43: Chapter 43 Thirty-Six Strategies for Managing a Husband!

Saying that working for free and being unable to leave these flowers and plants was all a lie!

So, this Old Man had only been eyeing his "Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation" from the start!

This Old Man consumed fifteen "Top-Grade Spirit Stone" in a single day! Calculating at 2000 RMB per stone, this Old Man was spending thirty thousand RMB a day!

This Old Man was simply a vampire with fangs!

Even if he had the "void cauldron" and could use "Low-Grade Spirit Stone" to strengthen them, this Old Man would still consume 1500 RMB a day!

That was 45,000 yuan a month!

"Hiss~"

Jiang Lan gasped, instantly feeling a chill down his spine as cold sweat broke out on his back!

Jiang Lan finally understood why it cost 580,000 to recruit the Gao Family Three Siblings, yet the System actually subsidized 280,000 to permanently bind this Old Man.

It was over! Jiang Lan felt like the sky was collapsing; sooner or later, he would be sucked dry by this Old Man!

It seemed that in the future, when splitting the loot with the Gao Family Three Siblings, he couldn't be so laid back; he had to kill more enemies, or he really wouldn't be able to afford to live!

"Ahem..."

Old Chun coughed awkwardly.

"If Young Lord has nothing else, this Old Man will take his leave!"

"Young Lord, please remember to replace those 30 "Top-Grade Spirit Stone" tomorrow, otherwise these 300+ "ancient spirit plant" might wither and die!"

Old Chun suddenly exerted force with his feet, turning into a streak of white light, leaving several afterimages in the air before disappearing from Jiang Lan's field of vision!

Jiang Lan felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his body jolted, and cold sweat slid down his cheeks, hitting the floor and splashing into water droplets!

Jiang Lan had originally intended to teach the developer a harsh lesson and permanently bind the "Ten Thousand Year Tree Spirit" Old Man, essentially scamming the System for 280,000!

Now it seemed that he had been outplayed by the game developer once again.

Clang!

Accompanied by a crisp metallic clatter, the wood-attribute Cultivation Technique in the "void cauldron" had finished strengthening.

Jiang Lan took out a copy of the "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art" from the "void cauldron"!

Jiang Lan held the "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art" and started flipping through it!

The cultivation syllabus spanned from the Qi Refining stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, Spirit Transformation Realm, Integration Realm, Tribulation Crossing Stage, all the way to the Mahayana stage!

Name: "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art"

Rank: Heaven Rank

Description: This Cultivation Technique uses wood Spiritual Qi as its root; it can be used for battle, retreat, defense, trapping enemies in a prison, and also for saving lives!

Skills: "Wood Prison Technique", "Rejuvenation Art", "Thousand-Hand Guanyin"

This "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art" truly lived up to its name as a Heaven Rank wood-attribute Cultivation Technique, having three skills, including control, healing, and offensive abilities.

Jiang Lan continued flipping through.

Name: "Wood Prison Technique"

Rank: "High Grade"

Technique: Uses wood-attribute Spiritual Qi as a source to build a wood prison and trap enemies within.

This skill was a common control skill; he would see how it performed in actual combat later.

Jiang Lan flipped to the second skill.

Name: "Rejuvenation Art"

Rank: "Middle Grade"

Technique: Uses wood-attribute Spiritual Qi to nourish the Cultivator, help heal injuries, save lives, and provide medical aid!

This skill felt like a standard healer's healing skill.

Is this all a Heaven Rank wood-attribute Cultivation Technique has to offer?

Even if wood-attribute Cultivation Techniques were a jack-of-all-trades, they shouldn't just give a bunch of ordinary skills, right?

Jiang Lan flipped to the last skill.

Name: "Thousand-Hand Guanyin"

Rank: "Heaven Rank SS"

Technique: Uses one's own wood-attribute Spiritual Qi to summon a hundred-foot Thousand-Hand Wood Guanyin, continuously striking the enemy formation with palms. As long as the spiritual power is inexhaustible, the attacks will not cease!

Holy shit!

This skill is Heaven-Defying!

In other words, as long as there is enough Spiritual Qi in the wood Dantian, theoretically, the "Thousand-Hand Guanyin" could fire infinite Buddha palms!

Jiang Lan now had the "Heaven Demon Spirit Helmet" bonus, which increased Spiritual Qi by 900%, equivalent to having the wood Spiritual Qi of 9 Dantians. After merging with the "Nine-Tailed Ice Fox", his Spiritual Qi increased by another 300%, giving him the wood Spiritual Qi of 27 Dantians!

Wouldn't I be invincible then? It seems the arrival of the future God Emperor of the Cultivation World is one step closer!

Jiang Lan's eyes bulged, bloodshot veins crawling over his eyeballs like earthworms. His face was filled with madness, the corners of his mouth curled upward, revealing a set of bone-white teeth!

"Hehehe..."

"Cultivation World, prepare to kneel and welcome your God Emperor! Hahaha..."

