His starting hand was already a royal flush, definitely better than most people who Transmigrated. He had to play every move carefully, not letting a good hand go to waste.
After Cultivating for a short while, An Chen suddenly heard a knocking sound and couldn't help but frown.
The Grand Elder, is he back again?
He quickly walked over and opened the door, only to find Manager Yang from the Affairs Hall standing there.
"Manager Yang."
An Chen cupped his hands in greeting.
"No need for formalities. Look, these are the things the Grand Elder instructed me to give you."
Manager Yang took out several porcelain bottles from his qiankun bag, pointing to each one and explaining:
"This is a Qi Replenishing Pill, ten pills per bottle. You can take it when your Spiritual Qi is insufficient and you don't have time to absorb Spiritual Qi... This is a Gathering Qi Pill. It only differs from the Qi Replenishing Pill by one character, but its function is to help you compress Spiritual Qi during Cultivation. It's one of the most useful Medicinal Pills in the Qi Refinement Stage. This Rejuvenation Pill is for recovering from injuries. Although you probably won't get injured within the Sect, it's better to be prepared."
Next, there were also Foundation Nurturing Pills, which were good for solidifying one's Realm after a Breakthrough, and Qingxin Pills.
An Chen already understood the Qingxin Pill. He had even come into contact with Qingxin Grass Leaf, the main Material for making Qingxin Pills. The effect of the Qingxin Pill was simply an enhanced version of the Qingxin Grass Leaf.
Generally, Cultivators would take one after their spirit became exhausted from Cultivation, which could extend their Cultivation time. However, for An Chen, it seemed somewhat redundant.
It did have some other uses, such as preventing Qi Deviation, but these were not very useful to An Chen either.
An Chen planned to take them back to Earth and find a suitable opportunity to sell them along with the Qingxin Grass Leaf for cash.
"Thank you, Manager Yang."
"Thank me for what! This was also the Grand Elder's instruction. I'm just responsible for helping deliver things, hahaha..."
Yang Licheng laughed, then took out another item from his qiankun bag.
"Do you know what this is?"
Looking at the octagonal, metallic-lustered small plate with profound Formation patterns on it, An Chen almost blurted out:
"A Formation Plate?"
"Exactly. This is a High Grade Gathering Spirit Array Formation Plate for the Qi Refinement Stage. After a certain amount of Spiritual Qi is infused into it, it can absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi to power itself, and then gather the surrounding Spiritual Qi. The Grand Elder specifically instructed me to give this to you so you can Cultivate anytime."
Mainly, An Chen would Cultivate for an entire day at a time, and the Grand Elder was truly afraid that An Chen would stay at his place and never leave, preventing him from Cultivating at all.
It was better to give him a plug-and-play Formation Plate so An Chen could Cultivate whenever he wanted.
An Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at the Formation Plate.
During the day at the Grand Elder's place, he had experienced the power of the Gathering Spirit Array. Cultivating for a day in the dormitory area, he might not even reach Qi Refining second level, but in that array, he only needed two or three hours.
The current Formation Plate was probably not as good as the Grand Elder's, but it was better than nothing!
"And this. Before, all the resources were allocated to you by the Grand Elder from the Qingfeng Sect's Sect Treasury, but these are a small token of my personal regard."
Manager Yang poured out a large pile of Spirit Stones from his qiankun bag, controlling them with Spiritual Qi to float in the air.
"Whether it's for Cultivation or daily life, Spirit Stones are indispensable. The Sect's monthly allowance for Disciples is only thirty Spirit Stones, and even core Disciples only get fifty. If you really want to buy something, it's not enough. Take these three hundred Spirit Stones. You don't need to return them; they are Manager Yang's sponsorship for your Cultivation!"
An Chen hesitated, not taking them.
If he accepted them, it would be a favor.
An Chen disliked owing people things the most, especially favors.
Money is easy to return, but favors are hard to repay.
If eight hundred years later he became a Dao Integration powerhouse, and suddenly someone came to him talking about these three hundred Spirit Stones, would he return three hundred Spirit Stones or something else?
To put it broadly, this could lay the foundation for his Cultivation; to put it narrowly, it was just three hundred Spirit Stones.
And three hundred Spirit Stones... wasn't that just two excavators?
Of course, he was thinking too far ahead.
"Don't worry, this is just a small token of Junior Martial Uncle's regard. To Junior Martial Uncle, it's nothing! You don't need to feel burdened! Junior Martial Uncle certainly won't come asking for it back later!"
Yang Licheng was a smart person. He immediately knew what An Chen was worried about. While marveling at An Chen's meticulousness, he soothed An Chen's emotions.
This favor wasn't important; An Chen just needed to remember him fondly.
Three hundred Spirit Stones, it wasn't a large sum. It was just a casual move. If An Chen remembered it, it would be worth it.
"Thank you, Junior Martial Uncle!"
An Chen ultimately accepted them.
Spirit Stones were the currency of the Cultivation World. In the Cultivation World, apart from a few bottles of Medicinal Pills and a few Talismans, he was practically penniless.
Since Manager Yang intended to give them and said so, he had no reason to refuse.
Watching An Chen use his qiankun bag to put away all the Spirit Stones, Manager Yang smiled with satisfaction.
Manager Yang noticed his Qi Refining second level Realm, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
At this time yesterday, this kid was still a Mortal...
Manager Yang's smile grew even brighter.
"Still the same words: if you need anything, come to the Affairs Hall!"
An Chen respectfully saw Manager Yang off. At the door, he noticed Jiang Cheng and Chen Sheng hiding behind a nearby house.
An Chen waved, signaling for the two to come over.
"Hehe, Junior Brother."
Chen Sheng ran over, rubbing his hands, with Jiang Cheng following behind him, a smile on his face as well.
"Did the Grand Elder take you to his Immortal Cave today?"
As soon as they entered the door, Chen Sheng eagerly asked.
An Chen nodded, acknowledging it.
"How was it? Were there any special things in the Grand Elder's Immortal Cave?"
An Chen shook his head.
"Just simple furnishings, a Gathering Spirit Array of quite a High Grade, and a cabinet with some bottles and jars, possibly Medicinal Pills. I remember there was also a small Medicinal field at the entrance, but I don't know what was planted there."
This was what Chen Sheng had asked him to do yesterday: take a look at the interior furnishings of the Grand Elder's Immortal Cave.
No Disciple had ever entered the Grand Elder's Immortal Cave, not even many Managers, so many people were curious about what was inside.
Some even spread rumors that there were eighteen beautiful girls in the Grand Elder's house, and others said that the Grand Elder was actually a spy from the Fire Phoenix Sect, and there was a token of the Fire Phoenix Sect in his house... In short, each rumor was more outrageous than the last.
"What a pity."
Chen Sheng took out a small notebook and crossed something out.
"Senior Brother, I still have some questions about our Qingfeng Sect and Dongzhou, and even Kyushu."
The reward for helping Chen Sheng was information. Calling it information, for people like Chen Sheng and Jiang Cheng, it was actually just basic knowledge.
From Chen Sheng's perspective, An Chen was just a young man from a mountain village, with limited horizons, so it was normal for him not to know this basic information, thus he didn't suspect anything.
An Chen needed this basic information to quickly integrate into this world.