Pay-to-Win Cultivation: I Get 10,000x Returns Chapter 58

Zhang Xian looked at her resolute expression and continued, "If you don't accept it, I won't do any more business with your Cloud Raiment Pavilion in the future."

Yun Wanqing shook her head. "No, Fellow Daoist. I absolutely will not accept it. Don't try to provoke me like this."

Zhang Xian suddenly smiled. "Then I'll give you something else. If you want it, you have to accept both together."

Yun Wanqing was taken aback. What kind of strange request was this?

"How is Zhen'er doing now?" Zhang Xian abruptly changed the subject.

"She's... she's fine. She's currently staying within the Profound Ice Array," Yun Wanqing answered instinctively before freezing completely. Why was Zhang Xian suddenly asking about this? Could it be—

Zhang Xian didn't speak. He just silently took out a crystal-clear lotus seed from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

Yun Wanqing was utterly shocked. Her beautiful eyes widened, and her voice trembled slightly. "This... this is..."

"The Heaven-Seizing Heart-Mending Lotus Seed. It will be of great use to your daughter," Zhang Xian said softly. "I've looked into it. While it can't completely cure the deficiency in her soul, it can at least improve her condition, enough to spare her from the suffering of the Profound Ice Array."

Yun Wanqing covered her mouth as clear tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

Two hundred years...

She had desperately searched for a way to save her daughter, but to no avail. Now, hope was right before her eyes. She could no longer control her emotions and began sobbing uncontrollably.

Outside the flying vessel.

Su Ling suddenly spoke up. "Zhang Xian made Sect Master Yun cry."

The elders: "???"

Elder Wangya instantly appeared beside Su Ling, his voice rising several octaves, all decorum lost. "What did you say!!?"

Su Ling's face remained calm. "Beneath the protective barrier, I couldn't hear clearly; I could only see a blurry image. Zhang Xian wanted to give her something, and she started crying."

Only then did Wangya let out a sigh of relief, his feelings complex—both happy and distressed.

Yun Wanqing was crying tears of joy; Zhang Xian must have produced something useful for her daughter. The regret was that it wasn't me who provided it.

The other elders nearby also breathed a sigh of relief. Elder Su Ling, please finish your sentences in one go next time! Leaving things half-said is enough to scare someone to death.

Didn't you see Elder Wangya's spiritual power flaring up just now? He almost charged over to attack!

Inside the cabin.

Yun Wanqing reined in her emotions and bowed deeply to Zhang Xian. "Fellow Daoist Zhang Xian, I will remember this kindness and favor in my heart forever. Please tell me what you require; I... this humble one will do my utmost to fulfill it."

【Ding! Current Favorability: 43.】

Looking at her tear-streaked face, Zhang Xian suddenly felt like teasing her. "Didn't you say before that as long as your daughter was cured, you would be willing to pay any price?"

Yun Wanqing instantly panicked, her cheeks flushing slightly red. "Th-this doesn't count as curing my daughter! It... it doesn't count!"

What if he really makes an excessive demand? What should I do?

Zhang Xian laughed. "Then how about agreeing to half?"

"Half?" Yun Wanqing's heart raced as countless possibilities flashed through her mind. She subconsciously took half a step back. "Half of what?"

Seeing her flustered appearance, Zhang Xian finally said, "Oh, my request is simply for you to continue helping me acquire rare treasures and materials—anything and everything. I was very satisfied with the two items Yun Qi gave me last time."

Yun Wanqing let out a sigh of relief, her tense shoulders relaxing. "So that's what it is... I thought... Of course, that's no problem at all."

Right then, she suddenly noticed a mischievous glint flash in Zhang Xian's eyes and realized he had been deliberately teasing her just now!

"You!" Yun Wanqing's cheeks flushed redder with a mix of embarrassment and annoyance. "Fellow Daoist Zhang Xian, is teasing people like this very amusing?"

Zhang Xian laughed heartily. "Sect Master Yun looked much more lively when you were nervous just now compared to usual."

Yun Wanqing glared at him, but for some reason, the heavy feeling that had weighed on her heart for years seemed to lighten a bit because of this jest.

