One sword cheat

Chapter 26 Shangqing Light

At the summit of Qingcheng Mountain, two figures looked down the mountain.

"This time, a flawless individual has arrived, and he even activated the literary energy, resonating with Confucius. He's quite a promising talent. Are we just going to let him grow up unsupervised?"

An old man, his face gaunt and haggard, looked at the three little ones in the mountains and gave Zhang Likong beside him a reproachful look.

"We lost that opportunity last time. We lost everyone below the Foundation Establishment stage. If we don't nurture them properly, we'll probably be left with only us old fogies for a long time to come."

Zhang Likong gently shook his head: "My Shangqing Palace only talks about fate. Besides, he only has water elemental energy that doesn't leak out; his aptitude is still lacking."

"It's a pity that Ren Tong entered the Celestial Master's Cave, otherwise we could have kept an eye on him."

"Our Qingcheng Mountain Academy prospers together and suffers together; it doesn't matter which of the Three Pure Ones you join."

Zhang Likong said calmly, "Moreover, what is obtained through begging is ultimately not in accordance with the principles of the Shangqing School."

The old man didn't have this sense of distinction; he simply shook his head and sighed.

"Then you must also tell them that the people of Shangqing Palace cultivate with the protection of Shangqing Qi, so they are not affected by evil influences, lest they also run away."

"So what?" Zhang Likong shook his head again: "What is mine is mine, and what is not mine is not mine. If they leave, it only proves that the karmic connection was not strong enough. They will only regret it after they leave."

The withered old Taoist was speechless, and cursed, "Your Wuwei Dao is really not suitable to be a peak master."

"Then you do it?"

"Never mind, I'm going to bed now..."

……

Resources have been allocated!

That afternoon, Chen Ren and his group's tokens glowed, and then a stone fell out of them.

This stone is said to be a spiritual ore, containing abundant spiritual energy. One stone a day is equivalent to a month of arduous cultivation.

Even if Chen Renxiu cultivates his qi and blood, he can still use it.

That day he discovered that his strength had increased by more than 50 kilograms!

A spirit stone contains over 50 jin of qi and blood. If you had that every day, wouldn't you be able to break through to the Acquired Realm very quickly?

He immediately searched on Taobao and found out that a single spirit stone cost a million!

Spirit stones can not only rapidly increase strength, but also greatly reduce the side effects of cultivation.

Chen Rencai discovered that when he cultivated, a pure light would spread from his body. It was said that only those who entered the Shangqing Palace possessed the Shangqing Immortal Light.

The distracting thoughts during cultivation, as well as the impure energy that entered the body along with them, were mostly blocked by this clear light.

Without the protection of the Pure Light, normal cultivation would involve absorbing and exhaling the spiritual energy of the ancient realm, becoming corrupted by the spiritual energy, thus gradually giving rise to the five evils, making it difficult to eliminate karma and accumulating karmic burdens.

Once it reaches a certain point, disaster will strike!

The most straightforward manifestation of this is that various forces and sects will face all sorts of calamities when breaking through to a higher realm, and the greater the breakthrough, the more dangerous it is.

"That's strange. If the Shangqing Immortal Light is so wonderful, why don't other people join our Shangqing Palace?"

Ren Renren felt curious, but at the same time, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

After discussing it for a while without any results, they stopped considering it and started reminiscing about the benefits of the spirit stone.

If only I had an inexhaustible supply of spirit stones.

Spirit stones are something the poor can't afford. No wonder Master led them to acquire resources; it's free money!

For the next few days, Chen Ren and his two companions had nowhere to stay, so they planned to make do in the main hall first, then figure out the situation before building a house.

But they soon discovered that this wouldn't work.

In the middle of the night, Chen Ren suddenly opened his eyes:

"Snapped!"

"Oh my god, what a huge mosquito!"

He screamed and slapped his hand down, leaving his hand covered in blood as a mosquito, weighing at least two ounces, struggled in his palm.

It wasn't dead yet, and the steel needle in its mouth pierced straight through the spirit tree house.

[Ding: Sword Drawing Value +10!]

Is this the ancient world? Even the mosquitoes are this fierce?

But soon Chen Ren's eyes lit up as he discovered that the mosquito's blood and energy were incredibly abundant. This was not a bad thing; it was a windfall!

So they gathered some dry branches and firewood, and set up a fire to roast the mosquitoes.

This is a wonderful product; it's from an ancient creature and is highly nourishing for the body and blood.

This made Ren Renren and Wang Chengxian frown deeply. They were people who absorbed spiritual energy to refine pure yang, and they wanted to avoid anything with turbid blood energy like the plague.

Each contributed 5 points of sword-drawing value.

"It's a bit bitter, but the taste is alright."

Chen Ren smacked his lips: "I don't know why, but I feel a little dizzy after eating."

He thought it was a normal side effect of the ancient creatures having too much qi and blood, so he immediately began to practice the Overlapping Waves Technique.

While practicing, something went wrong, and I suddenly collapsed to the ground!

"Thump!"

"Holy crap, junior brother, are you alright?"

This terrified Wang Chengxian, who hurriedly carried Chen Ren on his back and went to Baiyun Peak next door to seek help that very night.

When Chen Ren slowly woke up, it was already several days later.

"Junior brother, you're finally awake."

