owlsbooks Chapter 38 Another Year, Huge Deposits
Chapter 38 Another Year, Huge Deposits
"I want the Qi-Nourishing Pill."
Song Qian's words were concise and to the point.
Two months ago, she asked Wu Shao to buy her a Qi-Boosting Pill. After taking it, she realized that she was still far from breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining, so she wanted a Qi-Nourishing Pill.
"Didn't I tell you? The Yuntian Pill is too expensive. One pill costs sixty spirit stones. How long would it take me to save up enough to afford it?"
Listen to me, I'll buy you another Qi-Boosting Pill in six months. The effect of the elixir won't be much weaker, and you should be able to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Wu Shao advised.
Like the Qi-Boosting Pill, the Yuntian Pill is a spiritual pill used in the early stages of Qi Refining to enhance cultivation, nourishing the dantian and sea of qi.
Its effects are better than those of the Qi-Boosting Pill; one pill is equivalent to a year's worth of cultivation.
Of course, the price is also much higher, at sixty spirit stones per stone.
"No, I won't go back without the Yuntian Pill."
Song Qian shook her head, her expression stubborn.
She had argued with Wu Shao about this several times, and not wanting to waste any more words, she moved out of Wu Shao's residence.
"Are you perhaps going to sever our Daoist partnership?"
Wu Shao stared wide-eyed at Song Qian, and used the aura of the fifth level of Qi Refining to suppress her.
As an outer disciple of the outer mountain forest farm, his basic monthly salary was eight spirit stones, with occasional spirit stone bonuses. His average monthly salary was no more than ten spirit stones.
Even a Qi-Nourishing Pill costing sixty spirit stones is very expensive for him.
"..."
Song Qian remained silent, simply staring at Wu Shao, her back straight, bearing the pressure of her mid-stage Qi Refining aura.
Without the Yuntian Pill, she would have truly severed her Daoist relationship with Wu Shao.
With her beauty and charm, many outer and even inner disciples wanted to become her Daoist partners.
Besides, she fulfilled Wu Shao's various strange dual cultivation requests, and paid a considerable price.
Wu Shao's subordinates Wang Yarong and Meng Kaizhou have both broken through to the second level of Qi Refining, and now Liu He has also broken through to the second level of Qi Refining. This makes Song Qian very anxious.
Her humble origins and experiences as an ordinary person inspired her to strive for upward mobility.
Now that she has the opportunity to cultivate herself, she is determined to use all her strength to climb to the top.
"..."
Wu Shao also fell silent, and the two stared at each other for a moment.
Finally, Wu Shao couldn't help but speak first: "How about this, I'll give you a maximum of forty spirit stones. You've saved up quite a few spirit stones during this time, so you can gather sixty spirit stones to buy the Qi-Nourishing Pill."
Song Qian hesitated slightly, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Unless absolutely necessary, she doesn't want to change her Daoist partner.
Although she doesn't care much about her reputation, she doesn't want to be labeled as "promiscuous" or "promiscuous."
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Qixia Peak.
In Liu He's room, he continued practicing his martial arts as usual.
The two and a half hours of cultivation were over.
"Phew~~"
He exhaled a long breath and opened his eyes.
"It takes much longer to progress from the second to the third level of Qi Refining. If I follow the established path at Qixia Peak, it will take me five years to break through to the third level of Qi Refining."
He had anticipated this.
That's how spiritual practice is; each level is more difficult than the last.
This is why it is difficult for menial disciples to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and become outer disciples within ten years.
According to Liu He's understanding, about half of the menial disciples are unable to advance to the outer sect.
This is only the early stage of Qi Refining; the difference between each level in the middle stage of Qi Refining is huge.
In the later stages of Qi Refining, there are even higher levels.
"To improve your cultivation level quickly, you either need spiritual root talent, or you need elixirs, or you need to improve your spiritual energy environment to speed up your daily cultivation."
These are the three methods that Liu He already knows.
