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"What happened to you? You look so ragged," Li Xiaoyao teased with a smile, "Don't tell me you got caught peeping at a widow taking a bath?"

Jiang Lichun ignored his teasing, walked into the living room, sat down on the sofa, guzzled down several big gulps of water, and then looked up at Li Xiaoyao and asked, "If I offered you a fortune, would you want it?"

Li Xiaoyao's eyebrows lifted slightly, but he wasn't too excited.

He had known old man Jiang for some time, and while he couldn't say he was familiar with him, he did have an understanding of him.

Without a profit motive, he didn't believe Jiang would offer him so-called riches for no reason.

"Let's hear it," Li Xiaoyao walked over and sat at one end of the sofa.

Old man Jiang took out an old smoking pipe, filled it with tobacco, lit it up, and began puffing away. The living room filled with smoke, resembling the kind of place in 'Journey to the West' where demons were bound to lurk.

"In the mountains behind the Ghost Market, there's an ancient tomb. Interested?"

"An ancient tomb?" Li Xiaoyao looked intrigued and asked, "You've taken up tomb raiding?"

"It's not called tomb raiding. It's treasure hunting," old man Jiang's face twitched as he said, "I'm just asking if you're in or not."

Li Xiaoyao asked, "What was the tomb owner's cultivation level?"

"At least Spirit Cultivation Realm."

"Oh? Spirit Cultivation Realm!" Li Xiaoyao stroked his chin, "That's somewhat interesting."

Rolling his eyes, Li Xiaoyao asked, "Tell me, what's the danger?"

"Heh-Heh." Not embarrassed in the least that his thoughts had been seen through, old man Jiang just laughed and said, "It's not really dangerous. These kinds of tombs usually have some demon beasts guarding them."

Li Xiaoyao didn't believe him one bit and directly asked, "Guarding demon beasts? What cultivation level?"

"Might be Spirit Cultivation Realm, or higher. I only took a quick look from afar, never tangled with the creature," Jiang Lichun stated nonchalantly, as if discussing an insect.

Li Xiaoyao snorted coldly and said, "Old guy, you're trying to bluff me? Even you couldn't figure out that demon beast, and you think I could handle it?"

"What's your cultivation level?" he asked.

Jiang Lichun sat up straight, with a touch of pride he said, "Spirit Cultivation Realm, Third Rank." Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire

Li Xiaoyao was somewhat surprised, he knew the old man's cultivation level was not low, but he had not expected it to be this high.

"I'm just a kid at the Condensation Realm; I'm not going to be any help with this kind of thing," Li Xiaoyao flatly refused.

Although he was very interested in the ancient tomb, after thinking it over, Li Xiaoyao still felt it was too dangerous and unreliable.

What a joke, even a Spirit Cultivation Realm cultivator like Jiang Lichun couldn't handle the beast, so he certainly didn't think he, a mere Condensation Realm cultivator, could manage it.

It's important to know oneself, and Li Xiaoyao had plenty of self-awareness.

"Really not going?"

"Not going."

Jiang Lichun wasn't in a hurry; he leaned back, dragging on his smoking pipe, took a couple of puffs, and said, "Actually, a single guarding demon beast doesn't really pose a threat to me."

Li Xiaoyao watched coolly, silent, his gaze seemingly saying: keep blowing your horn.

Jiang Lichun continued, "However, you are now one of us from Xuan Sect, and such good fortune should naturally be shared with you."

Li Xiaoyao got up and said, "Alright, I'm not blessed enough to enjoy this good fortune. You enjoy it by yourself."

"Kid, have you thought this through? The tomb owner's cultivation level is probably higher than the Spirit Cultivation Realm I mentioned. Just think about it, even the tomb guardian demon beasts are at the Spirit Cultivation Realm, how could the tomb owner's cultivation level be low? And considering the ancient tomb is very old, at least a hundred years, the cultivators from that era had quite the stash of treasures," Jiang Lichun earnestly enticed.

