Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 246 Ways to Clear One's Name
"Go down." Feng Buxiu closed his eyes slightly, as if waiting for someone.

Like cooking oil over a raging fire, or adorning flowers with brocade, the moon wanes after it is full, and water overflows when it is full.

Despite his current advancement to Foundation Establishment and his considerable reputation, he is unparalleled in Biyuan Market, and even his master's family can hardly suppress him.

In reality, it is fraught with danger, and the slightest carelessness could lead to one's death and demise due to the theft of mineral veins.

"Yes."

The two brothers, Sheng Yong and Sheng Gang, exchanged a glance and respectfully took their leave.

After an incense stick had burned, an old man suddenly appeared in the Wanfa Pavilion. He was dressed in an indigo Taoist robe, had a thin figure, and a long beard that reached his chest.

This person was none other than Hua Buqi, an outer sect elder of the Mirror Moon Sect and a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, whose strength overwhelmed the three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Shen family.

"Greetings, Elder Hua." Feng Buxiu stood up and bowed, showing no airs of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If you're going to be a dog, you should be prepared to be one.

Without Elder Hua standing in front of him, a newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator like him would have been crushed by the Shen family long ago if he had dared to make such a big show of it.

"How much stock do you have this year?" Hua Buqi nodded slightly, his tone calm.

"Please forgive me, Elder."

Feng Buxiu knelt on one knee and took out a hexagonal ore from his storage bag. It was transparent and contained fine, golden, star-like particles.

"Why is there only one serving?" Hua Buqi frowned slightly and looked at Feng Buxiu.

“In recent years, almost all the cultivators in charge of mining have perished. My subordinates are doing everything they can to find new mining slaves to ensure production can be restored next year,” Feng Buxiu explained.

The Kongjin marrow vein contains an incomparably sharp and potent metallic energy.

This sharp metal energy is formless and intangible, yet it can erode a cultivator's flesh and blood, penetrating directly into their internal organs.

The low-level Qi Refining cultivators responsible for mining can only last two years at most before dying from the entry of sharp metal Qi into their bodies.

Only those Foundation Establishment cultivators whose physical bodies are flawless and who have forged a solid foundation for the Dao can collect Void Gold Marrow ore without dying.

"Fine, I'll let you off this year. But if you still can't pay up next year, you'll have to go down into the mine and work yourself!" Hua Buqi warned.

Empty Golden Marrow is not only an essential material for forging third-tier magic weapons, but also a necessary material for the Heavy Metal Sect to cultivate its sect-protecting technique, the [Myriad Tribulations Golden Body].

Once he has gathered two more portions of Empty Golden Marrow, he can exchange them with the Heavy Gold Sect for a Golden Palace Pill to attempt to form his core.

"Yes." Feng Buxiu lowered his head, not daring to refute.

Meanwhile, at the Shen family in Yunhai.

Before the morning mist had dissipated, the Shen family members stood with their heads bowed on either side of the Shen family's gate.

Their auras were refined, and they were all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. Their gazes occasionally drifted towards the direction where their great-grandfather was.

'The newcomers are not friendly.' Shen Tianyue sighed inwardly, his gaze fixed on the dark-colored flying boat that was breaking through the clouds.

Standing at the bow of the ship was a beautiful female cultivator dressed in luxurious clothes with a slender figure; she was Shu You, who had accepted Chen Beiwu's mission.

"Greetings to the Moon Choosing Envoy."

The three Foundation Establishment cultivators bowed in unison, giving Shu You ample respect, which caused the Shen family cultivators to turn pale and feel extremely surprised.

What a grand display.

In the past, sects had sent envoys to Yunhai to select the moon, but they had never seen three Foundation Establishment ancestors come out of seclusion at the same time to personally greet them.

Shu You nodded slightly, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Even though Shu You knew that the three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Shen family were not kneeling before her, but rather before the Daoist disciples of the sect she represented, she was still extremely pleased.

