First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 299: Income and Expenses

"In terms of alchemy, I need to put in more effort and strive to be promoted to the fourth rank as soon as possible!"

"As for talisman cultivation, it still depends on luck and whether I can gather more third and fourth rank talisman scrolls..."

"Unfortunately, the talisman cultivators in the Chiyan Kingdom have not formed a talisman alliance, nor have they established a place to obtain benefits like a talisman tower."

"For cultivators without a master or family inheritance, it is extremely difficult to improve their talisman cultivation!"

"Fortunately, the path of artifact forging is not completely the same as alchemy and talisman cultivation."

"The basic inscriptions are universal. As long as I have seen and comprehended enough magical tools, continuously repairing and forging new ones, I can still continuously improve in this aspect."

Shen Mo thought to himself, feeling quite satisfied with the establishment of the Lingfu Residence and the Wanluo Immortal Army Building.

In addition to helping him in his cultivation, these two shops, under the management of Qian Zhanggui, had also started to bring in spirit stone income for him.

In the second month, the two shops made a total profit of one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Shen Mo took sixty percent of it, receiving six hundred.

In the third month, Shen Mo handed over the rewards for the guards of the Garrison Bureau, as well as the required purchases of pills, talismans, and magical tools, to Qian Zhanggui.

The Lingfu Residence and the Immortal Army Building directly made a profit of over two thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones!

Of these, one thousand five hundred went into Shen Mo's pocket, which, when converted into medium-grade spirit stones, was fifteen.

And this was only the profit from the newly opened shops. Let's not forget that Shen Mo also owned sixty percent of the Baodan Pavilion and the Ascension Pill Store.

Based on the usual profits, these two old shops could provide Shen Mo with one thousand low-grade spirit stones every month.

However, thanks to the rewards needed for the guards of the Garrison Bureau...

Starting from the following month, this amount of profit increased to over two thousand!

Moreover, these earnings did not include what Shen Mo gained from alchemy, talisman cultivation, and artifact forging.

Whether it was purchasing spiritual materials from his own shops or selling finished products, Shen Mo always calculated according to the market price, making the division of profits very clear!

If he didn't separate them, wouldn't he be giving forty percent of the income he earned from his secondary occupation to Qian Zhanggui for nothing?

It would be like working for Qian Zhanggui!

Shen Mo naturally wouldn't do such a foolish thing.

In addition, the monthly salary and rewards from the Garrison Bureau were also not a small income.

With all these factors, Shen Mo's monthly income now ranged from forty to one hundred medium-grade spirit stones.

If he had free time, he would refine more second and third-grade spirit pills to earn more.

If he needed to seclude himself for cultivation or focus more on improving his talisman cultivation and artifact forging, he would earn less.

As for Shen Mo's spirit stone expenses...

One of them was the offering to the Heavenly Mandate [Warfare] every day.

It consumed one medium-grade spirit stone daily, which was exceptionally stable!

However, Shen Mo enjoyed it and didn't have the slightest hesitation.

There was no other reason.

Although the consumption of [Warfare] was high, it naturally brought great improvements to his immortal techniques and martial skills.

Shen Mo's thoughts shifted and fell onto the Heavenly Mandate panel.

[Master: Shen Mo]

[Divine Ability: Sword Body]

[Cultivation Techniques:

《Purple Mansion Heart Sutra》Peak (2075/16000);

《Heavenly Origin Art》Proficient (1335/10000)]

[Martial Skills:

《Supreme Clear Sword Technique》Perfected (MAX);

《Sword Control Art》Mastered (5265/12000);

《Big Dipper Sword Formation》Peak (3155/15000);

《Stellar Palm》Mastered (2170/8000);

《Senluo Sword Canon》Mastered (3795/14000)]

[Light Body Techniques:

《Thunderous Steps》Peak (1315/15000);

《Immortal Wind Cloud Body》Mastered (640/5000)]

【Body Cultivation Technique:

"Dragon Elephant Blood Demon Body" Dragon Body (100/100)】

"Three Heads Six Arms True Immortal Formula" Entering the Hall (2560/8000)】

【Soul Cultivation Technique:

"Soul Contemplation Scripture" Integration (1020/6000)】

Apart from the additional column "Sword Body" Divine Ability, all other techniques and arts have been improved to varying degrees.

