Ji An knew what the Earth Dragon Beast was talking about. Just now, the curiosity hanging around his neck emitted spiritual energy, which was absorbed by the Stone Turtle.
’Should I let this great demon see the item?’
He hesitated for a mont but then dismissed the thought.
This curiosity could generate over a hundred units of Kun Spirit annually, which, accumulated over ti, would be a significant gain.
"I’m just a Foundation Establishnt cultivator. How could I possess a treasure that the Rock Ancestor would covet?"
"That’s true, I might have made a mistake."
The Earth Dragon Beast shook its head and returned to its original spot, lying down to pretend to sleep again. "Keep your voices down when you speak!"
The aura just flashed montarily; it wasn’t entirely sure. It had encountered similar situations before.
Jia Yu suppressed a laugh and said softly:
"What’s the matter today? Are you here to exchange and refine spiritual objects again?"
"Yes, I want to exchange for so water-elental spiritual objects. Is there a sufficient stock?"
Ji An replied, knowing that the Red Fla Peak had Azure Dragon Wood and he had accumulated enough Profound Yellow Soil, only lacking water-elental spiritual objects.
"The stock is sufficient," Jia Yu said, sowhat disappointed.
This was a negative effect brought by the Canglan Secret Realm, with nearly a hundred cultivators who needed to exchange spiritual objects suddenly gone, leaving the stock abundant.
If possible, the sect would rather not have such an abundance.
"Can I exchange for more then?"
"Sure."
"Then I will exchange for three tis the previous amount," Ji An handed over his identity jade token.
Jia Yu entered the secret vault to fetch the spiritual objects and deducted the small rit points on the spirit disc:
"You have 24,916 small rit points left."
Ji An checked the quantity of the spiritual objects and then asked:
"Junior Martial Uncle, are there any discounts for A-class disciples exchanging for Nourishing Yuan Pills?"
The sect always favors outstanding disciples, and even if not, one must find a way to strive for it.
Rules are dead, but the cultivators who set the rules are alive after all.
"No," Jia Yu shook his head, "the pills for breaking through the Great Realm involve too much, and even A-class disciples won’t get a discount.
Fifty thousand small rit points must be paid in full.
Unless you have Celestial-Grade talent, you have to dutifully pay all the small rit points to qualify for an exchange."
"I heard that providing the main herb can reduce the small rit points."
"Yes, which main herb do you have?"
Jia Yu looked skeptical, as this disciple hadn’t entered the Canglan Secret Realm and would have no access to spiritual dicine.
Could it be from Ge Ying’s private dicinal garden?
"I have them all. I planted so in the dicinal grove of Red Fla Peak. They are now at a hundred years of maturity.
Junior Martial Uncle, consider that I planted these spiritual herbs for only thirty years, and they are already a hundred years old..."
"So, you want to use a hundred-year-old item to offset this year’s debt? No way!
Kid, don’t think just because we’re familiar, you can talk nonsense. I’m not that senile yet.
Besides, you are still far from needing a Nourishing Yuan Pill. You have enough ti to accumulate small rit points."
"Ti is running out, Junior Martial Uncle, I’m already at the eighth layer of Foundation Establishnt, at this rate..."
Jia Yu released his divine sense and scanned Ji An, imdiately understanding the latter’s current realm.
"How are you advancing so quickly? Your current speed is no less than soone with Celestial-Grade talent!"
He was greatly shocked, as this was completely abnormal.
The sect having soone like Li Haoran was already lucky enough; could there be another similar figure?
"I’m just cultivating normally, making breakthroughs naturally.
Well, when I was at Mingfeng Mountain, I comprehended the second realm of Magic Intent Transformation, and it seems my understanding of the cultivation technique has also advanced."
Ji An recounted the events at Lin Qiubai’s grotto mansion.
Jia Yu probed into the details of that ti, finally looking at him with eyes that seed to see a monster:
"Being able to manifest the cultivation technique’s divine intent, your understanding of the Evergreen Wood Skill surpasses the level of the Foundation Establishnt Stage."
He furrowed his brows in thought for a mont before saying:
"Nourishing Yuan Pills relate to breaking through the Chao Origin Stage. I don’t have the authority to change the rules.
I will inform the ancestor of your situation and let him decide whether to give you any extra privileges."
"Thank you, Junior Martial Uncle," Ji An cupped his hands in salute, leaving it to fate whether this would succeed or not.
A few more words did indeed help secure an opportunity.
Jia Yu nodded, offering advice:
"I see you have a hundred great rits on your jade token, which converts to thirty-five thousand small rits, leaving a surplus of only ten thousand points.
With so many Tier Two Spirit Plants in Red Fla Peak, the accumulation of small rit points isn’t slow. You can also borrow so spiritual objects to exchange for small rit points, paying them back later."
"I will have to rely on that. Junior Martial Uncle, how many batches of Nourishing Yuan Pills can be refined with the spiritual herbs brought out by the sect disciples from the Secret Realm this ti?
Can you give an estimate?"
"Three batches can be refined. Based on previous experience, there’s a sixty percent pill formation success rate, producing four to six pills."
Ji An thought for a mont and asked:
"If I now have enough small rit points to exchange for a Nourishing Yuan Pill, could I get one from this batch opening?"
"Let check the sect’s records," Jia Yu took out his jade token and placed it on the spirit disc to read the exchange information processed by him, saying a mont later:
"There are already five people ahead of you. Had there been no accident with the Canglan Secret Realm, this number would’ve doubled."
"The sect can’t possibly rely solely on the harvest from the Secret Realm for refining Nourishing Yuan Pills, right?"
"Of course not, the Sect’s dicinal Garden also grows the materials for the Nourishing Yuan Pill, but the spirit dicines in the garden will not mature for another thirty years, at which point they can be used to refine two more furnaces of pills.
