Chapter 770: Chapter 607: Spirit Realm Situation (Part 2)
Just how terrifying it was.
Qingyang the Old Demon only said that ordinary Divinity Transformation Cultivators couldn’t withstand it at all.
Therefore, cultivators or alien races smuggling into the Spirit Realm were basically without a place to hide.
The idea of mingling in mortal kingdoms and then falsifying identities to enter the Cultivation Realm was also basically impossible.
Qin Ming first planned to get a few Realm Transformation Pills to wash away the traces of Otherworldly aura before making any moves.
Fortunately, although this Realm Transformation Pill is extremely rare, various races in the Spirit Realm have some grasp of it to varying degrees.
It’s not necessarily obtainable only among the Human Race.
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Inside the shop.
Qin Ming was flipping through a book titled "The Traveling Immortal Record of the Drunken Crane Daoist," which he had acquired in this remote region containing some introductory information about the Spirit Realm.
On the nearby desk were also placed books like "Great Wilderness Monster Chronicles," "Red-Blue Immortal Wild Mountains and Rivers," and such.
Although not very comprehensive, it was enough for Qin Ming to learn some information about the Spirit Realm.
According to the records introduced.
The Spirit Realm is a vast world, its territory boundless and almost endless, even a high-tier cultivator would not be able to explore it completely in a lifetime.
Other realms, as long as they ascended, could lead to the Spirit Realm.
Therefore, the Spirit Realm holds a multitude of races, and the Human Race in the Spirit Realm is not considered a major faction, merely managing to barely establish a foothold.
Qin Ming continually flipped through the books: "Divinity Transformation Cultivators in the Spirit Realm are not considered at the bottom tier, they already belong to the middle tier, and even in some high-tier spirit vein areas, they can establish sects and clans."
"In the Divinity Transformation Stage within the Spirit Realm, due to the nourishment from Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Qi, the lifespan is generally around five thousand years."
"The Void Refining Stage has a lifespan of ten thousand years, which means... my current lifespan already compares to that of a Void Refining Cultivator."
"And with cultivation reaching Void Refining, one is already considered an upper-tier cultivator in the Spirit Realm, with generally high status."
"The Integration Stage has a lifespan of at least several tens of thousands of years, specifically depending on the divine techniques practiced by each cultivator, varying individually. Integration Stage cultivators are top entities in the Spirit Realm, even among the three races of humans, demons, and monsters, they are few and far between, being the true players manipulating the Cultivation Realm’s situation."
"As for the Mahayana Stage, they are even more of a rarity... potential leaders of a race."
"Besides that, there are even terrifying major races like Barbaric Great Demon, Ancient True Spirit, and Ancient Giant Race... some born directly at the Divinity Transformation Stage..."
After finishing that travelogue, Qin Ming picked up another geographical record and began reading.
In theory, the region of the Red-Blue Immortal Wild is under the dominion of the Wood Crystal Race.
Its southern area borders on the territory of the Human Race.
The Daqian Country where Qin Ming and his companions resided was in this area.
Celestial Star City is incredibly distant from this place, and it would only be possible to reach there using a Super Teleportation Array in the Spirit Realm.
This made Qin Ming and his companion considerably reassured.
"Where could we get the Realm Transformation Pill?" Qin Ming pondered with a book in his hand.
"Maybe we can get it from the Wood Crystal Race, it’s not impossible."
However, since they just arrived in the Spirit Realm, this matter could be planned slowly.
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Just like that.
Qin Ming and his companion stayed in Luoyun City for three full years.
Apart from familiarizing themselves with the environment, they also mingled well with the surrounding neighbors.
On this particular day.
In the shop, a seven or eight-year-old half-grown boy rushed in energetically, tiger-headed and tiger-brained.
"Shopkeeper Qin, get me a fine Mountain-Opening Spirit Axe!"
At the counter, Qin Ming smilingly asked, "Xuu Ergou, what do you suddenly want a Mountain-Opening Spirit Axe for? Do you think, with your Qi Cultivation First Layer, you can even wield this Tier One Middle-Grade Artifacts?"
"It’s not for me, it’s for my father to use. Hurry, or it will be too late, this is urgent!" Xuu Ergou urged incessantly.
Qin Ming immediately said: "Alright, one Middle-Grade Mountain-Opening Spirit Axe, that’ll be eighty-two Spirit Stones."
Hearing this, Xuu Ergou looked embarrassed, scratched his rear, emptied his storage pouch, and altogether took out forty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and some Broken Spirit Crystals, pushing them all in front of Qin Ming:
"This... is all I have, can I owe the rest? I’ll pay you back when my father makes big money."
Qin Ming purposely put on a stern face and immediately said: "That won’t do, our shop only deals in small trades, no credit."
