Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 100 Tuoyuan Ascends Again
Back home, Fang Jingxuan confirmed that the formation was functioning properly before entering the quiet room, where he took out the golden cicada shell and examined it carefully.

This remains are only three inches in size, and their entire body is as delicate and smooth as mutton fat jade, which is quite different from their dark appearance before they were awakened.

Holding it in your hand, a chill runs straight to your brain, involuntarily bringing you into a state of perfect calm.

In this state, trivial thoughts will not arise, allowing one to focus on spiritual practice, thereby achieving the effect of reaping two rewards with one unit of mental effort.

Fang Jingxuan carefully studied the remains and found that they were effective in calming the mind and nourishing the soul.

Holding this remains in one's hands, it would be quite difficult to suffer from qi deviation when practicing one's internal energy.

At the last moment, the remains were finally successfully activated, which was clearly the limit that Master Hua could appraise.

This remains are of the highest grade, first rank. If sold at market price, Fang Jingxuan estimates that they should be worth eight thousand low-grade spirit stones.

When you calculate it that way, it's not even as expensive as Master Hua's mansion.

Fang Jingxuan felt a little jealous at this moment. The opportunity he had risked his life to obtain was not even worth a house, and there were nearly twenty such houses in Hongyefang.

What does an individual's strength amount to for a Foundation Establishment family like the Chu family?

First-grade top-quality spiritual materials are extremely rare among Qi Refining cultivators. If this news were to be released, it would undoubtedly ignite the greed of countless Qi Refining cultivators.

However, Fang Jingxuan estimated that the Chu family's vast treasury must contain two-digit quantities of spiritual materials of this caliber.

For a moment, Fang Jingxuan felt somewhat frustrated. He could still use spirit stones to buy some resources now, but if he waited until the late stage of Qi Refining and wanted to obtain the corresponding resources, he would have no choice but to rely on a Foundation Establishment family and beg for their help.

In Baishan, cultivation supplies of slightly higher quality are rarely available on the market. These supplies are controlled, making life difficult for independent cultivators. The difficulty lies in the fact that the higher authorities deliberately suppress them.

Forget it, I'll think about these things later. Fang Jingxuan composed himself and prepared to meditate using the newly acquired remains.

He wanted to see how much progress he could make in one night of meditation with the combination of a first-grade superior [Longevity Cypress] and a first-grade supreme [Cold Jade Cicada Shell].

As dawn broke, Fang Jingxuan awoke from his meditation. This time, he was full of energy and showed none of the weariness he usually felt after exhausting his mind.

After habitually opening the attribute panel, Fang Jingxuan's gaze suddenly sharpened.

[Cultivation: Fourth level of Qi refining (48/1000)]

The cultivation progress was 43 points yesterday, but it increased by 5 points overnight.

This time, Fang Jingxuan did not consume Moon Essence Dew or any elixirs; he simply meditated and cultivated normally.

Recalling how he had to diligently meditate and cultivate for three to five days to gain even a little bit of experience in the beginning, and then looking at his current situation where he could gain five points in one night, Fang Jingxuan's eyes became a little moist.

What did I do all those years?
I never knew that cultivation could progress by leaps and bounds in a day. Only now do I realize how enjoyable it is for those cultivation geniuses to cultivate.

After a short while, Fang Jingxuan calmed his mind. After changing to the [Longevity Cypress], his cultivation progress returned to normal, reaching the level of an ordinary sect disciple.

Now, after switching to the [Cold Jade Cicada Molt], the amplification has increased fivefold. This kind of cultivation speed is something only the top ten geniuses in Golden Core sects and the true seed cultivators nurtured with all their might in Foundation Establishment families can possess.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan felt somewhat smug. Those people all relied on the support of their families and sects, while I relied solely on my own efforts.

At this rate of cultivation, I will be able to reach the fifth level of Qi Refining in less than two hundred days.

After closing the attribute panel, Fang Jingxuan strolled out of the quiet room. He was in high spirits and decided to treat himself to a big meal today. Hmm, and Tuoyuan too.

