The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

[Ding! Detected that the cheat code has been activated for 10 years; the 10th Anniversary Gift Pack is now half price!]

Uh-huh?

"Holy crap, a 10th anniversary gift pack?"

At first, he thought the anniversary gift pack was only available once a year, but apart from the first one, he never encountered one again.

Later on, he even accepted that it was a short-lived game, which died in the second year after its launch. So there were no anniversary packs left except for the first year. And you're telling me that this thing isn't only available once a year?

But no matter what, this anniversary gift pack is still pretty awesome. You know, the last one-year anniversary gift pack gave you an AFK slot, an Enlightenment Card, and the Celestial Divination Technique.

I won't go into the first one; the Enlightenment Card allowed him to comprehend the Eye of the Stars, and the Celestial Divination Technique helped him immensely.

Now he's already looking forward to what's inside this 10th anniversary gift pack.

[Special 10th Anniversary Gift Pack: +5 to AFK farming slots, +5 to resource slots, top-tier Chaos Spirit Root Card, Ever-Changing Power. Original Price: 62800, Now Price: 32400 In-Game Points.]

[Supreme Chaotic Spiritual Root Card: This card upgrades your own spiritual root to a supreme chaotic spiritual root. A chaotic spiritual root is equivalent to possessing all attributes.]

【Ever-Changing: Immortal arts allow one to change their own form and also to alter the physical form of others.】

Yoho,

I won't go into detail about the auto-play and resource tabs; they're old friends and arguably among the most helpful.

Especially the auto-play slots, they gave us five this time, that's a huge bonus!

But what he didn't expect were the next two things.

You know you only have a regular high-grade spiritual root without any attributes, but now you're about to have a top-grade chaotic spiritual root?

What else can I say? Of course, I just used it!

The next moment, as the card was used, Lu Changfeng felt as if he were about to float away, and then a massive amount of spiritual energy surged out from his dantian.

The originally pale yellow ocean of spiritual energy has now turned into a multicolored black.

Lu Changfeng only needed to sense it briefly before he suddenly realized what was going on.

"I knew it! That's why people with elemental spiritual roots have stronger spells in certain areas compared to normal—it's because they alter their spiritual power!"

"But my Chaos Spiritual Root is still the best. It has all the attributes, and although it seems the same as before, the power of my spells has actually increased significantly, and there are no limitations!"

It's important to understand that the power of water-based spells is reduced when using a fire-type spiritual root; this is an example of elemental advantage. Since you possess all elements, there's naturally no advantage or disadvantage involved.

He can even enhance his power by utilizing the interrelationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint through the fusion technique!

Then he looked at the last reward, which was marked with the ever-changing nature of immortal techniques.

Upon successfully using it, his mind seemed to explode; at that moment, boundless knowledge collided within him.

Fortunately, this vast amount of knowledge quickly and gradually formed the word "change" in his consciousness.

In other words, from now on, as long as I say "change," things will change according to my wishes.

If you've seen something like this with your own eyes, then what you conjure up will be real. Just like a sea dragon, if someone can see it once, the sea dragon they create won't even be able to recognize it themselves.

However, this thing also has its limits; it can't handle real mythical beasts!

However, based on the knowledge of the magic's connotations, a true divine beast must be at least at the Golden Immortal level, so its transformation would definitely not be exposed in today's cultivation world.

He then immediately began testing in the room.

After a series of tests, he finally concluded that there were no limitations to the transformation; it could transform into a person, an animal, or even a floor tile.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

He had always wanted to know what it was like to be a genius like Ye Tian, ​​so now he could give it a try.

He immediately became excited upon thinking about this.

"Hehehe, transform!"

The next moment, Lu Changfeng gradually transformed into Ye Tian's appearance, except that it was the last time he saw Ye Tian.

But he soon couldn't help but sigh.

He did indeed become Ye Tian, ​​and he could even invoke Ye Tian's dragon transformation phenomenon, but unfortunately he didn't have the techniques Ye Tian used.

