: Who would complain about having too many spirit stones?

Eleven full moons hang from the dome, with a waning moon appearing in the sky.

"Fellow disciples, please take care."

Zhu Yu stood with a smile, watching the seedlings, whose heads were filled with knowledge, walk away. He turned to look at Liang Kuan, who was grinning from ear to ear, and Xiang Sui, whose eyebrows were full of joy. He pointed to the third floor.

"You broke up?"

"point!"

Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan exchanged a glance and nodded emphatically.

The three of them then happily walked up the stairs and returned to their rented room on the third floor. There, on a small wooden table, there was a small pile of 240 warm and lustrous jade stones and jade-like wood, which emitted a charming light.

Zhu Yu picked up a spirit stone and sighed sincerely, "No wonder the 'Academy' goes to such lengths to win people over; education is definitely the most lucrative business..."

In just three hours, he earned 120 spirit stones!

That's over three thousand spirit stones a month, and over forty thousand spirit stones a year! If the professor has more new disciples, that number will only be even larger.

"yes…"

Although it was the first time Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan had heard the word "education," it didn't stop them from understanding its meaning, and they nodded in agreement with smiles on their faces.

Liang Kuan happily counted out his twenty-four low-grade spirit stones and sighed, "This is only for twenty people. It would be even better if there were more people to teach."

He took a 10% share, and 24 spirit stones were neither a lot nor a little for him, since he hadn't put in much effort. But more would naturally be better.

Xiang Sui counted out his ninety-six spirit stones. Hearing what he said, he subconsciously looked at Zhu Yu and hesitated, saying:

"Junior Brother, how are you feeling? Is it just twenty people, or should we add a few more?"

Who would complain about having too many spirit stones?

The more you earn, the wider and smoother your path to immortality becomes.

Neither of them asked if they should increase the teaching time. Qi cultivation is not the same as before, and it was already good that Zhu Yu could spare three hours. Any more might delay his cultivation.

We must not let small gains lead to big losses.

Zhu Yu gathered the remaining one hundred and twenty spirit stones into his inner sleeve pocket, thought for a moment, and said:

"Then let's add ten more people..."

It's not that he can't teach more people, but a tall tree is bound to attract the wind. Although Xiang Sui said he would entrust other matters to him, the "Society" has been established for nearly a hundred years and is not easy to deal with.

He didn't want to spend all his time guarding against thieves and neglecting his spiritual practice.

Thirty people, no more, no less, are insignificant compared to the nearly one thousand new disciples, and the spirit stones they earned are enough for the time being.

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan's eyes lit up with even more joy, and they hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Let's chat for a bit.

After agreeing on the teaching time for tomorrow, I prepared to leave.

Both of them have joined the spiritual realm and are no longer as carefree as before.

They left the house.

After exchanging a few words, they went their separate ways.

Considering the needs of Xiao Hei and the cultivation of the Wood Spirit Flower, Zhu Yu did not rush to leave but instead went into the market to browse.

After leaving the market.

Little Black had an extra large package on its back.

"Let's go..."

Zhu Yu lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew onto Xiao Hei's back. She sat cross-legged, patted its shell, and guided it with her divine sense to the Starry Sky Corridor.

have to say.

Little Black's six legs looked slender, but it ran incredibly fast, reaching the Starry Sky Corridor in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

This time, Zhu Yu did not run into Mu Ruo again.

After checking the location where the medicine was prepared for the tiger corpse, and confirming that it still existed, I picked some branches and leaves of the starry sky tree, dug up a dozen firefly flowers and snake grass, and without stopping, I rode Little Black back to the underworld.

Not long.

Waiting to return to my own courtyard.

The sky was gray, with two crescent moons appearing and disappearing.

Zhu Yu rolled over and landed, patted the little black head, picked up the package and headed straight for the kitchen.

Click...

Accompanied by the sound of chopping vegetables, wisps of smoke rose up.

Not long after.

Zhu Yu carried a bowl of Starry Sky Wood Leaves, meat from a first-tier low-grade demon beast called "Wind Wolf," and minced meat seasoned with Firefly Flower and Snake Thread Grass as he walked out of the kitchen.

Without him even asking, Little Blackie, who was lying by the door, seemed to smell the aroma and ran over on his six long legs, nuzzling his leg.

"Squeak..."

"Haha, are you hungry? Eat up..."

Zhu Yu chuckled and patted Xiao Hei's rough head before putting down the wooden basin.

"Squeak..."

A surge of joy welled up in Xiao Hei's heart. He lowered his head, and his two big front teeth opened and closed, causing the minced meat to visibly decrease at a rapid pace.

