Chapter 144: Cultivation

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Yun Qing once again studied two spells in detail. The first, Purification, could kill—if one’s spiritual power and divine sense were strong enough, it could decompose and dissipate things far weaker than oneself. For someone at the Qi Refinement stage, the only things it could make disappear were small specks of dust. The second, Telepathic Transmission, when leveled up, could harm the spirit of someone far weaker or even destroy their divine sense.

After Liuliu’s explanation, the Spirit Viewing Technique was not entirely useless. But the most valuable item, of course, was the Illusory Realm Dungeon Scroll.

Illusory Realm Dungeon Scroll: Protect the Hermit to find a way out. When trapped in the illusion, only under the Hermit's guidance can you find a safe path to leave. Scroll usage: 0/2.

This illusory realm dungeon was similar to the last one where she had rescued villagers. Previously, she had to protect the villagers and escort them to a teleportation array for safe departure. This time, the meaning was similar—finding her own safe route out.

Novice Practice Talisman Pen: A talisman pen for novice talisman masters to practice with. Can be used in the talisman workshop to create talismans and can be traded.

Creating talismans required talisman paper, a pen, and cinnabar. Rizhao Town grew Rizhao Grass specifically for talisman paper. Yun Qing had heard a little about talisman crafting but having only one pen was insufficient.

Although the lottery prizes were somewhat distant from her wishes, they were still quite good. Spells could be purchased with spirit stones, but scrolls were rare treasures not for sale, no matter how many spirit stones one had.

In this world, information was scarce; much was passed by word of mouth. For those without a background, obtaining cultivation methods and spells was extremely difficult, unlike the modern world where one could simply look things up online.

For example, Yun Qing, who had been wandering in the forest for several days, did not even know which part of the Central Continent she was on.

As Yun Qing prepared to study cultivation methods, she heard Liuliu’s voice: “Yun Qing, I have good news. I now have a new ability. Would you like to spend twenty low-grade spirit stones to activate it?”

Looking at her remaining 22 low-grade spirit stones, she wanted to cover her ears, not wanting to know what new ability Liuliu had.

But Liuliu’s new ability was something she had long hoped for. After all, its ability to pick up items was very useful. Gritting her teeth, Yun Qing asked, “Tell me!”

“Choose one of two options.”

“The first is: acting cute and coquettish to relieve your worries.”

She could endure days without a dog acting cute, even if she was nearly broke.

“And the second?”

“The second is: when you are in danger, I will alert you.”

This second ability was exactly what Yun Qing had wanted. When gathering or cultivating in the wild, it would be best if Liuliu could detect danger and warn her.

However, she only had 22 low-grade spirit stones left; spending 20 would leave her with just two.

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Seeing Yun Qing hadn’t decided, Liuliu sensed that the second choice was tempting her and continued: “The ability can be upgraded. After upgrading, I can tell you how many enemies there are.”

“Can your item-picking ability be upgraded?” For example, pick up only what I want.

“It can be upgraded now, but it requires 100 low-grade spirit stones. Would you like to upgrade?”

She definitely couldn’t afford 100 spirit stones, but it could be her goal. Yun Qing quickly asked, “What exactly does the upgraded item-picking ability do?”

“Currently, the upgrade allows picking specified items. If you don’t specify, I won’t pick anything.”

“There are so many things in this world, many I don’t even recognize. How can I specify?”

“You can specify by level, such as picking items above level 31 and ignoring below; or by rarity, picking rare and ignoring common.”

“That won’t do. Scavenging brings me joy. I want you to pick up everything you can. I don’t want filtering. No upgrade for now.”

“Do you want the danger alert ability?”

“Yes!” Yun Qing bit her lip and said, “Choose the second one, activate it now.”

With only two low-grade spirit stones left in her system inventory, Yun Qing exhaled deeply. It felt as though all her strength had been drained. She was broke and panicking.

After reaching level 41, the items available for purchase in the farmland also upgraded: spirit tree saplings cost 10 low-grade spirit stones each, spirit strawberries 1 stone each.

For Yun Qing, with only two stones to her name, these were astronomical prices.

Ordinary saplings and strawberry seeds could still be bought with silver coins. Planting trees and such could wait; for now, she wanted to cultivate.

With Liuliu’s danger alert ability activated, outside the cave abode was the territory of the small black feathered hawk, with dense spiritual energy.

Not wanting to consume the cave’s energy for cultivation, she stepped out, took out her Qi-gathering mat, and prepared to cultivate.

Remembering the system’s penchant for draining her money, Yun Qing cautiously asked, “Liuliu, does your danger alert ability consume anything?”

“It makes me hungrier, like when I pick up things for you.”

That was manageable. Meat was still affordable for now.

“I’m going into meditation to cultivate. Warn me if there’s danger.”

“Alright!”

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By the pool, Yun Qing seated herself in a meditative posture and closed her eyes. She first tested her divine sense to see if its range had changed after leveling to 41.

Upon activating her divine sense, she was surprised to find it far greater than at level 40.

A casual probe extended several meters, though she couldn’t be certain exactly how many. Concentrating her divine sense into a narrow beam, she felt it could reach twenty to thirty meters away, albeit somewhat blurred.

She attributed this to her lack of cultivation. She had thought that even with spirit stones to upgrade, her Shadowstep technique would only teleport her ten meters or so. Now it seemed that with proper cultivation and sufficient spirit stones to unlock skill upgrades, she might teleport dozens of meters.

Around her in her divine sense, countless spiritual energies fluttered in the air.

Following the cultivation formula of the Infinite Technique, she attempted to activate it.

At level 40, the Infinite Technique had been difficult to execute smoothly, but now, for some unknown reason, it flowed effortlessly. The previously incomprehensible puzzle had unraveled.

She clearly knew the next steps for cultivation and could progress with the Infinite Technique on her own.

However, she recalled the caravan members mentioning that entering the Qi Refinement stage was a hurdle; drawing Qi into the body was no easy feat.

Even though the original owner had become a soul corpse, such a corpse did not absorb spiritual energy to cultivate.

“Liuliu, could it be that I’m a cultivation prodigy?”

“The upper half of the Infinite Technique is a system drop you found, so it must be flawless. Once you reach level 41, you will definitely be able to cultivate it. If you could have comprehended it at level 40, then you would be considered a prodigy.”

“That’s a high bar! A week ago, I was only level 35!” Yun Qing grumbled, “I’m cultivating now; don’t disturb me!”

As she cultivated the Infinite Technique, the spiritual energy in the air seemed drawn to her, slowly gathering.

Yun Qing’s divine sense had expanded not only in external scope but also in internal clarity. At the innate stage, she could clearly sense surrounding things, but internal self-perception was less vivid. It had been like cultivating internal power—her mind could sense the internal Qi flowing within her body, but now she could clearly see inside herself.

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