Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 24 Give me some benefits
In a corner, Fang Jingxuan and Lao He began to talk in whispers. After Fang Jingxuan mentioned the secret guards, Lao He's expression changed slightly. He sent the others away and talked to Fang Jingxuan himself.

"Secret Guards, I know. I've lived for so many years and have seen everything. These Secret Guards are a patrol team secretly operating within Hongyefang. There are two teams, the Upper Five Elements and the Lower Five Elements, with a total of twelve people.

As you said, this Chu Yunsheng should be the Wood Moon in the Lower Five Elements. The Lower Five Elements are all cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining. After accumulating merits and raising their cultivation to the late stage of Qi Refining, they can be promoted to the Upper Five Elements. "

As expected, an old man in the family is like a treasure. Old He has lived in Hongyefang for decades and knows everything about the situation in the market. With just a few words, he can give Fang Jingxuan a basic understanding of the secret guards.

Since they are called secret guards, they are definitely not known to everyone. Fang Jingxuan had never heard of them before.

"It seems that the Chu family is really angry this time and has called back all the secret guards. In the past, these secret guards were busy outside."

Hey, this is not right. How come you know so much about it, Lao He?

A puzzled look appeared in Fang Jingxuan's eyes, and Lao He also realized that he seemed to have said too much, so he coughed and said with a smile:

"Alas, once people get older, they can't help but talk a lot. You've just heard it, so leave it at that. Don't spread it around.

You performed very well tonight. I was right. Not everyone can detect the secret guards. You even fought him once and didn't lose face for our Konoha Street. Well done."

Fang Jingxuan blushed slightly after receiving praise from Lao He. He relied entirely on Tuoyuan's ability. Without Tuoyuan, he would be nothing.

But having said that, we still need to mention the benefits that should be sought.

So Fang Jingxuan said shamelessly:
"So, I've done something good, and made a contribution to the people in the neighborhood. I wonder if there's any reward for that."

After Fang Jingxuan finished speaking, Lao He looked at him helplessly: "You really don't want to release the eagle until you see the rabbit. But we agreed before that there is no order without rules. Everyone has seen your performance tonight. I will give you three Qi-boosting pills. How about it?"

Oh, there are pills to eat!
Although there are only three of them, and they are of the lowest grade, they are worth seven or eight low-grade spirit stones. Don’t miss them.

"That's great, thank you, Senior He. Hey, when will these pills be distributed?"

Old He shook his head, took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and threw it to Fang Jingxuan.

"There are three Qi-boosting pills here. Take them. Your companion beast is indeed powerful, but your own cultivation must also keep up. Otherwise, if others can't do anything to your companion beast, how can they do anything to you?"

"Yes, yes, what you said makes sense. I will go back and work hard to improve my skills so that I can better serve the community."

Fang Jingxuan got the elixir, so he said nice things for free.

Obviously, Lao He also liked to hear good words. He nodded with satisfaction and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Fang Jingxuan looked at the jade bottle in his hand, smiled, patted Tuoyuan on the head, and said:
"Good buddy, I'll give you half of today's credit, and I'll give you double the amount when I get back the secret recipe of Spiritual Rice Tonic Pills!"

Tuoyuan shook his head, retracted his fangs, and showed excitement. Great!
After finishing his patrol for most of the night, Fang Jingxuan returned to his own yard. After feeding Tuoyuan three jade dew rice balls, Fang Jingxuan cooked a pot of demon bone soup for Tuoyuan.

After Tuoyuan had eaten and drunk his fill and used the big bone as a teething stick to play with himself, Fang Jingxuan returned to his quiet room, took out the newly acquired elixir, and admired it carefully.

When he opened the jade bottle, three pills the size of longans emitted a faint medicinal fragrance. Fang Jingxuan just smelled it and was shocked.

Pills are good, how can one practice cultivation without taking pills?

I didn't take it before because I was poor. Who would leave the elixir uneaten? I just had to work hard to refine it myself. Isn't that asking for trouble?
For casual cultivators, elixirs are luxury goods, just like a high-end buffet that cost over a thousand yuan in the previous life. Who can’t afford it if they grit their teeth?
I just can't bear to do it because I think it's not worth it.

