Chapter 70
Chapter 70
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 70
Chapter Title: Cultivation Arts
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"This must be the little opportunity Daniu was talking about."
Chen Jianghe saw cultivators swarming into the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, clearly all heading for the discounts.
A discount on ordinary resources might not seem like much, but if magical artifacts were also on sale, one could save a good amount of spirit stones.
For a special artifact like a storage pouch, a five percent discount could save five spirit stones.
What about cultivation arts?
Chen Jianghe also sprang into action. He first walked into the Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion, located to the side of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, to exchange the spirit talismans in his hand for spirit stones.
Over the entire year, he had been drawing Water Arrow Talismans. In total, he had used three boxes of spirit ink and one hundred and forty-four sheets of talisman paper, successfully creating seventy-two Water Arrow Talismans.
His success rate had already reached fifty percent.
Selling them to the Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion, he received sixty-one spirit stones and twenty spirit sands.
After deducting the costs, the profit was fifty-four spirit stones. After splitting it evenly with Talisman Master Chu Lang, he would get twenty-seven spirit stones.
Adding the spirit stones he had saved up before, he now had eighty-three spirit stones and one hundred and forty spirit sands.
Then, he walked out of the Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion and headed for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
Although the Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion also had an opening discount, all its cultivation resources were two percent off.
But with so many cultivators flocking to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, it was clear its discounts were much better.
Moreover, its cultivation resources were more varied.
"There are quite a few cultivators heading to the Beast Taming Workshop. Could it be that spirit beasts are also discounted?"
Chen Jianghe paused for a moment in front of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and glanced at the Beast Taming Workshop to the side, noticing that many cultivators were entering it as well.
However, he still entered the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
With Mirror Moon Market City newly opened, there were over a hundred different shops, covering almost all the hundred arts of cultivation.
The Yun Clan had lifted the confinement on high-level Fishery Farmers, so he would have plenty of time to browse Mirror Moon Market City in the future.
Walking into the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, the ancient fragrance of sandalwood washed over him, accompanied by the dazzling, extravagant sense of gilded crystals.
Three circular aisles were lined with sandalwood and crystal display cases, filled with a dazzling array of goods.
Spirit pills, magical artifacts, puppets, spirit talismans, medicinal herbs, spirit wine... it had everything, a truly bewildering sight.
There was even a section for cultivation arts in the southeast corner of the first floor.
As expected, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, under the Tiannan Sect, sold cultivation arts. He just didn't know how much they cost.
After Chen Jianghe entered, the first thing he saw was a sign advertising discounts, with inlaid, flowing blue crystals that were particularly eye-catching.
"Except for cultivation arts, all items on the first floor of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion are five percent off. No wonder so many cultivators came; you can really save a lot of spirit stones."
His gaze swept over the cultivation arts section. The sign there also advertised a discount, but it was much smaller.
Two percent off.
Looking at the counters crowded with cultivators, he chose not to squeeze in and instead walked towards the cultivation arts section.
Although he couldn't afford one now, he could learn about them first. Once he reached the late stage of Qi Refining, he would have to acquire a cultivation art.
The basic water-element cultivation art he practiced, the Guiyuan True Water Art, allowed him to switch to a water-element art that amplified spiritual power in the late stage of Qi Refining without any side effects.
There were also body tempering arts and spiritual cultivation techniques that he needed to purchase.
Otherwise, just trying to break through to Foundation Establishment by reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining would mean a success rate of less than ten percent.
Walking to the water-element cultivation arts counter, he looked at the various techniques, picked one up casually, and began to read.
"Five spirit stones, so... eh, oh, it's the Guiyuan True Water Art." Chen Jianghe first looked at the price on the back cover of the book before looking at the title.
He put the Guiyuan True Water Art back and picked up other cultivation arts to browse.
These paper books only contained descriptions of the cultivation arts and their prices on the back cover.
"Eight hundred spirit stones???"
Chen Jianghe turned the book in his hand over to the front. Written on it was [Gentle Water Qi Refining Chapter].
