You Yu pressed Liao Xing down, but Liao Xing still insisted on paying for her.
You Yu hadn’t expected to spend so much of his money and felt very embarrassed. Liao Xing said nonchalantly, “It’s fine, I’ll just kill a couple more Yaoshou to make it back.”
He was short on money, but that was only because he spent a lot—it didn’t mean he couldn’t earn it.
However, this incident also made him realize that now that he had a junior sister, he couldn’t just spend his money as soon as he got it. He needed to save some, just in case his junior sister wanted to buy something again.
He had previously thought his junior sister didn’t spend much, but now he knew—when she spent, she spent big. One trip to buy ingredients cost more than others spending on a pile of Medicinal Pills and Spirit Tools. She really wasn’t easy to support!
After leaving Wangyue Lou, the two planned to head back. Seeing so many ingredients in her Storage Bag, she was in a good mood. It was just that these ingredients were too expensive—if she didn’t earn money, the Lingshi in her hands wouldn’t even last a few years.
Most importantly, no one ate like this!
Spirit Food was precious; everyone only came occasionally to eat it. Someone like her who planned to eat like this every day—if not completely unheard of, at least it had never appeared in the books.
You Yu checked the list and found that Demonic Beast Meat accounted for most of the expenses. Curiously, she asked, “Third Senior Brother, aren’t Yaoshou everywhere? Why is Demonic Beast Meat so expensive?”
“Yaoshou are not Lingshou. The Lingli in their bodies is relatively violent. If eaten directly, it can easily cause a disturbance of Lingli in the body. It must undergo special treatment before it can be eaten, which is why it’s expensive,” Liao Xing explained.
You Yu slapped her own head—how could she have forgotten the Jinghuashi setting from the books?
Because You Xue’er’s storyline with the Jinghuashi wasn’t extensive, the descriptions were also limited, so she hadn’t thought of it at the time.
“Then why didn’t anything happen to us when we ate that snake last night?”
“We’re familiar with that snake. The small piece we cut off was from the part where its Lingli was most docile. Eating a little bit wouldn’t cause problems.”
“No wonder you all stopped me from eating more later.” You Yu looked at the list in her hand with some worry. At this price, she couldn’t afford to eat like this. “If only I could grow Lingcai myself. Third Senior Brother, can I plant things with my Wood Spirit Root?”
“The conditions for growing Lingcai are also quite difficult. Having a Wood Spirit Root alone isn’t enough,” Liao Xing explained. “Only a Mutated Wood Spirit Root can do it. But the Lingli cultivated by that kind of Wood Spirit Root can’t be used for Lingji—they can only grow vegetables. They’re called Planters.”
“Aside from a Mutated Wood Spirit Root, is there no other way?”
“That’s not entirely true. You could use a Spirit Gathering Array, but the Lingcai would grow slowly and it would cost money.”
You Yu sighed. “So that’s why Spirit Food is expensive.”
Indeed, it was expensive.
“But being expensive has its benefits. Spirit Food contains Lingqi. When eaten, a small portion can be absorbed by the body, similar to the effect of an Increasing Spirit Pill, but without the Dan-poison.”
You Yu understood. If not for this effect, why would Xiushi be willing to spend so much money researching it!
“Since it’s so hard to grow, why didn’t you stop me when I just bought the seeds?” she asked curiously.
Liao Xing was a bit puzzled. “Didn’t you buy ordinary seeds? Those can’t be grown into Lingcai.”
You Yu’s mouth fell open. “…”
Seeing her reaction, Liao Xing knew she didn’t understand and continued to explain, “Lingcai seeds are generally hard to buy. First, Lingcai seeds are scarce. Second, those who grow Lingcai don’t want others stealing their business, so even fewer are put up for sale. Eating ordinary vegetables will leave impurities in your body, but since you haven’t reached Bigu yet, there’s no other choice. You can take some Medicinal Pills later to flush them out.”
