Chapter 109: Yearning for Strength

  Lei Dong sighed inwardly, this Chen Ge was indeed a man of his word. He knew what it meant to be patient and not be blinded by wealth. What he said was right, many things that didn't start with good rules would often collapse due to conflicting interests in the future. After some thought, Lei Dong agreed with him. In fact, among the hundreds of millions of assets, the Ling Stone only accounted for over 40 million, and the rest were mostly Li Chang'an's collection of magical instruments, elixirs, talismans, and other items. However, most of the magical instruments were mid-grade, with only a few being top-grade. The spiritual instruments were basically all low-grade, which wasn't very demanding for Lei Dong. A single top-grade magical instrument would never be inferior to a low-grade spiritual instrument.

  In the end, Leidong received a cash payment of 100,000 spirit stones and 50,000 discounted elixirs. Leidong's demand for elixirs was even greater than that for spirit stones. By directly taking this batch of elixirs, he saved himself the trouble of buying them. As a result, Leidong suddenly gained resources worth 150,000 spirits in one go. Adding to that some rewards from tasks and the proceeds from selling mid-grade ghosts, it seemed that he had almost enough resources to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, especially since he already had two Foundation Establishment pills.

  As for the three junior brothers, although they only took resources worth about 50,000 spirit each. But it is precisely these resources that can not only enhance the quality of their magic tools and increase their combat power. They can also leave a considerable portion to buy elixirs to speed up their cultivation. In this way, after the three junior brothers' own strength is enhanced, they will find it easier to obtain more resources, entering a virtuous cycle, and may become Lei Dong's reliable helper in the future.

  Some principles are actually very simple, just like the previous life of Lei Dong. If you have nothing and empty hands, it's absolutely not easy to make a fortune of millions out of thin air. But if you already have one million, making another million will be much easier, and the success rate will also increase greatly. This is the principle of the rich getting richer. A few disciples, after this battle, are equivalent to obtaining a considerable amount of initial capital. As for whether they can rely on this initial capital to become rich, it depends on their individual abilities.

  Yin Xie's two outstanding disciples, Dongfang Xue and Liu Wanshan, have made great achievements. Especially Dongfang Xue, if she hadn't intimidated Liu Wanshan with her reputation and status, there might still be future troubles. Moreover, it's not often that one gets the opportunity to flatter Dongfang Xue, but they each received 1.5 million. At first, Dongfang Xue refused to accept, but couldn't withstand Lei Dong's sincere and repeated advice, plus Ding Yuanyan knew that her junior brother always felt insecure about his life. Wanting to take the opportunity to cling to the Tianmo Palace, after being persuaded repeatedly, Dongfang Xue finally accepted this spoils of war distribution. The impression of being relatively cold towards Lei Dong also seemed to ease a lot. It can be said that Lei Dong's purpose was achieved.

  As for the remaining 400,000, Leidong had already planned it out. Among them, 250,000 were for Master Wang Kang, and the remaining 150,000 were prepared for Wu Di. Not to mention that Master Wang Kang's role was far greater than Wu Di's, just because Master Wang Kang had a one in ten chance of entering the Golden Elixir stage, it was worth Leidong investing his blood and sweat into this investment.

  Lei Dong believed that as long as he operated properly in the future, he would be able to reap huge rewards from Wang Kang. A strong foundation period six-layer cultivator was not someone who could be easily climbed over. Having the opportunity to get close to him was something Lei Dong had been seeking, and in the future, there would be plenty of opportunities to make use of him.

  After handling the affairs of his hometown, Lei Dong decided to move with his parents to Wan Gui City to avoid any more trouble. Anyway, it was also a prosperous human city and the core territory of Wan Gui Cave. His parents should be able to live comfortably there.

  That Li Chang'an's villa, Lei Dong thought it was a waste of energy to look at it. After moving out the valuable things, he originally planned to burn it down with fire. But Chen Ge refused to do so and was willing to spend some time selling this large estate, getting the money and splitting it with Wei Hua, and then going back to give it to his own parents. He also took the opportunity to bid farewell, Lei Dong saw that he was being stingy and thought that he was indeed a merchant's family background, so he let him go and do whatever he wanted.

