Cultivation Kill

“I know about the Wuding Merchant Alliance,” Shi Yuan said. “Their alliance leader is a Core Formation stage cultivator, surnamed Tian, ​​and is also the teacher of the sixth prince of the Bamboo Kingdom.”

"Now we can only compete fairly through business means." Shen Zige was eager to improve his cultivation level. That's how the cultivation world is; only by improving your cultivation level can you avoid being oppressed and have a chance to control your own life!

Shen Zige realized that improving one's cultivation level is not something that can be achieved overnight. All cultivators gradually accumulate and improve their cultivation. No, except for Shen Ziming, this guy is improving his cultivation level like a rocket!

Shen Ziming left him a smartphone, but unfortunately it was out of power. It seems he'll have to send someone to find out who traveled back in time and brought a power bank, so he can buy it at a high price.

"I'm tossing this book to you as compensation." Shi Yuan tossed a thin book to Shen Zige. "The kung fu you want to learn can improve your close combat ability. After all, I was inspired by you to create this group."

"At least you have a conscience." Shen Zige put the book in her bosom and went back to the inn to check. "How much did you earn?"

"Why are you asking this?" Shi Yuan asked warily. "You're trying to extort spirit stones from me again. Let me tell you, these spirit stones for investment were all borrowed from me. I can't give them to you."

"Anyway, I don't have any hope for you." Shen Zige has earned some spirit stones in the past few days, but not many. His total assets are now 820 spirit stones, which is not enough to buy a storage bag.

"What do you mean? I didn't rob you," Shi Yuan said. "Do you have the capital to open a chain of stores in nearby cities?"

“No, there really isn’t one,” Shen Zige said. “Even if I were to take out a loan, I probably wouldn’t be able to borrow much.”

“You’re still studying and haven’t run a business before, so you have little experience,” Shi Yuan said proudly.

"Both of your business ideas were my ideas," Shen Zige scoffed.

"I first approached the heads of each city's secret realm and asked them to use the shares of all their branches in that city as collateral to secure loans for construction," Shi Yuan said. "The heads are all at least Foundation Establishment level and have great authority, so they can borrow a lot of spirit stones. I told them that if I couldn't repay the loans, I would give them all the branches in their respective cities, which would be worth far more than the loans they guaranteed."

“You’re trying to get something for nothing!” Shen Zige said. “You don’t even have any branches to compensate them.”

“Yes, I first sign rental contracts with dozens of landlords in the city, pay a small deposit, and agree to make the payment within a week, otherwise the contract will be invalid. This way I get the house rental authorization letter,” Shi Yuan said. “Then I take all the landlords’ house rental authorization letters to the person in charge of Xingjie City as collateral. As long as they agree to my loan conditions within seven days, these authorization letters will be valid. I guarantee that after I get the money, I will organize manpower to renovate as soon as possible.”

"What if the person in charge doesn't agree, or only agrees after seven days?" Shen Zige continued to ask.

“Then consider it a loss of deposit. Not doing business in this city only shows that the person in charge has poor judgment and doesn’t know how to make money,” Shi Yuan explained. “As long as this business is managed properly, it’s guaranteed to make money. I’ve agreed to give them 80% of the profits, only keeping 20% ​​for myself. I’ll work for them. No smart person would refuse. Anyway, I’ve searched dozens of cities nearby using teleportation arrays, and only two have refused!”

Shen Zige understood that Shi Yuan had essentially tied all the responsible persons to his profit-driven scheme. If he earned 20% of the profits from one city, what about dozens or hundreds of cities? He would earn far more money than the person in charge of a single city!

No wonder Shi Yuan was a business genius back on Earth!

Shen Zige only has one company, and there's also Wuding Business Alliance, a competitor, opening a shop across the street. He definitely doesn't earn as much money as Shi Yuan. He's determined to wait until Shi Yuan makes a lot of money, then he'll rob the rich to help the poor. Well, Shi Yuan is rich, and he, Shen Zige, is poor.

“Since you can’t help, then you’re useless,” Shen Zige said. “Sister Qin Jing, be careful, Shi Yuan used to be a liar.”

"Zige, you're overthinking it. Brother Shiyuan is a very nice person," Qin Jing said with a smile.

"He's just pretending in front of you."

"Fine! Shen Zige, you spoke ill of me to my face, I challenge you to a duel!" Shi Yuan said, pulling a long sword from the bag beside him.

"Storage bag!" Shen Zige exclaimed. "A duel it is! Come on, who's afraid of who? I've been wanting to test your strength!"

Both of them wanted to fight with all their might and test their true strength.

The two arrived at an abandoned warehouse at the back of the slum. The warehouse used to store timber, but now there were several large holes in the roof, through which sunlight streamed down, forming columns of dust.

The abandoned warehouse was about the size of a basketball court. The two agreed to stand about twenty meters apart, facing each other.

