Chapter 154: Huang Doudou Shopping

When Lu Yang arrived at the Mission Hall, night had already fallen deep, leaving the vast pavilion occupied by only a mere handful of people.

According to what Lu Yang knew of them, his senior brothers and sisters maintained a disciplined routine, striving by day to fulfill their missions, slaying demons and vanquishing evils to uphold the righteous path; but when darkness fell, they would either indulge in wild revelry or sit in quiet meditation.

Of course, the wild revelry spoken of here was not the mundane world's idea of mere eating, drinking, and pleasure-seeking, but rather an indulgence in wine and merriment coupled with bouts of magical sparring, ensuring that neither relaxation nor cultivation was neglected.

For this reason, the Mission Hall was quite deserted at this hour.

Lu Yang scrolled through the exchange catalog, selecting spirit tree seeds that possessed decent grades yet remained affordable.

"Fringe tree, pomegranate tree, apple tree..."

Lu Yang swept his gaze over the seeds, entirely unsatisfied; though their quality and price were acceptable, they utterly lacked elegance.

"Why bother looking at the price? You may spend this Immortal's contribution points exactly as you please!" The Immortal Fairy was as magnanimous as ever; she had just checked her own balance and compared it against the price index, feeling so high-spirited that she thought this mere Single-Hearted Sect amounted to nothing after all.

Lu Yang harbored no habit of living off a woman, and his conscience pricked at the thought of taking advantage of a fool.

The Immortal Fairy puffed out her cheeks and glared at Lu Yang; residing within his mental space, she could vaguely perceive some of his thoughts.

In that brief instant just now, Lu Yang had shown disrespect to a celestial being!

Lu Yang continued choosing seeds: "Coconut tree, durian tree... Bodhi tree, the Bodhi tree seeds are quite good!"

The Bodhi tree held a profound significance within the Buddhist gates, its shadow cast across countless legends, and Lu Yang felt it perfectly suited his status as a genius.

"You it is, then—Bodhi tree seeds."

Lu Yang purchased ten of them.

When it was the Immortal Fairy's turn, her eyes shone brightly at the sight of the dazzling array of exchange items, leaving her utterly at a loss as to what she should buy.

"Why not purchase some natural treasures that can restore your strength?"

If the Immortal Fairy could recover her ancient state, Lu Yang would gain a monumental backer; with the Eldest Senior Sister and the Immortal Fairy behind him, would this cultivation world not be his to command?

The Immortal Fairy spoke with sheer disdain: "What nonsense are you uttering? I am an Immortal—do you comprehend what an Immortal is? The absolute pinnacle of cultivators. What treasures in this mortal realm could possibly possess the qualifications to be used by me?"

The underlying meaning was simply that the exchange list contained nothing capable of restoring her power.

"Then how about two Youth Preserving Pills?"

"Setting aside the fact that this Immortal's visage remains eternally youthful, flawless, and immaculate, never to age, I am a mere sixteen years old; what need have I for preserving youth?"

Lu Yang muttered inwardly that she was exaggerating her youth; he would sooner believe her if she claimed to be six, merely possessing a rapidly developing physique.

Lu Yang offered no further suggestions: "Choose whatever you like."

"This blind box seems rather splendid; it costs a mere two hundred contribution points a turn, with a chance to draw rare cultivation methods, spells, ten-thousand-year-old natural treasures, and a whole series of precious items!"

Lu Yang's eyelid twitched; who on earth had concocted such a device?

He intended to dissuade her, but seeing the Immortal Fairy's exhilarated expression, he knew any attempt would likely prove futile.

"Lu Yang, let me borrow your body for a moment; I shall purchase fifty blind boxes!"

Possessing only a soul, the Immortal Fairy could not make purchases directly and required temporary possession of Lu Yang's form.

Lu Yang sighed, relinquishing his body to her control.

Ten thousand contribution points were squandered without so much as a blink; the hard-earned reward from the three of them infiltrating the demonic sect had only amounted to eight thousand five hundred points in total.

Cradling the fifty blind boxes, the Immortal Fairy drifted unsteadily over to a corner of the hall, sitting down to unwrap them one by one.

