Chapter 334: Magic Breaks the Seven Realms

It's New Year.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year arrived.

Lu Xun, time is flying by.

Hmm.

This New Year, Chu Youqing specially stayed behind to spend it with Lu Xun.

She also brought Murong Wan along.

In the high martial era, some traditional festivals in the East have not been abandoned.

Especially for ordinary people, they actually value some festivals more.

However, for cultivators, the New Year isn't that important.

Some cultivators even seclude themselves to cultivate during the New Year.

Cultivation is paramount.

"Boss, happy New Year~"

Bai Ling also came.

Not only her, but Xie Yuyan also came.

"Why don't you go home?"

Lu Xun asked Xie Yuyan.

"There are so many people at home, and I'm not missing one; it's you guys here, with fewer people, that's not lively."

Xie Yuyan tied on an apron and started cooking.

You wouldn't guess it, but she's quite skilled at cooking.

As of now, it's been over two months since the Lu Group opened for business.

Over these two months, the Lu Group has been thriving, opening branch after branch, with performance improving steadily.

At year's end, Xie Yuyan tallied up: in these two months, the Lu Group's sales surpassed three thousand cubic Dark Energy.

Profit reached eight hundred cubic Dark Energy.

This profit is the surplus after deducting all expenses, including taxes.

The profit margin on elixirs is actually high.

The higher the elixir's grade, the higher the profit.

For example, saint-grade and heaven-grade elixirs of the same quality have barely any increase in cost, yet their price is more than ten times higher.

However, the Lu Group's expenses are not small; the biggest portion is actually the alchemists' commissions.

These alchemists are quite capable; when they normally make elixirs on their own, all the profit goes to them, and they live quite comfortably.

If we only gave them a fixed salary, how could they possibly join a large group?

Therefore, for any large alchemist conglomerate, the biggest expense is the alchemists' commissions.

The Jia Group offers a tiered commission: the lowest tier is thirty percent, and the higher the skill, the higher the commission.

It can go up to fifty percent, i. e., a fifty-fifty split.

The Lu Group likewise implements a tiered commission system, with ratios not inferior to the Jia Group's.

Moreover, the taxes to be paid are also not insignificant.

Lu Xun hasn't evaded taxes; even so-called reasonable tax avoidance methods are useless.

After all, without a peaceful environment provided by the state, like other small countries, facing a disaster would make self-preservation difficult, let alone making money.

In just over two months, a profit of eight hundred cubic Dark Energy is already extremely high.

Although, a large part of this came from sales on the opening day and the following days; after things stabilized, the sales weren't as astonishing.

But if we project this forward, the Lu Group's annual profit could easily reach three to four thousand cubic Dark Energy.

Such performance, Xie Yuyan is not satisfied.

She has a greater goal.

The first-stage goal is to have the Lu Group's profit break through ten thousand.

That is, ten thousand cubic Dark Energy.

This is something even the Jia Group struggles to achieve.

But Xie Yuyan firmly believes the Lu Group can do it.

Currently, the main problem is still that the number of alchemists is a bit too low.

Fortunately, with Bai Ling as a golden signboard and Lu Xun as a strong backer, more alchemists are willing to join the Lu Group.

Lu Xun occasionally takes some time to give those alchemists pointers, greatly boosting their earnings.

This makes those alchemists faintly feel that Lu Xun is probably the true big shot in the alchemist world.

However,

The Jia Group has recently started making moves.

They first engaged in a price war with the Lu Group, then controlled alchemical materials, aiming to strike the Lu Group from all angles.

In response to the Jia Group's moves, Lu Xun gave only four words: 'See it through to the end.'

Xie Yuyan took those four words and confronted the Jia Group head-on; the two sides have already clashed for over half a month.

On New Year's Day, Xie Yuyan stole a moment of leisure amidst her busyness, essentially giving herself a day off.

"Happy New Year~"

When the clock struck at dawn, several people raised their cups and drank them in one go.

This New Year passed very perfectly.

This night was even more perfect.

Chu Youqing sneaked into Lu Xun's room; although they couldn't do that thing now, she did everything else she should.

She even used her cherry‑small mouth...

Because Lu Xun couldn't hold back at the crucial moment, Chu Youqing felt that everything she ate the next day was a little sweet.

"Lu Xun, it's really strange—why does it feel sweet this time?"

Chu Youqing tilted her little head, utterly puzzled.

That little expression made Lu Xun unable to hold back his laughter.

My school‑beauty girlfriend is clearly saying something very bad, so why does she look so pure and innocent?

"Xiao Wan..."

The next day, Lu Xun sneaked into Murong Wan's room.

After being bullied most of the night, Murong Wan returned to Rong Cheng with Chu Youqing on the third day of the New Year.

Lu Xun also bought gifts and followed them, visiting the Chu family and then the Murong family.

After the New Year, the two girls began to study diligently.

Lu Xun continued to laze around.

It wasn't total laziness—he had plenty to do lately.

For example, he continued to guide Bai Ling and Ran Bing.