"How do you know that person was a cultivator? What if it was just a martial artist? Wouldn't that be a wasted trip?"

Jiang Lichun suddenly burst into hearty laughter and said, "Kid, how have you still not understood this by now?"

"Whether a martial artist or a cultivator, once their cultivation level reaches the Abstinence Realm, they are all cultivators," Jiang Lichun explained. "Martial artists start at a lower level because they lack a Spirit Root, but once they cultivate to the Abstinence Realm, their Spirit Root will awaken, and from then on, they step onto the path of cultivation."

"It can be like that?" Li Xiaoyao had always thought that a martial artist was just a martial artist and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't become a cultivator.

To think that a martial artist could evolve.

"Kid, I'm calling you now to share the spoils, do you really think you can be of any help?" Jiang Lichun's gaze and tone were full of disdain.

"You're not qualified to participate in matters of this level. I'm bringing you along because you're an Elder of the guest clergy in my Xuan Sect," he said.

"Did you really think it would just be the two of us? Such a formidable person's tomb will surely be filled with countless mechanisms. I'll be returning to Zhongnan Mountain later to contact some old friends and ask them to lend a hand, so we can enter the ancient tomb together."

Li Xiaoyao listened to these words and, seeing Jiang Lichun's expression, felt like he really was getting an advantage.

But Li Xiaoyao still didn't believe it; he always felt that the old man had no good intentions.

Such a big advantage, and he was just going to hand it to him?

"Alright, you go make your contacts first, just let me know when we're setting off."

The tomb of a powerful cultivator was still very attractive to Li Xiaoyao, regardless of what the old man was up to, he had to go on this trip.

Just as Jiang Lichun had said, it was impossible for the resting place of such a powerful figure not to have a few worthy treasures.

Jiang Lichun left late that night, and Li Xiaoyao also went down to the shop, deep into the underground, carefully probing with his thoughts to confirm that the giant snake was still asleep before continuing to mine Spirit Stones.

After cultivating for the night, early the next morning, just as Li Xiaoyao was about to leave, he happened to run into Zhang Meng, who had come to open the shop by car.

"Xiaoyao brother!" Zhang Meng saw him and her face lit up with joy. She ran up to him from a distance and flung her arms around Li Xiaoyao.

"Have you eaten?" Li Xiaoyao asked, rubbing her hair.

"Mhm, I have," Zhang Meng clung to Li Xiaoyao's arm and wouldn't let go, her face expressing a touch of grievance. "Xiaoyao brother, you were gone for several days, and you didn't even call. Did you stop wanting me?"

"Silly girl, what nonsense are you thinking about?" Li Xiaoyao looked at Zhang Meng's cute and charming appearance, feeling moved.

He suddenly had an idea that perhaps he could let the few women cultivate as well.

If these women could also cultivate, regardless of their cultivation level, whether they were dull or bright, Li Xiaoyao could use Pill Medicine to build up their cultivation level.

In doing so, the women could break free from the shackles of lifespan and also gain the ability to protect themselves.

Thinking this, Li Xiaoyao immediately took out the Nourishing Pill that he had just successfully refined yesterday and placed it in Zhang Meng's hand, saying, "Eat this after taking a bath tonight."

Zhang Meng looked at the exquisite jade bottle in her hand, pulled out the stopper, and a rich fragrance of pill medicine wafted out.

"Wow, it smells so good, Xiaoyao brother, what is this?" Zhang Meng asked, her eyes shining like stars.

"This is pill medicine. My disappearance for the past few days was because of this," Li Xiaoyao said with a smile. "Keep the item safe, and remember to eat it tonight after you go home. I have some things to take care of and need to leave for a bit."

"Uhm, will you come back tonight?" Zhang Meng asked with hope.

Li Xiaoyao shook his head, looking into her eyes and said, "My girlfriend has come back."

[Tomorrow starts a new week. After midnight, three chapters will be released in succession. I hope everyone will cast their recommendation votes so that this book can stay in the front row of the recommendation list for a little while, even just a moment will do.]