Several months later.
Inside a great human city.
Dressed in a green robe, Fang Qing carried a scroll of ancient books in one hand and a bamboo box on his back. Looking every inch the scholar, he entered a bookshop.
"Esteemed guest, may I ask what sort of texts you wish to purchase?"
The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and smiled so broadly that his teeth showed.
He was a cultivator as well. One sweep of his Spiritual Sense told him that this visitor's cultivation far surpassed his own.
"Give me one copy of every ancient historical text... Also, Oracle Bone Script Analysis, Interpretation of Dragon Script and Phoenix Seal Script... and that basic alchemy manual..."
Fang Qing swept out his Spiritual Sense and began listing the book titles.
Immediately afterward, a handful of glittering stones was tossed over.
These had all been hidden inside the Bone Inscription Ancestor's ribs. By now, Fang Qing knew that they were called Immortal Origin Stones—the currency that only immortals could produce.
Thus, throughout the Mountain-Sea Continent, they were accepted by nearly every race and were extremely valuable.
The shopkeeper's last reservations vanished the moment he saw the Immortal Origin Stones. "Please wait a moment..."
Fang Qing found a seat and casually picked up an ancient book to read. A shop assistant served tea beside him while he silently watched the fat shopkeeper dart among the many bookshelves with an unbelievably nimble gait, searching by the illustrations and unsealing a large number of jade slips...
By now, he had become a genuine late-stage Spirit Severing cultivator.
After all, once he obtained Azure Spirit Vast Sea Art, Fang Qing had no qualms whatsoever about switching to the Spirit Realm system. He immediately found a cave dwelling, molded a "spirit vortex" containing all five elements and supplemented