Shen Wushen gulped. "You defeated a Great Venerable?"

He couldn't understand. Wasn't Qi Yuan also a Nascent Soul? If someone were an unparalleled prodigy, crossing realms to fight was indeed normal. Certainly, Shen Wushen had heard of an extraordinary Nascent Soul prodigy who had bested a peak Violet Palace in the Sixth Heaven. However, even in the upper world, such a prodigy appeared only once in a million years.

Qi Yuan said casually, "Eh, a Great Venerable isn't much. I merely sent out one Nascent Soul, and victory was mine."

Shen Wushen felt confused, unable to understand Qi Yuan's words. How could a Nascent Soul be that powerful?!

He glared fervently at Qi Yuan. "Can I be as strong as you one day?"

"You can," Qi Yuan replied. "Just go to sleep and have a good dream."

Shen Wushen had no words. Even now, he still found it hard to understand.

"Being as strong as me is very, very difficult," Qi Yuan said honestly. "But with my help, killing a Violet Palace cultivator while in the Nascent Soul realm would be easy."

The difference between Nascent Soul and Violet Palace was the difference between Divine Techniques and Origin Divine Techniques. Back in the Flowing Wind World, Qi Yuan had recognized the gap between them and considered it insurmountable. The stronger he became, the more he realized it only seemed impossible due to the limits of his Divine Techniques.

Shen Wushen fell silent when the topic came up. "Violet Palace..."

He could hold his own against an early-stage Violet Palace cultivator, but not kill one. Qi Yuan’s help would provide an enormous improvement.

Just then, Qi Yuan asked expectantly, "Forget about that for now. How did the things I asked you to do go?"

He had sent cultivation techniques to Jin Li, with a message hidden inside.

Shen Wushen replied seriously, "Both tasks are done!"

Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment. "Now that I think about it, doesn't that make me seem a bit scummy?"

He had confessed to Ruan Yixi right after sending a letter to Jin Li. Nevertheless, a great man did not fuss over minor details.

Thus, he didn’t dwell on it. "Why worry so much about something three years from now?"

Through Shen Wushen, he already knew time flowed equally in the upper world and Canglan. It was basically one to one.

He stared at Shen Wushen eagerly. "Since you handled things well, I'll properly guide your cultivation technique. Alright, where are the techniques?"

Of course, the last sentence was his true goal.

"I'm penniless. I only managed to exchange some techniques," Shen Wushen answered truthfully.

He even borrowed money and divine techniques from Fairy Lianmei for methods and took on several tasks, hoping Qi Yuan could handle a few. Otherwise, he would be cultivating while buried in debt.

"It's fine. If you don't have money, just borrow them," Qi Yuan said. "As a Nascent Soul, go ahead and borrow a hundred thousand spirit stones. After you reach the Violet Palace, earning it back will be easy. When you reach the Violet Palace, take out a million. Repayment can wait until Yin Spirit!"

"That actually makes a lot of sense." Shen Wushen paused, then handed a jade slip to Qi Yuan. "Besides the two Divine Methods and seventy Heaven-tier techniques, the rest are insignificant. One of the Divine Methods can be shared publicly, but the other cannot."

Unusually, Qi Yuan gasped in shock before the others could. Shen Wushen was the real tycoon! So many techniques! His gains far exceeded the celebration from two days ago!

"If you were a woman, I might really devote myself to you!" Qi Yuan excitedly stored the techniques away. "What a pity I can't go to the upper world... Ugh, so many White Moonlights. They are my dream lovers!"

All his dream lovers were in the upper world, visible yet unreachable.

Qi Yuan immediately added the new techniques to the sharing society jade slip. Of course, the Divine Method was included. In order to attract attention, he allowed one percent of it to be viewable. No one who saw it should be able to resist. Even he was taken aback the first time.

Once the news spread, the Yuan God Sharing Society would capture everyone’s attention. Divine Methods were created by Yang Spirits, representing their very foundation. In spite of that, not a single one had ever circulated in Canglan.

Following that, Shen Wushen took out thirty-four jade slips. "Fellow Daoist, these are the tasks I accepted. I'll have to trouble you."

Since his task points within the sect were not high, he could only accept a limited number. He would not suffer too great a loss if even six or seven of them could be solved. After all, these tasks were extremely difficult ones.

"Oh? Let me take a look," said Qi Yuan.

He had already made up his mind to help Shen Wushen complete his sect missions. That way, Shen Wushen could use the rewards to exchange techniques for him. The man was basically his tool to access the upper world.

Qi Yuan casually picked one jade slip and pondered. "Great Venerable Huadu... Qi Tian's Profound Secret Art?"

Shen Wushen quickly said, "This task was posted by a Step Six Great Venerable. You’d have to be a Mythic expert just to solve this. Maybe you should look at the others first?"

The mission was one of the few high-level tasks he was able to accept.

Qi Yuan said seriously, "No need, it’s not that difficult. Give me half an hour and I'll solve it."

Writing a letter to Jin Li was even more difficult than this, taking several days to complete.

Shen Wushen paused, surprised. "Half an hour?"

His master was acquainted with Huadu. According to him, a Mythic expert of the same path would take thousands of years to figure it out. Not even a Yang Spirit could solve it so fast.

Seeing Shen Wushen's disbelief, Qi Yuan casually explained, "I just happen to have quite a lot of Nascent Souls, so being fast is normal."

His Nascent Souls nearly encompassed all the gods of the Heavenly Court, even ancient demon gods. Therefore, he had access to all kinds of systems and cultivation paths. With the Three Pure Ones visualized, he had traversed nearly every path. The technique before him just overlapped with what he already knew, and his unique eye ability made it even easier.