owlsbooks Chapter 47: An Opportunity to Make a Fortune
Chapter 47: An Opportunity to Make a Fortune
【Ding Fire Golden Light Talisman】
The talisman flashed, and the fire in his heart burned like a torch. In an instant, Cao Xing felt all the muscles in his body tighten.
When the heart fire is concentrated, it can open the seven orifices, generate marrow and blood, and store them in the center of the body, preventing all diseases and making life as vibrant as fire.
In a moment, Cao Xing opened his eyes and felt as if his muscles and skin had been reborn. He felt incredibly light and had inexhaustible strength.
This is precisely the effect of the Ding Fire Golden Light Talisman: it strengthens the body and greatly enhances one's resilience.
Cao Xing exhaled a long breath, carrying a faint white vapor, feeling the stable and warm core of power in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.
It's finally done. Now all that's left is to obtain the two precious talismans, Earth and Metal, and then the Five Internal Organs and Six Brightnesses Meridians can be cultivated.
Thinking of this, Cao Xing could barely suppress a smile, and his mining speed suddenly increased.
Just as Cao Xing was secretly delighted, Bixia, hidden in his sleeve, trembled violently and let out a sharp warning.
"run!"
Upon hearing Bixia's warning, Cao Xing was startled, and a strong sense of unease followed. He suddenly leaped up, grabbed Wu Peng by the collar who was still engrossed in mining, and jumped more than ten meters away.
A loud "BOOM!"
Suddenly, a ball of pale golden flame burst forth from the spot where Cao Xing had just been standing, like a fire dragon that quickly engulfed the surrounding area.
This scene nearly scared Wu Peng to death. Pink beads of sweat appeared on his body, and he collapsed to the ground like a melted rag.
If Cao Xing hadn't pulled him back, he probably would have been cremated on the spot.
Seeing the surging flames, Cao Xing's expression also turned grim. He raised his hand and asked in a low voice, "Sister, can you see the flames inside these crystals?"
"Okay." After receiving Bixia's confirmation, Cao Xing felt much more at ease.
He looked down at Wu Peng, who was slumped on the ground, trembling all over. He asked, "Are you alright?"
It wasn't until Cao Xing asked that Wu Peng came to his senses, swallowed hard, and stood up: "It's nothing."
"Then let's keep digging."
Cao Xing picked up the shovel from the ground and handed it to Wu Peng.
Wu Peng was taken aback by this and turned to look at Cao Xing: "Still digging? How much debt do you owe?"
"Stop talking nonsense and come dig with me. I promise you won't be in any danger."
With Bixia's warning, Cao Xing naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity to make a fortune, and immediately pulled Wu Peng to dig hard in another spot.
The two dug for a while and then rested. At first, Wu Peng was worried, but seeing Cao Xing digging more and more, he gradually became bolder.
After the two returned...
Li Chengting stared wide-eyed at the mixed crystals the two had dug up. He had them weighed, and wow, the two of them together weighed nearly five thousand catties.
Goodness, these two people dug up almost as much as eight people combined.
How could he escape unscathed? Is this the legendary mining physique, born to be a beast?
Based on the price of 2 qian of silver per jin of mixed crystals, Li Chengting generously gave the two 900 taels of silver.
Cao Xing and Wu Peng divided the money. Cao Xing dug more and received 500 taels, while Wu Peng dug less and received 400 taels. Wu Peng was overjoyed.
This mining operation earned me more than I did testing drugs myself.
"You two junior brothers have worked hard. If you need anything, you can come dig every day. You're always welcome here." Li Chengting took out two more bottles of pills from his pocket and handed them to Cao Xing and Wu Peng.
"The Lung-Nourishing Pill, though not a precious medicine, can nourish the lungs. The fire in the furnace is too strong, and you may cough after you go back. Taking this pill will make you feel much better. This is a personal gift to you. Try it and if it works well, I can give you a discount in the future."
"Then thank you, Senior Brother Li."
Cao Xing and Wu Peng happily accepted the pills.
After leaving the weapon-refining workshop, the two went straight to the alchemy pavilion and bought all the money they had for Spirit Essence Pills. When Wu Peng got the fresh Spirit Essence Pills, he was grinning from ear to ear.
"Brother, it's getting late. You should go back and rest. I'm in a rush today. I have to go to the Treasure Talisman Palace to be a target later. Mining is good, but you can't mine every day. We should only mine once every now and then, otherwise it will hurt your health."
After receiving the elixir, Wu Peng couldn't wait to say goodbye to Cao Xing.
Watching Wu Peng's retreating figure heading straight for Baofu Palace, Cao Xing felt both admiration and a sense of awe.
If I didn't have the [Netherworld Enlightenment Technique] to improve myself through good deeds, I probably wouldn't have had it much easier than him.
After truly entering the upper echelons of the world, Cao Xing realized just how significant Zhang Feiyu's words, "Prepare more money," were.
Elixirs, cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and even food, drink, and sanitation all require money.