Fang Jingxuan also had the same mentality. He could afford to buy Qi-enhancing pills, but there was no need to do so.

The Qi-boosting Pill is only the cheapest pill for cultivation. One pill can save a cultivator several days of meditation time, but the least valuable thing for a casual cultivator is time. With this money, can't I buy some spiritual rice and get some monster flesh and blood to replenish myself?

But since this was a gift from someone else, there was no psychological burden in eating it, and it felt even more delicious. Fang Jingxuan carefully examined the pill to confirm whether there was any problem. Although Lao He had no reason to harm him, it was something he was about to eat, so he had to be extra careful.

Fang Jingxuan was still worried, so he used [Inspiration] to carefully sense it. After confirming that there was no problem, he slowly put one of them into his mouth.

One word, Run!

This Qi-boosting pill is like the finest chocolate. It melts in a few breaths and flows into the stomach.

At the same time, a warm current rose from the body, and the spiritual energy contained in the elixir was released rapidly.

What else is there to say? Fang Jingxuan called out his fellow practitioners and began to practice the exercises. For a moment, the room was extremely quiet.

After more than half an hour, Fang Jingxuan came out of the state of practicing martial arts. The first thing he did was to open the attribute panel to check his status.

[Real name: Fang Jingxuan]

[Age: twenty-three]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 2 (288/300)]

Not bad. My previous practice progress points were 283. Taking into account the practice in the past few days, this Qi-enhancing pill actually added three points to me.

The effect of this Qi-boosting pill is even stronger than that of Yuehua Yulu. So, I still need to practice twelve more points before I can break through to the third level of Qi Refining.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan felt a little excited. From the second level of Qi Refining to the third level of Qi Refining, there was no bottleneck in between. Once the cultivation level reached a certain level, he could be promoted directly.

From the third to the fourth level of Qi Refining, from the early to the middle stage of Qi Refining, one needs to break through a bottleneck. This level is not easy to pass and has blocked many cultivators.

However, this was still quite far away for him, so Fang Jingxuan did not consider these for the time being. He calculated that with the remaining two Qi-boosting pills, he would be able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining in at most half a month.

The third level of Qi Refining is not a low level among casual cultivators, at least not the lowest level.

Whether it was the shanty towns outside the market town or other neighborhoods on the streets of Muye, Fang Jingxuan discovered that most people's cultivation was at the first or second level of Qi Refining, with the third level being rare. Those in the middle stage of Qi Refining were truly the top figures.

As for cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, Fang Jingxuan had little contact with them. They didn't take beast boats when traveling, but had their own magic weapons, so they could just fly over directly.

When the foundation-building cultivators are not present, every cultivator in the late Qi-refining stage is the one who actually manages things and holds considerable power.

For example, the manager who is in charge of more than a dozen ferry routes in Hongyefang and has dozens of people relying on him for their livelihood has only reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Don’t take the third level of Qi Refining lightly. When you are thinking about where to get your next meal every day, you can’t even take care of your cultivation.

Fang Jingxuan carefully put away the jade bottle. Although the Qi-invigorating pill is good, it cannot be taken continuously in a short period of time, otherwise the body will not be able to bear it.

It is best to take one pill every other day to ensure that the pill is fully absorbed by the body.

Of course, it would be best to take more advanced pills, such as Huangya Pill. The effect of one pill is equivalent to ten Yiqi Pills, but Fang Jingxuan is reluctant to buy even Yiqi Pills, so forget about the others.

After taking the pill, Fang Jingxuan was in a good mood, but when he picked up the book with the talisman structure, a mask of pain appeared on his face again.

Well, learn it. You can't be a ferryman soliciting passengers for the rest of your life, running around in the wind and rain. Mastering a skill will make your life more comfortable in the future.

With this idea in mind, Fang Jingxuan plunged into the vast ocean of talisman configurations.

(End of this chapter)