Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

"This is one of the best locations in Yanjian City. Elder Ye is really generous to give away a courtyard that would normally cost 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones!"

As Zhang Ze spoke, he took out a purple square jade pendant and fiddled with it for a moment, his face full of envy.

As the gate to the front courtyard slowly opened, he took out an identical jade pendant from his storage bag and reluctantly handed the two jade pendants to Li Fuyao and Bai Suifeng respectively.

"This courtyard is called Juyun Courtyard, and this is its control jade tablet."

"With this jade token, you can use your divine soul to control whether the courtyard gate is open or closed, whether the array barrier is activated or not, and the automatic cleaning and automatic return to their original positions are all just a matter of a thought. It's very convenient. Why don't you give it a try?"

"Elder Ye's arrangements are naturally excellent, there's no need for us to try them out, Senior Brother Zhang, you're too kind."

Upon hearing this, Li Fuyao smiled, pulled Bai Suifeng up, and took the item. While quickly examining the usage rules engraved inside with her divine sense, she gestured to Zhang Ze, indicating that he should proceed.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Ze smiled slightly, made a few polite gestures, and then pushed open the door and went inside first.

Li Fuyao and his companion followed, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they were greeted by a wonderful fragrance that instantly invigorated them.

Everyone looked up and saw a pond with craggy artificial hills on the right side of the courtyard. Various koi carp were swimming in the water, showing their vitality. A row of spiritual plants competed for beauty and separated the courtyard. On the left side, a 30-square-meter bluestone open space was set up for practicing martial arts.

The most eye-catching thing is the persimmon tree in the center of the courtyard, its leaves a deep red maple color, with its half-ripe fruit hidden among the leaves. The wonderful fragrance just now came from this persimmon tree.

"This tree should be a persimmon tree, right? It looks like it has quite a few fruits."

Zhang Ze brushed aside the outstretched, obovate leaves on the tree, scratched his head, and pondered:

"I remember there were a few trees in the sect's spirit fruit garden. They bear fruit every three years and are very beneficial to cultivators with fire spirit roots. A single Fire Persimmon can sell for five low-grade spirit stones."

He shook his head, trying to hide the longing in his eyes, and led Li Fuyao and the other person across the tree toward the rather elegant two-story building.

The small building has a simple structure on the first floor. The front half is for receiving guests and living, while the back half consists of three sizable workshops used for alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman drawing.

Upon reaching the second floor, two spacious, well-lit, and well-oriented large suites came into view. These suites were fully equipped and even surpassed the luxurious presidential suite that Li Fuyao used to sleep in as her own home in her previous life.

Upon closer inspection, several nested and stacked intricate spirit-gathering arrays were actually engraved on the floor and walls!

"No wonder the spiritual energy here is so rich."

Li Fuyao stared intently at the Spirit Gathering Array with great interest, sighing repeatedly:

"With such a professional spirit-gathering array engraved on the wall, even a pigsty would smell fragrant!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ze chuckled and raised an eyebrow with considerable pride, saying:

"Young friend, you are mistaken. The rich spiritual energy of Yanjian City is inseparable from the fact that our Yanjian Sect has several high-grade spiritual veins."

Li Fuyao had read many novels in her previous life, but although she knew what spiritual veins were, she had no concept of them because she had never seen one in person. So when she heard Zhang Ze showing off, she just walked around the room and gave him perfunctory praise with a nonchalant expression.

Bai Suifeng had seen countless treasures since childhood, and he didn't care about a few spiritual veins at all, so he remained indifferent.

The two children's reaction left Zhang Ze feeling slightly frustrated, but also filled him with curiosity and awe towards them.

Just what kind of background do these two young masters and ladies have? Not only do they receive such care from Elder Ye, but they also don't even care about such a precious treasure as a spiritual vein. Could they be from a legendary hidden family?!

Young masters and ladies from such backgrounds are usually extremely generous, so if they could just slip a little money through their fingers...

Thinking of his ailing grandmother at home, Zhang Ze's attitude towards Li Fuyao and her companion was almost obsequious. After meticulously describing the courtyard, his eyes darted around, and he cautiously asked:

"By the way, since we have nothing to do right now, and you two are new to this place, would you be interested in hearing me tell you about the rules and anecdotes of Yanjian City and Yanjian Sect?"

I'd like to, but why is this senior brother suddenly so enthusiastic?

Li Fuyao stared at the tall, thin senior brother in front of her with some puzzlement. Could it be that she and Bai Suifeng had something that Zhang Ze wanted?

However, judging from his appearance, he wasn't the kind of person who would fawn over the powerful. Could it be that his eyesight had deteriorated after he changed bodies?

She patted Bai Suifeng, who was standing to the side with a wary look in his eyes, and smiled as she took out a bag of spirit stones and handed it to him:

"Senior Brother Zhang, I would like to hear the details."

Li Fuyao had a testing mindset, so the bag of spirit stones contained a considerable amount and felt quite heavy.

Zhang Ze was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He usually lived frugally, but when he saw this huge sum of money, he was so happy that he forgot to hide it and hurriedly accepted it. Then he answered Li Fuyao and the other person's questions and told them everything in detail.

"Hey, silly sister, these spirit stones are all hard-earned by you, how could you give him such a big bag of them so easily?"

As Bai Suifeng listened to Zhang Ze's endless chatter, he somewhat irritatedly used his soul seed to ask Li Fuyao:

"Even if it was just a test, isn't this too much?"