Tycoon's Confidence Reaches Level 12, Attempting Foundation Establishment
Even after Duan Heng and the others left, the spiritual mist in the reception room had not yet dissipated.
Sunlight streamed through the gauze curtains, casting a soft glow on the remaining pale mist.
Lu Yang used a Low-Level Rebate Card for this transaction involving 20 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
[Designated purchase successful, random reward multiplier: 5, congratulations host, you have obtained 100 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!]
Unsurprisingly, the rebate rate remains the highest, five times!
The original expenditure of 20 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was directly refunded to him as much as 100 million!
Converted to Low-Grade Spirit Stones, that's a whopping 10 billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones!
This wealth is probably comparable to the accumulation of a top power over hundreds of years, or even longer!
However, nowadays, Spirit Stones are hardly capable of causing Lu Yang to have any significant emotional fluctuations.
I have so much money, I'm almost numb to it.
He would prefer to obtain spiritual-grade or even higher-quality Fortune Trait, or top-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures like Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves.
Unfortunately, such rewards are quite rare.
After spending 20 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Lu Yang's [Tycoon's Confidence] can finally be upgraded again.
The level 10 [Tycoon's Confidence] requires 3 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to upgrade.
Lu Yang was promoted directly.
The level 11 [Tycoon's Confidence] requires 15 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to upgrade, significantly raising the requirements.
But that's still enough.
Ultimately, [The Tycoon's Confidence] was raised to level 12.
[The Tycoon's Confidence (Level 12): Gain 40 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones every hour (Money is the Tycoon's Confidence; spending 50 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones will upgrade this level)]
40 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones per hour, and a total of 480 stones per day (twelve hours)!
That's a whopping 170,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones a year, equivalent to over 17 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones!
This is more profitable than a normal Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!
There are so many Spirit Stones, we can't possibly spend them all.
Lu Yang sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat troubled.
After the Supreme Elder and Sect Leader of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect left, only Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue's group, as well as Zhang Chi and Lu Qiong, two cultivators from the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect, remained present.
Seeing that Lu Yang remained silent, Zhang Chi felt a little uneasy.
His square face was now full of warm smiles as he tentatively asked, "Young master, if you're staying in Heavenly Craft City, do you have a place to stay? Would you like me to arrange accommodation for you?"
Lu Yang silently closed the panel, waved his hand, and refused, saying, "No need, I'll just live in the flying Law Treasure."
The concentration of Spiritual Qi Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot was higher than outside, and the environment was also quite comfortable, with no one to disturb you.
Living outside is naturally not as comfortable as being inside the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
Seeing Lu Yang say this, Zhang Chi nodded repeatedly and wisely refrained from bringing it up again.
Then, he instructed Lu Qiong to take Lu Yang and his group out for a stroll.
It must be said that Heavenly Craft City, as a cultivator city on the outskirts of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect, is indeed quite prosperous.
The streets were wide, and the obsidian pavement gleamed with a calm luster under the sunlight.
The houses on both sides of the street are lined up one after another, mostly three or four-story buildings, with the ground floor facing the street entirely converted into shops.
Refining workshops, elixir shops, material stores, Law Treasure pavilions... all sorts of signs are on display, and spiritual light shines down from the lintels of each shop, making the whole street shimmer with color.
The city was orderly, with occasional law enforcement disciples of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect patrolling the streets. They wore uniform black outfits, had law enforcement tokens hanging from their waists, and walked with steady steps.
The neighborhood area is especially lively.
The goods here are even more abundant and diverse than those in the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's market, especially various Law Treasures, which are constantly appearing.
Lu Yang even saw several time-honored shops openly displaying Supreme-Grade Law Artifact and Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifacts for sale on their counters!
This is almost unimaginable in the markets and wards of Qin Province!
One can imagine how high the quality of the Law Treasure in this Heavenly Craft City is.
Lu Yang picked out several Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifacts for himself.
After all, he's about to Foundation Establishment, so preparing the Law Treasure he'll use during that Foundation Establishment Realm in advance is always a good idea.
He bought three sets of Supreme-Grade Law Artifact robes, simple in style: one moon white, one light blue, and one plain black.
He plans to switch clothes when the time comes.
Besides himself, he also bought several Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifacts for Mu Yunxue.
Mu Yunxue initially didn't want to accept it, but Lu Yang said with a smile, "Senior Sister Mu gave me that mysterious stone tablet, which contains top-grade Cultivation Method. What's this little thing? Senior Sister Mu and Junior Brother being so formal?"
Hearing Lu Yang say that, Mu Yunxue pursed her cherry lips and ultimately did not continue to refuse.
In addition, Lu Yang also bought some for his female friends Lin Ying, Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and others, intending to give them as gifts when he returned home.
We can't favor one over the other.
Anyway, all these things together won't cost more than a few million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
For Lu Yang, who had just acquired 100 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, it was nothing more than a drop in the ocean.
If he didn't spend more Spirit Stones, he felt that his Storage Ring would soon be overflowing.
When Lu Yang paid, he appeared calm and composed; to him, it was just a small amount of money.
However, the shop assistants in the Law Treasure shop, as well as the customers who had come to buy Law Treasure, were all dumbfounded and shocked.
This was the first time they had ever seen anyone buy Law Treasure in this way.
It's practically like wholesale!
If you see something you like, just take it without hesitation!
In contrast, Mu Yunxue and Lu Qiong didn't react much.
After all, they had just witnessed Lu Yang spend a full 20 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones just to buy a few Sound Transmission Jade Tokens.
They were already aware of Lu Yang's spending power.
However, Lu Qiong felt quite envious.
