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

Chapter 187 Year-end bonus, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and it's December 30th.

It was New Year's Eve, and Su Ji, who had been practicing asceticism for many days, was able to participate in the gathering at the local temple and enjoy the incense offerings with the gods.

Although Su Ji transmigrated to this world last February, at this time last year he was still in the law of the jungle in the river and had no sense of the festive atmosphere.

Today, Su Ji has not only become a revered deity among believers, but has also successfully integrated into Dongsang Village, gaining a rare sense of warmth.

At the local temple, the deities mingled and drank, and naturally, a summary of the year's work was also taken.

However, even though Nanshan is doing very well now, in Su Ji's eyes it is just a medicinal herb garden. He is more here to experience the heartfelt joy of his colleagues.

Soon, the banquet came to an end, and the local earth god stepped forward as was customary, beginning to reward those who had contributed.

In the past, the Earth God's rewarding of merits was the grand finale, but now many spirit soldiers looked at Su Ji from time to time, their eyes full of anticipation.

The Earth God's reward for merit was only one or two hundred divine powers. The Earth God Temple's spirit soldiers still had some shares in the Yin-Yang Realm Chain Restaurant, and now it was time to distribute the dividends.

As expected, after the local deity finished speaking, Su Ji took the stage as the final act.

Looking at the spirit soldiers, Su Ji felt as if he had returned to the time when he first entered the Earth God Temple. At that time, as a newcomer, he was somewhat out of place. It wasn't until he cooperated with the spirit soldiers to deal with the Black Tiger Demon and a group of accomplices that he was able to get closer to them.

Among them, the local spirit soldiers have been the most helpful to Su Ji. In a sense, they are now filling in for Su Ji, and he hasn't been able to tour the two villages for a long time...

So Su Ji smiled and said, "Thanks to the help of the local spirit soldiers, I was able to find time to cultivate and take on the duties of the Sun Watcher Spirit General."

"The original agreement was that the local spirit soldier would receive the salary of a day-traveling spirit soldier for each day of his shift, and it has been almost ten months now... This thousand strands of divine power is an extra reward for his hard work."

For Su Ji at this time, obtaining divine power was not difficult. Apart from the incense and prayers offered by believers, there was the Jin Ku Sect's dilapidated fairyland, which was full of treasures. A thousand strands of divine power were nothing to him.

Amidst the envious gazes of many spirit soldiers, the local spirit soldier respectfully stepped forward and bowed: "Thank you, General Overseeing the Sun!"

The cost of a thousand strands of divine power was something he wouldn't have dared to dream of before. After all, a spiritual weapon at the level of a Cave Profound Mage like him would only receive eight or nine hundred in annual salary plus year-end bonuses.

However, the hardship allowance for the land spirit soldiers was just a prelude. After Su Ji distributed the hardship allowances to the two spirit soldiers who took turns guarding Nanshan, he brought up the most anticipated matter.

"After more than half a year of development, the Yin-Yang Realm chain restaurant has opened in the Yin Mansion of the City God Temple in Jinfeng County, the Yin Mansion of Jiuxiang County, the Yin Mansion of the Mountain God Temple in Baiyan Mountain Range, the Yin Mansion of the City God Temple in Longshan County, and the Yin Mansion of the City God Temple in Gushu County. Every month, it has a net income of tens of thousands of strands of divine power..."

"As previously agreed, the local deity Zhang Gong owns 10% of the shares, and after deducting the advance payment, he can receive 8,000 strands of divine power."

"All the spirit soldiers will share a 10% share. Except for the spirit soldier in the middle who received an advance payment of only 300 strands of divine power, everyone else will receive 1,000 strands of divine power..."

These thousand strands of divine power didn't require the spirit soldiers to do anything or take any risks; they were simply distributed as dividends.

It should be noted that even in the incident involving the Monkey King, the spirit soldiers fought a bitter battle in the rain all night, and only received four or five hundred strands of divine power as treasures.

As for Su Ji's Blazing Crystal, it naturally exceeded 1,500 strands of divine power, but that was the reward Su Ji received for suppressing the fierce ghost Zhou Wu, persuading the pig demon clan to retreat, and convincing Chen Dianshi and others. It cannot be compared with other spiritual weapons.

Even some newly promoted Ghost Kings might not earn a thousand strands of divine power in a year, so this "annual meeting" is a pleasant surprise for all the spirit soldiers.

Of course, if even spirit soldiers who did nothing could receive such a large share of the profits, then Little Zhang Gong, who was busy with everything, received even more. Two-tenths of the profits amounted to 24,000 strands of divine power, which even made the City God a little envious.

Little Zhang Gong knew that he was able to receive these dividends mostly because of his daughter Zhang Xiaolian, and that the City God Temples in various places had also provided assistance, with the City God Temple in Jinfeng County being an unshakeable backer.

So, in addition to using some of the money to entertain his colleagues, Xiao Zhanggong also prepared gifts to give to the gods of Jinfeng County.

In addition to the City God, the City God Spirit Lord, the Day-roaming Spirit General, the Night-roaming Spirit General, and the Gate-guarding Spirit General, even Su Ji, the Spirit General who oversees the day, received a gift.

