"Number 359 Spiritual Academy, I found it. It's here, Senior Brother Ling!" Yang Cheng, who was flying above the Spiritual Mountain, pointed at a courtyard and happily called out. Ling Dong's figure flashed and landed in front of a courtyard with Yang Cheng.
The courtyard wasn't large, occupying about seven to eight mu. The walls weren't tall, but there was a faint green light, indicating that there was an array protecting this place.
Ling Dong inserted a strand of Aura into the Academy Talisman in his hand. When the Academy Talisman emitted a spiritual light, Ling Dong held onto the Academy Talisman and pulled Yang Cheng along. The two of them passed through the faint green light on the walls and entered the Spiritual Academy.
Although this spirit house was built halfway up the mountain and there weren't many of them, it was very luxurious at first glance. The ground in the courtyard was paved with jade bricks, and there were richly ornamented beams and painted rafters. Even the chairs placed in the pavilion were made of high-quality red sandalwood.
However, Ling Dong wasn't surprised. Cultivators above the Star Transformation Realm could casually take out a few pieces of Low Rank Reiki and exchange them for large amounts of wealth in the mortal world. It wasn't surprising that a Spiritual Academy rented out to Star Transformation Realm cultivators was so luxurious.
"This is the Academy Control Talisman Stone, right?" Ling Dong asked as he pointed at a half-meter tall jade stone in the small pavilion. It was filled with mysterious runes and was flickering with a faint spiritual light.
Hearing this, Yang Cheng nodded his head. "Yes, Senior Brother Ling. This is the Academy Control Talisman Stone!"
"Give it to me!" After receiving an affirmative answer, Ling Dong didn't turn his head and extended his hand towards Yang Cheng as if he was asking for something.
Yang Cheng was a little puzzled by Ling Dong's request and hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Ling, what do you want?"
"The Clear Ancient Talisman? Give me your Clear Ancient Talisman. I'll use the Academy Talisman on the Academy Control Talisman Stone to open the qualifications for you to enter this Spiritual Academy. Why? Don't you want to cultivate here? "Ling Dong asked in a bad mood.
Yang Cheng stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly said, "Okay!"
As he spoke, Yang Cheng first handed over his Clear Ancient Talisman and placed it beside Ling Dong. There were also two thousand and five hundred mid-grade Reiki. "Senior Brother Ling, these Reiki can be considered the cost of sharing the Spiritual Academy with you."
In the end, Yang Cheng added, "There are a lot of renting Spiritual Academies outside. Usually, two or three of their friends rent a Spiritual Academy together and share the expenses!"
Looking at the pile of Reiki that Yang Cheng took out, Ling Dong frowned: "Put it away, I don't need it!"
Yang Cheng's expression turned a little awkward as he said, "Senior Brother Ling, if you don't accept it, I won't have the face to cultivate in this Spiritual Academy that you rented."
"Junior Brother Yang, it's impossible for me to cultivate twenty-four hours a day in the Spiritual Rooms of this Spiritual Academy. The time that I have outside of cultivating is wasted. Why don't you cultivate instead?"
Seeing Yang Cheng's expression turn even more awkward, Ling Dong changed his tone and said, "Furthermore, for a period of time, aside from cultivating, I will also need to refine pills. The matters of running errands, buying and delivering pills, as well as guarding the Spiritual Academy, will be left to Junior Brother Yang. I can't do it alone, so the two of us can take care of each other!"
Hearing Ling Dong's words, the embarrassment on Yang Cheng's face faded a little. However, he continued to make excuses and insisted on paying a portion of the Reiki. Under Ling Dong's insistence, Yang Cheng finally did as Ling Dong said.
In fact, Yang Cheng was very clear that Ling Dong didn't need to guard the Spiritual Academy at all. The Spiritual Academy itself was protected by a Spiritual Array, so there was basically no need for anyone to be on guard. As for running errands, Ling Dong only needed to say a word, and Shopkeeper Yin of the Myriad Integrity Hall would definitely arrange for someone to personally deliver the pills to Ling Dong.
