Staying In The World Of Cultivation

Chapter 90: It's Really Worth It

Su Fan greeted the village chief in Xiaotang Village and then returned to the valley.

Entering the house in the fenced courtyard, Su Fan took out the Middle Level Spirit Gathering Array and placed it on the kang bed, sitting cross-legged on top.

The Middle Level Spirit Gathering Array was square-shaped and much larger than the small Spirit Gathering Array.

Su Fan took out thirty-six spirit stones and embedded them in the grooves on the edge of the Spirit Gathering Array. He then took out a "Purple Ginseng Pill" and put it in his mouth, starting to operate the Primordial Origin Technique.

As soon as the technique started, Su Fan felt the originally dense spiritual energy around him instantly gather towards him, enveloping him completely.

Then, the medicinal power of the pill began to surge through his meridians like a tidal wave.

Countless streams of medicinal power ran rampant in his meridians, causing unbearable pain like ants gnawing on bones.

Su Fan's face turned pale, blue veins popped up all over his body, his body trembled, and cold sweat rolled down like grains of rice, but it was quickly evaporated by the heat in the alchemy room.

Finally, after nine cycles of cultivation, Su Fan slowly opened his eyes.

He let out a breath, the "Purple Ginseng Pill" that cost thirty spirit stones per pill was indeed powerful.

Although it consumed a considerable amount of spirit stones, Su Fan felt that it was all worth it after practicing the Primordial Origin Technique once.

According to the intensity of the cultivation just now, it would take at least over a year to break through to the Qi Refining Late Stage, saving at least half of the time.

Compared to the consumed spirit stones, it was really worth it!

Su Fan took out several storage bags from his waist, all of which he had confiscated from the Evil Cultivator's lair, Qingyuan Temple.

The Evil Cultivators were indeed poor, the largest one only had two compartments, which belonged to "Blood Demon" Nie Heng.

Inside were over two thousand spirit stones, dozens of Low Grade talismans, and a dozen bottles of pills, all of which were mediocre.

There were five Law Weapons, but only one was Middle Grade, and the quality was average.

In addition, there were over ten books and four jade slips.

The jade slips were spell jade slips from the Shifting Yin Sect, probably from the deceased disciples of the Shifting Yin Sect.

Among the ten books, except for one called "Mysterious Yin Blood Devouring Technique" which had some value, the others were all some crooked and evil things.

Su Fan opened the "Mysterious Yin Blood Devouring Technique" and flipped through it before throwing it aside.

This cultivation technique improved one's realm by devouring the flesh and blood of others. Those who practiced such evil techniques would have no future prospects even if their realm improved.

Moreover, this technique was too evil and absolutely could not be kept.

Thinking of this, Su Fan tore the cultivation technique to shreds and burned it to ashes.

Adding up the several storage bags confiscated from other Evil Cultivators, there were only a few hundred spirit stones and a dozen or so Low Grade Law Weapons.

As for the other things, there was no need to look at them.

Evil Cultivators were really poor.

Alright, grasshoppers were also meat, anyway, they were all obtained for free.

This time, Su Fan received a total of 6,000 Good Deeds and 3,000 spirit stones as a reward.

Adding up the miscellaneous loot confiscated from the Evil Cultivators, it could be sold for around 1,000 to 2,000 spirit stones.

If he also exchanged the 6,000 Good Deeds for spirit stones, the total profit this time would be around 10,000 spirit stones.

If everything went smoothly, as long as he completed one bounty mission per month, he would no longer have to worry about spirit stones.

In fact, this kind of bounty mission was not difficult to complete as long as he could find the traces of the Evil Cultivators.

Su Fan had his own advantages compared to disciples of other sects.

The "Turtle Breathing Technique" allowed him to disguise himself as an ordinary person and pretend to be a martial artist, searching for clues about Evil Cultivators in the mortal world.

The "Scent Detection Technique" allowed him to identify Evil Cultivators, and coupled with the "Thunder Law Eye" Divine Ability, as long as he was given some time, it would not be difficult to find the traces of Evil Cultivators.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Fan once again arrived in Ashen Dove City.

He met Qian Sheng at a teahouse, and the other person handed him a stack of papers.

"This is the bounty list I selected this month. According to your request, they are all relatively inconspicuous Evil Cultivators, with bounties ranging from two to three thousand virtuous merits."

Su Fan took it and started flipping through it one by one.

Qian Sheng is reliable. He did a good job selecting this Evil Cultivator list, all according to Su Fan's requirements.

Moreover, he also spent some effort searching for information on these Evil Cultivators.

After careful consideration, Su Fan picked one from the list, but when he saw the distance, he frowned.

"Isn't there anything closer?"

Qian Sheng shook his head and said, "These are already the closest ones. Are you pressed for time?"

Su Fan nodded and told Qian Sheng about his sect mission in Xiaotang Village.

Qian Sheng chuckled after hearing it and said, "This is simple. You can post a task in the General Affairs Hall, find someone to guard there for you, and offer thirty virtuous merits per day. For short-term tasks like this, they will fight over it."

Su Fan's eyes lit up. That's a good idea.

"Alright, let's go with that this time..."

The Evil Cultivator Su Fan chose was a fish that slipped through the net of the Luo Tian Sect. The bounty for killing him was still two thousand virtuous merits, and capturing him alive was worth five thousand virtuous merits.

As long as this Evil Cultivator worships the idol, Su Fan can smell it with his "Fragrance Sensing Technique."

The next day, after listening to the sermon in the Transmission Hall, Su Fan quietly left the sect and headed east on the Yin Wind Boat.

Three days later, he returned to Ashen Dove City.

This mission went smoothly. Shortly after arriving, Su Fan used his "Fragrance Sensing Technique" to find an Evil Cultivator from the Luo Tian Sect.

He followed the clues and quickly locked onto the wanted Evil Cultivator.

Unfortunately, his luck wasn't good this time, as he didn't capture him alive.

Qian Sheng was waiting for him at the same teahouse as last time.

He didn't care about the life or death of the Evil Cultivator at all. After all, sect merits had nothing to do with life and death and wouldn't affect the transaction.

Qian Sheng found the buyer again and traded the sect merits for rewards from this mission.

Originally, he was just a small broker in the sect, exchanging merits for virtuous merits from time to time.

Unexpectedly, in the past few months, he had traded sect merits several times, instantly gaining fame.

Qian Sheng's business also improved, and his resources and connections expanded.

Of course, Su Fan was still an unknown and transparent figure in the Shifting Yin Sect.

This bounty mission only earned him three thousand virtuous merits, but the spoils of war were quite abundant.

This Evil Cultivator was a leader of the Luo Tian Sect, and Su Fan confiscated over five thousand spirit stones, as well as several decent Law Weapons.

The final profit from this bounty mission exceeded ten thousand spirit stones.

In the following months, Su Fan completed several more bounty missions, earning over forty thousand spirit stones in total.

He only failed once because the Evil Cultivator died, killed by another disciple who took the same mission.

There was nothing he could do. Su Fan was a step too slow.

After completing the transaction with Qian Sheng, Su Fan left Ashen Dove City and returned to Xiaotang Village.

During these few days, he hired an outer disciple with thirty virtuous merits per day to guard the valley for him.

After returning to the valley, Su Fan sent the outer disciple away.

He walked into the small courtyard and lay down on the recliner, thinking about what to eat today.

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