Arc 2The Tomb and the Cafeteria

Wang Quan used the People-Crossing Scripture to purge the Great Tomb, then helped clear the Cafeteria while building up his cultivation and Yang Qi Furnace. The stretch left him studying steadily, with his Yin Spirit nearing the Yang Spirit realm and the Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun asking him to settle their score with the Blissful Union House someday.

  • Wang Quan tested the People-Crossing Scripture in the Great Tomb and discovered that permanently purging evil weakened the site and strengthened his Yin Spirit.
  • Wang Quan helped Qian Xiuyue establish her manor on Seven Maidens Mountain, then fought off New Method attackers using Paper People and paper creatures.
  • Wang Quan repeatedly recited the scripture in the Great Tomb, overcame the transformed General, and caused the tomb to disappear as the Lower Court Dormitory Complex took its place.
  • Wang Quan received a thousand Yin Virtue and a wisp of favor from the Second-Layer World, then refined moonlight thunderfire and was asked to choose the next site to clear.
  • Wang Quan chose the Cafeteria, subdued its ghost-faced gatekeeper, and began cleansing the building while its powerful evils resisted from within.
  • Wang Quan practiced Yang Qi Furnace using rented kidneys, expanded the spell across his body, and ultimately returned ten thousand pairs of kidneys.
  • Qian Xiuyue completed her manor and hosted a banquet, while Wang Quan continued clearing evil in the Second-Layer World and studying Daoist Scriptures.
  • Wang Quan found his Yin Spirit nearing the Yang Spirit realm and chose to wait before seeking Heavenly Opportunity, while the Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun asked him to help settle their score with the Blissful Union House.
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Ch. 26Disaster struck, a chilling terror

Wang Quan learned that the [People-Crossing Scripture] was exceptionally rare and agreed to test it with the Yin Spirits. When they all entered the first level, the hall was suddenly left empty, and returning cultivators concluded that everyone inside had vanished.

  • Wang Quan learned that the deeper tomb levels offered greater rewards but caused severe injuries, and heard that the Drowning Dao Lower Court might be abandoned as fewer cultivators came to maintain it.
  • Wang Quan discovered that other cultivators considered the [People-Crossing Scripture] almost impossible to decipher and warned against teaching it to those without a destined affinity.
  • Wang Quan agreed to test the [People-Crossing Scripture] with the Yin Spirits, and the entire group surged through the first-level doorway.
  • A newly arrived Yin Spirit found the hall empty, fled in terror, and warned that everyone inside had died.
  • Other Yin Spirits entered the hall and confirmed that hundreds of Yin Spirit experts and a powerful cultivator had vanished without a trace.

Ch. 27Yin Spirit, Yin Virtue

Wang Quan’s People-Crossing Scripture weakened the Great Tomb and caused its hall to expand, earning him the gratitude of the Yin Spirits. After returning to the Real World, he discovered that purging evil creatures granted Yin Virtue and strengthened his Yin Spirit, and he planned to return the next night.

  • The Yin Spirits saw the Great Tomb’s hall expand twice and speculated about what had caused it.
  • Wang Quan returned with hundreds of Yin Spirits, and the cultivator who had descended in his physical body explained that Wang Quan’s People-Crossing Scripture permanently weakened the Great Tomb whenever it purged an evil creature.
  • Wang Quan promised to return every night, then left the Second Layer world as the Yin Spirits thanked him.
  • The cultivator who had descended in his physical body explained that the People-Crossing Scripture required the Ten Thousand Scrolls Dao Canon and could purge only one evil creature a day without replenishing medicine.
  • Wang Quan’s First-Rank Dao Seal reported Yin Virtue +2, and he realized that permanently killing evil creatures also strengthened his Yin Spirit.

Ch. 28Qian Xiuyue's Invitation

Wang Quan declined to handle an anomaly while he focused on cultivating, then agreed to help Qian Xiuyue protect the laborers building her manor on Seven Maidens Mountain. He learned that her backers belonged to the Star Alliance and that the New-Method Alliance would likely interfere.

