Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 10 Collecting Jade Dew
Half a month later, Fang Jingxuan sat in his own courtyard and counted his current savings.

"Including what I've earned in the past half month, I have a total of 187 low-grade spirit stones, and about 100 kilograms of spirit rice, enough for a month or two. However, the rent is due at the beginning of next month. Damn it, when will I ever have a house of my own?"

Fang Jingxuan muttered to himself while counting the low-grade spirit stones on the table over and over again.

Now, the most valuable things he has are the two things he obtained from the same sect, plus the storage bag itself.

Of course, Tuoyuan is also very valuable, but these four items cannot be used, so Fang Jingxuan’s current wealth is only these low-grade spirit stones.

As for other talismans, such as the light body talisman, the protective talisman, and these life-saving talismans, Fang Jingxuan has four in his hand, each of which is worth five low-grade spirit stones.

There is also a Flame Talisman, which is an offensive talisman. It is quite expensive, worth about twenty-three low-grade spirit stones.

"A qualified cultivator should have his own combat weapon, but where is mine?"

Fang Jingxuan currently has no combat magic weapon to use. A first-grade low-grade combat magic weapon costs at least two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

And his master's combat magic weapon, which was originally passed down to him, was now taken by him and exchanged for spirit stones to buy Tuoyuan.

Firstly, his master's combat weapon was not very suitable for Fang Jingxuan himself, and secondly, Fang Jingxuan really lacked money as start-up capital to purchase Tuyuan.

"I originally pawned 450 low-grade spirit stones, and now, three months later, it's estimated to be close to 480. The interest on 10 low-grade spirit stones a month is really unfair."

"According to my current saving speed, I can save thirty coins a month by gritting my teeth. It will take at least ten months to save enough, and this does not include interest."

"With compound interest, it'll take a year and a half. Damn it! I really want to kill these loan sharks."

Fang Jingxuan felt a little depressed. It was really difficult for poor people to turn their lives around.

After putting away the spirit stone, Fang Jingxuan opened the panel and felt much better.

I saw that the progress in the cultivation column had changed from the second level of Qi Refining (259/300) to the current level (264/300).

In just half a month, the progress has increased by five points, which is really commendable.

At this rate, in two months or so, he would be able to advance to the third level of Qi Refining.

The future is promising.

Fang Jingxuan chuckled, stood up and called Tuoyuan, and the man and the turtle walked out of the yard and went out to the dock to find work.

"Let's go to Qinghefang. It's all by water, one stop direct. No waiting if you're late!"

At the gate of Qinghefang Market, Fang Jingxuan saw off the last customer. He looked at the weather and saw that it was already late, so there might not be any business today.

I earned four low-grade spirit stones today, which is not bad. If I can successfully attract customers from Hongyefang and can also attract customers here, I can barely make a round trip a day.

Fang Jingxuan, thinking of earning two more spirit stones, waited at the entrance of the market for a while, but unfortunately, he didn't go to the Hongye Market at this time.

"Those with higher cultivation can fly directly if they want to go. Those with less cultivation but money can choose to take a flying boat. Only those with insufficient cultivation and poverty will choose to ride a stinky beast ship. My future is worrying."

Seeing that he couldn't attract any customers, Fang Jingxuan became more worried about the future. The market was saturated, and with two other porters competing, it was really not easy to make money.

Forget it, I won’t do it anymore. It’s up to whoever wants it.

Fang Jingxuan called Tuoyuan and turned to head towards Qinghe, not planning to spend the night in Qinghefang.

At nightfall, a full moon hangs high in the sky, and the bright moonlight ripples.

Beneath a rarely visited waterfall, Fang Jingxuan waited. He waited for the moonlight to reach its peak tonight. He had to choose this moment to activate his monthly [Moonlight Jade Dew] ability. Otherwise, if he missed even a few drops of dew, Fang Jingxuan would be heartbroken.

After a while, the bright moon above seemed even brighter, so Fang Jingxuan's mind moved, and he took out the jade-made companion [Jadeite Green Cypress] from his storage bag.

The one-inch-high jade cypress tree appears even more transparent under the moonlight.

Fang Jingxuan used his internal energy to sacrifice this item, and at the same time began to connect with his natal star in the sea of ​​consciousness. He saw the [Thousand Spirits Cypress] began to flicker, and then his natal magical power, [Moonlight Jade Dew] was immediately activated.

The jade cypress began to absorb the moonlight descending from the sky, like morning dew, gradually condensing on the jade cypress.

When the shadow of the natal tree [Thousand Spirits Cypress] in the sea of ​​consciousness began to dim, Fang Jingxuan reluctantly severed the connection between his natal tree and his fellow practitioners.

At this time, Fang Jingxuan quickly took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and used a small water control spell to collect all the jade dew condensed on the jade cypress into the jade bottle.

When all the jade dew was collected, a smile appeared on Fang Jingxuan's face. This time, there were as many as eleven drops of Moonlight Jade Dew collected, which was the most in the past four months.

This is because Fang Jingxuan's cultivation level is higher than before, so the activation of his natal phantom can last longer.

The natal spirit will become more powerful as the cultivator's cultivation level increases. If there is an opportunity, it can even evolve into a higher-level natal spirit.

Fang Jingxuan carefully put away the jade bottle and his fellow practitioners and put them into the storage bag. Tuo Yuan, who was guarding the distance, also rushed back at this time.

With Tuyuan by his side, Fang Jingxuan felt much more at ease. His current fighting ability was not as high as Tuyuan's.

In fact, Fang Jingxuan himself also wanted to improve his combat power, but this all required spirit stones, talismans, magic weapons, and elixirs, which one didn't require money?
After finishing the most important thing of this month, Fang Jingxuan felt a little relaxed. Now that he had the Moonlight Jade Dew, the only thing left was how to use it.

Fang Jingxuan planned to divide these eleven drops of moonlight jade dew into three portions, five of which were made into spirit rice balls to feed Tuo Yuan.

In this way, Tuyuan's monthly growth progress can actually be controlled within about half a year.

In other words, Tuoyuan's growth rate, which appears to be one month, is actually six months of actual growth.

However, as Tuoyuan grows bigger, it will need more Moon Dew. By then, one drop of Moon Dew will not be enough to allow it to grow for a month.

Of the remaining six drops, Fang Jingxuan planned to keep three drops for himself. In recent days, the Baishan area has been a bit chaotic, which made Fang Jingxuan a little worried.

It’s a pity that I don’t have the skills to make pills, so I can’t maximize the effect of the Moon Jade Dew. Otherwise, I could add some ingredients and make it into pills, which would be more effective when taken.

Originally, Fang Jingxuan was thinking of slowly cultivating to the third level of Qi Refining, but the sooner the better.

In this way, when encountering danger, you will have a better chance of survival.

As for the last three drops, Fang Jingxuan also had a plan, which was to feed them to his newly collected spirit pet.

Well, it can’t be called a spiritual pet yet, as it hasn’t been successfully refined yet.

However, these three drops of Moonlight Jade Dew will surely greatly increase the success rate of refining.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan took Tuyuan to a pool nearby.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of thumb-sized fish fry in the originally clear pond.

These fry are all of the same species, a kind of fish that Fang Jingxuan commanded Tu Yuan to catch from the Qing River. It is called: Fissure Bone Catfish.

(End of this chapter)