  Originally, Lei Dong wanted to let Zuo Chao bring Lei Qing'er, while he and Ding Yuanyan brought their parents, heading straight to the Wan Gui Cave. However, unexpectedly, the always silent Dongfang Xiang took out a rare flying boat artifact. This left Lei Dong stunned, as flying boats of this size were usually used by Golden Dan period cultivators in their treasured artifacts, and occasionally seen in spiritual artifacts. But a flying boat at the artifact level was extremely rare. This flying boat was crystal clear, delicate, and very pretty, but it was too small and exquisite. After Dongfang Xiang loaded Lei Dong's family and Ding Yuanyan onto the flying boat, she coldly stared at Lei Dong and Zuo Chao, warning them that if they dared to step foot on this Linglong Flying Boat, she would not be polite.

  Lei Dong also knew that this flying boat was Dongfang Xiang's private property, and many strong people treated the flying boat as their own home. Therefore, this small flying boat should be considered as Dongfang Xiang's half-private chamber. She was willing to take Lei Dong's father, which was already giving face. Lei Dong didn't want to invite dislike, so he pulled Left Chao and said that he still had several tasks to complete on the way back, asking Left Chao to accompany him.

  Ding Wanyan was quite enthusiastic about going on a mission with Leidong, but unfortunately, Leidong couldn't put his mind at ease leaving his family behind, so he could only have her accompany him.

  After bidding farewell to his parents, Lei Dong pinched Lei Qing'er's chubby little face again, scaring her into wailing loudly. Then, he unfolded his body technique, and with a heavy, eerie aura, he swooped towards the depths of the sky. Immediately after, a dark, gloomy energy enveloped Zhou's entire being, resembling a black shooting star, as he violently shot off into the distance.

  Zuo Chao also saw the situation and hastily drove his high-quality flying tool, Mo Ling Sword. His body was surrounded by a black aura, and with a loud shout of "Wait for me, Master!", he chased after them directly.

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  After obtaining this considerable resource, Leidong didn't need to risk selling mid-grade Linggui for a while. However, since he had already accepted the next few tasks, Leidong still wanted to complete them. Zuo Chao's qualifications were quite good, at least much better than Leidong's. He was originally at the 10th layer of the Refining Qi stage, and now he had already shown signs of breaking through. With his current uncommon magic tool and decent spellcasting skills, he was also a powerful helper.

  With his help, they were able to kill some of the demonic beasts that had been causing trouble in the early stages of the foundation, making it safer and easier. As a result, several tasks along the way were completed smoothly and efficiently, without any major errors. Along the way, while completing human tasks, he also took advantage of passing through the market town to exchange some urgently needed elixirs for thunder. Although the price was slightly higher than exchanging within the sect, it was still better than converting spirit stones into contributions and then exchanging them.

  After circling around for a while, it took a full two months to get through. During this time, Zuo Chao successfully broke through to the 11th layer of Qi Refining and became a small expert in his own right.

  Along with Zuo Chao, they returned to the Wan Gui Cave smoothly. Lei Dong first went to pay his respects to his parents and Shifu Xian Hui, who had arranged a quiet courtyard in the Wan Gui City for the elderly couple to live in. His father's injuries had almost recovered, and as he was originally a small businessman, he couldn't sit still at home, so he set up a stall and started playing with his business skills again.

  After accompanying them for several days, he returned to the Wan Gui Cave. Now that his parents have settled down in Wan Gui City, his heart has become much more at ease. Although he is often unable to visit them due to his need for closed-door cultivation, his heart is still at peace.

  After handing over a series of tasks, Leidong's contribution points had accumulated to more than 30,000. In addition, the battle at Wanshili Family had brought him huge benefits. Leidong had no reason to go out and wander around restlessly instead of focusing on his cultivation. Especially the few thorns stuck in his heart seemed to be constantly driving him to become stronger.

  The first crisis is the survival crisis, this world is too terrifying. Don't mention those invisible and intangible Yuan Ying period cultivators who appear and disappear suddenly. Even if it's a Golden Dan old ancestor, as long as he wants to, he can easily kill himself with just a wave of his hand. This lingering fear urges him to desperately cultivate, in order to completely control his own destiny. At least, he wants to get rid of the embarrassing situation where he can be killed at will by others.

  The second is the gap between her and Master Ding. After settling her family, she personally took Lei Qing'er with her and went into seclusion together. It seems that she felt that the fire had almost reached its peak and wanted to try to break through the foundation period.

  Finally, Lei Dong's eyes floated with the image of that lonely, cold and detached black-robed woman who had a hint of inexplicable sadness. After being forced by her once, Lei Dong now has an intense urge to let her taste the feeling of being forced one day, but that requires absolute power.