Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Only the young masters of major clans, who could afford to use Golden Core Stage talismans without batting an eye, could possibly do such a thing.

Money is indeed good when you have it.

The scholar thought to himself silently. Although he had been famous and strong in his early years, he had never used a Golden Core talisman. Generally, a Golden Core talisman would not be as strong as his peak full-strength blow, but this feeling of smashing others with Spirit Stones... was indeed very satisfying.

...

"Hmm."

Chen Qiu had already thought of an excuse, but, finding that neither the scholar nor Fat Long asked any questions, he was relieved and moved to the front of the "Heavenly Dao Treasure" and began taking away the items on it.

This so-called Demon Cultivation had mentioned the "Enlightenment Stone", which was priced at 1000 Spirit Stones here.

Though unaware of the market price, he was certain there was a discount. Treasures like this, which could only be produced in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, surely cost a fortune.

1000 Spirit Stones to save a year of time was a good deal for him.

He then took the remaining three treasures into his possession as well.

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"Random Teleportation Talisman*1."

"Random teleportation within a hundred-mile radius."

"10 Spirit Stones"

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"Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Replenishing Pill*100."

"Can quickly replenish the body\'s Spiritual Energy."

"100 Spirit Stones"

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"Demon Burning Incense*10."

"Made from demon oil, once lit, all demon beasts within a ten-mile radius will furiously rush towards the incense and indiscriminately attack all nearby."

"100 Spirit Stones"

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The remaining three items were not expensive and were not exclusive to the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm. Among the six slots, only the "Enlightenment Stone" was exclusive to the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, that is, according to what he knew from his previous life.

This unboxing only yielded one red item, the rest were white.

Fortunately, the items were nearly a steal, and it wasn\'t a loss, especially since many of the items were exactly what he urgently needed.

He spent a total of 1270 Spirit Stones, leaving him with 16586.

Before leaving, Chen Qiu still attempted to search the bodies. The Flying Sword was completely destroyed upon touch, and the Storage Ring was also perfectly shattered, leaving him with no inheritance...which was quite satisfying.

The death was clean.

...

"Why does it feel like there are so many more Foundation Establishment cultivators recently? A demon cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage can pop up anytime."

Fat Long muttered in front of a cave.

"That\'s normal."

The scholar said softly, "Recently it\'s the annual auction of the Ask-Tian Firm, and also the day when the Fufeng City Heavenly Dao Secret Realm is about to open. Naturally, a large number of cultivators will flock here, resulting in a mix of good and bad. Fufeng City itself is just a mortal city, and it\'s not common to see a Foundation Establishment Cultivator here."

"There are quite a few Foundation Establishment families in Fufeng City. A Foundation Establishment Cultivator can form a small family by gathering their relatives, and some close relatives can even take on the title of elder."

"They can appear quite impressive in front of mortals on ordinary days."

"But mortals don\'t have much money, and these Foundation Establishment families that mainly earn from mortals are basically small fry. The Huang Family is considered not bad in Fufeng City since they have two individuals at the Foundation Establishment, but even they aren\'t impressive enough when out in the wider world."

"None of these families in Fufeng City really count as true clans, but the real clans are extremely terrifying."

He did not continue further.

After all, at that time, he was chased by a family to the point of "no way out under heaven." If I give you face, you\'re Da Xia\'s number one Sword Cultivator, a rising star.

If I don\'t give you face, you\'re just a Loose Cultivator without a family to back you up.

It\'s just a pity... his sword wasn\'t fast enough.

...

For the entire next day, the scholar led Chen Qiu and the others around the vicinity of Fufeng City, inch by inch, searching for places with low-level demon beasts. He alone had gone through 89 Qi Replenishing Pills.

The Pills were almost completely used up.

"I can\'t do this anymore... I can\'t take any more..."

