Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 4 Safety First (Please continue reading)

After the transaction was completed, Manager Ding warmly invited Mr. and Mrs. Shen to sit in the lounge and personally brewed them some spiritual tea.

"Yaoyao, I wasn't wrong! Master Shen is a perfect son-in-law! Look, he can even make exquisite talismans now. The best days are yet to come!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Qingtao."

After finishing the spiritual tea, Shen Xuan spent a spirit stone to purchase a low-grade jade hairpin magic artifact.

The Water Phoenix Hairpin can gather faint water spiritual energy, which can enhance cultivation.

When attacked at close range, it can automatically activate a water shield, which has a weak protective effect.

For this reason, Shen Xuan also asked Manager Ding to give him a superior internal energy cultivation manual.

The Jade Maiden Scripture is a traditional Taoist internal cultivation method for women. It emphasizes gentle and tranquil movements, cultivating both internal and external aspects, and harmonizing Qi and blood. It has a unique effect on women's self-cultivation and health.

Ding Yuyao was just an ordinary woman, but Shen Xuan was willing to use spirit stones to buy her magical artifacts and internal cultivation techniques.

Manager Ding observed this and nodded in approval.

This matchmaker did not make a mistake.

A talisman master who can create exquisite talismans has a promising future!
However, he's a little older than I am, he's sixty!
Otherwise, even within a Foundation Establishment cultivation family, they would be a key figure in the training program.

Shen Xuan didn't think that much about it.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, he left the Ding family shop with his young wife.

There were only five spirit stones left in the storage bag.

He went to the rice shop and the butcher shop, and spent two spirit stones to buy twenty catties of spirit rice, sixty catties of refined rice, and ten catties of barbarian beef.

On the way back, the vendor did indeed leave him a Xuan Shui turtle.

This Xuan Shui turtle is also a juvenile, but it is larger.

After some haggling, Shen Xuan finally managed to get it for two spirit stones and five spirit beads.

The storage bag's reserves were almost depleted, with only five spirit orbs remaining.

Shen Xuan, however, was full of confidence.

That night.

Ding Yuyao prepared a sumptuous dinner.

"My husband, you've worked hard! Eat more to nourish your body."

Ding Yuyao said with a charming smile.

Over the past ten days, under Shen Xuan's guidance, she finally experienced the pleasure of sexual intimacy.

It is repaired several times a day and becomes especially active after being nourished.

She worried that her husband's health wouldn't be able to handle it, which would affect his spiritual practice.

After all, her husband is a sixty-year-old man.

"Alright. You should also eat some spirit rice and wild beef. I will teach you how to cultivate internal energy."

After the meal, Shen Xuan took out the "Jade Maiden True Scripture".

"Yaoyao, this is a female Taoist cultivation technique that can nourish life and strengthen the body. If one breaks through to the Innate Realm, it can also prolong life."

Ding Yuyao accepted the "Jade Maiden True Scripture" with a touch of sadness in her heart.

She has no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate.

Humans, living in the marketplace, are nourished by spiritual energy and age more slowly than those in the secular world.

After forty, one's appearance will age, and perhaps one's husband will no longer cherish her as much.

Fortunately, her husband is of poor aptitude and has no hope of improving in this lifetime.

Perhaps the two can still join hands, grow old together, and spend their lives side by side.

After finishing his meal, Shen Xuan went to the training room.

This time, they were skilled and easily plundered the Xuan Shui Turtle's talent.

On the mysterious jade talisman, the ancient, small golden characters shone once more.

[Talent: Concealing Breath (8/100)]

【Daoyun: 3】

[Conceal Breath Talisman: Mastery (42/400)]

The talent for concealing breath was plundered by 5 points, the Daoist charm increased by 2 points, and the proficiency of the [Concealing Breath Talisman] increased by 10 points.

Shen Xuan was overjoyed.

This is much faster than him cultivating alone.

What kind of gains would you get if your Plunder talent reached 100?
Shen Xuan was filled with motivation.

He changed his work and rest schedule.

Cultivation, talisman making, sleeping, eating, and finally, couples' activities.

no way.

