Vampire Cultivation Notes

The most important things in cultivating immortality are wealth, companions, methods, and location.

To believe this statement entirely might be biased, but it is enough to illustrate the great influence of external factors on the path to immortality.

While both are at the Qi Refining stage, rogue cultivators might still be struggling to acquire their first magical artifact and find an introductory cultivation technique, spending their days toiling in the fields. Meanwhile, cultivators from higher sects have already acquired complete magical artifacts and mastered superior cultivation methods, making them capable of flying and escaping at will, displaying true immortal grandeur.

Because of this disparity, ten ordinary rogue cultivators at the Qi Refining stage often cannot defeat one sect cultivator of the same level.

Moreover, when one has mastered the cultivation of Qi and established a foundation to attain immortality, one will be able to compete for the path to immortality.

These are all causes and effects of external influences.

Therefore, it is clear that money is important.

The saying goes, "Wealth, companions, methods, and land." Once you have wealth, everything else will follow.

Without spirit stones, there is no Great Dao.

With spirit stones, even the cultivators of the upper sects would probably be nothing more than this.

Having lived two lives and come from the mortal world, Li Jieqing has spent so long navigating the lower echelons of the cultivation world that he has a keen eye for the true nature of things.

The Great Dao is ruthless, yet cultivators are merely human beings.

The prosperity of the world is for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Inside the tavern's courtyard, Li Jieqing held a freshly made mid-grade Fengxin Pill in his hands. His joyful mood subsided, leaving only a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

"This is the foundation for a stable life..."

Having only recently begun learning alchemy, the success rate of producing mid-grade pills should theoretically be almost zero.

Moreover, the ingredients used are not of the highest quality; the chicken blood vine is only a ten-year-old medicinal herb that has just matured.

However, the mid-grade Fengxin Pill was still successfully refined, which can only mean that Li Jieqing's own bloodline was indeed very suitable. Not only was it sufficient to refine the Fengxin Pill, but it was also equivalent to the blood of a superior special demon beast.

Unfortunately, the blood of demonic beasts that can be used for alchemy in the market is extremely expensive.

According to Li Jieqing's understanding, the precious blood of demonic beasts is always snapped up as soon as it appears, making it extremely rare and valuable.

His vampire blood, however, was produced in an endless stream, so much so that it could be stored in barrels, making it incredibly profitable to use in preparing the Heart-Benefiting Pill.

even--

Li Jieqing's mind wandered again.

If he finds refining pills himself troublesome, he can sell the few buckets of blood he released back to his old employer, the pill refinery, and get a good price for it.

However, that can only be done in the short term. If the Danfang sees a continuous supply of blood over time, they will definitely become suspicious.

That would only cause more trouble in the end.

"Forget it, it's better to digest your own blood."

After briefly considering a crooked idea, Li Jieqing quickly gave up.

Things are different now. They have become vampires, a species unlike any other in the cultivation world, with a constitution that is completely different from that of humans. They should be more cautious.

Let's put aside our old way of making money through blood cultivation on the West Coast for now.

Moreover, refining elixirs on one's own is also a form of cultivation.

Li Jieqing put the mid-grade Fengxin Pill into the jade bottle and stored it away. He then used his magic to sweep away the accumulated charcoal ash and impurities from the small alchemy furnace. He then took out the new blood bamboo spirit charcoal and chicken blood vine and placed them in the same positions as when he had just refined the pill.

Immediately facing the alchemy furnace, Li Jieqing closed his eyes, sat in meditation, and tried to recover his depleted magical power.

Having luckily refined a mid-grade Devotion Pill, reaping considerable rewards, why not strike while the iron is hot and refine a few more batches to solidify my alchemy skills?

In the tavern's courtyard, spiritual energy began to stir, slowly flowing towards Li Jieqing's room in an endless stream.

This place dares to charge high prices to keep guests, which is naturally different from the shantytowns. It has a spiritual vein extending here, so it can be said to be full of spiritual energy.

This continued for five days.

