"Fellow Daoist, would you like a bottle?"
In the Lu family's shop, the shopkeeper, Louis Miller, looked at Alex Reed with a smile as Alex gazed outside. As a long-time shopkeeper, Louis knew casual cultivators very well. Casual cultivators may not have spiritual stones, but sometimes, they may have valuable items in their storage bags.
In places where casual cultivators gather, each shop is very lenient about the spiritual objects traded. Minerals, spiritual medicines, and even the prized corpses of their ancestors can all be used to replace spiritual stones. The main purpose is to exchange what we have for what we don't, to facilitate the cultivation of casual cultivators.
"My Lu family has a second-level alchemist in charge, and each pill has gone through hundreds of processes..."
Alex walked into the Lu family's shop and heard the shopkeeper bragging. Although he was a novice in alchemy, he knew that for a first-level pill, from the planting of herbs to the refining of pills, there are at most ten processes. Did they test all the spiritual beasts that applied spiritual beast fertilizer during the growth of the herbs? He was really afraid the old shopkeeper would claim that his elixir was organic.
"Shopkeeper, I'll take a bottle of Huangya Dan."
Shopkeeper Louis nodded, turned around, took a white jade elixir bottle from his storage bag, and placed it on the counter. The elixirs in the store were all in his storage bag, and those outside were all fake, so anyone could grab them at will.
"I'll exchange it with the anti-miasma talisman."
Alex took out the anti-miasma talisman from his storage bag.
"Fellow Daoist, the anti-miasma talisman costs eight spirit stones, and this is the real-time price of the Treasure Pavilion."
Hearing this, Alex stuffed the anti-miasma talisman back into the storage bag.
"Then I'll go to the Treasure Pavilion first to sell the anti-miasma talisman, and then buy Huangya Dan."
The Treasure Pavilion charges eight for the anti-miasma talisman, so the retail price outside is about nine or ten spirit stones.
"Fellow Daoist, please stay."
Seeing Alex turn around and leave, Shopkeeper Louis hurriedly went around the counter to keep him.
"Fellow Daoist, everything can be discussed. Nine spiritual stones are fine. My Lu family needs to sell the anti-miasma talismans after receiving them, which will take time."
This time, Alex stopped, took out five anti-miasma talismans and five spiritual stones, and placed them on the counter.
After checking the anti-miasma talismans, Shopkeeper Louis handed the medicine bottle to Alex. Alex opened the medicine bottle, and a scent of medicine rushed into his nostrils. He put away the Huangya Pill and turned to walk out of the Lu family shop.
However, as soon as he walked onto the street, Alex found that there were several more eyes on him, both far and near. This made Alex's face darken. A bottle of Huangya Pill was enough to make him a target.
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Alex had a feeling that among the owners of these eyes, several of them had their back teeth clenched. It is really not easy to be a casual cultivator. One is afraid that a fellow cultivator will suffer, and also afraid that a fellow cultivator will buy spiritual pills.
"Uncle, I saw it clearly. He came out of the Treasure Pavilion first and exchanged a bottle of pills. It should be Huangya Pill."
At the street corner, most people were busy with their own things. Two figures gathered together and looked at Alex's back furtively.
"He is only at the third level of Qi training, but he can go to the Treasure Pavilion and buy pills. He must have good fortune."
The older monk raised his hand and slapped the back of the young monk's head.
"This is the market. Put your mind away and move on to the next target. Give up this one."
"Why? This person is only at the third level of Qi training and has a bottle of Huangya Pill in his hand. It's just right."
Pa—
The older monk slapped again.
"Is your brain full of nonsense? Which cultivator who bought Huangya Pills didn’t hide in the house to practice in seclusion? A bottle of Huangya Pills is not worth our action in the market. We will be targeted by the law enforcement team and our lives will be gone. Besides, by the time he finishes his practice and comes out, we will have done several jobs."
Lin was slapped on the head, but his face was still a little unwilling.
