Chapter 252: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 253: Cultivators Should Be Self-Reliant (23)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao stayed in Jianping City for nearly half a month, until she sold off all the pills she had on hand.

They were truly sold clean — there was no possibility of any leftovers.

Blinking her eyes, Shen Yao sighed with the System that cultivators really are generous; even though pill prices were several times higher than in the Mortal World, it couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm for spending money.

"Had I known business would be this good, I should have stored more pills."

At the time, Shen Yao refined pills more to leave a safeguard for the Mortal World (though mainly to eliminate the karma between her and the World Consciousness); after all, the raw material herbs for pill refining weren't precious items — once a crop was harvested from that herb field on the back mountain, a great many pills could be directly refined.

Shen Yao felt vexed; the most helpless thing in life is seeing a treasure vault but being unable to profit from it.

System:...

The System felt the Host was too fake — she still had many raw materials in her space, even seeds and seedlings stored; if she took them out and found a place to plant them, wouldn't she gain a continuous stream of profit?

"You make it sound easy, but we can't stay in Jianping City too long.

Besides, occasionally selling those refined pills is fine, but if it goes on for long, do you think other people won't get jealous and move to seize them?"

Don't joke — Shen Yao had only been selling for half a month and was already being watched; if she further exposed her ability to refine pills, who knows, she might be abducted and forced to work for them.

"Kang Kingdom isn't like Yong Kingdom — there are cultivators here; money moves hearts, as long as the value they display outwardly is good enough, high-level cultivators will make a move.

Where is there any fairness in the Cultivation World? It's just the weak preyed on by the strong wearing human skin.

"We've already earned quite a lot; wait two more days, until the crowd peaks, then we can leave quietly in the flow of people."

Their destination this trip was the Eastern region; no matter how good the cultivation sects on the Southern Country side were, they weren't their first choice — the disputes that would ultimately erupt in Southern Country alone were enough to make them leave as soon as possible.

"Immortal Master? That's an Immortal Master!"

"Hush, lower your voice — if you're heard, who knows, they might throw you out."

"Aiya, we finally made it in time — three days from now is the Disciple Recruitment Conference; I heard quite a few sects are coming this time, child, we absolutely can't miss it."

"..."

Chirping voices rang out beside her ears, coming from all directions around.

Although they sold the Treading Cloud Horses used for travel, the family of five didn't panic at all — they spent money to buy several good Thousand Li Horses, planning to tour mountains and waters while heading east.

The reason for doing this was simply that they learned the recruitment timing of the Eastern region cultivation sects.

Once every five years; the last one ended a year ago.

Tsk tsk tsk

There are still four whole years — what's the rush? Walking and sightseeing along the way is perfectly on time.

Quickly settling on the travel strategy, Shen Yao and company strolled around bustling Jianping City a bit more, then left just before the recruitment ceremony.

"Mother, that person who just passed had a bloody aura drifting from him," his cultivation was only Foundation Establishment, completely no match for her.

Ren Yangzuo was eager to try, even harboring a bit of an urge to uphold justice.

Shen Yao stopped her foolish son, "He's a cultivator of the Yin God Sect — they routinely deal with corpses, act in a ghostly, unscrupulous manner.

If you run into them in the future, after you act, don't leave any evidence."

Yin God Sect people specialize in divine sense research; even their Spiritual Sense Seas are far larger than ordinary cultivators — such people excel at schemes and tricks, love to retaliate over the slightest grievance, and have a terrible reputation in the Cultivation World.

Why did Yin God Sect cultivators appear in Jianping City? Because Yin God Sect's territory is in Southern Country.

"Doesn't the royal family here believe in Buddhism and Daoism?" Wanfo Temple and Xuandao Sect are known to almost everyone.

Ren Yangzuo used divine sense to transmit sound; he was still somewhat confused, not understanding how a sect that's clearly not Righteous Path could show its face in a capital city dense with personnel.

"The Yin God Sect isn't the Demonic Path — they just excel at walking some crooked, unorthodox ways," but all of that falls within the permitted range of the rules.

Shen Yao drew an analogy between Mortal World factions and Cultivation World factions — they're actually quite similar, except Cultivation World factions have higher martial power; a move can destroy heaven and earth, giving them an extra layer of awe-inspiring deterrence.

Afraid Ren Yangyao wouldn't understand, Shen Yao supplemented with a few more sects with even worse reputations than the Yin God Sect.

They're all Southern Country specialties; they also come to join the liveliness during recruitment.

As for whether they can recruit disciples? "Good sects have high requirements; those with insufficient Spirit Root Quality can only settle for second best."

The existence of the Yin God Sect is to give these people a window to cultivate.

