Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 315

Chapter 315: Spending a Lot of Money

“Don’t tell anyone about this,” Jiang Li discussed with Master Dongxu. Master Dongxu, still influenced by his recent dream, mechanically agreed to whatever Jiang Li said, nodding without a second thought.

Jiang Li felt Master Dongxu needed some time to recover, so he patted him on the shoulder and left the secret realm.

[Do you want to claim the quest reward?]

The ultimate reward for the Dongxu secret realm was to hear Master Dongxu recount his dream, a quest Jiang Li had already completed.

“Accept.”

A manual titled “Spending a Lot of Money” appeared in Jiang Li’s hands. He flipped through it, finding it quite interesting.

“I bitterly regret that my cultivation relied entirely on elixirs, without any effort, resulting in an unstable foundation and a disadvantage in battles of the same level. Fortunately, I have an advantage that others cannot match: a business acumen. After years of operation, the Chamber of Commerce has grown to a huge scale, and countless spirit stones have rolled in.”

“I have faced the wall for a hundred years and finally realized the method of financial power to become immortal. I am writing this book as a souvenir.”

“This skill is called “Spending a Thousand Golds”. It can convert spirit stones into power and send them out. The more spirit stones, the greater the power.”

He turned to the last page of the skill, which read:

“I have exhausted my financial resources in a battle with a fierce enemy, and the Chamber of Commerce has collapsed. I am selling this skill at a low price.”

“…This skill should be called “Losing Everything.”

Jiang Li thought this was another useless skill. Could the system not come up with something useful? Bai Hongtu doesn’t even practice these things every day!

“I found a fun skill. Would you like to practice it?” Jiang Li handed the skill to Bai Hongtu.

Bai Hongtu flipped through the book and said disdainfully, “I won’t practice it.”

Jiang Li spread his hands. Look, even Bai Hongtu wasn’t practicing.

After a brief moment of thought, Bai Hongtu conjured a brush and modified the technique: “I’ve revised it.”

“The efficiency of converting spirit stones into power is too low. After I’ve revised it, it can increase efficiency by 80%.”

Jiang Li took a quick look and, just as Bai Hongtu had said, it had greatly improved the utilization rate of spirit stones. “I usually call this writing a new technique, not modifying it.”

“You don’t want to practice this, do you?” Bai Hongtu asked nervously.

Jiang Li was puzzled. “Why would I practice this? Using all the spirit stones in the Nine Provinces wouldn’t be as powerful as a few random strikes.”

Bai Hongtu breathed a sigh of relief. If Jiang Li practiced this technique, it would likely lead to a spirit stone shortage in the Nine Provinces, plunging the state into an economic crisis.

The system rewarded Jiang Li with a Heavenly Infant Fruit.

Heavenly Infant Fruit is a valuable ingredient for perfecting the Nascent Soul. Consuming one, a Nascent Soul cultivator can further perfect their own Nascent Soul.

A large number of these fruits were planted behind the Human Emperor Palace.

[Activate the Borrowing Source Point Function]

“How much do you want to borrow?” Jiang Li looked at his string of question marks and asked the system if it needed to borrow some.

The system didn’t answer Jiang Li’s question, but instead provided instructions for using the new feature.

Jiang Li reviewed the instructions. The rules were tricky: the system could lend the host Source Points, with no upper limit, but they had to be repaid within one year, plus a 40% interest rate—pure usury.

Jiang Li didn’t need this feature.

“Where are you going?” Bai Hongtu asked.

“To the Mysterious Secret Realm, to learn the Way of Dreams.” If anyone in Jiuzhou knew the Way of Dreams best, it was undoubtedly the master of the Mysterious Secret Realm, the Great Dream Layman Meng Chun.

…

“Your Majesty, you cannot abandon me! Have you forgotten the vows you made to me?” A woman in luxurious clothing cried miserably. Judging by her attire, she must be the Empress.

