Chapter 621

  As the several dishes on the table were emptied, Lu Hongtian took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth while laughing and said "How is it? The food here doesn't taste bad, right? These ingredients are truly all natural, eating them will absolutely not make you worry about sub-health!"

  Upon hearing his jest, Zuo Xiao Yao couldn't help but recall the scene on the train where Zhang Ting Mei repeatedly emphasized that modern people's unnatural diet led to sub-health symptoms. She also remembered the Zhao surname man trying to persuade them to join a pyramid scheme with all his might. The memory made her chuckle. With such cultivation, if they belonged to the 'sub-healthy' crowd, how could they talk about improving their cultivation? "I'm not worried about this at all! The flavor is really good, the chef here must be famous nationwide if he were in the outside world!"

  Hongtian smiled and nodded, "That's natural, but unfortunately, compared to enjoying fame and wealth in the mundane world, the temptation of longevity and power will be greater. After all, these are what our group of cultivators have been pursuing for life, even if since ancient times, there have been countless people who finally chose to give up and return to the mortal world to live a life of luxury, but overall, more people are willing to stay!"

  "Return to the mortal world? In that case, they possess abilities far beyond those of ordinary people. If their actions are not constrained, won't it be easy for them to disrupt the rules between ordinary people?"

  Zuo Xiaoyao's words implied that these cultivators, who possessed abilities beyond those of ordinary people, might use their powers to do as they pleased and disregard the law in the mortal world. Lu Hongtian sighed and said, "This situation is probably unavoidable, but fortunately, there are specialized organizations within the cultivation world that supervise these individuals. If they go too far or use magic in front of people, they will receive severe punishment. This way, they will also have something to worry about."

  Zuo Xiaoyao nodded "This is still somewhat reasonable, after all it's a kind of constraint. In that case, will the behavior of other cultivators in the mortal world also be supervised?"

  "It's true, we mustn't reveal our identities and abilities as cultivators in front of people, nor can we attack ordinary people without reason, nor interfere with worldly affairs, nor change their fate at will. These are the warnings passed down from ancient times in the cultivation world, and also the unspoken rules among cultivators. If one violates them, not only will they easily incur heavenly punishment, but after being discovered by the organization responsible for supervising such matters, they will also be severely punished. Xiao Yao must remember this later on. If there's really a reason that requires taking action, one must be careful and cautious, and avoid revealing their true nature."

  Although I don't know how many people in the cultivation world will truly and completely follow these rules, thinking about two years ago when she was monitoring her own cultivator or the forces behind him, Zuo Xiaoyao felt that they might also be motivated by this consideration. Moreover, since it's uncertain whether that thing was taken away by Zuo Zhenglong, they didn't take coercive measures against herself and her grandmother who could be used as bait. Instead, through Wang Jia's person, they made probing inquiries in their daily conversations, monitoring them from the side. Privately, they might have even searched for it when her grandmother and she were not paying attention. After all, she and her grandmother had always trusted the four members of the Wang family wholeheartedly, never taking advantage of them without reason or revealing their private matters and inner thoughts to anyone else. They could be said to have been completely open with the Wang family!

  Recalling Wang Zijia's parents' betrayal and her own deceased grandmother, Zuo Xiaoyao couldn't help but feel a sense of indignation and loss in her heart. She lowered her eyelids to conceal the melancholy emotions in her eyes. "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Luo. Xiaoyao will definitely remember it! ...There's still almost a month until the trading conference. What should we do next?"

  "Anyway, since we have nothing better to do, over the next few days, let's first take a good stroll around Zhengning Tai, and then head to Juyuan Tai. The Jiutai Mountain Trade Fair held on Feixian Tai has quite some influence in the Cultivation World, and from time to time, some good stuff will appear. Before that, during this period of time, many cultivators from various places will definitely arrive ahead of schedule, so there will be plenty of small-scale private trading fairs as well. We can go join in the fun too, which would be a great opportunity for Xiao Yao to broaden her horizons!"

