"I never thought I'd have a day when I'd be using the ancestral master's cheat code!"

Bai Cang took the jade slip containing the "Secret Method of Refining the Apertures of Profound Mystery" and left the Transmission Hall without hesitation.

A moment later, the patrolling deity Shang Tianyang impatiently appeared and, with lightning speed, quickly completed the "procedures" for Bai Cang.

"boom!"

The next moment.

The great Daoist chant resounded, and countless Daoist principles rose up.

Countless messages reflected on Bai Cang's mind, allowing him to grasp this secret technique in an instant.

[Secret method of refining the orifice of Tongyou Xuansha: Perfection]

"Wait a minute, it seems that cultivating this secret technique doesn't necessarily require baleful energy!"

In an instant, countless inspirations arose in Bai Cang's mind: "Integrating evil energy into magic power is merely to simulate a few of the wonders of the Dao Foundation Realm."

"Among Dao Foundation True Persons, very few have cultivated Dharma Nature."

"I already possess a trace of the Yin Dharma Nature, and with the blessing of the Yin Moon Flame Divine Power, why would I need to incorporate any more evil energy?"

"In this way, not only can I save the resources for purchasing evil energy, but I can also save many time-consuming steps and directly use the secret method of refining acupoints with mysterious evil energy to accelerate my cultivation."

With this in mind, Bai Cang no longer paid attention to Shang Tianyang. Amidst Shang Tianyang's "thank you" gaze, he soared straight out into the sky.

Over the next three months, Bai Cang entered a fulfilling and comfortable rhythm.

Every day, he would hunt turtles (crossed out), fish, refine pills, and take medicine. His footprints not only covered the Nine Rivers and Great Swamps, but he also frequently wandered around the Pill Academy, the Forbidden Academy, the Talisman Academy, and the Scripture Pavilion, making up for the lack of knowledge and foundation that he had gained due to his rapid cultivation.

There was an interesting side story: perhaps because news of Bai Cang's "close" relationship with Fang Baoliu had spread, Yao Chonggu, who had previously ignored Bai Cang, sent invitations to Bai Cang to join him for banquets on several occasions.

Moreover, each time it was done in public and with great fanfare.

This prompted Master Luo to repeatedly, both openly and subtly, remind Bai Cang: As a direct disciple of the True Lord, you should avoid getting too close to the Heshan family to prevent unnecessary trouble.

Bai Cang naturally agreed with this and never paid any attention to Yao Chonggu.

Yao Chonggu seemed to be just going through the motions: he sent people and invitations as usual, but he never personally confronted Bai Cang, nor did he make things difficult for Bai Cang.

From the life-or-death arena until now, several months have passed, and within this "small" Zongguan Mountain gate, Bai Cang hasn't even seen Yao Chonggu's face once.

Such obvious behavior already says a lot.

"Senior Brother Yao is a good person!"

On this day, the Moonlit Cave was bathed in clear air and bright moonlight.

After finishing his studies for the day, Bai Cang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

During these three months, his progress in cultivation can only be described as mediocre.

The good news is that his idea was indeed correct; the Taiyin Moon Flame could indeed replace the evil energy, allowing him to cultivate the "Secret Method of Connecting with the Netherworld and Refining the Apertures of Evil."

The bad news is that even with his cultivation progress doubling, averaging one new acupoint opening every seven days, Bai Cang was still not satisfied.

In the entire three months, Bai Cang's cultivation level only increased to 114 acupoints.

At this rate, wouldn't it take him another year, seven months, and 23 days to open two hundred mysterious apertures and begin his attempt to break through to the upper-grade Dao foundation?

For a Qi Refining cultivator, to progress from entering the Qi Refining path to reaching the "perfection" of two hundred acupoints in about two years, and to be able to condense a mid-grade Dao foundation at any time, is simply an incredible and astonishing feat.

But for Bai Cang, who was already used to cheating, this was too slow.

What level are the others? Do they even deserve to be compared to someone as arrogant and overpowered as him?

Don't be fooled by Bai Cang's absurdly fast cultivation speed, which is like riding a rocket. Besides going all out, the resources he consumes are also outrageous!

Since he began his cultivation, putting aside everything else, the cost of taking medicine alone, if calculated according to the "market price" of "Nourishing Essence and Spirit Pills," has already exceeded ten million spirit pearls.

What does this mean? Many Qi Refining cultivators may never even handle this much wealth in their entire lives.

For the vast majority of Qi Refining cultivators, this number is simply not something that should exist in the mortal realm.

Even for Yu Canghai, the "Guest Master" who ranks first among the eight stewards of the General Temple, tens of millions of spirit pearls are a number that he can only dream of, and he doesn't even dare to think about.

However, Bai Cang, relying on the "bitterness" of the pill, swallowed it without changing his expression.

In order to speed up his cultivation even slightly, Bai Cang's level of "spending money" was nothing short of insane.

Cost-effectiveness? Absolutely not!

Only the poorest can afford to be cost-effective; the noble alchemist has only one thought: spend all his money!

The current level of spending on in-game purchases is merely the upper limit of Bai Cang's "server," but it is far from the upper limit of his net worth.

Even though he had all the money on him, he couldn't produce 100,000 spirit pearls.

However, thanks to Master Luo's immense wealth and the profound resources of the Alchemy Academy.

Bai Cang doesn't even blink when it comes to spending money: at worst, he'll just cut back on a few more portions of spiritual herbs and fail a few more times when refining pills.

Embezzlement? What embezzlement? How can you put it so harshly about Master Dan's affairs?

During this period, Bai Cang did more than just refine "Nourishing Essence and Spirit Pills".

When he decided to bring his "alchemy talent" to the Alchemy Academy, Master Luo showed his "sycophantic nature" and was "always responsive to Bai Cang's requests".

Under Master Luo's "devoted cultivation," Bai Cang not only mastered all the common pill formulas in the Pill Academy.

Furthermore, he also incorporated Luo Zhenren's secret formulas for "Yunbi Dan" and "Qingyuan Dan" into his "alchemy arsenal".

The cost is that the Dan Academy's reserves of spiritual herbs are declining at a visible rate.

Within Bai Cang's celestial space, countless elixirs of various kinds also appeared.

Even the space within the pot-shaped heaven has expanded by a full three feet.

"However, it's becoming increasingly difficult for Lao Luo to get gold coins."

Bai Cang sighed with some lingering reluctance, "He hasn't urged me to go to the Pill Refining Academy for three whole days."

"Could it be that I'm finally going to drain this dignified Foundation Establishment Alchemist dry?!"

"How about I show off my alchemy talent a bit more?"

To be honest, Bai Cang was really reluctant to part with Luo Zhenren, this "big golden pig".

Thanks to the Dan Academy's "generous donations" and "all-out assistance," Bai Cang had never fought such a wealthy battle before.

Various spiritual herbs and materials were supplied almost without limit, and they could take as much as they wanted. Master Luo even thought that his alchemy talent was too amazing, his success rate in making pills was too high, and his speed in mastering new pill formulas was too fast.

See, he should even thank us!

In fact, Bai Cang's fully advanced cultivation was merely a tiny part of his money-spending projects.

Upgrading your equipment to a whole new level and forging magical artifacts at an incredible pace is the real "pay-to-win" project.

Without Luo Zhenren's "strong support", how could Bai Cang have supported the "full-spending" "god-level whale gameplay"?

"Luo Yonghao is such a good person!"

[Thanks again to "Yunmeng"! Requesting a free gift!]