Chapter 44 I'm Back

There are many people like Liu Ruyin in the Merchant Alliance who are responsible for trading with cultivators. Although they receive a monthly salary, the salary is not high and cannot meet their cultivation needs.

The tips from customers are one of their additional sources of income. Of course, people like Liu Ruyin who are willing to lower their status to serve customers are another way to make money.

The people in the Merchant Alliance are all from casual cultivators. They were poor before entering the Merchant Alliance. They know the cruelty of this cultivation world and the difficulty of survival better than any cultivator, so serving customers is not something difficult to accept. It is all forced by life.

Walking out of the Tianji Merchant Alliance, Lu Ye sighed.

He originally wanted to ask if those storage bags could be sold, but Liu Ruyin made him forget it.

It’s not good to go back, so he can only wait until next time. He originally planned to set off and go to the Bixue Sect’s residence, but now it seems that there is no need to rush.

There are some good things on hand, and digesting them completely and transforming them into your own cultivation is the right way. The higher the cultivation, the safer the road will be.

As for staying in the Tianji Business Alliance, Lu Ye did not consider it. He was short of money at the moment. The price of a spiritual stone for one night seemed not much, but if he had to stay for many days, it would be a huge expense.

With four spiritual stones left in his hand, Lu Ye found a pill shop according to his memory during the day, spent two spiritual stones to buy two soul pills, and then came to the street where he set up a stall during the day again.

He took a few pieces of ore from the storage bag and put them on the table. Lu Ye sat cross-legged and took out another spiritual stone.

This was the first time he got a spiritual stone. This thing can assist in cultivation.

Lu Ye had tried to practice with drugs. Now he wanted to try to practice with the help of spiritual stones to compare and see how efficient it was. If the efficiency was good, he would not have to spend spiritual stones to buy spiritual pills in the future.

Although he had never practiced with spiritual stones, he had seen pigs run even though he had never eaten pork. During the day, he saw many stall owners here, selling things while practicing with a spiritual stone in hand, and they were very leisurely.

Now that he has learned and practiced, Lu Ye has discovered a benefit of practicing with spirit stones.

That is, you can interrupt your practice at any time, unlike taking a spirit pill, where the pill power will dissolve in the abdomen. If you don't guide it in time, it will cause the pill power to accumulate.

It's different to practice with spirit stones. If you encounter something, you can just interrupt your practice without any impact.

This street is also very lively at night. From time to time, there are cultivators coming to ask for prices. Lu Ye handles it as he did during the day, and surprisingly made a deal. One of the ore was sold for five spirit stones.

When it was dawn, Lu Ye stopped practicing this time, opened his palm to look at the spirit stone, which only shrunk a little. Then he looked at the spiritual power increased in his tenth orifice, and Lu Ye frowned slightly.

After a night of trial, he came to several conclusions.

It is safer to practice with spirit stones than with spirit pills. First, the practice process can be interrupted at any time, and second, there will be no hidden dangers in practicing with spirit stones. This is the same as swallowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

But the efficiency is far less than swallowing spirit pills.

Perhaps it was because of his talent that it was difficult to guide the spiritual energy into his body. Lu Ye felt that according to his cultivation efficiency, he would have to practice for several days without sleep to consume a spiritual stone.

Other cultivators might be more efficient, but they were definitely not as efficient as taking spiritual pills.

As for the cost performance...

The value of a spiritual stone is basically the same as that of a soul-enriching pill. The spiritual power that can be increased after consuming a spiritual stone is roughly the same as that of consuming a soul-enriching pill, so the cost performance is similar.

After this test, Lu Ye understood why everyone needed to exchange spiritual stones for pills to practice. In terms of efficiency, taking spiritual pills is indeed more efficient, and naturally more popular.

It was getting light, and Lu Ye closed his stall and walked out of the market.

Since he didn't want to spend money staying in the Tianji Business Alliance, he could only find another place.

He was going to return to the cave he had in Qingyun Mountain before, which was relatively safe and he would not be disturbed when practicing.

The reason why he didn't leave at night was mainly because it was unsafe to travel at night.

Before leaving, he spent two more spirit stones to buy a lot of food. Hunting in the mountains takes a lot of time, and there are not many beasts in that area.

He counted his current assets, 47 soul-enriching pills, five low-grade spirit stones, nearly 30 spirit talismans, six healing pills, nearly 30 large and small magnetic ores, and some ores that Lu Ye couldn't name, and four sets of clothes.

Compared with when he first entered the Lingxi battlefield, his assets were almost the same, but his cultivation level was greatly improved.

Lu Ye believed that if he could transform all these things in his hands into strength, he might be able to advance to several levels of Lingxi.

However, this kind of thing can't be rushed, and it has to be done slowly.

There are many cultivators coming in and out of the market, most of them travel together, and there are also lone wolves like Lu Ye, who are all casual cultivators who are not loved by their grandmothers or uncles.

When Lu Ye left the market, it was just before dawn. He was alone, so he had to be more careful.

After successfully entering Qingyun Mountain, Lu Ye ran all the way, deliberately making several detours to make sure no one was following him, and then he followed the road out of the mountain.

Before noon, Lu Ye rushed back to his previous cave.

To his surprise, there was movement in the cave. He carefully went in, holding a talisman in his hand, ready to go. He took a closer look and his nose was almost crooked with anger.

In the cave, a snow-white figure was lying on the ground and snoring. Who else could it be but Da Hu?

Yiyi floated out from Dahu's forehead and met Lu Ye's eyes. The scene was a little awkward.

"What are you doing in my house?" Lu Ye asked.

Yiyi also asked: "Didn't you leave?"

"I'm back again!"

A moment later, Dahu's sturdy figure rushed out of the cave, turned back and roared at Lu Ye. On Dahu's head, Yiyi was very angry and gnashed her teeth: "Big liar! Unfaithful and righteous!"

"Get out!" Lu Ye's shout came from the cave.

After driving away the spirit and tiger who occupied the magpie's nest, Lu Ye ate something and entered the state of cultivation.

He first took out the two soul-enriching pills he bought with spirit stones, took one of them, and after the pill power was dissolved in the abdomen, guided the spiritual power into the spiritual orifice.

The spiritual power of the tenth orifice slowly accumulated.

After the power of a soul-enriching pill was completely consumed, Lu Ye opened his eyes and found a problem. The effect of the soul-enriching pill he bought from the market seemed not as good as those given to him by the headmaster. The difference was not too big, but there was indeed a difference. This could be inferred from the spiritual power accumulated in his own spiritual orifices.

He did not stop and took another soul-enriching pill. After the power of the pill was completely consumed, he became more certain of this result.

Then he took out the soul-enriching pill he got from the Tianji Business Alliance and took it.

After a comparison, he finally came to a conclusion that Liu Ruyin did not lie to him. The soul-enriching pills in the Tianji Business Alliance were indeed better than those sold outside, and were equivalent to those given to him by the headmaster.

In this way, he did not spend money in vain. If he wants to buy spiritual pills in the future, he still has to go to the Tianji Business Alliance. At least the quality is guaranteed.