It's Hard to Keep a Sect of Sword Cultivators Fed

Blurb:

Jian Lianzhou transmigrates into the cultivation world with a Dragon-Slayer System, becoming a newly initiated disciple in a sword-cultivator sect that flourished ten thousand years ago.

Only interested in making money, he looks at the pile of cultivation and leveling tasks listed by the System and decisively switches it to silent mode.

The System: "* & ¥... ()"

Jian Lianzhou ignores it, tidies up his plain little cave dwelling, and starts quietly saving money.

He has barely saved anything when the old sect leader passes away. The Sect Leader's Token flies down from the summit and smacks Jian Lianzhou on the head.

Jian Lianzhou: "?"

Did the Sect Leader's Token glitch?

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The Sect Leader's Token didn't glitch. It simply followed the old sect leader's last wishes and accurately picked the richest disciple in the entire sect.

Jian Lianzhou glances at the few dozen spirit stones in his storage pouch.

"..."

He lowers his head and opens the account books and disciple register.

The sect is so poor it's sold off all its property, even mortgaging its ancestral grounds. All that's left is three ramshackle huts, four broken swords, four sword cultivators, and one newly appointed sect leader...

If they don't make money soon, they'll have to sell the sign at the mountain gate!

In the silence, the System seizes its chance: "I have pill recipes! Cultivation techniques! Medicinal formulas! They can all be exchanged for money! If you won't cultivate, surely you can at least make money?"

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Poverty makes people diligent.

The poor learn to run a household young.

Jian Lianzhou soon learns alchemy, artifact forging, medicine and sorcery, and both poison and cultivation techniques... As he makes money through tears, his cultivation level skyrockets too.

However, just as the Taixuan Sect's territory grows, its reputation spreads, and its sword cultivators multiply... it starts spending money even faster!

Jian Lianzhou bolts upright from his sickbed. "What? I already spent all the spirit stones I just saved?!" Then he fires up the pill furnace and gets right to work!

The Dragon-Slayer System's leveling tasks are cleared one by one.

Cultivation rewards keep rolling in.

As his cultivation level rises at incredible speed, everyone around him gapes in astonishment.

Jian Lianzhou simply takes the pill recipes unlocked by his leveling tasks and makes more valuable pills. "What are you standing around for? Take the pills and sell them!"

The people around him: "S-Sect Leader, it looks like you're about to ascend..."

Jian Lianzhou snaps, "Is this really the time to talk about that?!"

Watching the freshly made pills and magical artifacts turn into piles of spirit stones, Jian Lianzhou, the Taixuan Sect's sect leader, almost ascended, but still hasn't earned enough money, finally lets out a sigh of relief. Keeping a whole sect of sword cultivators fed is so hard!

A few reading tips:

1. The blurb may be revised.

2. It's a feel-good power fantasy, so logic may be sacrificed for the sake of fun.

3. It's really just a sect-management story.

October 28, 2025

Theme: Heaven rewards diligence