263: Chapter 262 Tonight, Disciple Doesn't Want to Look at the Account Books

"Although Third Senior Sister has poisoned many people in the Southern Yu, I have secured ninety percent of the source market for poisonous herbs and Spirit Medicine."

"Now, those Gu cultivators and poison cultivators in the Southern Yu who want to refine high-grade poisons must look to our Nine Provinces Bank for approval."

"Without my nod, they can't even buy a single ten-year-old Heartbreak Grass."

She then pointed her teaching pointer toward the Western Desert.

"The Western Desert is barren, but the underground mineral veins are rich."

"Previously, when Second Senior Sister and Revered Master shattered the world barrier there, I seized that opportunity to take over nearly seventy percent of the mining rights for the twelve Sects of the Western Desert under the guise of post-disaster reconstruction."

Finally, her teaching pointer landed on the North Sea.

"As for the North Sea, that is our own private territory."

"The Black Sea Market is nominally owned by those old monsters, but in reality, everything from the airship routes to the maintenance of the Teleportation Formation, and even the Top-Grade Spirit Stone they use for their daily Cultivate, flows from me."

Gu Qiuyue put down the teaching pointer and turned around, her golden eyes flashing with a near-manic confidence and arrogance.

"Revered Master."

"As long as I am willing, I can make the prices in the entire cultivation world increase tenfold within three days; I can also cause those high-and-mighty top Sects to fall apart within a month because they cannot pay their Disciple stipends."

"I don't have First Senior Sister's Imperial Dao Dragon Qi that commands the world, nor Second Senior Sister's brute force that breaks all Law with one sword, nor Third Senior Sister's invisible poison arts, nor Fourth Senior Sister's Bloodline that devours heaven and earth, nor the seemingly unsolvable Law of Fifth Senior Sister and Seventh Junior Sister."

She walked slowly in front of Su Lin, looked up, and her eyes revealed a heartbreaking stubbornness.

"But I have money."

"To earn these Spirit Stone, I have been looking at ledgers every night, and I haven't had a good night's sleep for a very, very long time."

"Tonight, I don't want to look at the ledgers."

"I want to... look at Revered Master."

"Shh."

Gu Qiuyue extended a finger adorned with gold foil armor and pressed it gently against Su Lin's lips.

"Revered Master, a moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold."

"I spent ten million Top-Grade Spirit Stone to buy tonight. If it's wasted, this merchant will die of heartache."

After speaking, she didn't give Su Lin a chance to retort, directly wrapping her arms around his neck. A gentle Mahayana Stage spiritual force lifted them both, and they landed lightly on the huge bed made from the spine of an ancient Dragon.

The ten-thousand-year ice silkworm silk quilt was incredibly soft, completely isolating all light and sound from the outside world, leaving only a hazy and luxurious subtle fragrance.

The next morning.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A deafening pounding on the door startled Su Lin and Gu Qiuyue from their deep sleep.

"Gu Sixth! Get out here!!"

Su Hongling's iconic loud voice came from outside the door, accompanied by the rumbling sound of a great sword smashing onto the Nine Heavens Warming Jade floor.

"It's already dawn! The time limit for the ten million Spirit Stone has passed! Hurry up and hand over the Old Man! It's my turn today!"

Immediately following was Luo Ximei's sarcastic voice: "Sixth Junior Sister, eating alone will lead to divine retribution. The Spirit Stone you spent yesterday only bought the nighttime; it's daytime now. If you don't open the door, this Venerable One will burn it down with Demonic Fire."

Chu Weiwei's voice was even more sinister: "My venom has already flowed in through the door cracks. Sixth Junior Sister, if you don't hand over Revered Master unharmed, I will turn this golden room of yours into a gas chamber."

Although Cold Moon didn't speak, the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi belonging to the Empress outside the door had already begun to frantically crash against the space Restriction.

On the bed.

Su Lin rubbed his aching brows, looked at Gu Qiuyue, who was still lazily stretching in his arms, and sighed helplessly.

"Listen, the debt collectors are here."

Gu Qiuyue was not only not panicked, but instead, like a well-fed Persian cat, she rubbed against Su Lin's chest, a smile of certain victory curling at the corner of her lips.

"Don't be afraid, Revered Master. I'm here."

She slowly climbed out of bed and casually threw on a silk robe embroidered with gold thread, her exquisite figure appearing even more alluring in the morning light.

She walked to the dressing table, simply combed her long hair with a calming wood comb, and then took a deep breath, the coquettish charm of a little woman on her face instantly receding.

"Revered Master, just rest on the bed. I'll go deal with these poor wretches."

After speaking, she waved her hand, removing the room's space Restriction, and the door opened to both sides with a "bang."

Outside the door.

