Is the Heavenly Court this wealthy now?
In the secret room inside the mountain of Xiao Qiong Peak, Li Changshou looked with a face full of bewilderment at the compensatory ring that the God of Marriage, Yue Lao, had given him. Inside it was a pile of high-quality spirit stones, emitting a faint spiritual glow.
“This is different, we’re different…”
Li Changshou shook his head, sighing constantly.
This pile of spirit stones could be used to buy a large amount of precious materials in the town outside the Immortal Gate and strengthen the defensive array around Xiao Qiong Peak.
With this, a third of his planned array upgrades could be completed!
However, spending this much directly was not very reasonable.
He could use these high-quality spirit stones as his initial capital.
He could buy herbs in the town, turn them into pills, and then trade them for more precious materials, which would bring in a continuous profit stream!
And there would be no middleman taking a cut!
Li Changshou frowned as he thought this through…
Going out in person to do this was too dangerous; countless people had lost their lives over spirit stones and treasures. It was important to be cautious.
But if the paper avatars could do these dangerous tasks, it would be a different story…
In other words, it would be a zero-risk way to earn wealth.
If that was possible, he could work on both fronts—
He could have his master gather herbs from the Hundred Treasures Hall and use the paper avatars to collect herbs and sell pills in the town outside the gate…
Within fifty years, earning a modest amount and accumulating a few immortal treasures should not be too difficult!
In seventy or eighty years, the material gaps in his planned “composite defense system” for Xiao Qiong Peak would be largely filled!
This way, not only could he solve the financial deficit, but also benefit his master and his junior sister…
The problem was how to get the paper avatars to the town.
Sending young disciples out was quite a hassle;
But his master, now an immortal, was free from the sect’s regulations and could leave at any time for any reason.
The Immortal Ancestor could also travel freely.
If his master took his paper avatars and left the protective array, they could travel far and go to the town to trade…
That would be the first step.
Then came the real challenge—modifying the “Cutting Paper Into a Human” technique.
The current technique had its limitations.
The gate of the Immortal Sect was not far from the famous town of Lihai, only about 20,000 miles away…
But Li Changshou’s current range of control over the paper avatars was only a thousand miles.
With the original technique, the avatars could not even reach the closest town.
The wilderness was truly vast…
It was impossible to imagine how expansive the world had been during the prime of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans!
Back to business;
Li Changshou sat and thought for a while, working out detailed plans, calculations, and risk assessments for the “pill business.” Eventually, he made a decision.
Work on two fronts, and get rich through hard work!
He needed to modify his technique!
“To become an immortal, one must first perfect their methods.”
Once he had comprehended Wind and Fire Escape, he would focus on improving the “Cutting Paper Into a Human” technique!
To keep his real body in the mountain while sending the paper avatars to the town for trade, he would need to modify the technique.
The original method involved storing his own spiritual and immortal energy inside the paper avatars. The avatars transformed into human forms as a form of illusion because the special material of the paper allowed them to carry a living essence, making them nearly indistinguishable from real humans.
After becoming an immortal, Li Changshou had perfected the technique, and within the range of his immortal perception, he could entrust part of his consciousness to the paper avatars. Without direct control, the avatars could follow simple commands like sweeping, weeding, massaging, dancing, basic combat, and certain… private activities.
But these were not the effects Li Changshou needed.
He wanted to modify the technique to create a cheap, low-barrier “external incarnation”!
In other words, he would create “paper bodies” that could store part of his immortal power, with his consciousness residing inside, allowing him to switch between them at will.
The paper avatars only needed to be able to exert 10% or even 5% of his strength to be useful.
“To achieve this, I will need to use some forbidden techniques for crafting magic tools…”
Li Changshou pondered for a moment, quickly finalizing his ten-year training plan.
Learn tool crafting, improve my techniques!
If I don’t know, I will learn; if I don’t understand, I will study.
Now that I have plenty of time, it’s about time I start learning about crafting tools.
“First, focus on the forbidden techniques that can house my consciousness.”
He turned his attention back to the ring…
This was a great opportunity, thanks to Yue Lao’s generous support for the construction of Xiao Qiong Peak!
In addition to high-quality spirit stones, Li Changshou found a pile of ceramic bottles and gourds, all containing pills.
What surprised him was that these pills had effects similar to “Poison Dragon Wine”…
True to his reputation, Yue Lao’s gifts were always unique.
Li Changshou had originally planned to burn these pills with the Three Flames of True Fire, but he hesitated.
It would be such a waste.
These were immortal pills crafted by Yue Lao himself, a blessing for many cultivators!
They could restore relationships, help couples find happiness, and benefit both immortals and mortals alike.
Li Changshou took out some empty ceramic bottles, carefully sorted the pills, and then burned Yue Lao’s bottles to remove his aura.
“These will be kept for gifts or to trade for something else…”
If these pills were popular, he could try reverse engineering the formula, explore the crafting method, and mass-produce them for huge profits!
“Ugh, being obsessed with wealth is dangerous.
Wealth is only for cultivating the Dao; the Dao is the true foundation for any cultivator.”
After a brief self-reflection, Li Changshou chuckled bitterly.
He transferred everything from the ring to his three main storage treasures and sealed the ring…
After carefully reviewing his conversation with Yue Lao to ensure there were no mistakes, he put the matter aside for now.
He still had a long time before he would go to the Heavenly Court, and his master had not yet attained True Immortal status, so there was no need to rush.
After completing these tasks, Li Changshou quietly left the underground secret room and soared out of Xiao Qiong Peak.
…
The Dao Zang Hall was located on the mountainside of the back peak of Po Tian Peak.
Li Changshou made his rounds without drawing anyone’s attention.
Even the elders who were often meditating in the outer hall didn’t bother to glance at him.
He then entered the pill room and began his study of a new domain of cultivation.
“Junior Uncle doesn’t know when he’ll leave seclusion.”
In the outer hall of the Dao Zang Hall, the available weapon-refining restrictions were somewhat basic.
If only Junior Uncle could enter the inner hall and help record some of the higher-level restrictions revealed by the true immortals to the disciples, that would be ideal.
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