Taking Stock of the Spoils

Lu Yi looked at the task section of the panel, where the completed tasks were displayed.

Tasks

Pass the Drifting Soul Peak Entry Peak Assessment (Completed)

Meet the Drifting Soul Peak Master (Completed)

Become the Drifting Soul Peak Master's Nominal Disciple (Completed)

Buy Magnolia Pastry and Magnolia Wine for the Drifting Soul Peak Master (Completed)

There were a full four tasks, and every single one offered quite generous rewards.

Lu Yi claimed the rewards one by one.

The Entry Peak Assessment rewarded him with Water Spirit Liquid and the White Spirit Belt. There was no need to say much about the Water Spirit Liquid. Lu Yi already had Thunder Spirit Liquid, and with the addition of Water Spirit Liquid, when he used them for Foundation Establishment in the future, he could raise both his lightning and water affinity.

Now that he had a Space Ring, Lu Yi directly tried having the task rewards appear inside it. The result proved that it was possible. Looking at the Water Spirit Liquid that had appeared within the Space Ring, Lu Yi smiled in satisfaction.

In the future, materializing task rewards would be even more discreet. No one would discover it.

The White Spirit Belt was a white belt that could be fastened around the waist. It could reduce the body's weight and increase speed, making it quite a fine magic item. Lu Yi happily strapped it around himself.

Lu Yi now had six magic items, including the high-grade magic item Purple Jade Bell, the middle-grade magic item Flowing Cloud Boots, and this White Spirit Belt. All of them had been task rewards.

The low-grade magic item longsword Old Lu had bought for him was one he had possessed from the start. Aside from that, the grand competition had given him a low-grade magic item, the Yellow Earth Shield. It was a defensive magic item. Though its coverage was not large, its defensive effect was still quite good, capable of blocking a strike from a high-level Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The last one was the high-grade magic item Azure Spirit Sword that the Drifting Soul Peak Master had given him earlier.

Now that he had the Azure Spirit Sword, the low-grade magic item longsword Old Lu had given him could retire.

Lu Yi had mercilessly sealed that low-grade magic item longsword at the very bottom of his Space Ring.

Though he could not yet be said to be covered head to toe in treasures, he could barely be considered well-equipped. Lu Yi was still quite satisfied.

The task of meeting the Drifting Soul Peak Master rewarded ten drops of Hundred Year Spiritual Milk. There was still some Hundred Year Spiritual Milk left from when Lu Yi had sparred with Senior Brother Jiang Fan, but naturally, he was happy to have more.

He no longer even needed Perfect Qi Condensation Pills for cultivation. He could cultivate directly with Hundred Year Spiritual Milk.

These cultivation resources could not have been more extravagant. In the entire White Cloud Sect, he was probably the most extravagant one.

Fortunately, Lu Yi himself kept a low profile, and no one knew about this. Otherwise, his fellow disciples would have died of envy.

Lu Yi also placed the ten drops of Hundred Year Spiritual Milk into the Space Ring.

The reward for becoming the Drifting Soul Peak Master's Nominal Disciple was extraordinarily generous, the most generous reward Lu Yi had ever seen. It even surpassed the reward for taking first place in the grand competition.

The Foundation Establishment Technique Breath Concealing Art, the Top-Grade Flying Magic Item Wind Breath Boat, five drops of Thousand Year Spiritual Milk, plus one drop of the heavenly treasure Fire Spirit Liquid—Lu Yi had simply struck it rich in one wave.

Leaving aside everything else, the Top-Grade Flying Magic Item Wind Breath Boat alone was worth more than an ordinary Low-Grade Treasure Item. Even among Golden Core cultivators, few possessed a flying magic item of this level.

The Wind Breath Boat was a palm-sized azure skiff. To use it, one needed to pour spiritual power into it and enlarge the Wind Breath Boat. Then one only had to board it.

A Top-Grade Flying Magic Item was incredibly fast. Even few Golden Core cultivators could catch up to it, especially when paired with the Thousand Mile Talisman the Peak Master had given him before.

Lu Yi felt that if he wanted to flee, Golden Core cultivators would basically have no chance of stopping him. Even when facing Nascent Soul cultivators, Lu Yi was not all that intimidated... well, perhaps a little intimidated.