Four murderous Female Demon Lords were preparing to force their way in when the door suddenly opened, and all four looked toward the doorway in unison.

Gu Qiuyue was seen leaning against the door frame, her clothes half-open, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin, with several extremely conspicuous red marks on her neck.

She held the golden abacus in her hand, looking down at the four people outside the door, her eyes as disdainful as if she were looking at four beggars.

"Why are you screaming so early in the morning? Don't you know Revered Master was exhausted last night and needs to rest?"

"You!!!"

Su Hongling was so angry her hair stood on end. "Stop putting on an act! The time for the ten million Spirit Stone is up! The Old Man is mine today!"

"Exactly! A merchant like you dares to compete with us?" Luo Ximei flicked her demonic whip. "Hand over Revered Master!"

Facing the four of them, Gu Qiuyue sneered.

"What? Want to fight?"

She extended a slender finger and shook it.

"My dear Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters, the times have changed."

"Fighting and killing cannot solve problems."

"The only thing that can solve problems is this."

She tossed the golden abacus in her hand.

"Second Senior Sister."

Gu Qiuyue turned her gaze to Su Hongling and directly threw a Storage Pouch emitting terrifying Qi and blood power from her sleeve, tossing it at Su Hongling's feet.

"Inside are ten complete Yao Beast that were just hunted back from the abyss of the North Sea. The meat is firm and the Qi and blood are soaring; not only can it satisfy your appetite, but it can also temper your Mahayana Stage Physical Body."

Su Hongling's hand, which was about to draw her sword, instantly froze. She swallowed, her red eyes fixed on the Storage Pouch, her nose even catching the scent of the top-grade seafood meat wafting from inside.

"Sixth... Sixth, what do you mean?"

"Nothing special. Hush money."

Gu Qiuyue said indifferently, "Take these ten Tyrant Whales and go barbecue them behind the mountain. Don't bother me for the next seven days."

"Seven days?!" Su Hongling widened her eyes. "You want to buy seven days with ten million Spirit Stone?!"

"Ten Tyrant Whales aren't enough?" Gu Qiuyue didn't even frown, throwing out another storage ring. "Add three Void Fire Pythons. Eating all of these will be enough to double your Qi and blood."

"..."

Su Hongling's breathing grew rapid. On one side was the ethereal prospect of being with Revered Master (and not necessarily getting to eat meat), and on the other was the tangible, top-grade food that could allow her Physical Body to advance again.

The instinct of a Body Cultivator overcame her reason.

"Deal!" Su Hongling grabbed the two storage rings, hoisted her great sword, and turned to run. "Sixth! I promise I won't appear in front of you for seven days! Have fun!"

One down.

Gu Qiuyue turned her head to look at Chu Weiwei.

Chu Weiwei sneered, "Sixth Junior Sister, don't think you can bribe me with money. I'm not interested in meat; I only want Revered Master!"

"Is that so?"

Gu Qiuyue unhurriedly took an extremely exquisite black jade box from her bosom. As soon as the box was taken out, the surrounding air actually turned faintly black.

"This is the mother Gu of the [Ten Thousand Tribulations Nether Poison Gu] that I bought from a Tribulation Transcendence Stage poison cultivator in the dark net of the Black Sea Market for 130 million Spirit Stone."

Chu Weiwei's eyes instantly went straight, and the poison needle in her hand dropped to the ground with a clatter.

"Ten Thousand... Tribulations Nether Poison Gu?!"

Her voice was trembling with excitement. This was a legendary peerless poison! She hadn't found it in three hundred years!

"Take it." Gu Qiuyue tossed the box over directly. "With this mother Gu, you will need at least seven days and seven nights of sleepless refining. Don't come looking for Revered Master for these seven days, understand?"

Chu Weiwei held the box with both hands as if she were holding her own ancestor, nodding repeatedly, her drool almost dripping out. "Understand! Understand! I understand! Seven days! Don't talk about seven days, I won't come out of seclusion even for half a month! Revered Master, take care of your health! Weiwei will come to find you after refining the poison!"

After speaking, Chu Weiwei turned into a green smoke and ran even faster than Su Hongling.

Two down.

Luo Ximei and Cold Moon's expressions became extremely ugly.

"Gu Qiuyue, do you think you can dismiss us by bribing them with such base methods?" Cold Moon stepped forward, the Imperial Dao pressure faintly erupting.

"First Senior Sister, you are an Empress, so naturally, you look down on those mundane things."

Gu Qiuyue smiled slightly and took out a golden, shimmering Jade Slip from her sleeve.

"This is the joint general order of the three major chambers of commerce in the Eastern Continent, Southern Yu, and the North Sea."

Gu Qiuyue handed the Jade Slip to Cold Moon.

