The first day of practicing in Mo Shuang Mountain was also the first day of Lao Jiang's official career as a cultivator. His life was quite ordinary, without any of the excitement and ease that a cultivator's life should have.
It even seems a bit boring.
I dealt with the problems of Shi Rui and the fat boy in the morning and found them something difficult to do so that they wouldn't have time to think about random things.
At noon, Lao Jiang entered a state of meditation.
In his own small courtyard filled with spiritual energy, after frantically knocking out ten bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills, he spent another hour letting the medicinal power evaporate and absorbing the spiritual energy into his body, thereby practicing the Su Yi Sutra to transform the spiritual power.
Then, Lao Jiang discovered a very embarrassing problem.
The effect of the Spirit Gathering Pill in quickly accumulating spiritual energy was weakened a lot after entering the Qi training stage. Well, that’s not accurate. The pill is a good pill.
The goods produced by the Hongyan Society are of extremely high quality. They are all top-grade Soul Gathering Pills, and the medicinal power is not compromised even after evaporation. The real problem lies in Lao Jiang's body.
For example.
Before reaching the Qi training stage, after Lao Jiang's marrow cleansing, the amount of pure spiritual energy that his body could accommodate was estimated to be ten thousand degrees.
Now that he has passed the heaven and earth thunder tribulation and broken through the Qi training stage, his body has been reshaped by spiritual power, just like a bucket that is expanding madly. The amount of pure spiritual power that Lao Jiang's body can accommodate is now about 50,000 degrees.
The capacity suddenly increased five times. If we follow the original method of gathering Qi, it will take at least five times longer to fill it up.
This made Old Jiang very worried.
No wonder Sanquezi has always said that the real practice begins when one reaches the Qi Training Stage. No wonder it generally takes those casual practitioners more than ten years to break through from the Qi Training Stage to the True Cultivation Stage.
Even twenty years.
This is really a slow and steady process.
Fortunately, Mo Shuang Mountain is located at the spiritual energy node of the earth vein. The concentration of spiritual energy here is more than ten times that of the outside world. This allows Lao Jiang to practice his skills at maximum efficiency and convert spiritual power without taking drugs.
But even so, it still took a long time to accumulate sufficient spiritual power, and Lao Jiang became desperate.
According to the cultivators' subdivision of each realm, the Qi training realm is also divided into three stages: the early and late peaks. With each practice node, the body will be strengthened and tempered by spiritual power, allowing the spiritual energy capacity in the body to further increase.
When he reaches the peak of the Qi training stage, the total amount of spiritual power that Lao Jiang's body can contain is likely to reach 70,000 to 80,000 degrees.
Also, with the excellent body-tempering effect of the Su Yi Sutra, the spiritual power he would need to break through to the peak of the True Realm would most likely exceed 100,000 degrees.
How horrible!
He can buy a panacea for the real world.
He was not short of money, and he could get it from the grandmaster of alchemy, Elder Sanbao, for free. But the problem was that the effect of that elixir was much stronger than that of the Spirit Gathering Pill.
The medicine is too strong.
Jiang Xia’s current small body might not be able to bear it.
The sequelae of being unable to receive nourishment for a weak body are obviously more terrifying.
"This is too slow! Why waste so much time on this?"
After the first day of gathering spirits, Lao Jiang frowned and stood up from the grass in the center of the courtyard where a spirit gathering formation had been specially set up.
He was very dissatisfied.
I started looking for other solutions.
After a few breaths, Lao Jiang took out the Hongyan Society's communication stone, activated it, and asked:
"Xiao Ya, during practice, is there any way to quickly accumulate spiritual power without any side effects?"
"have!"
Lao Jiang's customer service representative has an excellent work attitude and replies to messages almost immediately, but he also reveals a strong personal style. After the affirmative answer, Xiao Yaer's tone became tactful again.
She said:
"For this news, I'll give you thirty cents."
"Why don't you go and rob?"
Lao Jiang immediately retorted:
"At most ten cents. I don't have to ask you for it."
"But if you want to get what you want as quickly as possible, only I can do it."
Xiao Yaer laughed cunningly, coughed a few times, and said:
"I want twenty cents from you. That's not too much, right, Brother Dove?"
"Go ahead."
Actually, Lao Jiang didn't particularly care about the ten cents. He just wanted to adjust his mood and have a joke with the female cultivator who was very good at bargaining.
He sat on the exquisite stone table in the courtyard, poured a pot of tea, and said:
"Stop hiding it."
"Well, then listen carefully, fellow pigeon."
Xiao Yaer was in a good mood at the moment.
She spoke to the distinguished guest in her characteristic lazy tone:
"The first method is what you are doing now, which is to swallow a large amount of spiritual pills. As long as you eat enough and fast enough, your spiritual power will naturally accumulate quickly.
But this method is only suitable for monks who are not short of money, and it has side effects.
