When Lu Yang arrived at the Mission Hall, it was already late at night, and only a handful of people lingered in the vast hall.
As far as Lu Yang knew, his senior martial brothers and sisters kept regular hours. During the day, they worked hard to complete missions, slaying demons, exterminating devils, and defending the righteous path. Come nightfall, they either let loose and played or sat in meditation to rest.
Of course, "letting loose and playing" did not mean worldly partying and indulgence, but rather drinking and making merry while having spell duels—delaying neither rest nor cultivation.
Thus, there were not many people in the Mission Hall right now.
Lu Yang scrolled through the redemption list, searching for spiritual tree seeds of decent grade and reasonable price.
"Photinia tree, pomegranate tree, apple tree..."
Lu Yang scanned through the seeds, not particularly satisfied with any of them. Their quality and price were acceptable, but they lacked character.
"Why even bother checking the price? Feel free to spend this Immortal's contribution points however you like!" The Immortal Fairy was generous as always. She had just checked her contribution points and compared them against the price list, brimming with confidence and feeling that this measly Dao Seeking Sect was nothing impressive after all.
Lu Yang had no habit of freeloading off women, and his conscience wouldn't allow him to take advantage of a fool anyway.
The Immortal Fairy puffed out her cheeks and glared at Lu Yang. Being inside his spiritual space, she could vaguely sense some of his thoughts.
Just now, for a split second, Lu Yang had shown disrespect to an immortal!
Lu Yang continued browsing the seeds: "Coconut tree, durian tree... Bodhi tree. Bodhi tree seeds aren't bad!"
The Bodhi tree held special significance in the Buddhist sect, featuring in numerous legends. Lu Yang felt a Bodhi tree suited his status as a genius perfectly.
"You're the one. Bodhi tree seeds."
Lu Yang purchased ten Bodhi tree seeds.
When it was the Immortal Fairy's turn, her eyes shone at the dazzling array of exchange items, leaving her at a loss as to what to buy.
"How about buying some heavenly treasures that can restore your strength?"
If the Immortal Fairy could recover to her ancient state, Lu Yang would have a massive backer. Backed by Eldest Senior Sister and the Immortal Fairy, wouldn't he, Lu, be calling the shots in this cultivation world?
The Immortal Fairy said disdainfully, "What are you talking about? I am an immortal. An immortal, do you understand? The pinnacle of cultivators! How could there be that many heavenly treasures in this world worthy of being used by me?"
Her underlying meaning was that there was nothing on the redemption list capable of restoring her strength.
"Then how about buying a couple of Beauty Preserving Pills?"
"Leaving aside that this Immortal possesses eternal youth, flawless and immaculate, incapable of aging—this Immortal is only sixteen years old. Why would I need Beauty Preserving Pills?"
Lu Yang thought to himself, *Fairy, surely you've exaggerated your age. If you claimed you were six and just developed fast physically, I'd believe you.*
Lu Yang stopped offering suggestions. "Just pick whatever you like."
"Hey, this blind box isn't bad! It's only two hundred contribution points a pop, with a chance to pull rare cultivation methods, spells, ten-thousand-year-old heavenly treasures, and a whole slew of precious treasures!"
Lu Yang's eyelid twitched. Who on earth came up with this gimmick?
He wanted to talk her out of it, but seeing how excited the Immortal Fairy was, he knew it was probably futile.
"Lu Yang, let me borrow your body for a bit! I'm buying fifty blind boxes!"
The Immortal Fairy had only a soul and could not make purchases directly, requiring her to temporarily possess Lu Yang.
Lu Yang sighed and let the fairy take control of his body.
She blew through ten thousand contribution points without batting an eye. The contribution points the three of them had earned from painstakingly infiltrating the demonic cult only added up to eighty-five hundred in total.
Clutching fifty blind boxes, the Immortal Fairy waddled over to a corner of the hall, sat down, and began unboxing them one by one.
In truth, a sweep of her immortal sense would reveal everything inside, but the Immortal Fairy felt that would ruin the novelty, so she preferred opening them one by one.
