Spending Money Like Water

Inside the great hall.

Fang Hong sat against the wall in a corner, looking at the three clusters of treasure light before him. He checked them with the Fate Mirror; all showed signs of great fortune, with no problems.

He immediately crushed one cluster of treasure light, opened his mouth, and swallowed the Reincarnation Dew inside.

His current body was formed from his Fate Card. Once the immortal dew entered him, it merged perfectly with the Fate Card, and he felt nothing unusual.

Next came the Concealment Incense.

After he crushed the treasure light, the stick of incense ignited without a flame. Wisps of blue smoke curled around him, as though coating his body in a "membrane."

Before long, the Concealment Incense burned out.

Although Rogue Person Xuanyin had said earlier that he had already used Concealment Incense on him, Fang Hong decisively used another stick.

After all, the Fate Mirror had indicated great fortune!

The Azure Sky Divine Armor in the third cluster of treasure light could not be used for now. He would have to return to the Canghuan Realm and have his true body refine it before he could investigate it.

At that moment, he connected with his Fate Card. Immortal light flashed before him, and six round talisman coins with square holes appeared, wreathed in immortal radiance.

The fronts of the talisman coins bore ancient, rugged bird-shaped runes, while their backs bore four large characters-Azure Firmament Universal Treasure.

"So these are the Chaos Talisman Coins!"

He had spent a year in the Canghuan Realm and earned six talisman coins in total.

In other words, that suit of Azure Sky Divine Armor was worth a thousand talisman coins, equivalent to a hundred and sixty-six years of his wages.

Seen from that angle, his mysterious, black-hearted boss had been fairly generous.

"But capital, well..."

He sneered inwardly, strode across the great hall, pushed open the two bronze doors, and walked out.

Beyond the doors lay a magnificent, spacious corridor, even grander and taller than the great hall behind him.

At regular intervals down the middle of the corridor stood enormous pillars carved from jade, radiating brilliant auspicious light. One glance was enough to tell they were extraordinary.

Along both sides of the corridor were many similar bronze doorways. It looked as though each led to a great hall.

Each also represented a transmigrator company.

So this is what the inside of the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat really looks like.

Fang Hong was inwardly astonished.

The first generation of transmigrators had established the Azure Firmament Divine Court, built the Myriad Worlds Ancient Boat, and created Fate Cards, allowing countless transmigrators to reincarnate in cycles and continually grow stronger.

From the looks of things, the Azure Firmament Divine Court's aim seems to be collecting the primordial qi of heaven and earth from the myriad worlds.

And its methods are still the same old capitalist playbook: work all the transmigrators like oxen and horses, then select a middle class from among them to manage and control the livestock on its behalf!

In the Canghuan Realm, all we know is that the primordial qi of heaven and earth is the foundation for building an immortal foundation Dao platform. It seems it has other, more important uses.

His thoughts surging, Fang Hong looked around the corridor.

He noticed people occasionally entering and emerging from several jade pillars in the distance, as though there were worlds within them.

He slowly approached the nearest jade pillar. Suddenly, a mysterious thought reached him, explaining the pillar's function.

So it's a private trading chamber.

His interest stirred. The moment he approached the jade pillar, he passed through a barrier and entered a square chamber.

The chamber was small, its walls all made of jade, lustrous and luxurious. They emitted their own light, illuminating every tiny detail inside.

At its center stood a five-colored altar, with a screen of light floating above it. Images and text of every color flowed across the screen, displaying all sorts of cultivation treasures and spirit pills, much like an online shopping site from his previous life.

He walked over and studied it carefully. A sense of familiarity rose in his heart, and he could not help laughing.

"The Azure Firmament Divine Court really did bring the whole online shopping setup over!"

The screen displayed not only treasures sold directly by the Azure Firmament Divine Court, but also shops belonging to other transmigrator companies and listings posted by individual transmigrators.

The treasures covered every category: talismans, pills, formations, puppets, immortal armor, spirit plants, curiosities, cultivation methods, and more. The dazzling array left him overwhelmed.

After browsing, Fang Hong discovered that the highest-grade treasures for sale were fifth-tier, and almost all were sold directly by the Azure Firmament Divine Court.

Their prices were frighteningly high, too. A fifth-tier Dharma Treasure, the Tusita Golden Parasol, cost nine hundred and eighty thousand talisman coins!

A cultivation method leading straight to Spirit Transformation, the Imperial Palace Heavenly Register Tusita True Edict, cost one million three hundred thousand talisman coins!

A fifth-tier "Mahavairocana" suit of Azure Sky Divine Armor cost one million eight hundred and eighty thousand talisman coins!

Fang Hong also looked up the second-tier divine armor he had just received from Zhou Xueying. Its model was the Black Tiger Mysterious Altar Heavenly Lord, and it cost only one thousand three hundred and ninety talisman coins.

"Compared with Mahavairocana, it's practically the difference between a Yadea and a Bugatti..."

Only then did he truly appreciate the benefits of Chaos Talisman Coins.

He began carefully studying the Black Tiger Mysterious Altar Heavenly Lord armor.

