First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 234: Two Sword Techniques

"I knew Money Manager Qian is a smart person!"

Shen Mo laughed heartily, picked up the teacup, and toasted Money Manager Qian with tea instead of wine.

After drinking, Money Manager Qian returned to his previous amiable appearance and asked, "Master Mo, should we have a written contract?"

"Are you in a hurry to die, Money Manager Qian?"

Shen Mo glanced at him with a calm expression.

"Once it's written down, there will be a risk of being discovered."

"If your senior relative finds out, how much longer do you think you can live?"

"We can keep our agreement in our hearts! If, after half a year, I can't withstand the pressure from Elder Qian..."

"You can sell your assets and pretend nothing happened."

Upon hearing this, Money Manager Qian nodded and no longer mentioned the contract.

...

Coming out of the Treasure Pill Pavilion, Shen Mo was in a great mood.

He had long wanted to acquire some industries in Jiyun Town to provide him with cultivation resources.

But on one hand, he consumed spirit stones very quickly and it was difficult for him to save enough to buy a shop.

On the other hand, he had come into a windfall and was financially comfortable.

He also couldn't find a suitable candidate to manage the industries and earn profits for him.

The interests in Jiyun Town were complex, and if he rashly bought a shop with enthusiasm, he would most likely lose his investment.

Money Manager Qian, on the other hand, was experienced and shrewd.

Being able to thrive in Jiyun Town and accumulate such wealth showed that he had real abilities.

Shen Mo was willing to get involved in this mess precisely because he recognized Money Manager Qian's talent!

In the future, when the new shop opened, the profits should be no less than those of the Treasure Pill Pavilion.

The four shops would yield a total profit of over 40,000 medium-grade spirit stones each year.

Among them, Shen Mo would take 60%, which was over 240 medium-grade spirit stones, a considerable income.

Even if he practiced the "Warrior's Training" every day, it could still support him for more than half a year!

The next challenge was to earn enough spirit stones to buy the shops and improve his strength to deal with the Qian Clan and Elder Qian from the Sunrise Peak.

"Three heads, six arms, transform for me!" Shen Mo moved through the crowd, silently reciting the mantra.

In an instant, his spiritual aura underwent another change.

Then, he entered Baoping Lane and set up a stall for selling elixirs in an empty space!

Inside his Qiankun Bag, there was a batch of ordinary and high-quality elixirs that needed to be sold.

Thanks to choosing the right elixirs, by sunset, this batch of elixirs had already been sold out.

He sold over 40 medium-grade spirit stones in total!

After paying the commission to the town's guardian, Shen Mo left Jiyun Town and flew towards the mountain gate of the Linjiang Sect, 40 miles away, on his flying sword.

Perhaps it was due to the invasion of the Heavenly Demons and the strengthened management of the Immortal Pavilion.

Or perhaps it was because Shen Mo had changed his spiritual aura with the "Three Heads, Six Arms True Immortal Technique".

This time, he didn't encounter any strong opponents or bandits on the way!

For a moment, Shen Mo felt somewhat uncomfortable.

After returning to the sect, Shen Mo went straight to the Immortal Arts Tower.

"I've seen the Elder in charge of the tower. I'm Shen Mo, and I want to purchase a low-grade spiritual-level sword technique!"

Upon entering the tower, Shen Mo respectfully greeted the old man in the green robe who guarded the Immortal Arts Tower.

"Hmm? Do you have enough sect contribution points and spirit stones?"

The elder in charge of the tower looked Shen Mo up and down, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.

Although there were inner disciples who came to buy spiritual-level martial arts, most of them were at the peak of Qi Gathering and had been immersed in this realm for a long time.

With years, even decades, of accumulation, enough merit points and spirit stones have been saved up.

Someone as young as Shen Mo, with only mid-stage Qi Gathering cultivation, coming to purchase a spiritual-grade martial art, is a rare occurrence in decades.

You see, cultivators in the Qi Gathering stage can live up to two hundred years.

Even among inner disciples, the difference in wealth accumulation is vast!

Not to mention those with stronger cultivation, who can complete sect missions with more abundant rewards.

Just in terms of time, there can be a significant gap!

Assuming two inner disciples, one young and one older, accumulate the same amount each year,

both earning ten merit points and five middle-grade spirit stones.

After ten years, the young disciple can only accumulate one hundred merit points and fifty middle-grade spirit stones,

while the older disciple, after one hundred years, can accumulate one thousand merit points and five hundred middle-grade spirit stones.

And the actual situation is even more extreme!

"Thanks to the blessings of the sect, I have saved enough."

Saying this, Shen Mo handed over his identity jade pendant.

And from his storage bag, he took out three hundred middle-grade spirit stones.

"Thank you!"

The elder in charge of the treasury took the jade pendant and examined it.

Then he used his divine sense to count the spirit stones, his face filled with even more astonishment.

After a moment of silence, he spoke, "The Immortal Technique Tower only has two lower-grade spiritual martial arts!"

"One is the 'Myriad Manifestations Sword Manual,' and the other is the 'Sword Technique of the Fairy Maiden.'"

"Which sword technique do you want to practice?"

Unlike the previous process of selecting martial arts,

this time, the elder in charge of the treasury did not ask Shen Mo to go upstairs and choose the martial art jade slip himself.

The reason is simple.

There are not many spiritual-grade martial arts in the Immortal Technique Tower.

There is no room for picking and choosing!

In addition, Shen Mo is not here to claim a sect reward, but to use spirit stones to select a martial art!

As one of the five major immortal sects, the Linyang Sect cannot accept disciples' spirit stones and only provide one opportunity to obtain a martial art, right?

Shen Mo did not make a decision based solely on the name of the sword technique.

Instead, he earnestly consulted the elder in charge of the treasury about the characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of these two sword techniques.

"The 'Myriad Manifestations Sword Manual' embodies the meaning of Myriad Manifestations! All kinds of scenes and things in the world, anything you can think of, can be transformed into a sharp sword technique."

"If you have the ability, you can also incorporate your own created sword technique into this manual!"

"However, this is extremely difficult."

"After all, it has been evolving and adding for thousands of years. The 'Myriad Manifestations Sword Manual' can be said to include everything."

Shen Mo's heart stirred.

In that case, sunsets and sunrises, birds flying and beasts walking, flowers blooming and withering, tides and waterfalls...

Even floods, falling stars, landslides, earthquakes, and demonic invasions can all be turned into deadly moves?

In this way, it is not unworthy of the name "Myriad Manifestations"!

"What about the 'Sword Technique of the Fairy Maiden'? What are its characteristics?"

Although the name sounds like a sword technique for female cultivators,

every spiritual-grade martial art contains the swordsmanship wisdom of predecessors and should not be underestimated.

How could Shen Mo simply abandon it just because he didn't like the name of the sword technique?

The elder in charge of the treasury nodded slightly and patiently said, "The 'Sword Technique of the Fairy Maiden' was created by a legendary female sword immortal in our sect eight hundred years ago!"

"This sword technique is ethereal and mysterious. In the blink of an eye, it can take the enemy's head."

"Even stronger cultivators often feel caught off guard when facing this sword technique."

"Before they can even use their magic weapons, they have already been beheaded!"

Shen Mo listened.

He felt that the 'Sword Technique of the Fairy Maiden' seemed more like an assassin's sword technique.

It's not that the intention behind it is bad, or that its power is weak!

It's just that it doesn't quite match his 'Carefree' sword intent and temperament.

He is more skilled at using magnificent sword might to destroy obstacles on the immortal path.

Rather than using some strange and mysterious sword techniques.

Relying on this to win against the strong!

(End of this chapter)