But this is quite normal, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

He quickly came up with a good idea.

Since I can become Ye Tian, ​​can I get a loan using Ye Tian's face?

After all, in today's cultivation world, unusual phenomena are practically a person's most unique identity card. As long as someone displays unusual phenomena, the other party will absolutely not be able to detect them!

It just so happens that the people from the Burning Blood Sect dared to deceive Li Bing before. Although it was partly due to his own greed, who told your sect to speak up first?

I'll ask Ye Tian to give me a little pointers then.

As for the final outcome, that's none of his business. Anyway, it's just this once. If you get through it, consider yourself lucky. If you don't, then it's just fate!

As for why Ye Tian came looking for me, I can just save him a few more times in the future.

With his current top-grade Chaos Spiritual Root and the help of the auto-play feature, how could he possibly fall behind Ye Tian's progress?

The next morning, after going to work, he immediately sneaked off to a small valley outside Tianxing City.

He shouted "Change!" and instantly transformed into Ye Tian's appearance.

After looking himself over, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Hehehe, this spell is pretty good, it even changed my clothes. Now let's get some of Ye Tian's exclusive equipment!"

Thanks to subscribing to Tianjiao News, Ye Tian's recent whereabouts have been republished there. Although he has never seen the actual object and cannot make it flawless, having its appearance is enough.

After checking several times and finding no problems, he finally arrived at the Burning Blood Sect's base in Tianxing City.

Although the sects that took action this time were at least at the Nascent Soul stage, there were still too few at the Golden Core stage or above. Therefore, Tianxing City has now returned to its normal state.

If it weren't for the news reports that the transgender battle was still ongoing, they would have thought the matter was over.

Lu Changfeng's disguise as Ye Tian was quickly discovered by the disciples of the Burning Blood Sect.

"Hiss, isn't that Ye Tian? Why is he standing here looking at us? Does he want a loan?"

Disciple A of the Burning Blood Sect asked with a puzzled expression,

The disciple standing nearby was greatly surprised.

"Regardless of whether he wants a loan or not, we should report to the elders first; this is beyond our control!"

Soon, a Burning Blood Sect elder at the early Golden Core stage appeared before him.

"This must be Senior Ye Tian. It's truly an honor for our shop to have you visit!"

"But it's not really convenient to talk outside, how about we go inside?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng, pretending to be Ye Tian, ​​nodded indifferently, then uttered two words.

"lead the way!"

Before long, the two arrived at a small room inside the shop. The room looked familiar; it was probably decorated according to the layout of the Hehuan Sect.

After both parties were seated, the elder spoke with a smile.

"Senior Ye Tian, ​​are you here to apply for a loan?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng snorted coldly.

"Of course, otherwise why would I be here?"

"I'll tell you, and you'll remember it..."

Soon, Lu Changfeng walked out of there, completely satisfied. As he watched the elder bow respectfully, the corners of his mouth turned up in a wide smile.

When we were inside, the elder was initially very respectful to me, but after hearing how many things he asked for, he began to doubt that I was Ye Tian.

However, after the strange phenomenon was revealed, the other party immediately slid to his knees, and nothing else happened after that.

Soon after Lu Changfeng returned to his office, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehehe, this time the harvest was quite substantial!"

This time, although Lu Changfeng only wanted spirit stones, he still asked for quite a few other pills, spiritual herbs, and even a large piece of Xuan Kong Stone, due to his established persona.

He currently has a total of 17 mid-grade spirit stones in his storage ring, which is all the spirit stones this elder possesses.

If he recharges that amount, it'll be almost two small goals. How could he not be happy?

But the next moment he was dumbfounded; the recharge button did not light up as he had hoped.

"Holy crap, system, are you discriminating against loan money?"

"They won't accept it? What the hell?! Why won't they accept it?!"

Unfortunately, the system didn't react at all.

Having no other option, he sat down and began to ponder what exactly went wrong.

