What the Hell, That Works Too?

Duan Yun and Shen Ying bought the identities of two "Heavenly Lords" with gold.

People often said that the status of a Heavenly Lord was a priceless treasure, not for sale even for mountains of gold and silver. That was only because the price offered was not high enough.

The most famous example was a Heavenly Human named Chang Ziru, who claimed that being a Heavenly Lord brought him boundless happiness.

At the time, he served a Dao Lord of the Heavenly Human Way. Naturally, he revered that Dao Lord immensely, often saying that he wanted no reward at all, only to be a little closer to the Heavenly Human Dao Lord. Being able to watch him refine pills and practice his fists every day—even simply serving him while he took a shit—was a kind of happiness.

But later, when another Dao Lord poached him, he still ran off.

Still, the identity of a Heavenly Lord was indeed quite valuable. Not only could one live long-term in the Heavenly Human City everyone yearned for, but if one served well enough, the Dao Lords in the Heavenly Human Inner City would also bestow a few rewards.

There had been a living example just this year.

One Heavenly Lord responsible for washing chamber pots had brought the art of washing chamber pots to a state of consummate mastery. It was said that every time he finished washing the chamber pots and piss pots, he could calmly scoop up a ladleful of the water from them and drink it down, displaying a true craftsman's spirit.

In the end, his spirit was rewarded. A Heavenly Human Dao Lord gave him a broken piss pot.

There was no precious gold or jade on that piss pot, but it had, after all, been used by a