After the incident of Jian Xin chasing down Jiao Wuyu, Ning Zheng did not choose to go up the mountain but instead returned home to recuperate.

"At the time, in order to dodge it, I added 4500 Qi Fortune Value."

"Although it seems like I was too anxious, it wasn't necessary to dodge at all?"

Ning Zheng silently reviewed.

He hadn't committed any crime; aside from "Destiny Power," he was just a lucky slave who escaped down the mountain and accidentally obtained a Celestial Spirit Root.

They are Righteous cultivators from the Court.

They might even take me back for substantial training!

Jian Xin, back then, was also from a non-great family background, crashed into the Red House as a mere ten-year-old mortal, and was snatched by various great noble families until he was taken away by King Xinyi. This was also a Celestial Spirit Root.

A very famous commoner genius on Xinyi Continent, serving as a role model for many low-class scholars, with a legendary growth experience.

Perhaps I might have missed a great opportunity.

I am also a commoner, naturally fitting into a faction, wouldn't they want to bring me into the Court for cultivation?

The Court is the number one sect in the world!

Of course, he was just thinking about it and wouldn't entrust his life to outsiders.

It's too unstable to rely on outsiders for wealth and glory.

Moreover, the resources they offer might not be as useful as my own Qi Fortune Value. Leaving would make it hard to collect the Qi Fortune Value of the blacksmiths.

[Today's Qi Fortune Value: 5200]

After adding points today, he felt it shouldn't be wasted and immediately started cultivating, attempting to break through the Fifth Body.

With a pile of magic coins in the room, he ate meat, spirit rice, and prepared to forcefully rush through his meridians, as powerful streams of spiritual qi surged within him.

Four or five hours later, after exhausting the Qi Fortune Value, he successfully broke through the Fifth Body.

Phew!

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes:

"Truly achieved a small realm every five or six days!"

"Just took a little damage."

Ning Zheng looked at his body.

The Qi Fortune Value was ultimately a bit short, not enough to stabilize, causing some damage to his meridians, needing some recovery.

Any normal person forcing their way through the meridians like this would have wasted the meridians in their legs.

If I chose to break through tomorrow and saved up to 6700 Qi Fortune Value, the breakthrough would have been risk-free.

But nothing can always go as smoothly as desired.

He was very philosophical about it, a little injury could be nurtured back to health.

Currently, he has reached the Five-Body Realm, hasn't cultivated the Sixth Body, and needs to connect the separate Five Elements into an outer ring on the body to reach Five-Body Great Perfection.

At that time.

Wearing the front and back armor covering the internal organs, he would be an enemy of ten thousand, with strong regeneration and almost no flaws.

But Ning Zheng knows that the Five-Body Realm Great Perfection is just the beginning.

For a Loose Cultivator at this level, it's already very good.

Zhang Huaping is at this level.

Belongs to the middle-class level in the city but still worries about resources for her daughter's education and her own breakthroughs.

Some direct descendants in major sects on Xinyi Continent might reach Five-Body Great Perfection at around ten years old.

The average level for the Tianjiao in Pingchang City is reaching it at around twenty years old.

Currently, Ning Zheng achieved this accomplishment in his twenties, keeping up with the Tianjiao in Pingchang City.

"However, that Jian Xin revealed a lot of information."

After the breakthrough, he recalled the conversation back then.

Jiao Wuyu's identity is one of them.

The second is that the group of demon cultivators at the manor does indeed have people in the Court!

They were working for someone in the Court.

To do what?

Ning Zheng thought for a moment, surely it's not to forge magical artifacts?

At their level, they're all Magic Artifact Coarse Embryos!

The answer is evident, helping a bigwig mint coins, make money.

Previously, Ning Zheng felt that getting a few ten thousand magic coins from them felt a bit meager!

Now thinking about it, they must be regularly offering tributes.

Probably fifty or sixty thousand magic coins as tribute each time.

"When I took over, there was no spare change at hand, perhaps because a recent tribute had just been made, and some time, maybe even a few years, would have to pass before they returned."

"But I should definitely start saving up money, so when they come, I can directly pay the protection fee."

People like Jian Xin don't dare to kill you because they know you have someone backing you.

That's the meaning of protection fees!

Don't think of protection fees as something shameful; to be blunt, some sects and great noble families want to pay protection fees but have no means to do so.

This relationship is not harmful, but rather a beneficial interpersonal connection!

He isn't afraid of getting exposed for impersonation, even his own family's elder couldn't recognize a fake clansman, so how would outsiders?

Their side probably wouldn't take it seriously either, as long as the payment is made, they couldn't care less about what those demon cultivators are up to.

"When the bigwig demands money, letting a group of blacksmiths out to recognize their master, they would surely be well-served."

"If they can get a mintage license, it proves they have power, and can fend off Jian Xin, they mustn't be simple."

Ning Zheng benefitted from this, having learned a valuable lesson from the series of events with the blacksmith.

Immortal cultivation isn't about constant fighting; it's about handling human affairs.

