Seeking Immortality In The Cultivation World

The Treasure Pavilion is said to have been in business for thousands of years.

Within the Nine Provinces, as long as there are cities or markets of a certain scale for cultivation, you will find their branches.

Qian Jue Peak is no exception.

Most of the people who come here are cultivators in the later stage of Qi Refining, and those in the early stage are basically rare. Occasionally, one or two Foundation Building cultivators appear, and everyone shrinks to the sides like quails.

"Senior!" The respectful title of "senior" never stops.

After sending a Foundation Building cultivator to the second floor, a certain "quail" finally came to the counter. A beautiful female cultivator received him.

Lin Xiu took a glance and thought to himself, "Wow, I can't see her cultivation level with my divination technique. This female cultivator is at least in the later stage of Qi Refining!"

It has to be said that this place is known as a large store that has opened throughout the entire cultivation world. Even though Lin Xiu's cultivation level is low and he is dressed shabbily, the female cultivator still smiled and asked, "Welcome, Fellow Daoist. What can I help you with?"

"Um... I wonder if you have any elixirs to remove fire toxins?"

"Of course, we have dozens of elixirs for different levels of fire toxins. What type do you need, Fellow Daoist?"

"Uh, it should be for the second stage Four-Eyed Poison Lizard..."

To be honest, when he was exploring with the Independent Cultivators in the beginning, he was poisoned without even seeing the face of this demonic beast. He only found out about it afterwards from others.

The female cultivator looked at him curiously and said, "You were poisoned by a Four-Eyed Poison Lizard equivalent to the Foundation Building stage, but... um, Fellow Daoist, your luck is really good!"

Lin Xiu awkwardly touched his nose.

If they were face to face, he wouldn't still be standing here.

"Do you have it?"

"Of course, for someone like you, it's thirty middle-grade spirit stones per bottle, with ten elixirs inside. After taking them, the illness will be cured!"

Lin Xiu awkwardly grinned.

"Thank you, Senior!"

He decisively left.

The female cultivator stared at his back with her beautiful eyes, a smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

This guy is quite interesting, not pretending at all!

When he was poisoned, he had inquired about the price, but at that time, it was only fifteen middle-grade spirit stones.

Now, twenty years later, the price has doubled.

But thinking about how the Great Xia Nation and the Purple Cloud Sect keep sending Independent Cultivators here as labor, with the increasing demand, it seems reasonable for the price to rise.

This price is enough to hire an assassin to kill a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

He stood outside the safest gate of the steward's hall, silently calculating.

In the end, he decided to give up buying the detoxification elixir!

This is almost his entire year's profit!

And a year later, with the help of the Goldfinger, he had already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. There was no need to buy such expensive elixirs anymore!

"I can only work harder on the bed in the future, striving to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible."

Putting down this elixir that he didn't dare to hope for in the past twenty years, his mood seemed to brighten.

He looked up and watched a flying boat leave the market, feeling a strong sense of envy in his heart.

He had long wanted to leave this dangerous place, but he couldn't gather enough spirit stones.

It's easy to come here, but difficult to leave for free.

The Purple Cloud Sect never intended to let you escape!

This was the truth he learned after arriving here.

The ticket for the flying boat, which cost five hundred middle-grade spirit stones, was equivalent to fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones and five high-grade spirit stones. Even if many Independent Cultivators died on the way to battle with demonic beasts, their storage bags probably wouldn't contain even one-tenth of this amount!

Of course, there were some who managed to gather enough spirit stones to leave.

But Lin Xiu had truly not seen many of them.

The ticket price completely cut off the hope of these low-level Independent Cultivators, which is why this place is called the Plains of Nostalgia.

It is an isolated island in a dangerous mountain range, surrounded by various demonic beasts and poisonous creatures. Without a flying boat capable of resisting attacks from third-stage demonic beasts, it would be a pipe dream to fly out on one's own sword.

Unless you are a master at the Gold Core stage!

Buy rice, buy vegetables, bought a few pieces of clothing for his wife.

Then he thought for a moment and went to the pharmacy to buy some medicinal supplements.

Go home!

After that, Lin Xiu's life basically followed a routine.

Cultivate and suppress the fire toxins through meditation.

Refine talismans.

Ensure deep communication with his wife three times a day, occasionally four times, or even more if in the mood.

Go to the shop to buy and sell talismans and materials every half month.

Seven months later, one morning,

Lin Xiu lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Li Yingxue, who was exhausted beside him, had long been accustomed to her husband's strange state and found it quite cute.

You and your wife have practiced dual cultivation four times, gaining 48 flexible experience points.

Your wife's affection for you fluctuates: currently at 91.

Emotional bonus: +4.

Symbol Master: First Rank Intermediate +2538/10000.

Cultivation: Qi Refining Third Layer +9960/10000.

