Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Nourishing Thought Forge God
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Translator: 549690339
Upon understanding most of the market prices, Chen Mobai felt a sense of unrest in his heart.
It was only now that he realized, the items he merely saw as common goods could actually be worth so many Spirit Stones.
No wonder cultivators in this world openly discussed selling items. With just a golden belt and a couple of packages he picked up from ordinary Qi Practitioners, he had nearly fifty Spirit Stones worth of resources.
Too bad he came to Southstream Market this time only to understand the market trend and gather information.
Because the impression left by the Eastern Wilderness was of a lawless and cruel world of cultivation, he only brought items that could be used for battle like the needle box from the Flying Needle Sect disciple, a hand crossbow, and an old man’s short sword.
Although he was quite reluctant, magical artifacts are external objects after all, they are nowhere near as good as exchanging them for Spirit Stones, which can then be converted into self-improvement.
However, Chen Mobai was cautious by nature and did not hastily set up a stall for sale.
He clearly remembered that the needle box was a magic artifact of the Flying Needle Sect. According to the disciple handbook of this sect, there were Foundation Establishment cultivators who were in power. Moreover, such a magic artifact was rare in the entire Eastern Wilderness. Upon encountering a disciple from the Flying Needle Sect, he would not be able to explain himself, and they would certainly think that Chen Mobai had committed murder for treasures.
For now, he dared not sell the needle box, but it was different for the hand crossbow and short sword.
He found stalls selling these two items were not uncommon in the market, especially the hand crossbow, which was very popular among low-rank Qi Practitioners.
Probably because cultivators below the third level of Qi Cultivation couldn’t resist a single blow from a crossbow bolt.
These crossbow bolts were of course not the common iron-headed ones, but special crossbow bolts with Sharpness, Blast, and Gale Techniques applied. However, since carrying crossbow bolts was not as convenient as carrying spell bags, they were much cheaper in price, with ten pieces of gold per piece in the market.
Arrows are consumable, but the crossbow is not the same. If you buy a good one, it can be used for a long time.
The one Chen Mobai got from the Flying Needle Sect’s disciple had decent quality. It was a foldable type that was not only convenient to carry, but also had the Fortitude and Aim Techniques applied. It was robust and accurate.
After another round at various stalls, Chen Mobai confirmed the market price.
500 pieces of gold.
The short knife was completely worthless, two pieces of gold each. It seems like they are generally used as a bonus when buying magic artifacts.
Having understood the magic artifact market and seeing that it was almost time, he decided to go back.
Out of caution, Chen Mobai didn’t immediately sell the Blackwater Cultivation and the hand crossbow. Mainly because gold was of little use to him, and bringing it back to the Immortal Sect and selling too much of it could easily attract the attention of market regulators.
After all, the resources of the Immortal Sect were limited, and gold mines were controlled by the state. If too much flowed into the market and caused price fluctuations, it was sure to attract attention.
Therefore, the best and safest method was to convert all the proceeds from sales into Spirit Stones that can be absorbed.
Before leaving, he went to the stalls selling pills and took another look. But there were fewer people here. He observed and found that all the stall owners selling pills had a sign: defective products processed by a certain pharmacy. Basically, no one claimed they made the pills, it seems that both worlds have the same attitude towards pills.
If it’s not made by a renowned Alchemist, you generally wouldn’t dare to take
it.
Let alone products of unknown origin, if you’re selling them, you have to hang a sign of a large pharmacy, otherwise, few cultivators would ask for the price. It seems that it will be hard to sell those bottles of pills.
Chen Mobai thought of the war booty he kept at the bottom of his bedside table and couldn’t help but shake his head.
After understanding the general situation, he no longer lingered, and under the twilight, he turned around and left Southstream Market.
At the door, he again met the teenager in hemp clothes who wanted to be a guide to make money. When the boy saw Chen Mobai, he humbly bowed his head. This attitude stunned Chen Mobai who initially wanted to greet him, and then he couldn’t help but shake his head and smile.
■■It turns out that our ancient custom of breaking the four olds on Earth’s Yuan Planet was justified. This feudal old society is not right.”
However, he was merely an outsider; a mere Qi Practitioner at Rank-6. He wouldn’t have dared to criticize or scrutinize the social environment that these people had grown up in their entire lives.
Chen Mobai silently walked out of the Fang Market’s gates, disappearing into
the mist of the formation.
The Southstream Market outside has a formation, but the power of this formation isn’t fully activated. It’s just there to prevent ordinary people from getting close.
An interesting idea popped into Chen Mobai’s mind on his way back.
If he didn’t return to the Water Mansion to hit the “Town Portal”, could he still succeed?
He stopped, found a deserted valley, took out his phone, and surely enough, the [Town Portal] key protruded and was still lit up on the Turtle Treasure app. He could press it.
in other words, within the Tianhe Realm, he was not confined to the Water Mansion. As long as he had his phone, he could return home from anywhere at any time.
Then the problem arose again.
If the location of [Town Portal] was changed, would his next teleportation be here? Or would it still be at the Water Mansion?
Chen Mobai thought about it for a while, but in the end, he didn’t dare to give it a try.
He returned to the Water Mansion.
However, when heading home, he had a sudden thought and went to the side hall.
in this way, he could see where he would end up when he arrived next time. If he still appeared in the main hall, it meant that the teleportation location was fixed. If he appeared in the side hall, it meant that wherever he was when he activated the [Town Portal], that’s where he would end up when he teleported back.
In a flicker of silver light, Chen Mobai returned home.
He felt that he might have missed something in his logical thinking about [teleportation] and [Town Portal], but after thinking it over, he couldn’t figure out where the loophole was, so he could only shake his head and temporarily give up.
He glanced at the time on his phone – it was almost time for dinner.
His mother had gone to work in the afternoon, and he had to cook dinner alone in the evening.
Well, he was accustomed to it anyway.
As Chen Mobai cooked some Spirit Rice, he logged into the Blue Emperor account he had in the National Library with his phone.
He used his points to download the “Nourishing Thought Forge God Technique”.
Although he was very interested in the physical-consciousness Cultivation Method, and wanted to give it a try, he had no way to purchase Rank-2 Mind Incense, and the Blue Emperor account couldn’t afford the “Exciting God Travelling Heaven Technique”. Thus, the orthodox path was his only option. This was better anyway. Cultivating in this way produced a well-rounded Divine Consciousness, which didn’t need daily incense burning for stability. While waiting for the rice to cook, Chen Mobai read through the “Nourishing Thought Forge God Technique” once and understood it broadly by comparing the experiences shared by experts on the Auxiliary Cultivation software. Even with the experiences of his predecessors, his practice was still very difficult.
To cultivate thoughts, one must first “Enter Tranquility”, and after entering tranquillity, one needs to “Contemplate”.
One can contemplate anything in this world, but according to the experiences of others, it’s best to contemplate a scene that suits one’s state of mind.
This scene should be powerful but not shocking, which sounds very contradictory.
Fortunately, there’s a detailed explanation on the Auxiliary Cultivation software: Contemplating powerful things can quickly grow one’s thought cultivation, but if it’s too shocking, it can cause emotional fluctuations, which will be counter-productive.
Therefore, cultivators must carefully control the degree of contemplation during practice.
Chen Mobai considered his own experiences, scratching his head in thought. Finally, he recalled the “Emerald Phoenix Tree” he saw this morning..