  • Wang Quan spent the night gathering moonlight and studying Daoist Scriptures while many of Ying Jiaren's companions abandoned their studies.
  • The Officiant Daoist Nun offered Wang Quan payment to deal with an anomaly at the Blissful Union House, but he refused until he had accumulated more Dharma Power.
  • Qian Xiuyue told Wang Quan she had parted ways with Zhao Hongyi and asked him to protect the laborers establishing her manor; he agreed in exchange for a favor.
  • Wang Quan asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun for information and was directed to Fairy Qin at No. 95 Courtyard.
  • Fairy Qin told Wang Quan that Qian Xiuyue's backers were the Star Alliance and warned that the New-Method Alliance would likely cause trouble, advising him to conceal his identity.

Ch. 29Each Had Their Own Methods

Wang Quan joined Qian Xiuyue on Seven Maidens Mountain to help guard her work gathering purple qi, then watched her group use unusual methods and spirit creatures to begin building a mountain road. He took charge of the spirit creatures and kept watch while studying Daoist Scriptures.

  • Wang Quan traveled to Seven Maidens Mountain and met Qian Xiuyue and the cultivators who had gathered to help her.
  • Qian Xiuyue and the others used jars of lungs to gather purple qi, while Wang Quan collected three wisps with his own method.
  • Qian Xiuyue revealed that her group had smuggled laborers and materials to the mountain inside eggs to evade the New Method and Zhao Hongyi.
  • The cultivators released laborers and spirit creatures, marked out the construction site with spells, and began carving a road up the mountain.
  • Wang Quan led the spirit creatures digging the road, then climbed a tree to cast a warning spell and study Daoist Scriptures.

Ch. 30Reciting Scripture to Deliver Evil, a Starlit Banquet

Wang Quan used the People-Crossing Scripture and his Palace Maidens to destroy the evil beings in the Great Tomb’s town, expanding the Yin Spirits’ foothold. He returned to the mountaintop for Qian Xiuyue’s banquet, where the gathering ended beneath a brilliant display of starlight.

  • Qian Xiuyue invited Wang Quan to a banquet, and he entered the Lower Court’s Great Tomb to recite the People-Crossing Scripture.
  • Wang Quan’s scripture transformed Cuihua into an infant and made her vanish, slightly expanding the Great Tomb’s main hall.
  • Wang Quan ordered his Palace Maidens to kill the other old men and women, then watched the town burn before his Yin Spirit returned.
  • Yin Spirits celebrated the expanded hall, while physical cultivators arrived with secret medicines and asked Wang Quan to help expand it further.
  • Wang Quan joined Qian Xiuyue and their former Scripture Repository classmates for the banquet, where Qian Xiuyue sent a brilliant burst of starlight into the sky.

Ch. 31Requests from Main-Body Cultivators

Wang Quan gathered moonlight while Qian Xiuyue and the other cultivators saw how his Daoist Scripture study had strengthened his technique and resolved to resume their own studies. After condensing surplus moonlight into moon essence, Wang Quan entered the second-layer world, where cultivators asked him to permanently clear evils from the great tomb in exchange for pills and Green Fly Coins.

  • Qian Xiuyue and the other cultivators used Star Banners to gather starlight, while Wang Quan moved to a nearby mountain to gather moonlight alone.
  • The cultivators saw Wang Quan gather moonlight across a thousand meters and realized his technique had grown stronger through continued study of Daoist Scriptures.
  • Qian Xiuyue and the others regretted abandoning their studies and agreed to resume reading Daoist Scriptures after building the manor.
  • Wang Quan gathered four strands of magic power, condensed leftover moonlight on his jade plate into moon essence, and prepared to develop Heavenly Opportunity.
  • Wang Quan sent Paper People to guard him and entered the second-layer world, where cultivators offered him magic power pills and Green Fly Coins to permanently clear evils in the great tomb.

Ch. 32Weakening the Great Tomb, the General's Second Form

Wang Quan accepted Magic Power Pills to permanently cleanse evil and weaken the Great Tomb while cultivators launched a coordinated assault on its tenth level. The Grand General revealed a second form, and it instantly recovered from their attacks and smashed a hundred cultivators to pieces.

