Before the realm of Qi Refining, Third Layer, there seemed to be an invisible barrier restricting the generation of more Spiritual Power.
But this barrier was too fragile. Under Fang Ping’s repeated assaults, after merely a dozen or so grand circulations, it quietly shattered.
At that moment, a faint azure light flickered across Fang Ping’s body.
Even while in the midst of breaking through, Fang Ping could clearly sense that the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth suddenly became active, accelerating its surge into his body.
The circulation route of the Five Elements Sutra also underwent subtle changes, opening up more Meridians, and along with it, the efficiency of refining Spiritual Qi improved slightly.
A quarter of an hour later.
The aura on Fang Ping’s body, which had been continuously growing, gradually stabilized.
Qi Refining, Third Layer!
With only a few months left before the original body’s fifth full year in the Luoyang Sect’s outer sect, he had finally reached the threshold where he no longer needed to worry about being expelled.
As his cultivation reached Perfection, Fang Ping slowly opened his eyes, sensing the Spiritual Power within his body.
Breaking through from Qi Refining, Second Layer to Third Layer was merely a minor realm breakthrough, and the increase in Spiritual Power was not much. But even so, it had increased by roughly a quarter of the total amount.
Thanks to the growth in Spiritual Power, a Qi Refining, Third Layer cultivator could finally master the Object-Controlling Technique.
From then on, one could use Spiritual Power to control Magical Artifacts, attacking enemies from a distance within a certain range, no longer needing to wield divine weapons in close combat like mundane martial artists.
This spell was also the key for mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators to control flying artifacts, and could be called a necessary technique for cultivators to learn.
“I’m finally one step closer to mid-stage Qi Refining, and to escaping the very bottom of the cultivation world!”
Since it was a joyous occasion, it ought to be celebrated.
Moreover, after returning from searching for the White-Feathered Spirit Crane, he had accumulated another batch of Inedia Pills during this period that needed to be sold off, so it was a good time to make a trip to Luoyun Market.
Having made up his mind, he left the outer sect disciples’ courtyard in high spirits.
After his strength reached Qi Refining, Third Layer, even the effects of casting the Lightness Skill had improved somewhat.
Wearing a bamboo hat and dressed like a Rogue Cultivator, Fang Ping arrived at Luoyun Market using the time it takes to drink a cup of tea less than usual.
Because he needed to regularly collect pill-refining materials and sell finished pills, since transmigrating he had already traveled between the sect and the marketplace several times. To avoid being conspicuous, and also to guard against Lu Shan and Ming Yulou, he sometimes still had to do some disguise and alteration of appearance.
As for why he didn’t go to other marketplaces?
Secondly, only mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators could control artifacts and fly, and only after Foundation Establishment could one rely on one’s own power to ride escape light without depending on external objects. Relying on the Lightness Skill to travel was simply too time-consuming.
Skillfully entering the marketplace, Fang Ping headed straight for the Chen Family Pill Shop.
This was a shop that had newly opened last winter.
It was said that the Chen family, a Cultivation clan, had produced a pill-refining apprentice with some talent and was preparing to cultivate him heavily, which was why they had specially set up this shop. For this purpose, they had even mortgaged the twenty mu of spirit fields on the outskirts of the marketplace.
However, relying on just one pill-refining apprentice was clearly not enough to support a shop.
Fang Ping seized the opportunity and proactively approached them, pitching the Inedia Pills he refined.
At this point, after hundreds to thousands of repeated refinements, his success rate in refining Inedia Pills was no less than those veteran pill-refining apprentices, and the quality of his Inedia Pills was also quite good. He had even had a stroke of luck and produced a premium pill with pill patterns on its surface.
Thus, the Chen Family Pill Shop hit it off with him, establishing a long-term pill supply relationship.
This long-term supply contract saved Fang Ping a lot of worry.
Just by refining Inedia Pills, he had earned a small amount of Spirit Stones.
Half of these Spirit Stones were used by Fang Ping to accelerate his cultivation. It was precisely by relying on these earnings that he could complete his breakthrough so quickly.
This time, Fang Ping had accumulated dozens of bottles of Inedia Pills, ready to earn another sum.
