I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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Just Wanting to Live Well Surpasses the Protagonist – 10 Body Forging Compendium

“What wind has blown Young Master Ye here today?”

Not long after Ye Yong arrived at Qianxiang Pavilion, a middle-aged man came out to greet him.

Qianxiang Pavilion, with its presence in every state and nation throughout Dongzhou, backed by astonishing power. This middle-aged man, the deputy pavilion master of this Qianxiang Pavilion and also a Nascent Soul powerhouse, personally coming out to receive Ye Yong, was already a great honor for the Ye family.

Ye Yong had no desire for pleasantries. He only wanted to find the appropriate body forging herbs for Wu Xue. Just moments ago, he had spent 50 reversal points to purchase a book titled “Body Forging Compendium.”

This book wasn’t a physical object but rather akin to an e-book, instantly existing within Ye Yong’s mind.

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“Fifty reversal points are not expensive, detailing various impressive physiques and body tempering methods, such as the Holy Body, Immortal Body, and Divine Body. These are solely related to body tempering. As mentioned before, body tempering is just the beginning, having no connection with the subsequent cultivation, so selling for fifty reversal points is reasonable.

Ye Yong remembers the matter of Wu Xue very clearly. After all, she is the female lead who appears at the beginning of the story, with a rather good personality.

The **Five Meridians Divine Body** is the physique possessed by Wu Xue.

What are the five meridians?

The Body Meridian, Heart Meridian, Blood Meridian, Qi Meridian, and Soul Meridian.

Ordinary people only have the first three meridians, general martial artists have the first four, and a few special martial artists have the Soul Meridian. Cultivators possess all of them, including an additional one called the Spirit Meridian.

Martial artists cannot absorb and utilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without opening the Spirit Meridian, hence they cannot cultivate. However, Wu Xue’s Divine Body’s Qi Meridian is dozens of times stronger than that of ordinary martial artists and cultivators. Once the Divine Body is cultivated, the Soul Meridian opens, allowing one to use vigor to replace spiritual energy in combat, not losing out to cultivators.

‘I’m here to buy some spiritual medicine.’ In Qianxiang Pavilion, Ye Yong doesn’t need to beat around the bush; he can directly purchase what he wants.

The reason is that the body tempering prescription for the Five Meridians Divine Body has already vanished from here. As far as Ye Yong knows, currently, only the protagonist with the Dragon Heavenly Jade Pendant and that fallen immortal old man know about it. In other words, even if Ye Yong were to give the prescription to someone else, they wouldn’t know how to use it, nor would they believe it.

Since ancient times, it has been said that cultivators become saints or immortals, but in fact, martial artists do too, albeit in much smaller numbers. Most martial artists are quite weak, so cultivators generally look down upon them.

The **Five Meridians Divine Body**? Without the Spirit Meridian, what kind of Divine Body is that?

This is the first reaction of most cultivators.

‘Oh? Young Master Ye has come personally to buy herbs, could it be that you wish to delve into the art of alchemy?’ This vice-master of Qianxiang Pavilion, named Long Zhou, is a typical businessman, driven by profit, but occasionally he deals in some good items.

Ye Yong remembers that the protagonist in the novel bought quite a few good things from him, and the prices were quite fair.

‘No, the art of alchemy is so profound. I’m just casually boiling some spiritual medicine for fun, that’s all. No need for formalities, Vice-Master Long, I’ll buy what I like myself.’ Ye Yong doesn’t waste words with Long Zhou; he wants to hurry back and deepen the affection of the adorable Wu Xue, who has time to chat with this man?

‘Alright. If Young Master Ye wishes to practice alchemy, I have some alchemy books and recipes for sale, definitely cheaper than the Alchemy Association.’

‘I’ll see if I’m interested.’ Ye Yong waves his hand, and Long Zhou doesn’t persist.

The genius of the Ye family has come, and Long Zhou just shows his face to give the Ye family some respect, so as not to be accused of putting on airs. Since Ye Yong said he’s buying for fun, let him be; after all, the Ye family is wealthy and can afford it.

After Long Zhou leaves, Ye Yong, led by the steward, arrives on the fourth floor. Here, everything is a treasure, even Earth-level magical treasures that many families would consider heirlooms can be seen, though they are priced exorbitantly, so for now, they remain untouched in the display cases.

The Earth-level magical treasures are not really put out for sale, but simply to demonstrate the strength of Qianxiang Pavilion.”

**【Complete Body Forging】**

The information was swiftly stored in Ye Yong’s mind.

The items he wished to purchase were crystal clear in his thoughts,

He rattled off a list of more than ten spiritual herbs,

And the attendant scurried off to wrap them up.

