owlsbooks Chapter 10 Qi Refining Level 4
Chapter 10 Qi Refining Level 4
After examining all the high-level talismans and pondering for a moment, Xiao Ming said, "I want the Incineration Talisman and the Earth Escape Talisman."
"Master Feng, bring me the talismans." Yuan Qing waved his hand.
Then they produced another list of goods.
"These are the magical artifacts that my shop is currently selling. In addition to the low-grade and mid-grade magical artifacts, my shop also has a few top-grade magical artifacts that I own. If you need them, I can get them for you, but they will be a bit pricey."
Xiao Ming only glanced at it briefly, but his eyelids twitched. It wasn't just expensive; it was so expensive that he couldn't afford it even if he sold himself.
"Let alone a high-grade magic weapon, even a mid-grade magic weapon costs two hundred spirit stones. How can I afford that?"
Left with no other choice, Xiao Ming had to look at the low-grade spiritual weapon.
"I want this low-grade magic weapon, the Azure Rainbow Sword, and this low-grade magic weapon, the Green Copper Shield."
"Fellow Daoist has excellent eyesight." Yuan Qing smiled and clasped his hands together.
"The Azure Rainbow Sword costs sixty spirit stones, the Green Copper Shield costs fifty spirit stones, and the two high-level talismans cost one hundred spirit stones each, for a total of two hundred and ten spirit stones."
Xiao Ming was speechless upon hearing this.
You have a good eye for things. I bet if you had chosen a bellyband or other magical artifact today, you would have praised it to the skies.
This price is truly heartbreaking. All the money I've worked so hard to save over the years has been wiped out in the blink of an eye.
"Of course, as I promised before, all items will be 10% off, so the total is 189 spirit stones."
While Yuan Qing was speaking, Manager Feng had already delivered all the items.
After confirming that these were the items, Xiao Ming did not hesitate and reluctantly took out all the spirit stones from his storage bag.
"Now that the money and goods are settled, I, Xiao, will take my leave."
Unable to bear looking at the glittering spirit stones any longer, Xiao Ming turned and quickly left.
Watching Xiao Ming leave, Manager Feng quickly began to flatter him.
"Miss is truly insightful; this Fellow Daoist Xiao is indeed a high-quality repeat customer."
"No one can predict the future like a god. At first, I just sympathized with this person's plight. I didn't expect that this person would actually have some ability. Instead of being persecuted, he became determined to endure hardship and bide his time. So this time, I've decided to befriend him. Who knows, he might come in handy in the future," Yuan Qing said with a smile.
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Meanwhile, Xiao Ming returned home and immediately entered the omnipotent space.
Merchants are so good at making money; they only know how to exploit poor farmers like themselves.
After this huge loss, Xiao Ming made up his mind that our small-scale agricultural economy is all about self-sufficiency, and we absolutely cannot let these unscrupulous merchants make a single penny more than necessary.
Thinking this, Xiao Ming dug two holes in the ground and took out two high-level talismans.
This time, he skipped the mid-level talismans and bought these two expensive high-level talismans. The price of these one-time consumables was comparable to two low-grade spiritual artifacts. He couldn't bear to use them directly, so of course he planted them in the ground.
If you're going to plant something, plant the best. Planting mid-level talismans is a waste of time.
Xiao Ming carefully buried the two high-level talismans, filled them with mineral spirit sand, and then poured water on them.
He then looked at the Azure Rainbow Sword and the Green Bronze Shield in his hand, and after hesitating for a long time, he decided not to plant them.
It's important to know that there's a difference between magic artifacts and talismans. Talismans are consumables; once activated with just a little spiritual power, a whole bunch of high-level talismans can be thrown out, at which point even Foundation Establishment experts would have to give way.
Magical artifacts prioritize quantity over quality. Even if you work yourself to death to grow ten flying swords, you can only use three or four at a time in battle, which is the limit. You'll have a hard time even challenging opponents of higher levels.
It might even attract unwanted attention, and he might be mistaken for a treasure-giving boy.
For now, we only need enough ritual implements.
Since one's energy and resources are limited, priority should be given to cultivating more profitable treasures such as talismans and elixirs.