As for what the result is after entering? Even living honestly carries risk of mishap, let alone in a Cultivation World fraught with crises?

With a smile at the corner of her mouth, Shen Yao saw familiar faces in the crowd.

All were customers who had once bought pills or Treading Cloud Horses from her.

Some were lavishly wealthy, surrounded by many little servants; some were low-key and frugal, covered head to toe in dust, revealing nothing.

"Let's go — follow this road out of the city, keep heading east and you'll leave."

Shen Yao led the Thousand Li Horses with coats like silk, strolling leisurely through the crowd.

All five possessed cultivation; without deliberately revealing it, they could make ordinary people retreat at a glance.

Passersby would subconsciously avoid them; by the time they reacted, they didn't know why, and could only attribute it to the other party's aura being too powerful — they looked like trouble.

As commoners who knew of cultivators, they had long been tamed by the mighty power that could overturn mountains and seas, like domesticated little beasts, incomparably obedient.

"Senior Brother, those few people" — a cultivator noticed this situation and subconsciously wanted to intercept them.

"Must not act rashly — among them there's even a Golden Core cultivation; our trip down the mountain is only for recruiting disciples, Master warned us not to create extra complications."

Clever people don't like taking responsibility onto themselves; moreover, doing this would most likely be thankless effort.

Similar words rang out in different places; the final outcome was nothing came of it.

Shen Yao's group left the city smoothly, mounted the Thousand Li Horses, and rode east all the way.

When they came across a city on the road, no matter its size, they would choose to stay a few days to rest and recuperate.

At the same time, Shen Yao arranged missions for Ren Yangyao's three children.

Whether they were official missions from the government or missions posted by great noble families, Shen Yao used gaining experience as an excuse to send all three children away.

Three geniuses with Golden Core cultivation realms would only find these missions simple when facing them.

Even if some involved getting entangled with cultivators, who could withstand them being cut down in a single sword stroke? Simply becoming dead souls under their blades, their bodies carried off to exchange for bounties and stored in storage bags.

Working as they traveled, Ren Yangyao and the other two relied on their respectable skills to successfully make a name for themselves, while also obtaining quite a bit of insider information.

The more they learned about some situations in the Cultivation World, the more surprised Ren Yangyao was by his own mother's actions.

It turned out that letting them take missions was so they could better integrate into this world.

"This isn't a bad thing; perhaps for their entire lives, you will be unable to return to Jiang Guo."

Since that was the case, rather than waiting until the World Consciousness deliberately targeted them, they should be more proactive and get involved with the World Consciousness.

When in the Mortal World, Shen Yao had verified the cause and effect between her and the World Consciousness; now switching to the Cultivation World, it was a different soup but the same medicine, the inner essence unchanged.

Therefore, the greater the fame Ren Yangyao and the other two made for themselves, the more advantageous it was for them.

"The Canglan Continent is vast, with countless secret realms; once you achieve success in your cultivation in the future, you can still ascend to the Upper Realm."

It was amazing that this continent had not severed the ladder of ascension; as long as one cultivated to Unity of the Way and survived the Thunder Tribulation, they could leave this world.

"The last person to ascend was Venerable Wuchen of Lingyun Sect in the Eastern Region.

He ascended to the Upper Realm one thousand five hundred years ago, and Lingyun Sect thereby became the number one sect in the Eastern Region."

This time they went to the Eastern Region to participate in the Disciple Recruitment Conference, aiming for the top five ranked sects in the Eastern Region.

Lingyun Sect was certainly not bad, but other sects such as Jade Maiden Palace, Invisibility Sect, Guiyun Sect, and Lingxiao Hall were also quite good.

With Ren Yangyao and the other two's Spirit Root Quality, apart from Jade Maiden Palace which had gender restrictions, they could freely choose among the other sects.

"Participating in this Disciple Recruitment Conference, passing the trials will be very easy for you, but obtaining the opportunity to be cultivated by the sect will be much more difficult than for ordinary people."

Like these great sects, there were plenty of old monsters who had lived for many years inside.

The problems on Ren Yangyao and the other two only needed a light sweep to be exposed without exception; as people not belonging to this world, the cause-and-effect lines on their bodies were also different from others.

If it were other people who acted conservatively, facing Ren Yangyao and the other two they would probably shout for them to be beaten and killed.

So, they could only, under the condition of not being deeply bound to one another, try their best to demonstrate their own value, making those high and mighty people reluctant to take action against them.

People put profit first; if investing in Ren Yangyao and the other two would yield more benefits than exterminating them, no one would want their lives.

This was different from Ren Chengzhou; Ren Chengzhou's body had already damaged its foundation in the Mortal World, including the World Consciousness striking ruthlessly when he later underwent the Thunder Tribulation.

