Chapter 23 Enjoy life, starting with visiting brothels

Currently, Xu Qingzhou has three ways to increase his cultivation.

First, like before, is normal meditation and cultivation.

Second is taking a lot of pills. He is a Flawless Spirit Body, so he doesn't need to fear pill toxins.

The advantage of doing this is rapid cultivation increase. The disadvantage is that his Realm is unstable, not to mention challenging opponents above his level; he can't even defeat Cultivators at the same Realm, and might even be challenged by those below his Realm.

Third is doing nothing, just lying flat, waiting for Xu Luo and Xu Muge to increase their cultivation, and the System will give back to him.

The disadvantage of doing this is that his cultivation increases slowly at the moment, as their current Realms are too low to return much.

The advantage is that it's easy.

After careful consideration, Xu Qingzhou ultimately chose the third option without hesitation.

"I've worked hard cultivating for twenty years, can't I enjoy myself a bit!"

Recalling these twenty years, Xu Qingzhou can be said to have never stopped for a moment, constantly striving to Cultivate.

He didn't even have time to consider marriage.

Most of the clansmen his age already had children who could Cultivate, like Xu Muge's Father, Xu Qingzhou's cousin, who grew up playing together.

That person is already the father of three children, while Xu Qingzhou's first kiss is still intact.

Now that he finally has the capital to lie flat, Xu Qingzhou naturally won't live the life of an ascetic Cultivator as he did before.

He wants to slowly learn to enjoy life.

"Enjoying life starts with visiting courtesan houses."

Xu Qingzhou left the Xu Family and walked straight into a courtesan house.

Now, as the Clan Leader of the strongest Family in Yunshan City, many people are watching him. Seeing him enter a courtesan house will inevitably lead to some gossip.

But Xu Qingzhou didn't care at all. Let them talk; caring too much about others' feelings will make you lose yourself.

However, Xu Qingzhou only sat for about fifteen minutes before leaving.

It wasn't that he suddenly had a change of heart, but rather that the quality here was too poor and didn't catch Xu Qingzhou's eye.

"This is the downside of a small city. Although daily life is peaceful and comfortable, entertainment is rather lackluster."

At this moment, the idea of moving to Lingyue City became stronger.

But thinking of the high housing prices in Lingyue City, Xu Qingzhou temporarily suppressed the idea of moving.

Since listening to music at a courtesan house is not an option, he'll find other forms of entertainment.

Fishing, walking dogs, planting flowers, growing grass.

Anyway, he'll do whatever is easiest.

Cultivation? Cultivate my ass!

Just like that, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

In the past six months, Xu Qingzhou, immersed in lying flat and enjoying himself, finally experienced the joy of life.

The key point is that while lying flat, his cultivation was still improving, which was the most satisfying part.

Besides the cultivation returned to him by the System, Xu Qingzhou occasionally took some pills to increase his cultivation.

Pills are for assisting cultivation and are ultimately external forces. Even though Xu Qingzhou has a Flawless Spirit Body and won't accumulate pill toxins, he shouldn't take too many; a few occasionally is enough.

So in the past six months, Xu Qingzhou's cultivation has also increased significantly. He estimates he can break through to the late Xuandan realm in another six months.

If this were before, it would have taken at least three to five years to break through.

Of course, besides enjoying himself, Xu Qingzhou had been searching for the next Heavenly Chosen within the Family.

Unfortunately, he hadn't found one yet. Either this Heavenly Chosen was very cautious, or hadn't appeared yet.

After all, there had already been two Heavenly Chosen in a short period, so it's understandable for the next one to appear later.

In the past six months, both Xu Muge and Xu Luo had sent letters back reporting their safety.

At this moment, Xu Qingzhou held two letters sent back by them.

Xu Muge's letter said he won first place in the Lingyue Sect's outer sect competition.

However, Xu Qingzhou wasn't very familiar with the specifics of the Lingyue Sect's outer sect competition, so he didn't know what kind of achievement this was.

Xu Luo's letter said he would return in a month.

"The reborn Xu Luo is suddenly coming back. It seems there's something important."

Just as Xu Qingzhou put away the letters he had finished reading, the Butler came to report.

"Clan Leader, the Yuhe City City Lord's Mansion has sent you an invitation."

