Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 14 Black Gold Ginseng
"Wuhu, take off!" Chen Beiwu's face lit up with joy.

Hunting monsters is indeed profitable.

After just a few minutes of fighting, he obtained Bullet Ape Blood (heart essence blood) worth two low-grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to his mother's monthly income from embroidery at home.

Unfortunately, he couldn't explain the origin of the ape blood, so he couldn't exchange it for spirit stones at the Immortal Alliance and could only use it for himself.

But this is enough. The reason why the blood of exotic beasts is expensive is because it can be used to improve the cultivator's understanding of the realm of Ten Thousand Beasts and increase the purity of magic power.

If he could gather the essence and blood of a thousand different kinds of exotic beasts, Chen Beiwu would be confident that he could push the Ten Thousand Beasts Art from the minor success stage to the major success stage, and condense the core spiritual technique of this technique: the Thousand Beasts Seal.

If he could gather the essence and blood of ten thousand kinds of spirit beasts (different), he had the confidence to push the Ten Thousand Beasts Art to perfection and condense a third-level magic technique: the Ten Thousand Beasts Seal.

That is a technique that is comparable to that of a Jindan Zhenren!

Unfortunately, monsters are hard to find, and Chen Beiwu can only bully some low-level monsters that are not powerful enough.

Before the sun set, he cleaned up the debris and garbage in the cave, then pasted soul-gathering talismans and warning talismans on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, and arranged a small warning formation with the cave as the center.

Soon, an extremely simple cave was completely completed.

In order to prevent being disturbed during his practice, he moved several stones to block the entrance of the cave, leaving only a ventilation hole the size of a finger exposed.

After doing all this, Chen Beiwu sat cross-legged on the cold stone and began his first practice in the other world.

Perhaps because they were in the primeval forest, the wood-type spiritual energy that filled the surroundings immediately transformed into a continuous stream of emerald green light spots that merged into Chen Beiwu's dantian and transformed into gentle magic power.

The night passed quietly.

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes and smiled with satisfaction.

The second-level spiritual vein is extraordinary. Meditating for one night is equivalent to meditating for two nights in a first-level medium-quality training room. Even the magic power that was stagnant deep in his dantian became as easy to use as his arms.

This cultivation speed has more than doubled compared to before.

If he continued to practice at this pace, he would be able to break through to the eighth level of Qi training in his third year of high school, and the ninth level of Qi training in his fourth or fifth year of high school.

If the spiritual root gains of the beasts he would contract with in the future were taken into account, his Qi training efficiency would increase even more dramatically.

"call."

Chen Beiwu stood up, stretched, and let out a breath.

He has no classes this morning, so he can explore the area around the cave.

after an hour.

"Squeak!"

As the water needle fell, a fat-bellied green rock rat screamed and fell to the ground, revealing a cave behind it that was filled with a large number of flowers and plants.

Chen Beiwu threw away the useless pine cones and weeds on the surface of the cave, and a spiritual plant that was completely black and looked like an old tree root came into view.

The leaves at the top of the old tree roots were slightly curled due to improper preservation and were black-brown in color. It was actually the first-level spiritual plant Black Gold Ginseng.

"What a waste!" He hurriedly and carefully took out the ginseng.

Rodents have always had a keen sense of smell, so it is not surprising that they can find such spiritual plants in the mountains.

The Immortal Alliance has been popularizing the four arts of immortal cultivation in compulsory education for many years. Chen Beiwu knows many elixir recipes, and the Qi-enhancing elixir is one of them.

Black gold ginseng is the main ingredient for refining the first-level Qi-boosting elixir. It has a high value in the market and can be sold for at least ten spirit stones.

If he could refine the black gold ginseng into a pill, the price would skyrocket, potentially selling for as much as fifty low-grade spirit stones. However, Chen Beiwu wasn't an entry-level alchemist after all, and wasn't proficient in water-based alchemy. Rushing to refine the pill would only waste the herbs; it would be better to just eat them raw.

For cultivators in the late stage of Qi training, eating raw black gold ginseng is quite beneficial and can save half a month of hard training.

"What a pity." Chen Beiwu sighed.

He once wanted to become an alchemist.

Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, alchemy, weapon refining, formation and talismans are the mainstream. Among them, alchemy is ranked first among the four arts, and is also the most in-demand and profitable profession.

However, alchemy is too expensive, and generally only cultivators from immortal cultivation families can afford to learn it, except for those with extraordinary talents.

Most alchemy apprentices have to work for their teachers for a few years for free when they first enter the industry, and spend a lot of spirit stones to open furnaces to gain experience.

On the Xianmeng website, some alchemy apprentices even made a joke among themselves, saying that they were "paid to work", working themselves to death for several years until their bodies were worn out, only to gain experience.

It was precisely because the investment in alchemy was too huge and far beyond the reach of ordinary families that Chen Beiwu gave up the idea of ​​becoming an alchemist.

Xu Lingling was able to become the only first-class intermediate-grade alchemist in Shouhe No. 2 Middle School during her second year of high school, relying not only on her own talent, but more importantly on the support of her family.

Refining equipment is slightly better than refining pills, with less investment and more requirements.

Even if you are unlucky and fail to refine an exotic weapon when you first start, you can still recycle it and salvage it, and recycle some of the materials. The only problem is that there are too many monks engaged in this line of work, and the prices of exotic weapons on the market are extremely high.

The art of talismans is suitable for those with average talent and resources, but it requires a lot of time and energy, and may even delay cultivation.

The success rate of a novice in refining low-level talismans is extremely low. Even if they succeed by chance, the cost of drawing the talisman is far higher than the selling price. They need to spend spirit stones to gain experience just like in alchemy, but the loss is relatively small.

As for the art of formation, it is difficult to learn and master, and talent is the most important factor.

Formation masters did not make much money in the beginning because cultivators had very little demand for low-level formations.

But when the formation master's rank reaches a higher level, it is a different situation.

There's a saying in the formation world: "If you don't open a business for ten years, you'll make a profit for ten years after you open it." This refers to the ability of high-level formation masters to attract money.

It's just that the formation is too difficult to master. To put it bluntly, if some cultivators are willing to spend a lot of resources to build it up, they can definitely become a high-level alchemist, weapon master, or talisman master.

But the formation is different. If you can't learn the formation pattern, you just can't learn it. Even if the cultivator is forced into a corner, he still can't engrave the obscure formation pattern.

It is no exaggeration to say that those who lack talent in formation can only be a first-level formation master throughout their lives. At most, they can rely on chance to become a second-level formation master, but they will never be able to become a third-level formation master.

Chen Beiwu's talent in formation was barely decent. The formation patterns that ordinary people found obscure and difficult to understand were not complicated in his eyes. All he lacked was an opportunity to set up a formation.

If he has enough formation resources, he might be able to become a second-level formation master in the future.

Putting away his divergent thoughts, Chen Beiwu carefully put away the ginseng.

He was lucky today. If he had come a day later, the ginseng might have had a few more potholes and cracks on it, and most of its medicinal properties would have dissipated.

Pushing aside the bushes that blocked his view, Chen Beiwu continued to work, carefully drawing a topographical map of the area surrounding the cave.

'Huh! '

Chen Beiwu suddenly stopped and listened attentively to the unusual sounds coming from the bushes in front of him.

"Help... help!"

Hearing this extremely weak cry for help, Chen Beiwu frowned slightly and looked at the scattered footprints not far away.

(End of this chapter)