The gift was of moderate value, just the right amount of ordinary high-grade spiritual material, worth five hundred strands of divine power.

Although Su Ji was reluctant to accept them, he accepted them in accordance with Yan Tianchou's suggestion. After all, if even the Jianri Lingjiang did not accept these gifts, wouldn't the other gods have to return them?
However, Su Ji did not keep the gift for himself, but instead gave it to his subordinates, namely Wang Meng and Ren He, the two spirit soldiers who supervise the sun, along with the year-end bonus bestowed by the City God Temple.

That evening, Su Ji even did some accounting with Zhang Xiaolian, concluding that Zhang Xiaolian was ultimately the largest shareholder of the Yin Yang Jie chain restaurant.

However, because Su Ji and Zhang Xiaolian agreed that the divine power spent in the early stage was considered an advance payment, it needed to be offset by dividends.

"Sixty percent of the shares, worth a total of seventy-two thousand strands of divine power, is almost exactly what we expected. Taking into account the expenses you incurred before and after becoming a high-level cultivator, you only need eight thousand strands of divine power to pay off the entire advance!"

When they first started cultivating, Zhang Xiaolian had even more cultivation resources than Su Ji needed. However, as Su Ji's golden toad body grew larger, she became somewhat inferior to him.

Now, Su Ji's golden toad body weighs over 100 jin. Although he is only at the early stage of the Bloodline Demon General, he has great potential because he possesses four kinds of Soul Spirits.

Not to mention, after Zhang Xiaolian advanced to the Dongxuan level, she grasped a trace of the profound principles of Shaoyin Qi and Blood, which happened to overlap with the bloodline path of the Golden Toad. After more than ten days of secluded cultivation, she was not far from the mid-stage of the Demon General realm.

"Is it still eight thousand strands of divine power needed...?" Zhang Xiaolian didn't care about any of that.

In reality, Zhang Xiaolian receives nearly 10,000 divine power from the profits of the Yin-Yang Realm chain restaurants every month; the 8,000 strands of divine power are just a month's dividend.

Moreover, after her father, Xiao Zhanggong, gave away the gifts and left behind some cultivation resources, he still had 12,000 strands of divine power left in his hands. Even if he wanted to repay it now, it would only be a matter of a word.

Su Ji couldn't help but smile. His settlement with Zhang Xiaolian was merely to give her a clear understanding of the situation, not for any other purpose.

Not to mention, Su Ji no longer regards Zhang Xiaolian as a simple girl, but as the true dream master who has grasped part of the will of the Lesser Yin God!

Zhang Xiaolian now has her own cultivation plan, and she said methodically, "Then I will use another ten thousand strands of divine power to purchase spiritual materials and medicines to cultivate my qi and blood power..."

Zhang Xiaolian's Shaoyin Qi and Blood is so profound that it can create something from nothing. In this life, with a physical body, it will be even easier for her to step into the path of bloodline. Su Ji agrees with this.

At present, Zhang Xiaolian needs to focus on the Xuanxian Dao Fruit. Although the cultivation of Shaoyin Qi and Blood is rare, there are quite a few people in the world who cultivate Shaoyin Qi and Blood, and Su Ji's Golden Toad Body is one of them.

Since Su Ji's Golden Toad body can cultivate Lesser Yin Qi and Blood, Zhang Xiaolian can too; as long as she doesn't reveal it, there won't be any problem.

Then, Su Ji revealed his plan.

"Currently, I have cultivated the [Earth Yang Surge] to a superior-grade profound technique from the Earth Yang Serpent Lord and the Great Sun Spirit Realm. In addition to comprehending the [Earth Yang Seed] which can transform into an Earth Yang Lotus, I also need to comprehend various profound principles such as the Deflection of Deflection."

"Whether it's the bright moon in the sky of a real dream, the blood moon in the underworld, or a dream on earth, they are all good places to comprehend some of the mysteries. Now that the Golden Cave Sect's incomplete immortal realm is in a period of preparation, it's the perfect time to seize the opportunity to cultivate..."

The Jinkuzong Snow Mountain Trade Fair was held as early as six days ago.

Originally, the major powers were afraid that the demons would be tempted by the wealth and attempt to ambush and kill them, which sparked a craze for refining immortal artifacts, and Mo Linglong was the most dazzling one among them.

Unexpectedly, Su Ji found a Golden Cave Sect cultivator who had lived from ancient times to the present, which changed the course of the plan.

As a result, the Golden Flame Spirit Lord personally led a group of cultivators to participate in the Snow Mountain Trade Fair, and the fishmen of the Golden Cave Sect no longer hid their tracks, but made contact with the Snow Mountain Bear Clan as members of the East Sea Clan.

Just as Su Ji had predicted, although the fish-men were very cautious, how could they possibly keep it from the snow mountain bear clan that was nearby?

Not to mention, when Daoist Zhenyi led the Jade People clan to the ruins outside the blessed land, they also needed to travel, which made the Snow Mountain Bear Clan acquiesce to the existence of this neighbor.

