The courtyard Ji Yuan rented this time was no longer a lakeside cottage. It stood inside the market of Jingde Ward.
Houses were cheap in Cloud-Rain Marsh, and so was land. Safety was what cost money.
Naturally, a courtyard inside the market was considerably more expensive.
Though Ji Yuan rented it for only a month, it cost him a full five Spirit Stones.
After the two spent half a day settling in, they sat down in the hall to discuss their plans. Qiu Qianhai thought for a moment, then said, "You should break through first."
"Time is short. If anything goes wrong, no one will be a threat to you once you reach Late Qi Refining."
"But if I break through first, even reaching the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining won't help."
That was exactly how things stood, so Ji Yuan did not argue.
"All right. Sorry for the trouble."
With that, he got up and went straight into the room next door. From his Storage Bag, he took out several sheets of white paper marked [Dao Comprehension Chamber], [Talisman Chamber], and [Pigsty].
He stuck [Talisman Chamber] to the wall and, after gaining its effect, drew more than a dozen Lower First Tier Calming Talismans.
After putting the papers away, he stuck a Silencing Talisman on the wall and a Calming Talisman on himself.
Once he had calmed down, he activated the effect of [Cave Abode].
Then he took six Low-Grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag.
Breaking through to Late Qi Refining would take a great many Spirit Stones. He had not even bothered with Spirit Eggs this time.
Now that he was at the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining, the spiritual energy provided by Green-Yellow Chickens and Spirit Pigs was nowhere near enough.
He gripped three Spirit Stones