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Chapter 40: Two Moves at the Start
Chapter 40: Two Moves at the Start
For a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator to unleash the might of a Golden Core, there's only one way—using a Golden Core Stage talisman. However, such talismans are extremely rare and challenging to craft, even in the capital.
Only the young masters of wealthy clans could afford to use Golden Core talismans so casually without a second thought.
"Wow, money really does make a difference," Scholar thought to himself. Despite his past fame and considerable strength, he had never used a Golden Core talisman before. While it might not be as powerful as his all-out strike during his prime, the feeling of spending spirit stones so lavishly was indeed exhilarating.
"Hmm."
Chen Qiu had prepared his explanation, but he found that neither Scholar nor Fat Dragon asked any questions, saving him the trouble. He walked up to the "Heavenly Treasure Earth Vault" and took all the items inside.
The so-called Demon Cultivator had mentioned an "Enlightenment Stone," which was priced at 1,000 spirit stones here.
Although he didn't know the market price, it was definitely a discounted rate. Treasures like this, which could only be produced in Celestial Path Secret Realms, would never come cheap.
With 1,000 spirit stones, he could save an entire year's worth of effort, which was already a great bargain for him.
He then proceeded to collect the remaining three treasures.
- Random Teleportation Talisman x1: Teleports the user to a random location within a hundred li. 10 spirit stones.
- Superior Foundation Establishment Spirit Pill x100: Quickly replenishes the body's spirit energy. 100 spirit stones.
- Demon Igniting Incense x10: Made from demon oil, when lit, all demons within ten li will go berserk and attack anyone near the incense without discrimination. 100 spirit stones.
The other three items were not particularly expensive, and none of them were exclusive to the Celestial Path Secret Realm. Among the six items, only the "Enlightenment Stone" was a unique product of the Celestial Path Secret Realm, according to his past life's knowledge.
This loot box had only one red item, and the rest were all white.
Fortunately, he had acquired these items at a bargain, so it wasn't a loss. Moreover, many of the items were precisely what he urgently needed.
In total, he spent 1,270 spirit stones and had 16,586 spirit stones remaining.
Before leaving, Chen Qiu decided to search the corpse, but the flying sword was completely destroyed, and the spirit ring was shattered to perfection, leaving no inheritance behind.
The death was clean and thorough.
"It feels like there are a lot more Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators lately; they seem to pop up everywhere," Fat Dragon muttered in front of a cave.
"That's normal," Scholar replied softly. "It's the annual auction at the Ask Heaven Market, and the Celestial Path Secret Realm in Fufeng City is about to open. Naturally, a large number of cultivators will gather here, creating a mix of good and bad. Fufeng City is primarily a mortal city, so it's not common to see Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators here."
"Fufeng City has quite a few Foundation Establishment clans. If a Foundation Establishment cultivator gathers his relatives, they can form a small clan. Some close relatives even get the title of Elder."
"They can act all mighty in front of mortals."
"But if mortals have a few coins, these clans that mainly profit from mortals are nothing more than small fry. The Huang family in Fufeng City is already considered decent, as they have two Foundation Establishment cultivators. However, even that's not impressive when compared to others."
"These clans in Fufeng City aren't truly considered clans; the real clans are far more formidable."
He didn't continue further.
After all, he had been hunted down by a clan to the point of having nowhere to turn. They had shown him respect, acknowledging him as the number one sword cultivator and a rising star of the Great Xia.
But without that respect, he was just a lone cultivator.
Unfortunately, his sword wasn't fast enough.
For the rest of the day, Scholar led Chen Qiu and the others around Fufeng City, carefully searching for areas with low-level demons. Scholar alone had consumed 89 Qi Supplement Pills.
He was almost out of Qi Supplement Pills.
"I can't take any more," the scholar panted, sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes on the medicinal pills Chen Qiu was offering. With a trembling voice, he waved his hand and said, "My body's tolerance for this pill is almost at its limit. My spiritual energy won't recover anymore. The pill's effect on me is very limited now. I truly don't have enough spiritual energy. How about we try again tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow?"
Chen Qiu's eyebrows furrowed as he contemplated in silence. Tomorrow was the day the secret realm would open, but there was no time left.
The scholar's primary responsibility was to scout for spirit beasts and then lead them to a designated area. By igniting the Demon Igniting Incense, he attracted countless beasts within a radius of several miles. Then, he would slaughter these beasts and offer them as sacrifices to his Dao Foundation.
He had been busy with these tasks from sunrise to sunset.
The scholar's Dao Foundation capacity was too small. After a short time of controlling his flying sword, his spiritual energy would deplete, forcing him to continuously consume the Qi Supplement Pills. He had purchased 100 of these pills from the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, and now only 11 remained. Even these pills were no longer effective.
"Don't worry, there's another way," Chen Qiu said, shaking his head. He took out a Foundation Establishment Intermediate Essence-Extracting Talisman from his pocket and applied it to the scholar's body. Then, he pulled out two spirit stones and placed them in the scholar's pocket, saying, "There, this should speed up your absorption of spiritual energy, right?"
"Yes," the scholar replied.
The scholar looked at the talisman on his body with a hint of helplessness. He wanted to say that he hadn't felt this exhausted in a long time, and controlling the flying sword with his spiritual sense was no easy task.
Before finding his master, he felt like he was on the verge of death.
After finding his master, he felt that death might have been better.
Why was it so tiring? Finally—
After sunset, Chen Qiu and his group returned to the Ask Heaven Market. The scholar and the others went to their usual spot, while Chen Qiu and Fat Dragon headed into the market.
Chen Qiu's eyes were filled with fatigue; today's tasks had exhausted him as well.
He had slain a total of 9,890 beasts, virtually exterminating all the scattered Qi Condensation Stage beasts around Fufeng City.
Good news: Fufeng City would enjoy a period of extreme safety. The villagers no longer had to worry about beasts invading their spirit fields.
Bad news: Qi Condensation Stage cultivators in Fufeng City would not encounter any Qi Condensation Stage beasts in the wild for a long time, significantly slowing their cultivation progress.
His Dao Foundation had widened to a full 10,000 li!
Originally, it was 110 li wide, but as someone with a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder, he specifically rounded it up to a whole number.
A typical Foundation Establishment cultivator's Dao Foundation was a cube, 100 li wide and 100 li tall, appearing quite harmonious. However, the scholar's Dao Foundation had become an extremely flat rectangular prism, 10,000 li wide and 100 li tall.
A bit odd.
However, it could hold significantly more spiritual energy. An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator at the first level could cast a spell like the Thunder Summoning Art four or five times at most before running out of spiritual energy. But if the scholar's Dao Foundation were filled to capacity, he could cast it four to five hundred times!
Don't talk to him about the superiority of sword cultivators' one-sword dominance or physical body cultivators' dual-fist might.
He would meet them with four to five hundred Thunder Summoning Arts, and he'd like to see if any physical body cultivator could withstand such a storm of attacks. There were differences between spellcasters, too.
When he learned body protection spells, his opening moves would be twofold.
First, he would cast thousands of defensive spells out of thin air.
Second, he would slam thousands of offensive spells into their faces.
Anyway, his Dao Foundation was wide enough, and he had enough spiritual energy to crush them.
(End of Chapter)
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