Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 204 Six-Bone Advancement
How much Moon Dew can I produce in a month?
This made Fang Jingxuan ponder. Since he had established his foundation, he had been able to collect more than two hundred drops of Moon Essence Dew every month.

Now, having obtained the second-tier top-grade Tongcan Cypress [Jianmu Spirit Cypress], with its amplification, he can now collect 320 drops of Moon Essence Jade Dew per month.

Originally, these Moon Dews were meant to be fed to Tuoyuan and Liugu, and the Enlightenment Vine could occasionally get a few drops. But now it seems that if they were all given to Wang Xuan, he could get ninety high-grade spirit stones every month.

This is even more than the monthly income I received at the Holy Infant Sect. Right now, it's enough for my cultivation, and to buy pills and Xuanming True Qi.

So, should we continue to try and seize the gate of Sword Shadow Mountain?
After a few moments of contemplation, Fang Jingxuan said:

“I can provide you with three hundred drops of jade dew every month, but you must provide me with a separate ‘Imperial Jade Dew Pill’ and pay me the corresponding amount of spirit stones.”

Upon hearing Fang Jingxuan's words, Wang Xuan's expression darkened. In his view, Fang Jingxuan wanted both ways, but since the key to this matter lay with Fang Jingxuan, he could only acquiesce to his somewhat demanding request.

"Alright, I'll provide you with one 'Imperial Jade Dew Pill' every three months, and the rest of the Jade Dew will be paid for with spirit stones, how about that?"

Seeing Wang Xuan's expression, Fang Jingxuan spoke up to comfort him:

“Brother Wang, there’s no need for that. You’ll definitely make more money than me on this deal. It’s a win-win situation for both of us. There’s no such thing as one of us taking all the benefits.”

As a mid-grade second-tier alchemist, Wang Xuan's cultivation level would increase dramatically with each 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill' he refined. Some alchemists would even give away money to refine high-grade spiritual pills.

Secondly, only one hundred drops of Moon Dew are needed to refine one 'Emperor Jade Dew Pill'. The current price of one hundred high-grade spirit stones at the auction house is just the beginning. Once the publicity starts, this price will definitely continue to rise.

However, this has nothing to do with Fang Jingxuan anymore; he only needs to earn what he is entitled to.

“That would be best, Fellow Daoist Fang. Next month, I will give you one Jade Dew Pill, and then one every three months thereafter.”

In three months, Wang Xuan could refine a maximum of nine 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pills', and that was assuming that every batch of pills could be successfully refined. Fang Jingxuan was quite satisfied that he could resell one every three months.

If this kind of pill were put in an auction house, it would most likely be bought by a Golden Core cultivator. If an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator wanted to get it, they would have to be ripped off.

For the next two months, with Wang Xuan's promise, Fang Jingxuan felt at ease sending over three hundred drops of the Moon Dew he collected each month.

In this way, Fang Jingxuan would only have twenty or thirty drops left in his own possession at most.

This amount was far from enough to sustain Tuoyuan's consumption, so Fang Jingxuan simply stopped feeding Tuoyuan and instead sprinkled the jade dew on the Enlightenment Vine in the Green Wood Treasure Garden to support its growth.

Without the nourishing Jade Dew, Tuoyuan looked quite downcast. However, after Fang Jingxuan promised to leave the next 'Emperor Jade Dew Pill' for it, Tuoyuan returned to its usual laziness and stopped causing trouble.

At the end of the second month, Wang Xuan indeed delivered a 'Dihua Jade Dew Pill' to Fang Jingxuan's rented residence, along with instructions on how to use it.

Following Wang Xuan's advice, Fang Jingxuan carefully dissolved the pill with his magic power and slowly fed it into Liu Gu's abdomen. He then actively helped to regulate Liu Gu's condition, trying his best to ensure that the pill's potent effects would not cause any additional damage.

Previously, under the nourishment of six drops of the Extreme Yin Moon Essence Dew, Liu Gu's cultivation level suddenly increased by more than six years.

In this way, it would only be six or seven years of cultivation away from advancing to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. This 'Emperor's Jade Dew Pill' could increase a Foundation Establishment spirit beast's cultivation by seven to eight years with just one pill. Therefore, after consuming this pill, Liu Gu had a very high probability of breaking through directly. And the result did not disappoint Fang Jingxuan. Five days after Liu Gu consumed the pill, the spiritual energy in its body began to increase significantly while it was in a deep sleep, and its cultivation level also increased rapidly.

At this moment, the changes in the six-bone body were also proceeding rapidly. Behind the last two bone orifices on its back, a pair of small bone orifices were quietly opening.

Just as a butterfly emerges from its cocoon, tearing apart the thick cocoon with its flapping wings, so too do the last two bone orifices of the six bones.

With the tearing of the upper membrane, the fourth pair of bone orifices are fully opened.

At this point, Liu Gu's cultivation level finally reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Only after the condition of the Six Bones had completely stabilized did Fang Jingxuan dare to examine it. He held the Six Bones in his palm and gently probed its sea of ​​consciousness with his divine sense to feel and investigate what extraordinary supernatural powers the newly formed Six Bones had gained.

As his divine sense probed in, a large amount of information was continuously transmitted back from the spiritual contract imprint signed by both parties within Fang Jingxuan's own sea of ​​consciousness.

Therefore, after collecting enough information, the attribute panel was fully opened.

[Companion Beast: Six Bones, a mutated bone catfish, with a cultivation level of the fourth layer of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.]

[Talent (Earth Rank): [Exquisite Bone]]

[Supernatural Techniques: Beginner (Flying Head Soul Suppression Technique, Soul Slaughtering Technique, Flying Dragon Carrying Calamity Slash); Intermediate (Black Demon Fire, White Star Fall); Advanced (Rainbow Transformation Light Escape, Dragon Beard Calamity-Crossing Substitute Death Technique (four times))]

Fang Jingxuan's gaze swept over each one, and when he saw the last line, the newly appeared supernatural abilities, his eyes narrowed.

Then, suppressing his excitement, Fang Jingxuan read the details of this supernatural technique in more detail.

【Dragon Beard Calamity-Saving Substitute Death Technique (Four Times)】: By regularly nurturing one's own beard, one can gain a chance to sacrifice one's own flesh and beard in the event of a fatal attack. There are currently four times remaining.

"It's this supernatural power!" Fang Jingxuan looked at it. Liu Gu now had four long, golden, fleshy whiskers. He hadn't expected it to have such an effect.

Unfortunately, only four fleshy tendrils grew from the six bones. If only there were eight, Fang Jingxuan thought greedily.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan's fondness for Liu Gu grew even stronger. Currently, after Liu Gu has established his foundation, the two supernatural abilities he has awakened are all life-saving supernatural abilities, which is worthy of the original behavior of the sixth brother.

With the ability of [Rainbow Light Escape], Fang Jingxuan was already invincible in the Foundation Establishment stage. Now, with the addition of this [Dragon Beard Calamity-Crossing Substitute Death Technique (Four Times)], if he wasn't afraid of getting carried away and suffering disaster, Fang Jingxuan would really want to shout a few words: Who can kill me?
After a moment, Fang Jingxuan composed himself, let Liu Gu return to the Spirit Control Bag to rest, and then his gaze toward Tuo Yuan became fervent.

Next up is Tuoyuan. Liugu is so capable, you can't let him down.

For some reason, Tuoyuan felt a slight tremor in his body as he sensed Fang Jingxuan's gaze.

(End of this chapter)