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After purchasing the entry-level Alchemist guide, it transformed into a beam of light and entered Li Xiaoyao's forehead directly.

Li Xiaoyao only felt a vast amount of information flooding his mind.

Strings of information kept flashing before Li Xiaoyao's eyes, and quickly, he gained a basic understanding of alchemy.

"How should I refine the Nourishing Pill and the Gathering Spirit Pill?"

"What? I have to buy the pill recipes? Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Wait a second, how much for the recipes?"

Li Xiaoyao hurriedly clicked on the recipe category and found the Nourishing Pill and Gathering Spirit Pill, with their prices listed.

Nourishing Pill recipe, price: 5000 Spirit Stones.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Gathering Spirit Pill recipe, price: 6000 Spirit Stones.

"Damn it, why are they so expensive?"

Li Xiaoyao felt like coughing up blood; paying for the damn recipes was one thing, but they were even more expensive than the pill medicine itself, which was simply outrageous.

After calming down, Li Xiaoyao came to a realization.

A pill medicine, once consumed, was gone.

But having a recipe allowed one to continuously refine pill medicines, so it seemed quite normal that the recipes were more expensive than the pills.

Li Xiaoyao gritted his teeth and bought the two recipes.

The recipes were imprinted directly into the depths of Li Xiaoyao's mind, accessible with just a thought.

Li Xiaoyao checked the recipes, then opened his eyes, revealing a bitter smile.

The ingredients required to refine the Nourishing Pill were too damn precious; after roughly calculating, Li Xiaoyao realized that getting the ingredients listed in the recipe would cost about a million.

That meant, even with the recipes and the ability to refine pills, Li Xiaoyao still needed to spend a million to purchase the ingredients.

For the first time, Li Xiaoyao felt how much he needed financial support.

What Li Xiaoyao didn't know was that cultivators were a special group; on Earth, any cultivator pulled off the street would be wealthy enough to rival a country. Your journey continues on empire

Because the environment and pill medicine required for cultivation ensured they had to earn money—only with money could they buy more and better ingredients, which would make their cultivation level even stronger.

"It looks like I need to speed up making money. One San Tiao Alley simply isn't enough for me."

Li Xiaoyao finished his cultivation session and got up to enter Tang Tiantian's room. Seeing her still asleep, he didn't disturb her but gently lay down beside her.

Morning.

Tang Tiantian opened her eyes, still a bit groggy. She rubbed them and sat up from the bed, then she froze.

"I clearly fell asleep on the desk last night, but how come I'm on the bed now?"

Dumbstruck, Tang Tiantian turned her head and saw Li Xiaoyao, bare-chested, lying next to her, joy blooming on her face at that moment.

"Looks like he's still not awake?" Tang Tiantian lay down very gently and slowly again, snuggling close to him with her head resting on Li Xiaoyao's chest.

Tang Tiantian stared at his abstinent face over and over again, never tiring of the sight, and subconsciously reached out to touch his cheek.

"So you're teasing me this early in the day, huh?" Li Xiaoyao's voice suddenly rang in her ear, startling her.

Blushing like a child caught in the act, Tang Tiantian didn't dare to look at Li Xiaoyao.

Li Xiaoyao pinched her bottom and said, "Get up, let's have some food, and then you tell me about your gains these past few days."

The two of them got out of bed, freshened up, and went out to find a place to grab breakfast.

Li Xiaoyao asked, "Have you decided on which regions' impoverished students to sponsor?"

Tang Tiantian replied, "I've preliminarily chosen two areas, Huizhou and the northwest."

"Do you know when you're going to leave?"

"I'm all prepared, ready to leave at any time," Tang Tiantian said with eager anticipation.

Li Xiaoyao said, "Then after breakfast, I'll take you to meet two people. They'll be responsible for your protection."

After breakfast, Li Xiaoyao drove the company's Mercedes, taking Tang Tiantian to San Tiao Alley.

"Is it okay for you to drive the company's car?" Tang Tiantian asked worriedly.

"It's fine, it would just sit idle otherwise," Li Xiaoyao replied. "When you return this time, let's get a house first."

"Buy a house?" Tang Tiantian couldn't help feeling excited. Could she really settle down in Ling City?

Looking sweetly at Li Xiaoyao, Tang Tiantian said, "Okay."

On the way to the bar, Li Xiaoyao found a bank, opened an account, and transferred fifty million into it.

Li Xiaoyao got back into the car and returned Tang Tiantian's bank card to her, saying, "There's five million in this card now. Let me know when you've used it up."

Seeing Li Xiaoyao give her five million just like that, Tang Tiantian's heart was touched.

When the car arrived at the bar, because they had called ahead, Zhuo Li and Xia Zijiu were already waiting there.

Li Xiaoyao sat down with Tang Tiantian and after a brief introduction, Zhuo Li and Xia Zijiu looked at Tang Tiantian and called out, "Hello, sister-in-law!"

This greeting of "sister-in-law" made Tang Tiantian's heart bloom with happiness and delight.

Li Xiaoyao said, "From now on, you two will follow her. Wherever she is, you'll be there."

Zhuo Li patted his chest and said, "Li bro, don't worry, anyone who dares disrespect the sister-in-law will have to answer to me first."

Li Xiaoyao smiled and nodded, then took out two thick envelopes and handed them to the two men, saying, "Since you guys are new here, you'll need some money. There is thirty thousand in each, take it for now. Send money home if you need to. With me, I can assure you that you won't have to worry about money in the future."

The two initially refused, but Li Xiaoyao insisted, and in the end, they gratefully accepted. In their hearts, their gratitude toward Li Xiaoyao grew even deeper.

Although Li Xiaoyao knew these straightforward men would protect Tang Tiantian even without pay because of their loyalty, in this society, money was king.

Offering money vs. not offering it would result in a different attitude toward him.

[A tiresome day of running around—begging for recommendation votes]