[Ding, Fame Value +5]
A System notification sounded in Su Yuan's ear.
Su Yuan's steps paused, a hint of surprise in his expression.
"Not my real name, and I can still get Fame Value?"
Su Yuan fell into contemplation.
After a moment's thought, he found it quite normal. A name was just a code; as long as it referred to him, the fame belonged to him!
Clearly, this Fame Value was provided by Wang Jian.
He walked for another while.
Another notification sounded in his ear.
[Ding, Fame Value +1]
Su Yuan was startled. Where did this notification come from?
Could it be that Wang Jian told someone else?
As he walked, System notifications sounded in his ear from time to time. After several times, they finally stopped.
Seeing that there was no more movement, Su Yuan didn't pay it any mind.
Not long after.
At a fish stall.
Su Yuan looked at the few swimming fish and fell into a dilemma.
"How many Spirit Stones for this?"
"These are Starfall Fish, very cheap, only seven Spirit Stones per jin!" The stall owner said with a smile.
"How does it taste?"
"Delicious! Very delicious!"
"Then I won't buy it. I'm afraid someone will come to steal it."
"Actually, the taste is quite ordinary."
"Then I'm even less likely to buy it. If I buy it and can't eat it, and it doesn't look good, what can I do with it?"
The stall owner's expression stiffened, and his gaze turned unfriendly.
Su Yuan glanced over and saw a small, listless fish in a separate tank nearby. Although it looked dispirited, its colors were bright, with three colors constantly flowing, like a neon light, very beautiful.
"What kind of fish is this?" Su Yuan asked.
The stall owner controlled his emotions and said, "This is an extremely precious ornamental spirit fish, the Nine-Colored Celestial Fish. Legend has it that this fish gains one color for every Realm it advances! Nine colors become immortal, incredibly magical. Although this one is just a fry, it was born with three colors and has the potential to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm. If you raise it well, you can get a Foundation Establishment spirit fish, which is a great profit!"
Su Yuan asked, "Why does it look so listless?"
"Oh, it's just hungry!"
The stall owner took out a piece of Broken Spirit Stone and threw it to the small fish.
The small fish immediately perked up, swam over, and swallowed the Broken Spirit Stone in one gulp. It quickly went into its belly, and the small fish immediately became energetic. The colorful light on its body became more obvious, swimming back and forth in the tank.
"How about it? Isn't it beautiful?" The stall owner asked with a smile.
A stall owner selling Talismans nearby saw this scene and subtly gave Su Yuan a look.
But Su Yuan didn't look at him at all.
Su Yuan nodded repeatedly and said, "Not bad, not bad. How many Spirit Stones?"
"Very cheap, only 200 Spirit Stones!"
Su Yuan got up and turned to leave.
"Hey? Wait! The price is negotiable!"
Su Yuan turned around and started bargaining with the stall owner.
Finally, he bought this Nine-Colored Celestial Fish for 130 Spirit Stones.
The small fish seemed to know that Su Yuan had bought it. With its fish eyes, it curiously looked at Su Yuan through the tank, opening its fish mouth and blowing three-colored bubbles.
Su Yuan paid the money and walked back with the fish tank. This time, he finally didn't leave empty-handed.
After Su Yuan left.
The Talisman stall owner nearby said, "Isn't it bad to cheat people like this? Spirit Devouring Fish are the hardest to raise. Ordinary Disciples who buy them will soon go bankrupt!"
"What Spirit Devouring Fish? That's a Nine-Colored Celestial Fish!" The stall owner rolled his eyes at him and immediately packed up his stall.
The Talisman stall owner sneered, "Heh, how could it be a Nine-Colored Celestial Fish? The two look similar, but the difference is huge! Spirit Devouring Fish won't give anything back after eating Spirit Stones, while Nine-Colored Celestial Fish can give back high-quality spiritual power. And even if it were a Nine-Colored Celestial Fish, so what? The requirement for recognizing a master is very high. I heard you even need to have insights into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth..."
"You're the one who knows a lot!" The fish stall owner finished packing up his stall and left directly.
Su Yuan returned to his courtyard. It was already dark.
He poured the Nine-Colored Celestial Fish into the pond. A small three-colored fish immediately swam around in the pond, appearing extremely dazzling and beautiful in the night. Dozens of fish around it swam around the three-colored small fish. In a short while, the three-colored small fish became the boss of all the swimming fish.
Su Yuan watched happily, but soon saw the three-colored small fish become listless.
"Is it hungry?"
Su Yuan wondered, "Didn't the stall owner just feed it?"
The three-colored small fish surfaced, looking at Su Yuan with a pitiful expression.
Su Yuan chuckled dumbly and said, "You fish, you have quite an appetite!"
Su Yuan took out a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, crushed it, and scattered it directly into the pond.
The three-colored small fish immediately pecked at the Broken Spirit Stone .
Su Yuan watched the small fish eat the Spirit Stones, his expression very pleased. But soon, Su Yuan felt a sense of unease.
One bite, two bites, three bites, dozens of bites.
Soon, the entire crushed Low-Grade Spirit Stone was eaten up by the three-colored small fish.
The small fish surfaced again, looking at Su Yuan with pitiful eyes.
