Refine the soul

  Bi Tianfeng and Chu Yixiu were practicing in the training field of their residence, two figures moving back and forth, fighting intensely.

  "Brother Chu, don't fight like this, I can't even touch your sleeve, how can I possibly defeat you?"

  Iron Bull, after these days of quiet cultivation, coupled with the help of the spiritual elixir, has already set foot in the pre-heavenly realm. Due to his innate divine power, he is well-suited for cultivating the "Great Power Dragon God's Decision" transmitted by Angry Yangzi. In just a few dozen days, he has already possessed the cultivation strength of the fourth realm of the pre-heavenly realm.

  Under the operation of "Dà Lì Lóng Shén Jué", Iron Bull's muscles were like steel cast iron, his physical strength was comparable to gold and stone, each punch contained a thousand pounds of force, his breathing sounded like thunder, one loud roar could make people's minds tremble with fear, being passively oppressed.

  Rumor has it that if one can cultivate the "Great Power Dragon God's Decision" to its ultimate level, they will possess boundless strength in every move, and their voice will be as loud as thunder. All evil spirits will retreat, and even magic treasures of the spiritual level will find it difficult to cause harm to their physical body. This technique is considered top-notch among various body-refining techniques and can be ranked as a middle-grade earth-level technique.

  But as Chu Yi and Tie Niu's match had already reached the stage where victory and defeat were about to be decided, it was clear that Chu Yi's feet moved like the wind, and no matter how fiercely Tie Niu attacked, he couldn't pose any threat to him. The air of leisurely strolling in the courtyard made Tie Niu feel extremely depressed.

  "Don't hide if you don't want to, Iron Bull, come and try out your fist strength."

  Chu Yi heard what Tie Niu said, smiled lightly, and suddenly stopped. His body shape changed rapidly, his spiritual energy operated and condensed on his right fist. He turned around quickly and rushed forward at an extreme speed, using brute force to collide with Tie Niu's huge fist.

  Bang

  Two massive forces spawned a shockwave that stirred up the dust in the training ground, Iron Bull's massive body was shaken back repeatedly, each step backward left an inch-deep imprint on the cyan stone floor, bricks and stones cracked, revealing the ferocious power that Iron Bull endured from this blow.

  After retreating over a dozen steps, Tie Niu's dark face turned bright red as he finally stabilized his body. He took a deep breath and shouted with wide eyes: "My master told me that within the same realm, it's rare to find someone stronger than me! Chu Ge, how did you cultivate your strength? I've never admitted defeat in a test of strength before, but this time I have to concede!"

  Chu Yi rubbed his nose and smiled: "Tie Niu, it's not that you're weaker than me, but you haven't grasped the key to using your strength. Just now I used my full body strength against your one punch, so naturally I would be stronger than you."

  "The 'Great Power Dragon God's Fist' you've cultivated is truly impressive, with punches as mighty as mountains and strength weighing a thousand jun. Combined with your unique physique that seems to know no fatigue, if it were purely a test of strength, I might be able to suppress you for a moment, but in the long run, I'm afraid I wouldn't be a match for you."

  Tie Niu scratched his head, half understanding, while Dongfang Ruo, who was watching from the side, nodded and said: "Just now, Brother Chu never clashed with Tie Niu head-on. The only time he used brute force, Brother Chu increased his speed and concentrated all his strength on one point. His fist gathered maximum power in an instant, and although it was just one punch, it was supported by the energy of his entire body. You didn't lose unfairly, Tie Niu."

  Dongfang Ruo's cleverness couldn't help but surprise Chu Yi, who then smiled and said: "Little Ruo, you're right, let's go take a look at the example together. It's been a long time since we left this place. The Xuan Yuan Peak is vast, we can broaden our horizons."

  The three of them were not skilled enough to fly on their own, so Chu Yi spent five lower-grade spirit stones to rent a crane carriage. The three of them got on and headed towards Tian Du Peak, where the inner disciples' monthly allowance was distributed.

  The crane carriage shuttled back and forth among the mountains, clouds and mist. The kind of freedom that soared to the sky made these three fledgling cultivators feel extremely exhilarated.

  From time to time, one can see people riding in the air and passing over cranes, or treading on swords and walking, or hiding in light and flying over, or driving and controlling treasures, which is really enviable.

  A crane chariot descended from the sky and stopped at the waist of Tiandu Peak. Three people got off the chariot, walked together towards the Inner Gate Elder Hall.

