That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Lin Zhifeng realized that these brothers had probably reached a special stage in their lives, and now their attention was drawn to the female cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Palace.

To say he was staring intently would be an understatement. To put it bluntly, his eyes were practically glued to the female cultivator.

It's no wonder these disciples act so naive and unsophisticated. There are simply too few female cultivators in the Sword Sect, and each one is more powerful than the men. They're either tall and incredibly strong, or they look down on the men and are quick to attack if they disagree.

The disciples of the Sword Sect implicitly consider all female cultivators in the sect to be brothers, and have absolutely no desire to "eat the grass near their own nest." They also have a clear understanding of themselves and the other party, knowing that they are not strong enough to overcome such a challenge.

So now that they've been released and have seen the beautiful and charming female cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Palace, their reaction is perfectly normal.

Lin Zhifeng himself didn't want to find a partner, but seeing his brothers like this, he felt he had a lot of talent but nowhere to use it. Therefore, he had to give his brothers some advice to help these blockheads win over their target audience.

Whichever one of them is on the right track will lead to a wonderful marriage? Wouldn't that be a good deed for Lin Zhifeng?

Lin Zhifeng pulled his group of brothers aside and gave them a lecture on "how to quickly attract a girl's attention, how to rapidly build a relationship, and how to win her heart..."

The brothers all nodded in agreement.

Brilliant! I never knew it could be done like that! That's truly ingenious!

Lin Zhifeng was very pleased to see how cooperative they were.

Lin Jun realized what he meant and asked him, "Didn't you say you weren't going to date? Where did you learn these tricks?"

Lin Zhifeng said, "In the book."

Lin Jun and the others, of course, did not believe it; they absolutely refused to believe that such a book existed.

Lin Zhifeng was obviously just fooling them. Such books did exist in his original world, but he had never actually read them.

His experience, of course, came from observing the romances of NPCs and other players in a holographic game.

Lin Zhifeng said calmly, "Don't worry about where I learned this. It's guaranteed to work. You can try it out here if you don't believe me. Good luck. This is all I can do to help you."

Lin Jun and the others then approached the female cultivators of the Hundred Flowers Palace, pretending to observe the cute little pets, and seized the opportunity to strike up a conversation.

The women of the Hundred Flowers Palace are mostly reserved, but the atmosphere was undeniably pleasant. Moreover, the people coming from the opposite side were all disciples of the Sword Sect, whose prestigious lineage was a significant advantage. Furthermore, these disciples were all quite attractive, and their demeanor was so kind and approachable.

The women of the Hundred Flowers Palace will eventually get married, and the Sword Sect is one of the options they will consider. If they can get to know each other better in private, wouldn't it be much more desirable than an arranged marriage?

Therefore, the disciples of the Hundred Flowers Palace did not particularly resist their advances. Some of the more outgoing and generous ones even struck up conversations with them. Everyone commented on the little pets and got along quite well.

In the end, many of the female cultivators from the Hundred Flowers Palace bought an adorable spirit beast, while the disciples from the Sword Sect, who had been advising them for a long time, didn't buy a single one.

Since they weren't yet in a relationship where they could exchange gifts, the Sword Sect disciples didn't do anything as foolish as a domineering CEO buying them all and giving one to each of the female cultivators.

Of course, Lin Zhifeng suspected them mainly because they didn't have that much spare money.

After the female cultivators finished shopping, the two sides had become quite familiar with each other, so they agreed to go to the next store together.

The disciples of the Sword Sect were overjoyed, but on the surface they all tried their best to maintain the demeanor of upright gentlemen.

The second shop they entered sold various kinds of birds: fluffy white peacocks; brightly feathered finches; red-crowned cranes that could be admired or ridden; and even talking budgies...

The female cultivators were naturally caught off guard again, and they rushed over to admire them one by one, exclaiming, "So cute! I want them!"

Lin Jun and the others patiently followed along, offering constructive advice whenever they were making their selections.

Finally, some of the female cultivators bought a few more spirit birds to take home.

The third shop sells large, ferocious beasts that can be used as mounts: tigers, leopards, rhinoceroses, and more are available for selection.

There were too many large spirit beasts here, so the smell was not pleasant, and the female cultivators complained about the stench.

