Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 30 Life-Extending Talent (Please continue reading)

After moving to a second-class mansion, Shen Xuan resumed his daily life of practicing martial arts, making talismans, and disciplining his beloved wife.

Occasionally, after putting his beloved wife to sleep, he would use the [Concealing Breath Technique] and [Invisibility Technique] to fly from the third floor to the Spirit Pool, then swim through the underground river to the Dragon Ze River to improve his various water-based talents.

In his spare time, he wrote five letters and sent them to Qin Yuehan, Lü Zhengying, Wang Fugui, Zhao Sujin, and Li Chang'an.

Most importantly, Qin Yuehan and Lü Zhengying are the key figures; the other three are merely secondary.

In the letter, Shen Xuan wrote down the address of his new home and invited them to visit Qinglongwan Market when they had time.

The letter was written for the Ding family to see, to reconnect with their classmates.

After all, if you've received a favor, you should at least reciprocate in some way.

As for whether Qin Yuehan and the others would come, Shen Xuan had no hope.

They're all getting old, each with their own things to do, and every family has its own problems. Who would bother to travel a long distance to visit an old friend for no reason?

A month later, he had mastered the Iron Bone Technique.

At this moment, Zhao Chunsheng also brought good news.

After accumulating knowledge and experience, he moved into a second-class mansion, cleared the snake venom, and finally broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining in one go.

This prompted him to be unusually generous, hosting a banquet to invite Shen Xuan and his wife for a meal and drinks.

"Actually, my fire spirit root is only 28 points, so whether I break through or not isn't that important. As long as I'm determined, I can endure until I reach the ninth level of Qi Refining."

After drinking, Zhao Chunsheng became a little more talkative.

"Without resources, companions, methods, and land, no matter how high your cultivation level is, it's all in vain. Master Shen, let me tell you why demon hunters can't accumulate spirit stones."

"They struggle on the edge of life and death. Once they hunt a big catch and earn spirit stones, they indulge in drinking, gambling, and prostitution to numb themselves and squander all the spirit stones they have earned by risking their lives!"

"Therefore, being a demon hunter is a dead-end job!"

Fueled by his drunkenness, Zhao Chunsheng vented, "They call me the Rabbit Demon Hunter behind my back, mocking me for being a coward and not daring to venture deep into the Shadow Forest to hunt."

They know nothing!

"In this world, nothing is more important than life! I'm different from them! I have a wife and children; I'm going to enjoy a comfortable life in the future."

"Worth risking your life for those few spirit stones? It's not worth it!"

Under Jiang Xueqi's pleading gaze, Shen Xuan smiled, picked up his teacup, and gently clinked glasses with hers.

“Fellow Daoist Zhao is right. I think so too.”

"My wife, look, even Master Shen agrees with me!"

That night, Zhao Chunsheng was particularly excited and got completely drunk.

The next day.

Shen Xuan brought the completed Rejuvenation Talisman to the Ding family's shop.

As soon as I entered, Manager Ding greeted me warmly and quickly.

"Master Shen, it's been a long time. I heard you moved to a Class B residence!"

Shen Xuan was taken aback.

"It was introduced by Young Master Ding Yijin, Manager Ding, you didn't know?"

"Young Master Ding is a busy man, how could he possibly tell us such a trivial matter?"

What is the current price of the 【Rejuvenation Charm】?

"The land reclamation is over, and prices have dropped a bit. Ten pieces cost eleven spirit stones, and premium items double the price."

Shen Xuan shook his head.

As a result, his profits also decreased somewhat.

"However, the price of the talisman paper and cinnabar for the 【Rejuvenation Talisman】 has also decreased accordingly."

Shen Xuan took out a large stack of ordinary [Rejuvenation Talismans].

"Exchange 360 ​​talismans and a bottle of cinnabar. Exchange the rest for spirit stones."

"Okay!"

After a month of hard work and dedicated effort to crafting the Rejuvenation Talisman, all that was gained were talisman-making materials and a dozen or so spirit stones.

Fortunately, there were still more than twenty high-quality [Rejuvenation Talismans] in the storage bag.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to afford a small spirit-gathering array.

"How about we temporarily forgo the spirit-gathering array?"

The training room in the second-class mansion, a first-grade high-level training ground, was sufficient for his cultivation.

"No! Time waits for no one. After using the Spirit Gathering Array, the time to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining will only be halved, three years will suffice."

Shen Xuan has an unusual obsession with improving his strength.

He always felt that Qinglongwan Market was not safe enough.

