Chapter 53 (1/2)

After no successes even after row anxious Just as he was about to continue practicing, he realized that the re Qi he had was now scarce and—without other options—he took a sip of his spirit wine to recover This particular spirit wine had been round up beast core with ordinary wine inside the bottle gourd

It was an uncomplicatedit, the beast core would be better absorbed by the ithout ascould not draw Qi froather it was through relying on manual supplements from outside sources of Qi

Fang Xing's cultivation had gradually improved and his physique had already been cleansed twice, allowing him to now absorb a small amount of Qi without the aid of an outside source despite his poor zi'zhi However, it was still not comparable to those ere A-Ranked; they would usually require less than six hours to recover their Qi naturally, whereas it would take a good two days before Fang Xing could recover his If Fang Xing used Spirit Stones to help, it would take just half a day, and it would require only an hour if he used these spirit wines It was because of this that those with bad zi'zhi would end up using a lot more cultivation resources to achieve the saifted

It wasn't just by chance that sects would separate disciples into categories and rankings based on their naturally endowed zi'zhi Unless Fang Xing successfully broke through into the Foundation Stage, there would always be this gap of difference between hi a new skill or everyday Qi fluctuations, all of these would require the usage of resources and—as the nuer This was a solid principle within the real, one h outside resources

It wasn't until the day that a cultivator stepped into the Foundation Stage that such differences would disappear

Of course, Fang Xing had no lack for resources right now, so none of this currently worried him

'Hrm? After I fill up my Qi once it's been completely emptied, it feels like the overall amount of Qi has increased?'

Although the proficiency in [Dragon Catching] didn't ie within his Qi It see it back straight aould result in a slight increase in his overall cultivation level His already stagnated late-third tier was quietly heading towards the peak of third tier

'Cultivation th When ht th would increase by first using it all up, then the overall strength would increase once it recovered Itas I repeatedly teh this er with a much more solid foundation'

Fang Xing pondered some of the principles of cultivation by himself Outer court disciples—ere of no interest to anyone of importance—were left to comprehend these principles by themselves

After Fang Xing established the theory, he ion Catching] As time passed, his cultivation level also quietly increased from a stone's throay from the peak of tier three up to where he had complete mastery over the peak of tier three One day, he felt that there was no more room left for any extra Qi

It was time for the next step

This was already ahad also s he had hidden outside the sect, causing him to be a secret millionaire within the outer court Since he had such an abundance of wealth, he was looking at ways to get himself a Poji Pellet

Now that he had reached the peak of tier three, there would be no space for improvement no matter how hard he tried unless he broke into tier four Not only would tier four bring him an enormous increase in power, it also meant he would be able to become an inner court disciple, which would then allow him to freely view all of the scripts and manuals collected within the Pavilion of Appreciation Only then would he be able to acquire powers—such as flying through the air and swiuish hinate him as a true cultivator!

However, this single step would require a Poji Pellet It was for sale within the Qing-Mu Hall, but its price

… was a thousand Spirit Stones!

A single Poji Pellet, one thousand Spirit Stones A hundred taels of gold could be exchanged for a single Spirit Stone; a thousand Spirit Stones was equivalent to that of a hundred thousand taels of pure gold Golden taels, not silver A hundred thousand taels of gold was enough to purchase half a city in the mortal realm

During the most wealthy days back at the Guiyan Valley, they'd only had thirty thousand taels of gold and seven thousand taels of silver, and this was the co up fros and robberies for an entire decade

Cultivation, it seemed, truly wasn't for just anybody

The alternative to buying it was collecting all of the rawan alche the pellet This way, after factoring in the fees charged by the alchemist, it would cost no more than half of the purchase price: around five to six hundred Spirit Stones along with all nine of the rawthe Ore Essence Powder

Either pay a thousand Spirit Stones for the ready-ain by paying half the price to have it crafted from scratch by an alchemist

Fang Xing was not considered poor He had ood hundred Spirit Stones froet around two hundred Stones fro in the ones robbed froifted to him by Hei San, his Spirit Stone tally stood at around the five hundred mark It was a sizeable amount of fortune within the outer courts

Despite this, Fang Xing still needed at least double this aht off If he were to find an alchemist to craft it from scratch, however, it would leave him with plenty of Stones to spare

For cases like this, usually only the rarer materials would need to be prepared by the client, as all of the other materials would be readily supplied by the alchemist for a small fee For the Poji Pellet, the only rarealready had In other words, he would only need to spend two hundred ht raw materials before he could have the pellet crafted

Fang Xing had been in the sect for soe in the realm of cultivators