He helped them improve their pill‑crafting and formation skills.

Another example: pill‑crafting.

Lu Xun refined a large number of fourth‑, fifth‑, and sixth‑grade Saint‑grade pills, preparing the pills Chu Youqing and Murong Wan use for cultivation up to after the Six Realms.

These pills were sealed by Lu Xun in jade bottles and can be stored for a long time.

That way, if one day Lu Xun is trapped again like with the Ancient God and cannot return to Lan Xing for a long time, the two girls won't have to worry about cultivation resources.

In fact, with Bai Ling's current pill‑crafting ability, she could provide the pills needed for the Four Realm cultivation of the two girls.

But the pills Bai Ling refines, compared to Lu Xun's, even if they are both Saint‑grade, are still considerably inferior.

What Lu Xun refines has as many as three layers of pill patterns.

Consequently, its medicinal effect is much stronger.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

"Wow, Beidou University is so beautiful~"

"I heard Senior Lu Xun is at Beidou University—I wonder if I can meet him~"

Beidou University welcomed another batch of freshmen.

Before anyone realized, Lu Xun became a senior in his third year.

Ran Bing officially graduated from Qingxu Academy.

After graduation, Ran Bing followed Lu Xun's advice and secluded herself in a floor of the Lu Clan Building.

That floor was specially prepared for her by Lu Xun, who set up a seventh‑grade formation there; even if Ran Bing loses control and the Gu Yao will takes over, Lu Xun can suppress it through the formation.

Then, as long as Lu Xun arrives in time and activates the Soul Power Resonance Technique, he can help Ran Bing press the Gu Yao will down again.

This also makes it convenient for Lu Xun to help Ran Bing improve her formation skills.

Her formation skill has reached the upper fourth grade, only a tiny bit away from breaking through to the fifth grade.

Once she breaks through to the fifth grade and the feedback returns, Lu Xun's formation skill should be able to break through to the eighth grade.

Besides Ran Bing, Lu Xun spent a fortune to build luxurious private cultivation chambers for Chu Youqing and Murong Wan.

This way, the two girls can come to the Lu Clan Building to cultivate anytime.

During this period, the two girls gained a lot.

Murong Wan broke through from the first layer of the Four Realm to the third layer in succession.

In the Four Realm, breaking through two layers in just a few months is an enormous gain.

The feedback from her breakthrough was again split by the system.

It mainly consists of two aspects of feedback.

One is true qi.

The other is true intent.

There is also bodily strength, but that is secondary.

Because the feedback types differ, Lu Xun couldn't break through to the Six Realm in martial arts, nor did he make much breakthrough in the Five Realm limit.

But true qi made progress again.

True intent reached the mid‑stage of the Destruction level.

Well, Murong Wan's breakthrough in true intent actually didn't let Lu Xun's sword intent improve much.

Mainly because the gap is too large.

Her true intent has just entered the entry‑subtle stage.

Subtle, transformation, extinction.

In this, extinction is further divided into annihilation, destruction, and obliteration.

Compared to the entry‑subtle level of sword intent, the Destruction level is more than a hundred times stronger.

Even with two sixty‑fold feedbacks, Lu Xun's sword intent only advanced from the early to the mid stage of the Destruction level.

If Murong Wan could break through the fourth stage of the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword, the feedback would be even greater.

Previously, Lu Xun's sword‑intent progress mainly came from the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword.

But given her current strength, the fourth stage is too difficult; Lu Xun spent a lot of time teaching her, yet she still couldn't break through.

"Are they still in seclusion?"

Lu Xun thought of Fu Yue and Fu Xue.

Fu Xue has had no movement for several months.

Her cultivation should have made some progress, but there will be no return until she achieves a noticeable breakthrough.

Several months is still too short for the Seven Realms.

Just consolidating one's cultivation isn't really enough.

The two women have been in seclusion the whole time, which prevented Lu Xun from finding a chance to bind Fu Yue.

"Barbara, why are you completely motionless?"

During this time, Barbara showed no movement at all and never woke up.

This made Lu Xun somewhat worried.

The previous adventure's act of breaking the curse seems to have provoked the witch's counterattack.

Although Lu Xun used Chaos Cells to devour the curse that had spread over himself,

On Barbara's side, however, there isn't a good solution.

【Aodaili's magic cultivation broke through to mid-Archmage, and you gain sixty times Aodaili's harvest.】

A few days later,

Aodaili, who had shown little movement, suddenly had a breakthrough in her magic cultivation.

Her breakthrough was a leap—upon breaking through, she went directly from early stage to mid-stage, equivalent to skipping several levels.

"Good fellow."

Lu Xun wondered why she had remained motionless for so long; it turned out she was gathering a big move.

Lu Xun's magic cultivation began to rise.

Originally, his magic cultivation was at level 5 of the Six Realms.

Now, he has been charging forward relentlessly.

Six Realms level 6, level 7, level 8, level 9, level 10... and then he broke into the Seven Realms in one fell swoop!