Besides, they are visual creatures; good looks are their primary requirement when shopping. They would never choose a vehicle that is both ugly and smelly.

So after a quick look around, everyone left the store.

The next store is a shop selling supplies for spirit pets; it has a lot of things for spirit pets.

It's like a long-handled comb used for grooming foxes, puppies, and kittens. These combs come in several different models: the length and thickness of the teeth alone vary greatly. Not to mention the different materials and shapes of the same model.

There are also various clothes, collars, headbands, etc. for pets...

In short, these kinds of stores are designed to empty a woman's wallet.

Having wandered around for a while, Lin Jun and his group had found their targets and scattered to follow the female cultivator. Now the two groups were completely intertwined and indistinguishable from one another.

Lin Jun and his group were quick-witted. Without Lin Zhifeng needing to remind them, they had already taken the initiative to buy these little things for the girls they liked and give them to them.

Since the amount wasn't large, most of the girls accepted it politely.

Everyone was tired by the end of the day, so Lin Jun suggested that we go to a restaurant for a meal.

The female cultivators of Baihua Palace did not agree, saying only that their families or masters would not allow it.

However, they exchanged contact information and agreed to travel together the next day.

After seeing off the female cultivators from Hundred Flowers Palace, the group, who had been dressed up all day and exhausted from accompanying everyone on a day of sightseeing, went to a restaurant in Hundred Beast Valley for a meal and a rest.

Since there were many of them, they went to the second floor of the restaurant and asked for a private room.

When the menu was brought out, everyone thought to themselves: Is this a shady restaurant?

The delicacies restaurant in the small town at the foot of Sword Sect Mountain are expensive enough, right? Even a dish made with low-grade spirit beast meat only costs a few hundred low-grade spirit stones.

The restaurant in Hundred Beast Valley costs over a thousand.

Lin Zhifeng and his group looked through the menu and found that the cheapest dish was Spirit Valley Vegetarian Noodles, which cost 300 low-grade spirit stones a bowl.

Lin Jun said, "It's a good thing the female cultivators from Hundred Flowers Palace didn't come with us, otherwise we brothers would have had to bite the bullet and treat them to this meal, and then we wouldn't even have the money to buy spirit beasts."

The other brothers also sighed in relief, saying, "Thank goodness!"

Fengping suggested that everyone order a bowl of noodles, eat it, and then go home.

Jinzi said, "Why bother? Three hundred low-grade spirit stones is not a small amount. Let's just leave!"

Everyone else also expressed their approval.

Lin Zhifeng chuckled and said, "Since we're already here, wouldn't it be a shame to go back without trying a dish that costs a thousand low-grade spirit stones?"

Lin Jun said, "I've spent all the money I would have spent on the spirit beast, and it would be even more regrettable to go back empty-handed!"

After saying that, he patted Lin Zhifeng and said, "Little Lin, I know you feel embarrassed to go out like this, that you can't save face. But have you thought about it? This business is taking advantage of your mentality, forcing you to put on a brave face. Even if you don't dare to come again next time, they won't care, since the business will take advantage of whoever they can get their hands on."

Others chimed in, "Exactly! Who do they think is the sucker?"

"We are disciples of a legitimate sect; making money doesn't come easily to us!"

"What's face worth? Compared to bankruptcy, face is worthless."

Everyone chimed in with similar opinions. In short, it all boiled down to one sentence: "Money is more important than face!"

After everyone finished venting, Lin Zhifeng gestured for them to quiet down and said, "Brothers, listen to me. I'd really like to try the dishes from Hundred Beast Valley. Besides, I'm still quite well-off and have no plans to get married, so I can splurge a little. This meal is on me; please just consider it keeping me company."

Since he'd already said that, what could anyone say? Of course, they chose to listen to him!

Lin Zhifeng summoned the shopkeeper and ordered a large table of dishes. At the end, he also gave everyone a bowl of spirit grain noodles.

Although this meal is expensive, it's made up for by the quality of the ingredients. The spirit beast meat is all raised in the valley and slaughtered and cooked on the spot.

Perhaps because it was ten times more expensive, everyone felt that it tasted better than the delicacies at the Treasure Restaurant at the foot of Sword Sect Mountain.

Halfway through his meal, Lin Jun slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "This tastes like spirit stones!"