Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 70 Tuoyuan Advancement
In front of Fang Jingxuan was a copper pot with various fresh ingredients next to it.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Fang Jingxuan and Wang Xinyu had a simple meal like this, while Tu Yuan also had some snacks on the side.

Snowflakes were falling outside, steam was curling up in the pavilion, and the aroma bubbling out of the copper pot made Wang Xinyu very greedy.

"Why do you have so many different ways of eating? I've never seen it eaten this way before."

Fang Jingxuan smiled lightly and put the tripe and bean curd sheets he had prepared himself into the pot.

At this time, monks generally pay attention to the appearance and color. A dish must not only taste good but also look good. Only then can it be called beautiful.

Wang Xinyu had never eaten a monster before, one that Fang Jingxuan played with so casually, or one that only a poor casual cultivator could handle.

If sewage is not handled properly, it will be very fishy and difficult to eat.

The wealthy monks, who have delicious fresh meat to eat, would not look down on these things, so they generally do not accept them.

But when Wang Xinyu actually tasted the food that Fang Jingxuan carefully prepared, she immediately fell in love with it.

For a foodie, nothing can make her happier than eating new and delicious food.

Fang Jingxuan rinsed a few thin slices of meat with his chopsticks, picked them up and fed them to Tuo Yuan who was standing beside him.

However, faced with the delicious food, Tuoyuan was unwilling to eat. He just nodded his head towards the dish, indicating that Fang Jingxuan had not dipped the condiments yet.

Well, Tuoyuan also started to be particular, and Fang Jingxuan had no choice but to meet its request.

When he saw the meat dipped in sauce, Tu Yuan started eating excitedly.

There were only a few chopsticks of meat, not enough to fill its teeth, but this delicacy, even a little bit, could satisfy it.

"You are so kind to your spirit beast. I have seen other people who raise spirit beasts, but none of them are as kind as you."

"Oh, how are they?"

Fang Jingxuan asked back, Wang Xinyu had quite a lot of experience in the past.

“Some treat spirit beasts as consumable tools, and experiment with all sorts of bizarre methods on their spirit beasts, with the goal of increasing their strength.

You're taking your time, it's like you're treating Tuoyuan like a pet."

Fang Jingxuan smiled lightly. He had a secret method of cultivation, which Wang Xinyu didn't know. She only looked at the surface, so it naturally seemed like Tuoyuan was doing nothing.

Currently, the effect of Yuehua Yulu is still very good. One drop can allow Tuoyuan to develop secretly for twenty-seven days.

Ever since he learned that the war would start after the New Year, Fang Jingxuan had no time to care about anything that would attract attention. So for the past month, Fang Jingxuan fed Tu Yuan one drop every day, and sometimes increased the dosage.

As a result, Tuoyuan's strength is improving by leaps and bounds, and his cultivation is also rising accordingly.

While Wang Xinyu was eating, Fang Jingxuan looked at the attribute panel and saw the following:

[Companion Beast: Tuoyuan, a first-rank low-grade water-breathing turtle, with Qi Refining Level 4 cultivation.]

[Bloodline Progress: 46/100]

[Talent (Beginner): [Lightness] [Water Skill] [Return to Origin]]

Tuyuan's current cultivation level is equivalent to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Its real age is only eight years old, but after being nourished by the moonlight and jade dew, its body age has reached thirty-eight years old.

In the clan of the low-grade demon beast Xishui Linggui, thirty-eight years old is already considered young and middle-aged. When Tuoyuan's body reaches fifty years old, he will enter middle age, which is basically equivalent to a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

However, the Moonlight and Jade Dew could only nourish Tuoyuan's body but could not sharpen his soul. As a result, Tuoyuan's body aged, but his temperament was still that of an eight-year-old, not calm enough, and even a little playful.

But it’s better this way, so that Tuyuan won’t become too old-fashioned and mature.

Seeing that Yuehua Yulu had such a good effect on Tuoyuan, Fang Jingxuan had an idea. If he went out, found a place to live in seclusion, led a life of a casual cultivator, and devoted himself to cultivating Tuoyuan, could he feed Tuoyuan directly into a foundation-building monster?
Isn't this much better than hanging around here?

This idea popped up in Fang Jingxuan's mind because his originally peaceful life was interrupted by the war, which made Fang Jingxuan have different thoughts.

