Sect Grand Hall lv1

The five sect buildings each brought different effects.

Seeing this, Li Yunjing had a rough idea of how to use the panel.

It seemed he could upgrade the sect buildings to increase and strengthen their effects.

Then he-or the entire Luozhen Sect-could use the effects brought by the buildings to strengthen themselves.

Li Yunjing took a deep breath and suppressed his excitement.

He looked over the descriptions of the five buildings.

Li Yunjing muttered to himself.

"The requirements for upgrading the five buildings aren't difficult. They're all easy to meet.

"I just don't know if these are the only five buildings, or if new ones can be added later..."

Li Yunjing pondered this.

Then he stopped thinking about it and decided to test things later.

For now, upgrading the five buildings was the most important thing.

After carefully studying the upgrade requirements for the five buildings,

Li Yunjing decided to start with the Sect Grand Hall.

First, he was curious about what the so-called ten units of Pure Spiritual Qi were.

Second, this was the easiest task to complete right now.

There were tiles in the Luozhen Sect.

Li Yunjing had bought them earlier to repair the Sect Grand Hall.

The materials needed to upgrade the other buildings

would require a trip to Xunxian Town to buy, which would take time.

Closing the panel, Li Yunjing walked out of the Patriarch Hall.

Outside, Zhang Hanpeng was bored out of his mind.

Li Yunjing had told him to familiarize himself with the Luozhen Sect grounds.

But the Luozhen Sect only had a few buildings,

and it took just a few minutes to walk around them all.

Zhang Hanpeng was starting to wonder if he'd boarded a pirate ship.

"Hanpeng, come here."

After leaving the Patriarch Hall, Li Yunjing called out to Zhang Hanpeng.

Zhang Hanpeng, whose mind had been wandering, came back to himself.

When he saw Li Yunjing, he immediately jogged over.

"Greetings, Sect Master."

Li Yunjing gave a slight nod.

"You've familiarized yourself with the Luozhen Sect grounds, right?"

Zhang Hanpeng immediately nodded and replied, "Reporting to the Sect Master, I have."

"In that case, come with me."

Li Yunjing headed toward the Sect Grand Hall.

Following behind him, Zhang Hanpeng grew excited.

"Is the Sect Master going to teach me the Dao now?!"

When they arrived in front of the Sect Grand Hall, the plaque bore three forcefully inscribed characters: Luozhen Hall.

Beside it lay a neat stack of tiles.

"Do you know how to roof a building?" Li Yunjing asked, looking at Zhang Hanpeng.

Zhang Hanpeng froze. "Reporting to the Sect Master, I do. I often helped my family with this before."

"Mm, good. Then it's decided-you'll replace the missing tiles on the Luozhen Hall."

Li Yunjing smiled amiably.

Zhang Hanpeng's heart sank at the words.

Wait, shouldn't he be teaching me the Dao now?

What was this about replacing tiles?

Was this really cultivation?

But since he was already an outer sect disciple of the Luozhen Sect,

Zhang Hanpeng could only obey with tears in his eyes.

Li Yunjing waved his hand, and the ladder lying in the distance flew over.

After setting it up, Li Yunjing released his Divine Sense and wrapped it around the tiles.

He used his Divine Sense to carry all the tiles into the air.

A flicker of envy passed through Zhang Hanpeng's eyes.

This was the kind of cultivation he'd dreamed of.

"What are you standing around for? Get up there."

Seeing Zhang Hanpeng frozen in place, Li Yunjing spoke at once.

Zhang Hanpeng scratched his head, then nimbly climbed the ladder and reached the roof of the Luozhen Hall.

He picked up the tiles and began laying them.

Li Yunjing nodded slightly at the sight.

It wasn't that he didn't know how to lay tiles.

But he'd taken on an outer sect disciple, after all.

Did he really need to handle a small task like this himself?

Zhang Hanpeng worked quickly, finishing in less than two quarters of an hour.

He had replaced all the missing tiles on the Luozhen Hall.

"Good work. Take this Cultivation Method and go study it on your own."

Li Yunjing praised him.

Then he took a booklet from his robes and handed it to Zhang Hanpeng.

The three characters Earth Spirit Instruction on the booklet made Zhang Hanpeng's heart tremble.

He had finally obtained the cultivation method he'd dreamed of.

"Thank you, Sect Master."

Zhang Hanpeng immediately thanked him.

Then he took the Earth Spirit Instruction and went to study it carefully nearby.

Li Yunjing knew Zhang Hanpeng could read.

Zhang Hanpeng had gone to a lot of trouble in pursuit of the Dao.

He naturally hadn't neglected learning to read.

At that moment, a dialogue box popped up before Li Yunjing.

