Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 121 The Cause of Yesterday, the Effect of Today

"Qian Feng, remember this treasure trove. Come early tomorrow to dig for the treasure."

It was already past midnight, so Qian Feng needed to return to Qili Lake, while Su Ji needed to return to the Land God Temple.

So Su Ji continued, "I will come here to cultivate again tomorrow night, and I will find a few more treasure lands for you then..."

Su Ji didn't have time to dig for treasures, and Mo Linglong had just cultivated a living dantian... so the task of digging for treasures was handed over to Qian Feng and the mechanical spirit beast.

Qian Feng's expression changed drastically: "There are still many treasure troves!"

Even if a treasure land only yields two hundred strands of divine power, just five such places would be enough to obtain a thousand strands of divine power, which would be a fortune for Qian Feng, who is currently living off a woman.

It should be noted that the Pearl Maiden painstakingly crafted the Dream Pearl, but the highest price she could get was only ten strands of divine power. She poured her heart and soul into preparing it for half a year, but only earned three or four hundred strands of divine power.

Now, all the hard work Zhu Nu has put in for half a year is just a matter of a single word of guidance from her benefactor.

"As expected, no one can get rich without windfall gains, and no horse can get fat without night grass... The Bright Moon Spirit Realm token is worth 360 strands of divine power, and now I finally feel that it was worth it!"

If Su Ji were to purchase the Bright Moon Spirit Realm token for himself, he would only need three hundred strands of divine power; if he were to purchase it for an outsider, he would need to pay the original price.

So the three of them took flight and headed towards the exit of the Bright Moon Spirit Realm.

"The Guardian of the Sun!"

Just as Su Ji and his companions were about to reach the exit of the Bright Moon Spirit Realm, the fat cultivator-like Earth Spirit hurried over.

The Earth Spirit had already heard about the discussion on cultivation from the Moon Lord. Not only did it learn about the identity of Mo Linglong, the reincarnation of the Mysterious Immortal, it also regarded Su Ji as the reincarnation of a cultivator who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation.

So much so that the Earth Spirit's tone carried a hint of respect: "Sun Watcher, this is the Earth Mica collected later!"

At the beginning, three samples of ground mica could be collected per hour, but the speed slowed down as the floating clouds decreased, and only twelve samples of ground mica were collected in the end.

"Then thank you very much, Lord Yue and Your Highness!" Su Ji accepted all the gifts without any formalities.

As for the Earth Yin Mica needed by the gatekeeper, Grand Scholar Deng, there's no rush. By the time Grand Scholar Deng cultivates to the level of a Cave Profound Mage, the Bright Moon Spirit Realm will probably already have accumulated a lot of fleeting clouds.

The Earth Spirit is a disciple of Grandmaster Deng, and has even gotten involved in the paper-cutting stall. It certainly won't sit idly by while Grandmaster Deng cultivates.

See you tomorrow night!

See you tomorrow night!

After bidding farewell to the Earth Spirit, Su Ji and his companions stepped into the exit of the Bright Moon Spirit Realm.

This trip to the Bright Moon Spirit Realm was very fruitful, but Su Ji did not want to make a fuss about it, and did not even touch the treasures that Qian Feng dug up.

At this moment, Su Ji hid the Earth Yin Mica inside the Five Aperture Heart Stone, and then used the [Obsessive Mystic Realm] to conceal it, thus getting past the treasure detection at the entrance of the Spirit Realm.

Su Ji and Mo Linglong left together, while Qian Feng went to the list at the City God Temple to find the Pearl Maiden.

Before long, Qian Feng heard Zhu Nu's surprised voice.

"I knew my benefactor had entered the Bright Moon Spirit Realm tonight, and I was waiting for the rankings to change. I didn't expect that my benefactor's gains would remain the same, but you actually jumped to fifth place on the Human Ranking!"

Qian Feng was already prepared, but he still couldn't help but look up.

"Fifth on the Human Ranking: Qian Feng of Qili Lake, whose treasure is worth more than 1,200 strands of divine power..."

Back then, Su Ji ranked first on the Human Ranking with a treasure containing over eight hundred strands of divine power because many cultivators had not yet unleashed their full power.

Several days passed, and many treasure hunting teams discovered numerous treasure troves, causing the rankings to be updated several times.

Qian Feng simply smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. Tomorrow night will be the real challenge!"

