Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Winter lingers, with snowflakes flying, and the vast blue dragon.

Autumn rain adjusted her shawl, tidied her hair slightly, and stood dignified next to the gate, waiting for passersby on the street to enter.

Since arriving in the outer city's Zhuliu District, she had entered this small shop called Duobao Hall.

Although the shop was not large in scale, its location was excellent, and there were quite a few customers who came to buy and sell every day.

It was precisely because of this that Autumn Rain came to this shop and took on the role of receptionist.

With her experience as a steward in the Wan Dao Trading Company, she should have been able to handle things easily in such a small place.

But...

In fact, it was not the case.

In the Immortal City of Canglong, cultivators almost all started at the Foundation Building stage. Even the Gold Core cultivators were as common as hairs on an ox.

Without the protection of the trading company, she, who was only at the early stage of Foundation Building, did not have any advantages.

If it weren't for her efforts over the past few months, relying on her rich experience and unique cold temperament to stabilize a few regular customers, she would have been asked to leave by the shopkeeper months ago.

Just at this moment...

A slightly older cultivator dressed in a high-quality robe suddenly stopped at the entrance of the shop.

Autumn Rain only took a quick glance and knew that the other party intended to enter.

She was delighted. If she could attract a new customer this month and make a small or big deal, she would have some confidence when facing the shopkeeper's inquiries.

However...

Just as she was about to approach, she saw a graceful figure step forward and directly embrace the other party's arm, which was thicker than her own thigh.

"Guest, do you need anything? Don't be fooled by the small size of our Duobao Hall. We have everything you need for Qi Refining, Foundation Building, and Gold Core, including talismans and treasures!"

"Of course, if the guest doesn't want to buy anything, you can come in and have a cup of tea with me! It's a snowy day, and although the guest's cultivation is profound and you won't freeze, your high-quality robe might get dirty, right?"

As she spoke, the female cultivator even helped brush off the remaining snow on the other party's body.

With a gentle mist and a fragrant scent, coupled with her affectionate eyes and melodious voice like an oriole.

It made the plump cultivator sway in his heart.

"Alright, alright! I happen to want to buy some pills and talismans."

The plump cultivator laughed heartily and followed the female cultivator into the shop.

However, his restless hand couldn't help but wander on the female cultivator's body... Even when they were near the door, he pinched her tenderly.

Autumn Rain quietly watched this scene, her hands tightly gripping her shawl.

For a long time.

She smiled bitterly, revealing her desolation against the backdrop of the falling snow.

She looked at the snowflakes in the sky, her eyes becoming somewhat misty.

At the same time...

A blurry yet familiar figure slowly appeared before her eyes.

She was about to approach, but that figure had already disappeared.

"Fellow Daoist Autumn."

Just then, a voice came from behind.

Autumn Rain took a deep breath and quickly adjusted herself.

Turning around, she saw another female cultivator in the shop.

"The shopkeeper is looking for you. Go over."

"Okay."

Autumn Rain responded lightly.

As she approached the elegant room, the voice of a middle-aged man came from inside.

"Come in. I want to talk to you privately."

"Yes!"

The autumn rain lightly responded with a sound, then immediately closed the door.

The man glanced at Autumn Rain, then took out a booklet and said, "This is the performance report of you and the other stewards from last month."

"Autumn Fellow Daoist, you have served as a steward at the Wan Dao Commercial Firm, so there's no need for me to say much about your business skills."

He pointed to the account book and continued, "But do you think these results are satisfactory, Autumn Fellow Daoist?"

Autumn Rain looked at her column, which had not changed at all and had a pitifully low sales figure. Her hand, clutching her skirt, began to tremble slightly.

"Autumn Fellow Daoist, Duo Bao Hall is just a small business. We don't earn many spirit stones each month. Take some time to think about it!"

The middle-aged cultivator slowly stood up and lightly patted Autumn Rain's shoulder.

He leaned close to Autumn Rain's ear, sniffing the refreshing fragrance, and continued, "You have three days to think it over. If you decide, come find me at No. 23 Qingquan Lane."

With that, the middle-aged man's mouth, under his mustache, curved into a subtle smile, and then he left the room.

---

At the business firm's residence, No. 20 Bingzi Lane.

After a deep conversation with his two wives, Ji Boying came to the courtyard.

According to reason, at this hour, he should be assisting Li Yueyao in her cultivation in the adjacent guest room.

But...

A month ago, she accidentally found an opportunity to break through and started seclusion to prepare for the Foundation Establishment stage.

Since then, Ji Boying has been using the extra hour and a half to comprehend the "True Explanation of Thunder Laws."

Surprisingly, this true explanation has been quite helpful to Ji Boying.

Especially the techniques that integrate his own spiritual power with the power of thunder, making it easier for Ji Boying to draw six types of derivative symbols.

During this period, Ji Boying also advanced his spiritual soul to the mid Gold Core stage, causing his success rate in drawing symbols to skyrocket once again.

The heavenly thunder symbols, earth thunder symbols, and cloud thunder symbols that he couldn't draw alone in the past can now not only be drawn, but the success rate has also reached thirty percent.

If he draws them together with Xiao Ninger, not only can the success rate increase to fifty percent, but the rate of high-quality symbols can also reach nearly ten percent.

Ji Boying is confident that once he fully comprehends the "True Explanation of Thunder Laws" and advances his spiritual soul to the late Gold Core stage, even these three thunder symbols can have a high-quality rate of thirty percent.

Buzz!

At this moment, a powerful spiritual pressure suddenly erupted from the adjacent guest room. The spiritual energy within the residence seemed to be attracted and began to gather towards the direction of the guest room.

Seeing this, Ji Boying's face lit up, and he quickly took out several three-star high-grade hidden spirit symbols to conceal his actions.

Before long...

The gathered spiritual energy began to rapidly swirl, and the guest room seemed to be a gravitational field, gradually forming a huge vortex with the gathered spiritual energy.

Gradually, the vortex grew larger, even surpassing the entire residence.

In this way, until dawn approached, a Gold Core pressure finally emanated from the guest room.

Creak!

The door was gently pushed open.

Li Yueyao, dressed in white like a celestial being, appeared in front of Ji Boying.

She took a few steps forward until she was close to Ji Boying, then bowed deeply.

"Thank you for your help, sir!"

Ji Boying smiled and helped her up.

In her eyes, there was a hint of brilliance that wasn't there before.

The two of them didn't speak, just silently looking at each other.

After a long time, Li Yueyao's lips curled up slightly, and she softly said, "I... want to!"