Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

"I am confused. Why do the shops in Saibian City only accept exchanges for rare spiritual materials and cannot be purchased with spiritual stones? Aren't spiritual stones valuable here?" Zhang Xuan asked in confusion.

The female cultivator smiled and said, "Is this your first time to visit our Saibian City?"

"Yes." The two nodded.

"That's no wonder. Spiritual stones contain rich spiritual energy, which can quickly replenish the lack of spiritual power in the body. They are hard currency wherever they are taken. It's just that the situation in Saibian City is a little special."

"What's special?" Zhang Xuan asked curiously.

"Daoyou, do you know why the area outside the border city is called the Land of Chaos?"

"The Land of Chaos is extremely dangerous. I heard that there are great terrors inside."

The female cultivator nodded and said, "Indeed, each of the 36 strongholds has different dangers. Some are extremely cold and gloomy, with corpses and beasts roaming around. Some are broken and have many restrictions, and those who enter will die. Some are full of raging fires and demonic fires are growing. However, these are not the most dangerous."

Zhang Xuan was even more confused: "Then what is the most dangerous? What does this have to do with not being able to use spirit stones to buy rare spiritual materials?"

"It has a big relationship. Most of the Land of Chaos is a vacuum zone of spiritual energy, and in the vacuum zone of spiritual energy, cultivators cannot absorb spiritual energy with the help of spirit stones."

"What?" Zhang Xuan was shocked. He didn't expect that there was a vacuum zone of spiritual energy in this realm of cultivation.

But then he had another question: "The existence of the spiritual vacuum zone is understandable, but why can't we use spiritual stones to absorb spiritual energy in the spiritual vacuum zone?"

"Once in the spiritual vacuum zone, these spiritual stones will become ordinary stones, and the spiritual power in the cultivator's own sea of ​​​​qi will gradually dissipate until it disappears completely."

"How can this happen?"

"There are many speculations about this situation in the chaotic land. Some say that it is a punishment from heaven for killing too much, some say that the battle of incarnation destroyed the spiritual veins of the land, and some say that this place is originally a fragment of an ancient forbidden land that was opened during the catastrophe. There are many different opinions."

"In the chaotic land, can you use spiritual pills to restore spiritual power?"

"Most of them The spirit-dividing pills only assist the Qi Sea to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. If there is no spiritual energy around, how can it absorb it? As for the spiritual pills containing rich spiritual energy, once they enter the chaotic land, the spiritual energy inside will slowly dissipate, but not as fast as the spirit stones. "

"In this case, if you enter the chaotic land and directly become a mortal, I am afraid that no cultivator dares to enter. Why does Qingyun Sect still set up 36 strongholds in the chaotic land? "

"Most of the chaotic land is a spiritual vacuum, but there are also some areas that can draw some spiritual energy from the ground veins. The 36 strongholds can draw spiritual energy from the ground veins to supplement, which has little impact on the cultivators. "

After listening to the other party's explanation, Zhang Xuan finally had a certain understanding of the chaotic land.

At the same time, he was secretly afraid in his heart.

Fortunately, he found out clearly that if he rashly entered the bone desert battlefield without spiritual power, he might die.

Wei Ruyan frowned at this time.

She came to the bone desert battlefield this time to collect these spiritual medicines.

However, she did not have many rare spiritual materials to exchange.

Although the ten elders had them, they were not related after all.

She still understood the principle that favors become less and less when you use them.

Wei Ruyan said with disappointment in her eyes: "Forget it, when I enter the Bone Desert battlefield, I may be able to collect some rare spiritual materials and then come here to exchange for these spiritual medicines."

"I can..." Zhang Xuan wanted to say something.

"I already owe the ten elders. If I continue to owe them, I really don't know what to use to pay them back."

Zhang Xuan stared at her.

Wei Ruyan's eyes dodged and she lowered her head quickly.

"Okay, then come back to exchange them after you come back from the Bone Desert battlefield." Zhang Xuan sighed and said.