The days that followed became more comfortable, and Fang Jingxuan returned to his previous routine. He meditated and cultivated at night, drew talismans and refined his body during the day, and occasionally went to the market to sell his goods and earn some spirit stones.

Meanwhile, Fang Jingxuan watched his cultivation progress, which increased by five points a day, giving him a great sense of accomplishment every day.

During this time, Fang Jingxuan also went to see Hou San, the man who sold him the broken tortoise shells that day, hoping that he could help him collect some more of those broken tortoise shells.

Hou San was initially reluctant to accept Fang Jingxuan's request, since the Water Alliance was not far away and traveling far away at this time would be quite risky.

But when Fang Jingxuan used the "add money" tactic, Hou San immediately changed his attitude, patting his chest and guaranteeing that he would definitely find the tortoise shell fragments for Fang Jingxuan.

After sending Hou San, Fang Jingxuan was still not at ease, so he asked Wang Xinyu to help him acquire high-grade tortoise shell fragments.

In addition, Fang Jingxuan also stopped using his share of Moon Dew and gave it to Tuoyuan and Liugu.

A single drop of Moon Dew, once consumed, can only increase one's cultivation progress by two points.

Before obtaining the [Cold Jade Remains], this was equivalent to two nights of meditation and cultivation, which greatly helped him.

But now, I can gain five points by meditating for a day, so the Moon Dew isn't as effective for me anymore.

In the past month, Fang Jingxuan collected more than sixty drops of Moon Dew, so he allocated thirty drops to each of his spirit pets, Tuoyuan and Liugu.

Now that Fang Jingxuan has the Six Bones, his safety is guaranteed, so he no longer needs to carry Tuoyuan with him wherever he goes, unlike before.

Therefore, Fang Jingxuan usually let Tuoyuan rest in the small courtyard and not see any outsiders, so he could naturally consume one drop of Moon Essence Jade Dew every day.

As time slowly passed, three months had gone by in the blink of an eye, and Hou San had brought back many broken tortoise shells.

These broken tortoise shells range in size from as small as a fingernail to as large as a fist.

Clearly, Hou San had searched the entire area thoroughly, digging three feet into the ground, to collect such a clean find.

Fang Jingxuan was very satisfied with this, and settled the price for Hou San with more than 130 low-grade spirit stones, based on the price of one tael of tortoise shell and one low-grade spirit stone.

This price is clearly a hundred times higher than the initial transaction price with Hou San.

But without a generous reward, how can you expect anyone to risk their life for you? Fang Jingxuan is now very wealthy and can use more than a hundred low-grade spirit stones to help Tuoyuan awaken several more divine abilities. Considering all this, this deal is incredibly worthwhile.

After dismissing Hou San, Fang Jingxuan couldn't wait to grind all the tortoise shells into powder and mix them into its food.

The total amount of tortoise shell powder, more than thirteen catties, was consumed in half a month. During this period, Fang Jingxuan also fed Tuoyuan some spiritual materials collected by Wang Xinyu.

On this day, Fang Jingxuan checked the extent of Tuoyuan's physical changes as usual. When he opened the attribute panel, the information about Tuoyuan had undergone a huge change.

[Companion Beast: Tuoyuan, a first-tier low-grade water spirit turtle, adult stage, with Qi Refining level 6 cultivation.]

[Bloodline Progress: 476/100]

[Talent (Beginner): [Lightness] [Water Skill] [Return to Origin]]

Unbeknownst to him, after being fed by Fang Jingxuan for more than half a year and nurtured by the Moon Dew Water, Tuoyuan had grown into adulthood and his cultivation had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

What surprised Fang Jingxuan even more was that the progress of Tuoyuan's bloodline was also approaching 500, which meant that Tuoyuan could awaken a high-level innate talent.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan laughed loudly, which made Tuoyuan shrink back in fright. At this moment, Tuoyuan felt that his master's gaze had become so fervent.
(End of this chapter)