Chen Ze spent 1 Spirit Stone to buy ten kinds of Spirit Herb Seeds. He was satisfied, and so was the stall owner.
After the money and goods changed hands, Chen Ze took the Spirit Herb Seeds and headed toward a stall he had noticed earlier.
He had just seen a stall selling spells, most of them basic spells, and they were not expensive.
Earlier, he had needed to sell Spirit Herbs, so he had not dared spend Spirit Stones recklessly.
Now that he had the Spirit Herb Seeds, it was only natural for him to go on a spending spree.
Arriving at the spell stall, Chen Ze did not waste any words. He directly picked up the three spell manuals he had chosen before: Breath Concealment Art, Earth Shield Art, and Heart Piercing Stab.
These three were all the most basic spells. The Breath Concealment Art was used to conceal one's aura, an essential spell for cultivators exploring the Monster Forest.
The Earth Shield Art was an earth-element defensive spell. Chen Ze happened to possess an Earth-element Low-grade Spiritual Root, and what he lacked now was precisely a defensive spell.
Heart Piercing Stab was an offensive spell. One more method of attack meant one more means at hand.
"Fellow Daoist, how many Spirit Stones for these three spells?"
The stall owner glanced at the three spell manuals Chen Ze had selected. They were three very ordinary manuals, so he said directly, "Two Spirit Stones each, six Spirit Stones in total."
"Can you make it cheaper? Look, the ones I picked are all the most common spells. How about four Spirit Stones?"
"Fine, take them for four Spirit Stones," the Rogue Cultivator stall owner said readily.
These spells were only useful to newcomers like Chen Ze, and the three manuals could still be copied again. Even one Spirit Stone less was still profit. As long as they could be sold, that was enough.
Chen Ze paid four Spirit Stones and happily put away the three spell manuals. He left in a hurry, unable to wait to return home and begin cultivating.
After returning home, Chen Ze carefully read through the three spell manuals. Fortunately, all three spells were relatively basic and not difficult to cultivate. Without much effort, he had basically mastered them.
He then spent another five hours raising Heart Piercing Stab's proficiency directly to Mastery.
Heart Piercing Stab was a relatively simple finger technique. Back and forth, it had only one move, but that move always stabbed toward the heart.
Chen Ze was very satisfied with this move. What it emphasized was speed, precision, and ruthlessness—a single strike to kill.
After training Heart Piercing Stab to Mastery, Chen Ze felt that when he thrust out a finger, it was faster, more treacherous, and carried a feeling of splitting the wind.
Heart Piercing Stab was originally a finger-technique attack, but with a Magic Artifact in hand, its power could be brought out even more fully.
After cultivating nonstop, Chen Ze also felt a trace of fatigue and cooked some Spirit Rice.
After eating, he sat in meditation and rested for a while.
Then he resumed cultivating Earth Shield Art and Breath Concealment Art. By the time he had trained both spells to Mastery, it was already deep into the night.
There was still Spirit Rice left from what he had cooked during the day, so Chen Ze directly wolfed down another two bowls.
With his spiritual power fully restored, Chen Ze glanced at the Attribute Panel.
Name: Chen Ze Cultivation: Qi Refining Second Layer 74/100 Talent: Earth-element Low-grade Spiritual Root Cultivation Technique: Xuantian Record (Beginner) 95/100 Spells: Ignition Art (perfection) 840/1600 Breath Concealment Art (Mastery) 1/200 Earth Shield Art (Mastery) 1/200 Heart Piercing Stab (Mastery) 1/200 Myriad Things Space: Level 1
"Xuantian Record only needs five more proficiency points to level up. Right now, circulating Xuantian Record five times raises my cultivation by one point. After it levels up, my cultivation speed should also increase."
"It looks like I'll break through to Qi Refining Third Layer very soon."
Thinking that his cultivation was about to break through, Chen Ze suddenly felt energized again and decided to continue cultivating.
He continued improving Ignition Art. Chen Ze had already experienced the power of Ignition Art at perfection proficiency yesterday.
That thief whose cultivation had been higher than his had not even withstood a single Ignition Art.
