"Gan Xiansheng, I want to buy some Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill to take, but I don't have enough silver. I want to exchange some of the extra Waking Spirit Pill I bought before for a few pills. Do you think that's possible?" Inside the Jinshan Dao Academy Dan Room, Xu Jin was haggling with an old man with a short beard under his jaw.
After leaving Instructor Ning, Xu Jin pondered for a while, combined with his own situation, and determined the importance of Medicinal Pills to himself.
The main function of the Waking Spirit Pill is to refresh the mind, which can restore a small amount of Divine Soul power for the cultivator. It allows them to absorb and restore Star Power one more time during morning and evening classes, thereby tempering their body one more time.
But in terms of Star Power, Xu Jin has the Starlight from the Spirit Fight Platform as a supplement, so he is not in such a hurry in the short term.
On the contrary, for the current Xu Jin, the Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill, which are aimed at the giant hunger reaction, are the most important.
Without the supplement of Medicinal Pills, repeated giant hunger reactions will damage the body's Foundation.
In this situation, Xu Jin either finds Medicinal Pills to supplement, or greatly reduces his cultivation speed to avoid the giant hunger reaction.
Xu Jin came to the Dan Room to buy Medicinal Pills.
A Blood Replenishing Pill costs three taels of silver, and a Foundation Solidifying Pill costs five taels of silver.
Xu Jin had no spare money, so he could only set his sights on the remaining Waking Spirit Pill in his hand.
It was just that the shop assistant who sold them refused, so he could only come to Gan Xiansheng to haggle.
This Gan Xiansheng is the teacher who teaches the Medicine Inquiry aspect of the Six Arts of Star Martial to the young Disciples in the Dao Academy. He can be considered to have a teacher-Disciple relationship. This afternoon happened to be the Medicine Inquiry class, so Xu Jin ran over to ask for help.
"Xu Jin, you performed Star Pointing in eighty-three days. Based on experience, the Waking Spirit Pill is more suitable for you. Although the Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill can strengthen the body, if they cannot be refined and absorbed, it would be a waste," Gan Xiansheng said, stroking his short beard.
"Gan Xiansheng doesn't know, but after I performed Star Pointing and tempered my body, a giant hunger reaction occurred. I consulted Instructor Ning, and she said that I need Blood Replenishing Pill or Foundation Solidifying Pill to supplement, otherwise it will damage my Foundation.
And this Disciple's family is poor, and besides these Waking Spirit Pills, there is no other money available," Xu Jin said frankly.
"You had a giant hunger reaction?" Gan Xiansheng looked at Xu Jin with some surprise.
This was another step in Xu Jin's plan to attract investment, expanding the target capitalists.
If it didn't work with Instructor Ning, he would have to try someone else.
Whether it succeeded or not, he had to try.
Trying doesn't cost a piece of flesh.
"If a giant hunger reaction truly occurs, then taking Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill first is indeed appropriate," Gan Xiansheng nodded and said again, "Bring me the Waking Spirit Pill you have, let me see."
Xu Jin quickly handed over the medicine bottle. There were still seven Waking Spirit Pills inside.
Gan Xiansheng opened the stopper and sniffed carefully, then handed the Medicinal Pills to the Dan Room shopkeeper next to him, "These are indeed Waking Spirit Pills produced by our Dao Academy, and the medicinal properties are preserved very well, without any loss. Exchange them for him, it's not easy for a young man."
"Okay, Xiansheng."
Since Gan Xiansheng had spoken, the shopkeeper naturally wouldn't say anything more. Xu Jin was overjoyed and bowed deeply in thanks again.
"The main function of the Blood Replenishing Pill is to replenish blood and generate essence, while the Foundation Solidifying Pill replenishes essence, fills the marrow, and solidifies the Foundation. Take one Blood Replenishing Pill each during morning and evening classes, and the giant hunger reaction will naturally disappear. If you take one Foundation Solidifying Pill every two days in conjunction, it will have a multiplying effect on Body Tempering," Seeing Xu Jin was very respectful in his Ceremony, Gan Xiansheng gave further guidance.