  • Wang Quan refused Green Fly Coins and other resources, agreeing to cleanse evil in exchange for Magic Power Pills.
  • Wang Quan began cleansing evil on the first level as Yin Spirits empowered Daoist Scriptures and cultivators assembled to attack the tenth level.
  • Over a hundred Yin Spirit experts and several physical-body cultivators entered the tenth level and fought the city’s evil beings as the Great Tomb’s power weakened.
  • The Grand General split open and transformed into a hundred-armed, eighteen-headed monster after the cultivators attacked.
  • The Grand General’s second form instantly healed from its injuries and smashed a hundred cultivators to pieces.

Ch. 33The Great Tomb, the First Spell Duel

Wang Quan’s work with the People-Crossing Scripture helped the cultivators discover that the great tomb’s general had a second form, and his Yin Spirit grew stronger after earning fifty-one yin merit. When masked cultivators approached with hostile intent, Wang Quan began his first spell duel using the Plain Moon Paper-Cutting Art.

  • Wang Quan left the great tomb after clearing its first level, while more than a hundred battered Yin Spirit experts and several injured physical cultivators emerged from the tenth level.
  • A physical cultivator revealed that Wang Quan’s People-Crossing Scripture had brought out the great general’s second form, giving them hope of permanently clearing the tomb, and proposed rewarding Wang Quan with mana-replenishing pills or elixir artifacts.
  • Wang Quan returned to his Inner Landscape, gained fifty-one yin merit, and found that his Yin Spirit had become more substantial and easier to control.
  • After gathering purple qi and studying Daoist Scriptures, Wang Quan received Qian Xiuyue’s warning that masked cultivators were approaching him with ill intent.
  • Wang Quan sent paper Palace Maidens and a paper eagle to meet and scout the attackers, then chose to test his Paper-Cutting Art and illusion spells rather than attack with destructive magic.
  • Wang Quan used a water basin to target the rearmost masked cultivator with moonlight; a tiny paper person cut the cultivator’s neck, drawing a thin line of blood.

Ch. 34Brother, You Have to Believe Me

Wang Quan used Tiny Paper People and anomalies to ambush cultivators raiding Seven Maidens Mountain, then confronted another group and revealed that he was allied with the spirits. He caught their leader as the man fled through smoke, leaving his fate in Wang Quan’s hands.

  • Masked cultivators attacked Palace Maidens on the way to Seven Maidens Mountain, but a Tiny Paper Person killed one with a butcher’s blade while disguised as him.
  • At the foot of the mountain, Wang Quan sent Tiny Paper People through a basin to ambush cultivators and replace them as they ran.
  • A new group confronted Wang Quan, whose Moonlight Escape sent their spells far away and exposed their companions as paper-like anomalies.
  • The group's leader tried to persuade Wang Quan that he meant no harm, but Wang Quan said he was allied with the spirits.
  • The leader fled under cover of talisman smoke, and Wang Quan turned the smoke into huge hands that reached for him.

Ch. 35Testing spells

Wang Quan defeated a New Method cultivator with his paper spells and tested how magical power strengthened his creations. Qian Xiuyue and another cultivator watched from the mountaintop, discussed Wang Quan’s potential, and hoped he would join them before their paths diverged.

  • The New Method cultivator raised many defensive spells, but Wang Quan’s multicolored giant hand shattered them and drove the man into a trap between Palace Maidens and Paper People.
  • Wang Quan recalled the Palace Maidens and sent paper Giant Serpents to coil around the cultivator, who initially held them back with a spirit turtle defense.
  • Wang Quan strengthened a Giant Serpent twice with strands of magical power, breaking the spirit turtle defense and crushing the New Method cultivator.
  • Wang Quan sent Paper People to herd the fleeing spirits back to work and considered learning Thunderfire spells for stronger attacks.
  • Qian Xiuyue and another cultivator confirmed that the attackers from all six directions had been dealt with, then debated Wang Quan’s strength and their own plans to advance.
  • Qian Xiuyue hoped Wang Quan would join them soon, while the other cultivator predicted their cultivation would soon outpace his.

Ch. 36First-Turn Outer Elixir

Wang Quan collected the lungs from the fallen cultivators and declined Qian Xiuyue’s invitation to join the Star Alliance. In the Great Tomb, he received a First-Turn Outer Elixir and began using its restored magical power to clear away the evil on the first layer.