The Shen family is doomed if they dare to offend Daozi!
……

Immortal Alliance, Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

Fuyou Residence, the Nine Peaks Cave.

Credits: 0
[Absence Record]: "The Wonderful Method of Beast Taming and Landscape Combination", "The Record of Transforming Soldiers into Gods"...

Absence rate: 99%

Chen Beiwu looked at the credit records displayed on his phone screen and let out a sigh of relief.

According to the rules of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, if the number of absences from elective courses reaches 10% of the total class hours, the sect's counselor will hold a meeting with the student as a warning.

His current absence rate is as high as 99%, no wonder his phone is full of urging messages and warnings about repeating a year from senior Feng Ya.

Fortunately, the academic atmosphere of Yuqing Immortal Sect is quite free.

After briefly replying to messages from his parents, Senior Sister Feng Ya, Xu Lingling, and others, Chen Beiwu logged onto the Immortal Alliance website, clicked on the Earthly Fiend category, and filtered out the superior Earthly Fiend essence suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Water and Wood elements to form their Core Formation.

【Xuanming Earthly Fiend】: Xuanming governs winter, its energy is frigid, and it freezes into ice upon contact with water. Price: 4 Spirit Yuan.

【Luo Feng Earthly Fiend】: Luo Feng, the sixth heaven, the court of ghosts and gods. Collecting this fiendish energy can forge a golden elixir to suppress evil spirits and yin souls. Price: 5 spirit essence.

【Jumang Earthly Fiend】: Jumang holds the rules, presiding over the Spring Wood Fiend. Refining this fiend into Jumang True Qi can prolong life. Price: 5.5 Spirit Yuan.

[Ren Gui Earthly Fiends]: ...

Looking at the various types of superior-grade Earthly Fiend Essence with different attributes, Chen Beiwu kept scrolling down.

He discovered that every portion of the Earthly Fiend Essence was sold out, with the shortest waiting time for reservations being thirty years.

There's no other way.

Chen Beiwu shook his head and opened the Cultivation Pinball website.

Pinball machines are a small game that cultivators use to pass the time when they are bored.

This thing can either bankrupt a cultivator or allow them to become rich overnight.

According to statistics, nearly a million people in the Immortal Alliance go bankrupt every year because of playing pinball, while some cultivators win big prizes in pinball and obtain a third-tier treasure beast or even a fourth-tier mystic beast, thus becoming famous throughout the state.

When Chen Beiwu first obtained the Nine Breaths Chaos and Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Divine Power, he also tried playing pinball a few times, attempting to become rich overnight.

As expected, the adventure he triggered was completely useless in the pinball game, resulting in more losses than wins.

This shows that the idea of ​​a game based entirely on luck is just a marketing slogan used by pinball manufacturers.

Some cultivators believe they have incredible luck, but sooner or later they will squander their entire fortune on pinball games.

In Chen Beiwu's eyes, the harm that pinball games posed to the Immortal Alliance was no less than that of the Immortal Loan, and perhaps even greater.

However, this method of earning spirit stones is too easy and too profitable, so it has never been banned.

As time went by, in order to attract more cultivators to participate, the pinball manufacturers not only included various cultivation resources such as spiritual essence, spiritual stones, spiritual weapons, pills, magic treasures, treasure beasts, and earthly evil essence in the prizes of pinball games, but also various random blind boxes of immortal alliances conquering other planets as lucky prizes.

Of course, unscrupulous marble manufacturers never do good deeds.

The so-called lucky draw prize is no different from a consolation prize. The random blind boxes from the Immortal Alliance's conquest of other planets rarely yield anything good. Most of them contain scrap metal with foreign characteristics, and a small portion contains low-level resources.

Chen Beiwu once opened a blind box.

He strongly suspects that the best resources have been taken by the executives of the marble manufacturers, and the blind boxes that have entered the market are all garbage.

Fortunately, marble manufacturers also know the principle of moderation, and occasionally add some big prizes to random blind boxes.

