SFS Chapter 7: The Cold Reeds and the Cold Reeds
Chapter 7: The Cold Reeds and the Cold Reeds
After saying that, Elder Qi flipped his hand, and a white light shone out, revealing a jade slip.
"This cold energy cultivation technique is called the Cold Reed Dwelling Cold Scripture. It is a fifth-grade foundation-building technique. When cultivating it, one must ingest the [Reed Wind Qi]."
Fifth-grade Foundation Building Technique!
Ning Que couldn't believe it; this was actually a fifth-grade cultivation technique. Foundation Establishment techniques were always extremely rare and hard to come by.
Even within the entire inner city, there are only a handful of fifth-grade cultivation techniques, and they only came into existence because the corresponding spiritual energy of heaven and earth could no longer be collected.
"Elder Qi, this... I cannot accept it." Ning Que shook his head and refused through gritted teeth.
Old Qi waved his hand and said:
"I value your sister's talent. It would be a pity if she didn't cultivate the Cold Qi. Take her and cultivate it. I can also provide the [Reed Wind Qi] needed for this, but your sister must become a disciple of my Qi family."
He became a member of the Qi family.
The Qi family is a Purple Mansion Immortal Clan, controlling two prefectures in the Yue Kingdom. To a rogue cultivator like Ning Que, they are a behemoth as large as a mountain.
When Ning Que first came to Jianxiawu seeking a cure for his sister, he entered the Qi Shu Dan Zhai and met Elder Qi.
It's truly fate.
Ning Que pondered to himself:
"I've heard that the Qi family specializes in cultivating cold energy. If my sister could join the Qi family, she might even be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future."
Once this thought took root in his heart, he couldn't stop it, so Ning Que bowed and said:
"I have no way to repay you, but I will serve you like a cow or a horse in the future."
"Go ahead," Old Qi said with a calm smile.
Immediately, Ning Que hid the jade box in his clothes and left Jianxiawu.
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White Bone Slope.
Ning Que pushed open the fenced gate of a mud-walled, thatched-roof house and stepped inside.
A girl of seven or eight years old lay curled up in cotton wool on the bed, and ice crystals were everywhere in the room.
"Sister," Ning Que called softly.
Ning Miao emerged from the thick cotton quilt, revealing a cold and frail face, and said in a low voice:
"Brother...I'm cold...I'm cold..."
"Medicine, brother's back from buying medicine, take it quickly."
Ning Que quickly took out the Xu Yan Pill and gave it to Ning Miao.
As soon as the pill entered her stomach, a burning sensation spread from her abdomen throughout her entire body. If any other mortal had taken it, they would probably have been burned to death long ago, but Ning Miao only felt a warm sensation.
It is very comfortable.
Ning Miao's brows relaxed, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked at her brother and said:
"Brother, I can grind the beast-repelling powder for you again!"
"No need, no need. You don't need to grind the beast-repelling powder for me anymore. Just focus on your cultivation." Ning Que chuckled.
"Cultivation?" Ning Miao frowned, looking puzzled.
Ning Que then took out the "Cold Reed Dwelling Classic" and explained its origins.
After hearing the whole story, Ning Miao's eyes lit up. She picked up the cultivation manual as if it were a priceless treasure and began to peruse it, muttering to herself:
"The Qi family are truly good people."
"You should focus on your cultivation. I need to grind some more beast-repelling powder. That customer asked me for a lot of it again."
Ning Que's face also broke into a bright smile.
Now that his younger sister has mastered the cultivation technique, her long-standing problem of cold constitution has been resolved. Meanwhile, he, having acquired the Beast-Dispelling Powder, has encountered a wealthy man, and his life is getting better and better.
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Small courtyard.
Li Wuxian met He Yu, who had come to his door.
In addition to picking up the pre-ordered bottle of beast-repelling powder, He Yu also brought good news.
"Fellow Daoist Li Wu, many people have come to ask me where the Beast-Repelling Powder came from. I mentioned you, so they asked me to inquire if you still have any in stock."