Su Yuan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Your appetite is not right. Your aura is only at the bottom of first-order Low Grade Spirit Beasts, probably similar to Qi Refining first level. You can actually eat an entire Spirit Stone in one go?"
The small fish stared at Su Yuan in confusion, not understanding what he meant. It opened its mouth and blew bubbles, looking like it still wanted to eat.
"Heh, I'd like to see how much you can eat?"
Su Yuan immediately fed it more Spirit Stones, crushing piece after piece of Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
The three-colored small fish accepted everything, eating the Broken Spirit Stone bite by bite.
Su Yuan watched with his own eyes as the small fish ate ten complete Low-Grade Spirit Stones before it was full. It then swam around in the pond full of vitality. A faint three-colored light blended into the pond, not very noticeable.
Su Yuan was numb: "You little guy, you eat ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones in one meal? My welfare is only 30 Spirit Stones a month. If you keep eating like this, I'll go bankrupt soon! As expected of the Nine-Colored Celestial Fish, I can't afford to raise it!"
Su Yuan shook his head and didn't care. If he really couldn't afford to raise it, he would find a river and release it, letting it fend for itself!
Su Yuan turned and went back into the house.
The three-colored small fish surfaced, looking at Su Yuan's departing back, a look of thought in its eyes.
The next day, the sun was high.
Su Yuan was awakened by the System notification in his mind.
[Ding, Fame Value +1]
[Ding, Fame Value +1]
"What's going on?"
Su Yuan got out of bed in confusion.
He stood by the window, looking at the swimming fish in the pond downstairs and fell into contemplation.
"How can I still get Fame Value? Is the subsequent impact of that Wang Jian so great?"
"That's true. I helped him break through his cultivation with just a few words. He must have mentioned me to others, so it's normal for my Fame Value to increase... But will Wang Jian look for me? I used a fake name, so he probably can't find me! Even if he finds me, it's fine. I didn't do anything wrong!"
Thinking of this, Su Yuan calmed down.
He came to the courtyard, brewed himself a pot of tea, took out a chair and sat down, enjoying the swimming fish while drinking tea.
Suddenly, he noticed "Little Cai" (temporarily named) surfacing again, looking at him with its pitiful big eyes.
"You're not hungry again, are you?" Su Yuan glared at it.
Little Cai looked at him with innocent eyes, opening its fish mouth and blowing bubbles to act cute.
Su Yuan's mouth twitched: "You..."
He sighed: "Forget it, who told me to buy you? I'll raise you for now!"
Su Yuan sprinkled out ten Spirit Stones and threw them into the pond.
Little Cai immediately ate happily.
Su Yuan didn't care. Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry to Cultivate now. He would accumulate a wave during his work-life balance rest time. If he ran out of Spirit Stones, he would just earn more.
Su Yuan drank his tea, and every half an hour, a System notification would sound in his ear.
This made Su Yuan a bit speechless: "Can I turn off the notification sound? It's annoying!"
To Su Yuan's surprise, the System notification sound really disappeared. This made Su Yuan comfortable.
Su Yuan didn't plan to go fishing today.
He went to the Sutra Pavilion on Xuanjue Peak and started reading the books inside.
To his surprise, there were millions of books here, accumulated over countless years!
Although many were useless, Su Yuan didn't mind and read them slowly, one by one.
He went back in the evening, fed Little Cai ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and then went to sleep.
Just like that, unknowingly, Su Yuan had spent a month.
Shu Jue Peak.
Ye Bufan looked very displeased: "Why has this month's Spirit Stone income decreased so much?"
"Senior Brother, please forgive me! A shop has recently appeared in the Seven Absolutes Market, and they also sell Low Grade Magical Artifacts, pills, and Talismans just like us! But their prices are even cheaper than ours, and we can't compete with them!" An outer Disciple immediately said, looking helpless.
"Why didn't you report this to me before?" Ye Bufan asked.
"You weren't in the Sect before! We couldn't contact you."
Ye Bufan paused, then remembered that he had deliberately blocked his communication methods when he went out to meet the demoness during this period.
"Why can that shop be cheaper than mine? I'm already getting the lowest price!" Ye Bufan wondered.
"That shop helps our Sect's Low Grade Artifact Refiners and Alchemists sell items, and the commission fee is only one fen. They are basically losing money to gain popularity, so the prices are naturally very low!"
"What's the background of that shop?"
"It seems to be an inner Disciple from Xuanjue Peak, but I haven't heard of his name. His name is Su Yuan!"
"What? Su Yuan?" Ye Bufan was surprised to hear that name, "The Su with the grass radical? The Yuan of distance?"
"Yes!" His subordinate was very surprised that Ye Bufan knew Su Yuan's name. Could this be a master?
"It's him? What is he doing?" Ye Bufan was puzzled.
"Should we use some..." The subordinate immediately said.
Ye Bufan frowned and shook his head: "No, this shop of his is ostensibly for the benefit of Low Grade Disciples. If we use tricks, it will give people something to talk about, which is not good for me competing for the position of Senior Brother!"
He paused slightly, his eyes narrowed: "Could this kid also want to compete for the position of Senior Brother? This method is quite eye-opening! If I were to do it, the success rate of competing for Senior Brother would definitely increase."
He immediately ordered: "Mobilize the manpower on Xuanjue Peak and find Su Yuan's location for me! I'm going to meet him!"
"Yes."
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