The fastest way to acquire resources was to establish a family, monopolize a region, and earn money through the collective efforts of the clan.
A lone wandering Immortal, or a lone Wild God, no matter how powerful, could never earn as quickly as a great family.
If a lone wandering Immortal could earn enough to sustain daily cultivation, that was already quite good. To make a fortune, they had to pay an unimaginable price.
Ordinary Immortals who wanted to earn money needed to learn an auxiliary profession, such as artifact forging, pill refining, formation setting, or talisman drawing.
Those unwilling to learn, or lacking the talent, either had to attach themselves to a major faction as servants or thugs, or take to the wilds as bandits, becoming pirates or robbers and earning through slaughter.
In short, ordinary people had to pay a great price in exchange for resources.
Meanwhile, descendants of great families like Lan QiMing possessed God-level artifacts for protection at such a young age.
Being born into such a prestigious family was the greatest opportunity these people could have.
Jiang Ping An was a wandering Immortal with no family backing. He had some resources on him, but they were far from sufficient.
However, his luck was not bad. Yun Yao had once taught him forging techniques, and he had inherited the Yun Family's forging legacy accumulated over countless years.
He could forge Immortal artifacts and sell them in exchange for resources.
If he wanted an easier path, he could use the Heaven Mending Art, spending some Immortal power to strengthen artifacts, pills, talismans, and similar items, raising their grades before profiting from the difference.
While considering how to make money, Jiang Ping An adjusted the state of the Origin within his body.
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