First of all, the spirit stones used for the loan must be legitimate. No matter what excuse you used to borrow them, once you've borrowed them, they're yours, there's definitely no problem with that.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Holy crap, could it be that these spirit stones were borrowed by me on behalf of Ye Tian, ​​so they're not mine and that's why I can't recharge?"

Lu Changfeng let out a long sigh.

After all that work, we can't even top up our accounts in the end? Who can accept that?

Fortunately, he quickly realized that since it was free, it wasn't a big deal if he couldn't top up. There were other things available, weren't there?

The other things he originally wanted for the sake of his public image are now actually making up for his losses.

Lu Changfeng, upon realizing this, was both amused and exasperated.

After feeding the Xuan Kong Stone to the storage ring, the internal area immediately expanded by a full 100 million cubic meters.

Although the number was quite large, he remained calm, since the original amount was already more than enough, and adding another million cubic meters wouldn't make much difference.

Lu Changfeng's life returned to normal, but he still kept a close eye on the changes in the war between humans and demons.

Thanks to the addition of Nascent Soul level combatants, the battle between the two sides escalated by several orders of magnitude in the first month.

Especially the disciples who have returned to their sects after being defeated in the battle of the top geniuses in recent years.

Although they were only at the Golden Core stage, their combat power was extremely strong, and one of them could even suppress two or three demonic beasts of the same level.

It should be noted that demonic beasts are generally much stronger than human cultivators of the same level, and usually require two or three cultivators of the same level to kill them.

When attacked by four or five of these people, they turn and run away; when attacked by two or three, they can fight back or even kill their opponents; but if they encounter someone alone, they are simply sent to their doom.

This resulted in a 20% drop in the price of various materials for Golden Core stage demon beasts in just six months.

Unfortunately, the corpses of Golden Core stage demon beasts have many uses, but the only limitation is that, except for special parts, they don't keep for very long.

This reduction of 20% was only achieved with the assistance of the Luoyun Chamber of Commerce, a force specializing in commerce; otherwise, the meat of Golden Core stage demon beasts would already be appearing at barbecue stalls.

However, this also meant that although Lu Changfeng had returned, he became even busier.

Almost every morning, Feng Ninglu would drag him to the open-air auction square where the Tianxing Sect traded its spoils of war.

At this moment, hundreds of sea monsters, each the size of a small hill, were gathered here. Apart from the usual shrimp, crabs, fish, and snakes, the most valuable among them was a sea dragon who had reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm in his previous life.

Lu Changfeng and Feng Ninglu's main purpose in coming was also for this Sea Dragon Clan.

"Thank goodness, it hasn't started yet!"

"It would be a huge loss if we missed it!"

Seeing the scene before her that hadn't yet been auctioned, Feng Ninglu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the value of the corpses of Golden Core stage demon beasts has decreased by about 20%, it is still an astronomical figure, so they are all traded through auctions.

The auction began quickly, and a female disciple at the early stage of the Golden Core realm slowly stepped forward onto the stage.

"Greetings, seniors and fellow cultivators! The auction for Golden Core stage demon beasts is now officially open!"

"The first one is the corpse of this Golden Core demon beast of the Shrimp Clan right next to me."

"As everyone knows, the Shrimp Clan is one of the super-powerful clans in the sea. The magical artifacts forged from their shells possess astonishing defensive capabilities, but the best part is their pair of claws! Magical artifacts forged from them are 50% sharper than ordinary magical artifacts of the same level!"

"However, because the owner urgently needs elixirs or pills that can extend the lifespan of mortals, the starting bid must be for elixirs or pills that can increase the lifespan of a mortal by ten years, and each bid must be for at least one year!"

"The auction is now open!"

Upon hearing that this was the only requirement, the eyes of those below lit up.

Under normal circumstances, even elixirs that can extend the lifespan of mortals are very hard to find, but don't forget that the world has changed drastically, and spiritual plants are basically everywhere outside. So even if they are scarce, there are quite a few elixirs available now to extend the lifespan of mortals.

"This can add 20 years' worth of elixirs in total!"