“Is it the Liuli Dan? But I’ve heard that this kind of pill is now priceless and unavailable—it’s gone the moment it appears.”
Regardless of the reason, it was impossible for the human body to be completely free of impurities. Those who took too many Medicinal Pills would also accumulate Dan-poison in their bodies, and when it built up, it would affect their cultivation.
At times like this, the Liuli Dan became very important.
Liuli Dan, as its name suggested, was a pill that could make the body as clear and transparent as glass.
Of course, that was just a metaphor, but its function was to expel Dan-poison and impurities from the body.
Dan-poison and impurities left in the body would block the Jingmai, affecting the absorption of Lingqi and the use of Lingji. Once cleared, one’s cultivation speed would improve.
Unfortunately, such a pill was very difficult to refine, because one of its main ingredients, Yellow Heart Grass, was extremely rare.
Therefore, once a Liuli Dan appeared on the market, it would never last until the next day before being sold.
Nowadays, trying to find a Liuli Dan on the market was harder than reaching the heavens.
“Don’t worry about that. The sect has Yellow Heart Grass. We can have the Senior Sister refine some for you later,” Liao Xing said.
“Huh? The sect has Yellow Heart Grass? Then why don’t they sell Liuli Dan?”
With the sky-high price of Liuli Dan, selling even a few a month would mean Taiyi Zong wouldn’t be so poor.
Liao Xing said flatly, “Master won’t allow it.”
You Yu: “…” A sect that had to support people, yet wouldn’t let them sell Liuli Dan?
What was going on?
“Master doesn’t allow us to sell them, but it’s fine for our sect members to eat them ourselves,” Liao Xing said. “So you don’t need to worry about impurities in your body.”
“Oh.” Knowing that the sect had Liuli Dan, You Yu stopped agonizing over whether to grow Lingcai or regular vegetables and decided to find a place to plant them once she returned.
Between Heyue Cheng and Taiyi Zong lay a range of large mountains. Liao Xing mentioned that this was where they often came to train, and she curiously looked down at the terrain below.
Suddenly, several figures appeared in her field of vision. She tugged at Liao Xing’s sleeve. “Third Senior Brother, it looks like someone down there is being chased.”
Liao Xing glanced below, hesitated for a moment, then steered his flying sword downward.
A man in brocade robes was cornered by several others. He turned his head defiantly to face his pursuer. “He Tong, I’ve always treated you as my closest confidant, yet you want to take my life!”
“Heh, you ordered me around like a servant. Your kindness was nothing but charity. When did you ever truly regard me as an equal?” The man sneered. “Sixth Master has promised me that once you’re dealt with, he’ll adopt me as his son and I’ll truly become a member of the Jin family.”
“Sixth Uncle has always been subservient to my father—how would he dare?!”
“Heh heh, if you don’t die, how will Young Master Yu ever have a chance to rise?” He Tong laughed coldly. “For the sake of our years of friendship, I’ve satisfied your curiosity. Now you can die in peace. Attack!”
The man in brocade robes pulled his last weapon from his Kongjian Huanjie and fought against the group, but he was clearly outmatched, sustaining injuries from their Lingji in several places.
Liao Xing and You Yu watched the scene from low altitude. He murmured, “It’s him!”
“Third Senior Brother, you know him?”
“He’s Jin Haochen, the young master of Wangyuege.”
You Yu’s mouth moved faster than her mind. “Third Senior Brother, save him!”
Liao Xing didn’t hesitate. He set her down on the ground, told her to stay where she was, and went over with his sword in hand.
The enemy had one Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator, and the rest were at Foundation Establishment. Liao Xing was at the early Jindan period, but as a Jianxiu, he could handle a Golden Core Middle Stage opponent without issue.
You Yu watched as he took down each of them one by one, then turned his gaze to Jin Haochen.
This was a fat fish in You Xue’er’s pond!