  Neimen Elders' Hall is a massive building that occupies an area of over 1,000 acres. Inside, there are institutions such as the Instance Reward Distribution Office, Neimen Law Enforcement Department, Neimen Task Reception Area, Sect Contribution Exchange Office, Promotion to Elder Registration Point, and Neimen Disciple Trading Floor.

  Chu Yi and the others first went to the place where they received their monthly allowance. There were nearly 10,000 inner sect disciples in the Xuanyang Sect, and on the first day of each month, seven or eight out of ten would rush to this place to receive their allowance. Chu Yi and the others arrived late and had to wait for a whole hour before finally getting their hands on this month's allowance.

  The monthly allowance for inner disciples is barely enough to fill the gaps between their teeth, let alone pay off the 8 million yuan of Five Elements Source Power debt that Chu Yi must settle within three years.

  He came this time, first to meet with Tie Niu and Dongfang Yu; secondly, he was heading for the Inner Disciple Trading Arena.

  The inner door disciples' trading floor is different from the trading bazaar set up on various peaks, and it is only open to those with an identity above that of an inner door disciple. Outsiders are not allowed to intervene.

  According to the annals, this is indeed a great place for treasure hunting, after all, there are over 10,000 inner disciples of the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect, and it's unknown how many have had strange encounters and obtained treasures, using what I've gained to exchange for what I need often results in huge price differences.

  Moreover, compared to the thirty-six trading posts set up by other peaks, this place has a great advantage, that is, it can make friends with fellow disciples of the same sect during the transaction.

  In the vast and powerful Wuxiang Xuan Yang Sect, being a lone ranger is not popular. Apart from personal strength, connections are also an important aspect that allows you to live more comfortably here.

  Chuyi, Tie Niu and Dongfang arrived at the trading venue to find that the large mountain top platform was already crowded with over a thousand people. The architectural style of this place was quite peculiar, resembling a giant beehive, with inner enclosures forming square grids about ten feet in diameter. For just five pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, one could rent a stall, which was indeed a unique and ingenious design.

  Tie Niu and Dong Fang arrived at the trading scene, both of them were extremely curious. They didn't have the same opportunity as Chu Yi to communicate with Bai Qi, a "killing god" from thousands of years ago. Their experience was far inferior to his. Looking around, they saw that the 400 mid-grade spirit stones in their storage bags, which would be considered a huge fortune in Huayun Mine, seemed so insignificant here.

  Fortunately, both of them were still in a good mood. They couldn't afford to buy anything, but looking was okay. Especially Dongfang Ruo, with an innocent smile on his face, would humbly ask others for advice whenever he saw something new and interesting. Even if people knew he wasn't going to buy it, they were happy to chat with him for a few sentences. His innate affability made people feel as comfortable as a spring breeze. If he were alive today, he would definitely be a PR expert.

  Chu Yi wandered around the trading floor for a while, and indeed saw many satisfactory items. However, due to the previous purchase of "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" with 8,000 spirit stones, Chu Yi now had only about 5,000 spirit stones left on him. The purpose of this trip was to buy some extremely rare spiritual material seeds, which must be the kind that would be worth a fortune once they took shape.

  Apart from that, Chu Yi was also thinking of collecting a batch of elixirs. His cultivation consumed too much energy and without sufficient elixirs on hand, if he were to reach a critical moment in his cultivation and run out of spiritual elixirs, it would not be something Chu Yi would like to see happen.

  These five thousand mid-grade spirit stones would be a huge sum of money for others, especially for those who had just entered the sect, but for Chu Yi, it was really not enough to spend.

  However, Chu Yi was also well-prepared and had Tie Niu and Dongfang Ruo wander around the trading floor separately before finding an empty stall and renting it out with five pieces of low-grade spirit stones.

  Chu Yi took out three jade boxes from the Qiankun storage bag and opened one of them, inside which was placed a two-thousand-year-old ginseng of superior quality.

  People came and went in the trading hall, although Chu Yi's stall was relatively remote, but like the two-thousand-year-old fire-baked ginseng, it was still easy to attract people to stop and ask for prices.

  "How much for this ginseng, fellow student?"

  "Seven thousand mid-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for 400 'Three Yang Rebirth Pills'."

  "That's fair enough." The one asking the price was a cyan-robed man who had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and upon hearing this, he nodded slightly. He took out 70 high-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and said: "I'll take this ginseng."

  Chu Yi smiled and took over the Ling stone, handing it to the man in green clothes. Before he left, Chu Yi opened the second jade box on the stall, and inside was actually another 2,000-year-old ginseng.

