Low-grade Magic Item Set: Five Elements Spirit Pearls

"Got it!"

Yang Genshuo excitedly pumped his fist.

"Once this child is born, the Yang Family will no longer just be Yang Shi alone."

"More children, more blessings—that's what a cultivation family is all about."

This excited Yang Genshuo even more than Yang Shi's recent breakthrough to Innate Grandmaster.

"I hope it's a child with a spiritual root."

Yang Genshuo looked at the Incense Value, still under 200, and felt a bit troubled.

"The annual marketplace is about to open. I need to find a way to earn more Incense Value."

Yang Genshuo did have a good idea.

[Divine Manifestation].

"Yang Shi, this year the Old Ancestor will teach you a new tactic—Hunger Marketing."

Time accelerated again.

[Year 4, Day 285: Rogue Cultivators have gradually gathered in Qingshi County. Bai Heyu of the Xuan Shi Sect arrives alone. Yang Shi announces the Second Demon Lord Championship.]

[Year 4, Day 286: Yang Shi spreads word that the master who created Sanguosha has returned. After a year of refinement, he has produced 14 more sets of cards. Each day, Yang Shi will auction one exquisite set of laminated Sanguosha cards, and each set comes with a bonus Limited Edition God Card.]

The moment this news broke, the rogue cultivators were drooling with envy.

Only 14 sets a year from the master!

Buy one set and get a free God Card!

Better snatch them up fast!

I'm bidding, bidding, bidding!

[Year 4, Day 300: The Demon Lord Championship concludes. Bai Heyu's strength has surged this year, pushing his total Points into the top six. Jiang Xiaobai, due to pregnancy, did not participate.]

[Yang Shi sells 14 sets of Sanguosha cards, earning a total of 125 Low-grade Spirit Stones.]

[Family assets break 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones for the first time. Incense Value +50.]

"Good! Saving money really does boost Incense Value."

[Blessing: Spiritual Blessing]

From the Yang Family ancestral tablets, a streak of golden light shot into Jiang Xiaobai's belly, enveloping the tiny life growing inside. Jiang Xiaobai, moved by instinct, bowed slightly toward the tablets.

"Xiaobai and the baby thank the Old Ancestor for the blessing~"

[Year 4, Day 301: The Qingshi Marketplace officially opens.]

When trading began this time, Yang Shi held back from selling his own Spirit Wheat and Spirit Rice, storing them all in the warehouse.

He'd earned Spirit Stones from selling cards this year, and the three from the Miao Family had contributed some too.

Currently, he had a total of 165 Low-grade Spirit Stones on hand.

"Buy 3 Marrow Cleansing Pills."

One each for Yang Genshuo, Jiang Xiaobai, and Huzi.

Huzi's talent, [Mediocre Talent], had been developing over the past few years, and with the Yang Family's support, his martial arts progress wasn't much slower than Yang Shi's. This year, he had a chance to break into the seventh level of Body Tempering Realm and could use a Marrow Cleansing Pill to force a breakthrough to the eighth.

Marrow Cleansing Pills were a common Grade 1 Pill, not hard to find at the marketplace. Yang Shi browsed around and spent 54 Low-grade Spirit Stones to secure them.

"That leaves 111 Low-grade Spirit Stones."

Yang Genshuo's eyes were spinning from all the browsing. Aside from legitimate Cultivation supplies, the rogue cultivators had a mountain of miscellaneous junk.

More than half of it was trash that looked vaguely useful.

Yang Genshuo, like picking gold from a pile of shit, nearly cramped his fingers clicking before he barely found a good magic tool.

To be precise, a set of tools.

Following Yang Genshuo's guidance, Yang Shi arrived at a lonely stall, with no one else setting up nearby.

On the stall were five beads of different colors, along with several oddly shaped spirit stones.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man, absorbed in carving a Low-grade Spirit Stone with a glowing Jade Engraving Knife, his full attention on tracing lines into the stone.

Boom!

The Low-grade Spirit Stone exploded. Yang Shi was blasted backward by a massive force, slammed into the wall across the street, and slowly slid down.

"?"

Yang Shi stood up with a grimace, brushing the dust off his clothes.

"I think I know why you're the only stall here."

He hadn't been at the epicenter, just hit by the shockwave, and it still sent him flying. The blast could've easily wrecked half the street's stalls.

"Heh~ Sorry about that. Got too absorbed and didn't notice you coming. You want to take a look at something?"

The middle-aged man scratched his head. A silver light flickered over his stall, but it didn't budge an inch.

"Huh? How did you fix this stall in place?"

"Just a simple Earth Binding Array."

"Oh, so it's an Earth Binding Array."