His young wife, Ding Yuyao, clearly couldn't handle his high-frequency movements.

"Red-painted skulls, white bones and flesh, form is emptiness, emptiness is form!"

"One should not indulge in women; cultivating one's character and temperament is the true path to longevity!"

Shen Xuan secretly reminded himself.

Over the next ten days, all 120 sets of [Concealing Breath Talisman] materials were used up.

With increased proficiency and the use of superior materials, the success rate of crafting items steadily improves, and the rate of high-quality items also increases. The success rate is 50%, and the rate of high-quality items is 25%.

With a cost of ten spirit stones, sixty talismans were made, fifteen of which were of exceptional quality.

Shen Xuan did a rough calculation.

Not counting the cost of pen wear and tear, you can earn five spirit stones in ten days!

Fifteen yuan a month, that's one hundred and eighty yuan a year!

Shen Xuan was startled!
This income was something he never dared to imagine before!
However, Shen Xuan quickly regained consciousness.

We must not be careless!

Safety first!

This is just gross revenue.

If you want to continue your spiritual practice, you need to continuously invest resources.

The cost of a young Black Water Turtle is considerable.

Shen Xuan repeatedly reminded himself that survival was the only way forward.

It has been more than forty years since I started drawing qi into my body.

He was over sixty years old and didn't own a single magical artifact!

He stayed in Qinglong Bay Market, never went out, and never fought with cultivators.

He even uses spirit stones to replace corvée labor, let alone explore secret realms or hunt demons in the wild.

"In terms of combat, no one is worse than me," Shen Xuan thought to himself.

He sold the finished talismans to the Ding family shop in exchange for talisman materials and spirit stones.

Then buy a juvenile Xuan Shui Turtle from a vendor and plunder its talent for concealing its breath.

After deducting food and drink expenses, one can still save seven or eight spirit stones a month for future use.

Time flies by like a white horse.

Soon, half a year passed.

Every ten days, Shen Xuan would sell a talisman to acquire a young Body Profound Water Turtle and plunder its talent for concealing its aura.

On this day, within the mysterious jade talisman.

[Talent: Concealing Breath (98/100)]

【Daoyun: 36】

[Conceal Breath Talisman: Mastery (396/400)]

As proficiency in crafting [Concealing Breath Talismans] increases, the success rate and the rate of producing high-quality talismans steadily improve.

Currently, 120 sets of superior materials are sufficient to successfully produce 70 [Concealing Breath Talismans], 20 of which are of exceptional quality.

Shen Xuan was cautious and meticulous.

Each time, sixty [Concealing Breath Talismans] are sold, ten of which are premium items.

Store the extras.

I earn eighteen spirit stones every month.

He could have acquired more juvenile black water turtles.

To avoid arousing suspicion, the acquisitions were made at a pace of once every ten days.

Even so, the neighbors gave him a very nice nickname.

Turtle Talisman Master!

Shen Xuan smiled slightly at this, not taking it to heart.

This day was a special day.

Shen Xuan became extremely excited.

Therefore, he specially dragged his young wife along for a fierce friendly match in broad daylight.

I had a good night's sleep, and after getting up, I took a bath, changed clothes, burned incense, and washed my hands.

He had a vague feeling that this talent plunder was of great significance.

His spiritual aptitude limited his cultivation potential.

It's not just about cultivation level, but also about talisman-making skills.

Now, half a year has passed, and his skill level is very close to that of a mid-grade talisman master.

These are all effects of the mysterious jade talisman!

He also saved up sixty spirit stones.

There are also sixty high-quality [Concealing Breath Talismans],
In the past, such a speed of making money would have been unimaginable!
Cultivation skills, alchemy, array formations, artifacts, and talismans—mastering any of these can quickly earn you spirit stones.

"Unfortunately, my cultivation level still cannot be improved!"

For the past six months, Shen Xuan has persisted in practicing the Divine Treasure Ocean Technique for two hours every day, but he still hasn't sensed any opportunity for a breakthrough.

The mysterious jade talisman clearly displayed this.

[Technique: Proficient in Divine Hidden Ocean Technique (200/200)]

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 3: 100/100]

(End of this chapter)