Currently, Su Ji and Mo Linglong have decisively secured first and second place on the Human Ranking, while the Earth Spirit Official of Ye Mo Village is in third place, having obtained treasures worth over 1,800 strands of divine power. Qian Feng, however, is extremely confident that as long as his benefactor continues to allow him to carry the treasures, he will easily surpass the Earth Spirit Official of Ye Mo Village and become third on the Human Ranking by tomorrow night!
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After Su Ji retrieved the treasures he had temporarily stored at the Mo family's villa, he soon saw the local earth god waiting at the city gate and couldn't help but smile.

"Lord Earth God, tonight is all thanks to you!"

"No need, your title as the Guardian of the Sun is enough..."

As they chatted and laughed, the two soon began talking about things in the Bright Moon Spirit Realm.

The local earth god sighed, "If it weren't for Deng Xiaoping's help, I wouldn't have been able to become a deity in the City God Temple."

"However, whenever I tried to offer some advice, Deng would either wave me off or simply refuse to listen..."

"It is all thanks to you, fellow Daoist, that Master Deng has finally come to his senses!"

Deng Xiaoping promoted the local earth god, the earth god took Su Ji into the earth god temple, and Su Ji in turn helped Deng Xiaoping... thus forming a complete cycle.

Suddenly, Su Ji realized something.

Deng Dashi died at the age of seventy-three. He cultivated himself into a Ghost General in eighteen years and reached the Ghost General level in less than nine years. He was an old man who was less than a hundred years old.

The local deity once said that he was promoted to Dongxuan Master in three years and to Dongxuan Senior Cultivator in more than twenty years, which perfectly matches the cultivation career of Grand Scholar Deng.

"So, it seems that shortly after Grand Scholar Deng passed away, the City God invited him to become a gatekeeper spirit and teach the spirits of the underworld..."

The Earth God nodded, then said with some seriousness, "Fellow Daoist, could you elaborate on the secret method of [Dongxuan Tongzhen]?"

Scholar Deng was quite talented in the Dongzhen lineage, but he was greedy for enjoyment and had an inflated ego, thus neglecting his cultivation.

The Earth God also possessed high talent and aptitude within the Dongxuan lineage. Furthermore, since the Dongxuan lineage did not have as high cultivation requirements as the Dongzhen lineage, the Earth God began his cultivation later than Grand Scholar Deng, yet he became a high-level cultivator first.

However, the Dongxuan sect only cultivates the celestial soul and spirit. Even immortals like Zhang Xiaolian and Mo Linglong ultimately chose to reincarnate.

The Earth God had very poor aptitude for cultivation and originally had little hope. Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to achieve something in the path of the Ghost Immortal.

Su Ji had anticipated this, and couldn't help but laugh: "Lord Earth, after I left the Bright Moon Spirit Realm, I went with Mo Linglong to exchange for the Earth Yang Cloud Mother."

"Although the Great Sun Spirit Realm can produce Earth Yang Mica, I still directly exchanged for ten portions just to meet our needs!"

Ten portions of Earth Yang Mica cost 15,000 strands of divine power. Even if the City God Temple deities knew about it, it wouldn't matter, since Su Ji still held the title of number one on the Human Ranking.

One portion was given to Mo Linglong, and the remaining nine portions were divided equally among Su Ji, the Earth God, and Zhang Xiaolian.

The Earth God was taken aback: "Three portions of the Earth Yin Spirit Mother and three portions of the Earth Yang Spirit Mother are worth more than nine thousand strands of divine power..."

In order to ask Lei Bu Ling Jun to take action, the Earth God reluctantly gave up three thousand strands of divine power. Su Ji secretly used the [Deflection Mystery Realm] to interfere with and kill the Wu family's walking corpse, saving the Earth God eight hundred and twenty strands of divine power.

Afterwards, the local deity gave half of it to Su Ji.

Su Ji naturally thought of these things as well, and said with some emotion, "It was the local earth god who gave me the funds to purchase the tokens to enter the City God's Spirit Realm, which led to my many gains. Giving these treasures to you, fellow Daoist, is also a matter of cause and effect..."

A mid-grade, high-quality spiritual weapon is worth over a thousand strands of divine power, while the core of a flawless puppet is worth no less than three thousand strands of divine power...

The treasures given by Su Ji could even buy two high-grade but slightly lower-quality spiritual artifacts.

The Earth God nodded solemnly: "The causes of the past are the effects of today... and the causes of today will surely bring good results in the future..."

Not only were there treasures given by Su Ji, but also the secret cultivation method for activating the dantian.

The local earth god passed down the "Minor Yin-Yang Method," and now Su Ji has created the "Dongxuan Tongzhen" secret method using the "Minor Yin-Yang Method," which is also a kind of karmic retribution.

(End of this chapter)