill in the city!

"Boss."

The burly man from the Deserted Forest tentatively stood in front of a young man and said weakly, "Are we really going to deliver the Qi Replenishing Pills to him? With so many Spirit Stones, we could completely run away."

"Run away?"

The young man sitting in a rocking chair shook his head helplessly, "A person who can casually throw out two thousand Spirit Stones won't be afraid of you running away."

"It's just not clear where this person comes from, why he needs so many Qi Replenishing Pills, and why he needs them so urgently."

...

"We're off."

Liu Zide, with a serious expression, stood in the Deserted Forest and bowed towards Chen Qiu and the others, "Thank you, Brother Qiu, for your trust. Rest assured, I'll definitely make these fifteen thousand Spirit Stones earn you several times more!"

"If there's a loss of even one stone, I'll bring my head to you."

The scholar, on the other hand, turned his head away with some resignation, as if he felt like a concubine who had been passed on to another master.

Damn.

He was so annoyed; he didn't want to leave Chen Qiu's side at all.

Chen Qiu also noticed the scholar's discomfort and couldn't help but comfort him with a smile, "It's up to you, scholar. As the Second Elder of the Chao Tian Sect, this is your first mission. Take it seriously."

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"This batch of Qi Replenishing Pills is almost like the last straw that will break my back."

"Don't worry, Sect Master."

The scholar also brightened up upon hearing this, "As the Second Elder of the Chao Tian Sect, I will give it my all!"

"Shall we first go to Qiu Yuan City?"

Liu Zide looked tentatively at the scholar beside him, unsure what method the latter would use to take him away.

"Mm."

The scholar nodded lightly. From his sleeve, a three-foot green blade transformed into a beam of Liu Guang, shooting towards the distance. Immediately thereafter, the scholar and his two companions vanished on the spot without a trace, a method of travel far superior to any Flying Boat.

It's just... somewhat costly in terms of Qi Replenishing Pills.

...

After the others had left, the boss of "Fierce Tiger Gang" came to see Chen Qiu, expressed his apologies, and also departed.

The vast forest was suddenly left with only Chen Qiu and Fat Long.

"It feels so empty all of a sudden."

Fat Long sighed as he glanced around.

Chen Qiu did not speak, only shook his head and returned to Kai Mountain City. To be honest, he wasn't quite used to the absence of the scholar, and always felt like something was missing at his side.

The most important thing was...

His deficiency in movement technique became entirely exposed after the scholar left.

"..."

Chen Qiu helplessly affixed a "Gale Talisman" to himself, then proceeded to stride forward!

He now had too many weaknesses that had to be addressed!

...

"What, cracking a forbidden spell?"

Inside a shop in Kai Mountain City, a shopkeeper with a face full of flesh looked sternly at Chen Qiu and his group, saying, "We can't take on this job. Don't you know that it's strictly forbidden by Da Xia Country's laws to break the spells on others' Storage Rings?"

"Can't do it, can't do it."

But as he saw Chen Qiu and the other turn to leave, he lowered his voice and added with a light cough, "However, you might want to have a look at the abandoned temple three miles west of the city after nightfall, there seems to be an old expert there who does this kind of work."

"Oh."

...

Night fell.

Chen Qiu and Fat Long were already waiting in the abandoned temple three miles west of the city, sitting on the dusty ground and warming themselves with a campfire.

"Brother Qiu."

Fat Long looked at Chen Qiu beside him, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, recuperating and rotating his mental method, and said somewhat boredly, "When is the shopkeeper coming? It's almost time."

"Just wait a little longer."

Chen Qiu said calmly with his eyes closed.

This shopkeeper was recommended by the scholar, who said that this business had the best reputation for cracking forbidden spells, and in many years, there hadn't been a single case of leaking customer information or double-crossing.

For someone recommended by the old Jianghu hand like the scholar, he was still trustworthy.

Sometimes he felt his luck was truly good.

When he first entered Jianghu, Fat Long, the All-Knowing, had told him much information, which saved him from many detours.

And when the things they touched upon rose to a higher level, and Fat Long no longer knew the relevant information, he met the scholar, who, as an ex-Jianghu hand, took over the role of All-Knowing.

Without the scholar and Fat Long,

It might have taken him many more days to embark on the cultivation path, and he might have hit wall after wall, perhaps even without knowing the term 'Step by Step'.

It's not that people become more fatalistic with age,

but as they grow older and look back on their lives, they find that many very right decisions were not made by themselves but under the influence of fate, made unconsciously.

Just then—

Footsteps crunching on fallen leaves could be heard outside the temple. Soon, a middle-aged man with a mask walked in and stood at the entrance, speaking in a purposely lowered and gravelly voice.

"Are you two young friends here to break a Storage Ring's spell?"

"Mhm."

Fat Long, already somewhat impatient, said gruffly, "Hurry it up, shopkeeper. We've been waiting for you for a long time."

"What shopkeeper, not shopkeeper. You're mistaken, young friend."

"I remain unchanged in name and deed, known in the Jianghu as Wang Laoqi!"

After that, the masked middle-aged man didn't say much else, directly moving to sit cross-legged in front of Chen Qiu and said hoarsely, "Bring out the Storage Ring."

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