"Grand Lord, your cultivation is completely lost. Don't you want to start cultivating again?"
"No."
Seeing Gu Qingfeng spit out the two words without a second thought, Horse King was stunned for a long time. Then he also sat down by the side of the street, as if greatly stimulated.
Those who lost their cultivation all wanted to cultivate again, but because they had no money to buy miraculous elixirs to condition their bodies, they could only wait for death. Yet this Grand Lord had a full eighteen hundred million stones on hand. Not only did he not think about quickly buying elixirs to condition his body, but his mind was also completely filled with finding amusement.
Horse King sighed deeply, lamenting that the longer one lived, the more truly bizarre people one could encounter.
"I say, Old Ma, don't just stand there dumbfounded. Hurry up and help me think about how to squander these eighteen hundred million. Besides selling all sorts of resources, what else do they sell here?"
"Grand Lord!"
Horse King was almost in tears, his face a picture of misery. "This Fengyue Small World sells everything. The key is, what do you want to buy yourself?"
"The problem lies right there. I don't need anything, and I don't know what would be good to buy either."
Horse King's heart was on the verge of collapse from Gu Qingfeng's question. He stared with his horse-like eyes and shouted, "Grand Lord, even if you, venerable sir, don't want to cultivate and don't need to buy resources, you still have to live, right? Since you're living, you have to buy some daily necessities. Like things to eat and drink. Don't you, venerable sir, like to drink wine? Then buy wine to drink! Buy fruits to eat! Besides food and drink, there's also clothing and shelter, like clothes, shoes, and such."
Hearing Horse King say this, Gu Qingfeng seemed to have a sudden epiphany. He slapped his own head hard and cursed with a laugh, "Damn it, I'm really getting more and more muddled as I live. I actually forgot such an important thing. No wonder I kept feeling like something was missing."
When Gu Qingfeng came out with the people from the Xiaoluo Secret Realm this time, he had a few very important things on his mind. One of the most important was to buy wine—lots and lots of wine.
Perhaps he had drunk too much wine in the Gambling City and was a bit sated, so he had forgotten about this matter. Only when Horse King mentioned it did he remember the purpose of coming to the Fengyue Small World this time.
"Let's go!" Gu Qingfeng stood up.
"Grand Lord, where are we going now?"
"To buy wine!" Gu Qingfeng loosened his collar and said, "But before buying wine, let's go buy a few sets of clothes to spruce up."
Gu Qingfeng used to have a white robe.
That robe was refined by him back in the day using the essence of Heavenly Immortals from the Nine Heavens Immortal River, plus the Netherworld essence from the Nine Netherworlds Nether River, along with the essence of nature and dozens of other heavenly materials and earthly treasures. It could not only change according to the shifts of nature's Yin-Yang and Five Elements but was also eternally spotless. Most importantly, he had long since fused that robe into his physical body, making it indestructible.
Unfortunately.
When he ignited the Original Sin Karmic Fire back then, his physical body turned to ashes, and that white robe vanished along with it.
The robe he was wearing now was one Qianniao had bought for him, and she had bought many sets for him to change into.
Although these clothes weren't expensive Immortal Armor, and Gu Qingfeng had never been a fussy man, Qianniao was, after all, a young girl. The robes she gave him were all flashy, too bright and colorful, and they were all form-fitting. Gu Qingfeng felt very uncomfortable wearing them, always feeling they were too tight, especially when sitting casually on a chair—they felt unbearably constricting.
Gu Qingfeng had always thought about buying a few comfortable clothes to wear, but never had the chance. Since he was here today, he might as well get a few decent sets.
Immortal Armor robes, Immortal Weapon treasures, and Immortal Beasts.
These were the three essential items for any Immortal mingling in the Great Desolate in the Present-Ancient Era—none could be missing. Even the poorest Immortals would scrimp and save to purchase and then refine them.
After all, refining a piece of Immortal Armor could protect oneself, and refining an Immortal Weapon treasure could increase one's strength. These were the basic conditions for survival in the Great Desolate. Often, a piece of Immortal Armor could save your life, and an Immortal Weapon treasure could help you defeat an enemy.
Precisely because Immortal Armor robes, Immortal Weapon treasures, and Immortal Beasts were indispensable for every Immortal, many Exchange Cities in the Fengyue Small World sold them, and business had always been extremely brisk.
The Fengyue Small World had over a hundred Exchange Cities, among which three were most famous.
One was the Star Exchange City.
One was the Moon Exchange City.
And one was the Great Sun Exchange City.
In the Fengyue Small World, there was also a very popular saying:
The Star Exchange City for ordinary Immortals.
The Moon Exchange City for elegant Immortals.
The Great Sun Exchange City for extravagant Immortals.
The Immortal-grade goods sold in the Star Exchange City were relatively affordable and offered good value for money. Therefore, most of the Immortals who went to the Star Exchange City were ordinary Immortals who pursued cheapness and practicality, like the countless stars in the night sky—common and unremarkable.
The Immortal-grade goods sold in the Moon Exchange City were relatively high-end and also more refined. Therefore, most of the Immortals who went to the Moon Exchange City were elegant Immortals from distinguished families who emphasized quality of life and pursued elegance, like the moon in the night—graceful and moving.
As for the Great Sun Exchange City, the Immortal-grade goods sold there could be described in one word: expensive. Therefore, most of the Immortals who went to the Great Sun Exchange City were extravagant upstart tycoons who threw money around like dirt. What they pursued was neither cheap practicality nor elegant refinement, but luxury and extravagance, like the sun hanging high in the sky—unbelievably dazzling.
In the Dual-Pole Celestial Domain, elegant Immortals from distinguished families were not few.
And those ordinary Immortals were even more numerous, countless.
As for those extravagant upstart Immortals, though not many, they were absolutely not few either.
One must know that over the past ten thousand years of the Present-Ancient Era, heaven and earth had revived, spiritual energy had grown increasingly rich and pure, heavenly materials and earthly treasures were found everywhere, and all sorts of major and minor worlds had emerged endlessly. If one's luck was good enough and one found a rare heavenly material or earthly treasure, becoming rich overnight was definitely not a dream.
After becoming rich overnight, what to do?
Naturally, squander it.
Money that came easily was spent without heartache.
Gu Qingfeng now held a huge sum of eighteen hundred million stones, absolutely qualifying him as a genuine tycoon. As a tycoon, of course he should go to the Great Sun Exchange City where tycoons should go.
Having lived most of his life, first surviving for survival's sake, later entangled in Karma for its sake, Gu Qingfeng now decided to live for himself. He also wanted to experience what it felt like to be a tycoon and live that life of extreme luxury and extravagance.
Horse King came from an ordinary background. Having cultivated to this day, the biggest fortune he had ever made was only a million stones. Although he wouldn't starve to death, that was just about it—he couldn't even be considered comfortably off, let alone wealthy. He could barely manage to get by with enough food and clothing. Therefore, he had never been to this Great Sun Exchange City, reputed to be crawling with tycoons, not even once.
Horse King had often heard people say: If you don't go to the Great Sun City, you won't know how poor you are. Go to the Great Sun City, and you'll find that besides being poor, you're still poor.
There was another saying Horse King had often heard people mention: If you don't go to the Great Sun City, you think tycoons are as rare as dragons. Go to the Great Sun City, and you'll know tycoons are as many as insects.