You should understand very clearly that the spiritual power obtained by swallowing pills is too superficial and has not been tempered. It is okay to pretend on a daily basis.
Once you get into trouble, it will be difficult for your superficial spiritual power to do anything.
Therefore, I do not recommend this method to low-level cultivators."
"Hey, I feel like I wasted my twenty cents."
Lao Jiang took a sip of tea and said in a bad tone:
"Can you show some sincerity?"
"Don't worry."
Xiao Yaer laughed and said:
"The second method I'm going to talk about has no side effects, but it also has a big problem , which is that it's very expensive."
"Fellow Daoist, listen to me. Before you entered the Qi training stage, you may have heard of the method used by teachers and seniors to cleanse the marrow of mortals and transform them into a new world. If you can find a senior who is appropriate and trustworthy,
In fact, the same method can be used to practice in the Qi training stage.
The seniors will transfer their own pure spiritual power into the bodies of fellow Taoists through the secret method of initiation, just like the process of metamorphosis and marrow cleansing. Depending on the secret method used, the efficiency of the spiritual power conversion and the amount retained will also be different.
It can be considered a blessing for fellow Taoists.
This cultivator happens to have a copy of a top-grade secret technique for initiation, called the 'Nine-Transformation Technique of Mingyu'. With it, I can retain at least 80% of the spiritual power that the senior has transferred into my body.
After completing an initiation, fellow Taoists only need to circulate spiritual power according to the secret technique, and within a month at most, they will be able to completely integrate the spiritual power into themselves.
This is much better than practicing alone.
Unfortunately, it is hard to find such generous seniors.
Even if you can find it, you still have to worry about safety issues. During this initiation process, if the senior has even a little bad intention, your cultivation will be over."
Jiang Xia narrowed his eyes.
He immediately caught the meaning of what Xiao Yaer didn't say, and asked:
"The Hongyan Society also provides initiation services?"
"Ha, fellow Daoist Pigeon is indeed smart!"
Xiao Yaer was very satisfied. It was easier to talk to smart people.
She didn't hide anything and said openly:
“That’s why I mentioned before, it’s so expensive.
My Hongyan Club naturally has safe and reliable seniors who are willing to earn this money. Fellow Daoist, you are an honored guest of my club, so naturally I have to arrange the best service for you.
But it is also the most expensive.
One initiation is guaranteed to be the most gentle and pure spiritual power, without any five elements of energy, and can be used in any martial arts. It costs 20,000 immortal coins!
With your current realm, it only takes three times to help you break through to the middle and late stages of Qi training.
If you book three initiations, you can also get a discount for your fellow Taoists.
It only costs 50,000 cents."
"Arrange it!"
Jiang Xia didn't hesitate for even a second, he blew out a puff of smoke and said casually:
"It would be best if the senior you invite is a female cultivator. I don't really like men touching me."
"Daoyou is generous!"
Seeing that she had made another big deal, Xiao Yaer was immediately very excited. She even spoke without a lazy tone. She said:
"Including the secret technique of the 'Nine Transformations of the Bright Moon', Daoist friend, I would like to give you 80,000 immortal coins. Should you pay now? Or should you deduct it from the payment for the goods next month?"
"Just buckle it."
Lao Jiang's tone remained calm, as if what he had just spent was not 80,000 immortal coins, but eight immortal coins. Isn't it the purpose of working hard to make money to enjoy shopping?
He then asked:
"Apart from the above two methods, are there any other methods?"
"have."
Xiao Yaer said straightforwardly:
“The third method is actually better, but it is also the most difficult to implement.”
“Fellow Daoist, you are in the business of magical powers, so you naturally know that my Ku Mu Realm is vast and rich in resources, overflowing with spiritual energy, and can always produce all kinds of natural treasures.
Among them is a rare spiritual object.
It may be a stone, a herb, or a book of exercises that can develop supernatural powers.
But no matter what the form, the result is the same.
It can bring the monks the magical power of "absorbing spirits".
That is, there is no need to actively practice the exercises, one can rely on supernatural powers to continuously absorb spiritual energy from the surroundings and automatically convert it into one's own spiritual power.
This kind of magical power has no side effects and is a first-class magical skill for cultivation. Moreover, it can be used by everyone from the beginners to the great masters of the sea of ​​suffering.
Naturally, every time a spiritual object appears, it will stir up the entire cultivation world.
The last spiritual treasure that my Hongyan Society handled was a five hundred year old purple-yellow sperm. It had already become a monster, but its quality was not good, and the spiritual power it brought with it was only of the lowest quality.
The effect of absorbing spirits is very poor, and powerful monks do not take it seriously.
But even so, it still attracted cultivators from all walks of life to scramble for it, and finally it was sold for 20,000 immortal coins, and was promised by a casual cultivator in the Dao-seeking realm to his disciple for use.