"A teddy bear doll, a puppy doll, a lollipop, a big iron wok... What kind of junk is this? Where are the promised precious treasures?"
The Immortal Fairy felt she had been scammed.
Lu Yang thought, *I knew this was how it would turn out.*
Whether it was because of the Immortal Fairy's good luck or because the person who set up the blind boxes had a conscience, she actually managed to open some good things.
"Soul Returning Pill. When hovering at death's door and one's soul leaves the body, consuming this pill can recall the soul and save one's life."
A life-saving pill, though it was utterly useless to both Lu Yang and the Immortal Fairy.
Even if Lu Yang were dying and his soul tried to leave his body, the Immortal Fairy could grab him by the ankles and yank him right back.
As for the Immortal Fairy, it went without saying—the possibility of death did not even exist for her.
"Barely counts as a prize. Put it away."
The Immortal Fairy instinctively tried to stash it into Lu Yang's identity jade pendant, but the identity jade pendant recognized souls, so she couldn't use it.
Although the Immortal Fairy could force it open, there was no need. Once she returned the body to Lu Yang, she could just let him put it away himself.
"Corpse Dissolving Powder: Sprinkle this powder onto a corpse, and the corpse will dissolve into thick liquid. A rinse of water, and that person will vanish from the world forever.
"Note: Can only dissolve corpses of the Golden Core stage and below."
Lu Yang's eyelid twitched slightly. He repeatedly reminded himself that the Dao Seeking Sect was a renowned, righteous sect; Corpse Dissolving Powder was something used only as a last resort after defeating an enemy to eliminate latent dangers.
"Mountain and River Visualization Diagram: Visualizing this diagram can expand one's spiritual space and enhance spiritual force.
"Author: Ji Hongwen."
Ji Hongwen was a disciple of the Fourth Elder, a Confucian cultivator skilled in the Dao of painting, and from the same batch as Eldest Senior Sister and Dai Bufan.
Lu Yang's eyes lit up. This was good stuff. His current spiritual force had already reached the limit of the Foundation Establishment stage; pushing it higher would only damage his spiritual space. Once he reached late Foundation Establishment, he would be able to expand his spiritual force even further.
The Immortal Fairy curled her lip, using Lu Yang's body to thump his chest. "Why bother visualizing this thing? It's inefficient and clumsy. Once you reach late Foundation Establishment, just visualize me! Mine is a genuine Fairy Visualization Diagram—the results will definitely beat some obscure diagram like this!"
"Tight-Lipped Pill: Consume this pill, and even under severe torture, so long as no honey trap is used, you will never confess!"
"Automatic Writing Formation: If you are punished by your elders to copy scriptures or cultivation manuals, using this formation can mimic your handwriting and copy them for you!"
Lu Yang marveled, "It seems our senior brothers and sisters invented this formation just to save themselves the trouble."
"Wait, that's not right!" The Immortal Fairy noticed something odd. "This Automatic Writing Formation has a backdoor. The moment it's used, the elders will find out!"
Lu Yang: "..."
Good grief, could it be that the elders of the Dao Seeking Sect invented this thing specifically to go phishing here?
He knew it. These elders usually seemed eccentric and unreliable, but when it came to scheming against people, each was craftier than the last!
All the blind boxes were opened. Overall, spending those ten thousand contribution points had been quite a loss, but the Immortal Fairy didn't care. She really liked the teddy bear and puppy dolls from earlier and planned to simulate them in the spiritual space later.
Inside the spiritual space, the Immortal Fairy could simulate anything.
"What other fun things should I buy..." The Immortal Fairy was lavish with her contribution points, wanting to blow through them all in one go.
"You're the one! Give me three!" The Immortal Fairy made up her mind, deciding on three redemption vouchers, which would just about exhaust her contribution points.
Lu Yang had a bad premonition. What kind of redemption vouchers were so expensive? He took a close look at the three vouchers, which read:
Dao Seeking Sect Master One-Day Experience Tour.
Chapter 154