Afterward, she carefully stored away the pill and suddenly noticed that this Immortal Ascension Pill in her hand was slightly different from the one she had given him before.

"This pill..."

Zhang Xian smiled mysteriously. "Our minor world has already deciphered the recipe for the Immortal Ascension Pill. This one is an improved version. It's somewhat different from the ones refined by the Lingxu Sect; this one is more effective. By the way, you absolutely cannot give this one away! You must take it yourself."

"I will definitely take it myself."

Yun Wanqing was utterly shocked in her heart. She finally realized that the young man before her likely represented a force far beyond what the Cloud Raiment Pavilion could imagine.

So it wasn't that we were cooperating; Cloud Raiment Pavilion had latched onto a powerful patron!

One hour later, the flying vessel's protective barrier was finally lifted. Yun Wanqing summoned Zhiyin from Heavenly Puppet Peak to handle the handover of the vessel matters.

"Come collect it in one month," Zhiyin said to Zhang Xian with a wink. "I guarantee Boss will be satisfied then."

Subsequently, Elder Wangya forced himself to maintain his composure as he came to see them off. Yun Wanqing was clearly somewhat distracted; after hurriedly bidding farewell, she departed on her vessel, eager to rush back and treat her daughter.

Looking back at the gradually receding Yunmiao Sect, Yun Wanqing's thoughts were in turmoil. This trip was originally intended to repay a favor, yet she ended up owing an even greater one.

"Agreeing to half..." A slight smile touched the corner of her mouth.

Spirit Sword Peak, in front of Zhang Xian's thatched hut.

Li Fuxi sat with eyes closed, cultivating her qi. After consuming the many rare treasures and materials given by Zhang Xian and secluding herself for a month in meditation, her Metal and Water Spirit Roots had both advanced from high-grade to top-grade.

Simultaneously, she steeled herself and shattered her originally damaged Golden Core before re-condensing a new one. She had now reached the second layer of the Golden Core stage. The entire person seemed reborn from nirvana-like flames. Although her cultivation level was lower now, her foundation was several times more solid than in the past.

On the other side of the thatched hut, Zhenhai, Chen Tiexin, and Lin Yinyin sat on stone stools. Zhenhai and Chen Tiexin were exchanging glances frantically with their eyes, while Lin Yinyin pouted slightly, staring blankly at the flying vessel in mid-air.

Only after Yun Wanqing left did Zhang Xian jump down from mid-air. Seeing his master and fellow disciples all waiting for him, he greeted them each in turn.

Li Fuxi swept her gaze over Zhang Xian and said indifferently, "Giving you a flying vessel and treating you as an equal... It seems I still underestimated you." She then called over Lin Yinyin, who was sulking off to the side. "Yinyin, let's go."

"Hmph!" This time Lin Yinyin surprisingly obeyed her master so readily. She jumped onto her master's flying sword, and with a whoosh sound, the two flew back to the mountaintop.

Huh? Did they stay behind just to look down on me? Zhang Xian unconsciously rubbed his nose.

"Quick! Quick! Tell your Senior Brother what exactly happened!"

"I need firsthand information! The entire sect is probably going crazy today." Chen Tiexin had already activated his recording talisman.

Zhang Xian: "..."

Atop Spirit Sword Peak, the night breeze was slightly cool.

Lin Yinyin followed behind Li Fuxi, her little face puffed up like a steamed bun. As soon as they entered the thatched hut, she plopped down onto a meditation cushion.

"Master! I don't want to cultivate the Nine Turns Jade Condensation Sutra anymore!"

Li Fuxi frowned slightly. "Nonsense! Absolutely not!"

"If I keep cultivating it any longer, Brother Zhang Xian is going to be snatched away by someone else!" Lin Yinyin tugged at her master's sleeve aggrievedly. "First there was Liu Qingxuan, now there's Yun Wanqing... I'm so pitiful."

Li Fuxi sighed inwardly.

That kid Zhang Xian might be average-looking and have poor aptitude, but he truly is frighteningly wealthy. Even I owe him an enormous favor, not knowing how I can ever repay him.