Li Wu first handed He Yu's portion of beast-repelling powder to her, and after thinking for a while, he replied:
"Of course I do. Please answer for me: just say that I will be selling beast-repelling powder in the market after fifteen days."
There is currently a high demand for animal-repelling powder, but a shortage of goods. If you take it to the market to sell, it might even spark a bidding war.
"Okay." He Yu nodded, flicked her ponytail, and turned to leave.
Afterwards, Li Wu scattered the remaining six bottles of beast-repelling medicine on the stone table and quietly waited for Zhao Qianyuan to come and collect them.
After waiting for a while, a white dot appeared on the horizon, gradually approaching and turning into an arc of light before falling into the courtyard.
It was Zhao Qianyuan.
Li Wu was always polite to wealthy people, so he quickly stood up and greeted them with his hands clasped in greeting.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, it's been a long time."
Zhao Qianyuan nodded slightly and said:
"Fellow Daoist Li, has the beast-repelling powder I requested been prepared?"
"That's natural."
Li Wu turned to the side, revealing six white jade bottles on the stone table behind him.
"good."
Zhao Qianyuan accepted the six bottles of beast-repelling powder, then took out three spirit stones and said calmly:
"The extra spirit stone is the deposit for next month."
Li Wushou tucked the item into his sleeve and nodded, saying:
"Six bottles still?"
Zhao Qianyuan thought for a moment and said, "Ten bottles, then."
"no problem."
Li Wuyi readily agreed.
After making the arrangements, Zhao Qianyuan did not linger and turned to leave.
Watching Zhao Qianyuan's departing figure, Li Wu touched the spirit stone in his sleeve, pondering:
"The next batch of goods only requires two and a half spirit stones. The remaining half spirit stone is fifty catties of spirit rice, which is just enough to buy two catties of demon beast essence blood."
Li Wu has not forgotten to cultivate during this time, but it will still take quite some time before he can open up the second acupoint.
"With the help of demonic beast blood essence, it should be much faster."
With this in mind, Li Wu went to Jianxiawu once again.
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Qi Yu remained in the same spot, his stall displaying items such as demon beast essence blood, demon beast hides, and bones.
He gazed at the wandering cultivators coming and going, then looked up at the tall city wall not far away, a sense of longing rising in his heart.
"Once my elder brother breaks through to the Qi Refining Realm, and my family is able to raise Qi Refining Beasts, we will also be able to set up a shop in the inner city. Then I won't have to endure the wind and sun like this anymore."
Just as he was lost in his pleasant daydream, Li Wu slowly approached and called out:
"Fellow Daoist Qi."
Qi Yu suddenly woke up, turned his head and looked at the person who spoke, and said with delight:
"Oh, it was you."
Li Wu nodded and said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist Qi, is there any essence blood of the Azure Scaled Fish left today?"
"Of course we have some. How much does Fellow Daoist Li want?"
"Two jin will be fine."
Li Wu had enough spirit stones to buy more, but he still needed to save some to purchase more beast-repelling powder.
He didn't know when the monster disturbance in Chishan would end, so his top priority was to seize this opportunity to make more money.
As for cultivation, there's no rush.
"Here, two catties of blood essence from a blue-scaled fish."
Li Wu took the bottle and took out a bag of spirit rice.
Qi Yu took it, examined it for a moment, and nodded, saying:
"That's right, exactly fifty catties. That'll be enough for my white jade turtle to eat for quite a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, a white jade tortoise crawled out of his sleeve. Li Wu looked closely and saw that it was a size larger than the last time he saw it.
After exchanging a few words with him, Li Wu bowed and left.
Back in the courtyard, Li Wu couldn't wait to sit cross-legged on the bed, swallow his essence blood, and circulate his cultivation technique.
A familiar burning sensation surged through his body, and Li Wu mobilized his qi and blood to rush towards his coccyx acupoint.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.
"At this rate, about three or four more pounds of essence and blood will be needed to open the second acupoint."