I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Jiang Yuebai was sitting in the hall of the Mountain and Sea Building, when a servant brought hot tea and snacks. Jixiang jumped out of Jiang Yuebai’s sleeve, sniffed around the snacks, and then started munching on the iron tray filled with spiritual energy.

Jiang Yuebai took stock of her trump cards. When she went out to practice back in the day, her master gave her two Jade Pivot Thunder Pearls that she still hadn’t used, along with the Saint Poems Golden Scroll given by the Kong Family, both of which were extremely lethal to Golden Core Cultivators.

Jiang Yuebai took out a small notebook and listed a purchase plan, intending to spend all her spirit stones to acquire cultivation resources and emergency measures.

All kinds of life-saving elixirs were essential, and she wanted only the best. The poisonous miasma for cultivating the Smoke Escape technique also needed to be prepared, as did the materials for carving jade talismans and demon cores...

In the upcoming days, she planned to refine some Primordial Essence on the island and turn all the commonly used magic artifacts she carried into Primordial Spirit Magic Treasures. This was not the time to worry about wastage or cost-effectiveness.

Jiang Yuebai scribbled on and on, filling three full pages, then calculated the spirit stones she had and the sundries she could sell, finally trimming it down to one and a half pages.

After scrutinizing it three times and confirming there were no issues, she handed over both the items for sale and the shopping list to the servant of the Mountain and Sea Building.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the servant returned to Jiang Yuebai with a brand-new storage bag.

When Jiang Yuebai projected her divine sense inside, she frowned immediately. There were a lot more items inside, and all of them were top-grade, in addition to three magic treasures and ten thousand top-grade spirit stones.

"What is the meaning of this?" Jiang Yuebai asked with a stern face.

The servant replied fearfully, "These are the Old Ancestor’s instructions."

In times of crisis, Xie Tianbao considered Xie Jingshan and hoped she would not drag Xie Jingshan down. Jiang Yuebai could understand this, but these things were...

"Take it back and give me what’s on my list, or I’ll go buy from somewhere else."

Jiang Yuebai threw the storage bag back and leaned on her chair, watching Jixiang gnaw at the tray.

The servant hesitated, but the store manager on the side gave him a look, prompting him to quickly go and prepare again.

Bored while waiting, Jiang Yuebai secretly used the white vine that had sprouted from her body to weave a small basket that was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom for Jixiang, and hung it at her waist for easy access.

Once the basket was finished, Jixiang finished eating a tray, and Jiang Yuebai let it enter the bamboo basket to try it out—it was a perfect fit.

The same servant returned to deliver the storage bag, and after Jiang Yuebai checked and found no problems, she calculated the spirit stone payment and left the Mountain and Sea Building.

She found the place where the Heavenly Nine Palace issued bounties, and after disguising herself, went to exchange for bounty rewards, only to find that exchanging heads for souls was not feasible, as they wouldn’t accept it. To avoid causing troubles, Jiang Yuebai exchanged the souls of the two people for a thousand top-grade spirit stones.

The soul contract between the souls and Jixiang had already been erased by True Monarch Lingjun on her behalf, and she had established a new contract with Jixiang herself.

After purchasing their items, Li Shen Zhi and the others were ready to return immediately. Using Xie Jingshan’s injury as an excuse, Jiang Yuebai urged them to leave first, fearing that her bad luck might cause them to encounter those Upper Realm individuals on the way back, unnecessarily involving Li Shen Zhi and the others.

As night fell, Jiang Yuebai rented a room at an inn to rest temporarily. After activating a protection array and alerting Jixiang to be on watch, she took out a gourd containing the poisonous miasma she bought during the day.

Unable to afford the highly toxic ones, she could only think of ways on the side of the less conventional ones.

The one in her hand was called ’Laughing Spring Breeze.’ Though it had an elegant name, its effect was simple: it caused the target to itch and laugh uncontrollably, the more they laughed, the itchier they got, and the itchier they got, the harder it was to focus, causing some interference with their divine sense.

Moreover, its toxicity was weak, lacking a specific antidote, and laughter wouldn’t be deadly; the toxic effect would naturally dissipate after laughing for half an hour.

Jiang Yuebai opened the gourd stopper and inhaled a bit, immediately finding it hard to suppress ’puff puff puff’ laughter, feeling her nose begin to itch and sting slightly painfully.

