Sect Grand Hall lv2

Back in front of Luozhen Hall,

Li Yunjing took out the glazed roof tiles and bluestone bricks he had bought yesterday.

He also took out twenty low-grade Spirit Stones.

He silently called for an upgrade.

All the materials vanished in the blink of an eye.

[Sect Grand Hall (lv2)]

[lv3 spiritual effects: Monthly Spiritual Qi output increases to 25 units; disciples' success rate when breaking through a minor realm +30%; when the sect master cultivates here, Spiritual Qi conversion rate +20%.

A group buff can activate once per month, increasing cultivation speed by 15%.]

[Upgrade requirements: Profound Crystal Copper × 20 jin, Purple Silver × 5 jin, low-grade Spirit Stones × 100; cultivation must be at Qi Refining Completion.]

The lv2 Sect Grand Hall's spiritual effects increased its monthly output of Pure Spiritual Qi to 15 units.

The probability of disciples breaking through a minor realm also increased to 20%,

and when the sect master cultivated here, his Spiritual Qi conversion rate would increase by 10%.

Compared with the lv2 Sect Grand Hall, the lv3 version improved each of those three effects somewhat.

Li Yunjing had also noticed a pattern.

Basically, whenever it went up a level,

the existing effects would grow stronger, and a new effect would appear.

For instance, when the Sect Grand Hall was upgraded from lv1 to lv2,

it gained a new buff for the sect master.

And if it were upgraded to lv3,

it would gain yet another effect:

a group buff that activated once a month.

It could increase cultivation speed.

Stacked with the effect from the Patriarch Hall,

for now, the cultivation speed of Luozhen Sect's disciples could increase by 25%.

That speed was not to be underestimated.

If they also had premium pills,

Luozhen Sect's disciples could greatly improve their cultivation in a short time.

Unfortunately, for now, Zhang Hanpeng was the sect's only disciple.

Even if the Sect Grand Hall were upgraded to lv3,

Zhang Hanpeng would be the only one to benefit.

If they could gain a few more disciples,

there would be hope for Luozhen Sect to grow stronger.

At the very least, it would be livelier.

Li Yunjing made up his mind.

After a while, he would go out and look around again,

to see if he could recruit another two disciples for Luozhen Sect.

He raised his head and glanced at Luozhen Hall before him.

Compared with before, Luozhen Hall now finally looked the way a Sect Grand Hall should.

At least it was no longer as dilapidated as before.

The tiles looked brand-new, a blue-gold sheen flowing over them in the sunlight.

They were packed tightly together, arranged like scales of armor.

The mottled earthen walls had also been replaced with bluestone bricks,

and a faint white mist seeped from the joints between them.

All the dust had fallen away from the three characters reading "Luozhen Hall" on the plaque.

If Junior Brother Mo and Junior Sister Shui saw this change, I wonder if they would give up their obsession...

Li Yunjing thought to himself.

Probably not.

Li Yunjing knew Mo Xuan's stubborn temper all too well.

He would not change his decision over something so small.

Li Yunjing went around Luozhen Hall and headed toward the Spirit Field.

Zhang Hanpeng was sitting cross-legged about a zhang from the edge of the Spirit Field.

Li Yunjing could clearly sense

the surrounding Spiritual Qi rapidly gathering into Zhang Hanpeng's body here.

"Mm, it looks like it won't be long before he can draw Qi into his body."

Li Yunjing was very pleased.

Having another disciple at Early Qi Refining

would be a great help to him.

Li Yunjing did not disturb Zhang Hanpeng.

Instead, he quietly entered the Spirit Field.

He took out the Golden Jade Rice seeds and began sowing them.

As he planted, Li Yunjing watered them with spiritual water containing a little Spiritual Qi.

Li Yunjing was already familiar with the whole process.

Once Golden Jade Rice, a type of spiritual rice,

was planted, it did not need much water.

The planted area needed to be watered with spiritual water for ten consecutive days.

After that, it only needed to be watered with spiritual water once every ten days,

until the Golden Jade Rice ripened.

It was unlike the rice in Li Yunjing's previous life,

which required ditches to channel water into the fields.

After planting one mu of Golden Jade Rice,

Li Yunjing straightened his back.

He circulated the Law Power in his body, and his exhaustion gradually faded away.

After leaving the Spirit Field, Li Yunjing poured the remaining spiritual water straight into his mouth.

This spiritual water came from the stream in Serene Valley.

Because there was a second-order Spirit Vein beneath Serene Valley,

the water in the stream also contained a little Spiritual Qi.

After finishing the spiritual water, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Li Yunjing's mind.

Could the Pure Spiritual Qi produced by the Sect Grand Hall improve the quality of spiritual water?

