A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 616: Refining the Soul

"One hundred and fifty high-level spirit stones." The old man said a number.

Lu Luan frowned. This price was far beyond his budget.

"Daoyou, can't it be less?"

He asked, although he now had some spirit stones, he couldn't afford such consumption.

The old man shook his head apologetically: "Sorry, fellow Taoist, it's unavoidable."

"Really?" Lu Luan also knew that this kind of treasure would never be discounted. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Then how long will the effect of this spirit insect medicine last?"

The old man said uncertainly: "Spirit insects are not elixirs. We cannot know exactly how long it will take. It varies from person to person. The shortest is one or two months, and the longest is about half a year."

"It's only been such a short time."

After hearing this, Lu Luan's brows furrowed even deeper. He had originally planned to buy a treasure to improve his comprehension and then seclude himself for two or three years to refine the Four Seasons Sword Qi to a high level. However, the duration of the effect of this spirit insect medicine was too short. Even the longest half a year was not enough. If it was just for the small side effects, he would definitely not buy it.

Seeing his expression, the old man introduced, "Daoyou, although the effect of this spiritual insect lasts for a short time, it can significantly improve one's comprehension. There are also elders and disciples in the Corpse Refining Sect who have taken this spiritual insect. From previous records, even when the effect is at its worst, it can still allow an ordinary person in the early stage of the Golden Core to practice a superior yellow-level magical power to perfection within the effective time. There was even a true disciple in the Corpse Refining Sect who took the medicine and the effect lasted for nine months, and he practiced two mysterious-level magical powers in a row."

"Of course, if you are still worried, my business building has another elixir that is half the price and has a similar effect on improving comprehension. The effect lasts for five years, but it will cause considerable damage to the mind. If you are interested, I will go get it for you." After seeing the concern in Lu Luan's eyes, the old man began to introduce other things.

Lu Luan looked down at the green bug in his hand and thought, "I've taken a lot of things to improve my comprehension before. If I take regular treasures like elixirs to improve my comprehension, the backlash will be huge. The side effects of the spirit bug itself are not that great. This is also the first time I use the spirit bug to improve my comprehension. Maybe the effect will be unexpected. Not to mention that the drug will work at its best, if it works normally, I can also improve the Four Seasons Sword Qi to a higher level. Moreover, it can save a lot of time."

After listening to the introduction, he knew that this spiritual insect must be more effective in improving one's comprehension than those elixirs.

Although he felt a little distressed, he still made up his mind and said, "Fellow Daoist, I will buy this spiritual insect." He decided to buy this spiritual insect. Although it was a bit expensive, it was worth it as long as it could make obvious changes to the Four Seasons Sword Qi in a short period of time.

Moreover, it can save several years, which is what he values ​​most.

"Do you really want to buy it?"

After hearing him say yes, the old man showed surprise in his eyes, because this thing is worth more than a hundred high-level spirit stones, and not many people in the early stage of Jindan can take out this amount. After reacting, he smiled and said: "Then I wish you good luck. After the effect of this spirit insect wears off, you will feel very tired. You have to pay attention. Of course, the feeling of tiredness varies from person to person."

"Thank you for the reminder, fellow Taoist. Let's take inventory."

Lu Luan took out the spirit stones. One hundred and fifty high-level spirit stones, although not a small number, but if he could refine the Four Seasons Sword Qi to the level he wanted in a short period of time, it would be worth it.

It’s okay if it’s expensive.

The old man took a quick glance and after finding it correct, he handed the wooden box containing the spirit insect to him and said, "Daoyou, this spirit insect is extremely fast. You must set up a barrier before lifting the restrictions around it. If it escapes outside, I won't be able to catch it."

"Thank you for letting me know, goodbye."

After receiving the spirit insect, Lu Luan did not stay long. He bowed and left.

"Next, we need to buy talismans, spiritual spears, and five elements treasures."

Next, Lu Luan searched around this trading place for what he wanted. Although there were many foreign activities in this place and there were many treasures with the five elements attributes, in order to maximize the value of the spirit stones in his hands, he only bought those that could cause a reaction in the spirit fetus.

So it took more time, but he was still patient, and in this way, he kept going in and out of chambers of commerce, big and small.

It was easy to buy things like the spear and talismans engraved with the runes of Flame Lance and Serpent Technique. In addition to the talismans that concealed his aura, he also bought several substitute talismans, into which he could inject his own aura. If he was discovered in the outside world, he could use the substitute talismans to interfere with the opponent's tracking. Of course, elixirs to restore magic power were also indispensable.

In order to ensure that everything went well, he prepared everything he could.

Ten days later.

"That's almost it."

Lu Luan walked out of a small commercial building, glanced at the storage ring, and smiled bitterly.

In the past ten days, there were less than twenty high-level spirit stones left in his storage ring, and the rest had all been spent.

"Find a place and retreat."

Lu Luan flew into the air, looked around, and found a place in the distance that was specially provided for monks to meditate, so he flew over.

......

"First put the things that protect the Yuanshen into the Purple Mansion."

In a secret room, after Lu Luan opened the formations and restrictions in the secret room, he sat cross-legged in the air. The storage ring between his fingers flashed, and the box containing the spirit pearl appeared in front of him. He opened the lid of the box, and the spirit pearl naturally floated between his eyebrows.

Lu Luan collected his thoughts, slowly closed his eyes, and began to sense with his soul.

Soon, the bead turned into a golden light, and penetrated into the purple palace from the center of the eyebrows, floating above the white crane of the Yuanshen.

After sensing the existence of the primordial spirit, a suction force began to come from the spirit bead, sucking all the primordial spirit power in the purple mansion into it.

"Hmm?" Lu Luan frowned, because this feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.

As more and more soul power entered it, the spirit pearl began to release dazzling light, and finally fell on the soul fire, enveloping the soul fire and the soul white crane.

After being completely enveloped, Lu Luan only felt that his soul was in a transparent high wall. Although he could sense the outside world, his soul power could not be released, but the soul power outside could not come in either.

He tried to control the sword of the soul to impact the spirit pearl, but the wall in front of him was too hard and his sword could not leave a trace.

After finishing, Lu Luan said with satisfaction: "Now the soul should not face any threats, right? In the future, when fighting with other cultivators, there will be no need to worry so much."

When he reached the Jindan realm, even if he met a Jindan cultivator who was weaker than himself, he would not dare to be careless. Because of the long lifespan of the Jindan, although the opponent's Qi refining ability and physical strength were not as good as his, their soul might be different. They might spend a hundred years to concentrate on refining their soul. Although they looked weak, if the soul attacked, if he did not have something to protect his soul, he might be defeated.

Now that I have the spirit bead, as long as I don’t encounter those old monsters in the middle stage of the Golden Core, the attacks on my soul can basically be ignored.