It had no unique features, but it could increase a cultivator's spiritual power in their sea of qi dantian by ten percent.
"Isn't this the cultivation art practiced by the branch family disciples of the Yun Clan?"
He knew this art. Yu Daniu had told him about switching cultivation arts. Initially, the Yun Clan had wanted Yu Daniu to switch to the [Gentle Water Qi Refining Chapter].
But later, because Yu Daniu's father-in-law became part of the Yun Clan's core leadership, the art Yu Daniu switched to in the late stage of Qi Refining became the [Condensed Origin True Water Scripture], which could increase spiritual power by thirty percent.
He turned the [Gentle Water Qi Refining Chapter] over again and carefully read the pricing terms on the back cover.
He discovered that the cultivation art was sold in two ways.
The first was to buy it directly for eight hundred spirit stones. This way, it could be used as a family's legacy cultivation art.
It could be passed down to descendants.
The second way was to purchase it by taking an oath that the art would not be taught to others. This only required two hundred spirit stones to obtain the [Gentle Water Qi Refining Chapter].
Seeing this purchasing method, he smiled. It was reasonable; they weren't trying to drive rogue cultivators to extinction.
Afterward, he found a cultivation art that increased spiritual power by twenty percent, [Clear Water Art], and flipped to the back cover to check the price.
One thousand five hundred spirit stones.
Four hundred and fifty spirit stones if purchased with an oath.
"So expensive."
Chen Jianghe thought to himself and put the book back.
After browsing other water-element cultivation arts, he found that none that increased spiritual power by thirty percent or more were for sale.
It seemed that cultivation arts that increased spiritual power by thirty percent were monopolized by the Foundation Establishment immortal clans.
"If water-element cultivation arts are this expensive, body tempering arts and spiritual cultivation techniques are probably even more so."
He went to the body tempering arts section and picked out a few to browse.
[Cold Pool Body Tempering Art]: Cultivates both internally and externally. Practice requires hundred-year-old ice soul as the main ingredient, supplemented by over a dozen herbs like ice spirit grass. Price: five hundred spirit stones, or one hundred and fifty with an oath.
[True Fire Body Forging]: Cultivates both internally and externally. Mastering it can generate a protective fire aura. Practice requires assistance from hundred-year-old fire dragon wood, flame grass, and volcanic essence. Price: six hundred spirit stones, or one hundred and sixty with an oath.
[Lesser Heavenly Cycle Body Tempering Technique]
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After looking through more than ten body tempering arts, he found that the arts themselves weren't too expensive, but the supplementary medicinal herbs and heavenly materials were not cheap.
The [Yun Clan Magazine] had records of hundred-year-old ice soul; a thumb-sized piece was worth eighty spirit stones.
The spirit stones needed to buy a body tempering art were a fixed cost, but the herbs and materials used to practice it were an unknown variable.
As expected, meeting one of the hard requirements for breaking through to Foundation Establishment required spending a massive amount of spirit stones.
Next, he went to the spiritual cultivation techniques section. After reading a few descriptions, he felt a bit relieved.
Spiritual cultivation techniques weren't expensive, but they required long periods of honing. The best supplementary method was to have a specialized skill.
For example, Chen Jianghe's drawing of spirit talismans was one way to temper his soul and spirit.
With the guidance of a spiritual cultivation technique, one could naturally cultivate their spirit to a state of perfection.
After understanding the prices of the cultivation arts.
Chen Jianghe had a new understanding of the difficulty of Foundation Establishment. Even he would need to plan carefully to save up enough spirit stones to buy these resources.
Yu Daniu had the Yun Clan's backing, so he didn't have to worry about cultivation arts. However, his vital yang was severely depleted, and it would be difficult to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill through the Yun Clan's channels. His chances of reaching Foundation Establishment were slim.
As for Gao Peiyao, she held a great secret and had also gained the favor of a Tiannan Sect Deacon. Her chances of reaching Foundation Establishment were the highest.
As for Zhou Miaoyun... her hopes for Foundation Establishment were nonexistent.