Zhang Xuan turned and asked: "I want to buy some second-level spiritual materials. Do I also need to exchange them? Don't you accept spiritual stones?"

"Yes, but the purchase of second-level spiritual materials is in the private room on the second floor, and Master Song will receive you."

"Master Song? Senior Foundation Building?"

"Yes."

Zhang Xuan was surprised. He didn't expect that a store would actually have spiritual materials recommended by a Foundation Building cultivator.

He said to Wei Ruyan beside him: "Friend Wei, please wait downstairs for a while. I will go to the second floor to buy some second-level spiritual materials."

"Okay."

Zhang Xuan followed the female cultivator directly to the second floor.

An old man who was building a foundation on the second floor laughed and said: "I am Song Tianwen, I wonder what second-level spiritual materials you want to exchange?"

"Are there any purple sun grass and green wood fruit here?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Purple Sun Grass, Green Wood Fruit? The main ingredients of the Foundation Building Pill? Yes, but not for sale."

Zhang Xuan wondered: "Why?"

"According to the Qingyun Sect's rules, the main ingredients for refining the Foundation Building Pill cannot be sold to the public."

"Can't you make it easier?"

"If the Qingyun Sect knew that our Lingxiao Pavilion was selling the main ingredients for refining the Foundation Building Pill, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to continue in this border city."

"Do you have the seeds of Purple Sun Grass and Green Wood Fruit? They won't be regulated, will they?"

"The Qingyun Sect doesn't regulate the seeds, but we have them in Lingxiao Pavilion."

"Exchange three copies for each."

"What do you want to exchange, fellow Daoist? Although it's just a seed, it's the main ingredient seed for refining the Foundation Building Pill, and it's still relatively rare."

"Do you think this elixir can be exchanged?" Zhang Xuan took out a jade box.

Song Tianwen opened the jade box, and a strong elixir fragrance emanated from it.

"Half a Qi-restoring Golden Pill." Song Tianwen was a foundation-building cultivator after all, so he didn't make a fuss like an ordinary clerk.

"Do you think it can be exchanged?"

"I am an innocent young man from Lingxiao Pavilion. Fellow Taoist, this half of the Qi-Reviving Golden Pill can be exchanged for five parts of the seeds of purple sunflower and green tree fruit."

"Okay, Senior Song is really impressive."

After getting 10 seeds, a smile appeared on Henry Zhang's face and he put the seeds into the storage bag.

"My little friend, there are still any spiritual materials that need to be exchanged. The Qi-restoring elixir in your hand can be regarded as hard currency that is hard to come by in Fortress City. If it goes to other business areas, I'm afraid it won't be sold at such a high price."

"Why is this?" Henry Zhang asked puzzledly.

"In the land of chaos, all things containing spiritual power will dissipate. Only this golden elixir can always retain spiritual power. This is a hot commodity in the hands of waste collectors."

"What does a waste digger do?"

"Haha, I'm afraid this is my first time coming to this border city. I don't know but it's not strange. The waste diggers are monks who search for various rare spiritual materials deep in the chaotic land."

"I heard that in the spiritual energy vacuum zone, the monk's cultivation will gradually disappear. How can anyone enter the depths of the chaos-changing place?"

"My little friend is right, but as long as you can return to a stronghold with spiritual energy before the spiritual power in your body is exhausted, your cultivation will not be affected. The rare spiritual materials around the stronghold have basically been found. Some dig out The Desolate One can only go deeper into the land of chaos."

"Then I'm afraid there are many waste diggers who entered the depths of the chaotic land and never came out again, right?"

"Yes, many waste collectors directly turned into mortals, but they just licked the blood with the tip of the knife to gain some opportunities."

Henry Zhang was quite emotional after hearing this.

He remembered that the host's parents were only in the early stage of Qi refining, and the three-point spiritual field could not provide for cultivation, so they had no choice but to take risks and enter the Black Forest to hunt monsters, and died in danger.

The road is ruthless, just to fight for a chance of survival.