txolops Chapter 7 The Nature of Demonic Cultivators
Chapter 7 The Nature of Demonic Cultivators
Another month has passed.
As usual, Ji Yun bought spirit rice and beast meat, and flew back to his own sky island on his sword.
The Sky Island has been completely transformed.
The three tiled houses were all covered with new tiles, and the dilapidated fences along the fields were replaced with railings, dividing the fields into two parts.
The yams were all uprooted, and in their place were half green spirit rice and half various medicinal herbs.
The seedlings broke through the soil and grew exceptionally strong.
Several stone platforms stood in the fields, with sun candles lit in them, their light shining like sunlight, illuminating the sacred fields in a verdant green.
The interior was also rearranged.
They threw away all the old tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets, and used the bamboo they had cut earlier to have a craftsman in the market make a set of bamboo furniture.
The bamboo has a warm and smooth texture, a simple and elegant style, and a faint bamboo fragrance.
It's perfect for displaying at home.
In addition, half of the storeroom was converted into a kitchen, where meat was stewed and rice was cooked every day, and two barrels of bamboo leaf wine were brewed using the spirit bamboo.
"It's pleasing to the eye."
"It does feel like home now."
Ji Yun landed on the edge of the sky island.
The furniture maker casually built a 'dock' on the south side of the sky island, which served as its main entrance.
After all that trouble...
The main purpose is to prevent problems before they occur.
This floating island was, after all, a find. If it were recognized by the former owner's friend, it would be another troublesome matter.
There's no need to worry now.
Even when the former master was resurrected, he couldn't recognize him.
"Young friend Li, how's business today?" The old neighbor asked with a smile when he saw him while hoeing the ground on the next island.
"It's barely acceptable."
Ji Yun also smiled.
The two companies are already familiar with each other.
The old man's name was Qiao San, he was eighty-three years old and had reached the first level of Qi Refining cultivation.
He has two sons.
The eldest son has no aptitude for cultivation, has already started a family, and now has a son and a daughter.
The second son has some talent and has already reached the first level of Qi Refining. He works in a nearby mine and, after accumulating savings for a few more years, he can buy a sky island and start a family in the market.
"At such a young age, you can already sell talismans; young friend Li's future is limitless."
Old Man Qiao praised him sincerely.
Ji Yun is only seventeen years old this year, but he is already capable of handling things on his own, has his own floating island, and earns a considerable income.
In the eyes of others.
He is already a man of exceptional talent.
"I was lucky. I found a manual on talisman-making techniques while scavenging outside." Ji Yun shook his head with a smile.
"Young friend Li, I see you have no maids serving you. My granddaughter is sixteen this year, would you like to take a look?"
Old Man Qiao suddenly had an idea and turned around to call his granddaughter towards the house:
"Qian'er, come out here quickly."
Not long after, a young girl ran up to Old Man Qiao, lowered her head, and dared not look at Ji Yun.
The girl was born with bright eyes and white teeth, a delicate and pretty face, and a petite and exquisite figure, yet she already showed off her slender curves.
A simple white dress accentuated her snow-white skin, making her appear even more charming and beautiful; she had clearly taken great care in dressing up.
It seems that Old Man Qiao's idea was not impulsive, but rather something he had planned long ago.
"I'm new here and don't have any plans for that yet," Ji Yun declined.
He had just extended his divine sense and carefully scanned the girl's body.
This woman is not qualified.
Unable to become a monk.
With her charming appearance, she should be more than qualified to be a maidservant for a Qi Refining Level 1 talisman master.
But Ji Yun didn't think much of it.
Once their cultivation level increases, maids with low cultivation will become a burden.
He aspires to the Nascent Soul stage and has no intention of staying in one place for long. Moreover, he harbors secrets and bears blood debts, and there will inevitably be bloodshed in the future. There is no need for him to delay others.
"Alright, let me know whenever you have a plan." Old Man Qiao understood and stopped insisting.
"must."
Ji Yun bowed and went back into the house.
Sitting cross-legged on the futon, he pondered carefully, realizing that he had indeed been somewhat reckless lately, which had already attracted the attention of those around him.
But there was no other way.
