Choosing a Dao Gate

For most people in Huan Country, buying a house is the biggest challenge in the world, bar none.

And this also involves a very crucial question: where to buy the house?

Should I buy it in Yue Province City, or in Medicine King Gully?

Yue Province City is out of the question; the housing prices there can make people lose the will to live.

How about just buying a house in Medicine King Gully and living here from now on?

Looking at the green trees and red flowers around, living here wouldn't be so bad.

The housing prices in Medicine King Gully shouldn't be too expensive.

Li Banfeng touched the two thousand yuan cash in his pocket, estimating what kind of house two thousand yuan could buy.

The fare for the rickshaw just now seemed to be five hundred yuan...

"Before getting a house, do Shut-in Cultivators have no special abilities at all?"

"You mean techniques?" Ma Wu thought for a moment and said, "There are still some techniques. After getting started, even without a house, a Shut-in Cultivator's body will be stronger than ordinary people, and they can also conceal themselves."

"What do you mean by concealing yourself?"

"Shut-in Cultivators are never eye-catching. They are often overlooked in a crowd and can avoid surveillance. High-level Shut-in Cultivators can even avoid the prying of Listening Cultivators."

Avoiding surveillance.

This is very useful for me!

Li Banfeng was leaning towards choosing Shut-in Cultivator. Qin Xiaopang reminded him from the side, "Brother Li, if you choose Shut-in Cultivator, how will you make a living in the future? Those who choose Shut-in Cultivator are all wealthy and don't have to worry about food and clothing."

Li Banfeng glanced at Qin Xiaopang: "Do I look like someone who worries about food and clothing?"

I actually am that kind of person right now.

This is indeed a troublesome matter.

Can't Shut-in Cultivators even go out to work?

Do they have to stay at home all the time?

If worst comes to worst, we can still find a remote job.

The question is whether this place has internet access...

From a long-term development perspective, the restrictions on Shut-in Cultivators are indeed quite significant.

How about choosing a Travel Cultivator?

"Do Travel Cultivators also have talents?"

"Yes!" Ma Wu nodded, "Travel Cultivators can walk, and their legs and feet are fast, but they must walk every day. They can't not walk. The higher the level, the farther they walk. Therefore, Travel Cultivators don't have a fixed residence; they live wherever they walk."

Given the current situation, walking around every day would easily attract the pursuit of the Dark Star Bureau.

From a long-term development perspective, Travel Cultivators are rootless and also face livelihood problems, unless they have professions like tour guides.

Become a Joy Cultivator with Ma Wu?

Ma Wu strongly agreed with this: "Brother Li, looking at your strong physique, you're quite suitable to be a Joy Cultivator. Joy Cultivators are skilled at confusing the mind and can severely injure enemies without them realizing it."

That's also a good path.

But Ma Wu raised a very serious question.

"Brother Li, I wonder about the physique of your beloved?"

Beloved?

"Where would I have a beloved?"

Ma Wu shrugged his eyebrows: "If Brother Li is still single, things are difficult. A fleeting encounter is probably not a long-term solution."

This is a realistic problem. Ma Wu doesn't lack women, but Li Banfeng doesn't have that luxury.

Go back to university and find Teacher Song?

Li Banfeng couldn't possibly return to school in the short term.

Even if he went back, ten times a day, the teacher couldn't do it!

While pondering, Li Banfeng had a bold idea: "Can I choose multiple Dao Gates?"

Cultivate several Dao Gates together, occupy all the talents first, and then cultivate whichever Dao Gate is suitable in the future.

Qin Xiaopang shook his head and smiled: "How could there be such a good thing? You can't even cultivate one Dao Gate properly, and you still want to cultivate several?"

Ma Wu didn't smile. He had heard of similar things: "Choosing several is definitely not possible, but choosing one more, which is cultivating two paths concurrently, that has happened.

But these people are basically forced into it and it's difficult for them to achieve anything.

Think about it, how much energy does it take to cultivate one Dao Gate?