As the toxicity penetrated further, she bit her lips tightly, still feeling a surge of air in her throat desperate to escape in laughter.

"Hahaha, can’t take it, this force is quite strong, puff puff." Jiang Yuebai hurriedly circulated the spiritual energy from her Wood Dao Platform throughout her body, swiftly dispelling the itching sensation.

Imagining others poisoned by the miasma, chasing her while laughing hysterically, she couldn’t help but smile.

"In the next few days, I’ll first get the ’Smoke Escape’ technique to entry level, then carve some top-grade Divine Concealment Talismans and Turtle Breath Talismans. The Continuous Pearl Talisman I’ve studied for so long can be improved into a more powerful Continuous Pearl Jade Talisman."

"I’ll also need to roll a pouchful of Five Elements Thunder Pearl, refine Primordial Essence, create Primordial Spirit Magic Artifacts, and quickly learn the third Killing Song from the ’Green Lotus Melody.’ Xie Jingshan mentioned that the early-stage Golden Core man carries a jade flute, be careful in case he practices Sound Cultivation."

Sound waves are invisible and penetrate everywhere, making them difficult to deal with, which is why she chose this Laughing Spring Breeze poison miasma.

Jixiang came over, stood on its hind legs, and clasped its front paws together, continually bowing towards Jiang Yuebai.

With a smile, Jiang Yuebai rewarded it with a wisp of golden spiritual energy.

The person and the mouse buried their heads in cultivation.

*

The backyard of the Mountain and Sea Building.

Xie Jingshan did not allow Luo Tingzong to support him and bowed respectfully to Xie Tianbao.

"I’m sorry, Grandfather. I was reckless before."

Seated in his portable rocking chair, Xie Tianbao gave a faint mm-hmm.

"Realizing it now is not too late. If your father had your talent, he would have already caught up to my level of cultivation. Ling Guanghan is quite skilled in Sword Dao; you can continue to learn from him. I will also find another Sword Dao expert to guide you."

Xie Tianbao waved a palm fan, prompting Luo Tingzong to open a wooden box, revealing nine fiery sword pills.

"These are currently the best fire-element sword pills in the Earth Spiritual Realm, prepared by the Old Ancestor since you expressed your desire to cultivate Sword Dao at the age of six."

Xie Jingshan’s nose tingled with emotion, and regret flooded his heart. As a child, he had been mocked by those noble family disciples for being good for nothing but wealth. Fueled by resentment, he didn’t want to rely on his family and wanted to prove himself through his own abilities.

Having wandered down a bumbling path for years, this time he even worried his grandfather, causing instability in his grandfather’s state of mind, and delaying his Transformation into Divinity.

Xie Tianbao said no more, only advising, "Recover well, and when you are healed, I will take you to the Sword Washing Pool in the Suchen Domain. Remember the helplessness of that day, and wash out a Supreme Sword Bone before you come out. Focus on your cultivation and don’t concern yourself with anything else you don’t need to. Speak up if you need anything."

Xie Jingshan nodded, yet worriedly asked, "When are you planning your transformation into Divinity, Grandfather?"

Xie Tianbao replied slowly, "I consulted the Supreme Elder of your Heavenly Interence Sect with a prophecy; she said my path to Divinity Transformation has many hardships, along with a calamity to overcome, so there is no rush."

Luo Tingzong gave a secret glance at Xie Jingshan, conscious that the prophecy mentioned the calamity centered around Xie Jingshan; he had thought it was the recent incident, but perhaps it wasn’t.

Seeing Xie Jingshan still standing by his side, Xie Tianbao snapped, "If there’s nothing else, hurry back and heal your wounds."

Xie Jingshan said, "Grandfather, I want to ask you to refine something for me."

Xie Tianbao sat up, "For that Jiang Yuebai?"

Xie Jingshan did not deny it, "She’s my close friend, and I know her personality well. She absolutely wouldn’t cause me any trouble, yet I cannot truly stand by doing nothing, just watching her get into danger."

Luo Tingzong thought to mention that the life-saving items sent to Jiang Yuebai earlier were rejected by her.

Xie Tianbao looked his way, so Luo Tingzong had to swallow the words.

"Alright, tell me what to refine. All of you are my debts; as long as you all do well, I am fine with anything."