Produced by the Azure Firmament Divine Court, this treasure started at the second tier and could be continuously upgraded by purchasing components, up to the fourth tier.

The second-tier Black Tiger Mysterious Altar Heavenly Lord could mount up to four Divine Ability talisman seals and five Dharma Treasures.

These Divine Ability talisman seals allowed the armor to directly deploy the Divine Abilities and spells they contained once mounted.

The Dharma Treasures also formed a matching set with the armor, complementing one another and multiplying their power when combined.

Divine Ability talisman seals and second-tier Dharma Treasures ranged in price from one thousand to five thousand talisman coins.

Fang Hong searched through the spirit medicines as well and discovered that many of the raw spiritual materials he lacked for preparing the seven great medicines could also be purchased here.

He took out the eight bottles of [Sloth] potion left over from before. Just as he was about to list them for sale, he hesitated.

Let's check the Fate Mirror first.

He looked inward at the Fate Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness. Sure enough, its candle flame flickered unsteadily, indicating ill fortune.

Looks like someone is keeping an eye on Kunxu's seven great medicines!

I can't sell them myself. What if I try selling them to the Azure Firmament Divine Court?

Fang Hong opened the Azure Firmament Divine Court's purchasing page.

This time, the flame in the Fate Mirror settled down, burning brightly without any abnormalities.

He entered the information for the [Sloth] potion, and the page immediately returned an appraisal-

"Special first-tier immortal-path potion. Purchase price: one thousand Chaos Talisman Coins per vial."

Fang Hong decisively placed all eight bottles of [Sloth] potion on the five-colored altar. A dazzling flash of immortal light swept over them, and the eight bottles vanished without a trace.

A moment later, light flashed over the altar, and a heap of gleaming Chaos Talisman Coins poured from the void with a clatter.

In an instant, eight thousand Chaos Talisman Coins were in his hands!

Fang Hong immediately began shopping.

The raw spiritual materials for nine first-tier varieties of the seven great medicines cost two thousand eight hundred talisman coins altogether.

The Tiger-Rope Demon-Binding Seal, a matching Divine Ability talisman seal for the second-tier Black Tiger Mysterious Altar Heavenly Lord, cost two thousand three hundred talisman coins.

The matching second-tier Dharma Treasure, the Primordial Golden Bushel (replica), cost two thousand seven hundred talisman coins.

He truly was spending money like water.

In barely any time at all, only two hundred talisman coins remained before him.

Finally, he spent those two hundred talisman coins in one go as well, buying a large jar of "Hundred Flowers Spirit-Calming Meridian-Nourishing Essential Oil."

According to its description, this was a first-tier essential oil extracted and refined by a transmigrator. Applied over the whole body, it could calm the mind, protect the soul, and gently nourish the spiritual meridians and flesh.

Used during dual cultivation, it worked even better, achieving twice the result with half the effort!

"So there are kindred spirits among transmigrators, too."

Fang Hong could not help marveling. Sure enough, wherever he went, he could find fellow enthusiasts of baths and massages.

The Canghuan Realm.

The Northern Sea.

The vast ocean stretched boundlessly.

A verdant little island lay embedded like an emerald in the immense sea.

At the island's center, flowering trees stood at varying heights among strangely shaped rocks. A slender woman sat upright beneath a tree, an incense burner before her.

She wore gauze as thin as a cicada's wing, a silk sash at her waist, and an emerald-green sala cloud collar over her shoulders. Her silk socks were snow-white, and she wore no shoes. Her bearing was graceful and quiet.

It was none other than Zhou Xueying.

She slowly opened her eyes, curled a finger, and flicked a streak of light into the incense burner before her.

Blue smoke rose in curling wisps from the burner, growing thicker and thicker as it spread above the island.

The next moment, a dragon's cry rang out from within.

An Azure Dragon several dozen zhang long flew out of the smoke, her body winding through the air.

Her head was as large as a mountain and crowned with horns. Her whiskers were over a zhang long, like steel spikes, and her protruding eyes glittered with golden light.

The Azure Dragon spoke, but her voice was the gentle voice of a mature woman. "Have you met that newcomer?"

Zhou Xueying nodded. "I have. He probably hasn't awakened a hidden talent."

"Are you certain?"

The Azure Dragon's gaze flickered as she stared intently at Zhou Xueying.

Zhou Xueying smiled faintly. "Isn't this how we got the previous ones to talk? He's a newcomer. He has a little depth to him, but he's only just arrived. Meeting a 'simple-minded' fellow countrywoman like me, with both of us united in hostility toward you, what would he have to hide?"

The Azure Dragon seemed unwilling to accept it. "Could he really have an auspicious god protecting him and have encountered some other opportunity?"

"That should be it," Zhou Xueying said with a nod.

"Where is he?" the Azure Dragon asked again.

Zhou Xueying replied, "In the Donglai Sea Region of the South Sea. A little place I've never even heard of."

"That certainly is remote... Isn't Yu Feifei in the South Sea as well? Have her go meet his true body later and confirm it again."

The Azure Dragon gave her instructions.

Zhou Xueying voiced her assent.

Then the Azure Dragon flew back into the smoke.

Before long, all the smoke above the island dissipated without a trace.