But on the third day, the master and the disciple..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Yaer's tone was somewhat helpless.
She said to Jiang Xia:
“So I advise fellow Taoists not to take this third method too seriously.
It's not that fellow Taoist is not financially capable, but given your realm, even if you really come across this kind of magical item, even if you really buy it...
You can't protect it even if you are afraid.
It may even bring disaster to yourself and even your sect."
"Is there anything else?"
Lao Jiang flicked his tongue and asked:
"Didn't you say that the Hongyan Club would protect guests?"
“We will protect.”
Xiao Yaer's tone became even more helpless.
She whispered:
"We can protect you and evacuate safely under any circumstances, but you have to at least hold on until reinforcements arrive, right?
Faced with the siege of seven or eight god cultivators and evil cultivators in the Dao-seeking realm, we didn't even have time to rush to their aid.
It was the guest himself who accidentally leaked the news, and his life was hanging by a thread. Although we avenged the guest afterwards, none of the murderers escaped.
It also protects the distinguished guest's soul and helps him to reincarnate and cultivate again.
But the person is dead, what is the point of revenge?"
"Yeah, I understand."
Jiang Xia nodded and said:
"Keep an eye out for me, Xiaoya. If there are any spiritual objects like that entering the market, please take a picture of them for me as soon as possible. Money is not a problem."
"OK."
Lao Jiang’s exclusive customer service responded.
After a few breaths, she said to Lao Jiang:
“The initiation has been scheduled to be completed.
Fellow Daoist Ge, please report your location and choose a time, and a senior monk will come to meet you. But please note that this senior monk will only perform initiation and will not be involved in other work.
Therefore, fellow Daoist Ge, don't even think about asking her to ward off disaster or anything like that. Once discovered, your reputation in the Hongyan Society will be wiped out.
And there will be other accountability problems.”
"I know."
Jiang Xia stood up, straightened his clothes, thought for a while, and said to Xiao Yaer:
"About a month and a half later, in Fengyang County, Ruyi Market, at Liu's residence. It would be best if you come at midnight. I don't want to alarm too many people."
"learn."
Xiaoya's voice faded, and she finally said:
"I wish you a smooth cultivation. Hongyan will serve you wholeheartedly."
The service attitude is really good. It turns out that money makes the world go round.
Lao Jiang tossed the communication stone in his hand up and down, and threw it back into the ring with satisfaction. It was already afternoon, and Lao Jiang didn't plan to waste time continuing his practice.
He took out a bunch of messy materials from the ring.
He then called up the extremely complicated production steps of the Sun Emblem in the chip, intending to begin trying to produce the highest technological achievement of this spirit-possession technique.
A magic weapon of War-weary's level is undoubtedly the best thing in the Red Moon Realm.
But Jiang Xia can't do it now. That thing looks simple, but in fact it requires Jiang Xia to understand all the secrets of the spirit possession technique before he can start to do it.
The Sun Emblem, which has a usage count, is relatively simpler.
With Lao Jiang's vision, he is naturally very clear about how good the future sales of the Sun Emblem, a highly targeted low-grade magic weapon, will be.
After the Ashes Elixir, this kind of magic weapon might become his new profit growth point.
The most important thing.
The production of this kind of complicated magic weapon is a test of a craftsman's skills and patience. Lao Jiang has already entered Mo Shuang Mountain, and he certainly can't be stuck in the circle of spirit possession techniques in the future.
Among the magic weapons of the Mohist school, even the simplest one is so complex that it is staggering.
If Lao Jiang wants to become a master of weapon refining in the future, he must adjust his mindset and strengthen his skills from now on. At his current stage, making ordinary spirit-enchanted weapons will no longer improve his skills.
Making the sun emblem will be a challenge that Jiang Xia must complete in the next period of time.
Lao Jiang has very high demands on his employees.
But he is not a double standard freak.
He demands more of himself.
But unfortunately, today's weapon making was interrupted just as it began. Before Lao Jiang could get into the state, he heard Ruyue's voice in his mind.
"Boss, my master asked you to come to him. He will take us new disciples to the Mo Shuang Mountain's weapon-making workshop this afternoon to take a look and familiarize ourselves with the various rules of Mo Shuang Mountain.
It is said that this is the initiation process for new disciples and must be completed."
"Well, knowing the rules is a must."
Jiang Xia put away the materials, stood up and said:
"As long as you understand the rules, you can take advantage of them. I will be there on time... Kisaragi, do you have any plans tonight?"
"Hmm."
Kisaragi's tone suddenly became strange, and she said:
"Boss, you are getting greedy and planning to..."
"You think too much. With your small body and immature skills, you are not good enough to make me linger."
Jiang Xia said in a deep voice:
“If you have nothing tonight, come to my place and let Liu Hui give you an initiation and practice. Your time is precious and you should not waste it on useless things.
Be prepared.
Tonight will be much more painful than last night."