Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Regarding the street vendor's deliberate display of a superior demeanor,

he was also quite helpless.

These were all old tricks, and every youngster new to Jianghu believed they would encounter their destined opportunity and saw everyone as if they were great figures hidden in the mortal world, such as butchers or street beggars. At this point, spouting some profound and ambiguous statements usually convinced these newcomers to spend their first bucket of gold.

Perhaps because he didn't look very old,

the vendor treated him as one of those distinguished newcomers to Jianghu as well.

Just then—

"Hahahaha!"

A burst of wild laughter suddenly erupted on the bustling street, and a young man in tattered clothes staggered along, not focusing on any place in particular, and continued shouting with a scattered gaze.

"I am the Heavenly Destiny, hahaha!"

"You all looked down on me, but from now on, you're not even worthy to carry my shoes, awesome, it's so awesome, hahaha!"

The man appeared utterly mad, completely immersed in his own world.

Following Chen Qiu's gaze, the vendor looked over and saw the mad young man, and casually remarked with a slight grimace, "Fellow, you must be new to Kaiyuan City. He's a madman and has been so for many years."

"He was once a firewood man, living off chopping wood daily. His parents, too, hoped he would break through Foundation Establishment soon, randomly acquiring a good entry that would change his destiny against the odds. They also put a lot of effort into it. That family is the purest of mortal families, with no heritage or strength at all."

"After much effort, this man finally broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, it was during his breakthrough that, because the three randomly acquired entries were the worst possible matches and completely incompatible with him, he went mad right then and there."

"His parents died a few years later, worn out by the grief of their son turning into a madman and unable to physically cope."

"The house they left behind was taken over by his cousin, who kicked him out. Since then, the madman has essentially become an orphan, with no parents and no relatives acknowledging him. He wanders around Kaiyuan City; when he's hungry, he kneels in front of the restaurant. The restaurant generally gives him some food because it's an opportunity to earn some good karma that shouldn't be missed."

"This person..."

The vendor remarked with some sighs, "It's still better not to have too high expectations for oneself. Always dreaming of changing one's fate against the heavens; once you fail to do so, the resultant disappointment can completely drive someone off a cliff."

"Ordinary people only need to get one thing right in their lives, which is to realize and accept that they are ordinary. Although this won't make you stronger, at least you may live many more years."

"Forget it, I won't trick you anymore. This hairpin is just a trashy mundane object, dug out from a soil pit. I've already had it appraised, and it isn't anything special. The only reason you think it's unique is because I secretly rubbed some White light powder on it; under the sunlight, it faintly emits weak white light, making it look like some dusty treasure."

"Today is my last day setting up the stall. Having done this for many years, honestly, I feel a bit immoral and always fear I might be struck by lightning someday. I'm planning to retire and enjoy my later years. I was thinking of making a perfect last deal, but seeing this madman made me feel rather introspective. I decided to accumulate some good karma for myself on this final day."

Fat Long looked towards the vendor with an expressionless face, "After a lifetime of swindling, suddenly discovering a conscience at the last moment."

"..."

Chen Qiu did not respond to the vendor but slightly narrowed his eyes as he looked toward the approaching madman. Driven by curiosity, he had spent 100,000 merit points to check the man's entries.

He wanted to see what kind of entries the man had acquired during his Foundation Establishment that had driven him to despair and collapse.

He would have been better off not looking.

This look revealed a serious matter...

The entries the man chose after breaking through Foundation Establishment were not trash at all but included a Pink Entry!!!

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「Entry Name」: Eyes on All Routes.

「Entry Level」: Pink.

「Entry Effect」: Every time you kill ten members of the Alien Clan, an eye will grow on the surface of your body.

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Meanwhile, the entry he had randomly acquired at the Qi Refinement first level was a White entry.

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「Entry Name」: Eternal Gaze.

「Entry Level」: White.

「Entry Effect」: Every time you consume one of your own eyes, you will gain, for ten days, a tenfold increase in cultivation speed, spell power, and physical strength, and you will also receive 10 low-grade Spirit Stones.

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Just two entries, but these two formed a perfect synergy.

If before this point, the young man had been merely a poor family's son living off cutting firewood with his parents leading a hard life, then not long after breaking through to Foundation Establishment, he could have rapidly ascended to the Golden Core stage.

Even if due to heritage and perspective he might not have a high-grade Golden Core, even a weak Golden Core would have been enough to lift his family out of poverty.

That is to say...

This young man did not collapse in despair during the selection of his Foundation Establishment entries because the three he randomly acquired were too trash; instead, he had obtained a perfectly suited entry that could elevate him to great heights, leading to his mental breakdown in sheer joy and turning utterly mad.