Chapter Thirty-One: Snow Water

  Wang Lin's expression remained unchanged as he asked, "How much?"

  Wang Hao hesitated for a moment and said: "At least 200 yuan is needed!"

  "So much? What are you going to use it for?" Wang Lin was taken aback, 200 yuan he could take out, in these few months, the bribes he received were almost 500.

  Wang Hao sighed, his face bitter, and said: "Tie Zhu Ge, in two months it will be the end of the year, and the inner disciples will have a competition. Although I have the qualifications to participate, I don't have the skills to win any prizes. But I'm not willing to give up. That Wang Zhuo has already reached the peak of the first layer of Qi Condensation, and I heard he's trying to open up the second layer recently."

  "How did he cultivate so quickly?" Wang Lin hadn't seen Wang Zhuo for a long time, and was quite surprised at this moment, secretly thinking that innate talent was indeed important!

  Wang Hao's face showed a hint of resentment as he said, "It's all because he has a good master. His master spared no expense and asked our master for a furnace of Cihua Dan. This thing is an extremely precious medicine within the sect, and after taking it, his progress naturally accelerated greatly."

  Wang Lin nodded and asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with you borrowing the Immortal Token?"

  "Of course, it's related. You don't interact with people much, so you wouldn't know. Every year, a month before the sect's competition, the inner disciples will secretly hold a small trading session among themselves. At that time, everyone will take out their treasures and exchange them with each other to make final preparations for the competition. I heard from the old folks who have participated in it several times before that anything can be used at the trading session - flying swords, magical artifacts, medicinal pills, and so on." Wang Hao said in a low voice, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

  Wang Lin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He didn't have much interest in flying swords or treasures, but the Condensing Qi incantation had tightly grasped his heart. He thought to himself that perhaps he could exchange for it there. After a moment of contemplation, he said: "There are only so many inner sect disciples; can we really make an honest transaction with each other?"

  Wang Hao sneered and said, "Iron Pillar brother, you've asked the right question. So, there's another rule for this trading conference, which is actually a qualification to participate in the trading conference. You must have a Shape-Shifting Voice Dan. Unless you reach the Foundation Establishment stage after taking this dan, you won't be able to see anything."

  Wang Lin's eyes flashed and he said: "You borrowed the magic symbol, could it be just for this elixir?"

  Wang Hao was taken aback, nodding his head: "Iron Pillar brother is indeed clever, it's true, this elixir is being held by my master, every year at this time, he secretly sells it, openly priced at 200 spirit symbols per grain!"

  Wang Lin hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "This transaction will be quite interesting, I also want to go take a look."

  Wang Hao hastily said: "Alright, as long as there's a medicinal pill, I can go and participate. This time, I'm going to obtain a Cihua Dan. I heard that this time, an inner sect disciple is selling it!"

  Wang Lin flipped his right hand and took out 400 talismans from the storage bag. These talismans were tied together by him, with each bundle containing 100 pieces.

  Wang Hao's eyes lit up, he took it from the storage bag and excitedly said: "Tie Zhu Ge, probably still half a month's time, when I'll come find you, we'll go together."

  Wang Lin nodded and chatted with him for a while before Wang Hao stood up and bid farewell.

  After the other party left, Wang Lin sank into thought for a moment. He would attach great importance to this transaction. If there was indeed a mantra after the Condensation Period, he would definitely get it!

  However, he doesn't have anything valuable on him now, and all the spirit symbols were used to buy elixirs. After thinking for a long time, he decided to get some Spiritual Spring Water, this thing should be very attractive to people.

  Anyway, with the help of Dan medicine, no one will be able to see through your identity.

  Having made up his mind, Wang Lin no longer thought about this matter. At this time, the interval between dreams had not yet been reached, and he could not enter. Wang Lin began to practice gravity magic again in front of a large stone at Miscellaneous Affairs Pavilion.

  This gravity technique, he had practiced it for no less than ten thousand times in the dream realm during these days, and his proficiency was getting higher and higher. If he controlled a gourd, he could succeed ten times out of ten. In daily life, with just one hand, some small objects could be grasped in mid-air.

  However, if the volume is too large, the success rate will decrease again. But as his spiritual energy grows, especially after entering the second layer of the Qi Condensation stage, the power of this gravitational technique begins to slowly manifest.

  After practicing against the large stone for several hours, the sky outside had darkened and the heavy snow continued. Wang Lin did not immediately enter the Dream Space but instead stood at the door, staring at the snowflakes, lost in thought.

  Last month, during the second layer of cultivation, Wang Lin discovered a problem. The spiritual spring water had a slightly reduced effect. Although this reduction was not great and could be completely compensated for by increasing the quantity, it still brought him a hint of worry.

  He worried that as the Condensation Period level rose higher and higher, there would eventually come a day when the Spiritual Spring water lost its effect.

  "The mysterious pearl is best soaked in dew, and spring water is the next best thing. However, collecting dew is too slow and not enough for use, especially in winter when it's scarce. Only spring water is simple and practical, with a constant supply. If one day the spring water loses its effect, I must prepare a substitute in advance." King Lin muttered to himself, staring at the thick snow on the ground, his eyes gleaming.

  His hands moved slightly, and the gravity technique was secretly used. Only large chunks of snow floated up from the ground, following the room like a snow dragon into a large vat.

  Before long, a small half barrel of snow had accumulated. Wang Lin withdrew his gravitational technique and arrived beside the barrel. With a single hand seal, he tried more than ten times before finally producing an infant fist-sized fireball. The fireball emitted high temperatures, causing the snow water to melt rapidly.

  After everything had melted away, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and used two different spells in succession, which left him somewhat exhausted.

  There wasn't much snow water in the jar. Wang Lin didn't say a word, took out the mysterious pearl and threw it inside. He waited for half an incense stick before retrieving the pearl.

  He now has a thorough understanding of the mysterious pearl, such as soaking it in spring water, with half an incense stick being the limit. He had also tried soaking it for a longer time, but ultimately found that no matter how long he soaked it, as long as it exceeded half an incense stick, the effect was the same.

  He scooped out some, took a sip, closed his eyes slightly, carefully observing the concentration of spiritual energy in his body. After a while, he opened his eyes and muttered to himself: "The effect is much higher than spring water, but still lower than dew, it can be used!"

  He immediately took out one gourd after another from the storage bag, all of which he had collected on the mountain over the past half year. After a whole night's effort, the snow in the yard was completely clean, and only then did he fill up about half of the gourds with spiritual energy snow water.