A New Chapter on the Path of Cultivation

For the entire afternoon, Ma Feifei buried himself in the backyard, sitting under the plum tree, constantly muttering and pondering, until night fell, when Ma Feifei finally got up and went back to rest.

Early the next morning, Ma Feifei rushed to the trading market across the street. An hour later, the Wantong Trading Market released new information about the Mysterious Bookstore.

Event Title: A New Chapter on the Path of Spiritual Practice.

Event Details: Historically, under the laws of the Azure Dragon Continent, only Spiritual Power is orthodox. Cultivators aim to extract Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to refine themselves and improve their cultivation. However, in the past 30,000 years, the laws of Spiritual Power cultivation in Azure Dragon have reached a bottleneck. Countless great figures who were once prominent have been stuck at the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Spirit Saint, unable to step into the Immortal Realm in their entire lives, which is truly regrettable.

Today, the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore will open a sermon, forging a new path by using the Epic-grade- quality book "Tao Te Ching" as a foundation to create Taoist Method and break the Curse that has prevented the Azure Dragon from becoming an immortal for 30,000 years.

Starting today, any cultivator who has reached the Spirit Venerable realm or above and has consumed plum tree flower buds can go to the Wantong Trading Market to register for this lecture and comprehend the Taoist Method.

Note: The number of participants remains at 3,000, and each participant needs to pay 2 million Spirit Crystal to register. (Friendly reminder: Wantong Trading Market will provide plum tree flower buds for those who have not obtained flower buds to consume in order to meet the participation requirements.)

The message swept through Dubian Town like a whirlwind and continued to spread in all directions.

It's not that the Mysterious Bookstore has such a great reputation now, but rather that this event was so shocking. They didn't know what the Tao Te Ching was, nor did they understand what the Taoist Method were, but they did understand the opportunity to become an immortal.

The Azure Dragon Continent has existed for over 30,000 years since ancient times. How many great figures have aspired to enter the realm of the Immortal Realm? But no matter how renowned you are on the Azure Dragon Continent, no matter how intelligent you are, you still cannot break that Curse and enter the Immortal Realm.

The Covet to become an immortal is mixed with despair.

Now suddenly someone claims to possess the opportunity to become an immortal. They say that as long as one follows their method, one can enter the Immortal Realm and break the 30,000-year Curse has prevented anyone from becoming an immortal on the Azure Dragon Continent.

This message was enough to shake the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

Especially for those important figures who have stepped into the Spirit Saint realm, this message is exactly what they need to know. As for whether the Mysterious Bookstore is telling the truth, no one doubts it, because the existence of the Mysterious Bookstore itself is a mystery to everyone. It has Spirit Saint who can rival Saint Chu, all kinds of magical books of various qualities, and a mysterious Bookstore owner.

In everyone's mind, it is simply imprisoned by the Curse no one has become an immortal in the past 30,000 years. But in reality, every cultivator who has learned about the Mysterious Bookstore has already regarded it as a small Bookstore that only immortals could open.

It's understandable to glean cultivation techniques and increase one's cultivation level from books, but how do you explain the high-level spiritual artifacts, sprites, and wondrous miniature worlds within them? If not an immortal, who could accomplish such a feat?

Even Yan State Chancellor Yuwen Hongdu of the Yan Kingdom who was staying in Dubian Town, hesitated at home for a long time after hearing the news, but in the end he went to sign up for the sermon.

As for Zhou Wuji, who received the news immediately, he was extremely excited. Originally, he only wanted to seek an opportunity to break through to the Spirit Saint realm, but he did not expect that an opportunity to become an immortal would appear directly. This was completely beyond his expectations.

The same goes for Bookstore employees like Chang Kong and Luan Feng, who have already reached the Spirit Saint realm. They all subtly try to get information out of Ma Feifei, hoping that he will include them when he gives his sermons.

"No problem, but you don't need to register. You can just sit in on the sidelines." Ma Feifei wouldn't be stingy with her employees, but given everyone's excitement, Ma Feifei felt it wasn't necessary for the time being.

If becoming an immortal were so easy, why would Ma Feifei even bother running Bookstore? That's ridiculous.

According to the comprehension prompts and titles provided by the system, it is indeed possible to become an immortal through the * Tao Te Ching *. However, becoming an immortal does not mean that you can enter the Immortal Realm simply by comprehending magic. It only means that practitioners who comprehend magic will not have that Barrier, and their path to the Immortal Realm will be smoother.

Becoming an immortal in one step? Impossible! Ma Feifei hasn't even become an immortal yet, how could those mortals possibly surpass him? Absolutely impossible.

Of course, Ma Feifei admitted that his event title was a bit exaggerated, but when it comes to events, isn't it three parts truth and seven parts exaggeration? It's the same idea as those shopping mall events in his previous life, like spending a certain amount to enter a lucky draw and receive a gift, or taking home a grand prize of ten thousand yuan... Are those things real? I'd rather take a lollipop than believe that... Only an idiot would believe that.

Moreover, Ma Feifei didn't lie to everyone... Since the system said that Everyone Cultivate Immortality Together, it naturally means that the Tao Te Ching is indeed a book that can lead people to the Immortal Realm. It's just that the Tao Te Ching allows people to comprehend the Tao and then slowly cultivate themselves, step by step, to enter the Immortal Realm.

Ma Feifei made her decision after careful consideration regarding the eligibility requirements.

For example, the number of applicants was set at three thousand, not because that's the only way to recruit three thousand people, but mainly because Ma Feifei felt that there shouldn't be too many people. Too many people would make the place too common and lower its prestige. Ma Feifei wanted to go for a boutique approach, recruiting some strong individuals who were not short of money.

Two million Spirit Crystal is nothing compared to the chance to become an immortal. The reason Ma Feifei charged two million Spirit Crystal was because he was still burdened with a huge sum of six billion spirit crystals. The registration fees for three thousand people were exactly six billion Spirit Crystal. After deducting the 10% profit share for Wantong Trading Market, Ma Feifei would still have 5.4 billion.

With the profits from selling flower buds, the remaining shortfall could be covered, thus successfully resolving Ma Feifei's debt crisis.

Another requirement was that participants had to have eaten plum blossom buds before they could sign up, because Ma Feifei guessed that the aura contained within the buds was the so-called Dharma Power!

However, the cultivators who ate the flower buds have not yet successfully absorbed the Dharma Power within their bodies and made it their own, but in terms of prerequisites, they have already taken the first step.

Once they successfully comprehend the meaning of the Tao in the Tao Te Ching, they will be able to absorb the Dharma Power stored within their bodies and use it for their own purposes, thus truly cultivating the Tao.

That's why Ma Feifei added this requirement. Besides, since Li Shu hadn't been taken back by the system, Ma Feifei might as well use this to earn some extra money.

"I wonder how many important figures will gather in Dubian Town this time to attend my sermon." Ma Feifei thought to himself with a smug smile, and then his thoughts started to wander off again.

"Should I go to the tailor shop and order a few decent clothes to improve my style? I should also check if the tailor shop that sold me those clothes is still open. I'll go settle the score with them. Damn it, I spent hundreds of gold coins on those clothes to cleanse my clothes, but they're even more resistant to dirt than regular clothes..." Ma Feifei still harbored deep Grudge towards that tailor shop.