After all, Lu Yang didn't just buy them for himself; he also bought many magical Law Treasure female cultivators.
Take this aloof and taciturn female cultivator, for example. This young master bought her several Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifacts without even blinking when paying for them!
As a direct disciple of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect, she was quite skilled at crafting Law Treasure, and her earning ability was naturally also quite outstanding.
But she didn't dare spend that much money!
This young master is so handsome, with an ethereal air, gentle nature, and kind to his dao companion...
This female cultivator surnamed Mu is practically the enemy of all female cultivators!
Wow, they ate so well!
So what if she's a little prettier?
They looked expressionless, completely lacking in manners.
How could this young master Young Master Lu possibly have taken a liking to a female cultivator like her?
Although she wasn't as pretty as the other person, she wasn't ugly either, but she felt that she was definitely no less talented than him.
Moreover, she can also refine Law Treasure!
Why didn't she win the favor of this Young Master Lu?
Lu Qiong's gaze towards Lu Yang was somewhat fiery, and she deliberately softened her voice when she spoke.
She even inadvertently stood very close to Lu Yang, and when introducing various shops, she would always turn her head slightly, her eyes filled with undisguised admiration.
Lu Yang naturally understood Lu Qiong's meaning.
Unfortunately, although Lu Qiong was beautiful, she did not meet the system's standards for a beautiful woman.
Otherwise, based on favorability ratings, Lu Qiong's rating would probably already be over 60 points, right?
However, Lu Yang bought some Law Treasure for Mu Yunxue, as well as several cute clay figurines, which increased Mu Yunxue's favorability by 3 points.
In addition, the goodwill gained from discussing Daoist principles over the past few days has increased, and Mu Yunxue's goodwill is now at 79 points.
I'm about to reach 80 points, which will give me another favorability bonus.
Lu Qiong led Lu Yang and the others on a tour, introducing them to the history of Heavenly Craft City.
It is said that thousands of years ago, Heavenly Craft City was just a market town on the ground, similar in size to the market town outside the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
Later, a Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect fortuitous opportunity obtained a special fortuitous opportunity to refine weapons by chance and mastered the means to construct floating arrays.
Furthermore, the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect has been developing better and better, and its accumulated foundation has become deeper and deeper.
With sufficient resources and advanced crafting skills, Heavenly Craft City was eventually transformed into the floating metropolis it is today.
According to Lu Qiong, the annual income that Heavenly Craft City brings to the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect is enormous, comparable to that of a relatively weak top-tier power.
Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh, the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier power in Jing Province, its strength was indeed extraordinary.
At the same time, Lu Yang also received information from Lu Qiong about the once-every-ten-years Heavenly Craft City Auction.
That was a grand event for the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect to showcase its top-notch weapon-refining capabilities. At that time, the most outstanding Law Treasures refined by the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect in the past ten years would be auctioned off.
Sects and Rogue Cultivators from several nearby states will flock to the auction, vying for the prize.
Of course, in addition to Law Treasure, there are also Cultivation Method, talismans, heavenly materials and earthly treasures up for auction.
This piqued Lu Yang's interest.
After all, some rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures are rarely seen on ordinary days, but they may be encountered at auctions.
For example, the drop of Azurite Jade Liquid that Lu Yang encountered in the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect market before the New Year was a similar heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
He possessed a vast quantity of Spirit Stones, and naturally hoped to exchange Spirit Stone for even rarer and more precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Unfortunately, the next Heavenly Craft City Auction still four years away, so for now we can only wait.
After strolling around Heavenly Craft City, Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue returned to the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
The two stepped into the car, and the bronze hinges slowly closed behind them, shutting out the hustle and bustle of the city.
Mu Yunxue, who had been mostly silent outside, turned to look at Lu Yang, her cold eyes filled with the same unwavering expectation. "On?"
Lu Yang smiled and said, "Let's go."
Over the next few days, Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue occasionally went out to explore and see if there were any new rare items in Heavenly Craft City, but spent most of their time cultivating in the small world inside the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
During the day, the two studied Cultivation Method and exchanged insights in the palace study of the small world, and in the evening they returned to their respective cultivation rooms to meditate and cultivate.
Lu Yang completed all three daily tasks without fail.
Time flies like an arrow, and February 17th has arrived in the blink of an eye.
This day, in the cultivation room.
The warm light from the pale golden dome shone through the gauze window of the training room, casting a soft shadow on the floor.
The patterns of the Spirit Gathering Formation flowed slowly across the floor, continuously drawing in the extremely dense Spiritual Qi from the small world, forming a layer of pale white spiritual mist visible to the naked eye in the room.
Lu Yang sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, his hands forming a mudra at his Dantian.
The Spiritual Qi circulates throughout his body's meridians in Greater Celestial Circuit, starting from the Dantian, flowing along the Ren and Du meridians, circulating through his limbs and bones, and finally returning to the Dantian's sea of qi.
After completing one Greater Celestial Circuit, Lu Yang clearly felt that the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian was already at its maximum, with no room for further improvement.
He opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing in them.
It's finally complete!
From breaking through to the Late Qi Refining to now, it has only been a little over a month, and he has already reached the Peak Qi Refinement!
This cultivation speed is something even Mu Yunxue back then probably couldn't match!
Abundant Spiritual Qi, a high-level Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, Supreme-Grade Spirit Roots, and Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills, etc...
A combination of factors led to Lu Yang's astonishing progress in cultivation!
And...
With his current Supreme-Grade Spirit Root, plus the experience he gained from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm when using [the Power of Money], he has the potential to achieve this.
He can try to break through now!
Lu Yang suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath, and decided to make a final push to break through to the Foundation Establishment!