Phenax

Only 899 years?

You just spent 1k and said it was nothing...

Then spend 1k on upgrading your cultivation, and you'd reach at least peak golden core. Chances are, it's a pretty uncommon realm, especially out here in the middle of nowhere, so you'd be safe.

His cultivation speed has dramatically increased. In a single night, he's increased an entire minor realm, and it was said a single breath or whatever was equivalent to 6 months of cultivating before. A year should be enough to reach or be very near foundation realm. Emphasize on should...

Honestly, even just increasing it from 5 root to 4 root would make whatever he gets out of this 1000 years way better.

On paper, yes, but that's strictly when speaking of their spirit roots, which are all 5 spirit roots. The one dude who left had a maximum lifespan over 1000 years while the Mcs max would've been about 50 or so without the system. Technically on the same level, but not really.

Art in 10th grade? I dont think I had art past elementary. Either way, that's mad impressive. Maybe this is my wake-up call to pick up my sketch book and start drawing even more lol

They are a large landowner then...

The way I see it, the wood carving place is basically a sect/family, and instead of specializing in talismans or pills or whatnot, they specialize in wood carving. So it's the equivalent of a mortal joining a sect (just a very, very weak one), which is definitely worlds apart from a poor family like the people that live around the mc.