Chapter 77: He is not afraid of trouble, and has no morality.
Regarding someone's cultivation diary, the reason why the first part had so few copies was merely because that was how many were initially printed, and a certain young lady stopped the process after taking her revenge.
As for why there are so many copies of the second part, it relates to the diary entry that was subsequently added by someone to mock the other party.
The first part had just a few thousand copies in total.
But the second part, in just one location, had a few thousand copies as well.
And this was also considering the spending capacity of these areas.
Although Zi Xuan's dynasty sends a large quantity of top-quality immortality seals to the Heavenly Sword Mansion every year, coming from a power like the Heavenly Sword Mansion, it is natural to be well cultivated; thus, even in her anger, the young lady did not forget to calculate the profit and loss of this matter.
At this very moment, within a mansion of the Dong family in the Tianjian Mansion of Chu State,
Another few thousand copies of "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary", Part Two, had just been printed and, after being sealed and packaged, were transported out by several Kuí oxen shrouded in flashing lightning.
This was a kind of Mountain-Sea Beast with a reputation even beyond that of the thunder Jiaolongs of the water marshes, though not pure Kuí oxen because they were only about fifty to sixty feet long.
The real Kuí oxen, towering up to several tens of feet, and even a hundred feet long, possess only one leg, but can leap ten miles in a single bound, accompanied by thunder, turning everywhere they pass into a sea of thunder.
With such might, cultivators whose cultivation strength is less than fifty years do not even qualify to approach them.
However, these few Kuí oxen, though only fifty to sixty feet long, were not something ordinary cultivators could afford to keep, as each possessed the strength of a young-generation cultivator, let alone domesticate them.
Mountain-Sea Beasts, when unawakened, are more stubborn than mules; once they awaken, they are extremely cunning and sly.
Oh, except for those struck by love.
"Where is this batch being sold, and are all of them transported by these Kuí oxen?" Sword Master Dongdong asked his niece nonchalantly after she completed her daily demon... Sword Dao cultivation.
Although he did the printing, where they were sold, he was not aware.
As a true prodigy of Sword Dao, Dongdong was young, but her connections were anything but small. Many who dared not give face to Sword Master Dongdong had to give this young lady some respect.
Hence, this was precisely why, until now, "Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary" had not only avoided being transcribed, but no pirated copies had appeared either.
Even that young lord from Luoja Mountain knew about Tan Shuchang partly because of this young lady.
Otherwise, who would care about such a minor Loose Cultivator?
Even Emperor Yi was disregarded by those from the Immortal Sects, let alone Tan Shuchang.
It's not an exaggeration to say that if not for a certain young lady's involvement, plus the fact that Tan Shuchang was selected by Mount Tu Jian as a stepping stone for the Son of the Heavenly Mandate Long Zhangyuan, even if the cultivation diary were given away for free, not many from the Immortal Sects would bother to read!
People from Immortal Sects are inherently proud.
Different backgrounds of cultivators actually each have different circles, and the divisions between them are distinct.
Thus, that Chu Jianxiu, using the alias Shi Changkong, experienced such anguish, desperately longing to reclaim his original identity and return to Mount Tu Jian. Being a tenth-grade official of Qitian Pavilion, he was undoubtedly an influential figure among Loose Cultivators, but if he encountered a disciple from an Immortal Sect, even if they called him a dog, he couldn't retort.
"Mofa Province," Dongdong stated expressionlessly, her body still condensed with Sword Qi just after completing her Sword Dao cultivation, with a vast expanse of sword potential visibly gathering around her.
This was an extremely fearsome level of Sword Dao.
Even at the realm of Integration of Man and Sword, it appeared as a minor art before such Sword Dao realms.
This young girl's cultivation talent was not outstanding, but her talent in Sword Dao had reached a terrifying level, not meant to exist in this world.
"Are you serious?" Jianzhi asked in astonishment, considering Mofa Province was the last of the twenty-five provinces in the Jiawu Realm, described as such because it was highly unsuitable for cultivation.
However, precisely because of its severe conditions, it had been the preferred location for ascetic cultivators in earlier years. Nowadays, it served as an exile for Demon Cultivators and sinning cultivators.
The former was easy to understand—those were Demon Cultivators who were captured but not killed. As for the latter, they were not necessarily those who had committed heinous crimes. There was no specific definition; they could be outcasts from any Immortal Sect or the unlucky ones who had offended disciples of an Immortal Sect.
"I've calculated it, Mofa Province can definitely handle this batch of his cultivation diaries. Moreover, I've left some profit margin there; they only need one Upper Profound Seal to get one volume. That's half what others would pay!" The young girl remained expressionless, yet her tone suddenly became cheerful.
After saying this, she continued, "The revenue from selling these cultivation diaries should be completely tallied in another two days. Then we'll take fifty percent and send it to that guy as if it were a joint venture sale."
"Do you mean to give him money without telling him why, directly? Would he accept that?" Jianzhi expressed his doubts.
"When faced with such situations, some people are afraid of trouble, thus they dare not accept it, while others might refuse it on moral grounds. But rest assured, that guy belongs to neither of these categories," Dongdong said earnestly, her voice soft but her expression serious.
As far as Tan Shuchang was concerned, she believed she understood him quite well.
"I had no idea that Tan had truly inherited the ways of the Heartless Old Man," Jianzhi exclaimed in surprise.
Hearing this, Dongdong immediately shook her small head.
"Is that not so?" Jianzhi raised an eyebrow.
"Aside from his cultivation, which is not as bloodthirsty and cruel as the Heartless Old Man, in all other respects, he surpasses him. Under any circumstance, the Heartless Old Man would not dare to make a move against an Immortal Sect disciple.
But as long as Tan's strength permits, he would even dare to kill those Immortal Sect disciples right in front of their elders," Dongdong said in a low voice.
"Are you sure?" Jianzhi asked.
"What kind of person do you think would repeatedly go to the Jianxia Sect, and still behave as if he's just wandering around?" Dongdong said, somewhat exasperated.
Although the Jianxia Sect and the Heartless Old Man had marital ties, with several of his disciples marrying into the Jianxia Sect, not even the Heartless Old Man would dare to simply visit the Jianxia Sect.
At least a hundred disciples of the Heartless Old Man, but none like Tan Shuchang before him.
If this isn't audacity, what is?
"Who would have thought Tan was such a fiery and bold individual!" Jianzhi couldn't help but clap and laugh.
Upon hearing this, Dongdong immediately turned her head to give Jianzhi a look. Although she didn't say a word, her meaning was clear.
You call that fiery and bold?
"Haha, you are still young and might not understand. What are called righteousness and evil are sometimes just a matter of winning or losing. The lifeless puppets of the demonic path and the strongmen and heavenly maidens of the righteous Immortal Sects are merely different in terms of the crude versus the refined cultivation.
Especially your master…" Jianzhi spoke up to this point and clicked his tongue twice, his tone full of disdain for that leader of the Jianxia Sect.
As for this comment, Dongdong just blinked her eyes, wooden-faced, because that was also her opinion.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have left the Jianxia Sect. After all, she and her fellow disciples, especially her eldest sister, Li Luoxia, had been on good terms.
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