Good Deal

Everything was available in the Flying Sword Flash-Sale Mall.

There were more than several thousand kinds of low-grade spiritual water alone.

The price isn't even high...

The vast majority of spiritual items on the market in the Heavenly Lu Kingdom, including spiritual water and spiritual ores, could be classified according to their "Spirit-Source Grade."

Levels one through ten all belonged to low-grade spiritual items of the Qi Refinement tier, and their prices were not high.

Although the prices were not high, the value of this spiritual water was by no means low.

The standard packaged portion of spiritual water sold in the flash-sale mall weighed a full one tael.

Calculated by the catty, each catty cost around several thousand.

One had to know that this spiritual water was entirely finished spiritual water that had undergone professional purification and essence extraction, and it could be used directly to refine medicinal pills or magical tools upon obtaining it.

From the perspective of a Grand Ruins Realm cultivator, this spiritual water was practically a free giveaway, costing nothing!

"Are spring waters within level ten a bit too weak for the Qi Refinement stage?" Jiang Ran thought about it carefully.

"True Qi can establish a Dao path, so it should be at least a spiritual item of the Foundation Establishment tier."

"That 'Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi' the Hundred Yue Sect gave me..."

"It's at least level fifteen or higher!"

Jiang Ran had personally come into contact with True Qi and had even refined a complete strand of Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi, so he still had a certain understanding of True Qi.

"Spiritual water below level ten will likely be hard to extract True Qi from."

He quickly made a judgment that to succeed in Qi collection, he should use at least Foundation Establishment spiritual water.

"No... I'm not collecting Qi to enter the Dao right now."

"Let's just buy a little spiritual water to try my hand first; if that doesn't work, I'll buy expensive ones later."

Jiang Ran was very decisive, picking up his phone to operate it quickly.

[Purchased ten portions of Icebound Spirit Water, please pay 10,800 Tianlu Coins...]
[Order successful!]
[Divine Firmament Flying Sword, flash sale guaranteed delivery!]
[Your order is being dispatched, please receive it!]

"So convenient..." Jiang Ran put down his phone, lay back on the sofa, and stretched.

Pingjiang was the best! There was no need to mine painstakingly, nor was there any need to take risks fighting over fortuitous encounters.

Lying at home and tapping the phone casually, treasures would automatically be delivered to one's doorstep.

Immortal cultivation or whatever, it was too simple, too awesome!

Of course, the premise of everything was having money... Ten portions of spiritual water totaled two catties, and he paid over ten thousand Tianlu Coins in one go.

Ten thousand Tianlu Coins could be exchanged for a full ten low-grade spirit stones, something Jiang Ran would not have dared to even imagine in the past.

The speed of the Flying Sword Flash Sale was even faster than he had imagined.

In less than an hour, Jiang Ran heard a whistling sound coming from outside the balcony, followed by a short blast of a horn.

Beep-beep, beep-beep...

He pushed open the glass door of the balcony.

To his utter astonishment, a five-foot-long orange-yellow flying sword was hovering midair.

"Divine Firmament Flying Sword, flash sale guaranteed delivery!"

"The goods you ordered have arrived, will you please receive them?"

A clear female voice came from the flying sword, sounding gentle.

Jiang Ran found it somewhat novel, looked left and right, and nodded. "Received."

"Verifying identity, please wait."

A trace of imperceptible clear light brushed across his face and vanished in an instant.

"Identity verification successful!"

"Cargo owner Jiang Ran, I wish you a pleasant life!"

Bang!

The tightly wrapped package landed solidly on the table of the balcony.

The spiritual Qi in front of him fluctuated violently.

Jiang Ran looked up and saw that the flying sword had already transformed into an orange rainbow light and sped away.

"This is a flying sword..."

The rainbow light cut through the vast sky, and a bit of unnamable expectation filled his eyes.

Flying on swords and roaming the seas of mist was the dream in the hearts of countless youths in his past life, and Jiang Ran was naturally no exception.