Lu Yi suddenly woke up and realized there seemed to be a huge problem with his way of thinking.

He was clearly only at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. Why was he treating Nascent Soul big shots as potential enemies?

Wasn't that utterly ridiculous?

He could not think like this in the future. His opponents could only be Qi Refining Newbies like himself!

Lu Yi secretly reflected on this in his heart.

Besides that, there were five drops of Thousand Year Spiritual Milk. Together with the one drop of Thousand Year Spiritual Milk Lu Yi had received for breaking through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, he now had a full six drops. This was far more precious than Hundred Year Spiritual Milk.

As for the Fire Spirit Liquid, Lu Yi already had Thunder Spirit Liquid and Water Spirit Liquid. With another kind of Fire Spirit Liquid, his foundation after Foundation Establishment could become another level stronger.

Finally, there was the Foundation Establishment Technique Breath Concealing Art. After absorbing the information, Lu Yi gained an understanding of the technique.

Like the Forget Dust Technique, this was a relatively special technique. Its main function was to conceal one's aura. On one hand, it hid one's cultivation. On the other, it made it easier to hide one's tracks, making it difficult for others to detect one's aura.

It could be called an essential method for old schemers. Though Lu Yi was not old yet, he still liked this Breath Concealing Art very much. He resolved inwardly to raise the level of the Breath Concealing Art as soon as possible. Its priority was about the same as the Forget Dust Technique.

The rewards from this task put Lu Yi in an excellent mood. After putting away all the rewards, Lu Yi began claiming the final reward.

The reward for the task of buying Magnolia Pastry and Magnolia Wine for the Drifting Soul Peak Master was something Lu Yi had encountered for the first time.

The Spiritual Food Cooking Technique and the Spiritual Wine Brewing Technique, two branch techniques of alchemy.

To Lu Yi, the more skills he had, the better. Taking the rewards was better than not taking them, anyway. In his spare time, he could try practicing these things. They might come in handy someday.

The instant he claimed the task rewards, a massive amount of information entered Lu Yi's mind.

This information concerned the basic principles and knowledge of spiritual food cooking and spiritual wine brewing, giving Lu Yi a certain understanding of both.

Spiritual food cooking and spiritual wine brewing were branches of alchemy. Unlike traditional alchemy, which focused more on the effects of medicinal pills and whose effects took effect more quickly, pills also came with the issue of Pill Poison.

Spiritual food and spiritual wine were different. Besides focusing on medicinal effects, they also emphasized the experience of taste. Their effects were released gently within the body. With high-level spiritual food and spiritual wine, even cultivators of somewhat lower realms could endure such effects. Even Nascent Soul cultivators could enjoy spiritual food and spiritual wine of the Spirit Transformation Realm, while Golden Core cultivators could consume small amounts as well.

Pills could not achieve this. If a Spirit Transformation Realm pill were used by a Nascent Soul cultivator, it might not cause them to explode and die, but they would certainly be seriously injured. As for giving it to a Golden Core cultivator... they would probably die a particularly gruesome death.

Most importantly, the Pill Poison and medicinal toxin content in spiritual food and spiritual wine was far lower than that of pills. They could even be made entirely free of Pill Poison, just like Perfect Pills. Perfect Pills, after all, were exceptionally precious and rare.

Of course, spiritual food and spiritual wine were not without drawbacks. Even after processing, the utilization rate of the medicinal effects in Ferocious Beast Meat and heavenly treasures could not compare to that of pills, resulting in considerable waste.

This was also why most cultivators chose to use pills. Did heavenly treasures grow on trees? Cultivators might be able to earn money, but cultivation cost a great deal. Unless one was filthy rich, one would basically only eat low-level spiritual food for a bit of enjoyment.

Enjoying spiritual food and spiritual wine of the same rank was an exceedingly extravagant act reserved for the rich.

Besides the basic information, the Spiritual Food Cooking Technique and Spiritual Wine Brewing Technique also contained information on methods and techniques. They even came with one Qi Refining Realm spiritual food cooking recipe and one spiritual wine brewing recipe.

When Lu Yi saw the recipes, he could not help widening his eyes, a strange expression appearing on his face.