Incredible Sect Simulator
Chapter 38 Zhiwei’s Personality Transformation

Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Zhiwei’s Personality Transformation

The three turned the conversation to the topic of the marketplace shop.

"Changfeng, you must already be aware of the profitability of the Cyan Mountain Residence. What suggestions do you have regarding this?"

Lu Changfeng asked.

Lu Yuanshan was already aware of the profitability of the only marketplace shop under the sect, Cyan Mountain Residence.

Zhiwei also knew about it generally; during the initial voting meeting, Lu Yuanshan had frankly revealed the shop’s earnings.

The profitability is concerning, with an annual income for the sect of merely around fifty Spirit Stones.

This amount of Spirit Stones is only enough to cover the annual salaries of two or three disciples.

"Given the current situation, expanding our marketplace shop seems quite difficult."

Lu Changfeng sighed slightly, "After selling out the Jade Crystal Rice and the Tree Cave Fox furs, we made bulk purchases of materials and Spirit Medicine Seeds at Qinghe Market. The sect’s remaining Spirit Stones are quite meager."

"Approximately how many are left?"

Lu Yuanshan asked.

Lu Changfeng held up four fingers, then signaled three: "There are forty-three Spirit Stones remaining."

"..."

Lu Yuanshan was momentarily speechless.

Zhiwei was also momentarily stunned.

With the forty-three Spirit Stones, plus the thirteen Spirit Stones the sect currently has stored, it totals only fifty-six Spirit Stones.

With this small amount of Spirit Stones, expanding the marketplace shop is out of the question, let alone acquiring a new shop.

As for expanding the marketplace shop, Lu Yuanshan’s idea was to add a new shop.

Spending a fortune to renovate the old shop seemed entirely unnecessary to Lu Yuanshan. It wouldn’t be worth the expense; it’s more practical to open a new one.

"Brother, I think we should hold off on expanding the marketplace shop for now. At least this year, it’s not feasible. We can wait until the Spirit Fields have a bountiful harvest next year before considering this matter."

Lu Yuanshan proposed.

Lu Changfeng, who had spent considerable time at the Cyan Mountain Residence, was well aware of the shop’s situation.

This was a matter-of-fact discussion, not a random suggestion.

"I think Second Brother is right. The sect has many areas where money is needed now; there’s no rush to expand the marketplace shop this year."

Zhiwei spoke.

Lu Yuanshan pondered, and after a while, nodded.

"Very well, let’s do as you suggested. We won’t plan anything regarding the marketplace shop this year."

He felt somewhat helpless.

With only fifty-six Spirit Stones, it’s too little. With insufficient funds, further discussion about expanding the marketplace shop is merely theoretical.

After a round of exchange, the matter of the marketplace shop was temporarily set aside; no investment in expansion would be made this year.

The meeting concluded.

Having bid farewell to Lu Changfeng and Lu Yuanshan, Zhiwei headed straight for the Spirit Field, conveying Lu Yuanshan’s thoughts to Zuo Luo and Li Ziqi.

She stated that as long as the two dutifully tended to the Spirit Medicine on this plot for three years, then the Cyan and Purple Dual Swords would be formally bestowed upon them.

For now, having the Cyan and Purple Dual Swords in their hands was considered a loan from the sect.

Of course, there were some basic requirements for this task, such as ensuring the Spirit Field’s yield didn’t plummet unexpectedly, pest control, and proper irrigation of the Spirit Field were all beneficial for Spirit Field production.

Upon learning that the task was not difficult and each could receive a Tier One Middle Grade Flying Sword, the two were naturally overjoyed.

They nodded repeatedly, promising to complete the task.

This three-year task of diligently tending the Spirit Field was thus settled.

Afterwards, Zhiwei willingly went to the back mountain Cave Mansion.

She informed Lu Ping about refining Spiritual Artifacts and temporarily bestowing them as a three-year task to Zuo Luo and Li Ziqi.

Lu Ping had no objections.

He simply said one thing.

"Do as you see fit."

As the founding ancestor, Lu Ping was willing to guide the sect forward now. He didn’t need to handle all matters personally.

He was quite at ease with his children’s way of handling things and didn’t need to give guidance on everything.

After a little chat with the youngest daughter, Zhiwei took her leave.

Watching his youngest daughter depart, Lu Ping recalled her personality status.

It had been a long time since he used [Steadfast Dao Heart] on her. Her current personality should have reverted to its former state by now, right?

The old Zhiwei was outgoing and graceful, which was a personality Lu Ping greatly admired.

Activating the system, he found Lu Zhiwei’s personal attribute information among the sect members.

The details emerged.

[Name: Lu Zhiwei]

[Identity: Sect Elder, Tier One High-Grade Refiner]

[Age: 41]

[Personality: Cold]

[Status: Healthy]

[Realm: Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation]

[Talent: Gold and Wood Dual Spirit Roots]

[Location: Cyan Lotus Mountain]

...

Under the personality section, the old [Silent, Fragile, Sensitive] had indeed vanished, replaced by [Cold].

"Cold..."

Lu Ping frowned slightly.

He had anticipated a return to the outgoing and graceful disposition, but now it was an unexpected shift to a cold personality?

He felt a bit troublesome.

Having a girl with an overly cold nature, whether it’s good or bad, was uncertain.

While people of a cold personality won’t be plagued by worldly distractions, dampening their inner peace,

they won’t be eager to curry favor with the world with a fawning smile.

Even their eyes will only focus on their own path, without any additional emotions; the most common expression on their face would merely be a faint smile.

But undeniably, in terms of making friends broadly, a cold personality was definitely not appealing.

Lu Ping thought it over with mixed feelings.

Helping his daughter reforge her Dao heart, yet her personality changed, was unexpected.

However...

The primary factor in this personality shift naturally stemmed from Lu Zhiwei herself.

If Lu Ping were to imagine himself without a Dao heart, being depressed and sensitive, then suddenly reinforced by a steadfast Dao heart, it’s uncertain if he would revert to his former personality.

After experiencing some stormy events or memorable incidents, a person’s character can indeed change.

Even overnight, a person’s inner world can become massively different.

So be it.

If she’s cold, then so be it.

Perhaps it’s fate, not necessarily a bad thing.

Overall, compared to the fragile and sensitive depressed nature, being cold is far better.

Without dwelling on this further, Lu Ping casually checked the current accumulated reputation.

[Reputation: 141]

This amount of reputation was rather substantial.

It could be used to redeem some commodities.

Summing up the sect’s current state, for options that could provide improvement, the foremost choice was naturally [Resource Optimization].

However, this had already been redeemed before for use on the Spirit Field. The Mall no longer offered [Resource Optimization] for redemption.

If he wanted it, the Mall would need to be refreshed to see if another one could appear.

As for the remaining items in the Mall, such as [Earth Heart Method], [Instant Transmission], and [Healing], Lu Ping saw no urgent need to redeem them temporarily.

Among them, [Earth Heart Method] is an Earth Attribute Technique from the Qi Cultivation Chapter, with mediocre effects. The sect didn’t lack this type of technique, making its redemption somewhat unnecessary.

[Instant Transmission] and [Healing], these two could be reserved for when needed for redemption.

Lu Ping’s current interest leaned towards redeeming something that could vastly optimize the sect, addressing some of its issues.

[Resource Optimization] would certainly be much appreciated.

With a search around the Mall, unable to find what he wanted to redeem, Lu Ping decided it was time to refresh the Mall.