This was his strongest method at present, so naturally, he cultivated it with even greater enthusiasm.
In a rental house beside Chen Ze's home, no lamp was lit. In the darkness, a pair of gloomy eyes stared fixedly at Chen Ze's house.
Chen Ze was still cultivating, and his room was brightly lit.
"It's already the latter half of the night. What is this kid doing? Is he planning not to sleep all night?"
If Shopkeeper Tong's subordinate had not feared making too much commotion, he would have long since barged in and subdued Chen Ze.
"I refuse to believe you can keep this up forever. Once I catch you, I'll give you a thorough beating first, then send you to the Mine."
Shopkeeper Tong's subordinate was deeply frustrated. A little minnow had wasted several days of his time.
The night passed quickly, and daylight broke outside.
"Xuantian Record's proficiency has finally reached Mastery."
Chen Ze sensed himself. Though he had not rested all night, his mental state was still good.
Without resting, Chen Ze sent his consciousness into the Myriad Things Space.
After returning home and harvesting another batch of Spirit Rice, he had cleared out two Spirit Fields and planted two Spirit Herb Seeds.
"Not bad. Luckily, that stall owner did not deceive me. These really are Spirit Herb Seeds."
Looking at the two Spirit Herbs in the Spirit Fields, Chen Ze saw that they had already taken shape after a single day, though they were still not old enough.
The two Spirit Herbs were a Spirit Treasure Grass and a Heavenly Soul Flower, respectively the two main medicinal ingredients needed to refine the Qi Gathering Pill and Spirit Restoration Pill.
That was what the stall owner had told Chen Ze when introducing them.
These two pills were both used in the Qi Refining Realm. The Qi Gathering Pill was used to restore spiritual power during cultivation, and it was relatively common.
The Spirit Restoration Pill was more precious. It was used to enhance and repair damaged Spiritual Sense.
Spirit Treasure Grass could mature for pill refinement after ten years, while Heavenly Soul Flower needed thirty years before it could be used as medicine. Moreover, the older it was, the more valuable it became.
A ten-year Spirit Treasure Grass could be sold for thirty Spirit Stones, while a thirty-year Heavenly Soul Flower could directly sell for two hundred Spirit Stones.
As Chen Ze marveled at the expense of Cultivation Resources, he also did some calculations.
With the Spirit Fields' five-hundredfold time acceleration, ten years only required less than eight days.
Thirty years only required twenty-two days.
"One investment, ten thousandfold profit!"
"Once these Spirit Herbs mature, as long as I keep the seeds, I can continue planting them."
"The activation of the Myriad Things Shop is just around the corner."
After harvesting another batch of Spirit Rice, Chen Ze planted all eight remaining Spirit Herb Seeds in the Spirit Fields.
The profits from Spirit Herbs were simply too great. Chen Ze could not resist such temptation and directly gave up planting Spirit Rice.
He did not want to keep being a slave to the fields. He was about to become a major Spirit Herb grower.
"Keep cultivating, keep grinding."
Chen Ze seemed to see hope for cultivation. He saw the day when he would fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, galloping across the Cultivation World, and his passion for cultivation surged once more.
After his consciousness withdrew from the Myriad Things Space, he did not rest at all and immediately began cultivating again.
This time, he did not directly grind away for five hours. After cultivating for only three hours, Chen Ze discovered a change in the Attribute Panel.
In three hours, he used Ignition Art one hundred and twenty times and circulated Xuantian Record three times, yet his cultivation rose by one point.
"With Xuantian Record at Mastery proficiency, circulating it three times can raise my cultivation by one point?"
"My cultivation is now Qi Refining Second Layer 76/100. I still need twenty-four points to break through, which means I need to circulate Xuantian Record another seventy-two times. If I cultivate twenty hours a day, I can break through in four more days."
"In four days, I will have only been in this world for ten days. The original owner spent fifteen years reaching only the second layer of Qi Refining.
"I'll break through one layer in ten days. That is probably several times faster than even those Personal Disciples of Qingyun Sect!"
After coming to this world and receiving the original owner's memories, Chen Ze had never held much goodwill toward Qingyun Sect.
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