Although Wu Chang found Liu Yu's attitude somewhat strange, the gulf between their status and cultivation left him no room to object. Knowing his place, he respectfully took his leave without showing the slightest dissatisfaction.
After watching Wu Chang leave, Liu Yu resumed his daily cultivation routine. Aside from meditating and refining qi each day, he also used the Immortal Mansion to accelerate the growth of spirit herbs and refined several bottles of pills, preparing stock for the shop that would soon open.
Most of these pills were for the middle and late stages of qi refining, such as Pure Spirit Pills, Purple Spirit Pills, and Jade Spirit Pills. As for pills taken during early qi refining, their value and profit margins were too low for him to refine personally. He trusted Jiang Qiushui to find a solution when the time came.
He was opening a shop only to earn spirit stones discreetly and collect spirit herbs, making better use of the Immortal Mansion's advantages. Everything was meant to support his cultivation, not become a burden. Naturally, he would not abandon the root to chase the branches.
Moreover, once the shop was running smoothly, Liu Yu would gradually reduce his production of low-end pills, eventually supplying only a few bottles of Purple Spirit Pills and Jade Spirit Pills each month to leave more time for cultivation.
Although earning spirit stones by refining and selling pills was far slower than selling spirit herbs directly, it had the advantage of being safe.
What Liu Yu lacked had never been spirit stones, but rare resources of various kinds, such as pill formulas, cultivation methods, and secret arts. These were difficult to obtain with spirit stones alone.
Although he was now a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, he was merely a somewhat larger ant in