A spendthrift? Envy and jealousy!

At the same time, in a quiet room.

Lu Yun sat cross-legged, calming his mind.

He heard that the clan chief's wife had come to visit, but all he could do for the moment was to cultivate his spiritual practice.

Visualize the illusory flame between your eyebrows.

The Peiyuan Pill felt like falling into a fire when it entered my stomach.

Instant catalysis.

The medicinal power swept through his entire body, the true magic circulated throughout his body, and spiritual energy was continuously refined.

"More than thirty strands of true energy were added in just one week?"

Lu Yun was pleasantly surprised.

The unpleasantness was forgotten.

Two hours passed as he repeatedly practiced the Qigong circulation.

"Three more streams have been added, but only a small portion of the medicinal effect has been absorbed!"

He had taken the Qi-Nourishing Pill once before, when he was advancing from the first level of Qi cultivation to the second level.

Purple Heart City has no spiritual veins; breaking through realms can only be done through elixirs.

I didn't cultivate that many streams of true energy back then.

Right now, Lu Yun doesn't understand any principles.

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All they knew was that the pills they ingested were used to their fullest potential.

By dawn, the effects of the medicine had completely worn off.

The amount of true qi in his dantian increased dramatically from fifteen to thirty.

This is a big step forward in meeting the requirements of the third level of Qi Refining with a hundred strands of true Qi.

"One Qi-Nourishing Pill increased the total amount of true qi by fifteen strands."

Lu Yun silently pondered, drawing on his previous experience refining spirit rice.

"The increase in true qi from a Qi-Nourishing Pill bought with one spirit stone is not as good as buying a hundred catties of spirit rice?"

He was somewhat surprised.

Six ounces of spiritual rice produced thirty-three strands of true energy.

If you calculate based on 100 jin of Lingmi (a type of rice), the stock price could rise by nearly 50 shares

But you have to take it for a month, while the Peiyuan Pill only takes one night.

"You can't just look at the amount of spiritual energy."

Lu Yun suddenly realized, "Time is the most valuable resource."

Unless you eat a mouthful of spirit rice and digest it immediately, pills are better.

"The Spirit Gathering Pill and the Yuan Gathering Pill are faster, but they are too expensive."

Once he understood this, he stopped worrying about it.

I went back to my bedroom and wrapped myself up like a cicada pupa.

I fall asleep the moment my head hits the pillow.

My cultivation level is still too low; cultivation cannot completely replace sleep.

I woke up around noon.

Rubbing his face, Lu Yun pushed open the door and went out.

Uncle Shen and his aunt were seeing off an elder of the clan who looked unwell.

Upon seeing Lu Yun, the elder snorted coldly.

"spendthrift."

Lu Yun: "???"

He cursed people without even using the spirit stones.

He didn't know how many people had asked for money, but Uncle Shen and his aunt had always helped him avoid them.

Although his aunt's words were harsh, she always sided with him.

"Don't go out for the next few days, it's too stressful."

After seeing the clan elder off, Uncle Shen patted him on the shoulder.

"What's wrong, Uncle Shen?"

Lu Yun knew that receiving one hundred spirit stones would make others envious.

But judging from Uncle Shen's words, it's not just that.

"Nothing much, except that your reputation as a spendthrift has spread throughout the entire clan."

The aunt rubbed her slightly swollen eyes, but a gloating smile was on her face. "If she goes out, people will probably gossip about her behind her back."

Lu Yun understood.

Uncle Shen bought sixty spirit stones worth of pills, but told others he spent seventy.

All for the sake of advancing to the third level of Qi Refining in ten days.

What else would others call him but a spendthrift?

He could already imagine what the gossipy women in the clan would say.

"What a spendthrift! It would have taken a dozen spirit stones over three years to reach the third level, but he insists on spending seventy spirit stones in ten days to break through."

"What's wrong? Trying to rush to Foundation Establishment so quickly?"

"So what if you've entered the Immortal Hall? You couldn't earn this much in ten years!"

That really hits home.

Lu Yun looked at his gloating aunt and smiled.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I can handle this criticism. I'm still waiting to go to the Immortal Hall to protect Shen He."

Upon hearing Shen He's name, Ye Fen's expression stiffened.

Thinking to myself: Oh no, I can't keep up once we get to the Immortal Hall, that little brat, that spendthrift...

In fact, Lu Yun has a good temperament and appearance.

She didn't know why, but she just couldn't stand his expressionless face.

The main reason is that Lu Yun has no family behind him, and it's too hard for a rogue cultivator.

He also had karmic ties with a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

She felt sorry for Lu Yun, but she also understood that he was by no means a good match for her daughter.

Seeing his aunt's expression change from gloating to seriousness, Lu Yun was extremely satisfied.

"After I earn some spirit stones in the market, I'll bring you and Uncle over."

"Oh my, I can't wait!"

My aunt stood with her hands on her hips, looking incredulous. "I'll be grateful if I can support myself in the future."

Lu Yun smiled and stopped arguing.

He is not the same person he was yesterday.

When he grows up—I'm actually looking forward to seeing my aunt's expression then.

He wandered around the yard, and then more members of the Shen family came to visit.