For the past month, he has been drawing and selling talismans every day, earning 300 catties of spirit sand, but he hasn't saved up many catties.
Drawing talismans consumes spiritual energy.
It needs to be replenished with spirit rice and beast meat.
The difference between the purchase and sale price is the money earned for spiritual practice.
He didn't save a single penny.
Use it all for cultivation.
Half of it was transformed into spirit rice and eaten, while the other half was absorbed into wasteland.
Now, he relies on external objects to replenish most of his spiritual energy, and only needs to breathe in spiritual energy himself when he cultivates at night.
"Although it's a bit tough."
"But there have been some results."
Ji Yun released his divine sense.
My understanding of the "Supreme Response Method" has improved considerably, and my spiritual consciousness has become much more solid and its coverage area has expanded.
There was also a high-quality magic weapon longsword in the storage bag, which he spent some time repairing and successfully refining.
He also drew some talismans for his own use.
It can be said that compared to last month, this month has seen significant progress.
"But it's still too slow."
"Efficiency has doubled."
"It will still take three or four years to break through to the second level of Qi Refining."
He majored in the "Supreme Response Method," which allowed him to bypass aptitude and overcome any bottlenecks before reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
If this were in a previous life...
Even if he lived in a brothel, he could still break through to the third level of Qi Refining in half a year.
But the night sea is too special.
Even on the second level, the spiritual energy was still thin and weak, not even as good as that of ordinary people in the cultivation world of my previous life.
The local Ling rice is not as plump as the Ling rice from the three layers of the Night Sea.
As for spirit sand, its spiritual energy is too mixed, and refining it to a pure state results in a significant loss of spiritual energy.
"My income has now reached a certain threshold; if I earn any more, I will inevitably be targeted."
We need to think of another way.
"Since we've reached the limit for our visible income, let's start with the hidden side."
Ji Yun looked up at the night sea.
To be honest, he was getting restless. Life was too mundane, and he could see the end of it all before him.
He felt tormented every night, and occasionally when he thought of his experience as a demonic cultivator in his previous life, he felt that he was wasting his time.
It's time to make a move.
Otherwise, inner demons will inevitably arise sooner or later.
……
The following evening.
Ji Yun set up her stall as usual.
He showed up on time and closed up shop precisely the same day every day for the entire month.
His routine was so regular that even those who were tailing him didn't bother to arrive in advance.
Until he started packing up his stall.
That sinister gaze appeared precisely at the roadside noodle shop.
"I've been monitoring it for a month."
"It's time to give you an answer."
Ji Yun was quite impressed; these people were truly persistent.
That's understandable.
He had only been in the market for less than two months, yet he possessed a large sum of money and was still young; he was indeed an easy target for exploitation.
Throughout the entire market area.
Those younger than him don't earn as much as he does.
Those who earn more than him are all seasoned veterans, each possessing several survival skills.
Since he was new to the area and spent his days and nights drawing and selling talismans, considering the extremely low success rate of sword qi talismans, how could he have time to cultivate life-saving techniques?
If a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining were to make a move, he would surely die; those crudely made, low-grade first-order talismans would be utterly useless in saving his life.
"Qi Refining Level 2"
"We definitely need to be careful."
Ji Yun took a deep breath, walked out of the market, and flew away on his sword.
At this moment, he had eight first-grade mid-level talismans in his storage bag, all of them in perfect condition.
Moreover, half of the talismans did not belong to this world; they were demonic talismans he drew based on his memories from his previous life.
There are also two special ones.
It can be kept as a trump card.
"In this cultivation world, first-tier talismans correspond to the early stage of Qi Refining, second-tier talismans correspond to the middle stage of Qi Refining, and so on."
"A mid-grade first-tier talisman."
"Corresponds to the second level of Qi Refining cultivation."
"Due to limitations in the materials used for drawing talismans, local talisman masters find it difficult to create talismans that exceed their own cultivation level."
"But I'm different."
"I have the divine sense assistance that only Foundation Establishment cultivators possess, allowing me to draw talismans beyond my level."
In other words, he has eight talismans, all of which, when activated, can unleash the full power of a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator.
For this vote today.
He was well prepared.
It's hard to say whether he was being targeted or he was targeting someone else.