  • Wang Quan claimed all the corpses’ lungs and let Qian Xiuyue buy the remaining spoils for a hundred and fifty thousand Green Fly Coins.
  • Wang Quan declined to join the Star Alliance, saying he wanted to pursue his own plans.
  • Qian Xiuyue sent Wang Quan thirteen magically tempered sets of lungs, and he entered the Second-Layer World with his Yin Spirit.
  • The cultivators gave Wang Quan a First-Turn Outer Elixir, which he quickly refined and used to replenish his magical power.
  • Wang Quan entered the Great Tomb’s first layer and recited the People-Crossing Scripture while his Palace Maidens restrained the attacking old men and women.

Ch. 37Wang Quan's Ordeal?

Wang Quan continued chanting the People-Crossing Scripture, weakening the Great Tomb as cultivators battled its second-form Grand General. When the general vanished and the First Layer sealed itself, thousands of Yin Spirits and physically present cultivators gathered to break down the door and rescue Wang Quan.

  • Wang Quan used his First-Turn Outer Elixir to replenish his Dharma Power and continued chanting, causing the hall to expand as Yin Spirits inscribed Daoist characters and Scriptures.
  • The physically present cultivators fought the second-form Grand General in the Tenth Layer, but he repeatedly regenerated and drove them into a desperate retreat.
  • The weakening Grand General transformed into black smoke and vanished from the Tenth Layer, while cultivators in other layers were suddenly forced out.
  • The physically present cultivators discovered that the First Layer's door had sealed Wang Quan inside, and their attacks failed to open it.
  • Yin Spirits sent out calls for help, and thousands gathered in the hall to bombard the door and try to weaken the Great Tomb.

Ch. 38The Three-Headed, Six-Armed General's Gift

Wang Quan cleansed the Three-Headed, Six-Armed General with the People-Crossing Scripture, freeing him from his torment and receiving an Unorthodox Art in return. The General’s disappearance revealed the Lower Court Dormitory Complex and covered Wang Quan in mysterious purple qi whose benefits left the other cultivators envious.

  • Wang Quan found that the remaining evil entities had merged into a gigantic hundred-armed being, which begged him to save it.
  • Wang Quan repeatedly recited the People-Crossing Scripture, reducing the being’s arms until it became the Three-Headed, Six-Armed General.
  • The General told Wang Quan that he and the buried people under his command had become strange things after dying in battle, then taught him an Unorthodox Art and asked him to help him disappear.
  • Wang Quan recited the scripture until the General vanished, and the Great Tomb disappeared as the Lower Court Dormitory Complex took shape in the hall.
  • Purple qi streamed from Wang Quan into cultivators and off into the distance, while the physical cultivators explained that cleansing an anomalous site brought benefits.
  • Wang Quan realized that the other cultivators had failed to comprehend the People-Crossing Scripture because they had not mastered the First-Rank Dao Seal.

Ch. 39Aren't You Afraid You'll Die in There?

Wang Quan returned from the Second-Layer World after the Great Tomb vanished and new buildings strengthened the Drowning Dao Lower Court’s outpost. He learned that cultivators feared an imminent clash between the New Method and Old Cultivation Method, while the Dream Nun and Officiant Daoist Nun were shocked to hear he had entered the Second-Layer World himself.

  • Wang Quan saw reflected high-rises improve healing and strengthen the Scripture Repository and Coffin Dormitory Area, while the surrounding darkness and red moonlight weakened.
  • Wang Quan returned to the Real World after sensing that something had happened and found Qian Xiuyue and the others discussing rumors of a major Second-Layer World conflict.
  • Qian Xiuyue and the others said Zhao Hongyi wanted to meet them and make plans for the upheaval, but Wang Quan dismissed their concerns and urged them to focus on improving themselves.
  • Wang Quan received messages from the Dream Nun and Officiant Daoist Nun, who speculated about the sudden movement of Yin Spirit experts and advised caution.
  • Wang Quan told the two Daoist nuns that the Great Tomb had disappeared and the Lower Court’s dormitory complex had been reflected into the Second-Layer World, then admitted he had gone there himself.
  • The Dream Nun and Officiant Daoist Nun gasped and asked Wang Quan whether he was afraid of dying in the Second-Layer World.

