41: Nine Extremes Gathering Spirit Array
"Myriad Treasures Net notification: The Medicinal Pill, spirit food pill, you are following has been listed!"
Uncle Qian's phone suddenly rang with a voice notification. He quickly opened Myriad Treasures Net and was surprised to find that spirit food pills had indeed been listed.
As Qing He's exclusive collaborator, Uncle Qian's job was to fully assist Leng Qinghe's growth.
Because she awakened an SSS-level Talent, Qing He became a Sequence Member of the Ninth Sequence, a key cultivation target for Huaxia, and possessed the right to use the only First-tier top-grade Spirit Gathering Array and the allocation right for qi gathering pills.
However, to quickly convert her Talent into combat power, she also needed a Medicinal Pill—the spirit food pill.
The spirit food pill was not for her own use, but to Cultivate the Spirit Beast she had contracted.
Unfortunately, no one was willing to refine this niche Medicinal Pill, so Uncle Qian could only hope for the best and set up a Medicinal Pill listing reminder.
To his surprise, someone had listed this Medicinal Pill so quickly.
He immediately spent all his spirit pearls to buy over a hundred spirit food pills.
Uncle Qian thought his spirit pearls would buy out all the listed spirit food pills, but he didn't expect that even after spending all his savings, there were still Medicinal Pills left.
"Qing He! Someone has listed spirit food pills on Myriad Treasures Net, and the price is extremely cheap, quickly get them!"
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At this moment, in a secret chamber deep underground at the First Cultivation University.
Although deep underground, this secret chamber was brightly lit and vast in space.
In the center of the secret chamber was a huge Formation Plate with a diameter of one meter, surrounded by thousands of spirit pearls. If one counted carefully, there were exactly 999 spirit pearls.
The central Formation Plate continuously absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the spirit pearls, forming nine Spiritual Qi Dragon pillars that surged towards the nine meditation cushions on the outer perimeter of the grand array.
On the meditation cushions, except for one empty seat, the other eight were occupied by young figures who were Cultivating with their eyes closed. Each of their auras was above the first layer of the Qi Sea Realm.
Leng Qinghe, who was currently Cultivating on a meditation cushion, felt her Smart Terminal on her arm suddenly vibrate.
Seeing the message from Uncle Qian, she was overjoyed and immediately opened Myriad Treasures Net to place an order.
"Little Gold, Little Leopard, you can finally level up quickly!"
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On the other side, Zhang Sheng suddenly noticed that his account had a significant increase in spirit pearls; they were all snatched up as soon as they were listed.
"I didn't expect spirit food pills to sell so well? Could it be that someone else has Cultivated the Heavenly Circulation Method to the Transcendent Realm?"
Zhang Sheng would never have thought that someone would buy spirit food pills to Cultivate contracted beasts, because in common knowledge, the Yao Beasts in Secret Realms are ferocious and untameable, impossible to artificially domesticate and Cultivate, with only the instinct to hunt humans they see.
With the supreme-grade spirit food pills, Zhang Sheng's body felt as if it had an endless supply of spiritual power. Unfortunately, the spiritual power generated by Refining Essence into Qi was for internal use and could not be used to Cultivate Primordial Chaos Qi Refining.
To Cultivate Primordial Chaos Qi Refining, one must seek external spiritual power to expand the Dantian and advance one's cultivation Realm.
The spiritual power generated by Refining Essence into Qi could only restore, but not expand the Dantian. To expand the Dantian and advance his Realm, Zhang Sheng still had to diligently Cultivate Primordial Chaos Qi Refining.
"Uncle Qian, didn't Dean Yan say that no one refines spirit food pills? So where did these spirit food pills come from?" Qing He asked, expressing her doubts.
She also wondered if Myriad Treasures Net would continue to list spirit food pills after she used these up. If possible, she would prefer to communicate directly with the Alchemist who refined the spirit food pills.
"Qing He, you don't need to inquire about the person who refines spirit food pills. It's an SSS-level secret, on par with your own. Currently, we only know it's related to the Spiritual Plant College," Uncle Qian replied.
