Chapter 26: You Have a Better Way to Make Me Happy
“Hahahaha, Boss, you know what? I tried to enter the Ascension Gate at noon during lunch, but I failed.”
After Su Xun returned, he cultivated for a while.
Shi Linglong, who had been out for a while, returned with a gloating smile. She had been completely drained and squeezed dry by Su Xun, unable to afford an inn or food. Therefore, during this period, she basically ate and lived at the Su residence.
Su Xun also tolerated her… anyway, with her around, at least he didn’t have to cook.
A free cook, maid, and coolie, plus a bricklayer, why not take advantage of it?
Looking at Shi Linglong, who had proactively gone into the kitchen to cook, still with a smile on her face.
He asked, “Didn’t you fail again? Why are you so happy?”
“Because I heard a joke today.”
Shi Linglong laughed, “I heard that today there was an idiot who overestimated himself and wanted to go to the Ascension Gate. As a result, because his aptitude was not good enough, he was directly pushed out without even entering the gate… Hahahaha, although I was disappointed by my failure, I have improved a lot compared to last time. I’m much stronger than that idiot. People, indeed, only find happiness through comparison.”
“The idiot you’re talking about should be me.”
Su Xun said, “Wasn’t it you who suggested that I go to the Ascension Gate… I went, and then I failed without even entering the gate.”
“Uh…”
The gloating laughter suddenly got stuck halfway.
Shi Linglong was like a swan with its neck pinched, her pretty face flushed red.
After a long while, she slowly came out of the kitchen with a humble smile, carrying a bowl of steaming braised noodles, and said with a flattering smile, “Boss, it’s time to eat, noodles that I have carefully cooked.”
“Carefully made plain noodles, plus the braised toppings I made before, right?”
Su Xun smiled noncommittally.
Shi Linglong was about to cry, “I’m sorry, Boss, I was wrong.”
No one understood better than Shi Linglong how stingy, vengeful, money-grubbing, and petty the man in front of her was.
Once she offended him.
She felt that she would probably be tortured to death by him before she finished paying off her debt.
And even after death, she wouldn’t be at peace. Maybe she would be made into a puppet by him, forced to do hard labor until her limbs were broken, and her remains would be thrown into a dangerous place to be refined into a zombie, continuing to be driven by him.
It was only because his cultivation was not yet too high and he didn’t understand the soul refining method that her soul probably couldn’t escape. She would definitely be captured and have her last bit of value squeezed out.
“Forget it, I’ve known I’m a waste for a long time. I don’t blame you, and I won’t increase the interest by three or four points just because you mocked me. It’s not that much.”
So, although not three or four points, it was indeed going to increase, right?
Shi Linglong didn’t dare to dwell on this topic. What if the boss got angrier and angrier, and the angrier he got, the more he wanted to mess with her?
She changed the subject and asked, “But I don’t understand. Boss, you’re so powerful. You can tie me up in that position with just two moves. I could go in for the trial, so why can’t you?”
“Because I don’t meet the requirements.”
Shi Linglong looked at Su Xun with a hint of pity in her eyes, then quickly looked away, afraid of being retaliated against by Su Xun, and asked, “Dual spiritual roots?”
Su Xun nodded.
“Dual spiritual roots, huh.”
Shi Linglong’s face looked a little strange.
The six great spiritual roots, the more the better.
But in fact, it’s not entirely so. Just like how innate six spiritual roots Foundation Establishment is called Heavenly Foundation Establishment, there is also a Spiritual Path Foundation Establishment, which refers to having only one spiritual root.
Although this kind of cultivator’s cultivation is not as good as the Heavenly Foundation Establishment of the same level, they excel in purity. Compared to the Heavenly Foundation Establishment’s mastery of everything, they only focus on one path. Although they are easily targeted, the absolute power they unleash is not necessarily inferior to Heavenly Foundation Establishment.
Compared to that, dual spiritual roots… are clearly the worst.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment might not be able to join a sect, but probably only the worst sects would accept such people.
Su Xun said helplessly, “Why do you think those people from the Taiyi Sect all say I’m a waste?”
Shi Linglong comforted softly, “Boss, you don’t need to be too sad.”
Su Xun asked strangely, “Are you comforting me?”
“Of course.”
“Actually, instead of comforting me, you have a better way to make me happy.”
Su Xun stared intently at Shi Linglong and said.
Shi Linglong was stunned when she heard this. Her eyes fell on Su Xun’s face, and her pretty face couldn’t help but blush slightly.
Sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and extraordinary, especially that fair face, which looked particularly clean… making people want to trust him.
She thought to herself, this kid is actually quite good-looking. I’ve been adventuring in the martial world for so many years, and I’ve never seen such a good-looking man.
Shi Linglong asked a little shyly, with anticipation, “What… what’s a better way?”
“Just owe me two more high-grade spirit stones. My wounds need spirit stone comfort.”
Shi Linglong: “…………………………”
If she didn’t know that she couldn’t beat Su Xun, she would probably have rushed over and fought him to the death.
And Su Xun laughed, “Don’t worry, I’m not sad… you know, the purity of spiritual roots can be improved, so why can’t I derive a new spiritual root for myself?”
“That’s right, Boss, you’re so amazing, so daring and capable.”
Shi Linglong was speechless, thinking that in the cultivation world, which has been passed down for who knows how long, she had never heard of anyone adding spiritual roots. Boss, you’re just a Qi Refining cultivator, and even a Qi Refining cultivator who can’t even enter the gate, and yet you dare to say such things.
But seeing Su Xun’s calm face, it seemed that he was really planning to do so.
Shi Linglong looked at Su Xun in shock, momentarily stunned and speechless.
After a long while, she asked, “Then Boss, what do you plan to do?”
“Of course, it’s to make money.”
“Make… make money?”
“That’s right, as long as you have money, there are plenty of people who will help you come up with ideas.”
Su Xun looked at Shi Linglong and asked, “By the way, how was your harvest this morning?”
Shi Linglong: “…………………………”
Her smile instantly became flattering. She was busy with the trial this morning, so how could she have time to make money? It seemed she was going to be criticized again.
In fact, Su Xun was also extremely solemn at this moment.
He couldn’t escape, he couldn’t avoid it, and if he continued like this, it would be a dead end.
The only way to survive was probably in my small world.
But what should he do?
Su Xun didn’t know, but he wasn’t lying to Shi Linglong. As long as he had money, there were plenty of people who would come up with ideas for him… Even a second-rate cultivation technique like the Qi Refining Manual could be improved to the Foundation Establishment level over two hundred years.
Then he didn’t believe that by gathering the geniuses of a world, he couldn’t create a mere spiritual root?
The cultivation world didn’t have it because they didn’t dare to think…
But now, I will help them think!
He finished the noodles in a few gulps and commented, “The noodles are a little soft, but the braised topping is good, fragrant.”
Then, amidst Shi Linglong’s speechless expression, he returned to his room.
He checked his savings.
Twelve high-grade spirit stones, plus fifty-five mid-grade spirit stones and one hundred and twenty-nine low-grade spirit stones.
He had gone through so much hardship, even going so far as to act as bait to lure fish, and even putting himself in danger, watching Shi Linglong fight to the death for him… and sometimes having to take action himself…
In the end, his harvest was not even comparable to the ten high-grade spirit stones that Zhou Tong had contributed to him.
“Zhou Tong, I will be grateful for your gift!”
Su Xun closed his eyes and once again sank his consciousness into the small world. This time, he was going to make a big move.
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