Artifact Refining

Five days later, at the market in Golden Mountain City.

Shen Miaoling, supporting herself with a bamboo pole, stood out conspicuously among the cultivators. Xu Chunniang, traveling alongside her, drew quite a few looks as well.

But once they realized they could not see through Xu Chunniang's cultivation, they quickly withdrew their gazes.

Listening to the clamor of voices around her, Shen Miaoling was somewhat surprised. "So there are actually so many cultivators in this world."

"Cultivation requires spiritual energy. The Mortal Realm's spiritual energy is thin, so naturally there are not many cultivators."

As she said this, Xu Chunniang suddenly remembered that her little disciple possessed a Five-Element Spiritual Root, yet her cultivation speed was not slow.

Perhaps it had something to do with the purity of her spiritual roots.

Since they were in the market now, they could buy a spirit-testing pearl and examine it.

With a thought, Xu Chunniang led Shen Miaoling into a spiritual materials shop.

The shop assistant warmly came forward. "What would the two immortal maidens like to buy?"

"I want a spirit-testing pearl. One of better quality."

A troubled look appeared on the assistant's face. "I'm truly sorry, but our shop has just sold out of spirit-testing pearls. The next batch will not arrive for another three days.

However, we do have a level-three spirit-testing pearl. Its accuracy is extremely high, and it only costs ten spirit stones per use."

For a Qi Refinement cultivator, spending ten spirit stones to determine the attributes and purity of one's spiritual roots was not expensive.

Shen Miaoling did not know whether ten spirit stones were many or few. Afraid of making her master spend too much, she shook her head.

"Maybe we shouldn't test them. It won't affect my cultivation anyway."

Xu Chunniang could not help