Chapter 77 - 77 Mall Update and Sisters
When Yu Qingtan made the Heavenly Oath, a mysterious sense descended upon her as if there would be exceedingly serious consequences were she to break her vow, but this feeling quickly vanished in an eerie way.
Suppressing the doubt in her heart, Yu Qingtan returned to her residence with You Xiwang’s escort.
"Qing Tan, I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow at dusk!"
"Thank you, Brother You."
Once home, returning her consciousness to her physical body, she simply prepared some Spirit Rice for herself and Xiao Tao to eat.
As her cultivation level grew, her need for food gradually decreased. However, the demand would surge after each session of body refinement.
"I wonder if Wanning is eating well?"
While eating the delicious Spirit Rice and watching Xiao Tao do the same, Yu Qingtan thought of Shen Wanning.
Thus, she ate more quickly and opened the system interface.
She discovered that her Affection Value had decreased by 10 points.
"Could it be that the effect of the Heavenly Oath was offset by the system using Affection Value?" Yu Qingtan guessed, recalling how she was unaffected by the Phantom Mist Desolate Butterfly in the Trial Demon Tower and how she seemed unharmed after encountering what she suspected was an illusion attack on her way home, concluding it was the system’s doing.
"Could the system also protect the soul?"
Yu Qingtan realized she still knew too little about the Fairy-Raising System.
"Forget it, I’ll figure it out sooner or later."
No longer dwelling on it, Yu Qingtan spent 28 Affection Points to buy the remaining two First Stage Cultivation Upgrade Cards, four First Stage Spell Upgrade Cards, and four First Stage Skill Upgrade Cards from the system’s store.
As expected, an update option appeared for the system.
After selecting it, the progress loaded swiftly, and the update was completed in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
[System Store: Immortal Body Activation Card 0/1 (100,000 Affection Value), Innate Divine Skills Upgrade Card 0/1 (100,000 Affection Value), Advanced Spiritual Root Upgrade Card 0/1 (10,000 Affection Value), Third Stage Cultivation Upgrade Card 0/3 (1,000 Affection Value), Second Stage Cultivation Upgrade Card 0/3 (100 Affection Value), Third Stage Spell Upgrade Card 0/10 (100 Affection Value), Second Stage Spell Upgrade Card 0/10 (10 Affection Value), Third Stage Skill Upgrade Card 0/5 (100 Affection Value), Second Stage Skill Upgrade Card 0/5 (10 Affection Value)]
"There’s even an Immortal Body Activation Card and an Innate Divine Skills Upgrade Card!" Yu Qingtan’s heart ignited with excitement, and even their exorbitant price couldn’t dampen her resolve to acquire them as soon as possible.
After the initial excitement, Yu Qingtan spent 40 Affection Points to purchase four Second Stage Spell Upgrade Cards, reducing her Affection Value back to a single digit, three.
Applying one of the Second Stage Spell Upgrade Cards to her Object Controlling Technique, Yu Qingtan’s mind felt as if she had practiced the technique hundreds of thousands of times, understanding its spiritual power pathways and release techniques thoroughly.
The Object Controlling Technique reached major success.
"It actually added 600 progress points."
After some consideration, Yu Qingtan used the remaining three Second Stage Spell Upgrade Cards on Invisibility Technique, Breath-Concealing Technique, and Earth Escape Technique, while the four First Stage Spell Upgrade Cards she applied to Wood Escape Technique, Wooden Shield Technique, Earth Wall Technique, and Earth Spike Technique, respectively.
She used all four First Stage Skill Upgrade Cards to advance her Spiritual Tailoring Skill and stored the two First Stage Cultivation Upgrade Cards in the System Space, ready for use during her Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
At this point in the system panel:
[Spells: Cleansing Spell minor success 1/200, Water Escape Technique major success 113/400, Invisibility Technique complete, Breath-Concealing Technique complete, Water Blade Technique minor success 176/200, Water Curtain Technique minor success 136/200, Object Controlling Technique major success 340/400, Wood Escape Technique minor success 38/200, Wooden Shield Technique minor success 21/200, Earth Wall Technique minor success 15/200, Earth Spike Technique minor success 19/200, Earth Escape Technique major success 320/400, Rejuvenation Spell minor success 60/200] Enjoy exclusive adventures from NovelBin.Côm
[Skills: Dance Artistry major success 52/400, Zither Art major success 132/400, Chess Skill minor success 28/200, Calligraphy minor success 21/200, Painting Skill minor success 15/200, Spiritual Tailoring Skill major success 213/400]
After the update, Exquisite Dance and Butterfly Dance merged into Dance Artistry.
