"Senior Sister, how many Spirit Stones is this Cultivation Technique?" He Pingsheng returned the general outline in his hand to the woman.
The woman said, "Three hundred!"
"What?"
He Pingsheng immediately bristled.
Three hundred?
That expensive?
Those ordinary Cultivation Techniques of various Five Elements attributes generally cost only thirty to fifty Spirit Stones each.
This thing costs three hundred?
Ten Times the price right off the bat?
"Hehe..." The woman chuckled and said, "Junior Brother, don't mind that this thing is expensive; there's a reason for its high price. To tell you the truth, this Body Refining Cultivation Technique and that Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique are both extremely rare!"
"You might see a hundred Cultivation Techniques in the Cultivation World, and not even one of them will be a Body Refining or Spirit Refining method!"
"That's why it's expensive!"
"Moreover, this Cultivation Technique of mine not only includes the Qi Refinement Stage but also a complete Foundation Establishment Stage chapter!"
"Buying it is earning it!"
He Pingsheng said, "One hundred Spirit Stones!"
"Although your item is rare, the reality is that the demand is also low. Among a hundred Cultivators, perhaps not even one will be interested in this kind of Cultivation Technique!"
He cut the price by two-thirds in one breath.
The Daoist Nun opposite was stunned: "This Junior Brother... yours... is really... too low!"
"You haven't just cut it in half, you've cut it down to my heels!"
He Pingsheng said, "Sorry, this is my limit. If you sell it, I'll give you the Spirit Stones. Any more, and I won't be able to buy it, because I don't have enough Spirit Stones!"
"Alright, alright..." The Daoist Nun waved her hand and said, "One hundred it is, here you go..."
She threw out a green Jade Slip.
He Pingsheng shook out a hundred Spirit Stones from his hundred treasure sack.
Then, in front of the woman, he examined the Jade Slip. After confirming that the Cultivation Technique inside was fine, he put away the Jade Slip, cupped his hands, and left.
"Junior Brother!"
Zhao Ling'er asked, "Are you really planning to Cultivate this thing? It's too much of a delay to Cultivation!"
"Exactly!" Xu Kunlun echoed, "Where would we find the Time? I wish I could split the twelve hours of a day into twenty-four... it's still not enough..."
"Tch..." Zhao Ling'er listened to Xu Kunlun's words with disdain: "I don't believe it!"
Tian Xiaoqing said, "I don't believe it either... If you said twelve hours weren't enough for sleep, I'd believe that!"
"Hahaha..." He Pingsheng was amused by them.
"Alright, alright..." Xu Kunlun looked embarrassed and said, "Don't talk about me, Old Ninth, this thing of yours really wastes too much Time!"
He Pingsheng said, "Didn't you all say before that when Cultivating in the Qi Refinement Stage, you will eventually encounter a Bottleneck? My Spiritual Root Aptitude is very poor, so I might encounter a Bottleneck after reaching the tenth level!"
"I plan to Cultivate this Body Refining method at that point!"
"After all, Cultivating at that Time would be useless!"
Xu Kunlun said, "That makes sense too..."
Zhao Ling'er said, "I heard that there's a kind of Spirit Fruit in this Secret Realm called the 【golden silver peach】, which is an supreme Treasure Artifact for Body Refining!"
He Pingsheng asked, "What is a golden silver peach?"
Zhao Ling'er said, "It's a type of Spirit Fruit, considered a First Grade Spirit Fruit. From afar, this fruit shimmers with a golden and silver texture, but it doesn't promote Cultivation. However, if you consume it and refine it with a Body Refining Cultivation Technique, you can achieve unexpected effects!"
At this point, she rolled her eyes, then gently nudged He Pingsheng with her arm: "Old Ninth, you wouldn't be so foolish as to think that you can Body Refining just by getting a Body Refining Cultivation Technique, would you?"
"It requires auxiliary items!"
He Pingsheng was instantly speechless: That's right, he really thought that as long as he Cultivated a Body Refining Cultivation Technique, he could achieve the effect of copper skin and iron bones!
"Forget it, let's not talk about it!" Zhao Ling'er said, "Come on, let's go look ahead..."
At a certain stall, many people were gathered.
But what shocked everyone was that the stall owner was not a Qi Refinement Stage Disciple.
But a Golden Core Old Ancestor.
Next to the Golden Core Stage Old Ancestor's stall, there were also several Disciples guarding.
"Everyone... our Old Ancestor is a Golden Core Stage powerhouse... he will never deceive you!"
"These maps are all maps drawn by the Old Ancestor after studying countless messages left by predecessors!"
"Do you want one?"
He Pingsheng understood: This was using a Golden Core Stage Old Ancestor as an endorsement to sell maps?
Each Sect had its own maps drawn.
They were also drawn by summarizing routes from previous years. Although incomplete, they could still play a certain role.
"Do you want to buy one?" Xu Kunlun asked Zhao Ling'er.
Zhao Ling'er asked, "How much is one of these maps?"
A Disciple in a green Daoist robe said, "Six hundred Spirit Stones!"
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
This price!
Everyone was directly deterred.
No wonder they needed a Golden Core Old Ancestor to endorse it; so it was this shady!
"Forget it!" Zhao Ling'er said, "Master said we don't need to go to the core area, so it doesn't matter whether we have this map or not!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
The four-person team returned to the Tai Xu Sect's side, and then each person found a corner to sit down.
He Pingsheng took out the Jade Slip he had just bought and began to study it.
Not to mention the main text, just the general outline contained many things that needed to be learned.
After reading it once, He Pingsheng gained a faint understanding of this so-called Body Refining method.
Body Refining, as the name suggests, is about forging one's own body, refining the body into a Treasure Artifact, so that when fighting enemies, one can stand undefeated among those of the same stage.
And Body Refining requires external assistance, which the general outline refers to as 【external supplementation】.
Things that can be used for external supplementation can be divided into two categories.
One category is Heaven And Earth Treasure like the 【golden silver peach】. After consuming it, it needs to be digested with Body Refining methods to achieve the effect of strengthening the body and increasing power.
The second category is blood.
To be precise, it's the vital blood of various Yao Beasts, Spirit Beasts, and even Cultivators.
Supplementing with these things can also strengthen the body and increase power.
After reading the outline, He Pingsheng did not continue to study and Cultivate.
Because he planned to put the 【Copper Skin Golden Bone Scripture】 into the gathering treasure basin to strengthen it before Cultivating.
Wait, no rush!
Soon, several more days passed.
This morning, eighteen Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples wearing Time Daoist robes each took a step forward.
Someone said, "Everyone... from now on, the Secret Realm is open!"
"It will last for one month!"
"You may enter!"
"However... within one month, you must return!" A Disciple in a Time Daoist robe looked at the crowd and said loudly, "I know some of you must be thinking of not coming out after the Secret Realm ends, and just hiding inside to quietly Cultivate!"
"Hehe..."
"If you think that, then it's no different from seeking death!"
"Because once the Secret Realm ends, everyone must come out, otherwise, death..."
"As for how you die?"
"At that Time, we will send in a Golden Core Stage Immortal Pet to slaughter all the Qi Refinement Stage Disciples hiding inside, leaving no one behind!"