  It can be heard that Hong Tian's words with a smile are full of irony, Zuo Xiao Yao smiled and nodded "Then just follow Brother Hong's arrangement, anyway I'm here with two eyes black, don't understand the environmental rules at all, everything is hard on Brother Hong!"

  The two of them ordered four dishes and one soup, which required sixteen pieces of Lingshu coins. As a cultivator in the realm of cultivation who belonged to the absolutely poor class, Zuo Xiaoyao was so poor that he didn't even have half a piece of Lingshu coin on him. The task of paying the bill naturally fell on Luo Hongtian's shoulders.

  All the expenses on this trip were paid by Luo Hongtian, even though Zuo Xiaoyao still had a few hundred yuan in her purse, barely enough to cover her own transportation costs, she didn't insist on splitting the bill anymore, and stopped talking about gender equality.

  It's not because she thinks of herself as a woman that she can unconditionally accept others' financial support, or because this small amount of money is insignificant to the other person, so it doesn't need to be accounted for. Rather, it's because, as the saying goes, "owing many debts is not a worry", and since Ling Xian patiently explained the basics of cultivation to her when they first met on their journey, she already owed him a great favor as the one who brought her into the world of cultivation. If she were to get hung up on these small favors, it would be somewhat pretentious and might even provoke dislike in others. It's better to think about how to repay this great favor in the future.

  Lingyu is the universal currency in the Xianxia world, a special jade that comes in two types. One type is naturally formed and contains abundant spiritual energy elements within, which can be divided into three grades of high, medium, and low based on the amount of spiritual energy contained within. The other type can be called artificial synthetic lingyu, which can be graded according to how much spiritual power the synthesizer can successfully infuse into a blank jade.

  As the spiritual resources became increasingly scarce, natural Lingyu had long been extremely rare in the cultivation world where no new Lingyu mines had been discovered for many years. Fortunately, human ingenuity was boundless, and a method to synthesize artificial Lingyu had already been discovered long ago. When natural Lingyu mines were not yet too precious, a profession called Jade Artisan had emerged among low-ranking cultivators. The blank jade used to synthesize artificial Lingyu was still relatively common today, and it could be reused multiple times at a very low cost.

  In the now-declined Spiritual Realm, Natural Spirit Jade has completely exited its historical stage as a universal currency. Instead, artificially synthesized Spirit Jade has taken its place. The Spirit Jade synthesized by Refining Qi-stage cultivators is mostly of the first grade. When their skills reach a certain level, they can occasionally synthesize a small amount of second-grade Spirit Jade. The Spirit Jade synthesized by Cultivating Liquid-stage cultivators is generally of the second or third grade. As for Building Foundation-stage and above cultivators, the Spirit Jade they synthesize is usually of the third grade or higher. The higher their cultivation level, the more refined and pure their spiritual energy becomes, and naturally, the quality of the synthesized Spirit Jade also increases!

  The exchange rate for synthetic spiritual jade is one to ten, although the technology for synthesizing spiritual jade is not troublesome, and the difference lies in the proficiency of cultivators of different levels during the synthesis process.

  But because this is a profession that consumes a lot of time, the output rate is only around eleven on average, which is not considered a promising career. Therefore, more cultivators who pursue self-cultivation and cherish every minute of time available for cultivation are unwilling to engage in this line of work. Even though spiritual jade is used as a universal currency in the cultivation world, it is also an indispensable consumable for all cultivators, whether in cultivation or daily life.

  Zuo Xiaoyao, who coincidentally became the master of Zi Zun's three treasures, after cultivating to the perfect state of fusion stage, unexpectedly not only failed to discover the significance of Lingyu to true cultivators, but also had never heard or seen it before meeting Luo Hongtian!

  PS: Sorry, something unexpected happened, no coding time in the morning, and Chapter 2 was difficult to produce. To apologize, I will definitely double update for two days starting tomorrow, guaranteeing that I will fulfill my promise!

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