After advancing to the seventh level of the Qi Gathering Realm, Shen Mo successfully completed the first volume of the "Purple Mansion Heart Sutra," coincidentally reaching the state of "Integration," which is equivalent to the perfect level in the cultivation world.

The progress bar is also stuck there, unable to grow further due to the incomplete techniques.

Therefore, Shen Mo specially went to the Immortal Arts Tower.

Using spirit stones and sect contribution points, he exchanged for the second volume of the "Purple Mansion Heart Sutra."

With the assistance of "Yan Wu," Shen Mo only borrowed it for a day and returned it to the second floor the next day, surprising the elder guarding the tower.

In order not to appear too shocking, Shen Mo deliberately left a day.

Otherwise, after obtaining the jade slip, it wouldn't take long for him to fully grasp it with the help of "Yan Wu."

Even so, the elder guarding the tower was still amazed, showing a rather splendid expression!

In addition to this main cultivation technique, the focus of cultivation is still on the "Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation," "Stellar Palm Imprint," and other powerful immortal arts and martial skills.

As for the low-level techniques like the "Primordial Power," although Shen Mo is still practicing them, he is not in a hurry to cultivate them to the state of "Returning to Simplicity."

Although Shen Mo is also looking forward to mastering swordsmanship and magic arts to obtain Divine Abilities, there is no need to deliberately squeeze the time for cultivating high-level techniques.

When he is closer to the state of "Returning to Simplicity," he will make a breakthrough and cultivate them to perfection.

From the current perspective, the "Primordial Power" will be the second technique to be cultivated to the extreme!

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The second major expenditure of daily spirit stones is the acquisition of monster beast corpses, demon pills, and spirit souls to feed the demonic souls in the Soul Refining Banner.

Shen Mo believes that with his current cultivation strength, he is capable of suppressing and controlling a third-level soul with the Soul Refining Banner.

After careful consideration, Shen Mo gave the first promotion opportunity to the possessed ghost Lv Ma Guan.

It's not that the various mutated demonic souls like Hong Jue, Jia Yi, Chuan Jin, and Qing Pi are not powerful enough.

But for now, the Divine Ability of the possessed ghost is more useful to Shen Mo.

"Concealing in the void, possessing living beings," this ability used to give Shen Mo a headache.

In order to find this low-level possessed ghost, Shen Mo almost used all his soul servants and spent a lot of effort to suppress and refine it.

When Lv Ma Guan was in the Ghost Domain, his cultivation was only at the mid-stage of the second level.

Now, after being tainted by the little heavenly demonic soul and consuming many human charm corpses in the underground palace, it has advanced to the peak of the second level.

Once it successfully advances to the third level, it will undoubtedly provide Shen Mo with strong combat power.

"With my current strength, even without taking advantage of Tian Qi Sheng's weakness, I should be able to defeat him."

"Plus the assistance of Lv Ma Guan, it should be enough to fight against a threefold Heavenly Spirit Realm!"

"Even if I can't win, I should be able to protect myself!"

Since Shen Mo advanced to the later stage of the Qi Gathering Realm, he hasn't made a full effort.

Even he himself is not sure how much his strength has grown, he can only estimate roughly.

In order to quickly cultivate the possessed ghost to the third level, Shen Mo spared no effort to purchase corpses and other items that can be used as blood food for the demonic souls.

At the moment, Shen Mo cannot leave, but when he has free time in the future, he plans to go to the Ghost Country Ruins.

There, there are endless souls and ghosts that can be used as blood food for the demonic souls!

By then, he can elevate demonic souls like Hong Jue, Jia Yi, and others to the third level all at once.

The third major expenditure of spirit stones is the daily consumption of elixirs.

On this point, Shen Mo is no different from other cultivators!

Even with the "Yan Wu" deduction, practicing the "Purple Mansion Heart Sutra" to refine spiritual energy and increase cultivation, Shen Mo still finds the progress slow.

Therefore, he has almost never stopped taking elixirs every day!

(End of this chapter)