Ch. 40Three Heads and Six Arms

Wang Quan examined the rewards from the [First-Rank Dao Seal], including a powerful favor from the Second-Layer World and the unorthodox art [Three Heads and Six Arms]. He then harvested blood-colored moonlight in the Second-Layer World to prepare several kinds of moonlight thunderfire before dawn forced Yin Spirits to leave.

  • Wang Quan ignored Wu Yong's warning and discovered that delivering the general had earned him 1000 Yin Virtue and a wisp of favor from the Second-Layer World.
  • Wang Quan learned that the favor could save his life once, transport him one hundred thousand li, or become Foundation Establishment Spirit Light.
  • Wang Quan studied [Three Heads and Six Arms] and found that its true form required a [third-rank Dao Seal], though he could begin cultivating the prerequisite [Yang Qi Furnace].
  • Wang Quan entered the Second-Layer World again and found Yin Spirits gathered around the newly reflected Dormitory Building.
  • Wang Quan collected blood-colored moonlight and refined several batches of moonlight thunderfire before dawn, then left as the Yin Spirits began departing.

Ch. 41Three Kinds of Thunderfire

Wang Quan refined three kinds of thunderfire seeds and learned from Qian Xiuyue that no clash had occurred between the Old Cultivation Method and the New Method. He entered the newly expanded Second-Layer World and was urged to choose the next building to clear.

  • Wang Quan refined Great Yin Yin Thunder, Cold-Ice Yin Thunder, and Illusory Moon Yin Thunder, exhausting his Green Beetles in the process.
  • Qian Xiuyue returned and told Wang Quan that a new building had appeared at the Drowning Dao Lower Court outpost, making the Second-Layer World safer for Yin Spirits.
  • Qian Xiuyue explained that the Old Cultivation Method and the New Method had not clashed, and said her relationship with Zhao Hongyi had only partly improved.
  • Wang Quan entered the crowded Second-Layer World and visited the Scripture Repository, where cultivators praised his People-Crossing Scripture.
  • The cultivators asked Wang Quan to choose which building they would clear next, saying his scripture and work on the third building made him the most qualified.

Ch. 42He hurried off to die before anger could flare

Wang Quan and a physical-body cultivator investigated the Cafeteria, where its ghostly gatekeepers barred entry and attacked them. Wang Quan used the People-Crossing Scripture to torment one gatekeeper until it died, leaving the Cafeteria’s interior unexplored.

  • Wang Quan chose the Cafeteria as the next building to investigate, and a scout reported that its powerful evil entities forced Yin Spirits to eat or be slaughtered.
  • Wang Quan and a physical-body cultivator went to the Cafeteria, where its ghost-faced doors demanded Green Beetles and refused to let Wang Quan enter.
  • The physical-body cultivator’s fierce flame and a Yin Spirit’s yin fire failed to harm the gatekeeper, which mocked them and accused Wang Quan of killing the general.
  • Wang Quan recited the People-Crossing Scripture repeatedly, binding and beating the right-door ghost face until it agreed to open the door.
  • Wang Quan repeatedly shut the door after the gatekeeper opened it, and the gatekeeper cursed him before dying.

Ch. 43Before You Eat Me, I'll Cross You Over

Wang Quan and the cultivator who had descended in his true body entered a cafeteria full of powerful Evil dishes and began crossing them over with the People-Crossing Scripture. After Wang Quan eliminated the cafeteria’s roast chicken, a fat humanoid Evil arrived and challenged his claims about helping the dead.

  • Wang Quan crossed over the ghost face guarding the cafeteria door, then entered with the other cultivator while the Yin Spirits were left outside.
  • Wang Quan used Great Yin Yin Thunder to blast the Evil dishes and, with the cultivator’s help, restrained and crossed over a roast chicken.
  • Wang Quan decided to clear the cafeteria despite the Evils’ strength, believing the Second-Layer World would grant greater rewards.
  • A fat humanoid Evil arrived carrying an iron wok and ladle, and the cultivator warned Wang Quan that it was as strong as the Great Tomb general.
  • Wang Quan claimed that the Great Tomb general had willingly asked to be crossed over and urged the fat man to accept his help.
  • The fat man said only he and the Great Tomb general retained memories of their lives, while the other beings had none.