With Ren Chengzhou's current quality, he was far from comparable to the value of Ren Yangyao and the other two.

"We still need to seize the time to let Ren Yangyao and the other two have more usable chips on them."

"System, quickly check if you have any good pills there; don't be stingy."

Shen Yao once again sheared the System's sheep wool, all for the future of her several little ones.

System:...

The System was dumbfounded; it looked at the Host's space piled full and full, then looked at its own empty-handed appearance, its expression speechless.

"Host, you have so many treasures in your space; just taking out some would solve it. Why force it to pay out? It's just a wage earner."

"Between you and me, do we still need to divide things so precisely? Besides, my things are saved for later use; have you forgotten what you once said?"

There is no most difficult, only more difficult; Shen Yao had to prepare in advance for the future.

She was just a humble little Host who could only fill her belly by relying on the gaps in the System's fingers; how could she be compared to the wealthy and powerful System?

Not feeling the least bit thick-skinned, Shen Yao simply named the pill she wanted: Ziyun Pill.

A substitute for the Innate Creation Pill, named because it contains a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi within.

After hearing this, the System cursed Shen Yao for being shameless; this was not shearing sheep wool, but clearly trying to make it go bald.

Shen Yao was fearless; anyway, this pill had to be given to her, and as for the System wanting to curse, let it curse a few sentences; it didn't affect her anyway.

In the end, the System still handed over three extremely precious Ziyun Pills to Shen Yao.

Of course, when giving them out, it hemmed and hawed, and was also scolded by Shen Yao for not being generous enough, angering the System so much that it ignored the Host for several days.

After receiving the pills, Shen Yao put away the three pills, completely without the intention of handing them over immediately.

By her thinking, they had not yet reached the Eastern Region, so pills and such were not urgent; they just needed to use them up before the disciple recruitment.

Continuing along the route planned long ago, Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou truly toured mountains and played in the water, with all expenses borne by Ren Yangyao and the three brothers.

Experiencing the joy of raising children, Shen Yao occasionally refined pills along the way, and the pills were used as the main auxiliary tools for Ren Yangyao and the other three's cultivation.

Of course, when they came across relatively prosperous towns, Shen Yao would also sell a batch to make some money.

In such days of give and take, they quickly reached the border of the Southern Country, separated from the Eastern Region only by a long mountain range.

"The Changling Mountain Range is full of crises; wanting to forcibly cross it is simply a fool's dream. But customers, rest assured, our Xianyue Tower does exactly this business."

"There are even three Golden Core Cultivators holding the line, ensuring customer safety..."

Inside Xianyue Tower, the middle-aged Second Attendant spoke excitedly to Shen Yao about their overwhelming strength, just to close today's deal involving hundreds of Spirit Stones in expenses.

Alas, business is not easy to do.

Even in the Cultivation World, one cannot force buying and selling.

Just as Xianyue Tower had always done the business of forcibly crossing the Changling Mountain Range, but because of the popularity of Transmission Arrays, they almost lost this golden hen that could lay eggs.

As long as there are customers crossing the Changling Mountain Range, they are customers of Xianyue Tower.

The middle-aged Steward spoke fluently, Shen Yao just sat beside him quietly listening, while Ren Chengzhou by her side poured Spirit Tea and served it to the three of them respectively.

"I don't know how the two customers plan to proceed? Choosing Xianyue Tower will not result in a loss."

The middle-aged Steward looked at the two people's complexions and felt somewhat undecided in his heart.

Just as he was hesitating whether to lower the price, Shen Yao nodded and said, "I don't know when we will depart?"

The middle-aged steward's eyes lit up. "Half a month from now, we absolutely will not delay the guests' proper business."

Putting down the deposit and taking the Jade Tablet, Shen Yao and Ren Chengzhou returned to the Inn.

Ren Yangyao's three children had not yet returned; the tradition of every place they reached had not changed, even though this city belonged to the management of cultivators.

A little later, Ren Yangyao and the other two returned, excitedly telling their parents that they had finally found a decent mission this time, crossing the Changling Mountain Range horizontally.

"The other side urgently recruited, offering a high price. We brothers, as long as we smoothly complete this trip, each can buy at least ten Yunling Pills."

One Yunling Pill costs one hundred Spirit Stones; ten pills are one thousand Spirit Stones.

Although the pills they are currently taking are refined by their own mother's hand, those also require cost. They work hard every day taking missions, hoping to subsidize their own use while gaining experience.

Ren Chengzhou took out the Jade Tablet with a laugh. "We are about to cross the Changling Mountain Range. Going out and coming back, we can actually earn extra money."