redvbooks Chapter 179 Qingbabo
Chapter 179 Qingbabo
Chapter 179: Qingbo Square
Li Lan had no interest in this.
At this moment, all he wanted was to pass these five years safely and obtain the qualification to cultivate in the Medium-Grade Spirit Vein.
Other than that,
he did not want to unnecessarily invite trouble.
If it weren't for these chaotic times, their group of ordinary registered disciples,
would not have had the chance to enter that Medium-Grade Spirit Vein to cultivate at all.
Now that he finally had this rare opportunity, Li Lan naturally did not want to miss it.
Five years is neither long nor short.
From the perspective of his remaining lifespan of only forty-nine years,
Li Lan would have at most ten opportunities to enter that Medium-Grade Spirit Vein for cultivation in this life.
This was under the most ideal circumstances.
If he encountered any accidents along the way, this number would only decrease,
and it was even possible for it to directly become zero.
What was worse, even with the assistance of so many cultivation resources, Li Lan could not guarantee that,
cultivating in the Medium-Grade Spirit Vein for twelve hours would definitely allow him to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
So, for the sake of his future,
he was even more unwilling to scheme against those elite disciples with Wang Chi and the others.
If this resulted in the Lin'an Stronghold's Spirit Vein being seized by other families, it would be a losing proposition.
However,
although he thought this way in his heart,
Li Lan did not directly refuse the other party.
Without knowing what kind of personalities Wang Chi and the other person had,
doing so might offend them,
Therefore,
Li Lan's attitude was somewhat ambiguous,
He neither agreed nor directly refused.
After patiently listening to their various plans,
Li Lan pondered for a long time, and finally used the reason that three against three was still not stable enough,
and that it would be better to wait for another registered disciple at the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage,
when the time was more mature, to make a decision, and thus dealt with the matter.
Wang Chi and the other person were able to cultivate to the current Great Perfection stage as registered disciples,
Naturally, they were not foolish people.
After a brief thought, they saw through Li Lan's true intentions.
But despite knowing full well about Li Lan's delaying tactic,
Wang Chi was also quite helpless and found it difficult to say anything more,
In the end, this matter could only be left unsettled.
The following days were relatively calm,
Li Lan, who had just arrived, did not act rashly for the time being,
Instead, he first sought opportunities to meet with the three elite disciples separately,
and secretly used the Thousand Mile Breath Lock Technique to retain their aura,
in order to keep track of their movements at all times.
After getting familiar with the general environment of Lin'an Stronghold and the scale of the disciples,
Li Lan once again plunged into the Spirit Stone Mine here.
According to the rules,
these cultivators at the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage were also qualified to find their own cultivation cave dwellings in this Low-Grade Spirit Vein.
Wang Chi and the others all built their cave dwellings on the surface where the air was relatively fresh.
However, Li Lan did the opposite,
He built his cultivation cave dwelling in the Spirit Stone Mine underground.
When Wang Chi asked out of curiosity,
Li Lan used the excuse that he could also complete some sect missions to mine spirit stones while cultivating,
and accumulate more cultivation resources, and sent him away.
Regarding this unexpected, yet reasonable explanation,
Wang Chi scoffed.
He secretly sighed that although this Junior Brother Li had a considerable reputation,
He was still too young, limited by having just advanced to the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage not long ago.
During the Qi Refining Stage,
Diligence is certainly useful and can change the current situation to quickly improve one's cultivation.
But if one wants to rely solely on this to fantasize about breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage,
It is undoubtedly a pipe dream.
To be blunt,
The cultivation resources needed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage,
Even mining spirit stones for three hundred years would be difficult to fully accumulate.
As someone who had been through it,
Wang Chi kindly advised Li Lan to give up this unrealistic idea as soon as possible,
and quickly conspire with them to find a way to deal with the three elite disciples,
Secretly plundering a wave of cultivation resources was the way to go.
Regarding this,
Li Lan politely thanked him and still responded with the delaying tactic.
If it weren't for the Spirit Bean Soldiers and the Mo Family puppets,
The truth was indeed as Wang Chi said,
A cultivator at the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage mining spirit stones would be of minimal help in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage,
Sometimes, it might even slow down the cultivation speed as a result,
But with these two major helpers,
The situation was clearly different.
As a technique of the Strange Gate,
The soldiers summoned using Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers were completely different from other puppets.
They themselves possessed a certain degree of sentience,
There was no need to expend too much mental effort to control them like other puppets.
With just a thought,
These Spirit Bean Soldiers could act autonomously,
Continuously perform some simple repetitive actions.
As the age of the refining materials increased,
The new batch of Spirit Bean Soldiers could even control other puppets to mine spirit stones.
With this miraculous technique,
Mining spirit ore was not a thankless task,
On the contrary, it was entirely beneficial to Li Lan.
Of course,
He naturally wouldn't explain these secrets to Wang Chi in too much detail.
As usual, he found a secluded and remote place to serve as his cave dwelling,
After setting up large formations such as the Earth Imprisoning Thousand Machine Lock and the Xuanming Wuxiang Formation,
Li Lan summoned four Spirit Bean Soldiers and that Mo Family mining puppet.
Although these Spirit Bean Soldiers could be controlled with just a thought,
Based on his current spiritual sense strength,
Controlling too many Spirit Bean Soldiers simultaneously would still have a certain impact on his cultivation progress.