To put it bluntly, Ling Dong was giving Yang Cheng a huge benefit. Using Ling Dong's words, the Mid-Grade Reiki in Yang Cheng's possession would be completely spent in a year.
Not only did Yang Cheng have three to four thousand Mid-Grade Reiki, even Ling Dong had twelve thousand Mid-Grade Reiki. If he only used them and didn't use them, it wouldn't even be enough to rent the Spiritual Academy for two years.
However, Ling Dong wasn't Yang Cheng.
Today, Ling Dong had spent five thousand Mid-Grade Reiki to rent the Third Tier Spiritual Academy. Although he was a little angry with Meng Quanguang, the main reason was to rent the Spiritual Academy so that he could quickly and continuously increase his cultivation. Since he couldn't rent the most cost-effective Fourth Tier Spiritual Academy, he could only rent the Third Tier Spiritual Academy!
As for the cost of renting the Spiritual Academy, Ling Dong had already calculated that it wouldn't last long if he relied on elixirs.
Take the Golden Horse Spirit Pills that Ling Dong was refining as an example. According to Shopkeeper Yin's price, which was fifty percent higher than the Golden Horse Spirit Pills, Ling Dong's net profit from refining a bottle of Golden Horse Spirit Pills exceeded one hundred and twenty Low-Grade Reiki.
Even if Ling Dong's success rate was only forty percent, the profit from every bottle was still considerable. As Ling Dong became more and more adept at refining the Golden Horse Spirit Pills, his success rate would continue to increase.
Ling Dong estimated that he could easily earn one and a half to two Mid-Grade Reiki a day just by refining pills. In a year, he could earn seven to eight hundred Mid-Grade Reiki.
Although this income was already considered a huge fortune for an ordinary Star Transformation Realm cultivator, it was still far from enough to support a Third Tier Spiritual Academy.
However, everything that Ling Dong was doing right now was for the sake of the Life and Death Tribulation that would be two years from now. Within these two years, he had to increase his cultivation and strength as much as possible.
With Ling Dong's current wealth and income, renting the Spiritual Academy for two years wouldn't be a problem. As for two years from now, everything would have to wait for Ling Dong to pass through the Life and Death Tribulation.
Furthermore, if Ling Dong really passed through the Life and Death Tribulation in two years and sat firmly on the position of a fake Celestial Official, then his income would be completely different.
Just like this, Ling Dong and Yang Cheng settled down in the 359th Spiritual Academy in Pristine Ancient City. Their lives were very regular.
In a day, Ling Dong would spend four to five hours refining pills. He would refine the Golden Horse Pills and sell the majority of them to the Ten Thousand Hall to earn Reiki. A small portion of them would be left for Ling Dong and Yang Cheng to cultivate.
Although the effect of the Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pill was 30% higher than the Spirit Returning Golden Pill, within a day, only the first three pills would have the effect of increasing one's cultivation. If one were to take the fourth pill, the effect would be negligible.
In the blink of an eye, Ling Dong had been cultivating in the Pristine Ancient City's Spiritual Academy for close to two months. The effect of these two months of cultivation was comparable to the four months that Ling Dong had cultivated in the True Dipper Sect.
The main reason was that every minute of cultivation could be cultivated in the Spiritual Chamber, where the concentration of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was four times that of the outside world. Furthermore, in Pristine Ancient City, he could refine pills himself with very little expenses. He could only take three pills a day.
In the True Dipper Sect, he could only cultivate in the True Dipper Cave for three days a month, where the concentration of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was only three times that of the True Dipper Cave. Furthermore, he had to calculate how many pills he took. In comparison, it would be strange if his cultivation speed wasn't fast.
Ling Dong estimated that if he continued cultivating at this speed, he would be able to break through to the Third Grade Star Transformation Realm in five months at most.
Furthermore, in these two months, Ling Dong's harvest wasn't just his cultivation.
Roughly speaking, these two months were the two months that Ling Dong had spent the longest amount of time refining pills in the past few years. Almost every day, Ling Dong would refine pills for four to five hours. Furthermore, this was the time that Ling Dong's Divine Soul was the strongest in his entire life.
