Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

The person who took over the Chen family's shop was a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old. She had a fairly innocent appearance and ran a business selling various kinds of clothing.

But in secret, this seemingly innocent-looking girl was practicing a demonic cultivation method that involved absorbing yang energy to replenish yin.

Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the shop was just a front, and the "product" actually being sold was herself.

And judging from her appearance, this young woman has quite a few regular customers.

As a result, the area around the shop actually became more lively.

Mu Yu didn't care about such excitement; he had no interest in focusing on such things until he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

After setting up a soundproof array, Mu Yu turned her attention to the other side, to the general store where the husband was a gambler.

Unlike the gambling addict Mu Yu initially imagined, the male owner of this shop hadn't gambled in a long time.

Moreover, his initial motivation for gambling was not for excitement, but to earn money to pay for his family's medical treatment.

But that one success led him to become addicted to it, and whenever he encountered difficulties in life, he liked to go to the casino to play a few rounds.

His gambling skills are pretty good; he wins more than he loses.

Logically speaking, such a person should win more and more, and then suffer a big setback.

However, this person knows when to quit while he's ahead and has an extremely stable mindset. Even if he loses a lot occasionally, he acts as if nothing happened, knowing that he can win it back in a few days.

If he were in another place, he could certainly be considered a gambling god.

But in the world of cultivation, it is clearly not a good thing for a mortal to possess such abilities.

Then, a classic scene unfolded: he was tricked into incurring a huge debt. The people who tricked him originally wanted to use his skills to make a fortune at the casino.

But the man's choice was somewhat unexpected by Mu Yu. He made a decisive decision to quit gambling completely and never set foot in a casino again.

Then the family took on that huge debt.

Of course, the so-called huge debt was only a few hundred spirit stones, but for these low-level cultivators who hadn't even reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, it was still an insurmountable debt.

Mu Yu has been in this place for fifteen years now, and he has only paid back less than half of the several hundred spirit stones owed to the Lin family's general store.

Mu Yu often saw various creditors coming to his door, and the shop owner surnamed Lin would say all sorts of nice things to appease them.

Of course, there was another Chen family shop on the other side a few years ago, but since old man Chen Cai passed away, only one shop has been making such a fuss about collecting debts.

As time went by, Mu Yu lived a very peaceful life, but his cultivation of the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique often hit a bottleneck, and occasionally inner demons would arise.

With the guidance of his innate ability to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, Mu Yu was not completely trapped by his inner demons, but he had no way to successfully cultivate the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique.

It seems like... there's something I've always lacked.

Over the years, Mu Yu felt as if she had seen through something in this mortal world, yet at the same time, she felt as if she hadn't understood anything at all.

"Does this really mean I have to completely integrate myself into it?"

Mu Yu didn't quite understand. In his memory, Han Li had only run a shop in the market for about twenty years before he successfully cultivated the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique.

Even if she might not be as talented as Han Li in cultivating the Great Evolution Technique, it shouldn't be this difficult.

In the end, Mu Yu relied on exhaustive methods and spent several months before finding a way to break the deadlock, aided by his own talent.

This method... is simply to talk to the "God of Gamblers" next door?

Isn't this thing a bit too frivolous?

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Following the guidance of her innate ability to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, Mu Yu chose an auspicious time, carrying a pot of spirit wine, and entered the Lin family's general store.

"Aunt Lin, I've come to see Brother Li today. I have something I'd like to ask him for advice on."

When Mu Yu entered the general store, a middle-aged woman who looked beautiful seemed to be talking to the shop owner, surnamed Lin.

Upon seeing Mu Yu enter, the shop owner surnamed Lin panicked for a moment.

"Senior sister, junior sister, I have guests here. Why don't you go back first? I'll send the interest over in a few days."

The shop owner, surnamed Lin, spoke in a humble tone, but this did not elicit any pity from the other party.

"Junior Sister Lin, I lent you two hundred spirit stones back then, with an agreement of 2% interest per year. It's one thing if you don't repay the principal, but how come you can't even repay the forty spirit stones per year?"

The middle-aged woman, whom the shop owner surnamed Lin addressed as "junior sister," clearly glanced at Mu Yu, and her words were obviously meant for Mu Yu's benefit.

Judging from this situation, it's not just about money; they also want to cut off the Lin family's escape route.

"Enough, you vicious woman. We've been paying back forty dollars in interest every year for over twenty years, which is more than four times the principal. And now we still owe you over a hundred dollars in principal."

"This is outrageous!!!"

Just then, the shop owner's son, surnamed Lin, finally couldn't hold back any longer. He grabbed a low-level magic weapon from the backyard and rushed out.

Given his menacing appearance, Mu Yu thought he might actually step up and kill the middle-aged beauty on the spot.

But who would have thought that the shop owner's son, who had the cultivation of the seventh level of Qi Refining, was bound tightly by a wood-type spell casually cast by the shop owner.

It should be noted that the current cultivation level of this shop owner surnamed Lin is only at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage.

"Xiao Long, get back here. Do you want to die for killing someone in the market?"

The shop owner, surnamed Lin, gave a reprimand, then turned and stared coldly at the middle-aged woman without saying a word.

"Tch~ You think you're right to not pay your debts? If you're so capable, pay back the principal as soon as possible, so I don't have to come here every year to collect the debt."

"Do you think I care about those forty spirit stones?"

The middle-aged woman muttered a couple of disdainful words, then turned and left.

The shop owner, surnamed Lin, watched the middle-aged beauty leave. Looking at her still undiminished charm while he himself had aged and become decrepit, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

"Senior Mu, please excuse my poor appearance."

After the matter was resolved, the husband of the shop owner surnamed Lin came out from the backyard, his words still carrying a hint of embarrassment.

The shop owner, surnamed Lin, has a husband surnamed Li, named Qiyuan. He has no spiritual roots and is a purely mortal person.

Logically speaking, ordinary cultivators, especially women, would never seek to marry a mortal, and no one knows what's going on with this family.

"I'm glad Brother Li doesn't blame me for coming at such an inopportune time. This is nothing to worry about."

"If Brother Li can answer my questions, I'll cover all your debts, how about that?"

Mu Yu had not been able to successfully cultivate the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique for fifteen years, and now he was almost at his breaking point.

Hearing that Mu Yu agreed to pay off their debts, Li Qiyuan did not show the slightest joy on his face.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Mu, but the problems in my family cannot be solved simply with spirit stones."

Li Qiyuan's expression remained calm, as if everything that had just happened had no effect on him.

Upon hearing this, Mu Yu hesitated for a moment, but that brief hesitation vanished.

"Since spirit stones won't work, how about my Core Formation stage cultivation?"

"But if you can't solve my problem, your whole family can forget about living."

"Of course, don't worry too much. I have a feeling you can solve my problem."