The Hen That Laid Golden Eggs? Nothing but a Hot Potato

"My lord, the first batch..." The finance officer reported to Lu Xingshi on the iron armor and iron swords sold earlier. They had been exchanged for Gold Coins and Silver Coins, which were placed in the treasury.

Meanwhile, Lu Xingshi, like Taotie, wolfed down mouthful after mouthful of food.

The food was not particularly tasty, but conditions were limited. Besides, Lu Xingshi did not care much about flavor or taste; what mattered to him was nutrition.

He had begun cultivating the Breathing Technique and Meditation Technique. Whether it was the growth of his physique or his spirit, neither could appear out of thin air. Both required vast quantities of nutrients as replenishment.

Accordingly, he could also sense just how difficult cultivation was during this era of Transcendent decline.

At present, he had not condensed a Transcendent Seed and was still in the apprentice stage. Combined with his fairly good aptitude, which his deductions estimated to be at least top-tier—

Lu Xingshi suspected that the Glory Trait was not merely related to the Earth King's Shield, but also to wizard aptitude. Likewise, the Knight Trait did not merely signify that the Landon Family was a knightly lineage; it also represented knight aptitude.

Thus, Lu Xingshi had still begun as a prodigy. Yet even so, his progress in the Breathing Technique and Meditation Technique remained as slow as a snail.

He had already investigated the reason. The problem was not him, but the world.

Put simply, the external environment did not support his rapid growth, and the ecological resources were insufficient to sustain it as well.

A high-magic cultivation method naturally could not adapt after drifting into a low-magic era with the passage of time.

Take the Earth King's Shield. During the high-magic era, its power had definitely been formidable. But now,