Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 8 Huge Harvest
This safe house is now filled with what I've gathered in this area over the past ten days.

Because a preservation array was set up inside the cave, the flesh and blood of the monsters were kept alive, and each one looked as if it had just died.

Su You will divide it up before leaving; for now, it's better to leave it all piled up together.

Looking at his achievements over the past period, Su You felt very satisfied.

This Flowing Cloud Mountain Range is indeed a treasure land, and there are a great many demonic beasts in it.

For other Qi Refining Realm cultivators or Foundation Establishment Realm experts, entering the Flowing Cloud Mountains to hunt demonic beasts is an extremely difficult task.

After all, it is extremely difficult to hunt down a demon beast silently. Even a Foundation Establishment Realm expert will inevitably make noise during a battle.

If they are then surrounded and attacked by a horde of monsters, they will only be able to die on the spot.

Otherwise, Foundation Establishment experts, or even Golden Core cultivators, would have already earned spirit stones by hunting demonic beasts; it wouldn't have been Su You's turn to do it.

Su You's ability to achieve this level is primarily due to the combination of various witchcraft techniques, which allows him to move freely within the Flowing Cloud Mountains. As long as he doesn't encounter any second-tier or higher demonic beasts, he is difficult to detect.

Secondly, Su You possesses the technique of mental attack, which allows him to cleanly and efficiently eliminate demonic beasts and take them away.

Of course, the most important point is that Su You is not afraid of death.

While the various combinations of witchcraft are wondrous, magic can achieve the same effect.

While a Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be able to use mental attacks, a Golden Core cultivator, even without powerful mental attack techniques, can still kill first-tier demonic beasts more easily than Su You using the simplest mental attacks.

But why don't we see those Golden Core cultivators entering it to hunt monsters?
Don't say they look down on these demonic beasts; they might not even care if it's only a few hundred or a few thousand spirit stones.

However, Su You stayed in the Liuyun Mountains for nearly a month, hunting down a large number of demonic beasts, worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Those Golden Core experts would probably have earned even more.

That's hundreds of thousands of spirit stones a year. No Golden Core cultivator wouldn't be tempted by so many spirit stones.

but!

The risks involved are indeed very high. Those who can cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage or even the Golden Core stage are already quite risk-averse and would never do such a dangerous thing.

The depths of the Liuyun Mountains are teeming with demonic beasts, including even third-tier great demons. Once trapped inside, the only outcome is certain death.

Therefore, only Su You could do such a good thing as making a fortune in spirit stones.

Because he is not afraid of death, for death can be resurrected, and one can come back to life.

but……

This mental attack is indeed very useful in the outer areas of the Flowing Cloud Mountains, especially when facing first-tier demonic beasts.

No wonder, both the cultivation methods of divine sense and the secret techniques of attacking with divine sense are extremely precious in the world of cultivation.

Even though the twin clones are within the Void Heaven Sect, no disciple has ever been known to possess such a secret technique. Perhaps only the core disciples of the sect have access to this precious secret technique.

Therefore, in the future, we need to be more discreet when using mental attacks. Unless we can kill the opponent and there are no outsiders present, we cannot use them lightly.

After carefully calculating his gains over this period, Su You decided to temporarily end this demon-hunting journey.

"I can't be too greedy. If I sell all of these demonic beasts, I can get at least 20,000 spirit stones, which is enough for my cultivation and to help my twin clones gather Foundation Establishment Pills."

Su You filled his storage bag dozens of times, and the three safe houses were also basically filled with prey, which was enough to prove that this harvest was considerable.

Next, Su You carefully returned to the sect's market.

His storage bag was too small; it was far from enough to carry so many demon beast materials.

Inside the market, Su You disposed of all the magical artifacts he had acquired in the previous battles, and then purchased three extra-large storage bags, each with a capacity of one hundred cubic meters.

These large storage bags aren't cheap; each one cost him two thousand spirit stones. Luckily, he had made some money during the market riots, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to afford even the storage bags.

Of course, Su You could also choose to buy small-capacity storage bags, which would be cheaper, but then he would have too many storage bags, and it would be too conspicuous to carry them all on his person.

After buying the storage bags, Su You returned directly to the Flowing Cloud Mountains. He would need to work for the next few days to carefully divide all the demon beasts and distinguish each type of material.

The main reason is that the monsters that Su You hunted were too intact. If they were sold directly, someone knowledgeable could tell at a glance that they died from a spiritual attack.

It was not only strange but also conspicuous that a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage possessed the ability to attack with divine sense.

Su You spent three days dividing all the monsters inside the safe house. They would then only need to be distributed to different shops for sale without being discovered.

The storage bag contained mostly early to mid-stage Tier 1 demonic beasts, each worth approximately one hundred to five hundred spirit stones.

However, little by little, as the number of animals killed increases, they can fetch a considerable price.

However, the number of low-level demonic beasts is decreasing on the outskirts of the Flowing Cloud Mountains. If we venture deeper into the Flowing Cloud Mountains, we may encounter second-level demonic beasts. We will need to be more careful on our next hunt.

……

After returning to his sect and handing over the mission, Su You concealed his appearance and cultivation level and returned to Liushan Market.

Su You came here definitely not to deal with these monster materials.

This market is too small. If so many monster materials are sold at the same time, it will definitely attract the attention of others. After all, it's not the time of the beast tide.

But it's different in the Void Heaven Immortal City. Even if Su You sells ten times or even a hundred times more monster materials, it won't cause much of a stir.