"30!"

"45!"

"48!"

…………

The price increased almost instantly to 48 yuan, and thereafter it increased month by month.

It's not that they didn't want to add more, the problem is that mortals have limited physical capabilities, and longevity-enhancing elixirs can develop resistance.

Don't underestimate the fact that it's only an extra month or two. For other people, that extra month or two would be equivalent to thirty or forty years.

Finally, a fat guy in the group shouted,

"Fifty years, I'll offer fifty years, now no one can compete with me!"

Hearing this, not only others, but even Lu Changfeng couldn't help but gasp.

"Wow, which sucker got released?"

Fifty years is the normal limit for the lifespan of mortals, and this price is already much higher than the price of the Golden Core demon beast in front of us!

However, the fat man was not affected by what others said; instead, he laughed smugly and muttered to himself.

"Heh, short-sighted! Do you really think I care about the corpse of a Golden Core stage demon beast?"

Although this was the young man's muttering, who were the people present? At the very least, they were cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage. Saying this was no different from saying it to their faces!

Immediately, many people glared angrily, while even more cast suspicious glances.

Then everyone saw the fat man pull out a dagger that shimmered with a strange, spiritual light and approach the corpse he had just photographed.

Pfft!

The next moment, a slit as tall as a person was cut open in the shrimp's head. Upon seeing this, the fat man immediately reached in and touched it. Suddenly, he paused and then abruptly pulled his hand out.

He then took out a bead that emitted a faint glow.

Upon witnessing this scene, some people exclaimed in surprise.

"Holy crap, the Spirit Orb of Clarity!"

Upon hearing this, some people finally realized what was happening and showed expressions of sudden understanding.

Lu Changfeng was also quite surprised when he saw what the person had taken out.

The Spiritual Pearl is actually a special spiritual pearl produced by the Conch Clan. Wearing it has a refreshing effect on the mind.

Normally, cultivators need to calm their minds before they can gradually enter a meditative state. However, during battles, they may occasionally fall victim to enemy spells that disrupt their mental state.

With this, these problems can be avoided, which is quite a good thing. If it is used to refine magical artifacts, the effect will be even stronger.

The fat man then used his storage ring to take the monster's corpse away and disappeared into the crowd.

However, although this thing was good, Lu Changfeng himself was not interested in it. After all, the Thirty-Three Heavenly Phenomena, which made him immune to all laws, were much better than this.

However, when he turned around and saw Feng Ninglu next to him, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Feng Ninglu's eyes gleamed as she stared at the remaining corpses of all the demonic beasts, which immediately shocked Lu Changfeng.

"Holy crap, Sister Lu, calm down! You don't have that many things, do you? Buy all the monster corpses!"

"Besides, even if you buy them, there's no guarantee that every single one will contain something good!"

Normally, items that cannot be auctioned here will be acquired by Luoyun Merchants and then resold elsewhere.

Feng Ninglu came over to finish things up. Of course, if she had any favorites, she could have just taken them herself, but she was clearly carried away, so he had to give her a reminder!

Fortunately, after Lu Changfeng reminded her, she realized what was happening.

"yes,"

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she stared intently at Lu Changfeng beside her.

"Long Wind!"

Instantly, Lu Changfeng felt a chill run down his spine from her cloying voice.

"Ugh, Sister Lu, get to the point. Don't disgust me. I'm the man you'll never have!"

Feng Ninglu immediately rolled her eyes.

Ever since her last heartfelt confession was rejected, she has learned one thing.

I finally felt a spark of attraction, but you made me lose so completely.

This man is made of... you know, the more you lick him, the harder he gets!

It's better to just be normal friends!

She immediately waved her hand, then stopped Lu Changfeng and led him to a less crowded place, where she whispered,

"Lu Changfeng, how about we team up later?"

"Use that Star Eye to see if there's any treasure inside. I'll buy it, and we'll split it 50/50!"

This piqued Lu Changfeng's interest.

Are you sure?