  The two-thousand-year-old ginseng sold by Chu Yi is not extremely rare, but due to the huge demand for alchemy, it has become a scarce and precious material.

  The Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect spans thousands of miles, such a sacred mountain and blessed land, unknowingly nourishing the growth of countless spiritual materials. If one's luck is good enough, discovering a wild ginseng forest isn't a particularly difficult task, and picking three to five stalks of over 2,000-year-old old ginseng with excellent fire properties wouldn't be too hard either.

  The man in blue also thought so, and didn't show any surprise. He opened his mouth again: "Young brother, how many old ginseng of this fire level do you have? I'll take them all."

  Chu Yi's face revealed a hint of a smile as he raised three fingers.

  "Counting the one I've already bought, that makes three... " The man in green clothes said with some disappointment.

  Chu Yi slightly shook his head, but the man in green clothes was delighted: "Thirty stalks, not bad, enough for me to refine a furnace of elixir. This trip can be considered not in vain."

  However, when he saw Chu Yi still smiling and shaking his head, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he added, "Little brother, you mean... three hundred strains... You're not joking with me, are you?"

  "It's exactly three hundred stalks. If Shixiong takes them all, it would save me a lot of trouble. Give me a whole number, twenty million mid-grade spirit stones will do."

  A few days ago, Chu Yi moved a patch of ginseng from the Medicine Garden to the Hongmeng Space and watered it with the Source Water's mother. Three days later, he matured the ginseng in the field, which was only about 300 years old, to 2,000 years old.

  However, after that, Chu Yi found that continuing to water them had no effect on these ginsengs. The over 300 old ginsengs in the field returned to their normal growth rate.

  It seems that bringing spiritual materials to maturity at a two-thousand-year-old fire level is the greatest effect that the mother of the original water can exert nowadays.

  As for the utilization of Yuanmu's mother, it is not possible to make it public. Yuanmu's mother is the spiritual root of Hongmeng, and can bear hundreds of spiritual fruits, open thousands of spiritual flowers, and spread tens of thousands of spiritual grasses. If used for personal purposes, it would be fine, but if taken out to sell, Chuyi worries that someone with superior insight will discover the flaws within, which would not be beneficial for himself, a person with shallow cultivation yet possessing precious treasures.

  The man in green saw Chu Yi take out 300 two-thousand-year-old ginseng with three hundred years of fire, and his eyes were filled with surprise and curiosity.

  However, he was also a person who had been in the sect for some time and knew what to ask and what not to ask. He took out nearly half of the spiritual stones needed for refining the elixir and handed them all over to Chu Yi, then smiled and said: "This junior brother, I don't know how to address you?"

  "Pure and elegant, refined and leisurely."

  "Jun Feng Peak......" The man in green robes exclaimed, "The master of Jun Feng Peak is actually Qing Yangzi's Shifu, are you his disciple?"

  "That's right."

  Chu Yi smiled and said: "Money and goods are clear, I don't know how to address you, senior brother?"

  The man in the green robe looked at Chu Yi with interest, took out a cyan jade token and handed it to him: "I live on Tian Ding Peak, Song Dan Yi, under the tutelage of Ling Yang Zi. If you have time, come visit me sometime. If you have a large quantity of spiritual materials for sale, I can give you a good price."

  "Tian Ding Peak, Ling Yang Zi..."

  Chu Yixin silently thought to herself, also secretly marveling: "Among the 108 peaks of our sect, if we're talking about the strongest, it should be Tian Ding Peak without a doubt. Apart from the reason that Ling Yangzi is one of the six Yuan Ying Zun in the 108 peaks, it's also because there are over a hundred disciples under Tian Ding Peak, among whom Bai Qianyu, Ling Yangzi's first disciple, has already reached the ninth boundary of Leng Jing and will definitely be able to advance to become a strong personal disciple within a few years."

  After taking the Qingyu token, Chu Yi sent Song Dani away and thought about the possibility of continuing to cooperate with him in business. He couldn't help but shake his head slightly, "Because my cultivation is not enough, I can't refine Dan, so I directly sell spiritual materials to obtain initial funds. Until I reach the fusion period, first- and second-grade spiritual pills can be refined, but how can they compare to being self-sufficient? It seems that there is no opportunity to use this Qingyu token."

  Just as Chu Yi was lost in thought, Tie Niu rushed over with a worried look on his face and said, "Brother Chu, come quick, Xiao Ruo is being bullied by someone."