Parting With Senior Brother, Opening a Taobao Store (Seeking Reads!)

Lingyun Sect Training Ground.

Jiang Liu held the Water Dividing Sword in his left hand and the Illusion Staff in his right. His imposing aura surged with boundless spiritual energy, and his expression was serious as he faced his opponent.

Twenty meters away.

Perhaps sensing a threat from Jiang Liu, the Senior Disciple's face was extremely grim.

[You know you are about to die, despair.]

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Jiang Liu was adorned with eighteen magic tools. He twirled the Water Dividing Sword in his hand, then put away the bothersome Illusion Staff. With a flourish of his magic robe, he mused, "Today, it's time to decide who is the true Senior Disciple of Lingyun Sect!"

"Senior Disciple, forgive this junior brother—"

The Senior Disciple didn't have time to listen to his babbling. The moment the plot skipped, he rapidly advanced on his broken-shadowed path, unleashing a sword strike filled with chilling light.

"Today's me is not yesterday's me!"

Jiang Liu merely smiled faintly at the charging Senior Disciple and calmly swung his sword.

Stream Dividing Sword!

A line of water ripples spread out, shattering the Senior Disciple's Sword Frost and then his afterimages!

Empowered by his Five Elements Top-grade Spirit Root, Five Elements Magic Body, high-grade water magic tool, and other buffs, this strike even possessed the might of Foundation Establishment!

Forcing the Senior Disciple back with one strike, Jiang Liu tested a new technique. He rapidly formed a hand seal with his right hand, and a blazing fire python nearly ten meters long materialized out of thin air, roaring and charging towards the Senior Disciple with its jaws agape!

BOOM!

The ten-meter fire python surged like a dragon, slamming into the Senior Disciple and creating a fire tornado several meters high. The shockwave swept across dozens of meters, leaving even Jiang Liu, the caster, somewhat stunned.

Is this a high-grade spell?

So powerful!

It wasn't that the spell was too strong, but rather that he had stacked so many buffs on himself, more than doubling the Fire Python Technique's power. A normal Fire Python Technique would only produce a four or five-meter python; it was naturally incomparable to this ten-meter behemoth.

"So fierce, so fierce!"

Jiang Liu's expression was fervent. It was the first time he had ever had the upper hand against the Senior Disciple, and he felt incredibly exhilarated. All the suffering he had endured at the Senior Disciple's hands in the past could finally be repaid today!

Senior Disciple, I beg you, hold on a little longer.

After the fire python exploded and the multi-meter fire tornado dissipated, the Senior Disciple's hair was disheveled, his clothes tattered, and his aura unstable. He looked utterly disheveled.

Without waiting for the Senior Disciple to regain his breath, Jiang Liu seized the opportunity and pressed his advantage.

"Fire Python Technique! Heart Piercing Drop! Fire Blowing Palm! Water Spiritual Sword Energy!"

He unleashed a barrage of spells, forcing the Senior Disciple to flee and tumble repeatedly. Jiang Liu felt immense satisfaction watching his pathetic state and couldn't help but chuckle.

In the past, he was the one scrambling around.

Today, the Senior Disciple was the one scrambling around.

The tides of battle have turned, you have this day too!

"Enough, you are no longer my match. Let's use this final move, the Three Spirit Sword Array, to bid you farewell."

After bullying the Senior Disciple for a while and venting his frustrations, Jiang Liu, with the intention of testing a new move, unleashed the Three Spirit Sword Array.

The Three Spirit Sword Array unfolded!

The instant the skill was released, three magic swords suddenly flew out from his backpack and hovered around him in the air.

As the magic swords emerged, corresponding to their attributes, the fire, metal, and wood spiritual energy within him erupted. Like surging tides, they poured into the three magic swords.

The magic swords shimmered, radiating red, gold, and green light. The imposing aura they exuded shook the surrounding space, their presence awe-inspiring!

As the spiritual energy filled them, the swords vibrated and shone brightly!

"Three Spirit Sword Array, go!"

