Can Divine Sense Be Cultivated?

Qin Huaian went back and picked up the others' Dharma Artifacts. Though the artifacts were nothing special, even mosquito meat was still meat; selling them should fetch him some Spirit Stones.

He also took off the boots of the first cultivator who had chased him. They were mid-grade Dharma Artifact boots—no wonder that man had been so fast.

He shouldn't have athlete's foot, right? He's a cultivator, after all. Forget it, I'd better sell them later, Qin Huaian thought to himself.

Aside from his battle with demonic beasts in the Million Mountains, this was Qin Huaian's first time fighting other people.

Although he had killed three people at once, Qin Huaian felt very calm. He felt neither guilt nor the discomfort of killing for the first time.

He only wanted to cultivate properly. Anyone who stood in the way of his pursuit of longevity was his enemy.

Qin Huaian did not clean up the scene. He remembered the White-headed Vultures he had encountered in the Million Mountains. Nature would purify all of this.

Using Skystride Hundred Transformations, Qin Huaian returned to the road leading to the sect.

He encountered no more trouble afterward. This road was generally quite peaceful, especially since he wore the robes of the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect. Few people were blind enough to offend the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect.

Two hours later, Qin Huaian verified his Identity Token and entered the sect.

East Dawn Peak, Affairs Hall.

When Qin Huaian entered, the Affairs Hall was clearly livelier than before. The newly recruited outer disciples had probably begun taking missions and exchanging for cultivation resources. After all, relying solely on allocated resources would quickly leave them surpassed by others.

Qin Huaian collected two months' worth of allocations, then went to the exchange counter. On duty today was a cold-faced female disciple.

Qin Huaian smiled. "Greetings, Senior Sister. May I ask whether the sect exchanges Breakthrough Essence Pills?"

"Yes. One thousand Sect Contribution Points."

"Can I exchange for Essence-Breaking Herbs?"

"Yes. Three hundred Sect Contribution Points per plant, and each person may only exchange for three plants per year. Of course, if you sell Breakthrough Essence Pills to the sect, each pill you sell grants you one additional chance to exchange for an Essence-Breaking Herb," the senior sister on duty said without the slightest smile.

"May I ask, Senior Sister, how many Sect Contribution Points can I receive for selling a Breakthrough Essence Pill to the sect?"

"Six hundred Sect Contribution Points."

What a profiteer! The buyback price is only half the price outside.

Qin Huaian guessed that this was meant to prevent disciples from exchanging Essence-Breaking Herbs here and reselling them.

"Thank you, Senior Sister. I'll come back after I've saved enough Sect Contribution Points."

After leaving the Affairs Hall, Qin Huaian considered the possibility of selling Breakthrough Essence Pills.

A Breakthrough Essence Pill cost twelve thousand Spirit Stones in New Peace City. Even with a fifty percent success rate, that was still extremely profitable. It could be done!

Lost in thought as he walked, he soon arrived at the cave residence area.

He entered his little courtyard. Everything was as it had been.

Inside the cultivation chamber, Qin Huaian took out four Storage Bags—the bags belonging to those four cultivators.

Three of them were similar in style and should have belonged to the three bandits. The remaining one was more exquisite and likely belonged to the Tian Family cultivator.

The three bandits' Storage Bags did not hold many surprises. Altogether, they contained only around eight thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, along with some first-tier pills and talismans.

For three people, they had so few Spirit Stones. They really disgraced the name of bandits.

Qin Huaian did not know that these bandits lived with their heads tucked into their belts. Whenever they got Spirit Stones, they either spent them on enjoyment or exchanged them for resources to improve their strength. Most of those eight thousand Spirit Stones had been the spoils of their recent robberies.

When he opened the Tian Family cultivator's Storage Bag, he found that it was actually an Intermediate Storage Bag. Its length, width, and height were each a little over three meters, giving it nearly thirty cubic meters of space—ten times that of a basic Storage Bag.

An Intermediate Storage Bag could sell for ten thousand Spirit Stones at Cloudfield Market. This bag alone was already quite valuable.

Opening it, he found more than three hundred and fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, four to five thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and many pills. There were only a few talismans left, likely because they had all been used in the fight.

There were also several bottles of Qi Recovery Pills, several bottles of Essence Cultivation Pills, four bottles of True Essence Pills, and one Breakthrough Essence Pill.

