Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 235 Coming out of seclusion
It's understandable that Han is naive and needs a rest.

But what does it mean to make alternative preparations?
Hasn't his cave been thoroughly cleaned and polished, with almost no blind spots?
Pei Xia didn't offer much explanation. After a day of refining pills, his computational power was greatly depleted, and his spirit was exhausted. Even with the help of his inner fire, this situation was still quite dangerous.

Fortunately, after the four clusters of heart fire countered the effects of the calamity, Pei Xia can now sleep for at least half an hour a night, even in this cave in the valley, as long as there are a few living people around.

Once her eyesight was clear the next day, Pei Xia immediately began making arrangements.

He first dug out a quiet room deep inside the cave, and then actually had Pear set up a single-person teleportation array inside, and then blocked the entire quiet room again.

"What is this...?" Han Youzhi was puzzled.

"After I go in, Pear, wipe away the teleportation array outside so that no one will disturb me."

Pear nodded.

Subsequently, under Pei Xia's guidance, she set up an even larger isolation array around the foot of the mountain, in addition to the original array that allowed her to sense spiritual energy in the cave.

A formation of this scale would not have been possible for Pear's cultivation level to complete in a single day. It was only thanks to Pei Xia using diluted Pure Blood of Returning to Emptiness that the complexity of the formation patterns in terms of spiritual energy connection was reduced.

Han Youzhi couldn't get involved, so he could only stare at him from the sidelines: "I'm telling you, is it really necessary? Didn't you just break through to the Profound Realm? Anyone who didn't know better would think you had some kind of divine insight."

Pei Xia told her earnestly, "It's truly divine providence; I wouldn't have needed to go through all that trouble."

The hallmark of the Profound Realm is the manifestation of spiritual power.

In layman's terms, spiritual energy has undergone a qualitative change, becoming more closely integrated with the cultivator himself.

In the early days of cauldron forging, cultivators would form an inner cauldron that could store spiritual energy for their own use.

However, the spiritual energy within the inner cauldron is not strictly speaking the cultivator's own; rather, it is drawn from the heavens and earth and temporarily stored within it.

Only when a cultivator reaches the Opening Mansion realm, breaking down their inner cauldron and reforging it into a spiritual mansion, can they guide spiritual energy to generate endlessly and become their own source.

The transition in this process is the manifestation of spiritual power in the Profound Realm, which makes the spiritual power in the inner cauldron more inclined towards the cultivator's own physique, the cultivation method he practices, and the realm of understanding he comprehends, so that it can be poured into the spiritual palace in the future.

Therefore, the spiritual power of the Tongxuan (通玄) often varies from person to person. The reason why the spiritual power of most people does not seem to be much different from before is because their cultivation path tends to be more balanced and peaceful.

Some people, like Luo Xiaojin, have studied blood cultivation techniques since childhood. After reaching the profound level, her spiritual power manifested an extremely strong bloody aura. When she used her sword, it formed a bloody light.

Then there's Li Tan. Her cultivation characteristics aren't particularly outstanding. Her spiritual energy is generally peaceful, only showing a faint bluish-green hue in color.

Then there are people like Xia Xuan and Ye Lu, whose spiritual power manifests differently, which is commonly known as "sword energy".

Unfortunately, Pei Xia's spiritual power also manifested as sword energy, but it wasn't the nascent sword energy of Xia Xuan and Ye Lu. His sword energy was called "Wu Du" (武独).

Once everything was arranged, another day had passed.

The next morning, Pei Xia changed into clean clothes and prepared to enter the meditation room for seclusion. Before leaving, he gave Han Youzhi some special instructions.

"If there's trouble in the sect, go find Senior Brother Li. If that doesn't work, go find the sect leader. Don't kill people indiscriminately."

"know."

“I don’t need to worry here. There are two layers of arrays to isolate me. Even if someone at the Transformation Realm comes to my meditation room, they won’t be able to detect me.”

"I never intended to interfere with you."

"Finally, if you successfully break through, remember to help me catch the bugs."

"Catch...catch what?"

Before Han Youzhi could ask any further questions, Pei Xia had already turned around and stepped into the small teleportation array made of pear-shaped talismans.

As the figure blurred and disappeared, Lu Li readily tore down the array on the ground. Then, quite disrespectfully, she slapped Old Han's round bottom: "Sister Han, your good days are here!"