The Scarlet Soul Realm's Divine Soul's observation ability wasn't something that the Golden Soul Realm or Silver Soul Realm's Divine Soul Cultivation could compare to. In addition to the Soul Awakening Secret Art of the Black Sky Divine Seal, Ling Dong's Divine Soul's observation ability had reached a terrifying level when refining pills.
Even the slightest changes in the process of refining pills could be captured by Ling Dong's Divine Soul. From there, it could be compared with the Alchemy Method that he obtained in the Grand Hall of the Connecting Heaven Palace, allowing Ling Dong's alchemy level to rapidly rise.
This directly showed that the success rate of refining the Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pill had reached 60%, and was even moving towards an astonishing 70% success rate. Of course, this gratifying change was only known to Ling Dong. Yang Cheng didn't know about it.
Compared to Ling Dong, Yang Cheng's life was much simpler. In addition to alternating cultivation with Ling Dong, he would go to the Wan Quan Hall every few days when Ling Dong was refining pills. He would sell the Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pills that he refined a few days ago and buy dozens of medicinal ingredients. When Ling Dong was cultivating, he would stand guard outside.
While living a simple and fulfilling life, Yang Cheng seemed to have found his position in front of Ling Dong. He was a junior brother who respected his senior brother like a teacher.
Not to mention other things, the three Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pills that Yang Cheng and Ling Dong received every day were enough for Yang Cheng to consciously find this position. Even the treatment that most of the Purple Clothed Elders of the True Gang Sect received wasn't as good as the treatment that Ling Dong gave him.
On this day, Yang Cheng was like usual. He took the pills that he wanted to sell from Ling Dong and flew out of the Spiritual Academy. He went straight to the Wan Quan Hall in Clear Ancient City.
Although there were many cultivators living in the Spiritual Mountain Range, there were very few who went out to cultivate. Therefore, Yang Cheng's journey was extremely smooth.
"Oh, Master Yang, you're here. Quick, please come in. The shopkeeper was just talking about you, and you came!" Just as Yang Cheng arrived at the Wan Quan Hall, a new waiter came up to welcome him with a face full of joy and respect.
Yang Cheng had become familiar with the place in the past two months. After sitting down, he placed ten bottles of pills on the table and said, "Another ten bottles. Shopkeeper Yin, I heard that a bottle of Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pills is sold for 180 low-grade Reiki. Shouldn't you raise the price for my senior brother?"
"Of course!" Shopkeeper Yin agreed immediately. Looking at the ten bottles of pills on the table, he smiled and said, "Brother Ling's alchemy skills are really good. To be able to refine ten bottles of Spirit Returning Golden Horse Pills in five days, the speed of earning Reiki can make up for the lost cultivation time!"
"Make up for it? My Senior Brother Ling Dong is doing both at the same time. Why would he need to make up for it? "Yang Cheng said proudly for Ling Dong.
"Oh, he's doing both at the same time?" Hearing this, Shopkeeper Yin's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, "Brother Yang, how many hours does Brother Ling Dong spend refining pills in a day?"
Yang Cheng could be considered an experienced person. When he heard this, he took note of it and didn't want to say anything more. He said unhappily, "Shopkeeper Yin, Senior Brother Ling is still waiting for me. Do you want this pill or not?"
"Yes, of course I want them. I'll settle the bill for you immediately!"
After settling the bill, just as Yang Cheng was about to leave, Shopkeeper Yin pulled Yang Cheng back and handed him a jade talisman and said, "Brother Yang, I have a large order here recently. I've written down all the requirements in this jade talisman. Go and tell Brother Ling Dong that if he can complete this amount, all the benefits I've written down here will count!"
"Okay, I'll go and tell Senior Brother Ling Dong. Whether he does it or not, I don't care!" Yang Cheng took the jade talisman and left after saying this.
However, Shopkeeper Yin looked at Yang Cheng's back as he left. After thinking for a long time, he muttered in an almost inaudible voice, "Could it be … a money tree …" If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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