Yang Shi was full of question marks. What was an Earth Binding Array? He had no knowledge in this area!

Yang Genshuo, however, knew.

Because he had been observing this stall for a long time. The boss was a Formation Master at Qi Refinement Layer 2, likely the highest-cultivation cultivator in this year's marketplace besides Bai Heyu.

Yang Shi didn't say much, afraid of exposing his ignorance due to lack of knowledge.

"How much for these pearls?"

"Five Elements Spirit Pearls. This is a set of five Low-grade magic items. When fighting, you can throw them to track and attack, and they automatically return. Combined, they can activate the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array."

"How many spirit stones?"

"You can tell I'm really short on spirit stones right now. Otherwise, I wouldn't sell this magic item. A single Low-grade magic item goes for about 15 to 20 spirit stones. I have five as a set, capable of activating the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array to speed up cultivation. Selling for 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones, no haggling."

After he finished speaking, he pulled out a Low-grade Spirit Stone from his pocket and continued carving. If he hadn't known Yang Shi was a Xuan Shi Sect Traveler, he wouldn't have even quoted a price to a mortal.

Yang Shi thought it over and asked, "What's this on your table? A formation?"

"Disposable Array Stones. Two Low-grade Spirit Stones each. All types available."

"I'll buy this set of Five Elements Spirit Pearls. Throw in five Array Stones, how about it?"

"Pick your own."

Yang Shi spent 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones and took away the Five Elements Spirit Pearls along with five Disposable Array Stones.

Yang Genshuo looked at the Formation Master's Character Card, Lost in Thought.

Extremely high formation talent!

"This guy is a genius. Too bad I don't have the strength to make him pledge loyalty right now."

Occasionally, some dazzling talents emerged among Rogue Cultivators, but with the Yang Family's current capabilities, they were still far from being able to recruit such people for their own use.

"So, keep developing!"

There wasn't much else worth trading in the marketplace. Yang Genshuo was about to fast-forward time when his gaze drifted and he spotted two masked cultivators on the street. Their spiritual energy fluctuations were strong.

"There are Qi Refinement stage experts too?"

He opened the Character Cards of the two and was immediately startled.

"Blood Soul Valley demon cultivators!"

"And they want to destroy this marketplace?"

Yang Genshuo was about to warn Yang Shi when the two left the marketplace, heading straight south toward the county town.

"South of the city. The Xiang Family?"

Yang Genshuo manifested a Divine Manifestation and informed Yang Shi.

"Old Ancestor, I've placed informants in the tavern over there. If they notice anything unusual, they'll tell me."

Yang Shi had never forgotten the Yang Family's blood feud. He was just waiting. Waiting for the right moment.

The next day, news indeed came.

Late last night, many carriages came out of the Xiang Family estate, transporting large amounts of Supplies.

Escorted by the two masked men, one in front and one behind.

"The Xiang Family has ties with Blood Soul Valley?"

This discovery weighed heavily on Yang Shi's heart.

Yang Genshuo ordered Yang Shi to plan before acting. Without absolute certainty, he must not attract the Xiang Family's attention. They were far from being a match for the Xiang Family now.

They needed more time!

[Year 4, Day 305: The Qingshi Marketplace disperses. Rogue Cultivators leave one after another to seek their own opportunities.]

[Year 4, Day 305: Jiang Xiaobai uses the Five Elements Spirit Pearls to set up the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array and cultivates within it, increasing his cultivation speed by 20% compared to usual.]

[Year 4, Day 365: Your descendant Yang Shi successfully completes this year's Ancestral Worship Ceremony.]

[Incense Value +10]

[You have received Offerings from Yang Family members: Spirit Wheat 1000 jin, Marrow Cleansing Pill 1.]

[Will you bestow rewards upon the Yang Family Descendants?]

[Grant Nestlé Coffee Bucket *100]

Coffee had a pretty good reputation among Rogue Cultivators. This year, the Old Beggar specifically came to ask for three buckets of coffee powder. Yang Genshuo restocked his supply.

"So sleepy. I'll handle it tomorrow. Time to sleep."

Yang Genshuo fell fast asleep in his study, and the time in the game flowed into the sixth year.

[Year 5, Day 10: Huzi breaks through to Body Tempering Layer 7. After taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he breaks through again to Body Tempering Layer 8. His aptitude increases slightly, and his talent 'Overlord' is enhanced.]

[Year 5, Day 46: Jiang Xiaobai breaks through to Fetal Breath stage Layer 4 within the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array.]

[Year 5, Day 180: While casting the 'All Things Growth Technique' on the Spirit Wheat field in Tiger Leopard Forest, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly feels a pain in his stomach.]