Chapter 435: Technician Number 11 At Your Service

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"Have you memorized all the acupoints?"

"Y-yes, I have."

"Good, let me test you then!"

Chen Huaian leaned back in his chair, kicked off his shoes, and unceremoniously shoved his feet into the lap of a Yaochi female cultivator. These feet of his were truly blessed, instantly sinking into a warm, fragrant, and soft embrace.

Pure bliss!

"Esteemed Senior, I-I'll begin the massage now."

Just as the Yaochi disciple was about to start,

Zhang Mengchu suddenly struck a gong with a loud "BANG!"

"Wrong! You're supposed to say: 'Dear customer, Technician Number 11 at your service!'"

"Oh, right, s-sorry!" Under Zhang Mengchu's fierce glare, the Yaochi disciple quickly corrected herself: "D-dear customer! Technician Number Eleven at your service!"

"Mmm, much better." Chen Huaian nodded contentedly.

Now this feels right, absolutely right.

All the memories came flooding back!

The foot massage industry that had collapsed in the modern world after the Spiritual Revival was now making its debut in the Cangyun Realm, albeit still in the trial phase within this pocket dimension.

The Yaochi disciple cautiously massaged Chen Huaian's feet.

She couldn't understand—

how could a Great Ascension Stage master from the Sword Pavilion need foot relaxation? These feet could probably walk through blades and fire without losing a single layer of skin.

But she dared not ask.

She could only follow the acupoints meticulously with her fingers.

"What do you think? Did she get the acupoints right?"

Zhang Mengchu observed for a while before asking a Lingxi Valley disciple standing opposite.

"Reporting to the Venerable One, her acupoint knowledge is correct." The Lingxi Valley cultivator clasped her small hands together and nodded demurely with a faint smile. "Our Lingxi Valley specializes in medical arts. We're extremely proficient in acupoint manipulation and taught them everything without holding back."

As she spoke, her gaze unconsciously drifted toward the Yaochi cultivator, feeling an indescribable satisfaction smoothing out all the wrinkles in her mind.

Absolutely delightful!

Many cultivators in the Cangyun Realm considered Yaochi superior to Lingxi Valley, assuming they were affiliated.

In truth, Yaochi looked down on Lingxi Valley.

Yaochi disciples always acted high and mighty when visiting,

forcing Lingxi Valley to offer tribute of spiritual herbs and pills.

Now the tables had turned.

That's why she had been particularly thorough when teaching the massage techniques and acupoints—

determined to turn these Yaochi disciples into qualified massage masters... no, wait, as the Venerable One called them, "technicians."

"Honored guest, are you... comfortable?"

Technician Number 11 looked up at Chen Huaian with pitiful eyes,

hoping to awaken the Sword Pavilion elder's conscience.

Instead, she only awakened Zhang Mengchu's gong.

BANG—!

"Wrong! What did the Venerable One teach you? You should ask: 'Customer, how's the pressure?' Not whether they're comfortable!" Zhang Mengchu scowled menacingly. "Weren't you paying attention during training? Even this old fogey remembers better than you! If you can't learn properly, go rot in the dungeon!" 𝘙𝙖𐌽ŏ𝖇Êṥ

The Yaochi cultivator was on the verge of tears,

massaging through her sobs.

"Easy there, Little Zhang. To err is human."

Chen Huaian shuddered pleasurably and said with a smile, "Mistakes are fine. I'm currently researching new sword techniques that require sparring partners. If they can't learn, they can contribute to my sword arts instead."

Hearing this, Technician Number 11 panicked and immediately became more attentive.

As Chen Huaian enjoyed the service, he opened his Electronic Girlfriend game.

The system was quite user-friendly.

He'd asked customer service if foot haptic feedback could be enabled—initially they said no. Then he asked if hand sensations could be temporarily redirected to his feet. After "applying for approval," they gave him a 24-hour foot sensation package.

These were probably at least Divine Transformation-level feet,

or at minimum mid-Golden Core stage.

Yet he could still enjoy the massage's comfort, even feeling accelerated spiritual energy flow through his foot meridians. Cultivators in the Cangyun Realm led such austere lives, completely lacking in leisure.

Unbeknownst to him,

someone had poked a hole in the window.

A large eye was now peering through it.

When it saw Technician Number 11 touching his feet,

visible murderous intent flashed in that gaze,

swirling with clear traces of jealousy.

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Opening the [Pocket Dimension Construction Store],

Chen Huaian noticed many previously locked upgrades were now available—

like the Advanced Spiritual Energy Module.

Previously "requirements not met,"

the purchase conditions were now 100 billion and 100,000 Spirit Crystals.

Alternatively, there was a special requirement:

establish a sect in the Cangyun Realm to connect it with the pocket dimension.

Excluding Spirit Crystals,

this cost sixty times more than the Intermediate Spiritual Energy Module!

"Tsk—! Even with the special requirement fulfilled, I don't have that kind of money..."

Chen Huaian frowned, lightly tapping the armrest.

Though the Exorcist Division was profitable daily,

operational expenses were equally high.

Income barely covered costs,

not even enough to offset his daily Divine Transformation-level expenditures.

Most importantly,

since the Well of Heaven opened at Qinling's Demon Locking Pagoda,

Sichuan Province became saturated with spiritual energy,

causing the traditional currency system to teeter on collapse.

Gold and cash were now worthless.

The new valuable currency was called Spirit Beans—

similar to Spirit Stones but with purity rivaling Spirit Crystals.

They were condensed from monster qi extracted by Ascenders from slain beasts.

Named for their soybean size,

these had become currency among Ascenders

and were trickling down to Awakened and ordinary people.

Wang Shouyi had mentioned that with the Well of Heaven open,

spirit veins buried in ancient strata would gradually emerge worldwide under the nourishing spiritual energy.

Undoubtedly, Spirit Stones from these veins would become the new currency,

with Spirit Beans merely paving the way.

"If I develop the pocket dimension, I'll go broke quickly~ Does this Electronic Girlfriend game only want money? But without development, I'll be stuck at early Great Ascension Stage..."

Activating his Great Ascension First Tribulation avatar required only Nascent Soul strength from his modern body.

But the avatar still needed peak early Great Ascension power to trigger and survive the Minor Heavenly Tribulation.

Only by meeting both conditions

could he purchase the Great Ascension First Tribulation cultivation.

Passing the heavenly trial depended heavily on pocket dimension development—

the true power source for Great Ascension cultivators.

Spiritual Treasures were just bonuses;

true strength came from oneself.

Chen Huaian stroked his chin in thought,

then suddenly brightened:

"Never mind whether the game's monetary requirements will adapt to the changing economy—with everything in chaos outside, why don't I just rob eight or ten printing presses first to see if I can exploit a glitch?"

If it didn't work, he'd have eliminated an option.

If it did...

Chen Huaian couldn't imagine how amazing that would be.

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