Seeking Immortality In The Cultivation World

Soon...

After Lin Xiu finished his second round, he couldn't wait to try to access the panel.

Sure enough, it appeared!

[You and your wife cultivate together once: Gain 3 flexible experience points, accumulate points: 3]

[Your wife's favorability fluctuation: currently 51]

[Emotional bonus: 0]

[Talisman Master: First-grade inferior, +1234/1000+ (upgradeable)]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining stage, third level, +908/10000]

Resting his chin on his hand, he thought for a moment.

Looking at his sleeping wife beside him, he quietly got out of bed and walked into the talisman-making workshop.

Almost as soon as he closed the door, Lin Xiu jumped up and regretted it.

He had always thought of himself as a side character among transmigrators, not even given a Goldfinger, just casually sent off...

It turns out that he just didn't open it correctly!

If he had known back in the family, he would have accepted the marriage proposal from that girl who had a good impression of him!

What the hell is "maintaining yang energy can increase the success rate of Foundation Building by 30%"?

It's really harmful!

He wouldn't have to be sold by the family to this ghost place and suffer from fire poison and danger.

But these thoughts only flashed through his mind.

The past is gone, and it's useless to think too much.

He focused his attention on this system.

It is clear that this seems to be a couple-based system.

The emotions with the partner can have a multiplier effect. The higher the emotions, the higher the multiplier, and vice versa.

Otherwise, after the second cultivation, Li Yingxue's favorability wouldn't have directly dropped to just over 50. It must have been because he was too strong for her to handle.

Unlike the web novels he remembered, this system is extremely rudimentary!

Not only is there no "ding" sound prompt, there is no system name, and the type needs to be guessed.

There is also no cute system spirit to accompany, only experience points are gained, and there is no reward mechanism like items. It's like a poor version.

"It turns out I'm still just a side character among transmigrators!"

But even if he's a side character, this is still a cheat Goldfinger, and he is extremely happy.

Foundation Building is within reach!

The talisman master column shows that it can be upgraded, so he decisively clicked on the upgrade button.

In an instant, his whole body was filled with brilliance, countless experiences of talisman-making flooded his brain, the materials for drawing talismans, the techniques, variations, and even how to achieve unity of spirit ink and brush...

His head started to ache a little, but he could bear it.

After a while,

The insights of a qualified first-grade middle-tier talisman master formed in his mind as if he had realized them himself, stable...

Finally, they transformed into his own abilities.

He immediately took out the ten middle-grade talisman papers and other materials he bought last month and gently placed them on the talisman case.

Closing his eyes and focusing, he repeatedly comprehended these experiences several times, then picked up the brush and started drawing.

First-grade middle-tier talismans are more time-consuming than inferior ones, with more complex patterns, brush strokes, and the rhythm of breathing being essential factors.

Until the sky started to brighten, the refining was completed, and he actually succeeded in making three first-grade middle-tier spirit shield talismans, which are one level higher than body protection talismans.

This also made him extremely excited.

When he first started as a talisman master, he couldn't even achieve a success rate of 10%, but this time, he directly reached 30%!

"With the continuous increase in experience, the success rate will become higher and higher!"

Putting down the brush and stretching his body, he then walked into the bedroom.

Li Yingxue was still curled up in bed, looking exhausted.

[Your wife's favorability fluctuation is currently 50]

Well, it dropped by 1 again.

"Husband, I'm feeling unwell and can't get up to fetch water and cook for you. Please understand."

Seeing disappointment and fear in her eyes, Lin Xiu felt guilty.

To confirm the authenticity of this system, he pressed the bed board again. He had indeed neglected his newlywed wife.

He rubbed her head,

"I was wrong last night, I ignored your feelings, I'm sorry! Xue'er, rest well, I'll cook today."

Li Yingxue didn't dare to avoid his hand, but her eyes softened.

[Your wife's favorability fluctuation is currently 61]

"Hmm?"

Is it so easy to move this little girl?

If she encountered a sweet-talking and deceitful emotional scammer, wouldn't she be easily manipulated?

"What an innocent child!"

Cooking is a necessary skill for them low-level independent cultivators.

Lin Xiu didn't take long to come back to the bedroom with a tray.

A bowl of crystal-clear spirit rice porridge, accompanied by a plate of pickled spirit vegetables, deliciously sour and sweet.

Knowing that women would be in pain after their first time, although Li Yingxue is a martial artist at the Martial Master realm, he still didn't let her get out of bed. He fed her spoonful by spoonful.

"Husband!"

Li Yingxue, with tears in her eyes, finished the meal and hugged Lin Xiu's arm.

"Xue'er didn't marry the wrong person!"

Lin Xiu patted her head,

"Husband and wife share the same fate. As long as you don't let me down, I will never let you down!"

Swish!

[Your wife's favorability fluctuation is currently 73]

[Experience bonus: 2]

Lin Xiu closed the panel with a smile.

There is some resentment in his heart towards this setup, which makes him feel that his feelings for his wife are clearly utilitarian.

But this is imposed by the system, and he has no choice.

Although he only refined three intermediate talismans last night, the consumption of accumulated spiritual energy and spiritual consciousness in his body was not small, and the fire poison in his body began to stir again.

He used to not dare to think about Foundation Building, nor did he care about the Dan Pool and Sea of Consciousness after Foundation Building.

Now he has hope again, and he has a wife. He doesn't want to continue to sink.

He got up and stretched his old waist,

"Xue'er, I'm going to the market today. The materials for making talismans are running out, and I also need to sell the talismans in my hand. Try not to go out at home!"