Therefore, Li Lan was not too greedy,
After giving these puppets the mining task,
He sat cross-legged and entered a state of cultivation.
Six months passed in a flash.
During this period,
Aside from a Dust Washing Ceremony held in Lin'an Stronghold,
Nothing else major happened.
As they were all at the Qi Refining Stage,
These registered disciples were not qualified to accept disciples,
Therefore, none of the three of them appeared at this ceremony.
After six months of non-stop mining of spirit ore,
Li Lan had accumulated a considerable amount of spirit stones.
He did not bury himself in hard cultivation,
After his supply of low-grade spirit stones became abundant,
He took the time to leave Lin'an Stronghold and went to the outside market.
For any cultivator,
Whether it is obtaining information or trading cultivation resources, the market is one of the indispensable places.
During the time he first arrived here,
In addition to familiarizing himself with the terrain of Lin'an Stronghold,
Li Lan also visited all the surrounding markets.
Needless to say, the market within Lin'an Stronghold,
Currently, there are only six strongest individuals in the stronghold,
Li Lan is one of them.
The others are all outer disciples at the Lingqi Middle Stage or later stages,
Li Lan naturally did not expect these people to have the cultivation resources he needed.
After observing secretly several times,
After not finding any leaks, Li Lan lost interest in this place,
He focused his attention on the outside.
Near Lin'an Stronghold, there are many rogue cultivator families active. These cultivators trade privately with each other,
Over time, many large-scale markets have also formed.
This Qingbo Square is one of them.
In terms of size, this place is not as large as the United Market of Feixue River,
But in terms of foundation, it is far superior to the former.
Because it is relatively close to Jinyang Pass,
In addition to the local cultivators,
Occasionally, a few cultivators from neighboring counties with completely different clothing and appearance can be found here.
This place is a mix of good and bad,
Because it is a bit far from Jiuhua County City,
Even the Human Emperor Hall is somewhat out of reach,
Therefore, killings and robberies are common,
But despite the chaos, the quality of the cultivation resources traded here is still very good.
Various Demonic Path secret techniques, high-grade magical artifacts, strange formation diagrams, etc.,
Did allow Li Lan to broaden his horizons.
"Hey, have you heard? The Xu Family Chamber of Commerce is going to auction off a thirty-year-old Spirit Devouring Flower!"
"It's just an ordinary spiritual plant, not some rare variety, what's there to be so surprised about?"
"Idiot, don't you know that the value of spiritual plants also increases with age?
A thirty-year-old spiritual plant, even a common sun-facing grass, is enough to make cultivators at the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage fight over it."
"Is there such a saying? Then there will be a good show this time, won't there? I've never seen cultivators at the Qi Refining Great Perfection stage contend before."
Strolling through Qingbo Square,
The surrounding noise was constant.
All kinds of gossip, legends, and secrets were endless, and it was difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood.
However, if you listen carefully and analyze seriously,
You can still gather some useful information from it.
For example, all cultivators are discussing that,
The Human Emperor Hall in Jiuhua County City suddenly made a big move again.
They sent out many Foundation Establishment (Early Stage) Executors,
Stationed in the major Spirit Veins within the county to search for the whereabouts of a female Demonic Path cultivator,
This matter caused quite a stir, and the entire county was in turmoil.
I don't know what virtue or ability that female Demonic Path cultivator possesses to be so highly valued by the Human Emperor Hall.
Others didn't know,
But Li Lan knew clearly.
That female Demonic Path cultivator being pursued was probably Ye Yingying.
He didn't know if the other consciousness sleeping in this demon's body had awakened,
Whether she could withstand the methods of the Human Emperor Hall.
For example, this so-called Spirit Devouring Flower.
Although the value of this item is average, it is also quite useful to Li Lan.
This Spirit Devouring Flower is one of the auxiliary materials for refining the Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman.
Auxiliary materials of different ages will result in talismans with slightly different power and effects.
For example, the aged main material, soul-guiding artemisia, can effectively increase the speed at which the Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman absorbs spiritual energy and the range of annihilation.
And this thirty-year-old Spirit Devouring Flower can significantly increase the power of annihilation.
As his cultivation realm increased,
The Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman made from spiritual materials of ordinary age could no longer play a miraculous role in combat as it did when he first obtained it.
Li Lan had long wanted to collect some old spiritual plants to enhance the power of this talisman.
It was just that he had no way to do so until now, so he had to give up.
Now that this thirty-year-old Spirit Devouring Flower has appeared, it is exactly what he wanted.
Li Lan naturally did not want to miss it.
However, this flower was not directly traded but was sent to the auction block,
This made him frown slightly.
His first experience participating in an auction left him with a very bad impression,
If possible,
Li Lan actually didn't want to bid against others again in this life.
After thinking for a while,
He stepped into the Cui Lin Teahouse under the Xu Family.
The sharp-eyed waiter immediately came up to him.
Although the person in front of him was burly and covered his entire body in a black robe,
Without revealing a single inch of skin, his attire was quite strange.
But the waiter seemed to not notice,
His face was still beaming with a fawning smile.
"This Fellow Daoist, please come in, would you like to try our signature Qingbo Tea?"