"Doesn't that mean Huaxia has another SSS-level Alchemist? Uncle Qian, do you think this person might replace my position?" Qing He was alarmed.
Without Huaxia's support, cultivating her contracted Spirit Beasts would be incredibly difficult. Now, with the sudden appearance of an SSS-level Alchemist, her current status would inevitably be threatened.
How could she not worry?
As if knowing Qing He's thoughts, Uncle Qian said, "Qing He, your top priority now is to diligently Cultivate. When necessary, you must also participate in the Yellow-rank Secret Realm expeditions to demonstrate your value!"
"As for this SSS-level Alchemist, you don't need to worry too much. We already have Zhao Xue, a top-tier Alchemist. Dean Yan will likely have other arrangements for this one."
Qing He, sitting on the meditation cushion, took a deep breath to adjust her emotions and continued to Cultivate. Under the dual effects of the Nine Extremes Spirit Gathering Array in the secret chamber and the qi gathering pills, she could complete a small circulation in just a few minutes.
The Qi Refining speed of the other cultivators was not inferior to hers.
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Zhang Sheng formulated a new cultivation plan. Apart from the necessary two to three hours of rest each day, half of Zhang Sheng's time would be spent Cultivating Primordial Chaos Qi Refining to improve his Realm.
The rest of the time was dedicated to various Spells.
Now he also had the capital to freely Cultivate Spells, no longer needing to worry about running out of spiritual power.
In the previous battle with the Mosquito Beast, Zhang Sheng realized that although Talismans were effective, they still required a casting process.
On the battlefield, situations change in an instant, and a single misstep can mean death. While Talismans are useful, they are far inferior to instant-cast Spells, and lack the understanding of Spells, making them inflexible in actual combat.
For his comprehensive development, Zhang Sheng first prepared to Cultivate the Breath Concealment Art, which he had previously Cultivated, to Perfected State. If he had possessed a Perfected State Breath Concealment Art last time, he might not have been discovered by the Mosquito Beast army.
Zhang Sheng also purchased a defensive Spell, Spirit Shield. Once cast, this Spell forms a spiritual power shield similar to a vajra talisman, but the strength and duration of the shield are affected by the mastery of the Spell and the strength of the spiritual power.
In addition to Spirit Shield, Zhang Sheng also purchased a healing Spell, Rejuvenation. Casting this Spell can heal injuries, but it is extremely difficult to Cultivate.
In the following time, Zhang Sheng Cultivated Primordial Chaos Qi Refining while also Cultivating Spells.
Within two days, Zhang Sheng quickly Cultivated Breath Concealment Art and Spirit Shield to Perfected State by cheating with increased casting frequency.
The Perfected State Breath Concealment Art allowed instant casting, completely concealing one's aura, with no spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the body, just like a Mortal; moreover, casting this Spell consumed no spiritual power from Zhang Sheng.
And the Perfected State Spirit Shield was also infinitely useful, with instant casting as a basic feature. From originally being able to cast only one Spirit Shield, Zhang Sheng could now cast multiple Spirit Shields, control their size at will, and even cast Spirit Shields for others.
With his personal safety greatly guaranteed, Zhang Sheng even maintained a layer of Spirit Shield on his body at all times to guard against sneak attacks from unknown Yao Beasts.
Combined with the Perfected State Breath Concealment Art, others would be completely unable to detect the Spirit Shield attached to Zhang Sheng's body.
As for the cultivation of Rejuvenation, though complex, Zhang Sheng also found a shortcut.
Zhang Sheng used a Flying Dagger to continuously poke small wounds on himself. To Cultivate this healing Spell, Rejuvenation, to Perfected State.
Zhang Sheng not only spent twice the time it took to Cultivate Spirit Shield but also endured immense pain.
Late that night, Zhang Sheng completed his hundred thousand self-stabs!
A hundred thousand stabs, a hundred thousand healings. If not for the supreme-grade spirit food pills supplementing his body, such an exaggerated cultivation would have been absolutely impossible to complete.
"Spell: Rejuvenation (Perfected State: 100000/100000)"
Perfected State Rejuvenation, with instant casting, could not only quickly heal injuries but also detoxify most poisons, with infinite wondrous uses.