Chapter 62: Jade Box
Normally, the atmosphere in the jade box was as clear as the outside world.
However, the air turned slightly foggy when Jiang Yue threw in the spirit stones.
Although this change was only for a moment, both boys saw it.
"Look..." Jiang Yue called excitedly.
Yu Nianzhen followed the other’s line of sight and looked at the tree of life.
Previously, the tree looked like a green stick stuck in the soil.
After the spirit stones, ten leaves had sprouted from the stick.
Although the leaves were the size of a grain of rice, both boys couldn’t help but be excited.
"Let’s throw in some more to confirm."
Yu Nianzhen removed a thousand low-grade spirit stones and threw them into the jade box.
This time, both boys paid close attention, and the outcome did not disappoint them.
In the blink of an eye, the small leaves grew a little.
From the size of rice, they grew to the size of a bean.
"This means that spirit stones can accelerate the growth rate of the tree of life."
Yu Nianzhen was surprised.
For five years, he had thought of many ways to let the tree grow.
However, his thoughts were useless, and all the methods failed.
He didn’t expect that spirit stones were the answer.
"How did you think of this?" He asked.
Jiang Yue chuckled.
"It’s because you don’t read novels that you don’t know such an obvious thing." He said.
From his proud look, Yu Nianzhen thought of a cat with its tail rising to the sky.
However, he didn’t mind this.
This was Jiang Yue!
He was playful and always pleased with himself.
"What theory of everything? What chemistry? Are those things useful?" Jiang Yue sneered.
He was clearly disliking Yu Nianzhen’s previous life hobbies.
However, Yu Nianzhen only found it amusing.
"You are right. It shows foresight that you read cultivation novels before we transmigrated."
Yu Nianzhen rubbed the other’s head, and Jiang Yue was a little ashamed.
’What foresight? Was this bastard making fun of him?’ He glared at Yu Nianzhen but decided not to care about him.
"In cultivation novels, the protagonist usually has a space treasure that consumes a lot of spirit stones, but..."
Jiang Yue stalled, and Yu Nianzhen frowned.
"But?"
"The treasure is usually a ring, pendant or bracelet. How come you got a jade box?"
Yu Nianzhen smiled when he heard that.
"Anyway, it doesn’t matter. It’s good enough to have this jade box." Jiang Yue said this, and his heart felt a little at ease.
Yu Nianzhen was now at the seventh level of the origin forging realm.
It is estimated that he would cultivate to the peak of the ninth level in the thousand herbs garden.
After leaving the secret realm, it would be time to break through to the qi transformation realm.
Although he didn’t show it, Jiang Yue was worried that Yu Nianzhen would not survive the next tribulation.
But now, his worry had turned to determination.
If they could cultivate the tree of life, there would be a way for Yu Nianzhen to survive.
"How many spirit stones do you have?" He asked.
"About seven thousand." Yu Nianzhen answered without any hesitation.
This amount is what remained after he spent his fortune on the special jade.
However, he didn’t regret spending his spirit stones on the jade.
"How come?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Don’t worry about it. We can change some contribution points into low-grade spirit stones."
Jiang Yue looked at the other suspiciously, but he didn’t continue to ask.
Either way, it didn’t matter how Yu Nianzhen lost a million spirit stones in such a short time.
What mattered is that they needed to earn as many spirit stones as they could.
"Do you think this jade box can hold other herbs?" He asked.
The world of the jade box looked like a farm.
The farm was surrounded by a river, and the tree of life grew in the centre of the farm.
"We can try it." Yu Nianzhen said.
He was also curious.
Previously, he hadn’t paid too much attention to the box, but he was interested now.
If the jade box could grow other herbs, they would have a good and secret place to grow herbs in the future.
With adequate spirit stones, they could grow herbs faster than the outside world.
These herbs could then be sold for more spirit stones.
"Unfortunately, neither one of us is an alchemist. It would be more profitable to refine the herbs into pills before selling." Yu Nianzhen lamented.
