Great Immortal With Boundless Mana

Chapter 240: All Set

"Hey, do you have that book by Liu Dabian?" A middle-aged Qi Refining cultivator casually flipped through the books on the shelf, feeling a bit impatient as he asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper in a green robe and a small hat approached with a smile, "Are you looking for the book by Liu Sanbian? Yes, we have it. The most popular ones right now are 'Dream of the Yellow Millet', 'Cowherd and Weaver Girl', and 'Jade Heart Sutra', all written by him."

Lowering his voice, he continued, "Sir, 'Jade Heart Sutra' tells the story of a female cultivator from the Endless Pleasure Sect who has to engage in dual cultivation with someone else to save her true love. It's particularly exciting and enjoyable to read..."

The middle-aged cultivator's eyes lit up, "I'll take that one!"

"'Cowherd and Weaver Girl' is also good. It's about a bull demon and a saintess from a righteous sect. The artwork is amazing..."

"I'll take both."

The middle-aged Qi Refining cultivator waved his hand confidently.

These novels weren't worth much, usually costing only a few spirit stones.

The shopkeeper happily wrapped the two books and handed them over, saying, "That'll be two spirit stones, sir."

"Huh?!" The middle-aged cultivator widened his eyes, angrily cursing, "What kind of trashy books are you selling at this price? Do you take me for a fool?"

The shopkeeper looked aggrieved, "Sir, Liu Sanbian is very famous now. Everyone in Qingyun City knows about him. His books sell really well, and this is the price in every bookstore."

He flattered, "With a customer like you, two spirit stones shouldn't be a problem."

The experienced shopkeeper saw that the customer came in and immediately grabbed the books without asking about the price. Such a person had a rough personality, and a few compliments would make him feel embarrassed.

Sure enough, although the middle-aged Independent Cultivator felt a bit pained, he couldn't refuse and could only reluctantly take out two spirit stones.

While holding the books, he cursed, "If they're not good, I won't come back to buy from you again..."

Outside the Jade Bookstore, Gao Xian quietly watched this scene unfold.

After the Longle Tower's scripture discussion event, he noticed that his Human Dao Spiritual Light had once again experienced a surge.

The joy of being able to earn Human Dao Spiritual Light by lying down made Gao Xian lose interest in alchemy.

Every month, he would work hard to refine pills and earn around seventy to eighty thousand Human Dao Spiritual Light. Of course, after deducting all the costs, he could still earn seven to eight thousand spirit stones.

For a Foundation Building cultivator, this was a considerable sum of money.

Gao Xian had ninety high-grade spirit stones on him and didn't have any immediate expenses, so he couldn't help but slack off a bit.

These past few days, he had been focusing on studying the Five Elements Harmony Technique and temporarily stopped alchemy, giving Da Niu a break as well.

Gao Xian's main purpose for coming out this time was to buy some body-refining pills for Da Niu.

He could have entrusted this task to Zhou Ye, but he wanted to take the opportunity to explore the city.

Qingyun City was huge, with a total of 169 districts, each resembling an independent small city with outer walls and law enforcement teams inside.

According to Zhou Ye, except for a dozen or so districts in the southern area that were relatively chaotic, the other districts were considered safe, at least during the day, and no one dared to cause trouble.

Gao Xian left Anshanfang and took a turn around the two nearby neighborhoods. He found that this place was indeed bustling and lively, and the order was also good.

At least the cultivators here were very relaxed, and no one looked around with a vigilant expression.

The buildings were all neatly planned, especially the ones facing the street, which mostly had an ancient and refined temperament after the test of time.

Gao Xian found the Diamond Pill in the pharmacy. Each of these imitations cost fifty spirit stones. He bought twenty of them for Da Niu, enough for him to use for a year.

Da Niu's cultivation aptitude was average, but he was diligent and hardworking. The Primordial Origin Golden Body Technique, a body refining cultivation method, was relatively simple.

As long as a large amount of cultivation resources were invested, progress could be made quickly.

By now, Da Niu had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining and entered the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Having followed him for so many years, working diligently and steadfastly, Gao Xian still appreciated Da Niu.

Even if his abilities are slightly inferior, he excels in loyalty and honesty. He is much stronger than this old man Zhou Ye.

In reality, the production of so many elixirs each month is mostly done by Da Niu. Buying the King Kong Pill for Da Niu is not a big deal.

Gao Xian considers himself to be decent towards others. He may not be generous, but at least he is not mean-spirited.

After buying the elixirs, he happened to pass by this Jade Bookstore on the main street.

Gao Xian looked outside for a while, and more than twenty of his books were sold. It shows that they are popular.

His pen name was exposed, and he actually felt embarrassed. After all, those paintings were difficult to be considered refined.