"Uncle, the fat sheep we caught before were not fat at all. They were all skinny. At most, one person only sold twenty spirit stones, which couldn't even buy half a bottle of Huangya Pills. In my opinion, we have to deal with fellow Daoists who can afford the pills."
The young cultivator showed a firm belief in his eyes.
"Uncle, didn’t you say you wanted to become bigger and stronger and create more glory? I have memorized his appearance. As long as he doesn't change his appearance, we can wait for him. I still don't believe that he can stay in the house to refine pills. As long as he shows up outside the market, we will kill him. Then, the remaining pills will belong to me, and the spirit stones will belong to you to find a companion."
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After walking through the alley and returning to his residence, Alex looked at both sides of the alley before closing the door. No one followed him, so he breathed a sigh of relief. There are not many good people in the market.
Fortunately, with the sign of the Clearwater Sect, the casual cultivators dare not easily break into the house and rob, except for the demon cultivators.
After dinner, Alex sat cross-legged on the bed. The thin little house was like a barrier, blocking the chaos outside. But it was not a real barrier and could not isolate the danger.
He took out the Huangya Pill. A bottle of Huangya Pill contains ten pills, and the price is fifty spirit stones. It only takes two or three days to refine the medicinal power of a Huangya Pill with full strength. He has been at the third level of Qi training for a long time, and he doesn't know whether this bottle of Huangya Pill can help him advance to the fourth level of Qi training.
This is the tragedy of low spiritual root value, which means low absorption of spiritual power. Correspondingly, if you want to advance to the same realm, you have to consume more than cultivators with other spiritual roots. If a cultivator has a superior spiritual root, he doesn't need to use pills at all; he can directly refine the spiritual energy to advance to the mid-stage of Qi training. Not only do they use less, they advance faster.
It costs more money to practice than others. It's hard to imagine why the five spiritual roots were so popular in ancient times.
After getting the Huangya Pill, Alex adjusted his daily schedule. He spent most of his time every day refining the Huangya Pill and the rest of the time making talismans. Such a life is quite fulfilling.
But the noise outside the room is more than before. The newly discovered mineral veins in the Wuzi area have brought several batches of independent cultivators to the Clearwater Sect. Although Alex did not go out, he often looked at people through the cracks in the door.
A large part of the independent cultivators who can take the risk to open up the wasteland are unruly. This caused more fights in the market. There were even fights in the street of shops. The law enforcement team of the Clearwater Sect went out and killed more than a dozen casual cultivators in the street, which frightened the new cultivators. Finally, the market was calmed down a little.
But the demon cultivators mixed in with the casual cultivators were not afraid of the killing of the Clearwater Sect, and they still sneaked around in the market to find their own blood food.
These had little to do with Alex. He prayed every day that the demon cultivators would not find him and would target the big brothers and sisters next door, who were strong and had tender meat. He put cultivation first, and would draw talismans after practicing every day.
The third level of Qi training belongs to the initial stage of Qi training, and the strength is too low. The total amount of spiritual power in the body is limited, even if the number of talismans is activated. Now that it is so chaotic outside, it is a bit comforting to improve the strength.
More than 20 days have passed. Alex sat cross-legged on the bed, and the meridians in his body were full of the medicinal power of the Huangya Pill. He had refined all the Huangya Pills into his body. Today is the time to break through.
He practiced Qian Yuan Gong, causing the medicinal power to circulate in the meridians.
Kaka—
A slight tingling sensation surged in his body, and the gathered medicinal power opened up a new meridian. At the same time, his aura also suddenly increased.
Qi training level 4!
After calming down for a while, Alex opened his eyes and smiled. After traveling for more than half a year, he finally experienced the joy of cultivating immortals. The spiritual power flowing in his body increased by about 50% compared to before.
"Fifty spiritual stones, worth it."
Snap—
Alex snapped his fingers. A small flame emerged at his fingertips. So cool, no lighter needed.