I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

Back at the inn, Fengchuan prepared to first enter Xiaocai's room and set up a spirit-gathering array for her.

But Xiao Cai said quietly from behind, "Big brother, let Xiao Cai cultivate in your room! Setting up two spirit-gathering arrays every time is such a hassle!"

Xiao Cai looked at Toyokawa with a pleading expression.

Toyokawa thought for a moment and casually thought of saying, "It's no trouble at all. What's the trouble? It's just a matter of waving your hand."

Before she could even speak, her eyes met Xiao Cai's, two pitiful gazes.

Immediately, he was too embarrassed to speak, and swallowed his words back, then could only nod silently.

"Okay, it is indeed quite troublesome to set it up twice every time."

After you've used it all, you have to recycle it twice, which is even more troublesome!

Your willingness to cultivate with me saves me a lot of trouble!

Toyokawa pretended nothing had happened and went back to his room.

Xiao Cai followed him in excitedly.

Meanwhile, an old man with a white beard, far away, sighed, "Alas, what a tragedy!"

Immediately, the old man withdrew his divine sense, choosing to avoid seeing it altogether.

He was afraid that if he continued watching, his old heart wouldn't be able to take it.

Wow, young people these days, they really know how to have fun.

After entering the room, Toyokawa casually set up a spirit-gathering array.

After finishing, he glanced at Xiaocai, as if to say, "See? It's that simple. It's not as complicated as you made it out to be!"

Xiao Cai knew the boy had glanced at her, but she deliberately turned her head away.

She knew this was her brother's last act of defiance! She couldn't, and at least shouldn't, expose him!

Deep down, she was overjoyed, finally able to cultivate with her older brother again.

I still really like it. Being with this guy all the time gives me a great sense of security!

Seeing that Xiaocai was ignoring him, Fengchuan didn't care.

He casually placed several piles of mid-grade spirit stones on the array nodes.

Then, he took out a futon by the window in the room, sat down, and began to cultivate.

Xiao Cai was overjoyed to see Toyokawa acting this way.

Hehe, it seems that the young man still has feelings for Xiao Cai!

After she entered his room to cultivate, he voluntarily gave up his bed to Xiao Cai!

This young man is so kind; he always thinks of Xiaocai! Hehe…

Xiao Cai was secretly delighted while gazing intently at Feng Chuan's handsome and focused expression.

For a moment, I was completely mesmerized.

However, after being lost in thought for a while, Xiao Cai noticed the young man's brows furrowing slightly, and she snapped out of it.

He then sat down on the bed and began to cultivate.

Toyokawa had no idea what Aya was thinking at that moment.

If they knew, they wouldn't say it out loud, but they would definitely think it to themselves.

"Hehe, you're overthinking it! I gave you the bed simply because I was afraid you'd sneak into it in the middle of the night."

However, these were all just wishful thinking; Toyokawa was already deeply immersed in his cultivation.

A night passed by in the blink of an eye.

The next day, before the sun had even risen, Toyokawa and his companion woke up.

"Little brother, what are you planning to do today? The poetry gathering won't start for almost a month!" Xiao Cai asked with great interest.

"Hmm, should we open some more Originium first?" Toyokawa asked uncertainly.

Ever since he obtained two kinds of peerless divine medicines from two Originium yesterday, Toyokawa has been preoccupied with the remaining Originium.

It's not his fault; he gained so much.

In the world of cultivation, source stones are a very important industry.

In various large markets, there are specialized jade gambling estates.

That's what we're gambling on – these Originium stones.

Moreover, the number of participants is constant, with a never-ending stream of people coming and going every day.

Just like the jade gambling in Fengchuan's previous life, it was a business where "one cut could bring in ten thousand taels of gold, and one cut could bring in nothing but underwear!"

However, greed can't stop some people from getting rich overnight, and they are willing to gamble their entire fortune for it.

Indeed, some people have become rich overnight, and these are not isolated cases.

There are one or two cases almost every day.

But more often than not, they squander their fortunes and lose everything.

Toyokawa was now on a bit of an addiction due to two consecutive strokes of good luck.

"Okay, then! How many Originium stones are left?" Xiao Cai asked.

"Not much, only five pieces left," Toyokawa replied.

"Okay, let's finish them all today!" Xiao Cai said.

“Yes, that’s what I think too!” Toyokawa said.

Then, Toyokawa took out all five Origin Stones together and activated his Divine Eye to scan them one by one.

Perhaps because he has awakened his divine eye, Toyokawa's current Dharma eye is even more mysterious and unpredictable.

All five source stones were thoroughly examined in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Finally, all that could be heard was Toyokawa sighing.

"Alas, gambling is indeed a losing proposition nine times out of ten. I should always remember: a gambler's mentality is unacceptable!"

Of the remaining five, not one contained anything of value.

The best one was nothing more than a strange tortoise shell.

Forget it, let's not open it for now, it's pointless!

Then, Toyokawa put all five Originium stones back into his storage bag intact.

Although there's nothing good inside, others don't know that.

Find an opportunity to sell them; you might even make a fortune.

Hehehe...

At this moment, Toyokawa suddenly reverted to his cunning businessman nature, his face turning lewd.

Xiao Cai looked at the older boy's sly expression and felt something was off.

"Hey big brother, what's wrong?" Xiao Cai asked.

"Uh... it's nothing. The remaining few source stones aren't anything special. I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to sell them all."

Toyokawa had no intention of deceiving Aya and told her the truth.

"Huh? Isn't this a bit inappropriate? It feels like a scam!" Xiao Cai was still naive.

"Hey~, how can this be called a scam? Now, if I didn't see what was inside clearly and I sold it, would you still think it was a scam?" Toyokawa asked.

"I don't think so!" Xiao Cai said matter-of-factly.

“Now I see clearly. But the items are still the same, and I haven’t touched them at all. How can selling them now be considered fraud?” Toyokawa continued to ask.

“Eh, this, this…” Xiao Cai couldn’t find a reason to refute it for a moment.

Upon closer reflection, it seems that what the young man said makes sense.

But she instinctively felt something was off, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Alright, stop thinking about it! Anyway, we'll spend the money together, so what are you worried about?" Fengchuan said.

Xiao Cai was taken aback when she heard this.

Hmm, that seems to be the case! Never mind then, let's sell them, and sell as many as possible!

Then Toyokawa took Aya and left the room.

This time they chose the opposite direction and started strolling around.

Thus, the two of them went out early and returned late, wandering aimlessly around the imperial city for several days in a row.

Aside from brothels, the two of them explored every place Xiao Cai could enter.

Things like chess towers, poetry clubs, horse fighting arenas, and so on.

Five days later, having nowhere else to go, the two remained in the inn in seclusion.

When the mind is in deep meditation, nothing exists; in spiritual practice, one loses track of time.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was time for the poetry recital to begin.

Toyokawa also ended his secluded training the day before the poetry gathering was about to begin.

Then Xiao Cai and I waited patiently!