Cultivating as a Food Cultivator requires eating at least five catties of rice every day. If you add a Wine Cultivator, you also have to drink three to five catties of wine every day. Let alone gaining extra time, just cultivating step by step is quite strenuous."

Li Banfeng asked: "Do the two Dao Gates have to be cultivated simultaneously? Can't one of them be abandoned?"

"Of course not! Since you've chosen two Dao Gates, neither can be abandoned. If you only cultivate one and neglect the other, the cultivator will die because of it.

Therefore, the two Dao Gates cultivated concurrently must have similar characteristics and complement each other. If the two Dao Gates are not similar, the cultivator is likely to die on the spot."

Upon hearing this, Li Banfeng immediately dismissed the idea of cultivating two paths concurrently.

If two Dao Gates must be managed simultaneously, such a choice is neither wise nor realistic.

Ma Wu is right, one person simply doesn't have the energy to cultivate two Dao Gates concurrently.

Moreover, if there's a possibility of cultivating both Food Cultivator and Wine Cultivator concurrently, eating and drinking, they clearly have similar characteristics and complement each other.

But among the Dao Gates provided by the peddler, there doesn't seem to be any that complement each other.

Ma Wu asked again: "Cultivating Dao Gates concurrently requires deep Dao Affinity. I wonder how Brother Li's Dao Affinity is?"

Li Banfeng was surprised: "What is Dao Affinity?"

Seeing Li Banfeng's bewildered expression, Ma Wu was stunned, and Qin Xiaopang was also stunned.

"You don't even know what Dao Affinity is?" Qin Xiaopang was very surprised, "If you don't have Dao Affinity, why are you here to buy medicine? Isn't this seeking death?"

Seeing that Li Banfeng still didn't understand, Ma Wu explained, "Dao Affinity is the foundation. To accumulate the foundation, I spent a fortune buying water from the Wisdom Spring. I drank over thirty liters before solidifying my foundation."

Qin Xiaopang snorted, "We're not rich people. We've tried many folk remedies, big and small. It took us a full five years before we dared to come and buy medicine."

Li Banfeng still didn't understand the concept of Dao Affinity: "Does Dao Affinity have to be obtained through special medicine?"

"Medicine?" Ma Wu felt that the word "medicine" wasn't quite right.

Xiaopang understood what Li Banfeng meant: "It doesn't necessarily have to be medicine. You can also accumulate Dao Affinity in specific places. The Three Heads Junction is a place where you can accumulate Dao Affinity!"

Thinking of the Three Heads Junction, Li Banfeng shivered.

Getting three heads for Dao Affinity seemed a bit too costly.

Li Banfeng cautiously asked, "Do you have to have Dao Affinity?"

Qin Xiaopang said, "Otherwise? Do you think anyone who comes to the peddler to buy medicine can become a cultivator?

Dao Affinity is a chance, a chance in ten thousand! Cultivators are dragons among men, one in ten thousand in this world!"

Dragons among men?

Isn't that an exaggeration?

I estimate that rickshaw puller was also a cultivator. Was he a dragon among men?

Ma Wu looked at Li Banfeng: "I wouldn't say dragons among men, and it's best not to go to the Three Heads Junction. If you go, you might not come back.

Putting other things aside, the foundation is not something to be trifled with, Brother Li. Do you have Dao Affinity or not? Don't mess around if you don't have it. This truly concerns your life."

Li Banfeng pondered for a long time, then cautiously asked, "Does being illuminated by Heavenly Light count as Dao Affinity?"

"You've been illuminated by Heavenly Light?" Ma Wu, who had been clutching his chest, suddenly let go and stood up.

Qin Xiaopang also stood up: "When were you illuminated by the Heavenly Light?"

Li Banfeng recalled, "Around two in the afternoon."

Qin Xiaopang looked at the position of the setting sun, and Ma Wu took out his gold pocket watch.

"Brother Li, how did you hold on until now?" Ma Wu took several steps back, and Qin Xiaopang followed closely, standing beside Ma Wu.

Li Banfeng gave a dry laugh and confirmed again, "If you've been illuminated by Heavenly Light but don't enter the Dao Gate, you'll die?"