His consciousness withdrew from the omnipotent space, and Xiao Ming touched his storage bag, taking out two bottles of pills.
One bottle of fasting pills and one bottle of spirit-gathering pills are enough for cultivation.
Although I bought a lot of self-defense items, these are all external things. True strength comes from one's own cultivation.
This time, I'm going to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining in one go.
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A bottle of medicine, a bed, and a day spent meditating with eyes closed.
Cultivation is that simple and tedious.
One morning two months later.
With a soft sound from inside the house, a surge of spiritual energy burst open the window, bringing with it a gentle breeze that swept through the entire courtyard.
Under the influence of this spiritual energy, the spiritual plants planted in the courtyard that were not growing well at first sprouted new buds and formed flower buds.
Inside the room, Xiao Ming opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face.
With an ample supply of Spirit Gathering Pills, his cultivation finally broke through again, reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining.
From this day forward, he can be considered a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, possessing some self-defense capabilities among rogue cultivators.
Upon achieving a breakthrough in his cultivation, Xiao Ming immediately entered the Omnipotent Space.
I've been busy breaking through to the next level these past few days and haven't had time to take care of these precious spiritual plants in my field.
Let me see which of these precious plants needs fertilization and watering.
What Xiao Ming was most concerned about were the two high-level talismans he had planted earlier.
[Name]: Incineration Talisman
[Growth Status]: Growing stage (3%)
[Current Status]: Lacking spiritual energy!
[Name]: Earth Escape Talisman
[Growth Status]: Growing stage (2%)
[Current Status]: Lacking spiritual energy!
Although they all sprouted successfully, the growth rate was still a bit slow.
Two months is only the beginning of the second stage of growth.
We don't know how long it will take until the next fruit-bearing period and the fruit matures.
Apart from these two spiritual plants, all the other spiritual plants on the ground have grown to the fruit-bearing stage, including the spiritual stone seedling that Xiao Ming had placed high hopes on, which has now grown to the third stage.
[Name]: Spirit Stone
[Growth Status]: Fruiting stage (5%)
[Current Status]: Lacking spiritual energy!
[Spirit Stone]: (Maturity 88%)
[Spirit Stone]: (Maturity 90%)
[Spirit Stone]: (Maturity 86%)
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Looking at it now, Xiao Ming was somewhat disappointed with this spiritual plant.
Among all the spiritual plants, this one grows the slowest, yet consumes the most spiritual energy and nutrients.
It has finally entered the third stage of fruit cultivation. Now it produces about five fruits at a time. Even if it matures once every half month, it can only obtain 10 spirit stones per month.
Then Xiao Ming awkwardly discovered that, under the same conditions, the one that produced spirit stones was the one that consumed the most and profited the least.
To sum it up in one sentence: growing spirit stones is surprisingly not profitable.
It's true what they say, growing cash crops is worse than growing grain. The farmers were right.
Although the result was not very satisfactory, Xiao Ming continued to take good care of the spiritual plant. After all, the ten spirit stones could be put directly into his pocket without having to go through the trouble of trading them.
Of course, Xiao Ming still had some expectations. Perhaps the situation would change when it grew to the fourth stage.
Of all the spiritual plants Xiao Ming has planted so far, only the Fire-Repelling Talisman spiritual plant has grown to the fourth stage, and this spiritual plant has brought Xiao Ming the most benefits.
After entering the fourth stage of the shrub stage, perhaps because its root system is already well-developed, it is able to absorb the spiritual energy of this space on its own. Even if less fertilizer is applied, its yield will not decrease significantly.
After a lot of work, Xiao Ming finally finished taking care of all the spiritual plants.
After glancing at the fruits of his labor, Xiao Ming exited the omnipotent space with satisfaction.
"Judging by the time, today is another day to go to the Flamefire Valley mine to sell talismans."
Last month, Xiao Ming visited Flamefire Valley twice. This month, because he was in seclusion at a critical time, Xiao Ming did not hesitate to stand up the miners.
He now has over a hundred fire-repelling talismans in his storage bag; it's time to clear out his inventory.