Mortal: I'm in Tianxing City, intelligence updates daily.

Everything else about this panel is fine, except that it refreshes too late each time.

At this time of year, it gets dark early. When Li Shizhou arrived at the market stall area, there were only a dozen or so cultivators scattered around, and fewer than ten stalls.

He looked at each stall first, and then stopped in front of a stall belonging to a boy with no eyebrows.

On it was a fist-sized, dark green beast egg, along with several stacks of low-level talismans.

Except for being a size larger, the beast egg was exactly the same as the egg of the demonic bird Qingying.

Even when Qingying grows up to adulthood, she is only a level one demon beast, with combat strength roughly equivalent to a human at the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refining.

The probability of advancing to level two is extremely low, so an egg is only worth about thirty spirit stones.

But the demon beast Mo Li is quite different.

Although it is a land animal, it is oviparous.

He possesses the bloodline of the True Spirit Ink Qilin. Although the concentration of the bloodline is not high, its potential is far beyond what Qingying can match, and its value is immeasurable.

Once this beast advances to level two, it possesses both water escape and earth escape abilities, making it even stronger than an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Of course, Mo Li is not without his flaws.

Firstly, it has no combat power before advancing to level two and can only be used as a pet in the early stages. However, this also has an advantage: this beast has an instinct to seek protection and is easy to control.

Secondly, the resources required for advancement are quite extensive, and even most sect disciples at the Qi Refining stage cannot afford them.

However, these were not problems for Li Shizhou.

After pausing in front of the stall for a while, he asked, "Fellow Daoist, how much are your Azure Shadow Bird Eggs?"

"Fellow Daoist has a keen eye, recognizing this item at a glance. My bird egg is large and of excellent quality. If you wish to buy it, fifty spirit stones will suffice," the eyebrowless youth said, spitting as he spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, don't try to deceive me. This bird, Qingying, doesn't judge strength by its size. How about twenty-five spirit stones?"

"How about forty?" The eyebrowless youth had originally wanted to test whether Li Shizhou knew his stuff, but after a pause, he quoted a price.

"thirty."

"Fellow Daoist, add some more. Look at this big head, it might be a mutated species."

Upon hearing this, Li Shizhou pretended to be interested and eventually bought it for thirty-five spirit stones.

After getting the items, he went to another shop and bought a spirit beast bag before returning to the inn.

Upon entering the room, he took out the beast egg and examined it carefully for a while, but unable to discern its secrets, he put it back into the spirit beast pouch.

Anyway, the daily opportunity information panel has never been wrong, so there's no need to worry too much.

Then he took out a piece of white jade the size of an egg from his storage bag and put it into his spirit beast bag.

The Spirit Eye Jade obtained from the Qi Family Ancestral Hall formation is perfect for the Mo Li Beast Egg; hopefully, it will hatch soon.

......

A month later.

The weather was excellent; the sky was clear and cloudless.

Li Shizhou boarded the wooden boat returning to Tianxing City.

During this period, his cultivation officially broke through to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining.

They also took the opportunity to sell any unused magical artifacts or spiritual materials for spirit stones at the Shenyu Immortal Shop.

In addition, he had also gained some resources from the daily intelligence in the market during this period, and bought a top-tier defensive magic weapon for 400, so he still had more than 800 spirit stones on him.

Even if there is no harvest for the next few years, there is no need to worry about spirit stones before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

The wooden boat of the Tiandu Merchant Alliance sped through the air and arrived at Tianxing City ten days later.

Upon returning to his rented room, Li Shizhou washed up thoroughly and lay back on his bed, pondering whether to join the Star Palace as soon as possible or to accumulate some spirit stone resources first.

After all, once you get started, it won't be as easy and carefree as it is now. You'll inevitably be sent around to various places, and the time you spend looking for bargains in the market will be greatly reduced.

The Star Palace usually conducts its disciple entrance examination in August each year, and there are still five months left.

Obtaining the cultivation technique for Foundation Establishment is the most important thing, and he only has one Foundation Establishment Pill, which is not safe. Becoming a disciple of the Star Palace will provide many more ways to obtain this pill.

After careful consideration, Li Shizhou decided to join Xinggong as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.

Since leaving Qianyang City, he hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time. After clearing his mind, he fell into a deep sleep.

As the hour of You (5:45 PM) approached, Li Shizhou was startled awake by the panel that refreshed precisely on time.