Although he now had a way to grow herbs, he had no interest in alchemy.
He also knew that Jiang Yue didn’t like alchemy.
"Maybe I should consider it."
Jiang Yue was thoughtful for a moment.
In the past, he considered learning alchemy, but it was only an idea.
Now though...
"There is no need." Yu Nianzhen rubbed Jiang Yue’s head, and a tender look flashed in his eyes.
He knew why Jiang Yue wanted to learn alchemy.
However, Jiang Yue’s personality was not suited for alchemy.
Forcing himself to do something that he didn’t like would only be a waste of time.
"In future, we can find a trustworthy alchemist to partner with."
"You are right. There is no need to do something if I can’t do it properly."
"Good."
"Let’s go to the resource hall."
The two stood up and walked towards the resource hall that was less than a hundred metres away.
After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at the door of the resource hall.
Like most buildings in the sect, the resource hall was multi-storeyed.
Each floor catered to different needs, and the higher the floor, the higher the rank of items.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue immediately headed to the first floor.
This floor sold common herbs and pills.
"What do fellow disciples need?" An attendant asked as soon as the two stepped on the floor.
An hour later, they walked out of the first floor and followed a set of stairs to the second floor.
On the second floor, another attendant appeared in front of them.
"Are there teleportation talismans?" Jiang Yue asked the attendant.
The attendant smiled and led them to an area with hundreds of talismans.
"We have silver rank teleportation talismans on this floor." She informed and pointed to a group of talismans.
"The low-grade silver rank talisman can teleport five kilometres. The mid-grade is twenty kilometres. High grade is fifty kilometres, and peak grade is one hundred kilometres."
Jiang Yue looked at Yu Nianzhen, and a silent conversation was held in a few breaths.
Afterwards, Jiang Yue smiled at the attendant and made his order.
"We will take two high-grade talismans, ten mid-grade talismans, and twenty low-grade talismans."
Although peak-grade talismans could teleport further, the two were only in the origin forging realm.
If they used all their qi to activate a teleportation talisman, their limit was the high-grade talisman.
Even then, they would only be able to activate it once before their qi ran out.
If that was the case, it was better to buy more low-grade and mid-grade talismans.
When used correctly, they could achieve the same effect as the high-grade and peak-grade talismans.
"Alright."
The female disciple quickly prepared the talismans, and her mouth didn’t stop smiling.
From their purchases, she could tell that the two disciples were preparing for a dangerous mission or the secret realm that was about to open.
With such thoughts in mind, her eyes narrowed.
"Do fellow disciples need anything else?"
"What are the best attack talismans available?" Jiang Yue inquired.
The girl thought about it for a moment and then explained it coherently.
"For single attacks, sword talismans are the best. For group attacks, lightning talismans or fire talismans are the best."
After her explanation, the two immediately bought a few of the girl’s recommendations.
"How about defence talismans?"
In this way, the two purchased all the talismans they needed for the secret realm.
After that, they went to the third floor.
From this floor, the two bought array plates, and protective armour.
They then went to the fourth floor to buy storage artefacts including storage bags, jade bottles, and porcelain bottles.
"We can try to find a storage ring for you when we return from the secret realm."
Yu Nianzhen didn’t like that he had a storage ring, but Jiang Yue didn’t.
However, there was nothing they could do for the time being.
Unlike storage bags, storage rings were made of void jade or other void-related materials.
These materials were rare, and because of this, storage rings were rare.
"Who knows, I might get lucky and find a storage ring in the secret realm." Jiang Yue smiled mischievously.
After wandering the Sea Cloud territory for several years, Jiang Yue had a deeper understanding of the world than Yu Nianzhen.
He understood that the greatest danger in the secret realm wasn’t the kill formations that protected the herbs, it was fellow cultivators.
In such a situation, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that most of the gains from the secret realm would be collected from other cultivators’ bodies rather than the secret realm itself.