For example, rare resources such as the Breaking Calamity Golden Pill, Golden Essence Earthly Fiend, and High-Level Beast Blood can be hyped up with news to attract popularity.

However, there are too many cultivators in the Immortal Alliance playing pinball games, so the probability of winning a big prize in blind boxes is almost zero.

Chen Beiwu opened the Cultivation Pinball website not to win the grand prize, but to use the lucky draw prize in the pinball game to rationally explain the superior Earthly Fiend Essence in his Dantian Qi Sea.

However, this is only one of the alternative plans for Chen Beiwu to cleanse the Earthly Fiend Essence in his body. He will not use this excuse unless absolutely necessary.

After all, too many coincidences can easily expose flaws.

Moreover, he had no idea how deep the shady dealings behind the marble manufacturers were.

The prizes from pinball games are actually more suitable for laundering some low-level resources from the Southern Wilderness. To conceal his true origins as a source of Earthly Fiends, Chen Beiwu believes the best way is to acquire top-grade Earthly Fiend Essence at a premium through the Wanling app.

Only genuine and effective transactions can perfectly conceal his flaws.

[Buying Five Elements Earthly Fiend Essence at a high price, premium acceptable, barter accepted. Serious inquiries only.]

After posting his purchase request on the Wanling app's secondhand market, Chen Beiwu looked at the constantly bouncing pinball game interface.

"Ding!"

Congratulations on winning the lucky draw prize!

Congratulations on winning the lucky draw prize!

"..."

Looking at the messages popping up on his phone, Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly.

He spent 10,000 spirit coins and added a thousand marbles to his bet.

As a result, he won the lucky draw fifty times, the spirit stone reward one hundred and ten times, the spirit essence reward two hundred and twenty-three times, and the "come again" prize three hundred and ninety-six times.

The odds of winning seem extremely high, as high as 77.9%, allowing them to make a fortune.

After casting all the cards, Chen Beiwu carefully calculated that, excluding the rewards from the fifty random blind boxes, he had lost a total of over six thousand spirit coins.

'Exchanging over six thousand spirit essences for fifty random blind boxes is worthwhile,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

He will then decide whether to use the prizes from the blind boxes to whitewash the resources of Nanhuang.

……

Yu Yu Dao, Zhu Yuanzhou.

Xianmeng Pinball Entertainment Building, Logistics Warehouse.

Dozens of Qi Refining cultivators from the Immortal Alliance fluttered their sleeves, their fingertips shimmering with spiritual light, as they each took items from the shelves.

The other beasts, who were already in position, immediately picked up the goods and sent them to the logistics sorting point.

[Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Fuyao Residence, No. 1 Nine Peaks Cave, Chen**, Contact Number: 15*******40]

Looking at the delivery address on the express delivery slip, a Qi Refining cultivator responsible for packing and shipping paused, lost in thought.

Good heavens! I never expected that the disciples of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect would also play marbles.

Remembering his superior's instructions, the Qi Refining cultivator quickly put the blind box back on the shelf and headed straight for the supervisor's office.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

A few minutes later, the logistics supervisor led his subordinates out of the office and knocked on the manager's door.

"Come in."

After signing the cooperation agreement, Jiang Chen looked up at his two subordinates, whose faces were stiff with nervousness, and said in a friendly tone, "Is there something you need from me?"

The supervisor swallowed hard.

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death.

Moreover, his direct superior, Jiang Chen, the logistics manager of Danzhu Entertainment, was a Golden Core cultivator who lived for 1,200 years and could crush a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single thought.

In the face of such a being, his ability to barely maintain a calm expression is a testament to his exceptional mental fortitude.

"Reporting to Manager Jiang, there is a special transaction today that requires your review." The supervisor bowed and handed over the relevant information about Chen Beiwu playing pinball.

"interesting."

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and smiled, "The pride of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect has such bad luck. He only won fifty lucky prizes with a thousand bets."

