After collecting the spiritual objects he needed, Alex Reed left the Treasure Pavilion. The discovery of mineral veins outside the market stimulated the desire of casual cultivators to go treasure hunting. The demand for anti-miasma talismans increased greatly, providing a good opportunity for him to earn spiritual stones.

The cost price of a miasma talisman was two and a half spiritual stones. Now that Alex had removed most of the miasma in his body, his spiritual power was more fluent than before, allowing him to try to make anti-miasma talismans.

"I hope more Taoist friends will find opportunities from mineral veins."

After walking out of the street of shops, Alex looked back at the cultivators wandering between the shops on the street and gave a sincere blessing.

"I also hope that I can earn spiritual stones for a bottle of Huangya Dan this time."

While blessing the Taoist friends to get more opportunities, Alex also added a hope for himself. Hello, everyone. That's really good.

...

With Alex's sincere blessing, the wish really came true. He didn't even wait until the next day. That afternoon, his mouth was opened.

Outside the market, a cultivator with wounds all over his body rushed into the Treasure Pavilion. He took out a piece of red-gold ore the size of his head on the spot. The indifferent shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion did not even drink tea and personally inspected the ore. He announced on the spot that although the grade of this hematite ore was only the second-grade lower grade, it was heavy enough and worth 800 lower-grade spirit stones!

As soon as this news came out, the casual cultivators in the market were stimulated again. Their back teeth were almost broken. They envied and cursed at the same time.

800 spirit stones, how long will it take for everyone to earn it? For most casual cultivators, there may be hundreds of spirit stones flowing in every month, but only ten or eight pieces, or even less, actually fell into their hands. Everyone is just a carrier of spirit stones.

"It's true. My brother-in-law from the same ditch happened to go buy talismans and saw it with his own eyes."

"If I was the one who picked up the ore, eight hundred spirit stones would be enough to buy ten of my lives."

"Wu 36th area is really a treasure land, but the miasma is a bit thick."

...

The next day, Alex naturally didn't know what was happening outside. He was wheezing and spitting out black circles.

Huh—

After taking another miasma pill, he felt a little relieved in his chest. He lifted his quilt to reveal the smooth stone bed. He laid out the talisman pen, spirit ink, and talisman paper. Looking at the talisman pen with a deeper crack in his hand, Alex sighed softly. It seems that he needs to change the talisman pen next time.

He spread the talisman paper flat, and the spirit light swam on the tip of the pen, outlining mysterious patterns on the talisman paper. When the talisman pen was lifted from the talisman paper, the light on the talisman paper flashed and then quickly retracted. The anti-miasma talisman was done.

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"Huff—"

"Cough cough cough..."

After Alex put down the talisman pen, he began to regulate the spiritual power in his body. The runes of the anti-miasma talisman were complicated, making it a bit difficult for him to draw. It was not a problem of craftsmanship. Making talismans consumes spiritual power and mind, and the miasma is not completely removed, making it even more tiring.

After collecting the spiritual ink again, Alex chose to rest.

"Crack."

He rubbed a sweet potato and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

"When this batch of anti-miasma talismans is sold, I will buy spiritual rice to eat. This stuff will make dogs sick of it after eating it for so long, let alone people."

"Puff—"

A sweet potato twisted its butt and spit out from Alex's mouth. Although there were six spiritual stones in the storage bag, Alex had not thought about buying spiritual rice before. Eating spiritual rice is a long process that can make a cultivator change. There is not much difference between eating sweet potatoes and eating spiritual rice in a short period of time.

If he wanted to advance to the fourth level of Qi training, he would need elixirs. A bottle of Huangya Dan costs fifty low-grade spirit stones, which is the most suitable elixir for the middle and early stages of Qi training.

Ten days later.

"Puff—"

A mouthful of black mucus with a bloody red hue came out of Alex's mouth. After a moment of relief, a smile appeared on his face. The miasma poison in the body was finally removed.

After a short rest, Alex lifted the quilt and placed the talisman pen and talisman paper on the bed. Three days later, a total of fifteen first-level low-grade miasma-removing talismans were drawn by him. Why fifteen? Mainly because there was no spiritual ink. Miasma-removing talismans also consume more spiritual ink than fire talismans.

