Nothing Left to Live For
Several days have passed.
The conflict between Puzhi's practice of Method of Wish Power and his own beliefs, which led to the splitting of his personality into two completely opposite personalities, was finally resolved. The Evil Puzhi was successfully converted by the Diamond Sutra, and the Good Puzhi was able to "see the light of day again".
Ma Feifei also successfully completed the temporary mission 'Challenger' and one of the Main Quest 'The Religion Seizer', and also successfully obtained his first cultivation technique, the Method of Wish Power Cultivation.
The Bookstore was once again abuzz among practitioners because of the Diamond Sutra's ability to transport people into its world. They besieged the Bookstore again, eager to catch a glimpse of the book's world. As a result, the exclusive phone numbers became incredibly popular again. Practitioners who had been secretly reselling these numbers took advantage of the situation, raising prices several times over, but buyers continued to pour in, making smugglers extremely happy.
However, apart from Ma Feifei, no one knew what the newly released Yellow Quality book was all about. After Puzhi came out of the book, he only chatted with Ma Feifei for a few words before leaving without telling anyone what he had gained from it. Even Ma Feifei didn't take the opportunity to promote his new book. As a result, everyone's understanding of the Diamond Sutra's effects remained a mystery. The only thing they knew was that it was different from other books; it could transport people into the world within the book. As for whether that world was the same Puzhi had entered before, or if it was a different world, and what one could gain from it, no one knew.
But people are strange like that; the more interested you are in something, the more you want to understand it. The Diamond Sutra successfully aroused the interest of many practitioners, so naturally everyone wanted to understand the book in depth. As a result, the book became the best-selling book in the Mysterious Bookstore. Basically, nine out of ten practitioners who came in were grabbing the Diamond Sutra.
Unfortunately, none of the practitioners who managed to snag the Diamond Sutra in the past few days have been able to enter the world within the book. They can only hold the book and stare at the text every day. In addition, since the Diamond Sutra is entirely in Buddhist language, everyone is completely confused and has no idea what the book is trying to say.
If you can't even understand the literal meaning, how can you enter the world of the book?
Strangely enough, the more you don't understand it, the more you enjoy reading it. After finishing, you all have to pretend to be profound, which attracts more attention. Everyone thinks this Diamond Sutra profound. Before long, although no one has been able to understand anything from the Diamond Sutra, or even enter the world in the book, the book has become incredibly popular.
This scene both amused and exasperated Ma Feifei.
The funny thing is, these highly skilled cultivators, who are renowned figures in their region, have turned into this, pretending to understand when they don't. What's infuriating is that Ma Feifei, through these past few days of practice, has gained a preliminary understanding of the Method of Wish Power Cultivation. He receives some "Book Qi" from fellow readers in the Bookstore and outside to enhance his cultivation, but with this most popular Diamond Sutra, Ma Feifei hasn't received a single drop of "Book Qi" from them in the Diamond Sutra few days. It's clearly telling Ma Feifei that the readers don't understand the book, so you can't get any "Book Qi" from them. How could Ma Feifei not be angry?
Despite his anger, Ma Feifei was helpless. He couldn't very well expose someone who pretended to know everything when they didn't, could he? That would not only damage his own reputation, but also risk hurting the person's pride and causing them to hire an assassin organization to kill him. Ma Feifei would absolutely not do such a thing.
Speaking of assassination, after the fight on the long street that day, because Ma Feifei stayed obediently in the shop, the Phantom Organization never appeared again.
Ma Feifei had gained a new understanding of the Phantom Organization: it truly lived up to its Phantom Organization and was incredibly powerful.
First, the person who assassinated him was a cultivator at the Spirit Venerable or higher, and the person who saved him was also a cultivator at the Spirit Venerable or higher. Ma Feifei was certain that the two of them were from the same organization, because the conversation between the man in black and the man in gray had already proven that they knew each other, and the man in black's words also implied a warning to the man in gray.
Furthermore, based on the later scene where the long street formation was broken, and when Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang why she hadn't come to save him, Yun Qingyang told Ma Feifei that she hadn't sensed Ma Feifei's presence. How high must the level of this formation be to prevent a Spirit Saint- level mother dragon from sensing Ma Feifei's presence within a kilometer radius?
Although Yun Qingyang's injuries haven't fully healed yet, ordinary formations can't bypass her senses.
In other words, besides the two Spirit Venerable who assassinated him and those who saved him, there was at least one high-level formation master outside the arena!
Two Spirit Venerable and a high-level array master— the Phantom Organization dispatched them so casually; just how deep must their foundation be?
"Headache." To be honest, Ma Feifei felt really uncomfortable that such a powerful organization wanted to assassinate Ma Feifei.
Faced with the Phantom Organization in the shadows, Ma Feifei had no way to deal with them for the time being, so he could only wait and see how things developed before making a decision.
Besides the assassination attempt, there was another matter that Ma Feifei had been researching for several days: the therapeutic effects of the Thousand Gold Formulas (a traditional Chinese medicine formula).
When Ma Feifei was intercepted and severely injured by Puzhi on the long street Puzhi, he relied on the healing effect of the Thousand Gold Formulas to withstand Puzhi's attacks time and time again. He was not only like an unkillable cockroach, but each time he recovered from his injuries, he also improved his cultivation level.
Therefore, Ma Feifei went to ask the system why the Thousand Gold Formulas had this effect; this time, the system did not remain silent, but told Ma Feifei the reason.
' The Thousand Gold Formulas * is a monumental medical work. Empowered by the system, it has become a medical treatise. Patients can successfully cure their ailments by studying the Thousand Gold Formulas and paying the corresponding treatment fee. As the system's owner, the host can automatically heal injuries and illnesses through the Thousand Gold Formulas and stimulate the host's potential. Note: Each treatment will automatically deduct the corresponding amount of Spirit Crystal.'
Immediately afterwards, Ma Feifei saw a log entry below the system information panel.
"The first treatment of the Thousand Gold Formulas Prescription consumed 10,000 Spirit Crystal."
"The second treatment of the Thousand Gold Formulas Prescription consumed 20,000 Spirit Crystal."
"The third time, fifty thousand."
"The fourth time, 100,000 pieces."
"Fifth treatment, 200,000 doses. (Short-term continuous treatment reduces the effectiveness by 20%)."
"Sixth time, 500,000 doses (short-term continuous treatment, treatment effect reduced by 50%)."
"..."
"Notification: Host lacks sufficient Spirit Crystal; treatment failed."
Upon seeing these prompts, Ma Feifei silently exited the system panel, took out his spatial bag, and opened it to take a look!
Ma Feifei previously sold 100,000 copies of "Princess My Fair Princess" to Gongsun Qiong and received one million Spirit Crystal. Because Yun Qingyang received six million Spirit Crystal, Yun Qingyang did not ask Ma Feifei for a share of the one million. In addition, Gongsun Qiong later sent another three million Spirit Crystal, of Yun Qingyang only took one million. Including the profits from the series of collaborations with Gongsun Qiong, Ma Feifei had a total of five million Spirit Crystal in his spatial bag.
Aside from the nearly one million Spirit Crystal spent on copying the Diamond Sutra and Pokémon, Ma Feifei should still have about four million Spirit Crystal in his spatial bag. But now! He only has less than one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Crystal left!
"Heh," Ma Feifei looked at the scattered Spirit Crystal in his spatial bag and said listlessly, "Why don't you just let me die~~"
At this moment, Yun Qingyang came out from the backyard, saw Ma Feifei standing on the cashier's counter in a daze, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then walked up to Ma Feifei, spread his hands and asked, "Please settle the fee for controlling Puzhi last time."