The reason spiritual water contained Spiritual Qi

was that it passed through places imbued with spiritual power.

There, it combined with Spiritual Qi, allowing the Spiritual Qi to merge into the water.

If Li Yunjing remembered correctly,

his master had told him

that the source of the stream in Serene Valley lay at a node of the underground Spirit Vein.

If one followed the stream upstream toward its source,

one would find that the water contained increasingly abundant Spiritual Qi.

The water at the source was almost indistinguishable from a first-grade spiritual liquid.

In that case, could he make Pure Spiritual Qi merge into the spiritual water

and turn it into first-grade spiritual water?

Li Yunjing immediately went to the stream

and filled the waterskin in his hand.

The waterskin was also a Law Artifact with one magical restriction.

It could hold a fair amount of water.

Once it was full, Li Yunjing took a wisp of Pure Spiritual Qi from the system space

and stuffed it straight into the waterskin.

Then he immediately plugged the opening.

But suddenly, the waterskin began to swell rapidly.

It grew bigger and bigger before his eyes and was about to burst.

Li Yunjing hurriedly opened it.

The Pure Spiritual Qi escaped

and immediately returned to heaven and earth.

The waterskin deflated again.

Li Yunjing opened his mouth and tilted the waterskin.

A stream of spiritual water flowed out of it and into his mouth.

He stopped once he had a mouthful.

He savored it carefully, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"The Spiritual Qi content has increased a little."

Li Yunjing had long since lost count of how much spiritual water he had drunk from the stream.

He knew very well how much Spiritual Qi the stream's spiritual water contained.

Now, the Spiritual Qi content of the water in the waterskin had increased slightly,

and Li Yunjing could tell with a single taste.

Li Yunjing's method worked.

Pure Spiritual Qi really could improve the quality of spiritual water.

But he needed a container capable of holding Pure Spiritual Qi.

This waterskin would not do.

Li Yunjing planned to visit Xunxian Town later to see if there was a suitable Law Artifact.

After putting away the waterskin,

Li Yunjing headed for the Chicken Coop.

He had not yet looked at the Chicken Coop since it was upgraded.

When he arrived at the Chicken Coop,

the three hens were scratching at the soil, looking for food.

Li Yunjing took a handful of ordinary rice grains mixed with Golden Jade Rice from his Storage Bag and scattered them on the ground.

The three hens immediately ran over to Li Yunjing and began pecking at the grains.

When he went over to the nest,

Li Yunjing saw nine eggs.

The lv1 Chicken Coop produced three spiritual eggs a day,

with a 20% chance of doubling that number.

The Chicken Coop had been upgraded yesterday, so it should have produced spiritual eggs then.

He just did not know whether the number had doubled yesterday or today.

He picked up the nine eggs

and carefully sensed the Spiritual Qi they contained.

"Not bad. They've just barely reached first grade. They're first-grade spiritual eggs."

Li Yunjing beamed.

Although they had only just reached first grade,

the Chicken Coop was only lv1, after all.

If he kept upgrading it, the quality of the spiritual eggs would surely improve.

And even the eggs he had now

would find plenty of buyers at two eggs for one low-grade Spirit Stone.

If he saved them up for ten or twenty days,

even if they only produced three eggs a day,

he was certain to earn at least a dozen or so Spirit Stones.

All it cost Li Yunjing

was feeding the three hens

and maintaining the basic conditions that made up the Chicken Coop.

That cost hardly counted as a cost at all.

Back at Luozhen Hall,

Li Yunjing set a pot of water on the fire, ready to boil two or three eggs to eat.

After eating the eggs, it would be time to make another trip to Xunxian Town.

This time, he was going to Xunxian Town

mainly to hire craftsmen to repair the three buildings.

Li Yunjing could repair the Scripture Repository himself.

But the Alchemy Chamber and the cultivation room were another matter.

Both the Alchemy Chamber and the cultivation room were engraved with formation patterns.

After years of neglect, the formation patterns had long since broken down.

Li Yunjing was not a formation master.

He had no way to repair them.

He could only seek out a professional.

Li Yunjing also planned to build a few more structures of his own.

A residence of his own, for example.

He would also need to hire craftsmen to take measurements beforehand.

Li Yunjing could not complete the construction himself.

As he pondered, the water came to a boil.

The eggs he had put in it floated to the surface.

They bobbed as the scalding water rolled.

After waiting a while, Li Yunjing reckoned the eggs were about done.

He used his Divine Sense to take out the eggs,

formed a Method Formula with his hand, and blew out a breath of cold air.

He let the eggs cool down a little first.

Then he peeled off the shells by hand.

He took a bite.

Mm, fluffy!