Han Youzhi glanced sideways at Li Zi, the master and apprentice always talking in such a mystical way: "What auspicious day?"

"Pei Xia is in seclusion, so his herb garden is yours now?"

Lu Li winked at her: "I saw it before, you exchanged quite a few other medicinal herbs and spirit seeds at Dianji Hall."

While jade ginseng and xuanji grass are indeed rare, strictly speaking, they are not very marketable materials. Apart from the Hunling Pill, they can only be used when refining the Zhenchen Pill—that is a pill used when external spiritual energy enters the body and cannot be removed. It can help suppress external spiritual energy in the inner cauldron or spiritual palace, similar to the Hunling Pill. You can't say it's useless, but it is indeed not easy to sell.

Han Youzhi is different. The spirit seeds she obtained from the Hall of Merit are definitely the type that are easy to sell and can be exchanged for cultivation resources.

Taking advantage of the diluted fertilizer from the Glazed Immortal Elixir, shouldn't we make a fortune?
Old Han blinked... Holy crap, you're right!
"Hurry up, go and pull up all those red ginseng spirit stones and grasses. I'll go to the sect and sell them to people in other caves tomorrow."

Old Han furtively pulled out two cloth bags from his pocket: "These are the Dragon Heart Vine that I've been looking for for a long time. They can be used to refine pills, and the mature vines can be used to forge weapons. They sell incredibly well. There's also this Spirit Observation Seed. One plant produces five thousand seeds. Top sects use this to feed their juniors from a young age to strengthen their bodies. The supply can't keep up with the demand!"

Pear knew she was prepared.

But I didn't expect her to be so well prepared!

Old Han is gaining a deeper and deeper understanding of his identity as a rogue cultivator.

Pear reached out her hand and pinched a handful: "I get seven, you get three."

Han Youzhi didn't hesitate for a second: "Deal!"

Just kidding. Han Youzhi has seen firsthand how effective the Glazed Immortal Elixir is. In just one month, he has grown more than thirty Emerald Ginseng plants and more than forty Xuanji Grasses.

If this were used to cultivate Dragon Heart Vine, even if it only produced two vines and four fruits, she would still make a huge profit.

Wow, life is getting better and better!
And so, Pei Xia went into seclusion quietly, while Han Youzhi and Lizi busied themselves planting vegetables with great enthusiasm.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed.

The efficacy of the Crystal Elixir is beyond doubt; at least among spiritual plants of this grade, its role is irreplaceable.

Three Dragon Heart Vine plants matured, yielding nine usable vine branches and six fruits. The Spirit Observation Vine plants were bursting with seeds, all of which had to be sold by weight, eventually piling up into a small mountain in a corner of the cave.

"What a pity," Han Youzhi said, looking at her harvest with regret in her eyes, "Why didn't Pei Xia leave more of that stinky water behind?"

Within a month, all the extra filthy liquid from the Glazed Immortal Elixir had been used up.

Pear didn't seem to have any complaints. She sat down by the mountain of rice, picked a grain, cracked it open, and said, "That stuff was obtained by chance, and the quantity is limited. Although Pei Xia isn't overly stingy, good steel should be used where it's needed most. We can't just exchange it all for rice, can we?"

Zhao Jia suffered a huge loss the first time he used it, not knowing its limitations.

Pei Xia was very prescient this time and only used half a bottle. He still has three and a half bottles left, which he can use in crucial situations in the future.

It's important to know that the Glazed Immortal Elixir isn't just for irrigating spiritual plants; it's also a top-tier spiritual material that can help people break through the limitations of their natural talents.

As agreed, Han Youzhi will receive three Dragon Heart Vine, two Dragon Heart Fruits, and 30% of the Spirit Observation Seeds. Once successfully exchanged in the Jade Palace of Qiongxiao, it will definitely be a considerable asset.

That's already very good. Even back when I was a layman in the Holy Palace, I would have had to submit a written application to get this kind of material approved.

Ultimately, it was all thanks to Pei Xia.

Just as Lao Han was pondering whether he should repay him in kind, the cave suddenly trembled slightly.

A series of intimidating, sharp auras seemed to surge in from all directions like the sea!
Han Youzhi looked up and met Lu Li's gaze. Without saying a word, Lu Li was the first to dart outside, shouting, "Run!"

(End of this chapter)