activa-t Chapter 170 Harvest
Chapter 170 Harvest
Chapter 170: Harvest
After bidding farewell to Ye Yingying,
Li Lan did not return to the Guangji Sect.
Instead, he once again headed to Jiuhua County City.
Along the way,
he began to tally his gains from this trip.
Although Li Lan did not manage to bid for anything valuable at the auction as he wished,
the experiences he encountered on the journey there and back
truly allowed him to gain a full harvest.
Li Lan obtained several Magic Treasures alone.
Among them, items like the Lingxiao Sect old Daoist’s jade thumb ring and the Sanbao Sect Little Monk’s golden alms bowl,
though damaged and unusable,
such incomplete items have never been an issue for Li Lan.
As long as he was willing to expend Lifespan,
he could repair them to their original state at any time.
Li Lan also acquired two Magical Artifacts that were not completely scrapped but slightly damaged.
One was the string of prayer beads that the Little Monk wore around his neck.
Li Lan had personally witnessed the protective Spiritual Artifact’s effectiveness.
It blocked a full-force attack from a Foundation Establishment Stage demon Cultivator’s demon core, only shattering one bead, which was enough to show the extraordinary nature of this treasure.
And repairing that tiny bead
would require a full three years of Lifespan.
Li Lan pondered for a moment,
and did not rush to complete the bead immediately.
Anyway, this protective Spiritual Artifact still had seventeen beads left, more than enough for self-preservation.
Now Li Lan’s Cultivation Realm had reached a critical juncture,
and he still didn’t know if he could Breakthrough the Foundation Establishment Stage in this life, so he naturally had to carefully consider how to use his remaining fifty years of Lifespan.
The other Magical Artifact was that paper lantern.
Although it looked tattered and the Spiritual Qi emanating from it was extremely faint,
Li Lan did not dare to underestimate it in the slightest.
On the contrary,
this paper lantern could definitely be considered the most important item
among Li Lan’s gains this time, bar none.
The reason was that this item had the effect of Heaven-Defyingly changing fate,
seemingly allowing a Cultivator who suffered fatal injuries and should have died to regain a breath of life, hanging on by half a life.
This effect seemed somewhat useless,
but in reality, it had great use.
In a battle, in a situation where both sides are injured,
whoever can last one more breath than the other has the potential to be the final winner.
If Li Lan hadn’t intervened,
if Ye Yingying had been a normal Cultivator,
in the recent battle, with Guan Ming having this treasure protecting him,
it would have been hard to say who would have ultimately won.
Such a Heaven-Defying Magical Artifact would require a full ten years of Lifespan to repair completely.
Li Lan carefully put it away,
it wouldn't be too late to repair such a wondrous item when the most critical moment arrived.
In addition to this,
Li Lan also obtained an Eagle Treasure that only lost some spirituality and did not require Lifespan to repair.
It was the large red kasaya that the Little Monk used to capture him.
This item was precisely the opposite of the Silver Light Needle.
The latter focused on breaking through a point to affect a surface, specializing in attacking and harming the enemy.
The former, however, specialized in trapping and capturing enemies, excelling at fighting multiple opponents.
Wearing it could also provide self-protection,
but it couldn't automatically activate to defend against enemies like a protective Spiritual Artifact.
Besides Magic Treasures,
Li Lan also acquired another half-moon ring blade Talisman Treasure.
This item lost much of its spirituality due to Guan Ming’s frantic activation at the last moment,
leaving only about two-tenths of its remaining power.
However,
even with this much power, it was enough for Li Lan to use a few more times.
To fully repair this Talisman Treasure would require thirty-nine years of Lifespan.
Judging from this,
although it was also a Magic Treasure,
this half-moon ring blade clearly had a significant gap in grade
compared to the Qinghong Duan Shui Sword he had previously obtained.
Magic Treasures are about quality, not quantity.
Therefore,
Li Lan did not intend to use his precious Lifespan to repair this item,
only planning to use it to deal with some tricky situations, discarding it after use.
Besides Magical Artifacts,
Li Lan also plundered many good things from the Storage Pouches of Guan Ming and the other two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
To his surprise,
Guan Ming’s Storage Pouch also contained two clear blue Medicinal Pills.
These were precisely the Foundation Establishment Pills that Li Lan currently needed most.
After a slight pause in his thoughts,
he pondered for a moment and understood the reason.
This Guan Ming might be the masked Cultivator he had seen at the Fengyue Brothel,
who wanted to withdraw the Foundation Establishment Pill from the auction.
Immediately after,
the fourth-grade High Grade Magical Artifact, the Buddha Relic, found in his Storage Pouch, also confirmed his conjecture.
Adding the three he obtained from Dou *Shixiong*,
Li Lan now had a total of five Foundation Establishment Pills.
With these Foundation Establishment Pills,
he wouldn't have to worry about Cultivating to Breakthrough Qi Refining Great Perfection for a short period.
Furthermore,
Li Lan also discovered three extremely Spiritual Qi-rich yellowish-brown Spirit Stones in Guan Ming’s Storage Pouch.
The Spirit Stones Ye Yingying obtained from auctioning the Foundation Establishment Pill at the Fengyue Brothel were now all in his pocket.
At this time, Li Lan already had quite a few Low-Grade Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch.
However, the Spiritual Qi emitted by these Spirit Stones was clearly incomparable to these three.
Evidently,
these three should be Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
Li Lan had never seen such Cultivation resources before.
Upon closer inspection,
it could be seen that these Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were more regular in shape, and the color they emitted was richer and purer.
Their surfaces also had faint, natural patterns resembling runes.
