Ball Ball Cultivation

Qiuqiu looked around again. "One intermediate defensive array; two bottles each of first-grade top-grade Soul-Restoring Pill, Soul-Restoring Pill, and Detoxification Pill, which are used in the late stage of Qi training; ten intermediate Breath-Suppressing Talismans, twenty each of Fireball Talismans and Strong Armor Talismans; and how many spirit stones are all those things combined?"

"Wait a moment... I'll give you 13,863 low-grade spirit stones. I'll remove the remainder of three spirit stones and give you a low-grade storage bag. If the transaction exceeds 10,000 spirit stones, I can give you a VIP card. You will get certain discounts when buying different things in the future. You can also use this card to participate in some auctions held by our main city store."

As he spoke, he looked at Mo Yan. Seeing Mo Yan nod slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this senior was satisfied.

Qiuqiu had a blank expression on his face, but his heart was bleeding. He took out the spirit stones to pay the bill, took the storage bag handed to him by the manager, hung it around his waist, and left Duobao Pavilion with Mo Yan.

What does it mean to spend money like water? I spent half of it in one go. If I hadn't dug a small mine myself, I probably still wouldn't be able to buy anything.

I decided to continue shopping in the refining area, as the things in the store were too expensive.

It's quite messy here, with corpses of various monsters and metal and stone mines everywhere.

Qiuqiu secretly glanced at Mo Yan. These were all unintelligent monsters, not demons. They were not of the same kind. Would he be angry?!

Then I heard the stall owner next to me shouting: Late-stage second-order golden-winged eagle wings can be used to refine mid-grade flying magic weapons, and they are sold at a low price!

A complete black mirror snake with intact skin, gallbladder and venom sac can be used to make a complete defensive robe.

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The shouts came one after another, and the sound was pleasing to the ears...

Qiuqiu didn't know how to refine weapons, and she still had to find materials for the formation. Her original sword also needed to be re-refined with other materials, as it was no longer suitable for her cultivation level. Refining fine iron was essential, so she saw a stall selling cold iron ore and walked over. The stall owner was a girl in her teens, "How many spirit stones are these cold iron ore worth?"

"If you want both, fifty spirit stones, no less."

Qiuqiu paid fifty spirit stones, but the storage bag was only five cubic meters, with the purchases spread out across the space and taking up more than half. She then took it directly to the experimental base in the space. Unbeknownst to her, the moment she entered the space, a small piece of black skin fell off, revealing a silvery-white, blue metal emitting a chilling aura: Blue Cold Refined Iron, precisely one of the missing materials for the formation. This water-attributed metal, Huahua sensed it and immediately collected it.

This was something I hadn't scanned before. The black outer layer acts as an insulator. Qiuqiu had just taken it into the spiritually-starved laboratory. Without spiritual nourishment, the outer layer naturally shed, and Huahua sensed it and collected it—a form of self-protection. As I walked along, I didn't see anything I needed again.

When he was about to leave the market, Qiuqiu saw a study. It was obvious that the business was not very good, with almost no one patronizing the study. Only a young man in black was sitting at the counter, holding a paper book and reading it carefully.

Entering the study, he found bookshelves filled with paper, wood, stone, and animal bone books, and jade slips beside them. Qiuqiu glanced at them one by one. The "Introduction to Mount Everest Continent" described it as consisting of ice fields in the north, an ocean in the south, and numerous islands of varying sizes. The eastern Tianyao Forest and rolling mountains dominated the continent, and the central and western continents were home to three major sects: the Taixu Sect, the Qingyun Sect, and the Tianyan Sect. There was also a temple, the Leiyin Temple, along with various large families, smaller sects, and independent cultivator alliances.

Looking at the detailed map again, it was obscured by fog, making it impossible to read. Then he picked up a talisman collection. While it only contained a dozen or so talisman drawing methods, they were slightly different from what his family already knew. He looked through books like "Spiritual Plant Atlas" and "Introduction to Refining Materials," as well as some celebrity biographies. Although he could only read a portion, Qiuqiu read them all. In his mind, Qiuqiu instructed Huahua to scan and store everything he could. Even those he couldn't see could be scanned by Huahua.

I only bought the map of Mount Everest, the "Compendium of Talismans", and two elixir recipes that I don't have but use very often.

Walking out of the study, diagonally across the street was a small shop selling Taoist robes. Hanging a plaque above it was "Zhang's Clothing Shop." Inside, there was only a mortal female clerk. Upon seeing someone enter, she hurriedly bowed and saluted, "What kind of robe would you like, Fairy?"

Qiuqiu noticed that the women's clothes and skirts on the left were mainly palace attire, mostly common clothes. On the right and inside were men's and women's Taoist robes, shoes, hats, clothes, socks, etc. If you look closely, you can see magic circles engraved on the Taoist robes, which can automatically adjust the size.

Seeing Qiuqiu staring at the robe without moving, the guy took the initiative to introduce: "This is made of spiritual silk, and is embroidered with a constant temperature array and a zoom array."

"How many spirit stones?" This is what Qiuqiu is concerned about.

"Twenty spirit stones." Qiuqiu wondered how this could be so cheap! Without hesitation, he bought a black men's Taoist robe, a blue one, a red women's robe, two pairs of ankle boots, shoes, and socks. The shopkeeper rounded up the difference and the total was exactly one hundred spirit stones. Qiuqiu reluctantly paid the price, put the clothes in his storage bag, and left the shop. His journey had taught him a lot, and he had almost finished what he needed.