[Upgrade complete]

[Sect Grand Hall (lv1)]

[lv2 spiritual effects: Total Spiritual Qi increased to 15 units, disciples' chance of successfully breaking through a minor realm +20%, Sect Master's Qi conversion rate while cultivating here +10%]

[Upgrade requirements: Glazed Tiles*100, low-grade Spirit Stones*20, bluestone bricks*50]

After the upgrade, the Luozhen Hall's appearance changed slightly as well.

Compared to before, the Luozhen Hall no longer looked so dilapidated.

Li Yunjing entered the Luozhen Hall.

A prompt box popped up.

[Ten units of Spiritual Qi have been condensed. Collect them?]

Li Yunjing silently selected yes.

[Collection successful. Ten units of Spiritual Qi have been stored.]

The prompt box disappeared, and a new panel appeared.

It was a storage space.

Li Yunjing was delighted.

He thought about putting some of his personal belongings inside.

But he discovered that the storage space could only hold items produced by the system.

For example, the ten units of Spiritual Qi produced by the Sect Grand Hall each month,

as well as things produced by other buildings later on, such as spirit eggs and ancestral incense offerings.

Li Yunjing felt disappointed.

But he wasn't too disheartened.

It wasn't as though he didn't have a Storage Bag.

Li Yunjing looked at the ten units of Pure Spiritual Qi he had just collected.

This Pure Spiritual Qi was completely free of impurities and of very high quality.

Ten units of Spiritual Qi-only ten wisps.

In other words, the unit was a wisp.

He just didn't know whether the unit could change later.

Li Yunjing took out a wisp of Pure Spiritual Qi.

As soon as it was taken out, the Spiritual Qi began to dissipate.

Li Yunjing hurriedly opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the Spiritual Qi into his abdomen.

Then he circulated his Cultivation Method, sat down where he was, and refined the wisp of Spiritual Qi.

Half an hour later,

Li Yunjing opened his eyes.

"This Spiritual Qi is no less effective than a high-quality Spirit-Raising Pill."

A look of surprise flashed through Li Yunjing's eyes.

The Spirit-Raising Pill was only a first-grade pill, made for Qi Refining cultivators.

But among first-grade pills,

the Spirit-Raising Pill was considered high-grade.

Pills came in three grades of quality.

Ordinary, high-quality, and supreme.

High-quality Spirit-Raising Pills were hard to find on the market.

Back when Li Yunjing had advanced from Late Qi Refining to Qi Refining Completion,

he had spent all his savings, along with part of the Luozhen Sect's reserves. And because the Luozhen Sect was a member of the Immortal Alliance, and he was its sect master,

he had managed to buy a high-quality Spirit-Raising Pill and succeed.

Now, a single wisp of Spiritual Qi was equivalent to a high-quality Spirit-Raising Pill.

Back then, Li Yunjing had spent eighty low-grade Spirit Stones to buy one high-quality Spirit-Raising Pill.

That was with the Immortal Alliance's discounted price.

Otherwise, it would have cost far more.

He still had nine wisps of Spiritual Qi. Even at the Immortal Alliance's price, they were worth seven hundred and twenty low-grade Spirit Stones.

Li Yunjing let out a long breath.

Seven hundred and twenty low-grade Spirit Stones.

Back when his master was still alive, the Luozhen Sect's reserves had amounted to no more than that.

Now, just the lv1 Sect Grand Hall could provide Li Yunjing with so many low-grade Spirit Stones each month.

And several other buildings hadn't been upgraded yet.

Those buildings could even be upgraded to lv2 or higher.

"Foundation Establishment is within reach."

Li Yunjing murmured to himself.

He tamped down his excitement.

Li Yunjing looked at the requirements for upgrading the Sect Grand Hall to lv2.

The low-grade Spirit Stones were no problem; he only needed twenty.

He had just used five.

The sect's reserves still held thirty-eight low-grade Spirit Stones.

That was enough.

But he would have to buy the glazed tiles and bluestone bricks.

Glazed tiles and bluestone bricks were both first-grade spiritual materials.

On the market, these two materials were the most common building supplies.

They were sturdy and durable, produced in large quantities, and very cheap.

One hundred glazed tiles and fifty bluestone bricks.

Li Yunjing estimated the cost in his head.

They would take about forty-five low-grade Spirit Stones.

Five glazed tiles sold for one low-grade Spirit Stone,

while two bluestone bricks sold for one low-grade Spirit Stone.

The sect's reserves weren't enough, and Li Yunjing had run out of Spirit Stones as well.

He could sell the Pure Spiritual Qi.

But as soon as the Pure Spiritual Qi was taken out, it dissipated very quickly.

It required special means to preserve it.

Li Yunjing didn't know how, and the Luozhen Sect had no such treasures.

The treasures they'd once had had long since been sold off to pay for Li Yunjing's master's medical treatment.

"But fortunately, there's still a way to solve this."

Li Yunjing murmured softly to himself...