Chapter 783 - 518: Treasure Tower, Ways to Earn Spirit Stones (Part 2)
Chapter 783: Chapter 518: Treasure Tower, Ways to Earn Spirit Stones (Part 2)
"It’s no matter, this little thing is useless to me anyway."
After flicking the jade talisman to Zhang Feng, Lu Qing departed gracefully.
The young boy was left standing there, holding the jade talisman, in a daze.
"Ah Qing, have you thought about what you want to do?"
Little Li hid in Lu Qing’s embrace, secretly transmitting through Divine Soul to him.
It had heard everything Zhang Feng said earlier.
"I have some clues, but I still need to ponder them. Let’s find a place to settle first," Lu Qing replied.
Then, Lu Qing found an inn and rented a top room.
To do this, he spent his last piece of middle-grade spirit stone.
By this point, all of Lu Qing’s low-grade and middle-grade spirit stones were completely used up.
Only a few of the most precious high-grade spirit stones remained.
However, high-grade spirit stones are rare and sought after, even for cultivators at the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Therefore, they are generally rarely circulated in the Little Cang Realm.
With such resources, Lu Qing naturally wouldn’t easily take them out.
"Is this the high-class room?"
Entering the reserved private room with Little Li and the others, Lu Qing felt invigorated as soon as they stepped in.
The room was filled with spiritual energy, pristine and untouched by any impurities.
In the corner, a stick of sandalwood incense was burning, its refreshing scent calming the heart and spirit, seeming to cause an emergence of spirit light.
Moreover, the tea-making tools, cultivation cushion, and other items in the room were all of the highest quality.
"This upper room is set with an array connected to the underground spirit vein, gathering the earth’s spiritual energy for guests to cultivate.
This sandalwood incense is also a kind of spirit incense that can calm the heart and spirit, aiding in quicker meditation."
Lu Qing examined the room and soon discovered its mysteries.
He couldn’t help but sigh.
No wonder this top room is so expensive, costing ten low-grade spirit stones a day.
The spiritual charm in this room was several times richer than in the cave mansion on the Holy Mountain in his homeworld.
Not to mention the items in the room that were all of magic artifact grade.
One could say, this private room in his homeworld would be an unparalleled cave mansion that many Golden Core Realm powerhouses would fight to obtain!
Furthermore, he could see that those who opened inns and taverns in Canglan City must have extraordinary backgrounds.
Otherwise, without some connections, how could they set arrays to connect to the city’s subterranean spirit vein to operate?
"Ah Qing, the spiritual energy in this upper room is so abundant, if we stay here for a year or half, my cultivation might breakthrough!"
Little Li jumped down from Lu Qing’s arms, feeling the rich spiritual energy around with delight.
"Stay for a year or half? If we don’t find a way to earn more spirit stones soon, we might not even last ten days," Lu Qing said with a laugh.
He couldn’t use the high-grade spirit stones he had, and the last remaining middle-grade spirit stone was just used as a security deposit for the room.
Even if they neither ate nor drank, they could only stay here for ten days at most.
"Oh, so, Ah Qing, have you thought of a way to earn spirit stones?"
Little Li realized and quickly asked.
It and the Five Elements certainly couldn’t be counted on.
As a spiritual beast, in a city full of human clan cultivators, they had to be cautious and hide their tracks.
Otherwise, who knew if someone might have bad intentions and target them.
After all, the physical body, bloodline, and demon core of a spiritual beast are true treasures to some people.
"Hmm, I’m planning to rely on the path of talisman making to see if I can earn some spirit stones."
After listening to Zhang Feng’s introduction, Lu Qing had already had a plan in mind.
He didn’t consider being a bodyguard or escort.
Such work definitely involved fighting and killing.
Being new, he was quite unfamiliar with the external magical arts and powerful figures.
If he accidentally provoked someone powerful and suffered a setback, he would have nowhere to cry even if he wanted to.
Thus, another approach was more suited for him.
That was selling elixirs, magical treasures, and talismans.
It happened that he bore the heritage of the Divine Talisman Sect and the Li Huo Sect, proficient in Artifact Refining and Alchemy, as well as inscribing talismans, among many other cultivation skills, making this path suitable for him.