Finally, enough is gathered!

Without hesitation, you added the flexible experience points to your cultivation. You immediately sat up.

"Xue'er, I'm going into seclusion to break through. Don't disturb me!"

"Husband, go for it!"

"I will protect my husband!"

The petite wife clenched her small fists, encouraging you with a surprised expression. Her adorable appearance almost made Lin Xiu unable to resist pouncing on her again.

After entering the workspace and sitting cross-legged, you took a deep breath and pressed the upgrade button on the panel!

In an instant, as the technique was activated, the airflow in the room began to surge, and the spiritual energy floating in the world seemed to suddenly become lively.

Opening your mouth slightly, the visible faint spiritual energy condensed into columns of qi, entering through your mouth, nose, and ears. As the technique circulated through your meridians, after nine major cycles, all of it gathered into a small white vortex in your dantian.

This vortex contracted like a sponge nine times in a row, suddenly expanding outward. Not only did it turn green, but its volume also increased nearly nine times!

At the same time, your spiritual consciousness expanded, even swelling to the point of a splitting headache, causing your hair to stand on end!

This kind of pain only stopped after repeating nine times.

You had a feeling that your understanding of things seemed to be more thorough, and your whole body felt comfortable.

You circulated the technique three more times. Not only did the speed far exceed that of the Qi Refining Third Layer, but the absorption of spiritual energy was also incomparable. It was probably equivalent to the quality of a day's cultivation with spirit stones in the past.

This is one of the differences between the early and middle stages of Qi Refining.

The three levels of the early stage of Qi Refining can be compared to the levels of first, second, and third-grade elementary school students.

Carelessly, the first level of Qi Refining could defeat the third level of Qi Refining.

In the middle stage of Qi Refining, it completely disregards the early stage of Qi Refining. It's like a strong man beating up children!

Lin Xiu's eyelids slightly opened, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Fire poison!"

He threw three "Fasting Pills" into his mouth, closed his eyes again, and continued to cultivate frantically using the technique.

After a full seven days,

When he opened his eyes again, his hands, which were pinching the hand seals, were bright red, like braised pig's trotters with excessive caramel color...

"Go!"

The Shaoyang and Zhongchong acupoints on the fingertips of both hands immediately burst out four streams of hot and poisonous blood, creating a shallow pit on the ground.

When he expelled all the fire poison from his body and looked at the seemingly burning poisonous blood in the shallow pit, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The bone-attaching poison that had troubled him for over twenty years had finally become a thing of the past!

The cultivation path that lay before him finally regained its brightness.

Standing up tall, he looked at the talisman paper on the table, his gaze focused. He dipped the brush in spiritual ink and made a stroke!

The inscription pattern of the first-grade intermediate "Spirit Shield Talisman" became even more delicate and agile, increasing its defensive capabilities by ten percent. It could be considered the best among intermediate-grade talismans.

The path of talismans was promising, and Foundation Building was within reach!

Lin Xiu walked out of the room feeling refreshed.

Then, he saw Li Yingxue sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the stone house, holding a short sword in her hand.

Quietly approaching her, he saw Li Yingxue with her eyes closed, looking cute with a serious and vigilant expression.

Unable to resist, he lightly kissed her cheek, causing her to jump up like a startled rabbit.

"Ah!"

"Husband, you've come out of seclusion? Has the fire poison been cured?"

Lin Xiu tapped her head playfully, teasing her.

"You said you were protecting me, but you didn't even hear me leave?"

Li Yingxue rubbed her head in pain, pouting.

"Yue'er's martial arts technique has a loophole. Her telekinesis can only be directed towards one direction. These days, I've been focusing my telekinesis on the door, so naturally I wouldn't feel anything behind me."

Lin Xiu frowned. He didn't understand martial arts very well, but he knew that people in the martial master realm had a skill similar to bat's echolocation.

Although it seemed to cover a greater distance than a cultivator's spiritual sense, it could only cover a certain angle and couldn't compare to the 360-degree coverage of spiritual sense.

"I'll find you a set of advanced techniques when I have the chance!"

Li Yingxue nodded eagerly. Her father had also placed his hopes on the next generation, but he didn't expect to have only one daughter who didn't even have spiritual roots. The martial arts technique that could only be cultivated to the martial master realm could be considered the only care he had for her.

She had already mastered this technique, but she had never had a follow-up technique to help her advance. She really needed a good technique.

Looking at the pig-shaped hairpin that he had personally made bouncing on his wife's head, he picked her up and headed towards the bedroom.

"I'm already at the mid-stage of Qi Refining. You should reward me properly!"

"Ah! You're already thinking about that as soon as you come out of seclusion. How annoying!"

The bed in the house collapsed...

Watching his busy wife tidying up, Lin Xiu looked at the system panel, his eyes somewhat unfocused...

How could this be?