Li Yingxue got up and helped him put on his clothes,

"Be careful, safety first."

Making talismans is the only source of income for this new family. The spiritual stones earned not only have to support the family, but also assist her husband in suppressing the poison in his body. She understands this very well.

Lin Xiu checked his storage bag, kissed his wife's forehead, and then pushed the door open.

After going out, he didn't go far before stopping and swaying. The neighbors who came and went also kept teasing him.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, congratulations on your marriage!"

"Fellow Daoist Lin looks good!"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, take care of yourself in the future!"

...

Lin Xiu smiled and returned the greetings one by one, but his feet remained still.

Soon, two people came towards him, one was a young Qi Refining stage three cultivator, and the other was an ordinary person about sixty years old.

When these two people saw Lin Xiu, they also made some jokes, but they didn't continue walking. The three of them tacitly looked at the sky and the scenery together.

"Senior Song, you have been trying to capture a spirit beast for five years, but still haven't caught one?"

Lin Xiu found something to talk about with the old mortal.

"Ah, but it's so difficult to find a spirit beast that can communicate with my sword!"

The old man touched the green sword on his back with a regretful expression.

This person's parents were among the first group of Independent Cultivators who entered the Thousand Despair Mountains for development a hundred years ago. After realizing that Foundation Building was hopeless, they chose to place their hopes on the next generation.

But things didn't go as planned. With a wife and thirteen concubines, they only gave birth to one child.

And he doesn't have spiritual roots!

Fortunately, with parents who had a good foundation, his martial talent was not bad. After switching to martial arts, he became a genius and achieved Innate before the age of sixty. In terms of fighting, he could easily crush the early Qi Refining stage and dominate the mid Qi Refining stage. He was a fierce warrior who could team up with late Qi Refining stage cultivators to kill monsters.

He was the fighting power of their residence!

But in this entire Qian Jue Peak area, they were still at the bottom.

Who made this place a Purple Cloud Sect market where Qi Refining stage cultivators were like ants and Foundation Building stage cultivators could only barely protect themselves?

Lin Xiu immediately comforted the young man.

In fact, the "Treasure Pavilion" in the market occasionally sells spirit beast souls, but the jaw-dropping prices discourage the low-level poor cultivators.

So, they can only catch them themselves.

At this time, they met two Qi Refining stage cultivators, one at the third level and the other at the fourth level. Everyone then walked together towards the center of the market in the distance.

The underground of the entire Plains of Nostalgia was set up with a forbidden airspace array. Although Lin Xiu and the others had flying swords, they could only obediently walk there.

As soon as he arrived at the market, the crowd scattered like birds and beasts.

Lin Xiu clenched the storage bag around his waist and headed straight for the Qian family's old shop.

They were his regular customers, offering slightly higher prices for talismans compared to other shops.

As soon as he entered, he said to the shop assistant behind the counter, "Hello, Zhang Fellow Daoist, I've come to sell talismans."

Then, he took out a stack and placed it on the counter.

The shop assistant quickly checked them and suddenly looked up, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, on advancing to a middle-grade talisman master. Please take care of our shop in the future!"

He had already seen the three middle-grade "Spirit Shield Talismans."

Cultivators have excellent memory, so the shop assistant naturally remembered that Lin Xiu had purchased ten middle-grade talisman materials a month ago.

"It was just a lucky breakthrough yesterday, nothing worth mentioning. Let's settle the bill!"

"A total of seventy first-grade low-grade body protection talismans, at the old price of five low-grade spirit stones per piece. As for these three middle-grade ones, to congratulate Fellow Daoist on your promotion, we'll go with the market price of six low-grade spirit stones per piece!"

Normally, as a terminal merchant, the Qian family's old shop would buy at a price of five spirit stones.

He gained three extra spirit stones out of thin air.

Although he knew this was a way for the shop to win people over, his perception of the Qian family's old shop immediately increased significantly.

The shop assistant pushed thirty-two low-grade spirit stones onto the counter.

"Are you buying low-grade materials or middle-grade ones this time?"

"Of course, middle-grade!"

Lin Xiu didn't collect the spirit stones, but instead took out sixty-eight low-grade spirit stones and placed them on the counter.

"One hundred sets!"

Middle-grade talisman materials, including talisman paper and spirit ink, were packaged together and cost one spirit stone per set. So these one hundred sets were already worth one middle-grade spirit stone.

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that if it weren't for the eighty-plus spirit stones he received as a betrothal gift, he wouldn't even be able to afford these one hundred sets of materials.

"Thank you for your patronage, please come again!"

With the shop assistant's polite voice, Lin Xiu walked out onto the street, bought some ingredients and supplies, and also bought a jade bracelet worth three spirit stones for Li Yingxue.

During the betrothal, his wife didn't have a decent piece of jewelry, so he had to show some consideration.

The reason he chose the profession of a talisman master was because it wasn't too expensive to cultivate in this field!

Alchemists, artifact craftsmen, talisman masters, and formation masters were the four recognized auxiliary professions in the cultivation world.

The first two were known for being money pits, bottomless pits.

The first-grade ones were still manageable, and some well-off independent cultivators could refine them.

But when it came to the second-grade, even the lower-grade ones, some small clans couldn't afford to keep one.

Like the family he came from.

Formation masters were similar to talisman masters, not too expensive to advance in cultivation.

But because formation masters were the foundation of all the various arts of cultivation, and which formation master wasn't a chosen one, a genius?

They were the objects fought over by major sects!

Since coming to this world, he hadn't seen a single formation master, which showed how rare they were.

The miserable life of a talisman master!