Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 384 - 371

The aperture entrance, Chen Xu carefully observed the way others entered the Hundred Battles Ruins.

At the entrance, there were no guards, only dozens of ethereal beauty silhouettes circling the halo, fluttering and frolicking incessantly.

Someone took out a jade bottle from a storage pouch at their waist, and gingerly poured out five elixirs shimmering with halos.

This is the Qi Radiance Pill—

Chen Xu fixed his gaze, and the Qi Radiance Pill immediately revealed its entry:

[Qi Radiance Pill, essence of spirit resonance, pure Qi, refined and condensed from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi by cultivators who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

It can be consumed directly or used to assist in cultivation.

Direct consumption can accelerate True Qi recovery, nourish the body, and have certain life-prolonging effects.

As a cultivation aid, due to its pure spirit resonance, it can help cultivators enhance their cultivation speed to a certain extent, accumulating True Qi, and accelerating progression.

If used as an auxiliary material in cooking spiritual food, it can improve the quality of spiritual food and increase the probability of gaining additional attributes.

An ordinary Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator can refine about one Qi Radiance Pill a day.

However, due to wear and tear, the use of one Qi Radiance Pill equates to about half a day’s cultivation for a regular Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Note: If used for cultivation, it becomes ineffective for those above the Nascent Soul stage.]

Previously, Chen Xu had actually heard Ding Chuan mention the Qi Radiance Pill several times.

But to maintain his own sense of mystique, Chen Xu had never directly inquired what a Qi Radiance Pill really was.

Watching the entry now, he suddenly realized that Qi Radiance Pill came from this.

The entry’s brief description, yet Chen Xu suddenly felt a deep shock.

At first glance, the Qi Radiance Pill seems harmless, but upon closer thought, its existence equates to a perpetually suspended sword.

It constantly hovers above the heads of all low-level cultivators, ever ready to silently strike down at any moment.

Each strike most certainly would lead to bloodshed.

And how could the Xuantian Star Realm, which used them as currency, be a place of peace?

Reflecting upon the war between immortals and demons, and sect disputes as mentioned by Ancestor Xinghui, Chen Xu’s understanding of this realm became clearer by threefold.

Recalling Ding Chuan’s vow about once his cultivation reached a certain level, he would deliver "ten Qi Radiance Pills" to Chen Xu within a month. Such vows could indeed be seen as a desperate pledge.

Looking again beside the light gate, several cultivators continuously took out Qi Radiance Pills.

Some showed obvious reluctance, some were indifferent, and some pretended to be carefree yet were actually very cautious...

The same Qi Radiance Pill holds different values in the eyes of different people.

Cultivators cast the Qi Radiance Pills into the bronze cauldron with a goat head carving beside the light gate, then marvelous points of light descended from above the light gate.

The orange-yellow fragmented light landed on the cultivators, who then stepped into the light gate with the glow.

Chen Xu followed closely behind one person, and soon also stepped through the light gate.

Upon entering, it felt as though a peculiar invisible force swept across everyone inside the light gate.

Fragmented light surrounded the cultivators, resonating with the peculiar force, and those who had handed over Qi Radiance Pills seemed to blend seamlessly through the barrier of the light gate.

Yet, Chen Xu lacked the fragmented light.

But when the peculiar force from the light gate swept over him, he felt like a breeze existing outside the world, he existed yet didn’t.

It was as if he had stepped from a real world into an endless void.

Upon reopening his eyes, the light gate vanished, revealing a grand marketplace before Chen Xu.

Chen Xu successfully passed through the light gate!

His understanding was indeed correct; his state at this moment could not be simply described with the word "invisible."

More accurately, at this moment he might be "melding" with the world.

Once the "melding" was completed, his current advantage of seeming "non-existent" would naturally disappear.

Chen Xu gazed around, first hearing the clamor rush into his ears, then feeling a peculiar, rough terrain beneath his feet.

He looked up first, seeing a sky blue like a tear—

Indeed, the Hundred Battles Ruins itself does not dwell in the real world but exists within a void fissure.

The reason it was called the "Hundred Battles Ruins," was reportedly due to the abundant production of void spirit crystals here, making it a place fiercely contested by major sects, resulting in countless battles.

Eventually, all the void spirit crystals in Hundred Battles Ruins were exhausted, and only then did the fighting cease.

While the Hundred Battles Ruins, once coveted by many, ended as a forsaken wasteland.

It remains silently in the void, seemingly trapped in old-time, or perhaps as if it should never have changed at all.

The only things that changed are the countless beings coming and going, disputes never ending.

Chen Xu then looked down at the ground, the ground of Hundred Battles Ruins was also barren, solid.

It appeared to be composed of innumerable hard rocks, pitted and marked, like the impressions of mining, or scars left by battles.

Now, the Hundred Battles Ruins became well-known as a grand marketplace, yet those who established it seem to have no intention of refurbishing the ground.

Whether because it couldn’t be refurbished, or there was no desire to do so.

The reasons and details, Chen Xu had no way of knowing now.

He merely followed the flow of people through this vast marketplace, encountering myriad stalls, with diverse shops behind each stall.

A few shops’ structures were particularly eye-catching.

For example, at the end of the street stood a floating building, yet what supported it wasn’t a formation or magical treasure, but surprisingly four grotesque monsters!