Ch. 44Sorry, I Don't Understand

Wang Quan and a cultivator discovered that the Cafeteria became far more dangerous when Wang Quan entered, so they coordinated an effort to cleanse it from inside and out. After earning fifty points of yin virtue, Wang Quan resumed his cultivation and planned to test the Yang Qi Furnace spell after daybreak.

  • The Cafeteria's evil delicacies attacked Wang Quan and the cultivator, forcing them to retreat before they were overwhelmed.
  • Wang Quan proposed cleansing the Cafeteria's exterior by reciting scripture over its doors, windows, and pillars while the cultivator weakened its evil beings from within.
  • Wang Quan bound a Malformed Great Dragon on a pillar with the People-Crossing Scripture, while the cultivator found the Cafeteria was weaker when Wang Quan was not inside.
  • Cultivators carved Daoist Scriptures into the Cafeteria's doors and pillars and reinforced them with Dharma Power as attacks from within dimmed their light.
  • Wang Quan returned to his body with fifty points of yin virtue, practiced the Moon-Gathering Cultivation Method, and planned to try the Yang Qi Furnace spell after daybreak.

Ch. 45Don't Attack, I'm on Your Side

Wang Quan rented a hundred pairs of kidneys to accelerate his cultivation of the [Yang Qi Furnace] spell. After attaching them with [Parting Chaos], he began weaving furnaces around each pair, leaving Qian Xiuyue and the spirit monsters shocked and suspicious.

  • Wang Quan stored his gathered purple qi for later use and asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to rent him kidneys.
  • The Round-Faced Daoist Nun arranged delivery of a hundred pairs of ordinary kidneys, and Wang Quan began practicing the [Yang Qi Furnace] spell on his own kidneys.
  • A Red-Crowned Crane delivered the kidneys and collected a thousand Green Fly Coins for the delivery.
  • Qian Xiuyue and the spirit monsters teased Wang Quan, who insisted he was practicing a spell.
  • Wang Quan enlarged the delivery jar, attached the hundred pairs of kidneys with [Parting Chaos], and wove furnaces around them.

Ch. 46Had Wang Quan Not Used Them?

Wang Quan found that [Yang Qi Furnace] steadily strengthened his body when he merged it with rented kidneys, so he sold a strand of [Bright Moon Mana] and ordered at least a thousand pairs each day. The Round-Faced Daoist Nun discovered that the kidneys he returned were unusually healthy, leaving her and the Thin-Waisted Daoist wondering whether Wang Quan had even used them.

  • Wang Quan tested [Yang Qi Furnace] with the rented kidneys and felt it steadily strengthen his organs and tissues.
  • Wang Quan decided to keep cultivating the spell and asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to sell a strand of [Bright Moon Mana] and supply at least a thousand pairs of kidneys daily.
  • The Round-Faced Daoist Nun recruited kidney suppliers, while the Thin-Waisted Daoist initially resisted supplying all his stock to Wang Quan.
  • The Red-Crowned Crane delivered Wang Quan's returned kidneys and his stored strand of [Bright Moon Mana] to the Miscellaneous Goods Hall.
  • The Thin-Waisted Daoist inspected the kidneys and found them healthy and ready to use again, prompting the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to wonder whether Wang Quan had used them at all.

Ch. 47External Kidneys to Aid Cultivation

Wang Quan expanded his kidney rental operation to ten thousand pairs while the Round-Faced Daoist Nun negotiated supplies and discussed buying or cultivating kidneys. Meanwhile, Qian Xiuyue’s Manor was completed, and she invited Wang Quan to a banquet where he could meet other cultivators.