Living in this world, it's mainly about forming alliances and recognizing powerful patrons.

With many patrons, the road is easier to walk.

Ning Zheng thought about this and felt no danger was insurmountable; if anything happens, just let the blacksmiths recognize their master and it's done.

Immediately, he felt relaxed, as if a heavy burden was lifted off his chest.

After that, he relaxed by spending the afternoon playing with Ning Jiaojiao and shopping with Su Yuniang, before they reverted to being earth-bound spirits, they went far.

Wandering and observing.

Look at the magnificent landscape in this deep mountain forest.

The two girls are having a great time.

They go hiking in the mountains, catch fish in the river, and have a barbecue.

Teach Ning Jiaojiao and Su Yuniang to use bows and arrows to hunt wild beasts, and they caught some small animals, even a big wild boar.

At night, they camp and cook in the wild right where they are.

They light a bonfire.

Take out bedding from the storage bag and lie under the starry sky, counting stars together.

Meanwhile, Su Yuniang occasionally takes out a Painting Card to write and draw, planting it along the way, like setting up signal towers.

Ning Zheng doesn't mind what she's doing, knowing that the manor has been tinkering with these Painting Cards recently.

Perhaps due to cognitive limitations, Ning Jiaojiao, not being a real person, quickly shifts emotions and soon returns to normal.

....

Early the next morning.

The Sword Casting Manor glimmers under the bright sunshine, with soft golden light spilling over the towers of the manor.

A few blacksmiths are still forging, the forge steaming with heat, when suddenly in a corner, a blacksmith holding a Painting Card shouts aloud:

"We've made contact! Our Painting Card actually reached the Sword Fairy in Pingchang City!"

"Holy crap, how could we make contact from so far away?"

With that shout, all the blacksmiths gather around excitedly.

After confirming the news is true, a wave of electrifying excitement echoes throughout.

"Hahahaha!"

"It's actually true!"

"How did it happen?"

They actually managed to connect with the Sword Fairy in Pingchang City!

Everyone is baffled.

A batch of Painting Cards has already been made, and they even sent samples to Zhang Huaping last time.

They also made Painting Cards for the embers Su Yuniang below the mountain to communicate.

After all, it's not far from the mountain to the base, so communication is naturally possible.

They also gave Su Yuniang below the mountain a task: to plant Painting Cards all the way, extending the "network cable" out of the village, but only just outside the village gate.

How did they make contact with the Sword Fairy in distant Pingchang City?

Such communication shouldn't reach that far!

Suddenly, a possibility occurs to them.

The Sword Fairy must have planted Painting Cards all the way from Pingchang City, extending to the village entrance.

But would the Sword Fairy really walk all the way from Pingchang City?

She usually uses the teleportation array!

They suddenly remember Jiao Chiwan appearing outside the manor that day.

Could it be that Zhang Huaping, their tributor, was hired by Jiao Chiwan, who helped bring the Sword Fairy along as well?

It's not impossible.

And the Sword Fairy acted on the opportunity, secretly planting Painting Cards all the way?

That would be an unexpected delight.

Jiao Chiwan, seems to be the blacksmiths' lucky star.

One must know, an Enchanter's materials can forge 10 to 30 Painting Cards depending on the technical level.

Only Painting Cards derived from the same corpse materials can communicate on the same channel.

They extended their network using the highest number of 30 same-channel Painting Cards, temporarily opening up the line!

"Folks, this is a historic step forward."

Jiucai Rong is very pleased.

Although the old manager and the Business Alliance in Pingchang City have Communication Tokens, allowing communication.

But private communication among themselves is different!

How can a public phone compare to a private one?

Being able to regularly contact the adventuring Ember baby remotely can allow her to accomplish many, many things in Pingchang City!

"How cool is that! I'm thrilled, a city, a city!"

"The traveling frog has connected to the signal!"

"All thanks to Su Yuniang."

"Thanks to Jiao Chiwan, the Sword Fairy is smart; she must have been on an adventure mission as well, and perhaps it was just as dangerous as ours!"

...

After celebrating, they quickly calm down.

This is an exciting event, but its actual utility is not as great as people imagine.

First, they picked the best [Painting Cards], which are 3/3 common quality.

This means they can use Spells for communication only three times a day.

Each spell communication lasts only for five minutes.

Still, it's quite good; the old manager also has a formal Super Long-range Communication Token, with three sessions per day, five minutes each session.

There's no worry about charging the spells on the Painting Cards.

Being made of Magic Copper, they automatically absorb Spiritual Qi from the surroundings, recharging themselves with three uses per day.

The outdoor Painting Cards, however, might be attacked by wild beasts and could be cut off anytime.

Regardless, this is a big leap for them!

What does it mean?

It means the periodic updated weekly words from the baby's adventures have become daily updated three-chapter dailies!

The Sword Fairy, updating three chapters a day!

Don't get too excited.

The adventure attributes of the text are maxed out.

This game is just a small map of virtual operations, playable in various ways, allowing a certain level of remote-controlled character adventuring!

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