On the way to the Thousand Mechanism Hall, Xu Yan walked slowly. This plan posed considerable risks to him at his current level. But as a rogue cultivator, he would struggle to obtain cultivation resources without resorting to this method.
Within the Jade Radiance Kingdom, immortal sects large and small held a near monopoly over most cultivation resources. For ordinary rogue cultivators, obtaining these resources was harder than ascending to heaven.
Take the Golden Light Daoist: after nearly a century of cultivation, he had only reached the fourth layer of Qi Refining. His poor spiritual root aptitude was partly to blame, but the lack of cultivation resources had also played a major role.
At this thought, Xu Yan's gaze grew considerably more resolute.
His plan was simple: take advantage of the Green Pearl's ability to devour pill toxins, buy up large quantities of ruined pills, remove their toxins, then sell them at other market towns.
This was the only way he could think of to earn Spirit Stones quickly. Earning them by taking assignments was far too slow, and he would gradually be reduced to a pill-refining machine.
That would seriously hinder his cultivation progress. Although he possessed a high-grade spiritual root, the cultivation method he practiced was a worthless method handed down from ancient times.
Moreover, since ancient times, no one had managed to reach Qi Refining perfection with this method before their allotted lifespan ran out. Xu Yan could not help but remain wary.
Surely some of those cultivators had possessed high-grade spiritual roots just like his, yet none had reached Qi Refining perfection before their lifespan ran out. This filled him with a sense of urgency.
"According to the records in this cultivation method, the Qi Refining stage has three minor bottlenecks: advancing from early Qi Refining