[Daily Opportunity Information]

[Area: One li]

[An: Zhuo Ruting, a fellow cultivator in the same academy, is still a virgin. Becoming her Daoist partner would greatly benefit one's cultivation.]

[Danger: Wang Boyue, a rogue cultivator from Fuling Lane, possesses a superior talisman brush in his storage bag. Steal it for two hundred spirit stones.]

The text above did not arouse Li Shizhou's interest.

There's no other reason than these two opportunities have occurred far too many times.

Now, more than three years after his rebirth, he has a thorough understanding of the patterns on the panel.

This cheat system will collect and display opportunities based on the owner's location, cultivation level, and cultivation method.

Take cultivation techniques as an example.

Since he began cultivating the Pure Yang Technique, the accompanying dual cultivation secret technique required his partner to be a virgin for the first time, so the information about Widow Jin never appeared again, and was replaced by the information about Zhuo Ruting.

Completely free of sleepiness, Li Shizhou took out the pills and began refining and cultivating.

......

Five months later.

Li Shizhou stood inside a flying boat that was one zhang wide and five zhang long.

He looked at the jade token of the outer disciple of the Star Palace in his hand and felt a surge of excitement.

"I never imagined that I would actually become a disciple of the famous Star Palace from the book."

In the Star Palace, Qi Refining Stage disciples are divided into Outer Disciples, Inner Disciples, and Core Disciples.

Even the outer disciples are far superior to the rogue cultivators; they receive thirty spirit stones annually and have free cave dwellings to live in.

At this time, there were ten other Star Palace cultivators on the flying boat. Nine of them, like Li Shizhou, had passed the entrance examination today.

The youngest was only eleven or twelve years old, and the oldest was around thirty.

A middle-aged monk in his forties, dressed in black robes, stood at the bow of the ship.

This person, named "Han Qianjue," is at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. He is one of the many guides for this assessment and is patiently explaining many common knowledge about the Star Palace, speaking with a rather proud tone and expression.

After speaking for a while, he solemnly concluded, "You must not use the merit tokens on your jade tablets carelessly. Once you've used them all up, there's nowhere to buy or sell them."

Everyone answered in unison, "Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Han."

The "merit points" that Han Qianjue mentioned are also the first type of reward that the Star Palace gives to its disciples, similar to contribution points or sect merits.

Whether exchanging for cultivation techniques, supernatural abilities, elixirs, or magical artifacts, all require cultivation tokens.

Even Foundation Establishment Pills can be obtained as long as there are enough of them.

Outer disciples receive ten points annually, with an additional one hundred points awarded upon entering the sect.

Of course, neither spirit stones nor merit points are given away for free; outer disciples need to complete certain miscellaneous tasks to obtain them.

The Star Palace does not tolerate idlers. If someone fails the assessment for three consecutive years, they will be sent to a mine as punishment.

The flying boat flew for a while and then stopped in front of a golden palace that was thirty feet tall.

"We have arrived at the Transmission Hall. Fellow disciples, please follow me ashore to receive your cultivation techniques."

Han Qianjue led the way off the flying boat and led everyone into the palace through a side gate. After walking around for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they stopped in front of a white barrier of light.

"Junior Han Qianjue has brought the newly initiated disciples to select their cultivation techniques." Han Qianjue stood respectfully in front of the light screen, bowing and paying his respects.

A moment later, a lazy voice came: "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light screen cracked open, creating a gap large enough for one person to pass through, and everyone entered one by one.

Upon entering, one sees a plump monk with white hair and a youthful face sitting behind a brown wooden table, leaning back in a wooden chair and looking at the scroll in his hands.

After everyone had entered, the light screen closed again.

The fat monk raised his eyelids slightly, casually waved his sleeve, and a scroll flew out and slowly unfurled in mid-air.

"All the cultivation techniques that outer disciples can choose from are here. Use your divine sense to check them out, and then hand over the jade token to me once you've made your selection."

After finishing his sentence, the fat monk continued to look at the scroll in his hand.

Once the scroll was fully unrolled, a list of martial arts techniques was revealed.

There are as many as two or three hundred types, and the number of skill tokens required to obtain each type is indicated after its name.

The list is divided into five columns. The first four columns require at least fifty merit points and sometimes as many as one hundred.

The fifth column is completely different; most of them only require five points of skill, and the most only requires ten points, which makes people wonder.

A girl in yellow cautiously asked the fat cultivator, "Senior, why is the cultivation required for the fifth column so different from that of the previous four columns?"