However, Alchemy and Artifact Refining both required a lot of spiritual materials, with too high a preliminary investment, not suitable for the currently impoverished Lu Qing.
So he temporarily didn’t consider these two skills.
The only option left was talisman making.
In fact, in talisman making, generally speaking, crafting a talisman with formidable power usually required considerable spiritual materials.
But Lu Qing’s inheritance from the Earth God Talisman Sect was somewhat peculiar.
It followed the cultivation philosophy of learning from all things in heaven and earth.
In talisman crafting, he had his unique insights.
That is, when inscribing talismans, there wasn’t much demand for the talisman carrier.
It emphasized following nature, creating the talisman according to the material.
Even the most ordinary leaf or a small grass could be used, as long as its natural patterns were followed, and a rune array was inscribed.
It could still evoke the power of heaven and earth, unleashing unimaginable powers.
Although Lu Qing’s level in the path of runes had not yet reached the supreme enlightenment that everything could become a talisman,
he didn’t demand high-quality materials for his talismans.
As long as it was a decent piece of jade stone imbued with spiritual charm, he could inscribe and craft a pretty powerful talisman.
Back then, the many talismans he offered in the Merit Hall of the Holy Mountain were all crafted from such jade stones.
And it just so happened, this time he came out with plenty of jade stones, even though he had nothing else.
After all, jade stones imbued with spiritual charm are not spirit stones, they are relatively easy to come by in his homeworld.
With his prestige on the Holy Mountain, collecting them was even easier.
So Lu Qing thought, could he sell the jade talismans he made to earn some spirit stones?
"Selling spirit talismans, that’s a good idea! The talismans you make, Ah Qing, are so powerful, they must be worth a lot!"
Little Li shouted excitedly upon hearing Lu Qing’s plan.
"That’s not certain, don’t forget where we are. The Little Cang Realm, backed by the Heavenly Origin Great World, surely has many outstanding Talisman Masters too."
Lu Qing, however, did not become arrogant.
Although he bore the heritage of the Divine Talisman Sect and had the mysterious support of the Divine Soul Talisman,
allowing his crafted talismans to possess greater power than ordinary talismans,
this is the Heavenly Origin Great World, one of the most prosperous regions of the Great Origin Immortal Domain.
Who knows how many powerful divine skills and strong Immortal Sects are within.
He did not believe there would be no more profound and refined talisman path inheritance than the Divine Talisman Sect.
So, although he planned to sell talismans, he did not believe his made talismans would be stronger than those sold in merchant guilds.
His greatest advantage should be the relatively low production cost, allowing him to earn spirit stones more easily.
Of course, all of this was just Lu Qing’s conjecture.
He had to validate it personally to know.
Thinking of this, Lu Qing took out a pre-refined spirit jade and began inscribing it.
A quarter of an hour later, the spirit jade shimmered with light, and a spirit talisman was successfully inscribed by him.
Powerful energy emerged, with traces of electricity flickering momentarily.
Even those in the Golden Core Realm, with slightly weaker cultivation, would be shaken by it.
Lu Qing moved his Heart and Spirit, and the energy on the spirit talisman immediately converged.
Additionally, the room was set with an array to conceal the aura, preventing disturbances to others during cultivation.
Therefore, despite the strong aura eruption upon completing the spirit talisman, people outside did not notice.
"Come on, Little Li, Five Elements, let’s go for a walk."
Stowing away the freshly crafted spirit talisman, Lu Qing called out.
After Little Li and Five Elements entered his clothes, he activated the protective array in the private room and stepped out.
Soon, when Lu Qing was back on the street, he stopped in front of a tall building.
Looking at the Treasure Tower, emanating immense array power, Lu Qing revealed a smile.
"Treasure Tower, I hope you won’t let me down."
After Little Li and Five Elements entered his clothes, he activated the protective array in the private room and stepped out.
Soon, when Lu Qing was back on the street, he stopped in front of a tall building.
Looking at the Treasure Tower, emanating immense array power, Lu Qing revealed a smile.
"Treasure Tower, I hope you won’t let me down."