Chapter 33：Spirit Stones (1/2)

With excitement on his face, Lin Mu searched the spatial rift. He did not have to search for long as the object itself found him, or rather hit his hand. The object was quite hard and felt painful to him when it hit him. He pulled his hand out once the object was stored inside the ring.

Lin Mu withdrew the object to examine it. The object this time was a pouch that seemed to be made out of high-quality beast leather. The texture and feel of the pouch made Lin Mu think that it was something only nobles or rich merchants would use.

He opened the pouch to take a look inside. The first thing that caught his eyes was the glow that came from inside the pouch. As it was still nighttime and there was barely any light except for the stars, Lin Mu could not figure out what was inside the pouch as the glow covered the items inside it, making it hard to distinguish them.

Lin Mu went back to the hunting shack and lit a lamp to illuminate the place. Once there was sufficient light, Lin Mu poured the contents of the pouch on to the table that was inside the shack. Small stones started to pour out from the pouch and soon formed a pile on the table.

The stones were translucent and were glowing with a pale white light. There were nearly a hundred of them in the pile, with each stone being the size of a fingernail. Lin Mu's gaze was locked onto the pile of glowing stones. He picked one up and felt a comfortable feeling coming from his hand that was holding the stone.

”This is… this is a spirit stone!” Exclaimed Lin Mu.

”And… and there are so many of them.” Thought Lin Mu out Loud.

Lin Mu had once seen a spirit stone before. It was two years ago when he had visited the Wu Lim city to watch the annual martial competition. The top three prizes of the martial competition were spirit stones. One of the top hunters of the northern town had participated in it at that time and won the third prize.

The third prize was a single spirit stone. The hunter who had won it back then showed it off to many people during the celebration party that was organised in the northern town. Lin Mu had the opportunity to observe it back then.

That hunter who had won the third prize became a cultivator six months later by obtaining a cultivation manual. Though no one knew where or from whom the hunter obtained the cultivation manual, as the hunter never answered those questions. That hunter is one of the only two hunters of the Northern town who are cultivators.

There were numerous thoughts that were going through Lin Mu's head, so much so that he had to chant the calming heart sutra to forcibly calm himself down. Once he calmed down, Lin Mu systematically went through the multiple points he had thought of before.

He first checked the pouch in which the spirit stones came, for any symbols or insignias which could tell where it came from or whom it belonged to. Lin Mu inspected the pouch inside out and could not find anything that could point to the ownership of the pouch.

Second, he thought about the origin of the spirit stones.

'The Four vessels restoration pills came from the Tri-cauldron peony sect, so could these spirit stones have come from there as well?' thought Lin Mu

'The only other place it could come from would be Wu Lim city, only the rich families or the mayor could own such a large amount of spirit stones.' He thought next.

Third, Lin Mu thought about the value of the spirit stones. He counted the spirit stones and found that there were 103 of them exactly. Even though he knew that there were at least a hundred of them, the sheer amount of them still shocked Lin Mu.

Even in the martial competition that Lin Mu watched, the first prize was only 5 spirit stones, which a person from the city had won. He could not imagine how many gold coins would be equivalent to the spirit stones he had now. The closest thing that could compare to their value would perhaps be the- four vessels restoration pills.

Fourth, Lin Mu thought about what would be the best way to utilize these spirit stones. The most obvious method would be to use them for his own cultivation, but for that, he would have to wait until he obtained a cultivation manual. The other straightforward method would be to sell them, but this method will definitely invite trouble on his head. Lin Mu directly discarded this thought.

Lin Mu then took a deep breath and stored the spirit stones in the pouch before storing it in the ring.

'Whatever I want to do with the spirit stones, first I'll have to be very careful. At the very least I need to reach the 8th stage of the body tempering realm before I think of anything further.' Concluded Lin Mu, ending his brainstorming session.