“Hmph, you enchantress, good for nothing but your beauty, yet you dare to tempt me. How can I tolerate you?” The Emperor flung the Empress aside with a flick of his sleeve, turning to embrace another woman.

“My beloved concubine is far more useful than you. The suggestions she offers are of great benefit to the court, helping me consolidate my rule and strengthen the nation!”

The Queen stared at her incredulously. “So the questions you asked me were about things happening at court?”

The Queen looked at her with disdain. “Sister, don’t say that. I’ve been working through the night to figure out how to handle the political affairs of the court, just to relieve the Emperor’s worries.”

The Emperor looked at her with affection. “My beloved concubine, thank you for your hard work.”

Jiang Li saw this scene upon entering the mysterious secret realm and thought he had come to the wrong place.

Upon closer inspection, he realized the Queen was none other than Meng Chun.

“I’ve experienced mortal life, but I never expected to meet such a tyrant as you!” the Queen said coldly, looking down at the two of them.

“Help! The Queen has gone mad! Banish her to the cold palace!” the Emperor called.

“Ban me?” The Queen smiled.

“You might as well try!”

The Queen’s aura continued to rise, reaching the Nascent Soul Stage… the Spiritual Transformation Stage… the Fusion Stage!

“You, you’re in the Fusion Stage!” The Emperor and his beloved concubine embraced, unable to believe that the naive, romantic Empress, so easily bullied, was actually a powerful being in the Fusion Stage.

“Queen, I truly love you!” The Emperor pushed his beloved concubine away, attempting to approach the Empress.

“Love me?” The Empress sneered, slapping the Emperor away.

Seeing this, his beloved concubine kowtowed vigorously, begging for the Empress’s forgiveness: “Sister, since we entered the palace at the same time, please forgive me this time. I won’t dare do it again.” “

Forgive you…” The Empress smiled cruelly, about to punish her beloved sister, but was interrupted by Jiang Li’s cough.

“Well, it’s enough to act well enough.” Jiang Li found this palace drama awkward.

The Empress blushed and quickly dismissed the conjured figures.

She had been having fun on her own, never expecting anyone else to enter the secret realm.

“Dreams have become reality. Senior Meng Chun’s dream path is truly worthy of its reputation,” Jiang Li praised with a bow.

Even if the mysterious secret realm was closed, Jiang Li would still be able to enter.

Dressed in the attire of a queen, Meng Chun possessed a unique charm, her brows brimming with inexhaustible charm. She gracefully saluted Jiang Li, her wide, vibrant red dress flaring to the ground like a dazzling, exotic flower.

“Human Emperor, you are so kind! As a remnant of a thought, Meng Chun can only use these few tricks within the secret realm.” “

Your tricks are truly remarkable! Even Bai Hongtu, after mastering the Way of Dreams, couldn’t do what you do.”

“What do you want, Human Emperor?” Meng Chun pretended she wasn’t the one acting.

“Ask me a question, and while I’m at it, I’ll learn the Way of Dreams.” Jiang Li recounted the dream of Master Dongxu.

“This is quite novel,” Meng Chun marveled. She had never heard of such a thing.

She conjured up two wooden chairs and a wooden table. “Please take a seat, Human Emperor.”

“Dreams reflect the heart and soul. Perhaps the souls of the Dongxu True Immortals from different worlds resonate, allowing each other to see the scenes before their deaths.”

“This is both a dream and a memory.”

“Is it possible to use dreams as a springboard to a parallel world?”

Meng Chun pondered for a moment and said hesitantly, “Logically, it’s impossible. The dreams of the Dongxu True Immortal are things that have already happened, and their connection to the parallel world is minimal.”

“But the fact that the First Emperor can sense your existence means that neither of you nor he is common sense.”

“Since none of it is common sense, then everything is possible.”

Jiang Li nodded. This was consistent with his guess.

“So I came to learn the way of dreams from you, Senior.”

(End of this chapter)