However, as he made a name for himself at the scripture conference and his books sold well, he felt that everything was worth it.

Indeed, one must have fame. Famous people can cause a sensation even by urinating in public. The influence brought by this fame, with a little manipulation, can bring huge benefits. Especially in a place like Qingyun City, where information is mostly exchanged through word of mouth.

It is difficult to become famous, but once famous, the value of that fame far exceeds that of a popular star in the previous life. The only regret for Gao Xian is that he doesn't receive royalties no matter how many books he sells. Fortunately, many people will read a book, allowing him to repeatedly generate Human Dao Spiritual Light.

Currently, he doesn't have the ability to deal with piracy, and he also needs to promote himself, so he doesn't need to worry about those pirate booksellers for now. Once he reaches the Gold Core stage, he will make those pirates pay back every penny they earned!

Gao Xian returned home and handed the Diamond Pill to Da Niu.

Da Niu was extremely excited. The wealth he had accumulated could barely afford the Diamond Pill, but he was reluctant to spend it.

He didn't expect Gao Xian to think of him and directly buy it for him. Compared to the value of the Diamond Pill, Da Niu was more touched by Gao Xian's consideration.

Gao Xian comforted him and instructed Da Niu to cultivate well. He wouldn't refine pills until the Qingyun Conference was over.

As his alchemy skills improved, he became more proficient in refining low-level pills such as Deer Horn Powder and Tian Gui Pill.

It only took him a little over three hours to refine a furnace of pills, producing three thousand pills at a time.

The large quantity of pills he refined during this period was enough to be sold for three to four months.

One day in mid-August, Gao Xian saw that the Human Dao Spiritual Light on the Wind Moon Treasure Mirror had continuously increased, instantly breaking through eight hundred thousand.

Gao Xian couldn't help but feel delighted. If the Human Dao Spiritual Light continued to grow at a normal pace, it might reach eight hundred thousand before the Qingyun Conference, or maybe not.

Now, he has gained about a month of extra time, which gives him a lot of flexibility in terms of time.

There's no need to hesitate. He invested all 800,000 Human Dao Spiritual Light into the Tai Zhen Idol God.

The golden light on the Wind Moon Treasure Mirror shines, and Lan Jie, wearing a long red dress, appears from the mirror.

Gao Xian's divine soul trembles slightly, closely connected to Lan Jie.

Countless golden lights are released from their combined divine soul projection, and the profound essence of the Five Elements Qi Fusion Technique suddenly emerges in Gao Xian's deep consciousness.

Without anyone explaining, Gao Xian naturally comprehends these profound essences and masters the various subtle changes of the Five Elements Qi Fusion Technique.

He and Lan Jie cultivate the Five Elements Qi Fusion Technique together, while also activating the Great Five Elements Power.

This process lasts for a full twelve hours before it ends.

Gao Xian opens his eyes and activates his divine consciousness to stimulate the spiritual orifices and naturally, a powerful spiritual force responds.

In just twelve hours, his Great Five Elements Power has clearly advanced, and his spiritual force has become even more pure and profound.

Generally speaking, the spiritual force of a Qi Refining cultivator is like qi, while the spiritual force of a Foundation Building cultivator is like water.

This is a description of the state of spiritual force and also vividly illustrates the difference in spiritual force between Qi Refining and Foundation Building.

At the Gold Core level, the operating spiritual force is condensed and thick like mercury.

Gao Xian is still far from reaching the Gold Core realm, but now when he operates his spiritual force, he can faintly feel the aura of condensedness.

Hmm, it's like adding milk powder to water, which is naturally much inferior to mercury, but it has a slightly viscous texture compared to ordinary water.

Opening the Wind Moon Treasure Mirror, the Tai Zhen Idol God has upgraded from an expert to a master. The next upgrade will require 1.6 million Human Dao Spiritual Light.

Gao Xian doesn't know how long it will take to accumulate so much Human Dao Spiritual Light.

The success of these novels this time was also due to some accidental factors. As the coverage of the novels becomes larger and larger, the growth of Human Dao Spiritual Light will definitely become less and less.

The advantage is that these books can provide Human Dao Spiritual Light for a long time, but they are not stable and cannot be counted like pills.

The upgrade of the Tai Zhen Idol God to the master level has once again increased his divine consciousness by more than 30%, and the sensing radius of his divine consciousness has reached 1,500 steps.

The sensing radius of divine consciousness has increased by 400 steps at once, which is a very significant increase.

At this level of divine consciousness intensity, it must have far surpassed the two Gold Core cultivators, Shui Yu Ying and Yun Tai Hao.

For cultivators, whether it is mobilizing the body or mobilizing spiritual force, divine consciousness is always the foundation.