Murder and arson truly made for a golden belt! The ancients had not deceived him.

The Breakthrough Essence Pill he had racked his brains to obtain had fallen into his hands so easily.

Qin Huaian did not take the Breakthrough Essence Pill immediately. He wanted to compare its quality with the one he refined himself. After all, he intended to make money from Breakthrough Essence Pills in the future, and there was no rush to break through within these few days.

Besides Spirit Stones and pills, this Tian Family cultivator's Storage Bag also contained several cultivation techniques. From Qin Huaian's judgment, they were all Yellow-grade techniques and not worth much.

There was also a jade slip. Qin Huaian knew of jade slips; high-level techniques and important books were generally stored within them.

A jade slip required Divine Sense to examine. Qin Huaian did not yet possess Divine Sense. Only upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm would Divine Sense emerge.

"I'll have to wait until Foundation Establishment to see what it is." Qin Huaian casually tossed it into the Seed Space.

"Unknown book Spirit Tempering Formula detected. Record it?"

Suddenly, the Seed Space's mechanical voice sounded in Qin Huaian's mind. Was it the jade slip he had just thrown in?! The Seed Space could record it directly? Then didn't that mean he could examine jade slips without waiting until Foundation Establishment?

Wait—the Spirit Tempering Formula. Was it a technique for cultivating Divine Sense?

According to the records Qin Huaian had read in the Library Pavilion, a cultivator's Divine Sense naturally improved along with their cultivation realm. There seemed to be no techniques specifically for cultivating Divine Sense.

Could it be a fake?

"Record it!"

Whether it was real or fake, he would know at a glance. A vast flood of information surged into Qin Huaian's mind.

This was indeed the Spirit Tempering Formula, and according to its records, it was indeed a technique for cultivating Divine Sense.

The contents should have been copied into this jade slip by a cultivator. The jade slip also contained a note left behind by the cultivator who had recorded it:

"While in a Secret Realm, this old man happened upon this technique. Seeing that it was a technique for cultivating Divine Sense, this old man believed he had obtained a treasure. Yet after studying it for several hundred years, he could not even begin. Spirit Transformation lasts but two thousand fleeting years; as this old man approached the dissolution of his mortal form, he copied it into many slips, leaving them for those fated to encounter them."

Qin Huaian understood. It was likely that a great Spirit Transformation cultivator had obtained this technique but had been unable to cultivate it. Before dying, that cultivator had recorded many copies and left them behind for others to study.

That Tian Family cultivator had probably obtained one by chance.

With a try-it-and-see mindset, Qin Huaian silently thought,

"Derive Spirit Tempering Formula!"

Consuming 10,000 Spirit Stones, the Mirror Body can derive the Spirit Tempering Formula to the beginner level. Time required: 10 days. Consuming 20,000 Spirit Stones can halve the required time.

Good heavens. Just reaching the beginner level requires ten thousand Spirit Stones and ten days.

Something was not right. Qin Huaian now calculated Spirit Stones before doing anything. The Seed Space had completely muddled his head.

The Spirit Stones spent on the Spirit Tempering Formula were not the important part. The most important thing was that this technique was real—it could be cultivated.

Could it be that cultivating it during the Qi Refining Stage would allow one to develop Divine Sense?

Qin Huaian immediately grew excited. If he could develop Divine Sense during the Qi Refining Stage, then he could refine second-tier pills. Most second-tier pill refinement required the assistance of Divine Sense.

Moreover, with Divine Sense, he could use it to control Dharma treasures. In battle, among cultivators of the same realm in the Qi Refining Stage, who could still be his match?!

Without realizing it, Qin Huaian had risen to his feet and begun pacing excitedly around the cultivation chamber.

That Tian Family cultivator truly was a Wealth-Delivering Boy, gifting him both Spirit Stones and a cultivation technique. If he encountered Tian Family members again, he would have to take good care of them.

"Consume 10,000 Spirit Stones to derive it." Qin Huaian silently recited in his heart.

Stop the derivation of the Breakthrough Essence Pill? If stopped, deriving it again will require spending Spirit Stones anew.

Right! I forgot I was still deriving the Breakthrough Essence Pill.

"I won't stop it!" Qin Huaian did not stop the Breakthrough Essence Pill's derivation. At most, he only needed to wait less than another day.