Hearing this, Xuu Ergou got anxious and quickly said: "How can you be like this?! You truly live up to your name, Black Qin."
"We’re all neighbors, we won’t run away."
"It’ll only take a month to pay you back the rest of the Spirit Stones."
Qin Ming asked, "Did your old man... find some way to make money? Made forty Spirit Stones so quickly?"
"Why don’t you tell me? Share it with me. Perhaps I, Qin, can make an exception and allow you to buy Spirit Stones on credit this once."
Hearing this, Xuu Ergou’s expression wavered for a moment, as if he made some kind of decision.
Then, he turned back to close the shop door and lowered his voice, whispering mysteriously to Qin Ming:
"Black Qin, I can tell you, but you must promise not to tell anyone else, okay!"
Qin Ming said, "I promise."
"Swear it!"
"Alright, alright, I swear. I, Qin, run my business with integrity. Do you really think I’d deceive a kid like you?"
"That’s more like it."
Then, Xuu Ergou said, "Hehe! When my old man went out to work, he met a noble from the Wood Crystal Race. They’re buying large quantities of a Spirit Mushroom called ’Ink Spirit Mushroom’ for a high price."
"And to cultivate this Spirit Mushroom, you need Cyan Floating Wood."
"It just so happens that according to the Wood Crystal Race elders, this type of Cyan Floating Spirit Wood only grows in the Luoyun Mountain Range within our Human Race’s territory in the entire Red-Blue Immortal Wild."
"My old man got the information in advance and went up the mountain to cut down Cyan Floating Spirit Wood before everyone else. But who knew the Spirit Axe cracked halfway through..."
"The matter of the Wood Crystal Race buying Spirit Mushrooms will likely spread to Luoyun City soon."
"Wood Crystal Race?" Qin Ming frowned slightly upon hearing this.
Upon hearing news about an alien race, he couldn’t help but feel intrigued.
He immediately said to Xuu Ergou, "Let your old man take me along to make money, and I’ll let you buy the Mountain-Opening Spirit Axe on credit."
"No interest charged."
Xuu Ergou: "..."
As soon as he said this, even Lan Bing Fairy, who had disguised herself as an ordinary woman, almost couldn’t hold back her laughter.
"What’s so special about this Ink Spirit Mushroom that the Wood Crystal Race is going to such lengths to acquire it?" Qin Ming asked.
Xuu Ergou scratched his head, "My old man didn’t tell me. He only mentioned that when he went up the mountain before, he accidentally saved a member of the Wood Crystal Race, forming a small connection."
"Not long ago, that person from the Wood Crystal Race suddenly advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage and became the head of procurement for some merchant guild."
Qin Ming nodded. He knew about this Cyan Floating Spirit Wood, a Tier One Spirit Wood from the Luoyun Mountain Range.
Usually, it wasn’t of much use, but he didn’t expect it could be used to cultivate Spirit Mushrooms needed by the Wood Crystal Race.
But thinking about it, since it’s just a Tier One Spirit Wood, this Spirit Mushroom would probably only be of the first tier level.
However, having been hiding in Luoyun City for so long, Qin Ming finally had a chance to interact with an alien race.
And with the Wood Crystal Race, no less.
Of course, he wouldn’t miss such an opportunity.
Then.
Xuu Ergou led Qin Ming and his companion deep into the Luoyun Mountain Range.
They met Xuu Ergou’s old man, Xuu Han.
This man was a Spirit Farmer at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer.
He made a living by cultivating Low-Tier Spirit Rice outside of Luoyun City.
Seeing that Xuu Ergou had brought along Shopkeeper Qin and his companion, Xuu Han was stunned, then angrily scolded:
"Didn’t I tell you to buy the Spirit Axe? Why did you bring people along too?"
"Old man, the Spirit Stones you gave me aren’t enough to buy the Spirit Axe!" Xuu Ergou put on a bitter face, then explained the whole story.
Qin Ming smiled, took out a brand new Mountain-Opening Spirit Axe, and handed it to Xuu Han, "Fellow Daoist Xuu, with such a good opportunity, we should make money together, we should make money together!"
Xuu Han, taking the Spirit Axe, sighed deeply, "Alright, Black Qin, only we can know about this, it must not be spread."
"Definitely, definitely!"
And so, the few of them began searching the woods for Cyan Floating Spirit Wood to chop down.
Taking this opportunity, Qin Ming subtly probed Xuu Han.
The nine suns in the sky gradually set over the western mountains.
They toiled all day long.
Xuu Han and Qin Ming managed to cut down four or five tree trunks of Cyan Floating Spirit Wood as thick as barrels.
"Fellow Daoist Xuu, do you have any Spirit Seed Spores of the Ink Spirit Mushroom?" Qin Ming asked, pretending to be serious while putting the Cyan Floating Spirit Wood into his storage pouch.
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