"Three, two, one, begin!" Shi Yuan said, holding his sword in his right hand and casting a golden light shield with his left, then charging towards Shen Zige.

Shi Yuan knew that his greatest advantage was close-quarters combat, so if he closed the distance, he could defeat Shen Zige with his sword.

Shen Zige saw through Shi Yuan's intentions, and flames and ice arrows soared into the air, flying towards Shi Yuan.

Upon seeing Shen Zige's fire spells and ice arrows, Shi Yuan hurriedly controlled his golden light shield to meet them.

Unexpectedly, the flames and ice arrows turned and changed direction in mid-air, attempting to bypass the golden light shield and fly towards the Source of Time.

"I can also use the Ten Thousand Thoughts Technique to divide thoughts."

As soon as Shi Yuan finished speaking, the golden shield in the air split in two, simultaneously striking Shen Zige's two spells.

Peng!

The spell exploded, radiating light, like colorful ball lights in a ballroom spinning and shattering above the warehouse, scattering multicolored fragments like rain.

Shi Yuan confidently walked through the rain of magical fragments—

"wrong!"

Shi Yuan swung his longsword diagonally upwards, deflecting the small flames and ice arrow fragments flying towards him. The precision of his swordsmanship left Shen Zige speechless, exclaiming how impressive he was.

"I didn't expect your two spells to contain such high spiritual power, which is why my golden shield couldn't withstand them!" Shi Yuan praised. "Moreover, the remaining spells can be hidden in the chaotic rain of spells to launch a sneak attack. Did you plan that far ahead?"

The two consumed roughly the same amount of spiritual energy in this duel, but Shi Yuan had already closed the gap by three meters, leaving him only seventeen meters away from Shen Zige!

Shen Zige remained unmoved; the next spell combination was already prepared, and with a wave of her hand, she attacked Shi Yuan—

This time it's petrification and fire spells, still a dual magical attack.

Shi Yuan followed the same pattern, still using the Golden Light Shield to block, but this time it was different from the last time. He used the Golden Light Shield twice, releasing his full spiritual power both times.

After chasing each other for a distance in the air, the four spells collided violently and exploded again, forming a rain of spells.

Shen Zige quickened her movements, unleashing a series of fire spells that formed a seven-star alignment.

"I finally understand the principle behind Conler's rapid spellcasting." Shen Zige's method of thinking is—how can pimples on the faces of teenage boys and girls be squeezed out faster and more effectively?

The first method is to increase the pressure of your fingers and squeeze it instantly, so that the pus inside the pimple will fly out quickly and powerfully, much more so than when you squeeze it normally. The second method is to store a lot of pus and squeeze it out quickly and continuously, squeezing out a little bit each time, which is the reason for the rapid release!

After Shen Zige understood the principle, he knew how to use it. He first gathered his spiritual energy near the acupoints needed for casting the spell, and then immediately let the acupoints absorb and replenish it after casting the spell. He then continued to cast the spell. This is how Kang Le deduced the rapid spell casting technique that he was so proud of!

Faced with Shen Zige's rapid spellcasting, Shi Yuan stepped on the Star Step, his sword light crisscrossing, like a sword master displaying his perfect art, annihilating all of Shen Zige's spells!

A wisp of gray light touched the sword in Shi Yuan's hand, and he immediately felt the sword become heavier.

"Damn it, it's a shattered petrification spell!"

Shi Yuan, using his mesmerizing star-like steps, charged towards Shen Zige with all his might, the distance between them gradually closing...

The sword in Shi Yuan's hand grew heavier and heavier. Shen Zige's petrification spell seemed to have a navigation system, accurately predicting his position after dodging. He could only swing his sword to knock him away!

"Closer, just two meters left!"

Shi Yuan had only one last swing of his sword left. He channeled all his spiritual energy into the blade, leaped into the air, dodged the head, and slashed at Shen Zige's shoulder—

Suddenly, Shen Zige felt as if she were on fire, with steam rising around her and the air distorting.

Secret Technique: Spiritual Energy Burning!

Fireball spell!

A fireball the size of a wheel flew towards the source of time in the sky—

boom!

Without hesitation, Shi Yuan swung his sword in mid-air, cleaving the enormous fireball in two.

Boom boom!

The fireballs that were split in two struck Shi Yuan, and his hair and clothes burst into flames!

Shi Yuan fell and rolled on the ground, using the dust to extinguish the flames.

Shen Zige stood with her hands in her pockets, a smile playing on her lips as she looked at him.

"I lost. I didn't expect you to have so much spiritual power!"

Shi Yuan stood up somewhat unwillingly. This was the second failure in his life. His first failure was losing to Shen Ziming, Shen Zige's brother, in a computer programming competition!

“If you could swing your sword one more time, or if you had an even more powerful sword technique, you would have won,” Shen Zige said. “Unfortunately, there are no ‘what ifs’ in life.”