"...I never imagined you would be this fast."
Luo Wenling looked Jiang Che up and down. Though he spoke of envy, his eyes held nothing but admiration.
Luo Wenling had sent word earlier, asking him to find time to visit the peak after reaching full aperture. Thus, the day after Hu Yan's celebration banquet, Jiang Che went up Jingxiao Peak as agreed.
"Come with me. There's proper business to discuss." Luo Wenling led Jiang Che onward as he spoke. "Now that you've reached full aperture, your gang force has formed naturally. For a valued disciple like you, the peak provides a portion of spirit essence. Consider it a boon."
"A boon?"
Luo Wenling smiled. "Don't misunderstand. It isn't free-you have to pay for it. One portion of [azure peace heavenly music qi], priced at five hundred spirit stones."
Five hundred spirit stones...
During his year and a half in seclusion, he had spent money on pills and spirit food like flowing water, yet the total had only come to around three hundred spirit stones.
This one portion of qi cost five hundred. The enormous expense of qi refining was clearly no exaggeration.
"That's the advantage of being valued by the peak. You can take the spirit essence and use it first. There's no rush to pay the spirit stones; you can repay them gradually after becoming a Qi Refining Practitioner. Earning spirit stones as a Qi Refining Practitioner is an entirely different matter from earning them in the embryonic breath period. Once you reach that stage, five hundred spirit stones won't be too difficult. It'll just take some time."
He was telling the truth.
Five hundred spirit stones was expensive, but it was a fair price for a complete portion of spirit essence. Ordinary disciples of the Upper Court enjoyed