Even with all these cheats, Zhao Yan wasn't so dumb as to think he could take over the world with just these, as he knows in the higher realm talent isn't everything.
In the lower realms, talent can take you to the top, but once you ascend, talent is just a side thing because wealth is everything in the higher realm, as even with your talent, those with extreme wealth can buy their rank through elixirs.
The MC, Fang Lin, may be a beggar dude in the lower realm, but in the upper realm he was a young master, so he didn't have to fight wealth with talent.
But Zhao Yan is just an extra with just an overpowered bloodline and physique, but he doesn't even know his family origin. All he knows is his family must be strong because of his bloodline, but as he is in this forest
So he thinks he's an abandoned child, and plus, his experience from his past life made him think he's abandoned and won't be welcome back even with his talents.
"Hehe, my awakening is really unbelievable," he laughed like a maniac.
The MC in his awakening just got mortal ascension rank 1, but he, an unknown, got rank 9.
"Let's find some city first. I want to try food there," he mumbled to himself as the novel said the food here was divine due to the qi surrounding the animals.
Plus, this world isn't so old-fashioned, as their technology is more advanced than earth. As humans don't want to bow down to cultivators, they invented some powerful weapons.
But in the end they can't even be compared to a soul foundation cultivator.
But the cultivators find it amazing; hence, technology is advanced with the help of cultivators.
"Ah," Zhao Yan suddenly remembered he doesn't have money.
"Oh god, being broke does feel bad. Now I know why my friends keep saying I was arrogant," he mumbled to himself as he was a spender in his past life.
"I can just join a sect and be done with it," he said, as with his talents, being an inner disciple will be easy.
And an inner disciple has the support of the sect.
So having money will be easy if he joins one, and with his face, he could become a model for humans for extra cash.
Money here is called reus.
A bronze reus equals 100 reus.
A silver reus equals 1000 reus.
A diamond reus equals 10000 reus.
A gold reus equals 100000 reus.
While platinum is a 1b reus, it could be used by a sect for a year.
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Zhao Yan was walking out of the forest when he heard a woman's voice.
"So you're the one that light came from," said a beautiful woman with black hair, red eyes, and a mature body. By her aura alone, Zhao Yan could guess she's an evil cultivator.
And the reason he found Zhao Yan is because the light qi is still following him.
"Who are you?" he asked, as in the novel no one was described with looks like this.
"Haha! You don't know me?" She was laughing like crazy as she was an evil cultivator haunted by everyone in the lower realm for destroying countless sects and using people to make a pill.
Zhao Yan was looking at her, trying to remember if he forgot something, while the evil cultivator just looked at him with greed in her eyes. Zhao Yan's beauty is just that perfect, so even she, who considered beauty as a weapon, found him charming.
"Oh, I remember now, you're Ying Mie, the demon empress," he said proudly, like he just solved the hardest quiz.
"Oh, so you do know me," she said proudly as she thought her deeds were awesome.
But she didn't know that Zhao Yan wasn't afraid of her, as in the novels it was described that she has some screws loose that think destroying is cool, and she's still stuck in immortal ascension rank 8.
"Well, yeah."
"Hehe, you're a fine man, you see, so I'll make you mine" she said with lust.
"Oh, big words for a 1000-year-old virgin" he said playfully, which made Ying Mie twitch.
"First of all, I'm still a virgin because there's no one worthy of me, and second of all, I'm not 1000 years old, ok?" she said while being embarrassed inside as he just said that arrogantly.
"Yeah, yeah."
Suddenly Zhao Yan got an idea: what if he made this girl his sugar mommy? Wouldn't it be cool? And he knew this woman should be rich with countless sects that she destroyed and robbed.
"Hey, why don't you be my master" she was shocked by his words; she having a disciple, but she also found it cool.
"If I accept you, what do you think I would benefit from having a disciple?" she asked, curious about his confidence.
"First of all, I know that you want to ascend, right?" When he said that, a chilly killing intent suddenly appeared.
"How do you know that?" she said, glaring at him.
"I can't tell you that, but you want to ascend, right?"
"Fine, yes, I do want to ascend."
"I'll help you ascend, but be my master in name."
"What benefits will you have with that?" She was curious about his plan.
"Haha, of course I get countless benefits, like, for example, a beautiful master and a talented master—countless benefits, right?" he said while looking at her boobs.
When Yang Mie saw his gaze, she was embarrassed but also happy that this handsome young man found her beautiful.
"But you're a normal cultivator, but I'm an evil cultivator," she said, looking at his reaction.
"Oh, that," as he said that, the light energy surrounding him suddenly changed into dark energy.
"How can someone be both a light cultivator and a darkness cultivator?"
"See, your disciple is talented, right?" he teased her.
"Hmpp, I'm more talented than you, but don't worry, I'll accept you as my disciple," she said, trying to hide her blush, but Zhao Yan saw it clearly, as he was flirtatious in his past life. He knew how a girl's mind works