So Dongliang Ying would occasionally quietly observe Shi Chun, pondering what Shi Chun was thinking while zoning out by the door. No man would spend his whole life here for such little money, right? He would leave sooner or later, right?

Her sisters also said he might leave sooner or later.

Suddenly, a tall man with thick eyebrows and big eyes appeared at the door. Dong Liangyu recognized him as Wang Ping's friend, Gao He, a former colleague from the horse stables. Ever since Wang Ping started working here, Gao He often came to the bookhouse to read, often emphasizing that like Wang Ping, he loved reading.

He would occasionally even stay for a meal, becoming quite familiar with the Dong family.

Wu Jinliang hurried up the steps, too rushed to speak with Shi Chun, he first peered inside and immediately caught sight of Dongliang Ying, waving and shouting, "Third Miss, I'm taking Wang Ping to buy something, we'll be right back."

Dongliang Ying brushed her hand and said to Shi Chun, who was looking back, "I'll keep an eye on things here. It's lunchtime, head back early."

Shi Chun slightly bowed to express his thanks. Leaving for a short while was no problem; he wasn't paid much, so he had this freedom.

Before turning to leave, Wu Jinliang couldn't help but glance back at Dongliang Ying a few more times, sighing inwardly. People, really, can't compare. Just by reading books, one could live in the home of three beautiful women. How does that make sense?

After leaving the doorway of the bookhouse, he sighed, "The book really holds the beauty, so it's true."

Shi Chun didn't bother with his little schemes.

As the two walked through the streets and into a secluded area, Wu Jinliang lowered his voice and said, "News has come from home that An Wuzhi's cultivation has already broken through to the Earth Immortal Realm. Damn it, the progress of this Divine Fire attribute aiding cultivation is unbelievably fast. At this rate, who knows what realm they'll have to reach to resume normal cultivation speed."

This question, Shi Chun couldn't answer either, as there was no precedent to refer to. As far as they knew, the only one before was Situ Gu, who absorbed six blossoms. With someone absorbing a dozen or two, there's really no way to have a reference.

And Tong Mingshan and Zhu Xiangxin's cultivation had also broken through to the Human Immortal Great Achievement Realm, but their progress was generally slower than An Wuzhi's. Was it because An Wuzhi's cultivation talent was higher, or was there an advantage in the Cultivation Technique used for combat? They couldn't tell.

In any case, it's good for their own people's cultivation to progress quickly.

However, this progress didn't come from the Divine Fire's power increasing out of thin air, but from piling a large amount of cultivation resources over more than three years, nearly twenty billion had been spent on Tong Mingshan and the others. Although it was heart-wrenching to spend, Shi Chun still fully supported the improvement of their cultivation.

Given Tong Mingshan's poor performance during the Artifact Refining World competition, Shi Chun brought out a few sets of Fire Attribute Skills for the three to choose from. These were Cultivation Methods hidden on corpses brought out from Lake Heart Tower in the Divine Fire Domain, allowing them to each select one suitable for themselves.

Those cultivation techniques of ancient great powers should be far superior to the cultivation methods of their original sects.

Of course, if there were good cultivation techniques, it would naturally be Wu Jinliang's priority, no question about it.

It's just that among the nine cultivation techniques inside the tower, six were Fire Attribute Skills, leaving only three for Wu Jinliang to choose from. Actually, there wasn't much choice; it's still about which one suits you better. No matter how good the cultivation technique is, if it doesn't match your talent, you can't succeed in cultivating it.

Wu Jinliang, after attempting cultivation, finally chose a Cultivation Technique named "The Many Aspects Skill."

So Shi Chun suppressed this technique from being shared, and only let others from the Mingshan Sect choose from the other two techniques to see who might be suitable for cultivation.

Chu Jingtang directly declined. He came from the 'Bilan Sect' and cultivated a Water Manipulation Technique. Switching to a completely different attribute technique would require discarding his entire cultivation and source of magic to retrain. He wasn't willing to endure such pain, nor to give up on cultivation he had worked hard for many years.

Wu Jinliang, in switching to a different technique, also endured significant hardships. Reshaping his source of magic wasn't pleasant, and he considered giving up since he already had wealth and security. He persisted only under Shi Chun's strict reprimand and pressure, eventually succeeding in reshaping after nearly two years.

It was only after he crossed that threshold and began cultivating "The Many Aspects Skill" that Shi Chun secretly took him away from the Shengshen Continent Royal Capital, personally overseeing Wu Jinliang in overcoming that obstacle.

At this moment, however, Shi Chun, after pondering for a moment, had some sense of crisis. With his subordinates' cultivation improving so quickly, the future situation might be unpredictable.

In the short term, everyone might remember his kindness or rely on the cultivation resources he provided. But in the future? Could you expect someone who could stand tall to always stay beneath you?

Thinking of this, he felt he couldn't remain dormant, and thoughts of the Demon Path arose again.

After much deliberation, he suddenly said, "We've been looking here for more than a year without any leads on the 'Death Refusing Incense.' We can't keep wasting time like this; we need to change course."

Wu Jinliang knew immediately that he had a different idea and asked, "What do you mean?"

Shi Chun contemplated and said, "If someone related to the 'Death Refusing Incense' is indeed hiding here and we can't find them in the shadows, why not search openly?"

Wu Jinliang, curious, asked, "How do we search openly?"

Shi Chun casually grabbed a small biscuit box and handed it to him, "Actually, I have some 'Death Refusing Incense' too, give it a sniff."

"Huh?" Wu Jinliang looked baffled, his face full of questions. He quickly took it, opened the lid, and saw a sheet of black ointment. After examining it, he brought it to his nose to sniff gently, and indeed, he smelled a soothing fragrance. He suspiciously asked, "Can this really be 'Death Refusing Incense'? The legendary scent should be much stronger, shouldn't it?"

Shi Chun replied coldly, "If a shop says it has 'Death Refusing Incense,' those unfamiliar will react like you did, which is normal. But if someone familiar with 'Death Refusing Incense' smells it, what would their reaction be?"

"What kind of reaction…" Muttering, Wu Jinliang suddenly understood. What he was holding wasn't actually Death Refusing Incense at all. "You mean, to lure people out and investigate anyone who reacts unusually?"

Shi Chun took back the small biscuit box, closed it, and put it away, "If I were someone connected to the 'Death Refusing Incense,' upon hearing that a shop in town has a display, I wouldn't be able to resist coming to check it out. After all, there's nothing to lose."

Saying this, he suddenly turned, not heading further into the secluded area, but returning to the bustling main street they came from. Without looking back, he gave instructions, "We can't be involved. Send a message to have Chu Jingtang, Lao Changtai, and Xiao Sheng handle this matter."

With his current power, even being far away here, he could convey his thoughts and will to the Shengshen Continent Royal Capital anytime, just by arranging a few people at two or three Xun Gates as communication nodes. The person receiving the message would promptly relay it through the Xun Gate to the next node. The expensive costs of using the Xun Gates were no longer a concern here.

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