In truth, a sweep of her immortal consciousness would have revealed everything instantly, yet she felt that doing so would ruin the novelty, preferring instead the pleasure of opening them sequentially.

"A toy bear, a toy dog, a lollipop, a large iron pot... what manner of rubbish is all this? Where are the promised precious treasures?"

The Immortal Fairy felt thoroughly swindled.

Lu Yang thought to himself that he had anticipated precisely such an outcome.

Whether it was a stroke of the Immortal Fairy's own luck or a sudden burst of conscience from the creator of the blind boxes, she actually managed to unearth something truly fine.

"A Soul-Returning Pill: when one is on the brink of death and the soul departs the body, consuming this pill can recall the spirit and preserve one's life."

A life-saving medicine, though utterly useless to either Lu Yang or the Immortal Fairy.

Even if Lu Yang were dying and his soul sought to flee, the Immortal Fairy could simply grab him by the ankles and drag him right back.

As for the Immortal Fairy herself, the very possibility of approaching death simply did not exist.

"Barely counts as a harvest; store it away."

The Immortal Fairy instinctively sought to place it inside Lu Yang's identity jade pendant, but the pendant recognized only the soul, leaving her unable to use it.

While she could certainly force it open, there was no necessity; she could simply have Lu Yang store it himself once she returned his body.

"Corpse-Melting Powder: sprinkle this powder upon a corpse, and the remains shall dissolve into thick water; washed away with a splash of water, the person vanishes from the world entirely."

"Note: Effective only upon corpses at or below the Golden Core stage."

Lu Yang's eyelid twitched slightly as he repeatedly reminded himself that the Single-Hearted Sect was an orthodox and righteous sect; such powder was meant solely for vanquishing enemies and eliminating hidden perils, to be used only under absolute necessity.

"Visualization Scroll of Mountains and Rivers: meditating upon this image expands one's mental space and enhances spiritual power."

"Author: Ji Hongwen."

Ji Hongwen was a disciple of the Fourth Elder, a scholar-cultivator skilled in the Dao of painting, belonging to the same generation as the Eldest Senior Sister and Dai Bufan.

Lu Yang's eyes lit up; this was indeed a treasure. His current spiritual power had already reached the absolute limit of the Foundation Establishment stage, and any further increase would instead damage his mental space; only when he reached the late Foundation Establishment stage could he advance his spiritual power further.

The Immortal Fairy curled her lip and, using Lu Yang's hand, thumped his chest: "Why visualize such a thing? It is both inefficient and clumsy. Once you reach the late Foundation Establishment stage, simply visualize me; mine is a genuine portrait of a fairy, and its efficacy will certainly surpass this unknown scroll!"

"Tight-Lipped Pill: upon consuming this pill, one will absolutely never confess under severe torture, short of a honey trap!"

"Automatic Scribing Array: if you are punished by your elders to copy scriptures or cultivation methods, utilizing this formation allows you to imitate your own handwriting to fulfill the penalty!"

Lu Yang sighed with admiration: "It seems our senior brothers and sisters invented this array purely to save themselves trouble."

"Wrong!" The Immortal Fairy detected an abnormality. "This automatic scribing array possesses a hidden back-door; the moment it is deployed, the elders will discover it!"

Lu Yang: "..."

Good heavens, could it be that this device was invented by the elders of the Single-Hearted Sect precisely to fish for offenders?

He knew it; though these elders appeared entirely eccentric on ordinary days, when it came to plotting against others, each possessed methods more cunning than the last!

The blind boxes were finished, and taken as a whole, the expenditure of these ten thousand contribution points was rather a loss; yet the Immortal Fairy cared little, quite taken with the initial toy bear and toy dog, planning to manifest them within the mental space shortly.

Within that mental domain, she could simulate absolutely anything.

"What other amusing things should I buy..." The Immortal Fairy spent her contribution points with a lavish hand, eager to exhaust them all in one go.

"You it is, then—give me three!" The Immortal Fairy struck the table, deciding upon three specific exchange vouchers, which happened to deplete the remainder of her points perfectly.

A sense of impending foreboding arose within Lu Yang; what manner of voucher could possibly be so exorbitant? He looked closely at the three slips, upon which was written:

A One-Day Experiential Tour as the Sect Master of the Single-Hearted Sect.