Old Chun hid in the hollow of a towering tree, watching the cackling Jiang Lan with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, once thinking his Young Lord had been driven mad by his own stimulation! Cold sweat ran down his cheeks, "Plop! Plop!" dripping into the tree hollow, splashing into water droplets!

Clang!

With a crisp metallic clash, Jiang Lan threw more than 200 Low-Grade Spirit Stone into the "void cauldron" to strengthen them.

After all, Old Chun consumed nearly fifteen Top-Grade Spirit Stone every day. Strengthen! Must strengthen them fiercely!

Jiang Lan also put the three High Grade "foundation establishment pill" dropped from killing Hua Wudao and the three Low Grade "foundation establishment pill" dropped from killing "Myriad Beast Sect" Disciples into the "void cauldron" to strengthen them.

After all, in the next step, he, the goddess Qian Luo, and the Gao Family Three Siblings all needed to undergo Foundation Establishment, so he had to prepare the "supreme grade foundation establishment pill" in advance.

With everything arranged, Jiang Lan suddenly exerted force with his feet, turning into a streak of white light, leaving several afterimages in the air, stepping out of the "immortal ring" Small World, and sat cross-legged in the Immortal Cave.

Jiang Lan took out the "Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation", set up the Formation Plate, and placed the "Top-Grade Spirit Stone" into the slots.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Accompanied by the sound of metal locking into place, the "Supreme Spirit Gathering" slowly began to operate. Striking, hundred-foot spiritual Dragons rose into the sky, winding like snakes, and fiercely crashed into Jiang Lan's brow!

A feeling similar to a sexual climax rushed from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head!

Jiang Lan held the "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art" and began to Cultivate from the "Qi Refining Chapter"!

...

Shu Mountain, Xiaoyao Peak, "Wenhua Academy".

Sunlight was shredded by the clouds, casting mottled spots of light in front of the academy.

The former glory of the academy had long since been buried, leaving only collapsed courtyard walls, drafty study rooms, and weeds growing wildly in the courtyard!

In the study room, two beautiful Young Maiden were attending class.

One Young Maiden wore a red gauze dress, three thousand strands of black hair hanging to her waist. Her slender, fair fingers held a book, and her beautiful face was full of seriousness as she gave the lecture!

That's right!

The woman in the red gauze dress giving the lecture was Pei Yingxue!

Sitting in the audience was a Young Maiden wearing a tight white cheongsam.

The two peaks on the Young Maiden's chest and her slightly pouted buttocks stretched the tight cheongsam into a large S-shape, as if it were about to burst open in the next second!

That's right!

The Young Maiden in the tight white cheongsam sitting in the audience was Qian Luo!

On Qian Luo's beautiful face, there was a faint blush unique to a girl who had just fallen in love. One slender, fair hand held a book, while the other slender, fair hand propped up her cheek, staring infatuatedly in the direction of the "Ancient Desolate Secret Realm".

'Young Master, are you okay?'

'I heard from Sister Yingxue that most of the Disciples of the Nine Sects and Eighteen Gates have already died in the "Ancient Desolate Secret Realm".'

'Did you encounter any danger in the "Ancient Desolate Secret Realm"?'

On the cover of the book, written in a crooked, dog-crawling scrawl, were the words: "The 36 Stratagems of Husband Taming!"

Right, there was also a line of small text: "Author: Pei Yingxue".

That's right! This book was written by Pei Yingxue herself, and she was currently teaching it to Qian Luo.

"Women must be self-reliant and independent!"

"Even when you are in bed with a man later, you must pin him underneath you and ravage him fiercely!"

"You must occupy the absolute position of initiative!"

Pei Yingxue was currently teaching Qian Luo how to fiercely control and ravage men!

"Little Sister Qian Luo, this concerns your future sexual happiness, you must listen carefully!"

Pei Yingxue's beautiful face suddenly intruded into Qian Luo's line of sight, carrying a hint of playful anger.

"Are you thinking about your Young Master again?"

"It's been almost two days, and you haven't seen him contact you!"

"Clearly, he has completely forgotten you! He's most likely a heartless scoundrel!"

"You must learn the "The 36 Stratagems of Husband Taming!" properly from your sister. In the future, when you meet a man you like, you must ravage him fiercely!"

"Make him unable to leave you for the rest of his life!"

"Achoo!"

Jiang Lan, who was concentrating on Cultivating the "Withered Wood Meets Spring Art", sneezed loudly.

"Who? Who is scolding me?"

Jiang Lan suddenly felt like he had forgotten something, but he couldn't quite remember it for a moment.

Right!

How is Qian Luo doing at Shu Mountain?

Jiang Lan opened Qian Luo's attribute panel.

Name: Qian Luo

Realm: "Qi Refining Twelfth Layer Great Perfection"

Identity: Loose Immortal.

Status: Lovesick.

"Hiss~"

Goddess Qian Luo is truly amazing, she has already Cultivated to the "Qi Refining Twelfth Layer Great Perfection"!

That's not right, Qian Luo also has Five Spirit Roots. Logically speaking, Five Spirit Roots would encounter a Bottleneck at the "Tenth Layer of Qi Refining".

Why does Qian Luo have no Bottleneck?