Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 165 Another Three Years
Three days later, the full moon would arrive. Fang Jingxuan came to the courtyard in his cave dwelling and arranged the Three Friends of Winter together, quietly waiting for the moment when the moonlight was at its brightest.

The innate talent of [Moonlight Jade Dew] can only be activated once a month. After it is activated, Fang Jingxuan's innate talent [Thousand Spirit Cypress] in his sea of ​​consciousness will fall into a state of decline.

Therefore, in order to maximize his benefits, Fang Jingxuan usually chooses to activate this divine power only when the moon's energy is at its strongest within each month.

The midnight hour of the full moon is when the moon's power is at its strongest within a month, so Fang Jingxuan habitually activates his power at this time.

As this was Fang Jingxuan's first time using the new Tongcan to unleash his innate talent, he was filled with anticipation.

As time passed, the moon above reached its brightest moment.

Therefore, Fang Jingxuan made a decisive move and instantly activated his innate divine power, "Moonlight Jade Dew." Instantly, a profound spiritual energy emanated from the "Thousand-Year Cypress" in his sea of ​​consciousness and landed on the "Rhythmic Cold Pine" in front of him.

In an instant, all the branches and leaves on the [Rhyme Spirit Cold Pine] began to shimmer with spiritual light, and streams of moonlight were drawn into them, slowly condensing into jade dew.

One drop, two drops, slowly the jade dew increased, eventually gathering into a shallow stream, which Fang Jingxuan manipulated with his magic power, steadily falling into the jade bottle below.

A quarter of an hour later, Fang Jingxuan felt the [Thousand-Spirit Cypress] in his sea of ​​consciousness begin to dim, so he immediately ended the activation of this supernatural power.

Moon Dew can be collected every month. We shouldn't forcibly deplete the reserves of [Thousand Spirit Cypress] for the sake of temporary gains or losses, as that would be putting the cart before the horse.

Finally, Fang Jingxuan collected all the jade dew that had condensed on the [Yunling Hansong] and put it into the jade bottle.

Upon careful counting, there were a total of 123 drops, an increase of more than half compared to the previous 85 drops.

Immediately, Fang Jingxuan revealed a satisfied smile. Although the price of this [Rhyme Spirit Cold Pine] Three Friends of Winter was very expensive, costing him three hundred mid-grade spirit stones, the effect after this verification exceeded his expectations.

The extra forty or so drops of Moon Essence Jade Dew each month, when mixed into the Demon Summoning Soil, can earn an extra five mid-grade spirit stones per month.

Based on this calculation, it should take less than seven years to completely recoup this expense.

Moreover, there's the improvement in cultivation progress, so even if I reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, my cultivation speed will still be quite fast.

Having considered everything to this extent, Fang Jingxuan felt relieved. Now everything was ready except for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Unfortunately, high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills are rarely available on the market, and even when they do appear, I can't afford them.

Unless one joins a powerful force like the Cui family and signs a decades-long indenture stipulating that they must serve the Cui family after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, they will not be able to use their connections to obtain high-grade Foundation Establishment pills for themselves.

Otherwise, if you try to buy them yourself, you can only get some low-quality Foundation Establishment Pills and gamble on a 20-30% success rate.

Of course, preparing the three major spiritual herbs yourself and asking an alchemist to refine them is also a way to obtain mid-grade and high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, the production of the most crucial 'Mysterious Spirit Fruit' is not easy to obtain, and this aspect requires careful planning.

Regardless, his foundation is much stronger than before the auction, and he is only thirty-four years old, so he has at least twenty years to plan.

Even by selling the secret-recipe Demon-Summoning Soil, he could accumulate enough spirit stones to buy a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill at the next auction. Thinking this, Fang Jingxuan felt quite at ease; he would leave everything to time.

Ten days later, Fang Jingxuan ended his seclusion on Guixu Island. At this point, his cultivation was completely stable, and he no longer needed to cultivate.

With Tuoyuan in tow, Fang Jingxuan went to the black market outside Meteor Island and handed over the Void Vine Fruit with spatial attributes so that the other party could craft a spirit bag that could hold Tuoyuan.

The black market dealers promised that the spirit-controlling bag would be completed in two years at most. However, because it was made of second-tier spiritual materials, the crafting difficulty was increased, and Fang Jingxuan would need to pay an additional ten mid-grade spirit stones.

However, they assured Fang Jingxuan that the effects of the refined spirit-controlling bags would far exceed his expectations, so even if he had to pay more, Fang Jingxuan readily agreed.

After finishing his trip to the black market, Fang Jingxuan returned to Black Toad Island and chose to lie low rather than rush to prepare Foundation Establishment Pills.

This is because, as the amount of Moon Dew increases each month, Tuoyuan's growth rate can be guaranteed, and he will reach the Qi Refining Perfection realm in less than two years.

And Liu Gu is about to open his third bone aperture, at which time his realm will be equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Imagine how powerful Liu Gu would be at the Foundation Establishment stage. If Fang Jingxuan were to take Liu Gu with him to plan for the Foundation Establishment Pill, it would be many times more secure than it is now.

With this in mind, Fang Jingxuan chose to enter a period of silence atop the spiritual vein cave on Black Toad Island.

Six months later, the tourmaline mining area on the west side of Black Toad Island got on track and began to produce tourmaline of various qualities steadily. The monthly profit also quickly climbed from one mid-grade spirit stone to four mid-grade spirit stones.

In addition, the spirit rice planted on the first batch of low-grade spirit fields is slowly ripening and will soon be ready to be sold for money.

At this time, the number of mortals on Black Toad Island had reached about eight thousand, and the number of cultivators recruited to do things had reached thirteen.

A year later, everything was on track. The spirit fields and spirit mines, after deducting expenses, brought Fang Jingxuan a profit of more than fifty mid-grade spirit stones.

In addition to the business of the secret-recipe Demon-Summoning Soil, even with profit sharing with the Cui family, there is still a profit of more than 120 mid-grade spirit stones per year.

Combined, over the course of a year, Fang Jingxuan automatically earned about 170 mid-grade spirit stones without having to worry about anything, and this amount of spirit stones still has the potential to continue to grow.

However, Fang Jingxuan had no interest in continuing to develop and expand his power. In his view, power and sects were merely tools for him to amass wealth, and he should not put the cart before the horse by focusing most of his energy on them.

Having a basic framework is enough; the most important thing is to improve one's own capabilities, which is the most fundamental aspect.

Two years later, the people from the black market delivered a spirit-controlling bag as promised, and the quality of this spirit-controlling bag actually reached the second-tier low-grade.

Once unfolded, its internal volume is a full twenty zhang (approximately 33 meters), enough for Tuoyuan to roam freely inside.

Furthermore, if this spirit-controlling bag is continuously filled with spatial materials according to a specific refining method, its internal volume can be slowly increased, with a maximum size of fifty zhang in diameter.

This truly exceeded Fang Jingxuan's expectations; products from Black Hand are indeed trustworthy.

But this was not the most surprising thing for Fang Jingxuan that year. After a long period of nurturing, Liu Gu finally underwent a transformation and opened the third bone aperture. In other words, Liu Gu successfully established his foundation!
(End of this chapter)