A life of leisure is worse than a life of flowers and splendour

Soon, delicious dishes were placed on the table one after another.

"My nephew is really good at making money. No wonder his family is so well off!" Chu Yue couldn't help but sigh as he ate the delicious food and looked at Du Shuangshuang who came to serve him the food.

Du Shuangshuang smiled and said, "Master Chu, you're too kind. This is just a coincidence. Everyone always comes to my house, and since everyone likes it, we decided to open a restaurant.

"Uncle Chu, I heard there's a market in the sect. What do you think about grandpa and the others opening a restaurant there when we get back?" Du Shuangshuang took the opportunity to ask.

"It's not impossible to open a market, but if you just want to open a restaurant, you might as well consider contracting a cafeteria within the sect! That way, it will be much more convenient for the brothers and sisters in the sect to dine there!"

"Contracting a cafeteria? Is that really feasible? Who should we contact to handle the relevant matters?"

"Are you really interested in contracting the cafeteria? If you do have this plan after you return to the sect, you can come find me."

"That's great. I would like to thank Uncle Chu in advance."

"It's just a small matter, haha."

"Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Chu. Please enjoy your meal. I'll go take care of other things first."

"Go."

Du Shuangshuang discussed the matter with her family, and after some discussion, they all agreed that contracting a canteen was a very good option. First, being able to operate a business within the sect would undoubtedly provide better security. Second, the living environment within the sect was far superior to that in the market outside. Originally, they had only hoped to open a small shop in the market, but now they had the opportunity to open their business within the sect, which was simply the best thing.

After practicing for a period of time, Du Shuangshuang felt that she was about to make a breakthrough. She spent two days practicing intensively, but always felt that something was missing. In the end, she took a spiritual pill.

When she swallowed the Soul-Replenishing Pill, everything changed. Instantly, her body began to boil like a few drops of water in a frying pan. Her previously quiet spiritual energy began to boil, instantly triggering a violent reaction. The Soul-Replenishing Pill released a large amount of gentle spiritual energy, which quickly flowed into her meridians.

The spiritual energy from the outside world seemed to be drawn in by a powerful attraction, rapidly converging. The meridians were filled with a flood of spiritual energy, rapidly circulating through the body. Soon, a cycle of spiritual energy was completed, and a large amount of spiritual energy was compressed into the dantian, and the next cycle of spiritual energy began again. The feeling was as natural and effortless as drinking cool spring water when thirsty or savoring delicious food when hungry. As the spiritual energy in the dantian continued to accumulate, there was finally a soft pop, as if an invisible membrane had ruptured. Du Shuangshuang had finally broken through!

This time, like every other breakthrough, she could feel subtle yet miraculous changes taking place in her body. First, her five senses became unusually sensitive, and the world seemed clearer and brighter to her, all five of her senses enhanced.

At the same time, her mental state has also been greatly improved, full of vitality and vigor. Now her whole person is in a very good state, full of energy, and her thinking has become sharper. In short, her whole person is in a very good state and refreshed.

My second uncle is still at the ninth level of Qi Refining, my cousin has reached the eighth level, but my second aunt and cousin are still at the third level.

Early in the morning, Uncle Chu Yue came again, "Have you guys decided who will enter the secret realm?"

"My second uncle and I have already discussed it." My cousin was still too young, and he was the only heir in the family, so he was finally left behind. My second aunt and cousin had too low a cultivation level, and they didn't want to let them take risks no matter what.

"Yeah, okay, both of you follow me."

The two followed Chu Yue to the place where they would collect supplies to enter the secret realm. In front of them stood a row of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Tong Zhan, come here!" Chu Yue waved towards the front.

A tall, thin young man wearing a white disciple uniform ran over and said, "Uncle Master, what did you call me for?"

"They are Du Antai and Du Shuangshuang, the sect's new disciples. I leave them in your hands. Take good care of them and introduce them to the people. Once you enter the secret realm, be good brothers and sisters and be sure to protect your fellow disciples. Do you understand?"

"Oh, you're the junior brothers and sisters! We're familiar with each other, don't worry, Uncle, leave it to me." He'd seen the two of them before in the arena, not to mention the Du Family Restaurant in the camp, so it was hard not to know them. One of them was at the ninth and tenth level of Qi Refining, the best among the newcomers. He'd also paid attention to them. Even if Uncle hadn't told him to take care of them, he would have done it himself.

"Since you already know me, I won't introduce him any further. He is the direct disciple of Master Jianfeng Yunshang and the eldest senior brother of your generation. If you have any questions, feel free to ask him." Chu Yue turned around and said to Du Shuangshuang.

"Well, thank you, uncle, hello, brother Tong, nice to see you again." Uncle Du and Du Shuangshuang said together,

"It's okay, just follow me." Tong Zhan responded with a smile. His voice was gentle and kind, without any of the cold arrogance of the sword cultivator that Du Shuangshuang had imagined.