  • The Round-Faced Daoist Nun negotiated lower rental prices, and Wang Quan agreed to rent a thousand pairs of kidneys for at least ten days.
  • Wang Quan increased his rentals until ten thousand pairs of kidneys reached his attachment limit, then asked the Round-Faced Daoist Nun to watch for cheap kidneys to buy.
  • The Round-Faced Daoist Nun asked whether Wang Quan would sell his kidney-preserving spell, but he directed interested cultivators to the Drowning Dao Lower Court’s transmission halls.
  • Qian Xiuyue’s Manor was completed after the conflict between the New Method and the Old Cultivation Method eased and Qian Xiuyue and Zhao Hongyi agreed to cooperate.
  • Qian Xiuyue invited Wang Quan to a banquet, explaining that cultivators from the Lower Court would attend and could help one another.

Ch. 48A Banquet at the Seven Maidens Mountain Villa

Wang Quan strengthened his body with [Yang Qi Furnace], ended his kidney rental arrangement, and agreed to ask Qian Xiuyue about positions at Seven Maidens Mountain Manor. At the lavish banquet, he encountered Wu Yong but refused to join him at the table, choosing to enjoy the festivities alone.

  • Wang Quan expanded [Yang Qi Furnace] across his body and concluded that buying kidneys would be more cost-effective than renting them or purchasing spirit herbs.
  • Wang Quan told the Round-Faced Daoist Nun he no longer needed to rent kidneys, and she arranged for the Red-Crowned Crane to collect ten thousand pairs.
  • The Round-Faced Daoist Nun asked Wang Quan to seek positions at Seven Maidens Mountain Manor for young people from her lineage, and he agreed to ask Qian Xiuyue.
  • Cultivators and spirit monsters arrived at Seven Maidens Mountain for the banquet, where Wang Quan watched the elaborate performances and feasts from a quiet corner.
  • Wu Yong questioned why Wang Quan had no seat and invited him to join the middle-tier table, but Wang Quan declined so he could enjoy the banquet on his own.

Ch. 49The revelry here did not belong to me

Wang Quan attended the Star Alliance’s opening banquet but remained distant from its revelry, while Qian Xiuyue challenged Wu Yong’s assumptions about him. After arranging places for ten people from Wang Quan’s friend’s lineage, Wang Quan entered the second-layer world to continue cleansing the cafeteria carvings as the retreat activated its vast star array.

  • Wu Yong complained that Wang Quan had refused his banquet invitation, and Qian Xiuyue told him that his arrogance about choosing Wang Quan’s cultivation method had caused the distance between them.
  • Wu Yong searched the banquet and found Wang Quan among the upper-tier guests, where Wang Quan drank quietly amid the festivities.
  • Qian Xiuyue agreed that Wang Quan’s friend could send ten people to the retreat, without preferential treatment for them.
  • Wang Quan told Qian Xiuyue he would enter the second-layer world rather than cultivate that night, and she warned him that doing so cost him cultivation time.
  • The Seven Maidens Mountain Retreat raised 365 banners to activate the All-Heaven Starry Array, drawing starlight from surrounding mountains.
  • Wang Quan continued cleansing carvings in the second-layer world, finding that permanent cleansing took more recitations but yielded greater rewards.

Ch. 50The Crow Flew and the Rabbit Ran, Steady Progress

Wang Quan steadily studied the Daoist Scriptures and cultivated while handling work in the Second-Layer World, bringing his Yin Spirit close to the Yang Spirit realm. He explained the value of scripture study to Ying Jiaren and her companion, then left the boy yearning for the lavish life of cultivators’ Manors.

  • Wang Quan returned to the Scripture Repository, passed another volume’s examination, and told Ying Jiaren and her companion that the Daoist Scriptures were important.
  • Wang Quan told the Round-Faced Daoist Nun about Qian Xiuyue’s agreement and declined her offer to take him to Fairy Qin.
  • Wang Quan spent the following weeks studying scriptures, gathering qi, refining Dharma Power, clearing evil, and helping the Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun with ceremonies.
  • The Officiant Daoist Nun and Dream Nun told Wang Quan they had paid over five hundred thousand Green Beetles to escape the Blissful Union House, and asked him to help settle the score someday.
  • Wang Quan checked his First-Rank Dao Seal and found that his Yin Spirit was nearing the Yang Spirit realm, but he decided to wait before seeking Heavenly Opportunity.
  • Ying Jiaren and her companion asked Wang Quan about cultivators’ Manors, and he confirmed that their banquets were even more lavish than they had heard.
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