Ma Wu nodded: "Brother Li is right."

Qin Xiaopang took two more steps back: "Not only will you die, but you might also implicate others. I'd better leave first."

Qin Xiaopang clutched his stomach and staggered away. The peddler called out, "It hasn't been half an hour yet!"

Qin Xiaopang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, it's close enough."

The two attendants helped Ma Wu to leave as well. Seeing Li Banfeng still in place, Ma Wu turned back and instructed, "Brother Li, hurry and enter the Dao. If you're a step late, you might explode.

It's hard to say what will explode, and it's hard to say how many people will be injured. This is a matter of life and death, you can't delay."

Li Banfeng asked, "After being illuminated by the Heavenly Light, is one's Dao Affinity considered deep?"

"Deep, quite deep!" Ma Wu said as he walked, "Brother Li, don't think about dual cultivation anymore. Just focus on staying alive first!"

The two left one after another, while the peddler was still busy with his business.

A woman in her fifties bought a bottle of vanishing cream from him and asked the peddler for a small pinch, which she applied directly to her face.

"Don't feel bad about it, I need to see if this stuff is pure!"

The peddler chuckled, "What are you saying, sister? After applying my vanishing cream, your skin will be so supple it could bounce water!"

"You're so sweet-talkin'!" The woman smiled and turned to leave.

Vanishing cream, a primordial skincare product.

This stuff was quite similar to modern face cream, primarily used to prevent dry and cracked skin. Li Banfeng had seen bottles of vanishing cream in Old Woman Wu's room at the orphanage and had even applied it to his own face.

And honestly, this peddler's vanishing cream was extraordinary. After the woman applied it, her face truly gained a bit of radiance. Perhaps this was why she came to the wilderness to buy things from the peddler.

It was getting dark, and the customers were gone.

The peddler turned to look at Li Banfeng and asked, "Have you chosen? The Soul Return Soup can only keep you alive for four hours, and you don't have much time left."

With that, the peddler waved his hand, and a row of drawers automatically pulled out from the cabinet above the counter, filled with various colored powders.

He was urging Li Banfeng to use the medicine immediately.

Time was indeed running out. Li Banfeng had drunk the Soul Return Soup before three o'clock, and now it was not far from seven.

He had made up his mind to choose Travel Cultivator.

Although he was more inclined towards Shut-in Cultivator, buying a house was too difficult. For his future cultivation, Travel Cultivator was the most reasonable choice.

"I choose Travel Cultivator..."

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind, "I want Soul Return Soup, I want Soul Return Soup!"

Li Banfeng turned around and saw a figure that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

He was familiar because he was often seen on the news.

He was unfamiliar because it was the first time Li Banfeng had seen him in person.

The legendary sprinter Qiao Yuesheng, with his agile steps, rushed towards Li Banfeng at lightning speed.

Under the setting sun, his body left afterimages.

Li Banfeng believed that at his current speed, he could definitely set a new world record.

But that wasn't the point.

The point was, he was rushing straight towards Li Banfeng and crashed directly into him.

Li Banfeng was sent flying by the impact and then slammed into the peddler's counter.

The peddler quickly retracted the drawers, but he was still a step too late.

Bang, a muffled thud, Li Banfeng crashed into the counter.

Two drawers hadn't been put back in time, and medicinal powder spilled out.

Blue Travel Cultivator and golden Shut-in Cultivator medicinal powders landed on Li Banfeng's face. An unbearable sharp pain struck, and Li Banfeng immediately lost consciousness.

The peddler looked at Li Banfeng, then turned to Qiao Yuesheng in front of him.

Qiao Yuesheng grabbed the peddler's shoulder, tears welling up, and said, "I want Soul Return Soup, I want Soul Return Soup!"

Veins clearly protruded on his skin.

Some veins were slowly rupturing.

Qiao Yuesheng looked at the peddler, his face full of pleading.

The peddler looked at Qiao Yuesheng, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.

After a long silence, the peddler's tone turned chilling, "You've harmed his life and ruined my reputation. How should we settle this account?"

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