Chapter 277

Chapter 277: Yao Wu’s Message

Geng Feng had left, but his visit to seek cooperation also highlighted one thing.

Yao Yuan Pavilion was now becoming a precious asset, attracting many eyes.

If not for the identity as Inner Sect disciples of Qinyuan Sect, the shop would probably face many troubles.

In these times, without a background, one truly found it hard to move a step.

After seeing off Geng Feng, Wang Lang happened to arrive.

"Brother Zhou, I just caught sight of that guy Geng Feng. What did he want?"

Zhou Luo explained everything that had happened.

After hearing it, Wang Lang let out a cold laugh: "So high and mighty. Seeing us make money, he wants to latch on—why didn’t he think about making cash when he was splurging?"

Zhou Luo detected a hint of strangeness in his words and asked curiously: "What splurging?"

Wang Lang explained: "You didn’t know? Over this past half-year, this guy spent an unknown amount to curry favor with that woman Xu Tian."

"The funniest part is, this guy actually never succeeded, hahaha."

While speaking of this, Wang Lang couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

Luckily, this courtyard had defensive formations; otherwise, if it spread, Geng Feng would probably have wanted to kill him.

Zhou Luo’s eyes flickered slightly. It seemed the cultivation world wasn’t lacking in simps either.

Moreover, Xu Tian dared to let him spend money so openly, probably because of the previous failure to refine Foundation Establishment Dan.

Earlier at that large-scale auction, this woman had squandered a lot of wealth; now, finding a "cash machine" to withdraw funds was only natural.

Zhou Luo treated such affairs as mere entertainment.

After all, since it didn’t concern him, he kept his distance.

Later, he discussed shop matters with Wang Lang.

Due to the booming business, the shop had almost run out of stock, and Wang Lang suggested finding a few Pill Masters to collaborate with.

But Zhou Luo refused.

The reason Yao Yuan Pavilion’s business thrived was because all potions were refined by himself, so quality could be guaranteed.

If they let other Pill Masters supply potions, the inconsistent quality would only damage the shop’s reputation.

From the moment he chose the name, Zhou Luo had planned a premium route.

"We can slightly raise the prices," Zhou Luo proposed a plan.

The brand effect was already in play; a modest increase in potion prices might stir complaints among cultivators, but with such high quality, they would still choose to yield.

Wang Lang didn’t object, since Zhou Luo was the main owner.

After Wang Lang departed, Zhou Luo resumed refining potions.

He hadn’t expected that after arriving in Immortal City, he would still not escape the Fate of refining medicines.

However, for the sake of earning money, these were minor matters.

Besides alchemy, he also took the time to draw some top-quality symbols, which could be used for sale in the shop.

Anyway, the number was not large; he could just say that he had accumulated them over the years when the time came.

Days passed one by one; three months later, Zhou Luo finally advanced to the later stage of the ninth level of Qi Refinement during dual cultivation with Lin Xi.

And Lin Xi also smoothly broke through to the later stage of the eighth level of Qi Refinement with the help of The Fusion of Dragon and Phoenix Technique.

It must be said that this dual cultivation technique from the ancient Hehuan path was truly powerful.

Lin Xi’s originally damaged foundation also slowly recovered.

But for her health, Zhou Luo did not let her continue bearing children.

A few days later, the four concubines who had been pregnant before also gave birth to descendants one after another.

[Congratulations to the host on the birth of the forty-first descendant, receiving a fifty-year lifespan bonus!]

[As this descendant had Sixth Grade spiritual roots, the host gained fifteen talent points!]

[Current talent: Eighth Grade spiritual root (267/500)]

[…]

[Congratulations to the host on the birth of the forty-fourth descendant, receiving sixty years lifespan bonus!]

[As this descendant had fifth-grade spiritual roots, the host gained fifteen talent points!]

[Current talent: Eighth Grade spiritual root (322/500)]

[…]

The four children included two with fifth-grade and two with Sixth Grade spiritual roots, all mid-grade spiritual roots.

These four concubines were all women bought from Yao Chi Pavilion, each having a mid-grade spiritual root, so this result was not surprising.

Zhou Luo looked at those talent points; over half of the progress bar toward breaking through to Seventh Grade spiritual roots had been filled, and he figured that in a few more years, he would be able to complete the breakthrough.

Once he reached Seventh Grade spiritual roots, his training speed and the quality of his descendants’ spiritual roots should both undergo a qualitative change.

With the birth of these four children, added to the previous four children, there were already eight children in the courtyard.

For this reason, Zhou Luo specially bought a few maids.

However, this meant that this courtyard was now somewhat insufficient for housing.

So Zhou Luo proposed taking some children back to Zhou Garden.

Lin Xi did not refuse, as her mind was not focused there; she looked at Zhou Luo with a worried expression and said, "The Lin Family has sent word that the war situation isn’t going well; the family has already lost two spiritual mines and hopes we return to help."

Lin Xi still cared deeply for her family and could not bear to see the Lin Family perish.

Zhou Luo naturally knew about this; some time ago, Second Elder Lin Guang Xuan had been sending messages to him, inquiring about his plans.

Before undergoing Foundation Establishment, he definitely could do nothing, especially since the Foundation Establishment strong person in the Lin Family hadn’t intervened yet.

This implied that matters had not worsened to a critical point.

He comforted her by saying, "Don’t worry; it’ll be fine. I have my own arrangements. You first take these children back for now."

Though Lin Xi leaving would prevent dual cultivation temporarily, for the stability of the family, he decided to let her return first and also have her take the children back.

Lin Xi nodded and agreed.

Three days later.

To prevent mishaps on the journey, Zhou Luo personally escorted her back to her home.

The home hadn’t changed much, but fewer people were there; most had gone to the battlefield, leaving only some elderly, weak individuals, women, and children.

There was no way around it; this kind of life-or-death battle for the family’s fortune was all about taking a risk to the end.

Likely, family head Lin Tian Xiong had not expected that the Lu Family’s counterattack would be this severe, nor that the Wang Family would suffer internal strife at such a critical moment.

As a result, even if the Lin Family wanted to withdraw now, it couldn’t; they could only bite down and hold on, waiting for a turning point.

It was said that family head Lin Tian Xiong had gone into Closed-Door Training, apparently preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Once Foundation Establishment succeeded, perhaps the family could reverse the decline.

After safely sending Lin Xi to Zhou Garden, Zhou Luo talked with Lin Qing Han, who was overseeing household management; after roughly understanding the situation, he stayed for several more days before rushing back to Immortal City.

In the following days, during the daytime, he practiced alchemy, rune-making, and studied Gu techniques; at night, he focused his attention on these four concubines.

He strived to gain more lottery opportunities and aimed to become a second level Pill Master before obtaining Foundation Establishment materials.

On this day, the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Zhou Luo had just finished dinner and was about to close his eyes to cultivate when he suddenly received a message from Yao Wu.

The content was concise and straightforward, saying that she had found something about Gu techniques and wanted him to come over.

Zhou Luo thought that any matter related to Gu techniques must be crucial, so he personally went out and walked toward the opposite courtyard.