Chen Jiuyang found Lin Yuexian and said, "Yuexian, I'm going to Fengcheng to open a small shop next."
"To Fengcheng?" Lin Yuexian's eyes first showed confusion, then her gaze turned wistful, "It's for those women, isn't it."
Chen Jiuyang smiled sheepishly, "Yes and no."
"Come with me, I'll show you something."
Chen Jiuyang decided to reveal the secret of the 'Guojie' to Lin Yuexian. He led her into the villa and then straight underground.
Chen Jiuyang awakened 'Guojie' and said, "I need to go to Fengcheng, two hundred kilometers away."
These two hundred kilometers, with many twists and turns, would take four to five hours to drive.
Then, 'Guojie' flickered with light, devouring a large amount of spiritual energy, and the realm of Fengcheng appeared in the mirror.
"This is... Fengcheng..." Lin Yuexian was stunned, looking at the ancient, massive, and mysterious mirror. "Is this an immortal artifact?"
"To be precise, it's an immortal artifact," Chen Jiuyang said with a smile. For two hundred kilometers, activating 'Guojie' wouldn't consume much spiritual energy.
"With this immortal artifact, it will be convenient for us to travel between Qingzhu Village and Fengcheng, and it won't delay our cultivation."
Lin Yuexian's gaze became even more resentful. "Jiuyang, you're even using such an immortal artifact for those other women."
Chen Jiuyang said, "I'm opening a small shop, and I still need a proprietress. Do you want to come with me?"
"Yes!" Lin Yuexian quickly agreed, a hint of joy appearing in her eyes.
Chen Jiuyang's other confidantes likely had no idea that Chen Jiuyang possessed such an immortal artifact.
"Jiuyang," Lin Yuexian asked, "Can we travel through this mirror anytime?"
"Yes," Chen Jiuyang replied. "This is the main body. I can set up several sub-bodies, and through them, return to the main body."
Lin Yuexian asked again, "Then what kind of shop should we open in Fengcheng?"
"Let's open a small bookstore," Chen Jiuyang said with a smile. "It can help pass the time during cultivation breaks, and opening a bookstore is also easy and not tiring."
"Great!" Lin Yuexian said. "We have many books at home, so we don't need to buy any to open the shop."
"That works too."
Then, Lin Yuexian left excitedly, while Chen Jiuyang returned home and summoned Fang Bahua and Deng Zun.
Both of them were currently at the Golden Core stage. With the abundant supply of pills from Chen Jiuyang, they would soon be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
Chen Jiuyang said, "Once you reach the Nascent Soul stage, you can establish your own sect."
"I believe it won't take long. From now on, you should recruit disciples broadly. When you establish your sect, you'll have enough manpower."
Since he intended to remain behind the scenes, he had to provide even more resources to push these two forward quickly.
"I've summoned you today to impart two more techniques. When establishing a sect, wealth, companions, dharma, and a place are all indispensable."
"Uncle Fang, this is the art of alchemy."
"Deng Zun, this is the art of talismans."
Chen Jiuyang separately passed on to them profitable avenues in the immortal path.
Alchemy and talismans were arguably the most lucrative and fastest ways to generate cash flow.
"When you advance to the Nascent Soul stage and establish your sect, I will secretly give you a ten-thousand-year medicinal field."
"What? A ten-thousand-year medicinal field?" Fang Bahua and Deng Zun were instantly dumbfounded.
"Young Master, where did you get this?" A ten-thousand-year medicinal field, with fertile soil, convenient for growing spiritual herbs. Both of them had only heard of it, never seen it in reality.
Chen Jiuyang smiled and said, "You should focus on improving your cultivation first."
"You can also try to connect with the Forty-Eight Marquises of Feng Province. If they are willing to cultivate the immortal path, you can take them under your wing."
"Some of them have hidden injuries. You can promise them that if they are willing to resign their marquis positions and join you, you can heal their injuries, help them cultivate the immortal path, and provide them with techniques and pills."
Chen Jiuyang naturally trusted this group of Forty-Eight Marquises of Feng Province.
In this life, Chen Jiuyang did not intend to appear before them directly.
Fang Bahua and Deng Zun naturally understood the reason behind Chen Jiuyang's grand gesture – he truly intended to build a rather large sect.
"Yes, Young Master."
"Go."
Chen Jiuyang turned and returned to the spiritual vein spring to begin his cultivation.
He was currently in the mid-stage of the Soul Transformation realm and mused, "At this pace, I should be able to advance to the Void Returning stage in about a year."
He already possessed complete laws, and his current cultivation advancement was as simple as eating and drinking. What he lacked was nourishment from spiritual energy.
Not having the Pure Yang body, his cultivation speed wasn't that fast.
"With this cultivation speed, I should be content and not be greedy..." Chen Jiuyang suppressed a hint of restlessness within his heart and returned to his normal state.
After cultivating until the next morning, Lin Yuexian arrived with two carloads of books.
Chen Jiuyang swept them into his spatial ring with a single gesture.
"This is a spatial ring!!!" Lin Yuexian exclaimed, her eyes fixed on Chen Jiuyang with a wistful gaze. "Are you hiding many other things from me?"
Chen Jiuyang touched his nose and smiled, "Won't you know everything in the future?"
Lin Yuexian had thought Chen Jiuyang was just an ordinary person with superb medical skills, but she never expected this...
"Let's go to Fengcheng."
The current Chen Jiuyang could directly skip the four to five hours of driving and arrive in Fengcheng instantly through the 'Guojie Mirror'.
It was extremely useful for both rescue missions and escaping home to avoid disaster.
After teleporting to an无人 (unoccupied) rooftop in Fengcheng, Chen Jiuyang stored away the sub-body of the 'Guojie Mirror' and then, with Lin Yuexian, began searching for a shop in Fengcheng.
Chen Jiuyang did not want to alert anyone about this matter. He walked hand-in-hand with Lin Yuexian through the streets and alleys of Fengcheng.
Finally, they spotted a shop at the boundary between the old and new districts.
Opposite the old district was a skyscraper, which happened to be the headquarters of the Six Doors...
The streets of the old district were narrow, lined with lush banyan trees.
"This location is quite good. If there's any disturbance, we can observe the Six Doors to find out..."
Lin Yuexian asked, "Jiuyang, should we pick this place?"
"Yes," Chen Jiuyang said. "This place is quite good. Let's go ask the owner and see how much he wants. We'll buy this shop and the floors above it directly."
The shop he had his eye on was run by the owner as a clothing store, spanning three floors, and its scale was not small.
Upon finding the owner, Chen Jiuyang got straight to the point, "Boss, I wonder if you have any intention of selling this building."
The owner did not immediately chase Chen Jiuyang and Lin Yuexian away. These two young people looked extraordinary.
The owner deliberated and said, "This is something that can be passed down as a family heirloom. My clothing store's annual net profit is also between seven to eight hundred thousand."
Chen Jiuyang and Lin Yuexian exchanged a look. Chen Jiuyang then said, "Twenty million."
The owner's heart stirred. Houses in the old district were actually not worth much; they had poor soundproofing, were too old, had poor lighting, and low foot traffic...
He showed a hesitant expression.
Chen Jiuyang directly stated, "Thirty million."