Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 213 - 178: Cultivation in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range (Long - )
Seven or eight thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones, for a Core Formation cultivator, is not a small sum.
Li An, as a Golden Core cultivator, consumes far more Spirit Stones daily than a True Core cultivator, but without additional expenses and purely for cultivation, four to five hundred middle-grade Spirit Stones are enough for a month.
He only has a total of over sixty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones on him, and if he spends money to buy Spirit Medicine to absorb the Taiyin Qi, he won’t last for many rounds.
Core Formation is already extremely difficult, and for a Core Formation cultivator to reach Nascent Soul is even more uncertain.
Even with sufficient aptitude, the cost is unimaginably astronomical.
Nurturing the Purple Mansion to achieve Nascent Soul, every step requires a pile of resources.
It’s safe to say that the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill saved Li An a massive amount of Spirit Stones, at least he doesn’t have to spend money to buy Spirit Medicine to absorb Taiyin Qi.
It just takes a bit longer to absorb from the Spirit Vein. Others may be able to absorb a wisp of Taiyin Qi in a day using Spirit Medicine, but Li An takes several years to acquire it from the Spirit Vein.
At the current pace, to fully form the Purple Mansion, it will take at least two hundred years.
But Li An is not in a hurry!
"The accumulation of Demonic Qi is quite slow..."
With a thought, a surge of black Demonic Qi instantly emanated from his lungs, accompanied by a metallic sheen, enveloping his entire body densely!
Immortal Celestial Demon Armor.
Li An is confident that Tier Two Magical Artifacts can no longer penetrate his defenses.
This can be considered a small achievement.
The accumulation of Demonic Qi is also important, aside from the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill, if Li An wants to cultivate other Demon Dao divine powers or spells in the future, he will also need Demonic Qi as an accumulation.
"Complete mastery of First Grade Alchemy..."
He took out a bottle of recently refined pills—Purifying Evil Pill!
The Purifying Evil Pill is smooth and glossy, worthy of being upper grade.
He is very satisfied, with his current Divine Sense, cultivation, and Spirit Root as a foundation, his learning of Alchemy has advanced by leaps and bounds.
Becoming a First Grade Alchemist in a year is considered extremely fast progress.
And his primary focus on refining Purifying Evil Pills has a purpose.
In the Celestial Killer Mountain range, Purifying Evil Pills are almost considered a hard currency!
Because most cultivators practicing here are cultivating in Grade D Spirit Veins and are tainted with Evil Qi, and Purifying Evil Pill is the most useful item to cleanse Evil Qi.
After Li An was able to refine Purifying Evil Pill, he gained two benefits: first, he could sell them to increase his income. Second, he could conceal his inherent Demon Skill.
After all, if Li An cultivated in a Grade D Spirit Vein without ever purchasing Purifying Evil Pills, it would certainly arouse suspicion.
Additionally, Li An is now fully familiar with the rules of the Celestial Killer Mountain range: Besides paying Spirit Stones to the mountain master, tenants must also maintain a certain level of ’contribution,’ otherwise the grade of the Spirit Vein they reside in will be downgraded, and if it can’t be downgraded further, they will be expelled.
There are two ways to earn contributions: 1. Undertake tasks issued by the mountain master. 2. Submit specific materials.
Purifying Evil Pills are among those materials!
After all, if the mountain master wants to control the cultivators within their jurisdiction, they will certainly control the materials they urgently need. Lady Shee advanced to a Grade C Spirit Vein in this manner.
A First Grade Purifying Evil Pill is not very useful and completely useless to True Core cultivators, but once he becomes a Second Grade Alchemist, he can exchange Purifying Evil Pills for contribution points.
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Stretching with a lazy yawn, Xiaoqing stood perched on his shoulder like a stone sculpture.
The Divine Bird and he were almost symbiotic, aside from Spirit Stones and Spiritual Food, it always relied on the breath of his Life Seed for cultivation.
The cultivation of the Divine Bird progressed faster than Li An, and it was about to break through to Mid-Stage Golden Core.
In fact, this is despite mysteriously slowing down after absorbing Li An’s Life Seed breath, otherwise, it should be even faster!
"Is Fellow Daoist Lin here?"
At this moment, a voice came from outside.
Li An walked out and activated the mountain-guarding Tier Two Array, seeing a man and a woman approaching.
Zhou Libai, and her partner, Artifact Refiner Ba Jijian.
Zhou Libai was still as beautiful as ever, full of allure, voluptuous and well-proportioned, while Ba Jijian was thin, with deep-set eyes, looking malnourished and somewhat aged.
Li An was quite curious, he could see that Zhou Libai hadn’t practiced any Yin Yang Demon Skill or similar cultivation techniques, so how could she have exhausted a True Core cultivator to such a state?
Could it be that there truly is an indestructible field in this world that even a True Core cultivator can’t handle?
"Please come in, Fellow Daoists—"
"Fellow Daoist Lin, we’re here to invite you to join us."
Ba Jijian was silent and taciturn, but Zhou Libai spoke up, "We’re planning to take a trip to Ghostly Valley to seek opportunities, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Lin would like to join us?"
Li An also knew of this place, Ghostly Valley.
It’s said that the reason for the heavy Evil Qi in the Celestial Killer Mountain range is that there was once a bloody battle between the Human Race and Demon Race here, where many Great Cultivators perished. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Therefore, many opportunities are buried within the Celestial Killer Mountain range, including Demon Pills, Demon Flowers, Demon Dao Treasures, etc., which can be submitted to the mountain master for contribution.
Zhou Libai and her husband’s contribution should be close to enough to exchange for a Spirit Vein upgrade.
"Sorry, I am currently planning to go into seclusion for cultivation—"
Li An declined; for the first three years in the Celestial Killer Mountain range, there was no need to submit contributions, so he wasn’t in any rush.
Moreover, he already had a method to earn contribution points subsequently.
He didn’t even consider going to various dangerous places.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, you only have two years left, have you considered this? If you don’t obtain enough contribution in two years, you might not even be able to stay in this Grade D Spirit Vein..."
Zhou Libai smilingly reminded, "Even if you have a bird, it won’t help, the rules are strict."
"Additionally... this trip to Ghostly Valley was initiated by Fellow Daoist Bai Jiang, he sent invitations to all of us, you just didn’t receive it because you were in seclusion."
