In fact, Lu Ping knew that after the sea ban was lifted, cultivators would have to go through an early stage of familiarizing themselves with the sea. During this stage, cultivators would have to familiarize themselves with the environment of the sea, the distribution of the demonic beasts, their strengths, species, habits, and so on. After all, it was a matter of life and death. Only after familiarizing themselves with all these would they begin the large-scale hunting and counter-hunting.
There was still half a year before Di Kun Island's triennial Blood Condensation Auction. Lu Ping didn't know if he could recoup his losses before the auction, but his cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds during this period of cultivation.
Lu Ping had been in the Blood Condensation Realm for a little more than a year now. During this period, he had experienced several life and death situations. Three months ago, he entered the Second Level of the Blood Condensation Realm. The ample supply of medicinal pills was an important factor in Lu Ping's improvement. During this period of time, Lu Ping had received rewards from the sect, his own purchases, Sheng Tao's legacy, the spoils of war from killing Xuan Ling Sect cultivators, and the supply of two mini spirit veins. Lu Ping once again experienced the thrill of breaking through in the Blood Refining Realm.
However, the lack of spirit stones still made Lu Ping unhappy. Even though he was confident that he could earn spirit stones from the two shops, his own expenses were also high. Lu Ping wasn't the kind of person to sit around and eat without spending money.
Initially, Lu Ping wanted to hunt demonic beasts in the sea, but he wasn't familiar with the buffer zone at all. It was better to wait for other cultivators to scout the area first.
Fortunately, Di Kun Island would be holding a Blood Refining Realm auction next month. Previously, he had entrusted a batch of items that he had discarded after entering the Blood Condensation Realm to the Multi-Treasure Pavilion for auction.
With no other choice, Lu Ping snuck into the spirit snake's nest again. After half a day of digging, he dug out a hundred catties of spirit stained earth and came back to Chen Lian.
Chen Lian's smithing shop started to accept odd jobs such as repairing magic tools. These jobs mostly relied on skills and didn't require any initial investment. Chen Lian's life was quite enjoyable.
When Lu Ping saw Chen Lian, he had just extinguished the fire array.
Naturally, Chen Lian could not bring out his father's Stone Jade Fire. What he used was a Fire Gathering Array that was passed down in his family. He used spirit stones to set up the array, and then used the mana within his body to ignite the Fire Gathering Array. Therefore, every time he refined a weapon, it consumed a lot of mana. Fortunately, with the Fire Gathering Array, he could save a lot of mana. Otherwise, with Chen Lian's current level of cultivation, he might not be able to continue refining high-level weapons.
When Chen Lian saw Lu Ping's Spirit Ashen Clay ore, he was quite surprised and said: "This ore is a spiritual material used to refine earth attribute defensive artifacts. It has many uses. Normally, ten jin of ore can produce one jin of Spirit Ashen Clay. One jin of Spirit Ashen Clay is worth about fifty spirit stones. This one hundred jin of Spirit Ashen Clay can produce ten jin of Spirit Ashen Clay. I will give you five hundred spirit stones."
Lu Ping thought that five hundred spirit stones in half a day was not bad, but he did not have the time to mine every day. He could only rely on emergency help. So, he asked, "How much more do you want? I can get more from where I can."
Chen Lian said, "At most, I need another hundred jin of ore. You don't need more for the time being. If you need spirit stones urgently, I can give you five thousand."
Lu Ping knew that Chen Lian only had 10,000 spirit stones from his father. In addition to his own savings, Chen Lian only had 15,000 spirit stones at most. Not to mention, he had already paid a year's worth of rent. He had to purchase all kinds of mystic instruments and spirit materials from scratch, which would also require a lot of spirit stones. Hence, he said, "Forget it, I won't be needing it for now. I'll let you know when I need it. But if you need the Spirit Ash Soil, just let me know."
After he returned, he calmed himself down and concocted a batch of Blood Purification Pills. Surprisingly, he managed to produce seven pills. He had another breakthrough in the Mid Blood Refining Realm. However, his success rate for Late Blood Refining Realm pills was still only 40%. Otherwise, according to the rules of the alchemy world, he would be qualified to try concocting the simplest arcane energy recovery pill for the Blood Condensation Realm.
Lu Ping knew that concocting pills required patience. He couldn't accomplish it in one go. For now, he could only lay a solid foundation.
He stored the Blood Purification Pills in a jade bottle. This was Dabao's rations after he broke through to the Mid Blood Refining Realm.
Dabao was about to break through again. After consuming many of the Early Blood Refining Realm pills that Lu Ping concocted, Dabao, who was at the Third Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm, fell asleep beside the spirit spring in the cave abode. Dabao's body was curled up like a huge meatball. Yesterday, on a whim, Lu Ping used Dabao as a stool and sat on it. It was soft and wobbly, but it was quite comfortable. Dabao slept soundly without feeling anything.
Lu Ping made a nest on a rock protruding from the spirit spring and placed the three Green Sea Snake eggs inside. As usual, Lu Ping would use his arcane energy to nourish the three eggs every day. This was also the most gentle and effective way to make a demonic beast recognize him as its master.
The life force in the eggs grew stronger and stronger, but the three spirit snake eggs still hadn't hatched. Helpless, Lu Ping returned to Tian Ling Mountain and searched for information about the Green Sea Snake in the Tian Ling Hall's Scripture Pavilion. The only thing he found was that the longer the incubation time, the higher the aptitude of the demonic beast. Helpless, Lu Ping could only continue to wait.
On the other hand, Uncle-Master Xuanyuan was no longer in the Tian Ling Hall. This saved Lu Ping ten spirit stones. Rumor had it that Uncle-Master Xuanyuan was going to replace the fallen Enlightened Master Xuanyong as the dean of the Zhen Ling Side Hall. This made Lu Ping feel sad for his juniors. Always prepare ten spirit stones, or else … Hehe!
A month later, Lu Ping went to the Multi-Treasure Pavilion on Di Kun Island. The auction for the Blood Refining cultivators had ended. Due to the opening of the sea ban, many items were sold at high prices.
Among the items that Lu Ping consigned, dozens of high-grade and supreme-grade Blood Refining talismans were sold for five hundred spirit stones. The Warning Talismans and Landmine Talismans were highly sought after by the cultivators. These were essential items for ambushes and sneak attacks. The Warning Talismans were sold for two hundred and fifty spirit stones each, while the Landmine Talismans were even more popular, sold for three hundred spirit stones each. Three sets of Warning Talismans and three sets of Landmine Talismans were sold for one thousand and six hundred spirit stones each.
The six bottles of Blood Solidifying Pellets were sold for 1,000 spirit stones, and the mid-grade mystic instruments were sold for around 400 to 500 spirit stones. In total, Lu Ping earned 5,500 spirit stones from the Blood Refining Realm auction, which was enough to support him for another month or two.
Most of the Xuan Ling Sect's Early Blood Condensation disciples that Lu Ping killed had around two to three thousand spirit stones in their interspatial pouches. Lu Ping had double the amount of spirit stones, but it was barely enough to support him.
The situation at the auction reminded him that the Warning Talismans and Landmine Talismans for the Blood Refining Realm were still very popular. Moreover, after he obtained his divine sense, his skill in refining talismans for the Blood Refining Realm had improved tremendously. If he placed these talismans in his own Talisman Pavilion, he should be able to sell them for a good price.
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