Now, he already possessed the qualifications to reach that world.

"Cultivate properly, and I can fly on a sword too!"

Jiang Ran was full of fighting spirit and quickly unwrapped the package.

Three layers of packaging, and inside was a specially made glass bottle.

Inside the glass bottle, pale blue liquid flowed slowly.

This was the "Icebound Spirit Water" of the tenth spirit-source grade.

He uncapped the bottle according to the manual, and a piercing chill instantly spread out from the mouth of the bottle.

"Holy cow..." Jiang Ran shivered all over.

Do not look at "Icebound Spirit Water" as merely a tenth-grade spirit source that had not yet reached the Foundation Establishment tier.

The chill emanating from it at this moment carried actual frost damage.

After all, Jiang Ran's cultivation base was still too low; even the energy spilling from the spiritual water would cause him harm.

"I need to act quickly!"

It was getting colder and colder in the room, and after a while, it would probably be no different from a cold storage; he wouldn't be able to persist in this environment for too long.

With a thought, a flash of brilliance suddenly appeared in his palm.

The spiritual power all over his body circulated according to a certain extremely abstruse method.

The Qi-Collection Method, the essence of the Grand Ruins Realm immortal heritage.

It was truly miraculous; with the operation of the Qi-Collection Method, the chill in the room suddenly diminished by a lot.

Specks of water vapor, seemingly existing yet not, began to gather.

Jiang Ran concentrated entirely and extended his hand toward the mouth of the bottle.

"Where the spiritual pivot turns, all sounds congeal. Dark frost forms souls, tracing the Dao root..."

Frost condensed and gathered entirely.

Countless water vapors gathered in his palm, rapidly fusing, compressing, and sublimating.

This was an extremely abstruse change, far exceeding the strength of ordinary factory-purified spiritual water.

Jiang Ran reckoned that this was not his own power, but relying on the abstruse nature of the Qi-Collection Method, he really did extract the essence of that spiritual water!

After an unknown amount of time, the chill inside the room completely dissipated.

A bright light appeared in Jiang Ran's palm.

Pale blue light, misty with water vapor, emitting a chill.

"Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi?"

"It doesn't seem quite right..."

The reason he called it a bright light was precisely because its concentration of spiritual Qi fell far short of the strand of True Qi bestowed by the Hundred Yue Sect back then.

Only with comparison could there be harm, and Jiang Ran could determine that the spiritual item in his hand had not yet reached the standard of a complete "True Qi" strand.

At best, it was the product of a dozen strands of True Qi congealed together.

Jiang Ran reached out to gently touch it, closed his eyes, and experienced it carefully.

"I bet on the right thing!" His eyes lit up.

The reason he chose Icebound Spirit Water was precisely because its "frost and cold" characteristics were very similar to "Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi."

Now it seemed his guess was correct.

Collecting "Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi" did not necessarily require going to the Ice Lake; using pure spiritual water with similar characteristics was also possible, and the efficiency was even higher.

"Around ten catties should yield a complete strand of True Qi," Jiang Ran mused thoughtfully.

He pursued a higher Dao path and did not plan to ingest "Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi" to enter the Dao.

However, "Ice-Lake Spirit-Water Qi" matched his Water Spirit Root, and its boost to Qi Refinement Path cultivation was very obvious.

With a few more strands of True Qi, he would definitely be able to successfully break through to Qi Refinement Level Two.

If cultivators of the Grand Ruins Realm knew of Jiang Ran's actions, they would surely swarm him and attack.

It was too extravagant; other people found it very difficult to even get a single strand of True Qi, yet Jiang Ran wanted to use priceless True Qi to elevate his cultivation.

It was a waste of heavenly treasures, simply a waste of natural resources!

Yet Jiang Ran himself did not think so; he only considered whether it was a good deal.

"Pills that directly elevate cultivation are too expensive, and they have side effects."

"Extracting True Qi is not high in price, and it's pure natural with no additives."

"It's simply perfect!"