Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 43 Artificial Spirit Vein (Please continue reading)
Tianji Pavilion.

Su You left with a pained expression.

It took a full 200,000 spirit stones to get the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to accept this task.

Su You's mission was not dangerous because it involved investigating the time of the mortal world.

However, the whole process was extremely complicated. Yunting Lake was vast, with countless islands, and it would take a large number of people to find relevant information there.

Only a behemoth like the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion has the capacity to organize a large number of people to conduct an investigation.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion has considerable influence in various regions, and many independent cultivators cooperate with it, which is why it has enough manpower to conduct investigations.

Su You gave a timeframe of within two and a half years, because he had learned in the Mirage Realm that the last batch of mortal souls appeared seven years ago.

If he can find out the information, Su You needs to leave enough time to make arrangements.

However, Su You would not place his hopes on this matter. If he could not obtain any information or relevant intelligence at Yunting Lake, and failed to obtain the third-tier Mirage Spirit Pearl, he would be in trouble.

Therefore, he had no choice but to find other alternatives.

Spiritual objects are not uncommon in the Void Heaven Immortal City, but they are all fourth-tier treasures. Not only are they expensive, but more importantly, they are not the type that Su You needs.

Otherwise, if Su You spent more time hunting monsters, he could also buy a fourth-tier treasure.

"If it's not here, I'll have to consider going to the cultivation world in the South China Sea to the south," Su You thought to himself.

The cultivation world of the South Sea is located south of Qingzhou. To reach it, one must cross the two continents of Bingzhou and Lingzhou.

Su You needs a water-attribute spirit pearl, but although Qingzhou is near Yunting Lake, there are still too few water-attribute demonic beasts.

However, in the South China Sea, there are various aquatic monsters and sea beasts, which greatly increase the chances of finding the spirit pearl he needs.

However, the distance between the South China Sea and Qingzhou is too far; even by airship, it would take several years to reach them.

It takes a lot of time to travel back and forth, and the journey is long and involves certain risks.

Therefore, until things are confirmed here, Su You will not be going there for the time being.

Su You wasn't in a hurry. As a first-order wizard, he had a long lifespan. In the wizarding world, it would take wizards hundreds of years to barely build their own wizard towers.

It's already quite fast that Su You can raise most of the money in just six months. As for the core materials, there's no need to rush. As long as you're willing to spend a lot of money, there's always a way to get them.

Although he has not yet started purchasing any materials to build the wizard's tower.

However, the twin clones have almost completed the sketch of the Wizard's Tower's structure.

The design for all the materials used has been completed, and we can simply purchase them later.

These basic Tier 2 materials are plentiful in the Void Heaven Immortal City and easy to purchase, so there's no need to rush. "What we lack now is a spirit bead for crafting a tower spirit, a powerful array to protect the wizard tower, and a spirit vein to set up the array," Su You murmured, looking at the sketch in his hand.

These are the only three things that are currently lacking; all other materials for building the Wizard's Tower can be easily purchased with spirit stones.

"As for the formation, we definitely need a third-tier formation that combines attack, defense, and even illusion. The higher the grade, the better. We can buy it when the once-in-a-decade auction in Void Heaven Immortal City is held in five years." Su You tapped the blueprint lightly.

"As for spiritual veins, to set up a third-order formation, you need at least a third-order spiritual vein."

Thinking of this, Su You felt a headache coming on. Spiritual veins are the most precious resource in the cultivation world and the foundation of all cultivators. Too many battles are caused by the struggle for spiritual veins.

It can be said that there is not a single high-level unclaimed spiritual vein in the entire Qingzhou, except in those mountain ranges teeming with demonic beasts, and even there, the spiritual veins are occupied by demonic beasts.

A good spiritual vein is the foundation of a family or a power, and no power will let it go, especially a high-level spiritual vein.

"In Qingzhou, finding an unclaimed spiritual vein is almost impossible. The Liushan Sect, however, has an opportunity. If the three major sects fight, they might have a chance to compete for a third-tier spiritual vein, but..."

Su You's current identity is somewhat sensitive, after all, he has defected from the Blood Abyss Organization. If he goes there, he will be easily discovered, unlike the Void Heaven Immortal City, which has a large population and is difficult to be discovered.

Furthermore, Su You established the Wizard Tower in order to peacefully study the knowledge of the two worlds. If he were to occupy a third-tier spiritual vein in the Flowing Cloud Sect, he would likely be subject to various disturbances, especially since his apparent strength is only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

If he cannot demonstrate overwhelming strength, countless people will come to harass him. Although Su You has a body refinement cultivation comparable to the third level, he is only equivalent to a typical early Golden Core cultivator.

It will be difficult for Su You to improve his strength significantly in a short period of time. Whether it is the cultivation of immortality or the cultivation of a wizard, it requires a lot of time to accumulate.

Then there is only one other way, which is to create artificial spiritual veins, and this is the choice of most forces.

After all, natural spiritual veins are rare, and there is no difference between artificial and natural spiritual veins. The only difference is that artificial spiritual veins are more expensive to create.

For example, the Xutian Sect has over a thousand spiritual veins within its sect. Although the Qinghong Mountain Range is rich in resources, it is impossible for it to produce so many spiritual veins.

To meet the cultivation needs of its disciples, most of the spiritual veins within the sect are man-made. Although they are not of high grade, mostly first or second-tier spiritual veins, they are still sufficient to support the cultivation of 100,000 outer disciples.

Su You had done some research on artificial spiritual veins. The first method was to create them from scratch, which was more expensive. The second method was to improve upon existing spiritual veins, which was simpler.

However, regardless of the method, building an artificial spirit vein requires not only a large amount of spirit stones but also a high-level spirit vein master to arrange it in order to successfully build it.

Su You estimated that hiring a third-tier vein-creating master would cost 200,000 spirit stones, and setting up the veins would require a large amount of spirit stones, totaling one million spirit stones.

This is just the price of the most common third-tier spirit vein. If the grade is higher, the fees charged by the vein creator and the spirit stones used to set up the spirit vein will be much more expensive.

“Spirit stones, we still need a lot of spirit stones…” Su You sighed softly.

It's true what they say: money makes you go anywhere, and without money, you can't even take a step.

(End of this chapter)