Putting the miasma-removing talismans in the storage bag, Alex pushed open the door and walked out. The house next to his opened, and the middle-aged monk he had seen before was entering. After seeing Alex, the two nodded to each other. Then, the middle-aged monk entered the house, and Alex walked towards the street of shops in the market.

Behind the tall stone archway, there were many monks on the street, some of whom looked fierce. Alex walked quickly into the Treasure Pavilion.

John West was originally behind the small counter, looking around boredly, and saw Alex coming at a glance.

"Fellow Daoist, here."

Following the greeting, Alex came to John’s small counter.

"Fellow Daoist, long time no see. It seems that you have driven away the miasma and your complexion is much better."

"Thanks to the anti-miasma pills from your pavilion."

Alex took out ten anti-miasma talismans from the storage bag. John's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the anti-miasma talismans in front of him and examined them one by one.

"It seems that your talisman-making skills are very solid, and you are not far from becoming a first-level mid-grade talisman master."

"It's still far from enough. The production of the anti-miasma talisman is complicated. It took so long, and I had to be calm every day before I dared to draw it. Even so, half of them failed."

"A 50% success rate is already quite high."

John said softly, "Recently, the anti-miasma talisman is in short supply. The price charged by my Treasure Pavilion is eight low-grade spirit stones."

Hearing this, Alex was stunned for a moment. Didn't it still cost five spirit stones a dozen days ago? If the price is eight, then it must be sold for nine or ten spirit stones outside, almost catching up with the first-grade middle-grade talisman.

John chuckled and whispered in Alex's ear.

"So that's it."

Alex's eyes showed a hint of understanding. It's still because of the mineral vein. His sincere wish last time came true. The mineral veins in the 36th area of Wu are full of opportunities. Since the discovery, in just over a month, no less than three casual cultivators have found second-grade ore from it. This greatly stimulated other casual cultivators. The General Affairs Hall of the Clearwater Sect also increased the number of tasks in this area.

The anti-miasma talisman only costs a few spirit stones, but how much is a second-level ore worth? Any casual cultivator can calculate it.

What are you waiting for? Why did everyone leave their hometowns and accept the Clearwater Sect's land reclamation task?

"Please give me a first-level low-grade talisman pen, two bottles of spirit ink, and three pieces of talisman paper."

"Why don't you take a look at the first-level medium-grade talisman pen, the lowest is only sixty low-grade spirit stones."

John quickly took out a few talisman pens from the inside of the counter and placed them in front of Alex. Pointing to one of the first-level medium-grade talisman pens, he began to introduce it.

Alex took a look and then retracted his gaze. High-level talisman pens can increase the success rate of talisman making, but they are equivalent to chicken ribs for him. Maybe when drawing high-level talismans in the future, they may be needed, but not now.

In John's slightly disappointed eyes, Alex chose a low-grade talisman pen worth thirty spirit stones. Two bottles of spiritual ink for forty spiritual stones. Three pieces of talisman paper for nine spiritual stones. Change for one spiritual stone.

"The anti-miasma talisman will be in short supply for a while. Fellow Daoists can bring it to my Treasure Pavilion after drawing it."

John said, taking out an extra piece of talisman paper from the counter and putting it in Alex's hand.

"Thank you."

Alex did not refuse. The manager of the Treasure Pavilion was much richer than him, and he would get a commission for every sale.

After leaving the Treasure Pavilion, he did not go back but stood outside a double-sided flag shop with "Lu" on the front and "Dan" on the back. This is the flag of the Lu family, a cultivation family of the Chu State. The Lu family is attached to the Clearwater Sect, and there is a false Dan ancestor in the family. The first-level Huangya Dan is an ordinary elixir circulated in the cultivation world, and it is not rare. As long as the cultivation family has a little background, there will be an alchemist in the family who can refine it.

He still has five anti-miasma talismans on him, plus the remaining spiritual stones, which is enough to exchange for a bottle of Huangya Dan.