"Who goes to the market and never leaves their house, just staying inside all day absorbing spiritual energy? If this continues, they'll have to pay more..."

The young waiter, who was only at the third level of Qi Refining, passed by the courtyard and watched as the spiritual energy of the surrounding taverns spread out. While feeling envious, he couldn't help but think to himself that this customer was stingy. He probably hadn't been to a spiritual vein in his previous three lives, and he looked like he wanted to absorb spiritual energy to recoup his losses.

"Judging from this, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell my blood today, even though I just replenished my energy."

Seeing that the gate to the villa was still tightly closed, the young waiter shook his head, glanced at the night sky one last time, and turned to leave.

Suddenly, a loud "snap" was heard as the courtyard gate, which had been closed for many days, opened.

Wrapped in a black cloak that made his face appear even paler, Li Jieqing pushed open the door and stepped out. Upon seeing the doorway, he smiled in surprise.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait."

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"hiss……"

"This tastes not as good as last time. Don't young people know to eat more pork liver to replenish their bodies?"

Outside the tavern.

Li Jieqing, hidden under the cloak, slurped down the still-steaming blood of the cultivator and made his evaluation.

For cultivators, enduring wind and dew is commonplace; Li Jieqing recalled countless times he had drunk the northwest wind...

cough cough.

There are also all sorts of creatures that chew on metal, feast on mountain soil, and devour human souls, so when Li Jieqing's constitution changed and he needed to feed on human blood, he didn't feel too much psychological pressure.

Besides, this was a mutually agreeable transaction, so the young man should at least say thank you.

After walking no more than three hundred steps, the Wanbao Pavilion suddenly came into view.

Li Jieqing, who didn't have a single spirit stone on him, swaggered in.

After five days of alchemy, all the chicken blood vines purchased last time were used up, and there were very few auxiliary materials left. The final product was three mid-grade Fengxin Pills.

The chicken blood vine was enough to open the furnace five times in total, and three out of five were successful. This result was quite good for Li Jieqing, who had just started learning. It could be said that he had accumulated a lot of knowledge and skills over the years while working and learning in the alchemy workshop.

Of course, the fact that vampires have an abundance of blood and can waste it at will, and that they have a high tolerance for error, is also one of the reasons.

"—This is a newly refined storage bag, one zhang in volume, which is more than enough to hold the belongings of an ordinary cultivator."

Before she arrived, her voice preceded her. A woman dressed in a light apricot-colored cross-collar ruqun stepped forward and introduced the goods that Li Jieqing had stopped to look at.

Have they got a new person?

Li Jieqing glanced at the woman's waist and saw a ribbon hanging down with a bamboo plaque on it. One side read "Wanbao" and the other side read the female cultivator's name.

do not know.

That's good, though. We should have replaced that mean old man a long time ago. It would have been much better to keep a good woman to look after him.

Li Jieqing's gaze moved upwards from the waist, leaving the bulging, imposing position of the new bride, who lived up to her role as the mascot. Without saying a word, he arrogantly flicked his sleeves and walked to the side.

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you ask about the price first?" The female cultivator followed behind, ready to offer her recommendations.

Needless to say, I can't afford it.

"..."

Female cultivators, please stop here.

Before he could finish, Li Jieqing sent another message.

"How much is this jade dew worth?"

"The Morning Sun Jade Dew is collected from the heart of a two-hundred-year-old snow lotus. Each he (a unit of weight) contains one spirit stone, and ten he (a unit of weight) make one liter, with each liter containing eight spirit stones."

Morning Dew is often used as an auxiliary ingredient in alchemy. For example, it is indispensable for refining Qi-Nourishing Pills. It is mostly produced among the leaves of spiritual herbs every morning. Each herb garden can harvest a lot of it, which is enough to fill one's stomach, and it is sold by the liter.

When introducing the item, the female cultivator lost her earlier enthusiasm.

"Haha...we'll talk about it later."

Li Jieqing quickly distanced himself from this so-called two-hundred-year-old snow lotus, Chaoyang Yulu.

Big brands are expensive, and they even add extra value to their products.