Xu Qingzhou was very surprised.

"Yuhe City City Lord? Our Xu Family doesn't seem to have any connection with him, right? At most, we have some grievances with the Cui family in Yuhe City, but the culprit Cui Damin is already dead."

With confusion, Xu Qingzhou opened the invitation. It said that the Yuhe City City Lord's birthday was in three days, and he was invited to attend.

This left Xu Qingzhou completely bewildered.

Neither the Xu Family nor Xu Qingzhou had any interaction with the Yuhe City City Lord. Yunshan City is also just a small city, so the Yuhe City City Lord had no need to invite him.

"Forget it, I'll know when I get there."

Xu Qingzhou didn't think too much about it. After three days, he prepared a gift and left Yunshan City to head to Yuhe City.

Liangbei County is in the eastern part of the Great Qi Dynasty. Yunshan City is just an inconspicuous small city in the county, while Yuhe City's overall strength can rank among the top three.

The strongest Family in the city, the Cui family, has a Purple Mansion Old Ancestor overseeing them. The Xu Family still has a significant gap compared to them.

At this moment, the Yuhe City City Lord's Mansion was quite lively, with many guests present and important figures arriving from time to time to offer birthday congratulations.

"Cui family Clan Leader Cui Chengye arrives."

"Seven Stars Sect True Disciple Wu Wendong presents a congratulatory gift."

In most cities within the Great Qi Dynasty, no matter how powerful the families in the city were, they were still respectful towards the City Lord.

After all, behind the City Lord was the Dynasty.

However, it was unexpected that the Seven Stars Sect also sent a True Disciple.

This caused the guests present to exclaim in surprise and curiosity.

Seven Stars Sect True Disciple Wu Wendong, with a sturdy build and sharp eyes like a fierce tiger, cupped his hands and said, "I wish City Lord Lu a bright future and a long, healthy life."

City Lord Lu Zhen quickly got up and stepped forward a few steps.

"Today, Daoist friend Wu's arrival brings glory to my humble residence."

Someone among the guests exclaimed.

"Wu Wendong! It's actually him? I heard he has a Heavenly Gang Spirit Body and was accepted as a Disciple by the Sect Leader. He is even expected to succeed as the Seven Stars Sect Leader in the future, truly limitless prospects and a transcendent status."

"Hiss! The City Lord's connections are too extensive! He can actually get someone like Wu Wendong to come and congratulate him on his birthday."

Although the Seven Stars Sect is not as good as the Lingyue Sect, within the Great Qi Dynasty, they have a lot of prestige when facing other forces.

Any True Disciple from their sect is someone people look up to, let alone Wu Wendong, the Sect Leader's Disciple with a Heavenly Gang Spirit Body.

The person who received Cui family Clan Leader Cui Chengye was Lu Zhen's son. Lu Zhen himself just nodded and didn't even say a word.

However, upon seeing Wu Wendong, Lu Zhen immediately stood up and even stepped forward a few steps to politely return the greeting.

From Lu Zhen's reaction, one could see how big the gap between them was.

Just then, another guest arrived.

"Yunshan City Xu Family Clan Leader Xu Qingzhou arrives."

Most people were confused upon hearing this name, because not to mention the Xu Family, they didn't even know about Yunshan City.

And those who knew about Yunshan City scoffed, showing disdain.

"An unknown Family from a remote small city actually has the nerve to come and offer birthday wishes."

"Where did he get the invitation? He didn't steal it, did he!"

However, what everyone didn't expect was this.

Upon hearing this name, Lu Zhen, who hadn't had time to sit down yet, immediately walked over quickly, greeting him very warmly.

"Daoist friend Xu took time out of his busy schedule to come and wish this old man a happy birthday. This old man is truly flattered."

The smile on Lu Zhen's face was sincere and genuine. Anyone who didn't know would think they were very good friends.

But looking at Xu Qingzhou's surprised and confused expression, it was clear that they were not very familiar with each other.

Xu Qingzhou realized that this person was the Yuhe City City Lord Lu Zhen, and hastily cupped his hands, saying.

"I wish City Lord Lu a long and prosperous life."

Lu Zhen nodded repeatedly, "Good, good. Thank you, Daoist friend Xu."