Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 17 Bloodline Potential

Fang Jingxuan exchanged the last half bag of spiritual rice for some things related to talisman making.

For example, a talisman pen made of fox tail hair, a few dozen pieces of pure bamboo paper, and a few ounces of cinnabar, spices, and ink.

This is already the top configuration for a beginner. In normal times, at least five low-grade spirit stones are needed.

And now, Fang Jingxuan only needs to exchange it for half a bag of spiritual rice, which can be considered a profit.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, do you have any spiritual rice left? Don't be in such a hurry to leave."

When some people saw Fang Jingxuan packing the rice bags, they immediately became anxious. These people wanted to get a bargain at the last moment, but they didn't get any, and now they couldn't even buy the spiritual rice.

"No more, no more, there's only this one bag. Open your mouth earlier next time and make room!"

Fang Jingxuan saw that he was surrounded by several cultivators who refused to disperse, so he narrowed his eyes. Tuoyuan behind him suddenly stood up, opened his mouth wide, and revealed his sharp fangs.

"Scare me! Fellow Daoist Fang, keep your companion beast under control. It wants to eat people."

"No, then no, why are you so fierce?"

Several people grumbled, but the effect was very good. Seeing Tuoyuan looking so ferocious, as if he was afraid of being bitten by a dog, they immediately moved away from him.

Fang Jingxuan laughed, but said:

"It won't bite, don't panic, fellow Taoist, hehe."

Tuoyuan also showed a human-like smile at this time, but people who were not familiar with it had no way of telling the difference.

Fang Jingxuan turned around and climbed onto Tuoyuan's back, preparing to leave. The harvest this time was pretty good, but it was a pity that there were only five bags of spiritual rice left. He wouldn't be able to exchange them so generously next time.

Arriving at the door, Lao He was seeing off other people. Fang Jingxuan thought for a moment, then came down and said to Lao He:
"Senior He, why didn't I see Fellow Daoist Tian this time?"

Fang Jingxuan was asking about Tian Qingyun, who had previously wanted to take Fang Jingxuan hunting in the wild, but was rejected by Fang Jingxuan.

"Tian Qingyun, he hasn't come back yet. He's looking for another cultivator with a pack animal. He's been out for three days now, so he should be back soon."

"That's great. I can buy some fresh monster flesh and blood then. I'm almost done with the ones I bought earlier."

Lao He nodded, his eyes a little dim, and without saying anything more, he turned around and continued talking with others.

Fang Jingxuan began to think in his heart that maybe there really wasn't any danger. It was a pity that he missed an opportunity to make money.

But if given another chance to choose, Fang Jingxuan felt that he would still reject Tian Qingyun.

Safety first, safety first!
In just a short moment, Fang Jingxuan returned safely to his own yard and let Tuyuan rest. Fang Jingxuan took out the broken tortoise shell and began to study it.

Looking at this piece of tortoise shell, Fang Jingxuan guessed that it must have been knocked off from some kind of second-level demon turtle.

A second-level demon beast is equivalent to a cultivator who has established his foundation. Unlike human cultivators who cultivate mana, they do not pay much attention to their physical body.

Most of the essence of monsters is in their bodies. They cannot refine magical weapons and can only constantly temper their bodies. This also means that the flesh and blood of monsters are a very nutritious food.

"Although it's just a small piece of broken armor, it was broken off from the body of a second-level monster after all. Even if I soak it in water and drink it, it will probably have some effect."

Fang Jingxuan felt that this broken tortoise shell must be very beneficial, at least for Tuoyuan.

So Fang Jingxuan found some tools and prepared to grind the skull-sized piece of tortoise shell into powder, and then give it to Tu Yuan to drink as if it were protein powder. But right at the beginning, Fang Jingxuan encountered a problem. His grinding tools were ineffective on the tortoise shell.

Half a minute later, Fang Jingxuan frowned as he looked at the medicine grinder that was almost worn out.

After all, this medicine grinder is made of high-quality stone. It can easily grind monster bones, fish bones, etc. on a normal day, but it is useless when it comes to this second-level tortoise shell.

"It would be great if I had a magic weapon for battle. I could just use it and smash it into pieces. No matter how big of a tortoise shell you have, I'll smash it into pieces. Unfortunately, I don't have any."

Fang Jingxuan sighed and began to think about how to deal with the broken tortoise shell. The tortoise shell was a bit hard and the usual processing methods were useless to it.

After a few breaths, Fang Jingxuan suddenly remembered that the piece of magic weapon fragment that Hou Er had traded with him for the first time might come in handy.
Since they also break down second-level materials, the fragments of the magic weapon should be more useful, right?

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan took out the finger-sized fragment of the magic weapon from his storage bag.

It's a little small, but it works.

Fang Jingxuan held the fragment of the magic weapon and began to scratch it on the tortoise shell.

The broken tortoise shell, which was as hard as iron, was defeated this time and was easily rubbed into powder.

There was hope. Fang Jingxuan's eyes lit up, so he quickened his pace. For a moment, the only sound in the courtyard was the sound of whooshing.

After a while, a small pile of tortoise shell powder had accumulated in the stone bowl below.

Seeing this, Fang Jingxuan stopped what he was doing and tried it a little to see the effect.

"Xiao Yuan, come and taste the saltiness. This is a nourishing soup I carefully prepared."

Fang Jingxuan was holding up a large bowl, which contained a white mass and a few monster bones with a little bit of meat stained on them.

This was the leftover food from Fang Jingxuan's meal. He couldn't digest the bones, so he had to give it to Tu Yuan.

When Tuoyuan saw the bone soup, his eyes narrowed and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It stretched its neck and buried its head in the big bowl. There was a gurgling sound, accompanied by the sound of chewing. In just a few breaths, the whole bowl of bone soup went into Tuyuan's stomach.

After Tuoyuan finished eating, Fang Jingxuan paid close attention to the information on the attribute panel. Because Tuoyuan had signed a soul contract with him, Tuoyuan's information was also recorded on his panel.

This soul contract was the service provided to Fang Jingxuan when he purchased Tuoyuan from the Beast Taming Ning family.

This is a master-servant contract. After signing this contract, Tuoyuan's life and death will follow Fang Jingxuan. If Fang Jingxuan dies, Tuoyuan will also be killed by the backlash of the contract in his soul.

Such a deep binding contract has closely connected Fang Jingxuan and Tuyuan, so Tuyuan's information can be captured by Fang Jingxuan's attribute panel.

But now Fang Jingxuan's soul is not strong enough, so he can only sign Tuoyuan as his companion beast. However, when Fang Jingxuan reaches the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, he can start preparing a new companion beast for life and death.

Putting aside the idle chatter, Fang Jingxuan waited for a moment, guessing that Tuoyuan was quickly digesting the bowl of secret tortoise shell and bone soup, so the column about Tuoyuan on the attribute panel was expanded in detail this time.

[Companion Beast: Tuoyuan, a first-rank low-grade water-breathing turtle, Qi Refining Level 3.]

[Bloodline Progress: 91/100 (Talent Abilities Awakening)]

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