After leaving Ding's shop, Shen Xuan bought some spirit rice, monster meat, spirit fruits, and spirit vegetables.

They and Zhao Chunsheng's family each cooked their own meals. This saved them a lot of trouble.

Back at the mansion, he summoned Zhao Chunsheng, who had sobered up.

"Help me sell these twenty high-quality [Rejuvenation Talismans]. Same as always, 15% commission."

"Also, please find a way to deal with this Exploding Spirit Pill."

Zhao Chunsheng accepted the talisman and the exploding spirit pill and left in a hurry.

When he returned that evening, he handed Shen Xuan ninety-five spirit stones.

"Fine-quality Rejuvenation Talisman, 54 spirit stones; Spirit-Exploding Pill, 41 spirit stones."

Shen Xuan handed ten spirit stones to Zhao Chunsheng.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"What's the trouble? It's just running an errand."

"Nobody's watching, is they?"

"Master Shen, you're being too cautious. I'm a Qi Refining Level 8 Demon Hunter. How could such a small amount of loot cause any trouble? You underestimate me!"

"In any case, better safe than sorry, safety first."

After giving a few instructions, Shen Xuan went back to cultivate and make talismans.

With over eighty spirit stones in his pocket, Shen Xuan flipped through the "Illustrated Compendium of Monsters of the Wilderness" again.

By plundering another mid-grade first-tier water-type demon beast, one can raise their spiritual root to 20 points.

20 points means a mid-grade spiritual root!

If you're lucky, there's a glimmer of hope for Foundation Establishment!
I flipped through the "Wilderness Wilderness Monster Atlas" several times, but I still couldn't find a monster I wanted to plunder.

Water-attribute monsters are the cheapest, but most of them are found in the East Sea.

Near Longzejiang, there are very few that are plentiful, cheap, and have special qualities.

Finally, Shen Xuan turned his attention to the Water Cloud Turtle.

A first-tier mid-grade demonic beast, the adult Water Cloud Turtle can weigh several hundred kilograms and cost as much as four or five hundred spirit stones!
Water turtle meat is highly nutritious and is said to have the effect of prolonging life.

Moreover, its tortoise shell is extremely hard, making it the raw material for the defensive magic weapon, the Water Cloud Shield.

"I can't afford an adult water turtle, and I don't know how much a juvenile one costs."

Fortunately, the water turtle is highly prolific, laying hundreds of eggs each time, with only a very small number of juvenile water turtles surviving to adulthood.

I went back to consult Zhao Chunsheng.

"A juvenile Water Cloud Turtle? It depends on the size. The smallest is only the size of a fist, and it costs two spirit stones each!"

Shen Xuan thought for a moment.

"What about the size of a bowl?"

"It's about the size of a bowl, and it must weigh a pound or two. That's worth five or six spirit stones."

Shen Xuan did the math.

With a savings of eighty spirit stones and a net monthly income of sixty or seventy spirit stones, he could barely afford it.

"Please help me buy some juvenile water turtles, not too many at once, three or four will do."

"Alright. Master Shen, you can rest assured that I'll handle things perfectly!"

Zhao Chunsheng guessed that Shen Xuan had a secret technique that allowed him to condense the essence blood of water-type demon beasts to enhance their talisman-making abilities.

However, this has nothing to do with him.

In the world of cultivation, which cultivator doesn't have some secrets?

Shen Fushi is not good at fighting and is timid and afraid of trouble, so it is just right for him to come forward to purchase and sell.

Why not earn a commission just by running errands!
A few days later, three juvenile water turtles were placed on the stone table in Shen Xuan's training room.

After the mysterious jade talisman flashed with golden light...

[Plunderable Talents: Longevity, Strong Fangs, Water Arrow]

Shen Xuan was taken aback.

He remembered that the first-tier low-grade Xuan Shui Turtle could plunder talents such as water control, breath concealment, and life extension.

A mid-grade first-tier Water Cloud Turtle cannot possibly be unaware of water control and breath concealment.

Could it be that his higher talents in water control and breath concealment prevent him from plundering similar talents of lower rank?
In the end, Shen Xuan chose the [Life Extension] talent.

[Talent: Life Extension (21/100)]

【Daoyun: 18】

It cost eighteen spirit stones, and the talent progress reached 21 points, while the Daoist charm reached 18 points.

"It seems that this longevity talent is of excellent quality, and its Daoist charm is much better than that of the mantis shrimp and the ironback crab."

(End of this chapter)