It wasn't worth spending his energy on Li Yunjing.
The spiritual-root test twenty days ago had already proved that Li Yunjing had no potential.
Yu Yunyi had already given up on him.
They were like two parallel lines. Their paths would never cross again.
She hadn't expected this insignificant person she'd rescued by chance to astonish her once more.
Should she maintain a good relationship with him?
Perhaps Li Yunjing still had a future and could be of use?
The young masters and ladies of great families placed tremendous importance on people's value. If someone had value, they were willing to extend an olive branch. If not, they wouldn't even spare them a glance...
That was the cultivation world!
Beneath all the scheming and deceit lay a deep, bone-cold indifference.
Now, Li Yunjing had shown another bright spot.
That had started to change Yu Yunyi's thinking.
"Li Yunjing, I know life in the Menial Hall has been hard for you, and without contribution points, it's even harder. How about this? Go find Wang Weizhi later and tell him I said to return five hundred contribution points to you!"
The moment Li Yunjing showed promise, Yu Yunyi had immediately placed her bet.
Yu Yunyi's decisiveness was astonishing.
"Uh..."
Li Yunjing was startled. He hadn't expected the young lady to be so generous.
Five hundred contribution points was a fortune!
It was enough to buy a top-grade offensive magic weapon!
"Miss, I don't think that's appropriate."
Li Yunjing marveled at Yu Yunyi's generosity, but kept demurring.
That much wealth would take him three years to earn if he didn't eat or sleep. How could he accept it?
It was simply too much!
He even felt a little uneasy.
"It's fine! Just consider it a loan. Once you make something of yourself, you can pay me back!"
Yu Yunyi waved a hand as white as a scallion and spoke magnanimously.
"All right, then! In that case, I'll take my leave."
His good impression of Yu Yunyi rose once more. Li Yunjing nodded and accepted. He really did lack resources.
With another five hundred contribution points, he could buy more things at Yueming Pavilion.
As for taking the contribution points home?
That would be pointless.
Li Yunjing wasn't foolish enough to do that!
They were nothing but a string of numbers!
They couldn't bring him anything!
Although Li Yunjing had only been in the cultivation world for a short time, he had already seen through it!
In the cultivation world, strength meant everything. If you had no strength but possessed wealth, you were only inviting disaster!
"Mm! Keep it up! I hope that the next time I see you, you'll have made it into the Outer Sect!"
Yu Yunyi smiled. As she watched Li Yunjing walk away, her gaze flickered, as if she wanted to see right through him.
"Ling'er."
After a long while, Yu Yunyi parted her lips softly.
"Yes, Miss!"
Ling'er answered from beside her.
"Have someone investigate everything about Li Yunjing. Find out what he's been through since joining the sect. I want a detailed report!"
Yu Yunyi gave the order calmly.
Afterward, the young lady lowered her head and continued examining the account book on the table.
"Yes, Miss!"
Ling'er's heart tightened, and she answered in a low voice.
Meanwhile, Li Yunjing returned to the second floor and found Wang Weizhi.
"What? The young lady is giving you five hundred contribution points?"
Wang Weizhi was astonished. He hadn't expected Li Yunjing to say something like that.
If he hadn't seen with his own eyes how familiar Li Yunjing was with Ling'er, and that he'd gone up to the third floor and stayed there for a long time, he would have thought Li Yunjing was a swindler pretending to be the young lady's friend to cheat him out of contribution points.
"Of course it's true!"
Li Yunjing replied irritably. "If you don't believe me, go upstairs and ask her!"
"All right! I believe you."
Wang Weizhi smiled awkwardly and stopped dwelling on the matter.
As for whether Li Yunjing was trying to fool him?
It didn't matter.
If he really was deceiving him, the kid was finished.
The Yu Family's Autumn Wind was no force to trifle with.
"Then should I transfer the contribution points to you?"
Once Wang Weizhi had calmed down, he continued.
"Forget it! Contribution points aren't worth much. Get me something that can improve my cultivation."
Li Yunjing waved a hand, rejecting the suggestion.
"Well, would you look at that!"
Wang Weizhi couldn't help admiring him. This kid really was willing to spend!
Two thousand wasn't enough; he wanted to blow through all twenty-five hundred!
Even ordinary Inner Disciples rarely spent that freely.
The road of cultivation was long. Other people saved their contribution points as part of their long-term plans, keeping them for when they were needed most. But Li Yunjing spent them as soon as he got them, without giving the future a thought.
Whether that was right or wrong, Wang Weizhi couldn't quite tell.
He had no way to pass judgment on something like that.
"Brother Li, come with me! Let's head back to the reception room. This time, I'll bring out something unusual and broaden your horizons!"
Since Li Yunjing only cared about increasing his strength, that made things easy. Wang Weizhi spoke in a mysterious tone.
"Great! I'll wait for you in the reception room. Go bring the good stuff first!"
Li Yunjing's eyes lit up. He loved good stuff!
Not long afterward, Wang Weizhi pushed open the reception-room door and walked in.
In his right hand, he carried a basket-shaped object covered by a blue cloth of unknown material. It blocked Li Yunjing's spiritual sense, preventing him from seeing what was inside.
"What is that?"
Li Yunjing leaned back in his chair and asked curiously.
"Heh heh! This is the good stuff! Don't rush. I'll show you!"
Wang Weizhi smiled mysteriously, without revealing the truth.
He didn't sit down. Instead, he went to a relatively open spot in the room and set down the object he was carrying.
Wang Weizhi repeatedly formed hand seals over the object beneath the blue cloth.
"Shh-shh-shh!"
White light burst from beneath the blue cloth, suddenly turning the room as white as snow and dazzling the eye.
Li Yunjing stared in surprise. With the naked eye, he could see streams of primordial energy outside the reception room flowing inside, forming a chilly little storm of spiritual energy.
Surging spiritual energy from heaven and earth converged on the object on the floor.
The blue cloth billowed in the spiritual-energy breeze, whispering softly.
"It's a Formation Disk!"
Li Yunjing's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help exclaiming.
He hadn't expected Wang Weizhi to bring out something of such high quality!
The Formation Disk looked like a birdcage, with grooves all around it. Judging by their shape, they were made specifically to hold Spirit Stones.
At the center of the disk was a complex structure. The magical power Wang Weizhi had poured into it was activating the disk's core, setting it turning like a precision machine.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth was drawn by the core's driving force, converging from every direction.
In just a moment, the density of spiritual energy in the reception room had tripled!
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