Seeing it eating so happily, Zhu Yu also felt a little hungry. He turned around and went back to the kitchen, cut off about half a pound of the fresh wolf meat he had bought, paired it with some vegetables that had no spiritual energy, and started heating oil in a wok...

Half an hour passed.

After finishing lunch, Zhu Yu quickly tidied up the dishes and chopsticks, then carried a small package upstairs to the second floor.

Then, they used the spiritual soil and earth-elemental spiritual spring water purchased from the market, mixed with soil and wood spiritual stones, to replace the previous potting soil of the wood spirit flower.

Bed.

Zhu Yu checked the information on the Wood Spirit Flower on the table, and seeing nothing unusual, breathed a sigh of relief and silently calculated his assets.

I bought ten catties of wind wolf meat at the market earlier. Because it didn't taste good, and it only cost one spirit stone per catty, I bought ten catties.

There's also spirit soil and spirit spring. Replacing the potting soil once costs about five spirit stones, plus one and a half spirit stones mixed in, for a total of six and a half spirit stones.

This pot of soil is enough for the Wood Spirit Flower to absorb for half a month.

After deducting previous expenses such as banquets, purchasing corpse seeds, etc.

His spirit stone assets have now reached 558 low-grade spirit stones!

Apart from that.

There are also seven Soul-Dispelling Pills and a thin layer of Meditation Liquid.

"It will get better slowly..."

Zhu Yu smiled and secretly set a small goal for himself.

Six months later, acquire a high-quality defensive magic artifact or robe.

He inquired at the shops selling religious artifacts in the market.

The price of a high-grade magic weapon is roughly between 10,000 and 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, and the spirit stones accumulated from teaching for half a year are enough to buy one.

When he enters the demon's lair or the insect's nest, with a high-grade magic weapon by his side and his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, he can easily escape even if he encounters demonic beasts or insect beasts comparable to the late-stage Qi Refining stage.

After some thought, Zhu Yu reached out and took the jade jar from the mirror stand beside him into his palm. Looking at the small amount of emerald green liquid inside, he thought to himself:

"I wonder if Senior Brother Xiang has refined it yet..."

Without much thought, he lifted the jade jar, took a large gulp, swallowed a Soul-Dispersing Pill, and closed his eyes to immerse himself in meditation.

It's not that he doesn't want to switch to better pills for cultivation.

He had previously bought a mid-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill worth thirty spirit stones. Its effects were mild, but it could not neutralize the toxins in the meditation liquid. Its effects were far inferior to those of the combined effects of the Soul Scattering Pill and the meditation liquid.

Not only did it cost a lot of spirit stones, but the effect was also mediocre.

Even a fool knows which option to choose.

The next day.

The outlines of five full moons had just appeared in the sky.

On the narrow path in the underworld, a giant millstone-sized insect, with its six legs moving with incredible speed, carried a handsome young man straight to the main road.

Perhaps it's too early.

The road was nearly deserted, which left Zhu Yu with a slight sense of regret.

Half an hour later.

Zhu Yu arrived at the rented house with Xiao Hei as promised. After exchanging a few words with Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan who were waiting at the door, he went up to the third floor.

……

Time flows like water.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Just like the 20-person classroom, the 30-person classroom went smoothly without any major incidents. The students arrived full of anticipation and left with a wealth of knowledge.

Xiang Sui, who had been auditing the class, could clearly sense that Professor Zhu Yu was handling the thirty students with ease, and gave him a deep look.

He could guess to some extent what Zhu Yu was thinking.

It's simply a matter of worrying that a tall tree will attract the wind!

Xiang Sui really wanted to say that he, as a disciple of a pill refiner, still had some face, but he swallowed the words back.

The two may have a good relationship, but when it comes to their own safety, it's best not to say anything. If something really happens, it could easily turn into a feud…

"Ugh, why is earning spirit stones so hard? 'Learn it,' you just wait and see..."

Zhu Yu, unaware of his thoughts, finished distributing the spirit stones and asked:

"Senior brother, do you still have any of that meditation liquid in stock? I'd like to buy another jar."

"Um?"

Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan were both stunned. The latter looked at him with a ghost-like expression and asked in astonishment, "You drank it all?"

Zhu Yu nodded slightly.

"Hiss..." Liang Kuan gasped, giving a thumbs-up. "Junior brother, you're truly amazing!"

He knew all too well how strong the side effects of the meditation liquid were, and to this day he still had more than a dozen bottles at home that he hadn't dared to take.

Xiang Sui glanced at him sideways, then looked at Zhu Yu, a smile spreading across his face. He nodded emphatically and said:

"have!"

"To be honest, junior brother, I've been pondering this for months, and I've made some progress with the meditation liquid..."