Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 25 Cleansing the Fire Poison
Upon hearing this, Sun Baidao was not angry, because he knew very well that he was as lowly as dust and mud and was not worthy of mentioning that pure and beautiful fairy.

The two women each selected a spiritual plant, paid with spirit stones, and then left.

One of the women said, "Weren't we a little too harsh just now? After all, that rogue cultivator was a decent person. He only charged us twenty spirit stones for a thirty-piece spirit plant."

His friend paused for a moment, then said, "Even so, he is not worthy to mention Senior Sister Jinzhen's name."

"Wei Shaoqing alone is infuriating enough!"

Senior Sister Jinzhen is a proud daughter of heaven; how could these mortals dare to even dream of her?

Their enthusiasm was dampened, and after wandering around for a while, they returned to their sect.

Early afternoon (酉时).

Most of the people who went to watch the outer sect competition came down the mountain, and the market suddenly became lively.

Fei Qi stood in front of the north staircase of the Cloud Ladder, craning his neck to look around. Among the group of people, he spotted Ning Fusang and waved to her.

Ning Fusang handed him the storage bag: "Take a look at it."

Fei Qi said, "Of course I believe Fairy Ning," but after turning around, he immediately began counting the number of spirit stones.

Ning Fusang rolled up her left sleeve and put on the pear blossom jade storage bracelet, revealing the heavy black wrist ring.

Fei Qi's eyelids twitched, and he thought to himself, "This Fairy Ning looks so slender, but I didn't expect her to be wearing this thing, and she looks so ordinary. She is truly a master."

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "Now that the item has been handed over to the fairy, I will not take up any more of your time."

Ning Fusang saw that Fei Qi was also a person of importance, and that she might need him in the future, so she nodded slightly in response.

After buying the storage bracelet, Ning Fusang only had fifteen spirit stones left. The food in the sect's dining hall was a bit expensive, so after thinking about it, she decided to buy a few fasting pills.

Ning Fusang dared not be careless about this food that was going into his stomach, and headed straight for Dancaozhai.

When she arrived at Dancaozhai, she ran into two acquaintances, Jiang Xin and Ruan Sanniang.

Ruan San Niang's eyes lit up, and she immediately came over to greet her: "Senior Sister Ning, what a coincidence, are you also here to buy pills at Dan Cao Zhai?"

Jiang Xin followed beside Ruan San Niang, only reaching her shoulder height. They looked like a mother and daughter. She was unfamiliar with Ning Fusang, only knowing that she was a disciple who had joined the sect in the previous year, so she called out, "Senior Sister Ning."

Ning Fusang gave a nonchalant "hmm," walked past the two people, and went straight to the counter: "I want three Bigu Pills."

The female cultivator turned around, opened a drawer, took out some pills and handed them to Ning Fusang: "Three Bigu Pills and fifteen spirit stones."

That was exactly the amount of spirit stones Ning Fusang had on her. She took out a bottle of pills from her purse. "How many spirit stones would you give me for this bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills?"

The Qi Nourishing Pill is a pill given to new disciples when they enter the sect. It differs from the Qi Induction Pill by only one character. Its function is to nourish insufficient Qi and blood and strengthen the body. Its value is far less than that of the Qi Induction Pill.

This Qi-nourishing pill is very popular among the ordinary, independent cultivators at the foot of the mountain.

The female cultivator quickly appraised the item, which came from the Southern Star Sword Sect, and replied, "This bottle contains fifteen Qi Nourishing Pills, so how about two and a half spirit stones?"

Ning Fusang had no objections. She left the bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills, gave them twelve and a half spirit stones, and then went out. Jiang Xin stared blankly at Ning Fusang's retreating figure: "Did Senior Sister Ning just resell the pills distributed by the sect?"

Ruan Sanniang didn't comment, but changed the subject, saying, "It's getting late, let's hurry up and finish buying our things and go back to the sect."

They only had one day off, so they went to watch the outer sect competition and then went down the mountain to stroll through the market. Their time was already very tight.

Jiang Xin nodded and took out spirit stones to buy two Bigu Pills. With Bigu Pills, she could reduce the number of times she went to the dining hall and save some spirit stones.

This idea was proposed by Ruan San Niang. Before joining the sect, she managed the household affairs on her own and always tried to save money. After learning that a single fasting pill could sustain her for ten days without hunger, she came up with this idea.

One Bigu Pill costs five spirit stones, and she only needs three Bigu Pills a month. The sect distributes thirty spirit stones every month, so she can save half of her spirit stones each month.

After buying the pills, the two strolled around the market for a while. Jiang Xin wanted to buy a Spirit Crane Talisman so that she wouldn't have to climb up and down the mountain herself next time she went down. However, the Spirit Crane Talisman cost ten spirit stones each and had a limited number of uses. Upon hearing this, Jiang Xin gave up the idea.

She linked arms with Ruan Sanniang and muttered, "Things in the market are so expensive. It feels like the spirit stones we get each month aren't enough."

"Third Sister, do you think we'll become even poorer raising swords in the future? I just heard that a single sword-grinding stone costs sixty spirit stones!"

“I look at that stone, and it looks no different from the stones on the riverbank.”

Ruan San Niang couldn't recognize the whetstone and pebbles either. She comforted Jiang Xin, saying, "We're still a long way from raising a sword. If we save up some spirit stones in advance, we won't be too poor even if we need to raise a sword in the future."

"Sigh." Jiang Xin sighed, her eyebrows drooping slightly.

How can she save up spirit stones? She needs to buy storage bags, robes, spirit swords, and so on in the future, and she will probably need to save up spirit stones for half a year to buy just one of them.

After buying some cheap food, the two climbed the mountain via the nearest western ladder.

Jiang Xin lived in the Bamboo Garden, which was not on the same route as Ruan San Niang's Wu Garden, so they parted ways halfway there.

After returning to Wuyuan, Ruan Sanniang noticed a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on Ning Fusang's door. After glancing at it for a moment, she went inside to put her things away.

A moment later, she came out of the house again, carrying two baskets of flowers and plants, and started digging and planting them in the yard. Her movements were very quiet, but they still reached Ning Fusang's ears.

Ignoring Ruan San Niang's movements, Ning Fusang continued to probe the pear blossom jade with her spiritual power to clear away the fire poison inside.

Fei Qi suggested that the fire poison inside might be caused by the explosion of the Blazing Flower, but Ning Fusang disagreed. Yu Lingzhou was not suitable for the growth of fire-attribute spiritual plants. Although the Blazing Flower was one of the few fire-attribute spiritual plants in Lingzhou, it was suppressed by the cold air and its fire nature was mild, so it could not produce such a large-scale fire poison.

It must be some kind of more domineering spiritual plant that caused the Pear Blossom Jade Space to be submerged by fire poison.

Ning Fusang hadn't slept all night, and her spiritual energy was completely depleted. Finally, she cleared this space. When she took out the last two and a half spirit stones, she felt a strange sensation in her right hand. The outline of the Sword Heart Diagram appeared vaguely, but Ning Fusang ignored it and directly refined the two and a half spirit stones to recover some spiritual energy.

She had just reached the peak of the first realm, and her spiritual power was not yet full. Now that she had used all her spiritual power on the pear blossom jade, it would be even more distant for her to cultivate to the second realm.

Ning Fusang didn't care. After changing into his sect's attire, he headed towards Chaoyang Peak Square.

Ruan San Niang went to bed early yesterday, so she woke up early as well. For the first time in many days, she caught the time when Ning Fusang left home.

(End of this chapter)