Chu Yue nodded in satisfaction at this scene, then turned and left. He was very confident in Tong Zhan. As the eldest senior brother of this generation, he was not only talented but also intelligent and tactful. He would definitely handle everything you asked him to do.

Tong Zhan brought the two of them back to the team.

The people in front and behind were all familiar to Tong Zhan, and most of these faces were familiar to them. A group of handsome men and beautiful women, dressed in the white robes of a sect's direct disciples, were all in high spirits. It had to be said that so far, most of the men and women in the world of immortal cultivation that he had seen were quite good-looking, at least much better looking than ordinary people, and all of them possessed spiritual energy. Seeing Tong Zhan approach with Du Antai and Du Shuangshuang, he had a rough idea of what was going on.

"We've probably met before, but let me introduce them formally. These are our new junior brothers and sisters. Du Antai and Du Shuangshuang."

Senior Brother Tong Zhan smiled and pointed at a young man: "This is Danfeng's third senior brother, his name is Gu Changyuan."

Then, he pointed to the beautiful girl next to him and said, "This is Fourth Senior Sister Lingling."

Then, he pointed to two other burly young men and said, "These two are Qifeng's second senior brother Hongtai and third senior brother Hongkang. They are brothers."

Then, he pointed to a petite and lovely woman and said, "This is Fuyao Peak's Third Senior Sister Du Beibei."

Finally, he pointed to another quiet and elegant woman and said, "This is Fifth Senior Sister Liu An'an. They both major in talismans."

After saying this, Senior Brother Tong Zhan pointed to a handsome young man and said, "This is Third Senior Brother Ling Chen from Jianfeng, and also the uncle of Senior Sister Ling Ling from Danfeng."

We cultivators judge seniority mainly by our cultivation level. If you have a master, we first look at the master's seniority. Of course, as for direct relatives, you can judge your own seniority.

Finally, he pointed to a sunny and handsome boy and said, "This is Jianfeng's fourth senior brother Liu Dongyang."

Second Uncle and Du Shuangshuang greeted each senior brother and sister politely.

The group chattered and quickly became familiar with each other. Du Shuangshuang didn't speak actively, usually responding to questions carefully, observing the personalities of the people. Almost everyone was a name, and they were all familiar faces. With Chu Yue's instructions, she believed they would be able to take care of them if they met in the secret realm.

For now, Du Shuangshuang thinks these people are all good. Even without Chu Yue's instructions, if she meets them, they will take care of her a little because of their friendship as a fellow clan member.

Because of the help from Senior Brother Tong Zhan, she was able to jump the queue to receive the reward, so it was soon Du Shuangshuang's turn.

Du Shuangshuang had to choose between a mid-grade flying sword and a shield. She chose the shield. She already had a better flying sword, but not a shield. There simply weren't any suitable shields in the Duobao Pavilion, so Du Shuangshuang didn't buy one. The reason they gave her magical weapons was because Qi-refining cultivators used ordinary weapons, but ordinary weapons were in short supply and worthless. But now, they were in dire need, so after finally gathering some, they gave them all to those with lower cultivation levels. The higher-level cultivators and veteran disciples were allowed to choose their own magical weapons. In a nutshell, they were taking advantage of the sect. Du Shuangshuang also received a bottle of a first-grade mid-grade replenishing spirit pill, a bottle of a second-grade mid-grade replenishing spirit pill, and a bottle of a first-grade mid-grade rejuvenation pill.

Uncle Du also chose a shield, and he had both a sword and a spear. Du Shuangshuang had given them to him earlier. Du Shuangshuang had extra, so of course he wanted to give them to his family. Uncle Du also received mid-grade, first-grade elixirs, including two bottles of Rejuvenating Elixir and one of Rejuvenating Elixir.

After choosing, the two stood aside, waiting for Senior Brother Tong Zhan, who also chose a shield. Du Shuangshuang observed that most people chose shields. They already had weapons ready, so the extra item they had was almost universally chosen a shield. The pills were all the same, three bottles per person, but the exact number was unclear. It was impossible to spy with spiritual sense at this point, let alone ask. Everyone took their pills and put them away in their storage bags.

After selecting their weapons, Senior Brother Tong Zhan led the two to claim the spiritual food and fasting pills that were given out as a one-time gift for participating in the secret realm sect. Senior Brother Tong Zhan also reminded them to take more spiritual food and less fasting pills. So Du Shuangshuang only took six fasting pills, equivalent to three months' worth of spiritual food, and took the rest. The spiritual food, like before, consisted of spiritual rice cakes and spiritual flour buns, made from the lowest-grade spiritual rice and flour. Du Shuangshuang didn't mind. While it wasn't as delicious as homemade, who could refuse free food?