In fact, the reason why the White Mausoleum Fox Clan and the Snow Forest Ape Clan are on good terms with the Snow Mountain Bear Clan is not only because the newly promoted Little Immortals are of average strength, but also because they share similar interests.

When the White Tiger Immortal General was in power, the demon race's lesser immortals were united against him. However, as the White Tiger Immortal General was targeted and worn down by evil spirits, the lesser immortals panicked.

Unexpectedly, the first traitor was not a demon, but a human fairy named Zixiu. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the demons defected one after another.

Left with no other choice, the bear, ape, and fox tribes had to surrender in order to preserve their tribes...

When the evil forces weakened, Zixiu Xiaoxian raised the banner again, saying that his surrender was a compromise to save more humans.

Some demons fought for profit, some for survival, and some, believing the words of the little immortal Zixiu, began to wage war against evil.

However, as the demons retreated to the southern region, Zixiu Xiaoxian lost the desire to attack.

It's not that we can't launch another attack, after all, the Demon Lord's place of integration is below the White Mist Rift Valley, so it wouldn't be difficult to take over the entire south.

In fact, the reason they did not continue their attack was because they were afraid of the possibility that the Undying Demon Lord might make a comeback. They knew that if they suppressed the demons too much, they would not have a good outcome.

Similarly, are apes, foxes, and even bears necessarily loyal to humans?
The difference lies in the fear that one day humanity will return, and that killing the remaining humans would be tantamount to courting death!
This is the moment when the Yin Sha crack of the ancient great formation was discovered, and the major human forces discovered the ruined immortal realm.

Perhaps other demon races are unaware that the foreign cultivators have already arrived in the ruined immortal realm. However, the actions of the Dragon Mountain Sect in breaking through the Golden Wind Canyon and subduing the spirit vein monsters have made the Snow Mountain Bear Clan aware of the anomalies in the southern region first.

However, the Snow Mountain Bear Clan had indeed rebelled before, and without knowing the attitudes of the cultivators outside, they were also conflicted.

With the opening of the Snow Mountain Trade Fair, the Bear Clan's little fairy finally put down her heavy heart, gave up standing on the same side as the other little fairies to resist stubbornly, and chose to side with the righteous Golden Cave Sect cultivators.

The Snow Forest Ape Clan and the White Tomb Fox Clan naturally sided with the Bear Clan. With the addition of the Golden Cave Sect Immortal Master and the True Art Daoist, there were exactly five immortals and gods on both sides, which immediately brought the number of immortals and gods on both sides to a tie.

However, even with such power, the Golden Cave Sect still could not directly wage war against the Evil Immortal and the remaining four minor demon immortals. This was not only because they wanted to recruit more allies, but also because of the hidden danger of evil spirits lurking nearby.

The demons may not seem strong, but in reality, apart from the Immortal Demon King who was suppressed, there are still ten immortal-level demons in the world. Even though seven of them have lost their self-awareness, they are still not to be underestimated.

If the Immortal Master of the Golden Cave Sect were to go to war with the Evil Immortal, countless people would inevitably die. Even if the rebels from the past were wiped out, it would still take some time before new minor immortals could be born.

Thus, people came up with a new plan: to use the name of the visiting cultivators to have the Bear Clan, Ape Clan, and Fox Clan rally all forces to fight against the evil spirits, achieving the goal of "driving away the wolves to devour the tigers."

As expected, when the minor immortals of the Heavenly Golden Cave Sect gathered together, the evil immortal Zixiu, after hearing the news from the outside world, was extremely surprised and made the expected decision.

Knowing how heinous the rebellion was, Zixiu warned all the lesser demons and began to rewrite the history of that year.

After all, in Zi Xiu's mind, the cultivators of the Golden Cave Sect had long been extinct. As long as he could persuade the little immortals of the demon race, he would be the last hope of the Golden Cave Sect and the most legitimate successor!

The bear-clan fairy brought up the matter of attacking the demons, and the fox and ape clans both agreed, giving all the fairies a lot of ideas.

Previously, they could say that they were too weak to deal with the six earth demon giants and three demons. Now, not only are foreign cultivators willing to provide support, but in order to prove their legitimacy and the reliability of their fabricated history, they also need to launch a vigorous attack on the evil demons they "deeply hate".

However, even if they wanted to attack the demons in the southern White Mist Rift Valley, they needed the right timing, not to mention that the demon army had been at peace for too long and needed time to prepare and train.

Ultimately, the plan to destroy the demon was set for July, which would coincide with the beginning of autumn, when the power of the Dao Fruits in the entire small world would reach its peak.

Seven months may seem like a long time, but it's nothing to a little fairy who has lived for thousands of years.

For Su Ji, seven months is a great opportunity for growth, and for the various external forces, seven months is also a time to refine more immortal artifacts.

Moreover, apart from the evil immortal Zixiu and the minor immortal of the Tiger Clan of Fengshan, other demon clans can be won over.

Ultimately, the ancient demon race has been dead for countless years. Even some of the lesser demon immortals did not participate in the ancient rebellion. At least give them a chance to show their loyalty.

Time flies, and June has arrived in no time.

(End of this chapter)