"With this, you can directly mobilize all the resources of these three major chambers of commerce. I know that the Nanyu Divine Dynasty has an empty treasury due to the turbulence of the scar of heaven, and the border Formation urgently needs repair. With this general order, Nanyu's national strength can triple within ten years, and you can even build an invincible army composed entirely of top-grade Puppet."

Cold Moon looked at the Jade Slip, her breath hitching.

As an Empress, she could not refuse the temptation that could make the Empire rise instantly and dominate the cultivation world.

"You..." Cold Moon gritted her teeth. "You really are a madwoman."

"It's just business. Seven days in exchange for the eternal foundation of Southern Yu. First Senior Sister, will you make this deal?"

Cold Moon was silent for a full ten breaths.

Finally, she closed her eyes and grabbed the Jade Slip.

"Seven days. After seven days, I will come to pick up Revered Master myself."

Cold Moon turned and left. Although her steps were somewhat heavy, her back was still that of the overbearing Empress.

Only Luo Ximei was left.

Luo Ximei looked at Gu Qiuyue and suddenly laughed, the laughter revealing a demonic madness.

"Sixth Junior Sister, you are indeed very rich. But do you think there is anything that can buy this Venerable One?"

"I am a Devil Head, and if I want something, I just go and take it. I don't lack Magic Treasure, I don't lack Cultivation Technique, I only lack Revered Master."

"Even if you move a mountain of Spirit Stone out today, I won't leave."

Gu Qiuyue looked at Luo Ximei and did not take out any treasures.

She just put away the golden abacus, folded her arms across her chest, and looked directly into Luo Ximei's white-gold heterochromatic eyes. Her tone became incomparably calm, yet every word pierced the heart.

"Fifth Senior Sister, you indeed lack nothing."

"But you lack time."

Luo Ximei was stunned.

"You have fused with Grandmaster's True Immortal Origin in your body. Although your strength has greatly increased, the Devilish Qi and Immortal Qi have not fully integrated. If I am not mistaken, every midnight, your Meridians feel as if they are being cut by thousands of knives, don't they?"

Gu Qiuyue hit the nail on the head.

"If you force yourself to stay by Revered Master's side now, once your emotions become agitated, the Origin will backlash, and you will not only hurt yourself but also hurt Revered Master."

"I have a top-grade cave heaven here called the [Taiji Chaotic Yin and Yang Pool], which I bought with half of my fortune. The Law inside can help you perfectly integrate the Immortal and Devilish Qi in your body."

Gu Qiuyue tossed out a jade token.

"Go in and Cultivate in seclusion for seven days. Seven days later, you will become the first half-step True Immortal in the cultivation world in ten million years to truly perfectly integrate the Immortal and Devilish Origin."

"At that time, you can have your entanglement with Revered Master however you like, without the risk of Qi Deviation."

"Do you want to drag a body that could explode at any time in front of Revered Master and act tough, or do you want to possess him in seven days with the most perfect posture?"

Luo Ximei stared daggers at Gu Qiuyue, her eyes looking as if she wanted to eat her alive.

But she had to admit that Gu Qiuyue was right.

Her current physical condition was indeed a ticking time bomb.

"Gu Qiuyue, you really are a calculating devil."

Luo Ximei grabbed the jade token and coldly threw down a sentence: "Seven days later, I will let you know that in the face of absolute strength, your money is worthless!"

After speaking, Luo Ximei turned into a black light and shot straight into the sky, heading toward the so-called Yin and Yang Pool.

The biggest trouble was now half gone.

Gu Qiuyue turned her head to look at Ye You and Mu Qingxue, who were still standing there.

Ye You was squatting on the deck. "Sixth, do you think I'm as easy to dismiss as them? I am a Yao, if you don't have blood food that can satisfy me, don't even think about making me leave Revered Master for half a step."

"It's precisely because I know Fourth Senior Sister has a big appetite that I specifically saved this for now."

Gu Qiuyue smiled and took out a beast bone Jade Slip from her sleeve, tossing it over casually.

"This is an ancient star map I dug out from the bottom of the chamber of commerce's treasury. It marks the coordinates of a place called the [Taotie Secret Realm]. That place is a closed Star Domain formed after the fall of an adult Primordial Taotie."

She looked at Ye You's ears, which had instantly perked up, her tone full of temptation: "The creatures inside, because they have absorbed the resentment and Bloodline of the Taotie for years, are huge in size and have astonishing Qi and blood. Most importantly, because the Law is closed there, it still retains many rare Yao Beast that have long been extinct since ancient times."

Her long tail wagged frantically behind her, and her eyes even turned into two green heart shapes. "Sixth, you're not lying to me?"

"I, Gu Qiuyue, do business without cheating anyone, young or old."

"Deal! Revered Master, I'm going out to eat a buffet. When I'm full, I'll bring back some local specialties to honor you!"