The scholar, seated cross-legged and gasping for breath, shook his hand and said with a trembling voice to Chen Qiu, who was handing him a pill, "My body\'s tolerance for this pill is nearly at its limit, and the Spiritual Energy isn\'t recovering anymore. This pill is having very limited effects on me now; I really don\'t have enough Spiritual Energy. Should we continue this tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?"

Chen Qiu frowned and pondered without speaking. Tomorrow would be the opening day of the Secret Realm; they would not have enough time.

The scholar\'s main job was to scout for Spirit Beasts and then lead them to the spot, ignite the "Demon Burning Incense" to attract all the demon beasts within several miles, and then he would kill these demon beasts to sacrifice to his Tao Foundation.

He had been busy with these tasks from sunrise until now, which was nearing sunset.

It\'s just that the scholar\'s Tao Foundation capacity was too small; his Spiritual Energy would run out not long after controlling the Flying Sword, so he had to keep taking Qi Replenishing Pills. Of the 100 Qi Replenishing Pills he had just bought in the "Heavenly Dao Treasure," only 11 were left, and now even the Qi Replenishing Pills had lost their effect.

"No problem, there\'s still a way."

Chen Qiu shook his head, pulled out a "Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Soul Absorption Talisman" from his chest, affixed it to the scholar\'s body, and took out two Spirit Stones, stuffing them into the scholar\'s chest: "There, this should make the absorption of Spiritual Energy quicker, right?"

"It\'s quicker..."

The scholar looked at the talisman on his body with a bit of resignation. He actually wanted to say that he hadn\'t been this tired in a long time. Controlling the Flying Sword with Divine Sense was not an easy task.

Before he found a patron, he thought he was about to die.

After finding a patron, he felt he might as well have died.

Why is it so exhausting...

...

Finally—

After sunset, Chen Qiu and his group returned to Ask the Sky Market, while the scholar and his companion went to their usual haunt. Chen Qiu took Fat Long and headed towards Ask the Sky Market.

He too was exhausted, and the day\'s events had been especially taxing on him.

Today, they had slaughtered exactly nine thousand eight hundred and ninety demon beasts, almost wiping out all the stray demon beast groups of the Qi Refinement Realm around Fufeng City.

The good news: Fufeng City would have a particularly safe period ahead, and those villagers no longer had to worry about demon beasts invading their spirit fields.

The bad news: the Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators of Fufeng City won\'t encounter Qi Refinement Realm demon beasts in their outdoor adventures for a long time, which would slow down their Cultivation progress considerably...

As for the width of his Tao Foundation, it had reached an entire ten thousand millimeters!

Originally it was one hundred and ten millimeters wide, and being somewhat obsessive-compulsive, he had made it a neat round number.

Normally, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator\'s Tao Foundation is a perfect cube, one hundred millimeters wide and one hundred millimeters tall, looking quite harmonious. His Tao Foundation, on the other hand, had become an extremely flat rectangle, ten thousand millimeters wide and one hundred millimeters tall.

It was a bit odd.

But it could accommodate quite a bit more Spiritual Energy. An ordinary cultivator at the first level of Foundation Establishment could only cast a spell like the "Thunder Summoning Technique" four or five times before their internal Spiritual Energy would be depleted. If his Tao Foundation were to be filled to capacity, he could cast it four or five hundred times!

Don\'t give him any of that nonsense about Sword Cultivators being unparalleled with a single sword stroke or Body Cultivators shaking the heavens with their fists.

The first thing he would do upon meeting someone would be to smash down four or five hundred Thunder Summoning Techniques. He wanted to see which Body Cultivator could withstand such a stormy barrage. There\'s also a difference between Magic Practitioners, okay?

And when the time came to learn a body-protecting spell.

He would start with two moves.

The first move, thousands of defensive spells would rise up out of nowhere.

The second move, thousands of Attack Magic spells would smash right into your face.

After all, his Tao Foundation was wide enough, and he had enough Spiritual Energy to squash you with it.