Immortality Starts With Investment

As the majestic and imposing Divine Will City came into view, Ye Chen’s face lit up with a smile. Upon entering the city, it was evident that there were many more people than during his last visit. The already bustling Divine Will City was now even more thriving. The attraction of the Divine Will Assembly was indeed enormous.

Many guides, seeing Ye Chen, immediately gathered around him. However, the prices were significantly higher than before. Market economy, after all. With so many people visiting Divine Will City now, it was only logical...

Ye Chen casually scanned the area and picked a female cultivator with a multiplier of twenty as his guide. The female cultivator, named Caidie, was charming, a delicate beauty with clear eyes and beautiful features. Her figure was like a willow branch, perfectly proportioned, neither too large nor too small, neither fat nor thin. Her cultivation level was at the eighth layer of Qi Refining. The price was one medium-grade spirit stone per day, which was outrageously expensive.

But Ye Chen didn’t mind.. Interestingly, this Caidie, just like Yun Qianyue from his last visit, was also a disciple of the Divine Will Sect.

This reminded Ye Chen of Yun Qianyue. Having given her a complete set of top-tier equipment, Yun Qianyue’s strength had greatly increased; she must be doing well.

Ye Chen had no intention of seeking out Yun Qianyue again. Yun Qianyue’s twenty-fold feedback was actually higher than that of Lu Jing and Lin Ke’er.

Yet, Ye Chen did not choose to keep her as a maid by his side. After all, sometimes it’s all about the right opportunity. Good luck comes when it’s most needed, and the best opportunities naturally follow. And Yun Qianyue was simply unlucky. The timing of their meeting was off, so she gained much less.

”First, take me to the registration area for the Divine Will Assembly.”

Yun Qianyue flashed through Ye Chen’s mind and then he spoke up. By the time Ye Chen reached the registration area, there was already a sizable crowd. After all, being in the top thirty came with rewards, which was hugely attractive to cultivators.

Ye Chen did not queue. Being a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and a seeded contestant sent by the Green Cloud Sect, he received special treatment. Not only did he not need to queue for registration, he even skipped the preliminaries. He would only need to step onto the stage once the top hundred were decided. This saved him quite a bit of trouble.

However, there was a downside. The Divine Will Assembly would last for a month. After registration ended, Ye Chen had the guide lead him to find accommodation. It was the same place as last time.

But the price of the small courtyard had skyrocketed tenfold. It was more outrageous than the price hikes for hotels during concerts in some cities in his previous life.

Yet Ye Chen didn’t even blink an eyebrow and paid for a month upfront. To Ye Chen, these spirit stones were really just a trifle. His generous spending made Caidie’s eyes light up. And then came something even more surprising for Caidie.

Ye Chen casually tossed thirty medium-grade spirit stones to the female disciple of the Divine Will Sect, ”You’re not bad, I’ll book you for a month! Meet me at the door tomorrow morning.”

With those words, Ye Chen leisurely went back to rest. After half a year of cultivating with his master, Ye Chen was now at the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment. He traveled even faster. Even without rushing, he arrived at Divine Will City in just six days, a day before the system cooldown ended.

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This guide named Caidie would temporarily serve as a tool for collecting rewards. As for An Yuyi and An Miaoli, who had high multipliers, although they were also in Divine Will City, meeting them would require a visit to the Divine Will Sect. Whether he could see them would depend on whether they wanted to see him. Too much hassle.

Ye Chen had been ingratiating himself with his master, now with a two-hundred-fold feedback, for a full half-year. He had exploded countless resources. Now he felt a bit inflated. It was just a month, only four feedback opportunities. It wasn’t worth the effort. Plus, he had to go out of his way to find people. It wasn’t necessary.

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Ye Chen’s month-long employment thrilled Caidie to no end. Thirty medium-grade spirit stones. Even for an outer sect disciple of the Divine Will Sect, that was a substantial sum. After she respectfully bowed to Ye Chen and saw him into the courtyard, she hurried back to her sect to gather her close friends and boast.

”Tsk tsk, thirty medium-grade spirit stones just like that; I can’t earn that much in a year of hard missions.”

”I’m so jealous, that’s it, I’m going to become a guide too…”

”Being a guide is just too good. Remember Qianyue? She got a complete set of top-tier magic tools from guiding, and last year she even placed in the top thirty of the outer sect competition, now she’s at the ninth level of Qi Refining!”

”Riches should not make us forget old friends!”

”Last time I met a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he paid me thirty low-grade spirit stones a day; I ran around all day without a break, and then he even wanted me to stay the night. Is he crazy? A night at the Fragrant Wind Pavilion costs more than thirty low-grade spirit stones.”

”Why can’t I meet a generous senior like that?”

Her friends were green with envy, chattering all at once. And among them was Yun Qianyue. She simply smiled softly, blessing her friend. Thirty medium-grade spirit stones were not few, but they paled in comparison to the benefits she received from Senior Ye. Reflecting on that one month that brought transformative changes to her life thanks to Senior Ye, Yun Qianyue felt only nostalgia...

Senior Ye was generous with top-tier magic tools. Even after that one night, she benefited greatly, breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Refining directly. The advantages Senior Ye brought her were just too many. If only she could meet Senior Ye again.

Ever since meeting Senior Ye, Yun Qianyue could no longer regard the male disciples of the outer sect in the same way. The difference was just too great.

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However, the next day, Caidie came to boast again. Because she only worked half a day today, taking the senior to visit Heavenly Evolution Pavilion. The senior then gifted her a fan of top-tier magic tool quality.

This was a top-tier magic tool. Her friends’ eyes truly turned red this time. They had already seen Yun Qianyue’s good fortune, and now another friend seemed set to soar? They weren’t just fair-weather friends. They often helped each other and shared a genuine bond.

But seeing a friend meet such a benefactor was genuinely hard. And Yun Qianyue, who initially didn’t care, started to feel a strange sense of déjà vu hearing about her friend’s employer’s lavish spending.

In Divine Will City, Foundation Establishment cultivators weren’t exceedingly rare. But even among Foundation Establishment cultivators, most had to pour vast resources into their cultivation and didn’t live lavishly.

For instance, the Foundation Establishment stewards of the Divine Will Sect were like that. Most of them actually lacked spirit stones and were quite strapped.

Yun Qianyue had never heard of a cultivator who could spend as freely as Senior Ye. And this familiar style of generosity. Could it be... was Senior Ye attending the Divine Will Assembly?

Yun Qianyue quickly asked, ”Caidie, what’s the surname of that Foundation Establishment senior?”

Caidie was about to answer straight away. After all, knowing a surname in such a big city as Green Cloud City wouldn’t help much; she wasn’t worried about competition.

But as Caidie was about to speak, she suddenly raised her eyebrows. She also remembered Yun Qianyue’s rise. Recalling that Yun Qianyue had once mentioned her benefactor’s surname three years ago.

It was also Ye! Oh no! Could it be that she and Yun Qianyue had met the same benefactor?

Thinking of the sometimes nostalgic and melancholy expressions on her good friend Yun Qianyue, Caidie seriously responded, ”That senior’s surname is Zhang!”

Hearing this, Yun Qianyue immediately showed a look of disappointment. It wasn’t Senior Ye!