Jiang Liu let out a low cry and pointed at the Senior Disciple. The three magic swords circling him instantly shot out, leaving trails of colored afterimages in the air before stopping ten meters around the Senior Disciple, forming a cage that bound him tightly.

The three magic swords positioned themselves around the Senior Disciple. Caught between the high pressure of the three types of spiritual energy, the swords danced like dragons, each strike aimed at the Senior Disciple's vital points!

Three red, gold, and green dragons weaved around the Senior Disciple within a ten-meter radius, attacking him at a rate of three swords per second. In mere seconds, the Senior Disciple was covered in bloody wounds and collapsed on the ground.

Senior Disciple: I'm just an ordinary Qi Refining Layer 9, how can I withstand such a formation?

Jiang Liu watched as the three dragon-like swords weaved and darted within the small area, his eyes dazzled. By the time he reacted, the Senior Disciple had already been defeated.

"My great enemy yesterday, my defeated foe today. Senior Disciple, we shall not meet again!"

Jiang Liu retracted the Three Spirit Sword Array with a flick of his finger. He clasped his hands solemnly towards the Senior Disciple, turned around with a flourish, and exited the Immersive Experience.

What a pity. It was just me talking to myself. This NPC didn't even cooperate. Such a waste of the Lingyun Sect Training Ground setting.

After this, he didn't plan to enter the 1-10 stages again. Considering how many times the Senior Disciple had served as a sparring partner, he decided to spare him some dignity.

Jiang Liu exited the 1-10 stage, his fighting spirit still high and his confidence soaring. He turned and charged into stage 2-1.

Hmm?

The monsters in 2-1 looked a bit familiar. I was instantly killed last time without getting a good look, but this time, upon closer inspection, isn't this one of the elders who tried to kill me in the Sect main hall during the 1-10 storyline?

Good, I'll kill you!

Several seconds later.

Jiang Liu calmly exited the storyline interface. With his Qi Refining Layer 9 Realm, he managed to hold his own for two rounds against a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. It was a glorious defeat.

Giving my Senior Brother some face, I'll come back to slay you in a few days.

"The Fire Python Technique is for single-target attacks, while the Three Spirit Sword Array is for group attacks. The latter consumes several times more spiritual energy than the former. Fortunately, I have five top-grade spirit roots, so my spiritual energy reserves are abundant."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself after exiting the storyline interface, secretly calculating. With his current spiritual energy, he could probably sustain the Three Spirit Sword Array for about half an hour.

A killing sword array that lasts over half an hour, and it's an untargeted cast. Damn, I really want to grind monsters!

What kind of trash game is this? Why doesn't it even have a wilderness map?

After trying out his new move on his Senior Brother, Jiang Liu opened his backpack again and got down to business.

He took pictures of all the low-grade and mid-grade magic tools and spells in his backpack using the camera function, then transmitted them to his phone via the network connection.

In the Cultivation Era, it's an online game, so connecting to a phone isn't normal?

After transferring all the photos of the magic tools and spells to his phone, he switched out of Cultivation Era and his consciousness returned to reality.

He took out his phone and opened Taobao.

He was going to open a Taobao shop to sell goods!

He'd sell magic tools and spells, exchange them for spirit stones, and then gamble on the permanent pool!

As long as you dare to make me, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, possess an immortal body, I'll truly dare to ascend!

He opened Taobao, navigated to the Cultivation Era exclusive page, and clicked [I Want to Open a Store].

The next second, a notice popped up before his eyes.

[Taobao warmly welcomes esteemed cultivators to open stores on this platform. The official reminds you to abide by laws and regulations and not to list fake products. Violations will result in store closure.]

[Special Reminder: When establishing a Cultivation Era store on this platform and selling Cultivation Era items, you are required to voluntarily pay a 17% personal income tax.]

[Special Reminder: When establishing a Cultivation Era store on this platform and selling Cultivation Era items, a 5% transaction supervision fee is required. Please pay it voluntarily.]

[Special Reminder: When establishing a Cultivation Era store on this platform, your store is already under AI big data supervision. Please do not engage in private transactions. Once discovered, your store will be closed and you will be blacklisted.]

Jiang Liu: "..."