What he saw was a huge bald head, which startled Chen Ren so much that he almost jumped up.

"What happened?"

He quickly sat up and asked, only to find out that this was Luo An, a medicine cultivator from Baiyun Peak.

He happened to be passing by the foot of the mountain that day and saved his life.

Ancient creatures are all highly poisonous; you really can't eat them indiscriminately!

"Thank you, senior brother!"

Chen Ren was extremely grateful: "How can I ever repay your life-saving grace?"

"No problem. The consultation fee is 50,000, plus the medicine you consume, making it a total of 120,000."

Senior Brother Luo's words left Chen Ren with all his remaining gratitude stuck in his throat.

"So expensive?" He wanted to accuse the other party of taking advantage of his misfortune, but the other party was clearly stronger than him.

Luo An ignored Chen Ren's shouting and calmly explained:

"Do you know that the mosquito you ate was called the Deadly Flower-Legged Mosquito? It was extremely poisonous. If you weren't a disciple of the Shangqing Palace with the protection of Shangqing Qi, you would probably be dead by now."

Deadly Flower Stem...

Chen Ren's expression was strange, but he said that he was short of money and might not be able to come up with that much money.

It's not that it's possible, it's simply that he can't come up with that much money! He's poor!

[Ding: Sword drawing skill +15.]

Current sword draw value: 314/100

"It's okay, I can help you get a loan."

Luo An was very skilled at getting things done. He made Chen Ren nod, shake his head, and then open his mouth, easily getting 20 yuan out of him.

Then Chen Ren tried to use another method, but found that his credit check had problems. If it weren't for his senior brother Luo An's intervention, it really wouldn't have worked.

[Sword Drawing Value +30!]

This feels like a dream. I just arrived in the Ancient Realm and I already owe 20 more.

Chen Ren reluctantly drew his sword and cut the debt to zero, leaving him with 20,000. After paying it off, he still had 80,000 left over.

This seems like a way to make money, but... risk control measures will intervene in the short term, so he can't use it indefinitely...

At noon, Chen Renshun ate a vegetarian meal at Baiyun Mountain, which cost 50 yuan, before returning to the mountain peak of Shangqing Palace.

The journey was long, and my feet were numb from walking.

He tested his own qi and blood and was surprised to find that although the deadly flower stalk was highly poisonous, the increase in qi and blood was real.

It directly increased his blood and qi by 20 jin, so the money was actually well spent.

Ancient creatures are indeed highly nutritious, but unfortunately, they are poisonous.

Having learned from past mistakes, he dared not eat indiscriminately anymore and began to think about how to obtain more information.

Firstly, since Shangqing Palace is empty and its various institutions cannot function properly, they can go to other peaks to make money or do other things.

Secondly, everything here is priced, especially knowledge, for which copyright is very expensive.

Many things cannot be bought simply by having money.

To find out which herbs are edible and which are not, you have to work at Bai Yunfeng's pharmacy.

Wages are paid daily, 100 yuan a day, and I only make 3,000 yuan a month, which is a miserable existence.

If I'm lucky, I'll be able to learn which medicinal herbs are valuable by helping sort them today.

If you're unlucky, you do dirty and tiring work, but you get nothing in return. They don't force you to participate; they'll take it or leave it.

Similarly, the same applies to mining, dissecting and transporting animals, and so on.

They have no shortage of work, as Qingcheng Mountain Academy is connected to the ancient world and wields considerable power.

Besides the Earthlings on the mountain, there is also a mortal kingdom at the foot of the mountain, a bloodline of humans that has multiplied here over the years.

They can be called the Ancient Human Race.

Their numbers are almost impossible to estimate, and they have multiplied and thrived for thousands of years, even merging with ancient races.

Many of them can no longer be called human beings; they are ancient barbarians.

Compared to Earthlings, they are a mixed bag; some may be gifted and taken to the mountain gate, while others may be less gifted and die young.

The ancient realm has more abundant spiritual energy, so the probability of producing geniuses is also higher.

This is not cruelty, but an inevitable result of racial development.

Chen Ren and the other two have been trying to adapt to life here for a long time.

Three months later, Senior Brother Liu Qi arrived with Senior Brother Ren Mu, bringing the total number of people on Shangqing Peak to five.

Chen Ren lived in a stuffy wooden house, punching his fists to circulate his qi and blood.

"Boom! Boom boom boom!"

With a single punch, his blood and qi surged six times, indicating that he had already reached the sixth level of the Overlapping Waves Technique!

After three months, he finally broke through. In addition to the initial increase in qi and blood, he discovered that unless he found another way, he could not increase qi and blood quickly at all.

Those deadly flower stalks are highly poisonous and incredibly fast; last time I managed to hit one, it was pure luck.

Because it is an ancient creature, at least 500 sword-drawing points are needed to remove its negative effects.

He didn't use his sword-drawing points once more, and only then did he manage to accumulate a little over 600 points.

In the corner of the wooden house, there were some bluish-white stones piled up.

Ten catties of bluish-white jade would be enough. He had saved it up from sorting at Lao Jun Pavilion. This stuff isn't actually valuable; it's only found in the Ancient Realm.

Next, he only needs to break through one more level of Qi and Blood to upgrade the Calamity Sword, unlocking more wonderful uses, and then his cultivation speed will definitely be faster.