"If only I could get my hands on a second-tier spirit-gathering array, I could build a second-tier spirit-gathering array a billion times smaller right in the ant nest and enjoy the spiritual energy all to myself."
Liu He had always had this idea.
However, this was merely his hopeful vision for the future.
The Spirit Gathering Array is something that is impossible for him to obtain now.
The spiritual energy environment of Qixia Peak is a first-order spirit-gathering array. Because there are many miscellaneous disciples, the spiritual energy environment is the worst.
Then there's Wangyue Peak, which is also a first-order spirit-gathering array, but with a much better spiritual energy environment.
Even better is Lingyun Peak, which is shrouded by a second-order spirit-gathering array, and is the residence of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
In addition, there are other methods.
For example, places like Wanqi Peak, Lingdan Peak, and Fulu Peak... these are not places where cultivators live, but they can still stay.
Chen Tongyue had previously helped arrange accommodation for Wei Peng at Wanqi Peak.
"It is said that if you join the Spirit Plant Peak, you can live there."
Spirit Plant Peak is an important product of the Qian Yuan Holy Sect. It is located deep in the Qian Yuan Mountain and is shrouded in a second-order spirit gathering array.
One of the benefits of joining the Spirit Plant Peak is that you can cultivate in the spiritual energy environment of the second-tier Spirit Gathering Array, which greatly increases your daily cultivation speed.
Therefore, countless menial disciples flocked to the Spirit Plant Peak.
For menial disciples joining the Spirit Plant Peak, the various generous benefits and the advantages of the Spirit Gathering Array mean that they are almost certain to be promoted to outer disciple or even inner disciple.
"There is still a year and a half until the next selection at Lingzhi Peak."
"This time, we must win!"
Like everyone else, Liu He really wanted to join Lingzhi Peak.
It benefits not only him personally, but also the ant colony even more!
Ant colonies live in a spiritually rich environment, surrounded by spiritual plants, which certainly allows them to achieve true evolution.
Although the current ant colony is huge and has no rivals in the insect world that sweeps across the entire outer mountain forest, it is still just an "ordinary ant".
With that thought in mind, Liu He put aside his thoughts and traveled to the ant nest to refine the Earth Element Pearl and practice his spells.
He had just spent all his savings on Qi-boosting pills, leaving him with only two pitiful spirit stones.
Without spirit stones, there is no room for improvement.
The days that followed were nothing but monotonous, routine training and daily forest ranger duties.
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The sun and moon take turns.
Another year has passed without us even realizing it.
Liu He has been in the sect for two and a half years, and there are still six months left before the selection at Lingzhi Peak.
Over the course of the year, some of Wu Shao's menial disciples broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Of the ten handyman disciples, eight have broken through to the second level of Qi Refining.
According to the normal cultivation progress, after two years of official certification and with the addition of two Qi-boosting pills, one can successfully break through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Liu He saved up all the spirit stones he had accumulated that year, accumulating a huge sum of thirty-eight spirit stones.
He had previously consumed too many Qi-boosting pills, so much so that their effect on him was negligible.
Fortunately, in addition to the Qi-Boosting Pill, there are several other pills suitable for improving cultivation in the early stages of Qi Refining, such as the Qi-Nourishing Pill.
Forest area.
day.
When Liu He was on duty, he took some time to go to the neighboring forest area to find Li Liangtian and discuss the joint purchase of Yuntian Dan.
"Another group purchase of spirit pills? But I don't have enough spirit stones to buy the Qi-Nourishing Pill."
A single Qi-Nourishing Pill costs sixty spirit stones; even buying half together would cost thirty spirit stones. I bought Qi-Boosting Pills two months ago to break through to the second level of Qi Refining, and now I only have twenty-three spirit stones left.
After buying the Qi-Boosting Pill with Liu He, Li Liangtian bought another Qi-Boosting Pill and broke through to the second level of Qi Refining.
"Okay, I'll look for someone else."
Liu He was helpless; finding a reliable and trustworthy person was not easy.
He doesn't have many fellow disciples who are close to him and have good character.
After some thought, he decided to ask Wang Yarong.