This is only the Qi Refining stage. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, any cultivation technique will cost at least a thousand taels of silver, and any pill will cost eight hundred taels. Not to mention magical artifacts. Today, I took a look at the artifact refining workshop, and a low-grade magical artifact in that glass cabinet cost five thousand taels of silver.
Cultivating immortality... is really difficult.
Oh! Right, I have a cheat code, so I'm fine now.
For the next few days, Cao Xing stayed in the back mountain and focused on his cultivation.
Cao Xing used two of the eight portions of Yin Virtue he received last time to improve his cultivation, allowing him to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining. He was only one step away from breaking through to the tenth level.
The speed was neither too fast nor too slow. The Spirit Essence Pills, which he bought with his own money from working, could completely mask the effect of the Yin Virtue Enhancement. Even Gu Su couldn't detect any problem.
As for the Spirit Elixir they bought, they were all stuffed into Bixia's mouth.
With the blessing of these Spirit Essence Pills, Bixia's cultivation level has improved dramatically during this period, reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining, and her Crimson Blood True Understanding Profound Technique has also progressed rapidly, reaching the sixteenth level.
Sure enough, this Crimson Blood Scripture seems more suitable for Bixia to cultivate.
The three merits were respectively blessed by Cao Xing into the [Crimson Blood True Understanding Profound Skill].
He has now raised the Crimson Blood True Understanding Profound Technique to the seventh level, and his physical strength is extremely exaggerated, to the point that he can shatter stone tablets with a single punch.
With such physical strength, only highly lethal magical weapons can harm him.
The other three merits were added to the [Inspiration Yin-Yang Balance].
With the blessing of three merits, the already perfected spirit broke through again, reaching the second level of great perfection.
At this moment, the Yin Spirit's features were even clearer, but it was unclear whether it was because it had absorbed a large amount of the Linglong Relic's inner core that it looked more and more like the Yellow Robe Monster.
However, this was not what Cao Xing was concerned about. After breaking through to the second level, the Yin Spirit's aura increased dramatically, and he also mastered three abilities: Soul Shattering Hand, Prison Soul Suppressing Stele, and Heart-Damaging Wind.
According to the "Inspiration Yin Yang Degree", after cultivating to the second level, one's strength is no less than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the destructive power is even greater when dealing with Yin spirits and evil ghosts.
Cao Xing quickly used up his nine portions of good karma, but he wasn't worried at all.
Since he released Dong Ran last time, more and more wandering souls in the Corpse Dissolving Pit have been willing to let him enlighten them and take them away.
In just two days, the number of Yin spirits has expanded from twenty or thirty to more than one hundred. This is only because Cao Xing deliberately slowed down the pace to prevent too much commotion. Otherwise, there would be at least three or four hundred Yin spirits that he had enlightened by now.
These are all potential resources for my path to immortality.
As time went by, Cao Xing would go mining with Wu Peng every few days.
With Bixia's keen eye and help, the two of them were able to dig out two or even four times more than others each time, and safely withdraw from the furnace, which gradually made their money more readily available.
However, as time went on, Cao Xing noticed that more and more people were coming to mine, clearly because some people were envious of the money Cao Xing and Wu Peng were making from mining.
"Damn it, these idiots! Three of them died yesterday, why didn't they just blow them up? And they're back again today!"
That day, Cao Xing and Wu Peng walked out of the weapon-refining workshop. Wu Peng had one side of his face swollen and a dark circle under his eye. He limped forward, cursing as he went.
Cao Xing, his face dark, cursed, "These idiots will dig up anything. Who knows, one day we might both be implicated by them."
No wonder Cao Xing was so angry. This time, when he went down into the mine, he didn't know where this hothead came from. This guy was afraid that others would take it from him, so he rushed down into the furnace and shoveled it without even looking.
The result was an explosion. Fortunately, Cao Xing and Wu Peng were behind him. When they saw him rush over, their faces turned black, and they turned around and ran back.
As a result, three people died and one was seriously injured. If they hadn't run away quickly, they would have been injured as well.
Oh, Wu Peng's limp wasn't caused by an explosion. He went to be a sparring partner for his Foundation Establishment stage senior brother and got beaten up like this.
However, after this explosion, we naturally can't work today, and the whole day has been wasted.
This job pays fifty taels of silver per hour!
"No, we can't do this job anymore." Wu Peng turned to Cao Xing and said, "At least not for a while. If we don't let a few more of them die, these guys won't be able to tell the difference between the big and small kings."
"Yeah." Cao Xing nodded with deep feeling. He felt the same way. It's not the formidable opponents you should fear, but the incompetent teammates. When it comes to mining, the fewer people, the better.
It's a pity that without this income, their cultivation resources have been greatly reduced.
However, Wu Peng's eyes darted around for a moment, then he pulled Cao Xing aside and said, "The mine can't be mined anymore, but I know a chance to make a fortune."
Cao Xing glanced sideways at Wu Peng and asked, "What opportunity?"
Wu Peng lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know about the Qionglouxiang Society?"
Cao Xing: ...