“Brother, your pricing…”
He Pingsheng was speechless.
Five Spirit Stones for three times, two Spirit Stones for one time?
“Brother, how do you think I should sell it?” The middle-aged stall owner also looked helpless and said, “Look, if I sell it to you for one Spirit Stone, I’d be at a loss. After all, this isn’t something I made myself; I bought it from a shop!”
“But if I sell it to you for two Spirit Stones, you think it’s too expensive!”
“How about this, I’ll sell you this thing for two Spirit Stones, and I’ll even give you a treasure for free, how’s that?”
He Pingsheng asked, “What treasure?”
The middle-aged stall owner said, “Wait a moment… let me look…”
He opened his backpack and rummaged through it for a long time before finally pulling out a book made from the skin of an unknown animal.
“Come, look at this…” The stall owner said, “This records a Divine Ability! Take it and Cultivate it well!”
“If you comprehend it, it would be extraordinary!”
“My ancestor was an amazing Alchemist, and this was passed down by him. It’s a pity for us descendants; none of us can learn it, sigh…”
The middle-aged stall owner handed the item to He Pingsheng and sighed.
He Pingsheng took the treasure and looked at it, then his brows furrowed: “I say, Brother, this… the general outline is missing?”
“The first chapter is missing!”
“A large part of the second chapter is missing!”
“Eighty percent of the third chapter is missing!”
“The fourth chapter is completely gone…”
He Pingsheng was utterly bewildered!
The general outline said there were a total of six chapters!
But this…
What the hell could he Cultivate with this?
Moreover, because the general outline was missing, He Pingsheng didn’t even know what purpose this Divine Ability served.
Judging from the book’s name, 【Tong Shen】, he couldn’t discern any clues.
So he couldn’t help but ask, “Also, what does the name of this book, 【Tong Shen】, mean?”
The middle-aged stall owner’s face darkened and he said, “It’s 【Tong Shen Fa】, a word is missing. Look, here… too much time has passed, the writing on it has worn off!”
He Pingsheng was speechless.
The middle-aged stall owner said, “If it were truly complete, would I still give it to you for free?”
“Little Brother, don’t be ungrateful. If you can gain some enlightenment from comprehending this method, it will be enough to benefit you for a lifetime!”
“Alright!” He Pingsheng thought for a moment, then pulled out two Spirit Stones.
The transaction was completed.
Of course, he knew he had bought something useless.
But it didn’t matter. After I go back, I’ll put it in the gathering treasure basin and strengthen it. Maybe I can strengthen it into a complete version.
And it can even advance.
“Senior Brother Wang!” After doing all this, He Pingsheng took out the remaining three Spirit Stones: “If you still need them, I can lend you these three!”
“Good, good, good… He Pingsheng, thank you so much!”
“Don’t worry, I, Wang Dun, am the most trustworthy… I have a Pill Furnace at home, I’ll pawn it with you later!”
In this world, there were Pill Furnaces.
Small Pill Furnaces could be used by individuals.
However, compared to large Pill Furnaces, these small Pill Furnaces had uneven heating and were difficult to control temperature. Unless a Cultivator had powerful Divine Thought, generally no one used them.
Especially for low-level Disciples.
“Alright!” He Pingsheng gave the three Spirit Stones to Wang Dun.
Wang Dun readily spent twenty Spirit Stones to buy a batch of Qi Gathering Pills.
Of course, this price was acceptable, at least much better than buying from the Chang Yi Pavilion in the Sect.
“Alright, He Pingsheng, it’s getting late. We should head back!”
Wang Dun retrieved the paper crane from the Fenghe Estate, and the two of them instantly soared into the sky on the paper crane, heading back to the Tai Xu Sect.
Matou Mountain belonged to the Dao Xuan Alliance’s territory. There were dozens of Sects in the vicinity. Wang Dun and He Pingsheng were both wearing the Dao robes of the Tai Xu Sect, so they basically wouldn’t encounter any danger.
Incidents like blocking roads for robbery or killing people for treasures had not happened in the Dao Xuan Alliance’s territory for many years.
Of course, since both of them were penniless and had no treasures, they naturally wouldn’t attract anyone’s attention.
As the sun set, the two finally returned to Lingyao Valley.
“He Pingsheng… please wait…”
Wang Dun took out a palm-sized bronze furnace from his dwelling and said, “This is my Pill Furnace… I’ll pawn it with you for now. When I have three Spirit Stones to repay you, you can give it back to me!”
“You can also use this thing; you can expand it with spiritual power!”
“Alright…”
He Pingsheng nodded, not being polite, and directly took the Pill Furnace away.
Since the withered tree Daoist hadn’t returned yet, He Pingsheng couldn’t leave either.
He stayed in the valley, Cultivating while waiting.
Night fell, and all was silent.
The valley, usually shrouded in mist, gradually cleared up at this moment. In the Void Realm night sky, stars twinkled like pearls, and the full moon, the size of a carriage wheel, hung in the mid-air. Streams of moonlight spilled down, illuminating the entire valley.
He Pingsheng closed the stone doors of his cave one by one, then eagerly took out the gathering treasure basin from his body.
All other items that were previously in the gathering treasure basin had been placed on his bed.
He then threw the tattered and incomplete 【Tong Shen Fa】 into the gathering treasure basin.
Swish…
Then he pushed the gathering treasure basin under the bed!
The stone cave was pitch black, without a single speck of light.
However, the moonlight gathered from outside, like translucent mist, slowly drifted through the stone door into the bedroom, and then was absorbed by the gathering treasure basin.
He Pingsheng no longer paid attention, rolled over, and fell asleep.
He woke up early the next morning.
The first thing he did was pull out the gathering treasure basin from under the bed.
Taking a look, He Pingsheng was immediately overjoyed. There were indeed two books in the basin!
He took them out and examined them.
The first book was titled: Celestial Demon Seed Spirit Method.
He Pingsheng didn’t even bother to study it and directly picked up the second book.
The second book was titled: Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique.
This is good!
He Pingsheng directly picked up the 【Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique】 to read.
The first page only had one character: Heaven!
The second page, the general outline, was complete!
The first chapter: Qi Refinement Stage, complete!
The second chapter: Foundation Establishment Stage, complete!
The third chapter: Golden Core Stage, complete!
Below that were the Nascent Soul Stage, Soul Transformation Stage, and Void Refining Stage!
All six chapters were complete.
However, what exactly was this thing?
He Pingsheng took a deep breath and carefully studied the general outline of the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique.
An hour later, he finally understood what it was.
“The stall owner really didn’t lie to me!”
This thing was a Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique.
After Cultivating it, one could strengthen their Divine Soul.
A strong Divine Soul had infinite benefits for a Cultivator.
Firstly, it could better support Alchemy!
Secondly, during combat, Cultivators with strong Divine Thought had better control over Spells.
For example, if two Cultivators were both at the fourth level of Qi Refinement, their Divine Thought would be similar, both extending about ten zhang.
But if one had Cultivated a Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique, their Divine Thought could extend twenty zhang, or even fifty zhang.
In this way, wouldn't they be able to perfectly suppress the opponent with distance?
The attack range would be extended.