While waiting for the attendant,

Ye Yong strolled around the fourth floor,

Finding nothing else he wanted to buy.

For in ordinary novels,

Rare treasures only appear in unremarkable shops,

Or at auction houses.

Sitting and sipping tea,

Ye Yong noticed he was being watched

By the beautiful maidservants.

He sighed inwardly.

It’s not the life of a protagonist.

To come to such a luxurious store

And not be looked down upon,

Everyone’s attitude was somewhat ingratiating.

How he wished to experience, just once,

The thrill of playing the fool to catch the wise,

The satisfaction of a dramatic reveal.

But it was clearly impossible,

For in the great Zhou Dynasty, who didn’t recognize him?

And with his appearance,

It was hard to be mistaken for a vagabond.

This is the loneliness of the antagonist,

Life is too smooth.

No wonder they seek out the protagonist for trouble,

Accustomed to arrogance when everything goes their way.

“Master Ye, all the items you requested are packed.”

After about half an incense stick’s time,

The attendant arrived with a group of maidservants carrying brocade boxes.

The maidservants placed the brocade boxes

One by one in front of Ye Yong.

“Master Ye, please inspect them,” said the attendant,

Wanting to open each box for Ye Yong’s inspection,

But Ye Yong stopped him.

“Enough, don’t I trust Qianxiang Pavilion?”

With a wave of his hand, Ye Yong stored all the boxes in his storage ring:

“How many spirit stones in total?”

“As a valued guest of Qianxiang Pavilion, you get a 20% discount, 400 medium-grade spirit stones.”

One medium-grade spirit stone is worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones.

400 medium-grade stones are 40,000 low-grade stones,

Which is equivalent to 40 million coins.

What does 40 million coins mean?

It could buy a bustling street of mortal shops in Chengying City.

But one cannot measure the possessions of cultivators

By the industries of mortals.

After all, Ye Yong started as a wealthy tycoon,

He didn’t care about the money.

In the novel, when the protagonist helped Wu Xue gather herbs,

He had to pick them in the wild himself.

According to the usual plot,

It would be the protagonist who accidentally discovers a hidden garden,

And in that garden, just the herbs needed for Wu Xue’s body forging.

But Ye Yong didn’t need to face any danger,

He could simply buy most of the spiritual herbs the protagonist struggled to gather,

And some special ones could be purchased in the system store,

Because ordinary shops didn’t sell them,

Everything was as easy as could be.

As the genius of the Ye family,

His storage ring was quite rich,

Dozens of high-grade spirit stones,

Thousands of medium and low-grade,

Worth the entire fortune of some small families.

Four high-grade stones equal four hundred medium-grade,

After settling the account, Ye Yong did not linger,

He left Qianxiang Pavilion.

After Ye Yong left,

Long Zhou appeared,

The attendant respectfully presented the list of spiritual herbs Ye Yong had purchased.

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All were spiritual herbs thousands of years old. The types of spiritual herbs were not very rare, nor were they commonly seen.

Longzhou reviewed the list once and summoned a third-grade alchemist.

Alchemists were divided into nine grades. Because alchemy is profound, difficult, and has high thresholds, a third-grade alchemist was already a formidable presence in Chengying City. The most powerful in the Great Zhou Dynasty were only at the sixth grade. As for the seventh grade? Dongzhou had only ten seventh-grade alchemists. Zhongzhou had more than twenty, and there was one eighth-grade. The other three continents combined had no more than ten seventh-grade alchemists.

After all, there’s a saying that goes well: Zhongzhou has outstanding people and a spirit of place; Dongzhou has vast lands and abundant resources. The other three continents are not much to speak of.

As for ninth-grade alchemists, none have appeared in recent millennia, though a ninth-grade Dan Saint was active ten thousand years ago.

This third-grade alchemist, named Gong Yangke, looked over the list several times but couldn’t understand the use of these spiritual herbs, some of which had conflicting medicinal properties.

“I, Gong Yangke, am of limited talent and learning and cannot combine these spiritual herbs into a pill. Some herbs, when combined, could even poison and kill a Golden Core cultivator due to their conflicting properties.”

“You jest, Master Gong. If you can’t see it, I believe others can’t either. Perhaps it’s as Young Master Ye said, they were bought just for fun.” Longzhou still valued Ye Yong greatly, after all, who knows if the Ye family genius might obtain some secret pill recipe and plan to study it himself?

As for poisoning? Longzhou didn’t think Ye Yong would be so foolish as to buy spiritual herbs from him to poison a Golden Core cultivator openly.

Moreover, with the Ye family’s capabilities, they need not fear any Golden Core cultivator. Why use poison to kill when one slap could do the job without explanation?

Shaking his head, Longzhou used his spiritual power to crush the prescription into dust.

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