Shen Tingzhang pushed Lu Yun back into the room and went to deal with the situation with his aunt.

In the afternoon, Lu Yun refined another Qi-Nourishing Pill.

The true qi reached forty-five strands.

But listening to the occasional noises coming from inside the courtyard, I couldn't calm my mind.

"After I leave, Uncle Shen's family's situation in the clan will probably not be good."

He remembered a post he had seen in his previous life.

The worst thing to do after suddenly becoming rich is to flaunt it.

If I really can't keep a low profile, I'll have to move and change my phone number immediately.

The same principle applies to his one hundred spirit stones.

Lending out spirit stones is useless; how many should be lent out to make everyone feel indebted?

"My father left behind thirteen spirit stones, plus the forty he had left yesterday, and thirty for Uncle Shen before he left."

Lu Yun silently pondered, then thought of Uncle Shen's white hair.

He used a code to call Shen He over.

"Go and buy 500 catties of spirit rice and 50 catties of demon beast meat."

He casually handed over the storage bag.

"Why buy so much?"

Shen He's heart was trembling.

"I have ten days left. I must advance to the third level of Qi Refining. I need to supplement my diet with medicine."

Lu Yun made up a reason on the spot.

Knowing that he couldn't go out, Shen He hid the storage bag in her arms and carefully went out.

"Brother Yun trusts me so much to be in charge of so many spirit stones."

As she thought about it, her eyes narrowed into slits. "Brother Yun doesn't know how to manage money. He spends spirit stones lavishly. I'll have to help him a lot in the future."

She didn't buy that many.

I will only buy 100 catties of spirit rice and 10 catties of spirit beast meat.

He spent two spirit stones and returned the remaining eight to Lu Yun.

Back home, Shen He began to act like a mother, starting to ramble on and on.

"Brother Yun, that's not how you spend money..."

Lu Yun sighed.

No wonder he's his aunt's biological son.

He took out the spirit stone, put the spirit rice and spirit beast meat into the kitchen, and also put in two Qi-Nourishing Pills.

Then he tossed the storage bag to Shen He.

"This is for you."

"real?"

The surprise came so suddenly that Shen He immediately stopped rambling.

"Of course, wasn't our biggest dream when we were kids to have a storage bag?"

Lu Yun recalled the past.

He started eating only spirit rice at the age of ten. If he was found to be hiding ordinary food or candied fruit, he would get a beating.

At that time, Shen He's biggest wish was to have a storage bag filled with snacks.

That way, the mother won't find out.

"When we were little, Yi-ge and I made a promise that when we grew up, we would each give you one, one filled with candied fruit and the other filled with braised pork."

He smiled and ruffled Shen He's hair.

"Thank you, Brother Yun."

Shen He accepted it without hesitation, beaming with joy.

I heard that the betrothal gift for a rogue cultivator to marry a Daoist partner is a storage bag, which can be considered as a token of love from Brother Yun.

She peeked around, looking left and right.

Once she couldn't see her mother, she tiptoed towards her...

boom.

The kitchen door was pushed open.

Ye Fen's soft voice came from behind: "What are you doing in the kitchen?"

I hate it.

Shen He's courage vanished instantly, and she stammered, "Brother Yun asked me to buy monster meat and spirit rice."

Then, like a startled deer, it fled back to its room.

Ye Fen glanced at the monster meat on the table, snorted coldly, and began to ramble on again.

"You spendthrift! You really don't know how to manage money. One spirit stone is only worth ten catties of demon beast meat. It's not as good as spirit rice, even though it tastes delicious."

Lu Yun was too lazy to listen and returned to his quiet room to continue refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill.

Ye Fen put away the monster meat and spirit rice, then thought of the storage bag in her daughter's arms.

sigh.

Thinking to myself: at least he has a conscience.

……

For dinner, my aunt cooked a spiritual meal with three catties of spirit beast meat, and the whole family gathered together for dinner for the first time ever.

Shen He ate so much that she almost swallowed her tongue.

"Auntie's cooking is really good!" Lu Yun also gave a thumbs up repeatedly.

They ate until their bellies were round and full.

"Of course," Ye Fen said proudly.

Lingmi (a type of rice) actually tastes very good; it has a natural sweetness and is much tastier than ordinary rice.

No matter how delicious it is, you can't stand eating it for ten years.

Last time, Lu Yun thought that eating raw spirit rice was better than eating it cooked.

"You should try some too." Shen He placed a piece of food on Ye Fen's plate.

"I don't want to eat that; I'd rather have braised pork."

Ye Fen handed the meat to Shen Tingzhang and then ate the other ordinary dishes on her own.

A clansman passed by outside the courtyard and smelled the aroma of monster meat.

While feeling envious and jealous, I couldn't help but scold them for being such a spendthrift.

Purple Heart City has no spiritual veins, so even spiritual rice cannot be grown, let alone demonic beasts.

Everyone is struggling to make ends meet by relying solely on refining minerals to earn spiritual resources, and few are willing to eat monster meat.

Shen Tingzhang told Ye Fen not to try to hide the smell of the stewed meat.

I stew meat every night, openly and honestly.