Feng Ninglu nodded. Although the Feng family she belonged to was indeed a large family, and she was the daughter of the family head, getting something from the family and getting it herself were two different things.

Once she gets her hands on something good, she'll definitely show it off to her girlfriends!

"I'm sure, so just tell me if you're going to do it or not!"

"Let's do it! We have to! Let's go!"

As the two returned to the scene to participate in the auction of the second monster corpse, Lu Changfeng immediately activated his Star Eye to observe the monster corpse in front of him.

With just one glance, what Lu Changfeng had initially perceived as the monster's corpse transformed into a colossal creature entirely composed of spiritual energy.

Finding treasures in something filled with spiritual energy is like finding a tennis ball in a pile of ocean balls. Although there are significant differences, it is not an easy task.

But there's nothing he can do about it; he's not the one buying the stuff. All he needs to do is see that there are good things inside!

After a quick and careful examination, he determined that the monster's corpse did not contain what they wanted, so he decided to wait for the next one to be auctioned.

As noon approached, all the auctions finally came to an end.

As soon as it ended, the two quickly went to the back of Luoyun Shopping Mall to start opening the treasure chests.

Boom!

The next moment, Feng Ninglu pulled a huge demonic beast directly from her storage ring, making a tremendous noise.

"Alright, Lu Changfeng, the rest is up to you!"

Upon hearing this, he did not refuse, and immediately drew his sword, the Milky Way, and slashed out.

With a soft "plop," the enormous corpse was sliced ​​in two, and a large amount of internal organs spilled out onto the ground.

Fortunately, Lu Changfeng had seen many such scenes before, so he didn't pay any attention and simply reached inside the monster's body to feel around.

Finally, in a secluded spot, Lu Changfeng pulled out something that looked like a scale.

Seeing this, he immediately tossed it to Feng Ninglu, who glanced at it and nodded.

"Not bad, it's actually a reverse scale from a Nascent Soul stage sea dragon! We've already recouped our investment today with just this one piece!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng's hand immediately paused, and then he asked,

"What's the use of this thing?!"

Although he knew that the saying "a dragon's reverse scale, touching it means certain death" proved that this was indeed a good thing, he didn't know what it would actually be used for.

He is now theoretically a fourth-tier top-grade weapon refiner, but he only knows how to use ordinary dragon scales, not reverse scales.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ninglu explained with a smile.

"Hehehe, you don't know this, but most cultivation families always have quite a few clan-guarding spirit beasts!"

"If their clan's guardian beast possesses a trace of dragon vein, then this item can purify their dragon vein, thereby making their bloodline even more noble,"

After listening, Lu Changfeng suddenly understood.

"Oh, I see."

"Then I'll continue!"

Soon after the last treasure was extracted from the body of the demon beast, the two began to divide the spoils.

"Alright, Lu Changfeng, there are now six items in total. Let's play rock-paper-scissors to decide who goes first!"

"One item per person, that's three items per person! Do you have any objections to this solution?"

Lu Changfeng shrugged

"No problem, let's begin!"

As expected, Lu Changfeng won and gained the first move.

However, this cannot be considered cheating. Although he did not use divination, since he was already a Golden Core cultivator, his hand speed was naturally much faster than Feng Ninglu, who was still in the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, this was a huge blow to Feng Ninglu.

There was no way around it. In her mind, she was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, but she lost a rock-paper-scissors game to someone at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Considering she was a genius, she couldn't help but feel discouraged!

However, Lu Changfeng didn't care about that; a win was a win.

"Hehehe, I won this time, so I'll choose first!"

"I want this sore spot!"

Of the six treasures this time, the Reverse Scale is not the most valuable, but it is definitely the most popular. Once you get it, you can definitely exchange it for a lot of good things!

As for selling it for spirit stones, he didn't even consider it, since he didn't have such a thing in his previous life!

The two sides quickly divided the spoils and returned to their respective offices, satisfied.

They thought that once it happened, it would happen again, but unfortunately, the business was quickly shut down.