Gu Feng's mansion entrance.

Ye Tianchen looked bewildered at the glass jade vase in his hand.

Inside the pristine jade vase was an elixir hard to find in the world—the Nine-turn Heavenly Killing Pill!

It was said that the prescription for this elixir was created by Feng Buping, the Medical Immortal from the Northern Wilderness of Cang Lan Star's Medicine Immortal Valley!

It could heal any injury of cultivators below the Spirit Dividing stage, even if one's physical body and Dao foundation were destroyed. With just one pill, it could bring the dead back to life and turn decay into vitality.

Ye Tianchen had only heard of such a heaven-defying elixir but had never seen it before!

Gu Feng generously gifted him one, implying that he should take good care of his junior sister!

Not only that, Gu Feng also burned the spiritual soul contract between Ye Tianchen and the Loan Treasure Pavilion right in front of him!

The reason?

Gu Feng had this to say: "Though my cultivation is humble, I have always admired true heroes like Daoist Friend Ye who dare to defy the heavens! You and your junior sister can stay in Heroic Spirit City without worry; I'll take care of your living expenses..."

A whole lot of talk, essentially meaning...

I won't take your money, have no ill intentions, just want to be friends, and if you run out of money, just contact me directly!

Ye Tianchen glanced again at the storage bag the old butler had slipped him before leaving, which contained a full ten thousand superior-grade spirit stones!

He smiled wryly, for he had never seen a wealthy man as extravagant as Gu Feng, despite his broad experience.

He had no other choice now; his junior sister was severely injured and needed rest. The Prodigal Sequence of Heroic Spirit City wasn't particularly hostile to him, so he accepted everything and rode his sword light away!

***

In the courtyard.

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A man in black stood beside Gu Feng, watching the sword light fade into the distance, and asked coldly, "Spending so much just to befriend him? Is it worth it?"

"Jiu Long, you just don't understand!" Gu Feng lightly waved his folding fan, speaking with deep meaning, "People like him have a natural pride and cannot be pressured by force. Give him a little benefit, and he'll remember my kindness! He'll definitely repay this favor!"

"Hmph! You spent three months of the City Lord's salary just for a favor! Truly a prodigal!" Jiu Long snorted, his voice cold, "Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the City Lord?"

"My father sent you to protect me, not to monitor me!" Gu Feng raised his eyebrows, having no way to deal with this mysterious expert in the family.

Jiu Long held a very special status in the Gu Family. He had always been a guard following Gu Liantian, and even Gu Feng's City Lord father treated him as an equal, never showing any neglect, with his cultivation being unfathomable.

This time, during his seclusion, Gu Liantian directly assigned him to Gu Feng's side for protection.

"Don't worry, the City Lord is in seclusion; I naturally won't disturb him over such a trivial matter." Jiu Long pondered for a moment and continued, "During this time, the City Lord has asked you to manage the affairs of Heroic Spirit City. Although you've done quite well, there are some things I completely don't understand, like the Loan Treasure Pavilion in the city."

In Jiu Long's view, the shops in the city were either trading companies buying and selling goods or pawnshops dealing in cultivation artifacts, both of which were not absent in Heroic Spirit City!

Gu Feng's peculiar operations were completely beyond his comprehension!

Nonsense! If you knew the underhanded tricks of financial lending, how could I still make a living! Gu Feng chuckled to himself but didn't answer.

During this time, while his City Lord father was in seclusion, he had subtly taken control of all the resources in Heroic Spirit City, slowly laying out his plans to achieve the grand ambition he had always dreamed of since crossing over!

In this cultivation world, creating capital!

Then, using the massive capital to establish his own commercial empire!

Finally, to control and change the rules of this world!

In his previous life, Gu Feng was just a small sales manager, but he dreamed of starting his own business!

Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, and all the projects he could think of were already dominated by the big players! The key was that he had no startup capital!

In this life, things were different. He had a noble status and a powerful, protective father!

The market was still a blank slate! It was hard not to succeed!

However, Cang Lan Star was a cultivation planet, and although there were certain cultivation world rules, laws were completely nonexistent!

High-level cultivators robbing low-level cultivators of their wealth was commonplace!

Whoever had the bigger fist was the law! That's the cultivation world!

Creating wealth was one thing, but whether he could protect it depended entirely on hard power here!

Cultivation was really too arduous! Sitting in meditation for ten hours a day, day after day, comprehending the Dao!

In this aspect, Gu Feng had no talent, and he was damn lazy to have any!

Therefore, he had to prepare two strategies, making more connections with experts and establishing his own network, so that future schemers would be wary!

Ye Tianchen was the first formidable person Gu Feng wanted to befriend!

In the Golden Elixir stage, he could stand against Murong Zhengyi, the City Lord of Fire Phoenix City, who was at the ninth stage of the Elemental Infant! And he could still retreat unscathed!

Gu Feng had a hunch that, given time, this one would become a remarkable figure, and forming a good relationship would be beneficial for his future.

Retracting his thoughts, Gu Feng waved his hand, and Manager Wu hurriedly stepped forward.

"Has the flying sword sample I asked the Artifact Crafting Department to make been completed?" Gu Feng asked.

The Artifact Crafting Department was a special department Gu Feng had established over the past six months. He had recruited over three thousand cultivators skilled in artifact refining and settled them in a factory in the west of the city, focusing on the path of artifact refining to plan for the future.

Manager Wu nodded and replied, "Young Master, it has been completed. I'll have them bring it up for you to inspect."

With that, Manager Wu released a spirit talisman, and shortly after, two strong men carried a massive black longsword into the courtyard.

Gu Feng widened his eyes in suspicion, leaping from the master's chair to carefully observe the black longsword.

"Did you engrave the formations I instructed on the sword?" Gu Feng asked Manager Wu.