Xu Jin thanked him again before leaving.
A few minutes later, Xu Jin left the Dan Room. The Waking Spirit Pills were gone, but he had eight Blood Replenishing Pills and two Foundation Solidifying Pills in his Pregnant.
The seven Waking Spirit Pills were valued at thirty-five taels in total. A Blood Replenishing Pill cost three taels, and a Foundation Solidifying Pill cost five taels. Finally, the shopkeeper even returned one tael of silver to Xu Jin.
This was only because Gan Xiansheng had spoken. Otherwise, the Dan Room shopkeeper would not have exchanged the Medicinal Pills, let alone returned the silver, since they were already sold items.
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Evening class time.
Xu Jin skillfully set up the Glory Drinking Style. After just over twenty minutes, his chest felt swollen, his Star Power was full, and he immediately began the Big Dipper Killing Fist.
The results of tempering his body with the Big Dipper Killing Fist during the morning class were evident during the evening class.
At the start of the morning class today, Xu Jin's internal Star Power was full. After completing one round of the Big Dipper Killing Fist, he could at most perform one more style before his internal Star Power was depleted.
But at this moment, after completing one round of the Big Dipper Killing Fist, Xu Jin performed four more styles before his internal Star Power was depleted.
Both the tempering progress and the Star Power increase were very obvious.
But after the first round was completed, Xu Jin felt a little hungry.
This should still be an after-effect of the morning class.
After the morning class, he had only filled his stomach, but the fundamental problem of the giant hunger reaction had not been solved.
He immediately took a Blood Replenishing Pill, then set up the Glory Drinking Style again to absorb and restore Star Power.
Less than a minute after the Blood Replenishing Pill entered his stomach, Xu Jin felt a surging heat spreading from his abdomen to his limbs and bones. In the area of his chest that had already been tempered and covered by Starlight, the hot and numb sensation was even more intense.
The faint hunger he had felt after completing the first round of cultivation had disappeared.
After more than twenty minutes, Xu Jin set up the Big Dipper Killing Fist again and continued to temper his body.
During the cultivation process, perhaps due to Xu Jin's high concentration, he vaguely felt that eyes were occasionally glancing at him.
Before long, Xu Jin discovered that Instructor Ning Yuchan was observing him from time to time.
However, there were more than four hundred young Disciples on the evening class plaza, and Instructor Ning had many things to worry about, so she couldn't constantly pay attention to him, only occasionally glance over.
After completing one and a half rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist, Xu Jin did not avoid it and directly drew the Starlight from the Spirit Fight Platform to replenish his Star Power, continuing the Big Dipper Killing Fist.
Xu Jin's Big Dipper Killing Fist was now very proficient. It only took two or three minutes to complete one round. Unless Instructor Ning was constantly staring at Xu Jin, she wouldn't notice anything.
He continuously used the Starlight from the Spirit Fight Platform to replenish his Star Power twice, tempering his body continuously to strengthen the tempering effect.
The improvement was the most obvious.
After the second Star Power replenishment, Xu Jin, with full Star Power, actually performed two rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist consecutively before his Star Power was depleted.
The medicinal effect of the Blood Replenishing Pill was still present, but the feeling had weakened.
Xu Jin did not hesitate. This time, after taking a Foundation Solidifying Pill, he began to absorb Starlight to restore his Star Power.
Xu Jin had also figured it out.
As the saying goes, 'poor scholars, rich martial artists'.
His weak body, without the supplement of Medicinal Pills, would only be broken down by high-intensity Body Tempering.
The medicinal effect of the Foundation Solidifying Pill also spread out as a surging heat, but it was a heat that penetrated deep into the bones, feeling as if it was drilling into the bones. Xu Jin felt hot all over, as if he had inexhaustible strength.
His Star Power was full from the Glory Drinking Style, and he continued the Big Dipper Killing Fist.
When it was depleted, he would draw the Starlight from the Spirit Fight Platform to replenish his Star Power and continue the Big Dipper Killing Fist.
