My Fairy Growth System

Chapter 43: Reaping a Bountiful Harvest Without Original Investment

In just a dozen or so breaths of time, the fortune teller and the scholarly dog had breathed their last.

With chicken skin and crane hair, they looked as though they died peacefully in their sleep.

"Don’t come any closer~"

Yu Qingtan took steps towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan slumped to the ground, slowly scooting backward, shouting as she did.

Unfortunately, buildings in the Cultivation World are generally well-soundproofed, especially a subdivision of the Misty Rain Tower.

At that moment, in her eyes, Yu Qingtan looked like a devil.

Although Xiao Yan was at the later stages of Qi Cultivation, her strength was very weak.

Yu Qingtan looked at her with disgust and pointed a finger.

Decay and Flourish Technique.

Xiao Yan watched as her hand slowly aged.

"Ahh~"

She was going insane.

Fortunately, the agony didn’t last long.

Yu Qingtan collected the Storage Bags and any valuable items from the bodies, and also found the Formation Chessboard that controlled the Protective Array of the place, unapologetically taking it.

She then dragged the bodies together, sprinkled oil over the scene, and threw a Fireball Talisman on the corpses.

With Foundation Establishment Stage Spiritual Power, she executed an Invisibility Technique and left the alley.

Home.

"I’ve struck it rich, struck it rich!"

In Yu Qingtan’s home, the floor was littered with items.

"Indeed, a horse doesn’t get fat without grazing at night, and a person doesn’t get rich without windfalls," Yu Qingtan laughed, eyes curving into crescent moons.

The thrill of eliminating a major threat and acquiring six Storage Bags made Yu Qingtan feel little discomfort about the bloodshed this time.

Perhaps that’s just how the Cultivation World is; most Cultivators aiming for higher realms can hardly avoid having blood on their hands.

Putting aside these thoughts, Yu Qingtan once again counted the Spirit Stones.

12,324 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, 27 Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

Medium Grade Spirit Stones are the same size as Lower Grade ones, but with a more transparent texture and containing more and purer Spiritual Energy.

The exchange ratio between different grades of Spirit Stones is one hundred to one, but it’s difficult to get higher-grade Spirit Stones with this ratio using lower-grade ones.

Medium Grade and above Spirit Stones can be used directly for cultivation and recovering Spiritual Power, but Lower Grade Spirit Stones cannot; they need to be utilized in methods such as a Spirit Gathering Array.

Including Xue Gui’s bag, the seven Storage Bags had the most Spirit Stones in Xiao Yan’s, with over eight thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones and thirteen Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

The other Medium Grade Spirit Stones came from Xue Gui and the fortune teller.

Besides Spirit Stones, there were also a vast amount of Elixirs, Talismans, Magic Artifacts, Spiritual Medicines, Spiritual Materials, Spirit Ores, and so on.

The most precious Magic Artifact was a top-tier First-Stage abacus from the fortune teller.

A so-called top-tier First-Stage Magic Artifact is generally a failed Second-Stage Spiritual Artifact; though they don’t reach the standards of a Spiritual Artifact, they are much more powerful than a top-grade First-Stage Magic Artifact.

The fortune teller’s bowl-shaped Magic Artifact, the scholarly dog’s brush and holder, and the Butcher Blade’s kitchen knife were all top-grade First-Stage Magic Artifacts. There were also some middle and lower-grade First-Stage Magic Artifacts, among them a mask as thin as cicada wings, a top-tier First-Stage Magic Artifact capable of altering the wearer’s appearance without leaving any fluctuation of Spiritual Power; Yu Qingtan thought it might come in handy.

The most precious Elixir was an Ascension Pill, which could increase the chances of Foundation Establishment by half. Though not as valuable as a Foundation Establishment Pill, it was still precious.

There were also some commonly used Qi Cultivation Stage Elixirs like Spirit-Condensing Pills, Hundred Herbs Pills, Healing Pills, and Spirit Revitalizing Pills.

The most valuable Talisman was a top-grade First-Stage Immobilization Talisman, as well as others like Amulets, Fireball Talismans, Ice Arrow Talismans, Godspeed Talismans, and Purifying Heart Talismans.

In Spiritual Medicines, the most valuable was a Second-Stage Jade Marrow Ganoderma, a key ingredient for concocting Foundation Establishment Pills; there were also over a dozen Demon Blood Fruits, useful in assisting Body Refinement.

The most valuable Spiritual Material was a full two catties of Snow Silkworm Thread, a top-tier First-Stage material, perfect for making Magical Robes.

