Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 128: Entrustment
Although Wu Chang was somewhat puzzled by Liu Yu's attitude, the difference in their identities and realms was too great for him to refute. He very sensibly bowed and respectfully withdrew, not showing the slightest dissatisfaction.
Watching Wu Chang leave, Liu Yu returned to his daily cultivation routine. Besides meditating and practicing qi every day, he would also use the Immortal Abode to hasten the growth of spiritual herbs and refine a few bottles of elixirs in preparation for his upcoming shop opening.
However, most of the elixirs he refined were for the mid to late stages of qi refinement, such as the Clear Spirit Elixir, Purple Spiritual Elixir, and Azure Spirit Pill. As for the elixirs used in the early stage of qi refinement, he didn’t personally handle them due to their low value and minimal profit, trusting that Jiang Qiushui would find a way to address it when the time came.
He opened the shop merely to earn spiritual stones and gather spiritual herbs discreetly, maximizing the benefits of the Immortal Abode. Everything was aimed at aiding his cultivation, not becoming a burden on himself, so he naturally would not engage in actions that jeopardized his core interests.
Furthermore, once the shop was running smoothly, Liu Yu planned to gradually reduce the refining of low-end elixirs, eventually providing only a few bottles of Purple Spiritual Elixirs and Azure Spirit Pills each month to save more time for cultivation.
While the speed of obtaining spiritual stones through refining and selling elixirs was not as fast as directly selling spiritual herbs, it was much safer.
What Liu Yu lacked was never spiritual stones, but rather various rare resources such as formulas, cultivation techniques, and secret arts, which were hard to obtain solely with spiritual stones.
Although he was already at the foundation establishment stage, in the grand scheme of the cultivation world, he was still just a tiny ant. If high-level cultivators discovered the secrets of the Immortal Abode, the hope of escape would be extremely slim.
Low-level cultivators could hardly imagine the means of high-level cultivators.
Half a month later, Geng Yuanzhang came to visit with his great-grandson. Liu Yu received them in the cave dwelling.
Geng Yuanzhang's great-grandson was named Geng Yunsong. At about twelve or thirteen years old and having just started cultivating, he had reached the second layer of qi refinement under his grandfather's tireless resource support, while Liu Yu at his age was still stuck at the first layer of qi refinement.
This was normal, after all, as the full support of a late-stage foundation establishment cultivator could save a lot of detours.
Even if he had a false spiritual root, with his grandfather's resource support, his cultivation speed would definitely not be slow, especially since the early stage of qi refinement was relatively easy. However, as he progressed, the disadvantages of his innate talent would become more pronounced, and it wouldn’t be so simple to improve.
After all, not every cultivator had an Immortal Abode and a small green bottle.
Moreover, after Geng Yuanzhang's death, it was impossible for him to leave all his wealth to Geng Yunsong. A late-stage foundation establishment cultivator's legacy was something a qi refinement stage cultivator could not hold onto.
While one couldn’t openly rob within the sect since the Yuan Yang Sect was not a demonic sect, it was still very normal for accidents to happen given the high mortality rate in the cultivation world every year.
In the living room, Liu Yu and Geng Yuanzhang sat across from each other with two cups of tea on the table.
A somewhat handsome, slender youth with a hint of childishness stood silently behind Geng Yuanzhang, listening carefully to their conversation.
“Junior brother Liu, I feel that my life will only last another two years,” Geng Yuanzhang said. “I entrust Yunsong to you. Starting today, let this boy cultivate on Color Lotus Mountain.”