With his current level of divine consciousness, he can easily protect his divine soul even when facing Shui Yu Ying's Profound Abyss Soul-Capturing Hand.

Including Shui Yu Ying's Profound Abyss Shadowless Sword, he can use his powerful divine consciousness to sense the changes in the Profound Abyss Yin Qi and lock onto the position of the Profound Abyss Shadowless Sword.

On the other hand, a strong divine consciousness allows him to finely manipulate spiritual force, comprehensively enhancing the power of spells and Law Weapons.

This kind of enhancement is difficult to accurately quantify, but in Gao Xian's perception, it's like the Qian Kun Wheel, where every breath covers a distance of 400 zhang, which is almost reaching the limit.

No matter how strong the divine consciousness is, the Qian Kun Wheel cannot go faster, it can only be more calm when activated and can be more finely controlled.

Based on Gao Xian's observation of the battles of the two Gold Core cultivators, their speed is only about 300 zhang per breath.

If he adds the Electric Light Ring, his speed will definitely surpass these two Gold Core cultivators.

This means that even when facing the Gold Core cultivator, he can still maintain his advantage in mobility. This is very, very important to him.

Having a powerful divine sense also allows him to avoid being disturbed or controlled by the Gold Core cultivator.

At this point, he is at least qualified to fight against the Gold Core cultivator.

When Gao Xian looked at the Five Elements Harmony Qi Method, it was still marked with "(Tai Zhen Ou Shen)", without further explanation.

After flipping through the Wind Moon Treasure Mirror, just as Gao Xian expected, the front side of the Great Five Elements Power has advanced to a higher realm.

Great Five Elements Power (Unusual): Based on the power of the positive and negative five elements, it refines the body, mind, spirit, and soul. (556/20000 proficiency)

Gao Xian felt a bit complicated. Upgrading the Tai Zhen Ou Shen can also upgrade the Great Five Elements Power, which is a great thing.

The only problem is that more and more Human Dao Spiritual Light is needed to upgrade the Tai Zhen Ou Shen, and the Tai Zhen Ou Shen will reach its peak after two more upgrades!

Regardless, with his current strength, winning the Qingyun Conference is no problem at all.

Even if Yun Qiushui takes the stage, he can still fight.

Gao Xian thought of the sharpness of the Purple Cloud Sword, and felt a bit envious. Using a sword is really cool!

He took out the Sword Nurturing Jade and the Lingxi Sword that had been nurtured for a month. There were no substantial changes, but it felt more agile.

It seems that it is impossible for the Lingxi Sword to recover to the third rank before the Qingyun Conference.

Gao Xian took out the stolen third-rank spiritual fruit and wondered if he should show it to Yun Qiushui.

With Yun Qiushui's insight, he might recognize this thing. The key is that Yun Qiushui is generous and won't covet this little thing of his.

However, Yun Qiushui also has a problem, he talks too much! This guy seems to not understand the meaning of confidentiality...

The upgrade of the Tai Zhen Ou Shen and the Great Five Elements Power gave Gao Xian full confidence, and he didn't want to bother before the Qingyun Conference.

He can find Yun Qiushui to ask about these things after the conference.

In the following time, Gao Xian seized the time to cultivate, mainly familiarizing himself with the newly grown divine sense in the Heart-Mind Temple and the changes after the upgrade of the Great Five Elements Power...

On the morning of September 19th, at the hour of Si, which is nine o'clock, Gao Xian and Yun Qiushui took a carriage to the Sword Testing Platform.

At this time, there were people everywhere under the Sword Testing Platform, bustling like a market.

Gao Xian was a little surprised. There are so many people at the Qingyun Conference?

Yun Qiushui explained, "In the past few days, there were competitions among Qi Refining cultivators, which attracted a large number of cultivators to come and watch. Today is the battle among Foundation Building cultivators, so there are even more spectators."

"It costs at least ten spirit stones for one person to enter, and there are about fifty to sixty thousand people here. There are also gambling booths, and the Water Department has made quite a profit this time..."

Gao Xian curiously asked, "Isn't Qingxuan the head of the Water Department? Will she come too?"

Yun Qiushui said, "She should come for the final battle."

He patted Gao Xian on the shoulder and said, "Brother Gao, do you have confidence in winning the first place?"

Gao Xian asked back, "Big brother, didn't our sister arrange everything for us?"

Yun Qiushui was stunned for a moment and then understood. He laughed and said, "That's true!"

While the two were joking, Li Feihuang stood not far away with a gloomy face, staring at Gao Xian. She clenched the Chifeng Tianyi Sword tightly and silently vowed, "Gao Xian, don't run into me!"

(End of this chapter)