Basic Compendium of Low-Grade Spirit Plants!

"Little brother, do you think I would deceive you? If you don't believe me, immerse your consciousness into these jade slips and you'll see whether I'm telling the truth." Seeing Chen Huai'an's suspicion, the middle-aged man grew anxious.

These High-Grade Body Tempering Pills were good stuff. Even within the sect, there were not many of them. And even if there were, servant disciples like them had no right to enjoy them. Only the prodigies among the Outer Sect and Inner Sect disciples were qualified to use them.

Moreover, Body Tempering Pills were only useful to low-level cultivators. Once one reached the Qi Refining Realm, even the finest Body Tempering Pills would be of little use.

These servant disciples had all reached the Late Body Tempering Realm. Before this, they had only taken low-grade and mid-grade pills. They had no qualifications to enjoy High-Grade Body Tempering Pills, but now that there were some, they would be enough to advance his cultivation another step.

What was more, Chen Huai'an had brought out two pills this time. If used well, breaking through to the Body Tempering Realm, Late Stage, Ninth Layer would not be too difficult.

Therefore, no matter what price he had to pay today, he had to get his hands on these two High-Grade Body Tempering Pills.

"Fine. As long as this thing really is useful to me, I'll trade with you." As Chen Huai'an spoke, he immersed his consciousness into one of the jade slips.

Just as the other party had said, the jade slip recorded a compendium of low-level spirit plants, including their growing environments, effects, and methods of identification.

This was still of some value to Chen Huai'an.

Yes, only some value. It was not something he absolutely had to have.

The other jade slip was damaged. It recorded a martial technique, the Blazing Sun Saber Technique, and it was incomplete.

The information recorded in the two jade slips was not much different from what the other party had claimed.

"What you said checks out. But the value of these jade slips shouldn't be worth twenty High-Grade Spirit Stones. If you want to trade, at most I can give you one High-Grade Body Tempering Pill." Holding the jade slips in his hand, Chen Huai'an spoke blandly.

Both jade slips were useful to him and were things he wanted, but he would not be foolish enough to hand over two High-Grade Body Tempering Pills.

"I know. These things truly aren't worth twenty High-Grade Spirit Stones, but these two High-Grade Body Tempering Pills are really of great use to me. If you're willing to trade, then aside from these two jade slips, you can choose three more items from my stall." The middle-aged man gritted his teeth fiercely as he spoke to Chen Huai'an.

Hearing this, Chen Huai'an examined the stall again and said while looking over its goods, "I don't care for anything here. If you have any other pills or medicinal herbs, I can complete the transaction with you."

"Pills, I don't have any. And I don't have medicinal herbs either. But if you're willing, I'll use this Flame Talisman to trade with you." Seeing that Chen Huai'an remained unmoved, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth hard.

"A Flame Talisman?" Chen Huai'an showed interest.

Talismans were treasures that only immortal masters of the Qi Refining Realm could craft and use. They normally would not fall into the hands of Outer Sect Servant Disciples.

A single low-grade, first-rank talisman could instantly kill a Body Tempering Realm cultivator.

This was truly something that could save one's life.

If the middle-aged man had not been driven into a corner, he would never have taken out such a fine treasure.

"Deal." Chen Huai'an was not the sort to hem and haw. Since this thing was useful to him, he ought to prepare some.

Especially now, with powerful enemies lurking all around him. The Zhang Family and Zhao Family might be plotting some sinister scheme in the dark to kill him. With this Flame Talisman, he would have another means of preserving his life.

Very quickly, Chen Huai'an completed the transaction with the middle-aged man.

Two jade slips and one low-grade first-rank Flame Talisman—his harvest tonight was quite good.

After completing the trade, Chen Huai'an did not linger long at the trading fair. Now that he had obtained these good things, he needed to return and properly digest them.

His realm could not be broken through in a short time, but he could completely raise his strength through cultivating martial techniques.

And martial techniques used by immortal cultivators were certainly different from those of the mortal world.

Whether it was the servant disciples' Challenge Tournament or future conflicts with the Zhang Family and Zhao Family, without some means of preserving his life, fighting would make him nothing more than a reckless brute, able only to punch and kick, utterly useless.

Just like the talismans that only immortal cultivators could use—this thing looked like a mere sheet of paper, yet it contained terrifying power and could injure experts of the Late Body Tempering Realm.

The reason Chen Huai'an was willing to complete this trade was actually another one: he wanted to see whether placing this talisman in his space would evolve it into a high-grade Flame Talisman.

A high-grade Flame Talisman could kill a powerhouse of the Late Body Tempering Realm.

After storing the talisman in his space, Chen Huai'an did not idle around. Instead, he took out the two jade slips to study.

Especially the Basic Compendium of Spirit Plants. It recorded many low-level spirit plants. If he memorized it thoroughly, then when it came to spirit plants, he would no longer be like some clueless fool who knew nothing.

"This Basic Compendium of Spirit Plants only records some common spirit plants. It should be meant for Outer Sect disciples to cultivate with. Much of it focuses on how to tend and plant these spirit plants, and it even includes techniques for growing Spirit Grain. There are actually so many tricks involved in managing Spirit Grain." After finishing the Basic Compendium of Spirit Plants, Chen Huai'an frowned.

The value of this thing was actually not very great.

Especially the parts in the jade slip about how to care for Spirit Grain during cultivation and how pests and diseases might arise—when he planted Spirit Grain in his space, he had never encountered such problems. As long as he watered it with Spirit Spring Water and cleared the weeds from the fields, that was enough.

Though it was not especially useful, it still taught him how to identify the ages of medicinal herbs.

For example, it covered methods for identifying and cultivating common herbs such as ginseng and lingzhi, which replenished qi and blood.

"The polygonatum I planted in my space is already fifty years old. That counts as a spirit herb now. Even the ginseng planted later has reached thirty years of age." Chen Huai'an looked at the herbs growing in his space and could not help exclaiming.

The medicinal herbs in the space could no longer be called ordinary medicinal herbs. They were spirit herbs now.

Especially that polygonatum plant. Because it had been planted first, it had now reached fifty years of age.

Spirit plants inside the space could grow faster.

Chen Huai'an had already confirmed this point.

As for the Flame Talisman that had spent a night in the space, it did not, as Chen Huai'an had imagined, directly advance into a high-grade first-rank talisman.

Chen Huai'an should have been mentally prepared for that long ago.

Because he had placed weapons such as daggers in the space before, and they had not advanced in grade. Talismans apparently could not either.

However, the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant he raised, a type of Spirit Poultry, also grew quickly in the space. This was somewhat beyond Chen Huai'an's expectations.

As for the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant Chen Huai'an had bought at the trading fair, it could not enter the space either, which left him somewhat regretful. Otherwise, it would have been perfect.

Since it could not go in, he could not possibly keep it where he lived. When he went down the mountain to fetch water, he found an uninhabited place and directly slaughtered the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant.

It was inconvenient to cook the Five-Colored Golden Pheasant in the courtyard, so he came outside to deal with it in secret.

"You smell that, right? That's the scent of Five-Colored Golden Pheasant. Someone is actually sneaking food here." At that moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from nearby. Two young men, craning their necks and peering about, walked toward where Chen Huai'an was.