Besides these superficial characteristics,
the Spiritual Qi contained within Mid-Grade Spirit Stones was also purer.
This meant that
when Cultivators used them for Cultivation, they could circulate dozens fewer cycles,
without spending too much effort on refining and purifying.
This was somewhat similar to the purple sandalwood tree core.
However,
the assistance provided by these Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in Cultivation
was far inferior to the five-hundred-year-old purple sandalwood tree core.
After thinking for a moment,
Li Lan placed them in a brocade box and carefully put them away.
He did not plan to trade or use this item.
Li Lan intended to accumulate more of them and then use them to set up a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone Immortal Cave for Cultivation.
In addition to this,
Li Lan also obtained many things that couldn't see the light of day.
For example, Guan Ming’s Judge Cui's Pen, the Human Emperor Hall deacon’s waist token, and the Human Emperor Hall deacon’s characteristic golden-patterned black robe.
Since Li Lan already had a Judge Cui's Pen, he naturally wouldn't waste effort refining another identical Magic Treasure,
as that would only be counterproductive and unfavorable to him.
If he were to trade it, he would definitely be able to exchange it for many Cultivation resources,
after all, no matter what, it was still a Magic Treasure.
Even among Foundation Establishment Cultivators, it was perennially in high demand but short supply, and highly sought after.
But Li Lan did not dare to do so.
Before possessing absolute strength,
this would undoubtedly be a suicidal act of challenging the Human Emperor Hall's authority.
Helplessly,
Li Lan could only temporarily put it away and keep it hidden.
Among the three Storage Pouches,
the remaining low and Mid-Grade Spells also greatly broadened his horizons.
Among them, a copy of "Yin-Harvesting and Yang-Nourishing Secret Art" greatly piqued Li Lan’s interest.
After flipping through it,
Li Lan confirmed that this was precisely the harvesting and nourishing method mentioned by the Sanbao Sect Little Monk.
【"Devouring Yuan Great Art" Incomplete Manual, requires five years of Lifespan to complete!】
【Remaining Lifespan: fifty years】
The first three volumes of this Spell were quite normal, logical and well-reasoned,
but the latter two volumes were full of unsightly descriptions, every sentence revolving around sexual intercourse.
Clearly,
these latter two volumes were a superfluous addition by some evil Cultivator based on their imagination.
According to the introduction in the first three volumes,
after achieving Major Achievement in this Spell,
one could absorb others’ magical power with a flick of the wrist and use it for oneself.
Whether in battle or during Cultivation,
it could achieve quite remarkable effects.
Li Lan didn't care about assisting in combat, but he kept the ability to assist in Cultivation in mind.
He wondered if this Spell had any special requirements for the absorbed party,
and if the Spirit Bean Soldiers he summoned could meet them.
Li Lan currently had three Qi Refining Fourth Level Spirit Bean Soldiers,
and dozens of Qi Refining First Level Bean Soldiers.
If puppets without Divine Sense or intelligence could also be used as absorption targets,
then his future Cultivation speed would undoubtedly increase significantly again.
Of course,
if not,
exchanging five years of Lifespan for a heinous Spell would clearly be too much of a loss.
Li Lan pondered seriously for a long time,
and ultimately decided not to complete this Spell immediately.
He had not yet reached a desperate situation,
so there was no need to gamble with his Lifespan.
It wouldn't be too late to complete this method when there was no hope of Breakthrough and he was completely out of options.
Once he made up his mind,
Li Lan hastened his journey.
His return to Jiuhua County City this time was for nothing else,
but to purchase more time-limited Cultivation slots in the Spiritual Vein Immortal Cave.
Previously, his Spirit Stones were rather tight,
insufficient to support Li Lan’s long-term secluded Cultivation.
Now, he no longer had this problem; the Low-Grade Spirit Stones obtained from Ye Yingying, Guan Ming, and others,
were enough to support Li Lan’s Cultivation in a Grade A Immortal Cave of a Low-Grade Spiritual Vein for a long time.
The cautious Li Lan deeply understood the principle of not flaunting wealth.
Even with the ability to disguise his identity with the Qi-concealing black veil,
he did not purchase too long a period of Cultivation qualification at once.
And each time, he chose Spiritual Veins controlled by different Families, never staying too long in the same Low-Grade Spiritual Vein.
Under such caution,
half a year passed in a flash.
On this day,
Li Lan sat cross-legged in a Grade A Cultivation Immortal Cave of a certain Spiritual Vein, closing his eyes to regulate his magical power.
When the magical power vortex in his Dantian accumulated to its limit, unable to hold even a trace of Spiritual Qi,
he slowly opened his eyes, took out a clear blue Foundation Establishment Pill, and swallowed it.
The Medicinal Pill melted upon entry,
and a powerful and scorching medicinal force instantly erupted within his body.
This medicinal force was like a roaring flood beast,
surging and rushing along his Meridians,
wherever it went, the Meridians were widened and strengthened inch by inch, becoming tougher.
Impurities originally hidden deep within the Meridians were also forced out little by little, expelled from the body through the pores.
Finally,
this medicinal force circulated once within Li Lan’s body and gathered in his Dantian.
Under the effect of the immense Foundation Establishment Pill’s medicinal power,
the rotation speed of the twelve magical power vortices suddenly became extremely slow.
Seeing that the time was ripe,
Li Lan quickly mobilized all his Divine Sense, simultaneously controlling the twelve magical power vortices, squeezing them towards one point.
Advancing to the Qi Refining Thirteenth Level Realm was entirely different from the other twelve levels,
it was not about condensing a thirteenth magical power vortex in the Dantian.
Instead, it was about compressing and merging all the magical power vortices within the body into one, achieving unity.