Su You came here to take a flying boat to the Void Heaven Immortal City. This flying boat, opened by the sect, goes directly to the Void Heaven Immortal Sect to purchase supplies and exchange goods. He also takes the opportunity to earn some money by escorting people.

After all, for ordinary independent cultivators, the journey to the Void Heaven Immortal City is not only long, but they also have no way to protect themselves if they encounter danger.

The flying boat he used to return to the Flowing Cloud Mountains was the sect's flying boat, which is why he concealed his appearance and cultivation level to avoid being discovered. Now, Su You is very curious whether the flying boat he used before successfully entered Flowing Cloud Market, since it was under martial law before.

Upon arriving on the flying boat, Su You saw a large number of rogue cultivators sitting in their seats, most of whom were in the early to mid-stages of Qi Refining.

The recent turmoil within the Liushan Sect has left these independent cultivators feeling insecure.

Especially during the chaos in Liushan Market, not only did the disciples of the Liushan Sect die, but also a large number of weak rogue cultivators perished.

Therefore, they prepared to head to the safer city of rogue cultivators, Xutian Immortal City.

Although the cost of living there is higher, it is safer.

The ticket to the Void Heaven Immortal City costs one hundred spirit stones. This is a price that an ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator would need to earn for several years.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding the flying boat merely snorted coldly at these rogue cultivators who were like leeks to be harvested, and said nothing more.

The departure of so many independent cultivators poses another challenge to the reconstruction of various resource points within the sect, and it's even uncertain how many people will be able to cultivate spirit fields next year.

Normally, the spiritual rice needs of half of the cultivators in the sect can be met by these independent cultivators cultivating spiritual fields. However, in the next few years, they will probably have to go to Xutian City to buy it.

Although they were somewhat annoyed, the guarding cultivators wouldn't prevent the group from leaving.

Rogue cultivators are the easiest to find and cultivate. There are a large number of mortals with five spiritual roots in the mortal realm. When there are not enough rogue cultivators in the vicinity, the sect will select a large number of mortals with five spiritual roots, give them basic cultivation techniques, and then let them step into the world of cultivation.

In a few years, these people will become a group of qualified farming cultivators.

……

three days later.

The flying boat came to a safe stop not far from the city gate.

The entrance fee to the Void Heaven Immortal City is not high, just a symbolic spirit stone.

However, to stay in the Immortal City, one must have their own cave dwelling or stay in an inn.

If you stay beyond the allotted time and are discovered by the patrolling guards, you will need to pay spirit stones to the Immortal City.

Upon returning to the Void Heaven Immortal City, the twin clones were already waiting there for quite some time.

It's better to use his status as a disciple of the Void Heaven Sect when selling things here, and Su You doesn't intend to sell all the monster materials in one shop.

Selling them in batches, as disciples of the Xutian Sect, would not attract attention.

……

One day later.

really!

As a disciple of the Void Heaven Sect, he not only sold all the demon beast materials safely, but also managed to keep the price from being too low, earning more than 500 spirit stones more than the estimated price.

The total price after selling all the monster materials and various other materials is 33,726 spirit stones.

With so many spirit stones, after exchanging 15,000 spirit stones for merit points with some fellow disciples, the remaining spirit stones can be used to purchase a batch of Qi Nourishing Pills, which are pills that can enhance the cultivation of the late stage of Qi Refining.

It can help Su You quickly advance to the peak of Qi Refining, at which point he can begin to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The remaining spirit stones are more than enough to buy several top-quality offensive or defensive magical artifacts, and some can even be stored up to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, Su You gave up after thinking for a moment.

A high-grade defensive magic artifact would be enough for him to survive on the outskirts of the Flowing Cloud Mountains. If he were to perish inside, even a top-grade defensive magic artifact would be useless.

In the Liuyun Mountains, Su You mainly relied on surprise attacks, shooting and moving to a different location.

Furthermore, he also needs to consider the issue of Foundation Establishment Pills.

Obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills in the Liushan Sect is more difficult than in the Xutian Sect.

Furthermore, with the aptitude of having three spiritual roots, the difficulty of Foundation Establishment is even greater.

There are three stages in Foundation Establishment: the physical body stage, the spiritual power stage, and the divine consciousness stage.

The physical barrier is simple: it means that the body has abundant qi and blood, and strong meridians, so that it can withstand the infusion of spiritual energy.

The reason why Foundation Establishment can only be carried out before the age of sixty is because after the age of sixty, the physical body and blood have already declined. Unless one's physical cultivation can reach the late stage of Qi Refining, it is difficult to maintain the abundance of blood and qi.

For most cultivators, reaching the peak of Qi Refining is already incredibly difficult, let alone Body Refining.

Body refinement consumes more spirit stones than Qi refinement, and most cultivators do not have the money or energy to cultivate both simultaneously.

The spiritual energy barrier involves liquefying and compressing spiritual energy to transform it into magical power.

Mana is a crucial transformation for cultivators advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage; only by possessing mana can one use more powerful spells.

The Divine Consciousness Gate refers to the spiritual consciousness penetrating the body and condensing the divine consciousness.

Of the three stages of Foundation Establishment, the stage of Divine Sense is the simplest, and I have already broken through it ahead of schedule.

Su You's mental strength had already broken through this barrier when he was promoted from a second-class apprentice to a third-class apprentice.

The only difference is the terminology used in the two systems. In the wizarding world, it is generally referred to as "unchanging spiritual power," while in the cultivation world, it is referred to by different names at each different stage.

(End of this chapter)