In Spirit Ores, the most valuable was a piece of Deep Sea Blue Crystal, a lower-tier Second-Stage Spirit Ore, usable in the forging of Spiritual Artifacts.

Both the Ascension Pill and Jade Marrow Ganoderma, which are helpful for Foundation Establishment, came from the fortune teller. Despite appearing to be of age, he was a Ninth Layer Qi Cultivation Cultivator who also aspired to glimpse the world of Foundation Establishment.

There were also some records of immortal cultivation in books and Jade Slips, but, unfortunately, there were no cultivation techniques or spells.

However, Yu Qingtan was already very satisfied.

She organized these items, putting the ones useful to her into the System Space or one of the three Storage Bags she had prepared for her use, and the others into different Storage Bags.

Then she went to sleep contentedly.

The next day, a major event happened in Suichuan Immortal City.

The City Lord’s Mansion issued a notice that, to help the vast number of Loose Cultivators solve their housing issues, a Housing Guarantee Hall would be established, and a housing loan policy would be implemented.

Loose Cultivators could borrow Spirit Stones from the Housing Guarantee Hall to rent or even buy houses within the city, with an interest rate of only 0.8 percent.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was buzzing.

"The City Lord is actually being so merciful, willing to lend Spirit Stones to those poor Loose Cultivators; could it be that their petition last time pressured the City Lord?"

"Unlikely, the City Lord is a dignified Golden Core Real Person; that group of Loose Cultivators gathered together wouldn’t even rival the power of one of the City Lord’s seals."

"Then it really must be that the City Lord is kindhearted and couldn’t bear to see them tormented by Demonic Beasts."

These were the discussions among the ordinary citizens of the city.

"What is the City Lord’s Mansion thinking, lending Spirit Stones with such low interest to those shantytown Loose Cultivators, isn’t that just throwing money away?"

"Hey, didn’t you read the notice? When borrowing money for rent, you can only borrow a year’s worth, and if buying a house, it has to be one owned by the City Lord’s Mansion, and with one person borrowing, the whole family must repay. It’s not that easy to have the money go to waste. But the interest is indeed low; if it were higher, my family could go into this business too."

"Isn’t that the truth? The City Lord’s Mansion even banned the rise of rents and house prices; the well-fed don’t know the plight of the starving!"

"Ah, it’s good enough that those vacant houses can be rented out."

"These fools, do they not know how many Loose Cultivators there are in the shantytowns outside the city? Order down, our family will also introduce housing loans."

These were the discussions among the members of the major forces within the city.

"The City Lord is unparalleled in kindness; our family finally doesn’t have to stay outside the city anymore!"

"Thank you, City Lord, for the grace of saving our lives! Come on, let’s go borrow Spirit Stones to rent a house from the Housing Guarantee Hall right now."

"Hubby, should we go for a housing loan and buy a small house? With just a down payment of ten percent, and with your skills, we could pay it off in twenty years!"

"Sure, let’s do as you say!"

These were the discussions among the Loose Cultivators from the shantytowns outside the city and some tenants from within the city.

Soon, the Housing Guarantee Hall was packed with Loose Cultivators coming to take out housing loans.

The vast majority were for renting.

In order to maintain order, it became necessary to arrange two teams from the Enforcement Team to come over.

Therefore, those who came to borrow housing loans formed a long queue.

There was also some commotion inside Tianxiang Pavilion.

The reason, of course, was that Miss Xiao Yan had gone missing.

Even as a pillar of Tianxiang Pavilion, Xiao Yan was expected to come to the Pavilion punctually every day.

But today, she had not appeared.

Steward Su sent people to look for her at her residence, but there was no response.

Sending her a Communication Talisman led to the talisman not being sent out at all.

Therefore, it was essentially confirmed that Xiao Yan was missing, and an investigation was launched within the Pavilion, but unfortunately, they only learned from her maidservant that she occasionally went out at night.

More people were dispatched to some of the places she frequented, but she was nowhere to be found.

Elsewhere, after the fire at Misty Rain Tower, the Enforcement Team also arrived quickly, but unfortunately, after extinguishing the fire, they only found some ashes, and the case was dropped.

The power of a Fireball Talisman is not comparable to ordinary fire, so naturally, Tianxiang Pavilion couldn’t track down where Xiao Yan had really gone.

"It’s a pity about Sister Yan; she was a good person. Last time she even treated us to a Spirit Meal," Shen Wanning lamented.

With Xiao Yan’s situation, her disappearance was more than likely to end in misfortune.

"Yes, it is a pity!" Yu Qingtan agreed, her gaze profound.