Chapter 12 Couples' Health Care

"Fifty Spirit Stones? You might as well just rob me!"

Jiang Hai exploded the moment he heard this; this price was far beyond anything he had imagined.

Even though the treatment of Outer Sect Disciples was much better than that of Utility Disciples, fifty Spirit Stones was no small amount.

An ordinary Yellow Rank Cultivation Technique only cost a few hundred Spirit Stones, yet Ye Fan was selling a single sheet of spring palace pictures for fifty. This price was truly a bit ridiculous.

"Those who know think you're selling spring palace pictures; those who don't would think you're selling some ancient Cultivation Technique."

"Buy it or don't, that's the price."

Ye Fan was in a bad mood and wished Jiang Hai would just leave quickly.

But as soon as he turned around, his arm was grabbed. Looking back, Jiang Hai's gaze was as resolute as if he were about to achieve sainthood.

"Fifty it is, then. I'll take it."

This time it was Ye Fan's turn to be dazed, wondering if Jiang Hai had lost his mind.

Paying fifty Spirit Stones for a single spring palace picture—he must be desperate for women!

"Wait, seeing Senior Brother Jiang's age, you should have had a Dao Companion long ago. Why are you still buying spring palace pictures?" Ye Fan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Jiang Hai couldn't help but sigh, turning his back to reveal a lonely expression.

"Junior Brother, you're still young. You don't know that once a man passes twenty-five, he feels sixty-five."

"For the sake of the happy life of your Senior Sister and me, we occasionally need a bit of novelty. Do you understand?"

Although they had the Yin Yang Secret Manual for Dual Cultivation and certain things had to be done...

The feeling of doing it as a routine versus being fully invested was completely different. Many Dao Companions developed rifts because of this, and Jiang Hai was one of them.

"..."

Since things had been put that way, Ye Fan could only help him out.

"What kind of style do you want, Senior Brother? I can do a custom commission."

"You can even do custom work?"

Jiang Hai's eyes lit up at this, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't know what he wanted. He could only let Ye Fan use his creative freedom.

"Creative freedom... alright then."

For the sake of this Senior Brother Jiang's happiness, Ye Fan could only do his best.

The charcoal pencil in his hand flew up and down, and he soon produced a satisfying drawing.

"Senior Brother, what do you think of this?"

Even though he had long Cultivated the Yin Yang Secret Manual, the content of the drawing still made Jiang Hai feel a long-lost surge in his Bloodline. He couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

"Junior Brother, you... are truly a great talent!"

"What are these clothes the woman in the drawing is wearing? They look ordinary enough, but why do they... why do they seem to have such a special attraction?!" Jiang Hai couldn't help but praise.

"This is a new type of clothing I researched called 'silk stockings'," Ye Fan said, savoring the concept.

He was clearly much more proficient during this second drawing. The details were far more exquisite than those he'd done for Lin Lei; to be a bit shameless, it was practically a work of art.

"Silk... silk stockings... truly miraculous... these fifty Spirit Stones were well worth it!"

Jiang Hai clearly felt something was off with his body. He hurriedly put down the Spirit Stones and turned to leave.

"I have a matter of extreme urgency. I will visit again another day to thank you, Junior Brother!"

"Senior Brother Jiang, this matter stays between us. Don't go spreading it around!" Ye Fan couldn't help but shout.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother, I'm famous for being tight-lipped!"

Jiang Hai's voice echoed through the spirit fields, leaving Ye Fan alone to stand bewildered in the wind, suddenly feeling an impulse to regret helping him.

However, looking at the Spirit Stones in his hand, a bold idea suddenly popped into Ye Fan's head.

"In the Joyous Union Sect... selling marital health products seems like it might have potential."

Once this idea surfaced, Ye Fan felt an urge to let himself go.

No matter how exquisite a drawing was, it only served an auxiliary role, treating psychological issues at most. But what about physiological issues?

Just as Jiang Hai said, once a man passes twenty-five, he feels sixty-five. The so-called 'failure of strength' was something even Cultivators couldn't escape.

"If I can seize this business opportunity, it might be a path to fortune."

Ye Fan originally wanted to find time to research health supplements, but as it turned out, his worries were exactly right.

Under the propagation of a certain Senior Brother Jiang Hai who wished to remain anonymous, in just one day, the spring palace pictures Ye Fan drew spread throughout Green Bamboo Peak, causing quite a stir.

As the drawings were constantly circulated, many Senior and Junior Brothers rediscovered their old feelings. Consequently, a hint of bashful spring-like joy appeared on the faces of their Dao Companions, and their relationships began to improve rapidly.

But fire cannot be wrapped in paper. Soon, the medicinal field where Ye Fan was located became overcrowded, packed with Senior and Junior Brothers who had come to beg for drawings.

If Ye Fan hadn't repeatedly stated that he truly didn't know how to draw men, many Senior and Junior Sisters would likely have been mixed in the crowd as well.

The once-deserted medicinal field seemed to have turned into a tourist attraction during a holiday.

Those coming to seek drawings were like a swarm of locusts crossing the land. This spectacular scene far exceeded Ye Fan's expectations.

"Don't push, don't push! Everyone line up! One by one, there's enough for everyone!"

Lin Lei jumped out from nowhere and spontaneously helped Ye Fan maintain order. It looked like he had already obtained Xu Xin's forgiveness.

There were too many people seeking drawings, so Ye Fan had no choice but to implement a limited purchase policy.

"The daily quota is limited to the first hundred people. Each person can only purchase one drawing in their lifetime."

Unsurprisingly, this policy quickly drew countless curses, but in the end, they were suppressed by everyone's intense desire to buy.

Fortunately, Ye Fan's cultivation had already reached the Qi Refining Realm, Seventh Level, and he had taken a dragon tiger pill to strengthen his bones and muscles.

Otherwise, after drawing a hundred pictures in a row, his arm would probably have been ruined.

Looking at the five thousand shining Spirit Stones before them, both Ye Fan and Lin Lei were a bit dazed, marveling for the first time at how easy it was to make money.

Ye Fan casually set aside two thousand Spirit Stones for Lin Lei, telling him to keep them for cultivation and not to waste them.

"This isn't right, it's a bit too much."

Lin Lei rubbed his hands together sheepishly, making Ye Fan so annoyed he threatened to take the stones back.

"If you don't want them, give them to me."

"I want them! If I don't want them, I'm your grandson!"

With that said, Lin Lei was no longer polite and quickly stowed the Spirit Stones away.

"Five thousand Spirit Stones in one day, fifty thousand in ten days, five hundred thousand in a hundred days... we're really going to strike it rich this time!" Lin Lei couldn't help but exclaim.

Ye Fan gave him a dry look. If money were really that easy to earn, it wouldn't be his turn to make it.

These drawings could sell for such a high price simply because of the novelty and the fact that they were rare items.

But once these hundred drawings were out, they would be circulated everywhere within two days.

As more and more drawings leaked, people's desire to buy would gradually decrease. There might even be forged copies under his name. By then, people might not even buy them for five Spirit Stones.

Lin Lei looked like a frost-bitten eggplant upon hearing this, prompting Ye Fan to roll his eyes at him.

"Look at you, so little ambition. The situation I described will take at least a few days to happen. This period is enough to make a small fortune. As for later, I naturally have other plans to make money."

"Plans? What plans?"

"You'll know when the time comes."

Ye Fan gave a mysterious smile. If things went according to his script, it would be enough to harvest a large amount of Spirit Stones in a short time.

If he converted it all into cultivation resources and poured them into Murong Wan, even if he couldn't push her into the Foundation Establishment Realm, she wouldn't be far from it.