Shanghai

"See that?"

Xia Fei looked at Wang Er as if he were looking at a country bumpkin.

Wang Er first nodded frantically, then shook his head just as wildly. "Wait, that's not right. Haven't you guys not officially started cultivating either? How did you do this?"

"You don't understand, do you? It's true that we haven't started cultivating yet, but we all carry protective amulets given to us by Young Master Qin," Xia Fei said with a smug expression.

"With this amulet, apart from the absolute truth, there is nothing else in this world that can hurt us."

Seeing Wang Er's burning gaze, Zhong Mingyuan said, "Don't even think about it for now. This kind of amulet requires excellent materials to craft, and currently, Young Master Qin is out of materials."

"What kind of materials are needed?" Wang Er licked his lips, asking curiously.

If he could find the materials and get Qin Ning to make one for him, wouldn't he be invincible from now on?

The mere thought of having such a protective amulet on him, making him immune even to guns, made him tremble with excitement.

"Just some jade and similar stones, but it can't be ordinary jade. The higher the quality, the better," Qin Ning said with a faint smile.

"Jade?"

Hearing this, Wang Er's eyes immediately lit up. "Young Master Qin, my family happens to be in the jade business. Just a while ago, we shipped back a large batch of jade from abroad, and it's sitting in a warehouse in the Magic City right now. Why don't you see when you have time to go over? You can pick whatever you want, free of charge!"

"Since there's nothing pressing to do lately anyway, let's go tomorrow," Qin Ning said after a moment of thought.

To him, jade wasn't just for making amulets. If there was top-quality jade, it could also be refined into other things, such as spirit stones or magical artifacts.

Magical artifacts were essentially dharma treasures.

He didn't really need such things himself. Besides, with the quality of jade found on Earth, the resulting magical artifacts could never meet the standards required by someone of his level.

Spirit stones, however, would be quite useful.

The spiritual energy on Earth was thin, and spirit stones were items capable of storing massive amounts of spiritual energy. Using them during cultivation could accelerate the improvement of one's cultivation base.

For someone at his level of cultivation, a few or even a few hundred spirit stones were just a drop in the bucket. However, these spirit stones could be given to Qin Fei and the others. It would allow them to raise their cultivation bases much faster, and might even help them break through the limits of the Body Refining realm.

Although the probability was extremely small, it was worth a try.

Soon, Qin Ning personally began to guide the group in their cultivation.

Even though it was only their first day of cultivation, by the end of the day, they had all felt the benefits it brought.

From now on, they only needed to repeatedly practice the methods Qin Ning taught them today.

Early the next morning, Zhou Ping'an prepared breakfast in the villa. After everyone had eaten, Zhong Mingyuan immediately drove the eight-seater commercial van out of the garage.

Today, they planned to take a trip to the Magic City to check out the jade Wang Er had mentioned.

Qin Ning, Qin Fei, Cheng Weiyang, Gu Siyu, Xia Fei, Zhou Ping'an, Zhong Mingyuan, and Wang Er.

Eight people fit perfectly into the van, and they drove all the way to the airport.

They boarded Wang Er's private jet. The distance from Liu City to the Magic City wasn't considered far; by plane, they would arrive in about two hours.

Two hours later, outside the Magic City airport.

A brand-new eight-seater commercial van was parked there, arranged and sent over by Wang Er.

After getting the keys, Zhong Mingyuan started the engine right away and drove the group toward a hotel in the Magic City.

"Young Master Qin, this is the highest-rated hotel in the Magic City. I'll get you all settled in first. After we eat, we can go look at the jade, or we can rest for a day and go look tomorrow. Either works."

Inside the hotel lobby, Wang Er led Qin Ning and his group in.

"Let's get something to eat first then. Everyone should be hungry," Qin Ning said.

He naturally wasn't hungry. Having reached such a realm in his cultivation, he could already practice inedia, simply put, he could survive without eating anything.

But the others couldn't do that.

Especially Qin Fei. Qin Ning knew she was a foodie. She needed at least three meals a day without fail, and since it was her first time in the Magic City, she was probably eager to try all the local delicacies.

Soon, after completing the check-in, Wang Er took everyone into the elevator and brought them to the top floor of the hotel.

He had booked out every room on this entire floor.

Actually, it couldn't really be called booking it out, because this hotel was owned by his family in the first place.

After confirming their return to the Magic City yesterday, he had called the hotel in advance to clear out this entire floor and have it cleaned spotless.

There were many rooms, more than enough for everyone to have their own. However, they ultimately chose only two presidential suites. Gu Siyu, Qin Fei, and Cheng Weiyang shared one, while the rest of the guys stayed in the other with Qin Ning.

The presidential suites had plenty of bedrooms, perfectly accommodating all of them.

Wang Er had food sent up, and the three girls, including Qin Fei, came over to Qin Ning's suite to eat together.

"The view here is really nice."

Qin Fei praised, admiring the scenery outside the window while she ate.

"Xiao Fei, Young Master Qin, I've already notified the staff. No one else will be staying in the rooms on this floor from now on. They will be kept strictly for you. The next time you visit the Magic City, you can check straight in at any time."

Wang Er said with a smile, then added, "Or if you prefer villas, I can take you to look at a few tomorrow so you can take your pick?"

"Thank you, Young Master Wang, but there's no need to go to so much trouble. I think the view here is perfectly fine. Where would you get a view like this living in a villa?" Qin Fei said with a smile, showing that she genuinely liked it.

Soon, having finished their meal, the group went downstairs.

Zhong Mingyuan had already driven the commercial van to the hotel entrance.

"Honk, honk, honk..."

Just as everyone was getting ready to board the van, the sound of a car horn suddenly blared from behind them.

From the driver's seat of a top-tier luxury car, a young man poked his head out and yelled, "What are you doing? Blocking the way with this piece of junk! Move out of the way right now, don't waste my time!"

"Damn it!"

Zhong Mingyuan, Xia Fei, and the others were instantly enraged because they saw that Qin Fei had been startled by the sudden honking.

Wang Er in particular had his face darken immediately as he strode over to the luxury car.

"Young Master Wang?"

The young man in the car froze for a moment, recognizing Wang Er.

He was also one of the top-tier rich kids in the Magic City and had interacted with Wang Er quite a bit in the past, as they ran in the same circles.

"What the hell were you barking about just now? You scared Xiao Fei! Get your ass out here and apologize right now."

Before Wang Er could even speak, Xia Fei and the others banged on the car door, speaking with furious expressions.