The spirit fields located at the high-tier spirit vein nodes are extrely precious, and those dicinal gardens still need to plant spirit dicines for Chao Origin Stage cultivators."
Ji An scratched his head, feeling worried inside.
He couldn’t wait for the next ti the furnace opened, and even if it did, it wasn’t guaranteed he could exchange for a Nourishing Yuan Pill.
He could only pray the alchemist performs exceptionally well and gather enough small rit as quickly as possible.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the irritation rising within:
"Thank you for your guidance, Junior Martial Uncle, I’ll go back and think of a way to quickly gather enough small rit.
By the way, could you please give a list of spiritual objects that can be exchanged for small rit?"
Completing certain tasks could accumulate small rit, but they weren’t suitable for him, as a Demon King was eyeing the outside of the Sect.
Jia Yu took out a jade slip and handed it over, opening his mouth to say so comforting words, but ultimately didn’t speak.
Ji An accepted the jade slip, and the two of them headed out of the main hall together.
"Junior Martial Uncle, why is Rock Ancestor here?"
He truly couldn’t understand why the Sect’s Mountain Guardian Spirit Beast would be sleeping in the Treasure Pavilion.
Jia Yu explained:
"Rock Ancestor used to guard the Secret Vault; I’m just a decoration outside.
Now that the Demon Calamity is severe, Rock Ancestor often patrols around the Sect to deter Demon Beast groups."
Ji An suddenly realized; he had once sensed a strange aura in the Secret Vault, thinking it was the fluctuation of the Qi chanism from the magic array. Now it seed it might have been Rock Ancestor’s aura unintentionally emanating.
He took out the flying shuttle, cupped his hands and said:
"Junior Martial Uncle, I bid you farewell."
After he flew off, Jia Yu activated a Communication Golden Sword, and the golden light flew towards Yingyue Peak.
He needed to confirm the situation with Senior Brother Lin, although he didn’t think the disciple was lying, it was better to be cautious when reporting to the ancestor.
Half an hour later, a Communication Golden Sword flew back to the Treasure Pavilion.
Jia Yu read Lin Qiu Bai’s response carefully, organized the information, and sent a Communication Golden Sword to the ancestor.
He quickly received the ancestor’s directive:
’Allow the disciple to owe small rit in exchange for the Nourishing Yuan Pill, but he must repay it within five years.
Additionally, if the rchant flying ship from Central Continent arrives, you are permitted to use spirit objects to purchase several spare Nourishing Yuan Pills.’
The ancestor is truly wise; it seems he wants to use the sect’s resources to cultivate more Chao Origin Stage cultivators.
...
Ji An piloted the flying shuttle back to Red Fla Peak. Holding the seed-like curiosity in his hand, he pondered what kind of treasure it was that attracted Rock Ancestor’s attention.
After thinking for a long ti, he still couldn’t figure it out.
He then hung the curiosity around his neck and reminded himself that he must put away this pendant before visiting the Treasure Pavilion next ti.
Placing the jade slip on his forehead, Ji An began to calculate how much small rit his possessions could exchange for.
The tal-elental and fire-elental spiritual objects obtained from Red Fla Peak were still plenty, which could probably be exchanged for three thousand small rit, but there was still a significant shortfall; it seed he would need to borrow so spirit objects.
During dinner, two Communication Golden Swords arrived at the table one after the other.
Ji An was slightly startled, catching the golden swords, and from the magical marks, he could tell one was from his master, and the other from Junior Martial Uncle Jia Yu.
He first checked his master’s golden sword, ’I still have so resources that can be exchanged for small rit, you can co to get them when needed, which can probably exchange for five thousand small rit.
But this is the last legacy I intend to leave for Luo Ying, so you must repay it to her in the future.’
Ji An thought to himself:
’Master’s last little treasury, probably fearing that the matter of the Nourishing Yuan Pill might affect my breakthrough to the Chao Origin Stage.’
He picked up Jia Yu’s Communication Golden Sword, his eyes flashing with golden light.
"Thank the ancestor!"
They actually allowed him to owe the rit, so he imdiately replied to his master:
’Thanks to the ancestor’s benevolence, I can use another thod to exchange for the Nourishing Yuan Pill, so master, do not worry.’
The Communication Golden Sword shimred as it flew away from Red Fla Peak, like a joyful golden carp swimming in a large lake.
....
Next day, at 5:00 AM.
Years of biological clock training made Ji An wake up on ti, he went to the Cold Pool, hastily ate his breakfast, and then left on the flying shuttle.
Late Mao Hour, Ji An descended halfway up Sunrise Peak.
Seeing the tightly closed gates of the Treasure Pavilion, he chuckled foolishly:
"Ca too early!"
He sat cross-legged at the entrance of the main hall and began to practice the Evergreen Wood Skill, as precious ti could not be wasted.
As the cultivation technique operated, the earth-elent spirit chanism in the ground and the wood-elent spirit chanism in nearby spirit wood were absorbed, flowing into his nose and mouth.
Centered around him, phenona of grass sprouting, growing, withering, and so forth manifested on the ground.
Ti passed, life waxed and waned.
Jia Yu arrived above the Treasure Pavilion, looking sowhat dazed.
Manifesting cultivation technique phenona when under pressure versus naturally displaying them while cultivating made a difference.
Clearly, this disciple’s understanding of the cultivation technique had advanced once again.
’Once he breaks through to the Chao Origin Stage, he should soon be able to open up the Wood Mansion! It’s astonishing!’
At this mont, Ji An was lost in contemplation, feeling as if he had transford into a vast grassland.
Spring thunder accompanied rain, prompting sprouting; sumr heat brought lush growth; autumn winds took their toll, turning things yellow; winter snow buried life deep beneath the earth.
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