"It’s just that the marketplace doesn’t have cultivation techniques, spells, or magical artifacts, which is somewhat disappointing."
Yu Qingtan sighed, thinking that her Clear Water Technique was quite ordinary, as it could only cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and her equipment was also very average.
After becoming familiar with the upgraded spells, Yu Qingtan began to try mastering the remaining 18 artifact bans of the first-stage Spiritual Tailoring Skill.
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Early the next morning, Tower Master Gongsun Yurong sent someone to find her.
Arriving at Gongsun Yurong’s luxurious room.
To her surprise, she was dressed in a red hip-hugging dress, wearing flesh-colored stockings on her legs, and her feet were in high-heeled beige leather boots.
Her hair draped over her shoulders, a melon seed-shaped face, and almond-shaped eyes, she looked young yet seductively charming.
"How about it, do I look good?"
"Beautiful!" Yu Qingtan couldn’t help but nod, Tower Master Gongsun’s attire made her reminiscent of the urban beauties from her previous life.
One could only say that Tower Master Gongsun was a quick learner and also very adept at improvising.
According to Yu Qingtan’s knowledge, hip-hugging dresses, stockings, and high-heeled shoes had yet to appear in the Lichuan Cultivation World.
"Hehe, Qingtan, you’re being dishonest. Stealing all the good stuff for yourself, are you afraid I might snatch it from you?" Gongsun Yurong laughed.
"That’s unfair, I was planning to test their effects myself before offering them to the Tower Master!"
"Stop kidding, I know you well. But you really are a little genius. From now on, don’t call me Tower Master, call me Sister, how about that?" After sitting down, to Yu Qingtan’s astonishment, Tower Master Gongsun nonchalantly crossed her legs, a move she seemed to have mastered without a teacher.
The skirt that barely reached her knees could hardly cover her thighs; if the male cultivators of the Immortal City were to see this, countless would likely have nosebleeds on the spot.
"Qingtan would be more than grateful to, I’ve seen Sister Yurong!" Yu Qingtan naturally didn’t mind ingratiating herself with Tower Master Gongsun’s high status; this was not a relationship to be taken lightly.
"Let’s sit down and talk. I’m already regretting not hosting your performance at my pavilion. Even if we split the profits fifty-fifty, it would’ve been fine, sigh..." Gongsun Yurong sighed.
Actually, Gongsun Yurong hadn’t attended the event, but she had sent a Sound Recording Artifact and a Sound Recording Artifact there.
Yu Qingtan didn’t respond to this, and Gongsun Yurong continued, "Do those skirts, stockings, and shoes you created have names? I’m also planning to sell these at Zhi Lan Pavilion, how does that sound?"
"Sister Yurong, they are called hip-hugging dresses, stockings, and high-heeled shoes, and I was planning to add these categories of goods to Zhi Lan Pavilion as well."
"Mm-hmm, that’s good. Since you’ve called me Sister, from now on, you’ll take thirty percent of Zhi Lan Pavilion’s profits in Suichuan Immortal City, but it will be business as usual with Li Xingruo."
"Thank you for looking out for me, Sister Yurong!"
"That sketching skill you’ve acquired in your dreams is quite remarkable, too. Could you do me the favor of drawing one for me when you have time?"
"Sure, I will definitely capture Sister Yurong’s beauty in complete detail."
After chatting for a while, Gongsun Yurong seemed to remember something and said, "Speaking of which, you haven’t learned the Illusion Dance Technique since becoming a core disciple. I might as well give it to you now to save you another trip to the library."
Yu Qingtan took the Jade Slip that Gongsun Yurong handed over and said, "Thank you, Sister Yurong!"
If Gongsun Yurong hadn’t mentioned it, Yu Qingtan would have nearly forgotten about it.
"This is the prerequisite spell for the second-stage Illusion Dance Technique ’Tian Xiang’. Although it’s quite difficult to cultivate, I’ve heard that you have an exceptional talent for learning spells, and with your accomplished Dance Artistry, it shouldn’t be a problem for you. If you do have any problems, feel free to come to me!"
"Thank you, Sister Yurong!" That’s what it felt like to have someone cover for you, not bad at all.
"You can go back now, I have some things to take care of."
"Yes, Qingtan takes her leave!"