The supervisor pursed his lips, offering no agreement.

He knew that loose lips sink ships.

The status of a prodigy born from one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects is comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator.

Especially those born into the elite of the Three Immortal Sects, even Manager Jiang would probably have to sit down in their presence.

If a nobody like him dared to make a sarcastic remark, he would be courting death.

"Well done, send him a few more top-grade goods." Jiang Chen smiled and encouraged him, "The disciples of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect are excellent promotional material."

"Yes."

The supervisor breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving instructions from Manager Jiang.

Only those inside the pinball entertainment company knew that the lucky draw prize wasn't real luck, but rather a matter of luck based on the specific circumstances.

Simply put, Pinball Entertainment divides its lucky prize blind boxes into five grades: Common, Good, Superior, Rare, and Exclusive.

These five tiers of blind boxes may look identical, but the items they contain are of completely different quality.

There is a chance to obtain Tier 1 cultivation resources from ordinary blind boxes.

There is a chance to obtain Tier 2 cultivation resources from the "Good Quality Blind Box".

Superior blind boxes have a chance to yield amazing prizes like Tier 3 treasure medicines or Tier 3 treasure beasts.

Similarly, the rare blind boxes offer the chance to obtain extremely valuable top-tier resources such as mythical beast cubs and Dharma Aspect Pills.

It was precisely because the rewards of marble entertainment were so generous that the lucky blind box once created a Nascent Soul True Monarch by chance, which is why the Immortal Alliance cultivators went so crazy.

But who would have known that the Nascent Soul True Monarch was actually a walking advertisement for the company's pinball game, and was one of Pinball Entertainment's own people.

Even if an ordinary cultivator makes a large purchase, exceeding 10,000 spirit coins, they can only obtain a blind box containing a mix of ordinary and good items. They will never win the grand prize and can only earn some small gains at best.

The cultivators who can win the grand prize either have a deep cooperative relationship with the pinball entertainment, or the pinball entertainment must curry favor with a powerful clan or a disciple of a Daoist immortal clan.

Of course, to prevent the Immortal Alliance cultivators from discovering anything amiss, the Pinball Entertainment would occasionally find a few talented cultivators from ordinary backgrounds who were willing to join the Pinball Entertainment to advertise.

Watching his two subordinates respectfully depart, Jiang Chen revealed a smile of interest.

"I wonder what kind of grand prize that prodigy will win?"

To prevent embezzlement by internal staff, all blind boxes of "Good Quality" and above are packaged by the Qian family, the powerful clan behind Pinball Entertainment.

The packaging personnel were not cultivators, but rather special puppets left behind by the Qian family patriarch before his death, who were used for random packaging.

In this way, even the Qian family members wouldn't know which premium blind boxes or rare blind boxes contain the grand prize.

"Wait, there's a vulnerability!"

As if thinking of something, Jiang Chen frowned: "Could it be that the pride of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect is so unlucky that he can't even win a big prize?"

……

Chen Beiwu was unaware that people were gossiping about his luck behind his back.

He picked up his phone, opened the elective online course video "The Record of Transforming Soldiers into Gods" from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and watched it with the golden egg.

Even the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect don't have time to attend classes every day; they also need to cultivate and want to break through to the Divine Transformation stage.

The reason why I am willing to stay in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect as a teacher is both to pass on the Jade Purity Immortal Method and select suitable immortal seedlings, and also to better obtain the resources to break through to the Divine Transformation True Venerable.

Therefore, most Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect upload their teaching courses to the Jade Purity official website.

Before he could reasonably explain the changes in his own magical power, Chen Beiwu did not plan to go out for the time being, so as not to let the Nascent Soul True Monarch see the problem. Taking online elective courses to make up for the lack of knowledge became his best option.

Of course, taking online courses also has its drawbacks, namely that there are no academic credits, and he still has to fail the course and repeat the year.

(End of this chapter)