But Fang Jingxuan couldn't make up his mind yet for many reasons, the most important of which was how to ensure his own safety in the wild?
To be honest, the wilderness is not as safe as the city. If it weren't for the need to go into battle, who would be willing to go out into the wilderness to survive?

It's better to take it one step at a time. Anyway, if it really comes to a life-or-death situation, Fang Jingxuan will not be so foolish as to work for the Chu family. He can just take Tu Yuan and escape. Except for life, everything else is external and can be discarded.

Fang Jingxuan was thinking this, and when he came to his senses, most of the meat in the copper pot had been eaten by Wang Xinyu, so Fang Jingxuan hurried to get the rest.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the pavilion in the courtyard became lively.

After the Chinese New Year, spring comes. Although the weather is very cold, what is even colder is the hearts of many monks.

The news that the Chu family was going to start a war finally spread.

Perhaps the Chu family wanted to warm up the atmosphere, so they didn't deliberately block the news.

As the news spread, panic in the market intensified and prices soared again.

Some people were panicking, while others were happy. Wang Xinyu was one of them. She knew what to stock up on through Fang Jingxuan's inside information.

Although she couldn't get a rank in Hongyefang due to her size, it would be easy for her to make a fortune by taking advantage of the opportunity.

So, taking advantage of the soaring prices, Wang Xinyu began to ship in large quantities.

Before attracting the attention of the real big sellers, Wang Xinyu withdrew his efforts, harvested a full harvest of spirit stones, and put them in his pocket.

That day, Fang Jingxuan came back from duty and found Wang Xinyu waiting for him.

After the two entered the house, Wang Xinyu said bluntly:
"Our first operation has concluded perfectly. I don't plan to make any of the remaining profits. It's too risky. The Chu family will definitely implement controls and won't allow such chaotic prices to continue. So I'm choosing to quit while I'm ahead."

Fang Jingxuan admired Wang Xinyu's decision-making. If it were him, he would not have such good determination.

"I support your decision. You are the leader in this business, and everything depends on you."

Fang Jingxuan expressed his approval, and Wang Xinyu found it very useful after listening to it.

'Pah.'

After two sounds, two wooden boxes appeared in front of Fang Jingxuan.

"This box is your share, and this box is a gift I prepared for you to commemorate our first successful collaboration. Open it and take a look."

Wang Xinyu gestured to Fang Jingxuan to open it, and Fang Jingxuan did not hesitate and reached out to open the first box.

In the first box, there were six medium-grade spirit stones, which were shiny and very beautiful.

"I made nearly three thousand from this war profit. This is your twenty percent."

Seeing the spirit stones, Fang Jingxuan was a little surprised. Is Wang Xinyu so good at earning them?
Fang Jingxuan never knew how much goods Wang Xinyu had stockpiled, nor did he know how many warehouses she had outside. Because he didn't take out any spirit stones, Fang Jingxuan didn't pay attention to these things.

It was agreed upon at the beginning that there would be 20%, and Fang Jingxuan thought that it would be good to get 100 or 200 afterwards, but he never expected that it would be 600.

Wang Xinyu is really rich. To be able to earn so much means that she has invested a lot of money. Could it be ten thousand?
"Okay, stop standing there and quickly open the other box. I carefully selected the items in here."

Fang Jingxuan collected his thoughts for a moment, reached out and opened another wooden box. When he saw what was inside, he was stunned again.

Inside was a round metal ball with complex runes engraved on it. As a talisman maker, Fang Jingxuan had studied the structure of talismans and could immediately feel the extraordinary nature of this object.

"This is?"

"Haha, this is the 'Dongxiao Five Thunder Talisman'. I'm giving it to you to save your life. If you really encounter an enemy you can't defeat, show this. If they recognize the value of it, they'll certainly let you go."

Five Thunders of Dongxiao? Second-level talisman?
Immediately, Fang Jingxuan, who understood its operating mechanism, quickly closed the wooden box. This thing was an absolute killer weapon.

As soon as this talisman appears, the area within a hundred meters will be instantly covered by thunder. Even if a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining fails to respond properly, he will be seriously injured if not killed.

But correspondingly, as a user, the outcome is not much better. This thing doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, it's a mutually destructive thing.

Just because this thing cannot be triggered from a long distance and needs to be detonated at close range, it has a kind of abstract beauty of a short-range miniature nuclear bomb of 100 meters.

But this thing, how did you think of giving it to me?
I'll update at least three times a day. I'm used to updating 4,000 a day. I'll try to update 10,000 a day.

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