A Foundation Solidifying Pill cost five taels of silver, so the medicinal effect could not be wasted.
With two consecutive Star Power replenishments, Xu Jin completed six and a half rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist in one go this time. Combined with the medicinal effects of the Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill, the Body Tempering effect was astonishing.
During this time, Ning Yuchan's gaze should have focused on Xu Jin two or three times.
But it was only attention.
As long as she wasn't constantly staring at Xu Jin, she wouldn't notice anything unusual.
He began the third round of absorbing Starlight to restore his Star Power.
Xu Jin closed his eyes and looked at the Spirit Fight Platform. There was still a little less than half a wisp of Starlight on the Spirit Fight Platform, estimated to be enough to allow Xu Jin to restore his Star Power at most one more time.
Xu Jin did not introduce this bit of Starlight into his body again, but kept it.
Firstly, for emergencies, and secondly, too much is as bad as not enough.
If he showed too much, attracting malice would not be good.
The upper limit of Star Power that Xu Jin could accumulate in his body was constantly increasing. During the evening class, Xu Jin only circulated the Glory Drinking Style four times before extreme mental fatigue appeared.
The Waking Spirit Pill was also gone, so Xu Jin could only end his cultivation.
But even so, Xu Jin's cultivation results during the evening class today were extremely astonishing.
With four rounds of the Glory Drinking Style to restore Star Power, plus four times drawing Starlight from the Spirit Fight Platform into his body, Xu Jin completed a total of thirteen rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist and tempered his body thirteen times during the evening class today.
Other young Disciples who had not broken through to the Canxia First Level could at most complete seven or eight rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist in one evening, and that was their limit.
Moreover, they did it in stages, usually requiring Star Power restoration after two consecutive Body Temperings.
On Xu Jin's side, at his peak, he completed six rounds of the Big Dipper Killing Fist in one go, doubling the Body Tempering effect.
In just one evening class, the Starlight on Xu Jin's chest had covered half of his chest and abdomen, about the size of a watermelon.
Looking at this Starlight coverage area, it was already comparable to those young Disciples who had performed Star Pointing for about half a month.
Since he had already cultivated to his limit, Xu Jin prepared to tell Instructor Ning and end the evening class to go back and rest early.
"You've reached your limit, then go back and rest early," Ning Yuchan first responded, then suddenly said, "Circulate your Star Power and let me see your cultivation progress."
This showed some concern.
Generally speaking, for Instructors managing so many young Disciples, asking about a Disciple once every three to five days was considered diligent.
Xu Jin understood that it was probably because he had proactively demonstrated his value at noon.
Perhaps, attracting investment was promising.
Taking off his clothes, Xu Jin visualized the Star Mark. Half of his chest and abdomen, including his back, immediately emitted a faint Starlight.
Ning Yuchan's expression clearly froze. This time, Xu Jin, who was deliberately observing, noticed that although Ning Yuchan was wearing a veil, the movements of her willow-like eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes indicated that she was quite surprised.
"Do you have a giant hunger reaction now, and did you take Waking Spirit Pill again?" Ning Yuchan suddenly asked.
"Instructor, I exchanged the Waking Spirit Pill for Blood Replenishing Pill and Foundation Solidifying Pill this afternoon and took them tonight, so there was no giant hunger reaction."
Xu Jin's answer made Ning Yuchan's gaze shift again.
This young Disciple in front of her had strong execution ability and seemed very independent.
"Keep up the good work!"
Waving her hand, Ning Yuchan let Xu Jin leave. She still had to stay on duty. So many young Disciples who had not successfully performed Star Pointing were still holding on at the evening class plaza.
On the way back, Xu Jin felt that one should strike while the iron is hot.
Since he had already surprised Instructor Ning consecutively today, she might already have some guesses.
Then he should strike while the iron is hot and try to attract investment to see if it works.
In the dormitory, Xu Jin thought about his words and communication plan for a long time.
When he heard the young Disciples who had not successfully performed Star Pointing return noisily, he went out and headed straight for Instructor Ning's small courtyard.
Whether he could attract investment (loan) depended on tonight.