Qiuqiu couldn't stray too far from the cave yet; she had to go back to set up the formation. She was still short of materials, and even with the current spirit stones, she couldn't buy even a single one. She had no shortage of skills, but many secrets, and she had a child, so it wasn't appropriate for her to join a sect. Furthermore, even though she had five spirit roots, the sect wouldn't necessarily accept her.

"Mo Yan, what are your plans?"

"Didn't I get hired by you? Food and lodging are provided, and you still owe me spirit stones."

"If you hadn't said that last sentence, we could still be friends!" Qiuqiu took out the spirit stone and returned it to Mo Yan.

"I want to practice and gain experience at the same time, and I also need to find a fire-attributed spiritual plant of the third rank or above. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Didn't you buy a map? There should be a volcano in the southwest. It has high temperatures all year round and erupts frequently. You can go there and take a look."

"A poor person like me has never thought of staying in an inn. Let's head south quickly while it's still early. With you here, the monsters won't dare to mess around. It's safer than staying in an inn."

When I walked out of the market town from the west gate and looked back, I could only see a section of the earthen wall. The thick city wall that I saw before coming out was nowhere to be seen.

Mo Yan explained: "Those are the simplest illusion arrays. If you channel your spiritual power into your eyes, you will be able to see clearly. This is originally a small market where immortals and mortals live together. It is used to isolate ordinary mortals. There are not many foundation-building cultivators who come out to walk around."

Qiuqiu quickly channeled his spiritual energy and took another closer look. Sure enough, he saw the bluestone gate with the words "Qingshanfang Market West Gate" written on the left. When they were alone, Mo Yan entered the space to see the child. This was Qiuqiu's solitary experience.

He used the Light Body Technique to travel south until dark. He found a cave, activated his newly purchased protective array, and entered the space. He saw two white tiger cubs struggling to crawl forward on the ground. Mo Yan was behind them, holding a small tail in one hand. The tigers were even making "Awoo, Awoo" sounds, and they sounded very fierce!

Sensing Qiuqiu's arrival, the two little ones immediately let out a whimper of grievance. Qiuqiu pulled out a teething stick specially made for tiger cubs. Mo Yan sheepishly let go of the little tail. He'd wanted to pull Bai Ran's tail before, but when he failed, he'd been beaten black and blue. Now, he was also a beast holding two white tiger tails. Humph! He was actually a young beast, too. Who doesn't have a little ambition? It was a good opportunity to teach the little white tiger a lesson and travel the world of cultivation.

A big pot of space fish broth was stewed, which was delicious and full of spiritual energy. The two babies were like dolls when they ate it, and turned into little white tigers after they were full. They ate another bowl and are now lying on their backs on the bed, waiting for Qiuqiu to rub their little bellies. The brother and sister want each other to rub their bellies, which is so cute.

After the two babies fell asleep, Qiuqiu surveyed the space. Various spiritual plants were planted in designated areas, one after another. The spiritual seeds brought from the family had already sprouted and grown. Although weak, they had mostly survived tenaciously. The rice spiritual seeds bought from the market were planted near the lake. The spiritual fruit trees were transplanted next to the previously transplanted fruit trees. The large patch of purple daylilies was planted separately in a clearing. After sparsely transplanting them, Qiuqiu cast the Spring Breeze and Rain spell several times to irrigate the spiritual plants.

At this time, Huahua came over and said, "These are made by the planting robot, and they are very good. Look here," and took Qiuqiu to a place with relatively rich spiritual energy. "This is the Golden Crystal Grass, a fourth-level spiritual plant of gold attribute, which you obtained after mining; this is the Striped Bone-Shaping Grass, a fourth-level spiritual plant of earth attribute, which you risked your life to snatch from the saw-toothed tiger guard; this is the Cloud Grass, a fifth-level spiritual plant of water attribute, which you transplanted by the water; this is the Purple Daylily Silver-Striped Grass, a fifth-level spiritual plant of wood attribute, which you bought among the purple daylilies.

Purple daylily is only a first-tier spiritual plant, but purple silver-striped grass looks almost identical to purple daylily before it matures, except for the three stripes on its leaf stems, one deep and two shallow. The materials for the formation include gold-attributed Jinqi ore, a piece of water-attributed Blue Cold Refined Iron mixed in with the cold iron, and your gorgeous sword hilt, which is wood-attributed oak gold. We're still short of fire-attributed spiritual plants and refining materials, as well as earth-attributed refining materials. We have a qualified piece of earth-attributed metal in the lab, but it's best to find one from this realm!"

"I'm still short of three more. This time, we're sure to find something good near the volcano. If that doesn't work, I'll just buy some at the nearby market. I've found that the smaller the market, the better the items, because there aren't those knowledgeable people who come to such places to pick up bargains. By the way, what's that dry grass you asked me to buy for?"

"I'm not sure, but I detected a strong vitality in the center of the dry branches and leaves. I've already placed it in water. If it can still come back to life, it must be the legendary Soul-Cleansing Vitality Grass, which your soul really needs. It's a ninth-grade spiritual plant that can develop intelligence and cultivate independently to become an immortal plant. It shouldn't exist in this world of cultivation."

"What are you going to do with the broken alchemy furnace, the bald talisman brush, and the rusty formation carving knife you bought? And that useless box?"