“Is the shopkeeper in?”
Arriving before the Chen Family Pill Shop, Fang Ping slightly lowered his bamboo hat and strolled in.
“So it’s Fellow Daoist Xu Fei.”
Recognizing Fang Ping, the middle-aged beautiful woman from the Chen family, whose cultivation was similar to Fang Ping’s, quickly came out to greet him.
Fang Ping had just broken through not long ago, and his aura was still unstable.
An experienced cultivator would not find it difficult to discern.
The middle-aged beautiful woman quickly noticed the signs and congratulated him: “It’s been some time since we last met. I didn’t expect you to have broken through, Fellow Daoist. This is truly a joyous occasion!”
Fang Ping nodded slightly: “A fortunate minor advancement.”
This small breakthrough was not a major Foundation Establishment matter, nothing worth showing off.
With a wave of his hand, he released bottle after bottle of Inedia Pills from his Storage Bag and stated his purpose: “I’ve come this time to sell Inedia Pills again.”
“Inedia Pills again?”
Seeing bottle after bottle of pills, the middle-aged beautiful woman’s face showed a hint of difficulty. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
But during this period, Fang Ping’s cooperation with her family had been quite good, and the Inedia Pills he supplied had always been of high standard, never a single defective one.
Precisely because of this, after a brief hesitation, she still nodded and had her subordinates count the pills, preparing to buy them all at the going price.
Observing her expression, Fang Ping was somewhat puzzled: “What’s wrong? Could it be that your shop is unwilling to continue cooperating?”
“That’s not it. Fellow Daoist, please don’t misunderstand.”
The middle-aged beautiful woman thought for a moment, then ultimately revealed the reason: “Although Inedia Pills are in wide demand, most Rogue Cultivators would at most buy one bottle as backup. During ordinary cultivation, they are reluctant to consume them. Only occasionally during Secluded Cultivation or when going out on adventures would they eat one or two. Within Luoyun Market, there is more than one shop selling pills. With you supplying batch after batch over the past few months, the shop actually has some surplus stock…”
In short, small shop, few customers, resulting in supply exceeding demand!
Fang Ping’s expression turned slightly odd. He hadn’t expected this to be the reason.
It seemed that frantically refining a single type of pill was not a good thing.
Coincidentally, Fang Ping had recently grown tired of refining Inedia Pills, and moreover, the profit margin on them was not high enough. He had long had the idea of refining other pills.
Immediately seizing this opportunity, he said: “In that case, for the next few months I’ll try refining some other pills.”
These words made the still-charming middle-aged beautiful woman breathe a sigh of relief.
She covered her mouth and smiled: “I originally wanted to remind you, Fellow Daoist, but feared that speaking up rashly would be somewhat abrupt… Now that you also have this intention, that is naturally for the best.”
As the pills were counted, Fang Ping received his Spirit Stones.
He did not rush to put them into his Storage Bag, but after a brief moment of thought, said: “Give me one hundred portions of Qi Recovery Pill materials, and ten portions of Origin Condensation Pill materials.”
These two types of pills, plus Inedia Pills, were the only three pill formulas Fang Ping currently mastered.
Qi Recovery Pills and Inedia Pills both belonged to Low Grade basic Spirit Pills. The refining difficulty was only slightly higher, and after consumption, they could accelerate Spiritual Power recovery.
Cultivators in the early to mid Qi Refining stage could take one in advance when fighting, and the effect was quite good.
They were basically essential items for low-level Rogue Cultivators when going out.
As for Origin Condensation Pills, they were precisely the pills that the Luoyang Sect distributed to disciples twice a year to accelerate cultivation.
They were Middle Grade basic pills, with refining difficulty much higher than Inedia Pills and Qi Recovery Pills, and naturally the profits were also higher.
Any pill-refining apprentice, as long as they could raise the success rate of refining Origin Condensation Pills to thirty percent, would never again worry about cultivation resources.
Ordinary small Cultivation clans would also not hesitate to hire them as guest elders with heavy pay, or even marry a clan daughter with cultivation aptitude to them to form a marriage alliance, to show goodwill and importance!