Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

"It's a bit much, but it's still worth it."

As Li Fuyao spoke, she did not immediately provide an answer. Instead, she experimented with the various functions of the doorplate while attentively listening to Zhang Ze's enthusiastic rambling.

After watching him happily thank her and leave, she slowly strolled to the row of spiritual plants in the courtyard, smelling the fragrance of the flowers, and explained to Bai Suifeng, who was standing with his arms crossed:

“We were brought back by Elder Ye, so we’re bound to attract some attention. We’re new here and don’t know much about the place. He seems to be a greedy and well-informed person. There’s no harm in befriending someone like that.”

"I'm being generous this time for two reasons. First, I want to use him to fabricate a mysterious background for us, to avoid some bored people causing unnecessary trouble. Second, I want him to be more accurate and detailed when he gives information, and not to hide anything that won't benefit us."

"So that's it."

Bai Suifeng suddenly understood upon hearing this, but after thinking about it for a moment, he pouted somewhat unhappily:

"But we've done great service, and we know Elder Ye and so many senior brothers and sisters, so why should we be afraid of those troublesome scoundrels?"

"Besides, with my abilities, do you think I can't protect you?"

"Yes, yes, of course I can. I just wanted to be prepared."

Upon hearing this, Li Fuyao chuckled and shifted her attention away from the spiritual plants. Looking at her little brother's expression, she found him extremely adorable.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. My brother is the best, he'll definitely protect me~"

She smiled and walked to Bai Suifeng's side, patting his head on tiptoe like she was coaxing a child, and said softly and soothingly:

"Senior Brother Zhang Ze said that today happens to be the Lingxi Market in the city, which is held every ten days. I haven't gone shopping with you yet, and there's still a long time before the Ascension Conference. Brother, why don't you come with me to the sect office to register a stall? We can go sell some things and make some money while we're at it, even if we're masked?"

Li Fuyao's arms were short, so she stood a little close to the child's head in order to touch him. However, the wolf clan had a keen sense of smell, and when she stood close, her faint fragrance wafted into Bai Suifeng's nostrils.

My sister has such a lovely voice, and her hands are so soft and fragrant. She's much more pleasing to the eye than those annoying fairies in heaven.

Looking into those clear, dark eyes like black jade, Bai Suifeng was lost in thought.

Whether it was from the praise or the touching, he stopped hugging her arms and pouting. His face flushed red as he forced a smile, and he hurriedly took a few steps back to brush away Li Fuyao's small hand that was on his head.

"No, don't touch me! I...I...I'll stunt my growth if I do this! You can't touch me!"

Animal ears and tail uncontrollably popped off his body, and the big, fluffy white tail swayed happily against his clothes, but Bai Suifeng was only concerned with pressing his chest and retreating.

He was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, wanting to reprimand her, but upon meeting those expectant eyes, his heart softened and he shut his mouth. Helpless, he simply dropped his disguise, and with a flash of silver light, transformed into a small, beast-like form, howling at Li Fuyao:

"I promised to go shopping with you, but pretending doesn't seem to be working very well. You, you carry me out!"

Oh dear, so it's true that you turn back into your beast form when you're excited?

His emotions are written all over his face; this kid-boy character is so easy to understand and adorable.

Li Fuyao watched as Bai Suifeng tried to cover up his mistake by using the Hidden Sea Mist to change his eye color to ordinary amber. While feeling a pang of regret, she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

Fortunately, Xiao Suifeng encountered himself, a law-abiding citizen. If he had fallen into the hands of some pervert, he probably would have been tortured in many ways.

She watched as the progress of the fragment recycling task increased from 3% to 4%, and happily pulled Xiao into her arms, enjoying Bai Suifeng's warm white fur with a smile on her face as she carried him towards the door:

"Come on, brother, I'll take you out for a nice meal!"

They boarded the Bright Moon Flying Boat in the morning and arrived at the Yanjian Sect's mountain gate at noon. By the time Li Fuyao finished listening to Zhang Ze's rambling explanation and carried Bai Suifeng out the door, it was already around 2 PM.

The calendar and culture of Yanjian Domain are not much different from those of Huaguo in Li Fuyao's previous life. It was late July, around 2 pm, which is the hottest time of the day. However, Yanjian City was packed with people, yet they did not feel any heat.

"Although this place cannot compare to the exquisite beauty of the celestial realm, it is still quite well-prepared."

Bai Suifeng munched on the fried chicken leg that Li Fuyao had fed him, and commented on it in this way.

Li Fuyao looked at the shimmering, translucent blue barrier above her head, tossed the cleanly gnawed chicken leg bone into an empty bag, sipped her juice, and looked down at him:

"You put your heart into it, didn't you? It was exchanged for spirit stones!"

"Deep-fried Scarlet Feather Chicken, one costs forty low-grade spirit stones, and two cups of Snow Crystal Juice cost thirty low-grade spirit stones. I was originally planning to treat you to a nice meal, but I didn't expect that we could only afford these little things."

Li Fuyao touched her spirit stone pouch with a hint of pain, and added through gritted teeth:

"I spend money like water, how could he not put effort into giving me this kind of purse?"

"The stall fee is five hundred low-grade spirit stones a day! Who can afford that? We might as well just rob them!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Suifeng paused in his chicken leg-eating, feeling a pang of heartache and a touch of sadness, and sighed:

"If this were before, I wouldn't even look at this kind of food, but now I can barely afford it. It's really..."

What are you sighing about here for?

Li Suifeng squinted and unceremoniously wiped his hands with his dog head:

"I don't need you to earn money. You're just a little kid, so all you have to do is eat. Do you think I'd let you go hungry?"

Who are you calling a child?

Bai Suifeng picked up the chicken leg bone and threw it into the bag, licking the grease off his lips as he emphasized:

"Sis~ Sis~, you're three years younger than me!"

Ah, I've gotten so used to being an adult that I've forgotten I'm still a little kid.

Upon hearing this, the out-of-character Li Fuyao awkwardly scratched her head, then sipped her juice and began to worry:

Zhang Ze once said that there are two main ways to make money quickly in Yanjian City: either by fighting in the arena to earn gambling funds, or by accepting missions issued by Yanjian Sect in the Listening Star Tower.

Both of these are quite dangerous, so it's naturally safer to set up a stall in the city.

Learning new pills and talismans takes time, and the finished products cannot be guaranteed to sell well in the short term. Rejuvenation pills and purification talismans are easy to sell, but if you continue to sell these low-priced items, you will not only be exhausted from working every day, but you may not even be able to earn enough to cover the stall fee.

Li Fuyao watched Bai Suifeng grumbling and wiping his head with his paws, and chuckled to herself:

Fighting in the ring not only easily creates enemies, but also easily increases one's reputation, which is not conducive to one's own children hiding their identities. It seems that making money by fighting in the ring is probably not a viable path.

Money flows like water in Yanjian City, and she doesn't want to lower her quality of life. So there's only one way to make money quickly, and she has to go and see it even if she doesn't want to go there.