CHAPTER 137: 0104 HE IS DETERMINED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS (TWO-IN-ONE)

In the East Wing, Miss Yun sat with her body leaning to one side, supporting her face with one hand, quietly cultivating her energy, gathering Spiritual Qi in her heart...

Time passed, and the Spiritual Qi in the room gathered, manifesting in various colors.

Shi Qingjun, a bit bored, selected the Water Attribute Spiritual Qi from among them, transforming the environment into a concentration that allowed Water Attribute cultivators to remain comfortable.

"Thud, thud..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of boots stomping on the wooden stairs, coming closer, from faint to clear.

Xu Chang’an arrived.

Shi Qingjun’s brow twitched, she withdrew her cultivation technique and opened her eyes, her pair of azure eyes squinted, and she said to Xu Chang’an, who had just pushed open the door and come upstairs, "Junior brother, have you finished your work?"

Xu Chang’an nodded.

Shi Qingjun illuminated the White Jade Platform in front of her, waving her hand to conjure a light screen, and said, "Are you here to buy something?"

Xu Chang’an walked over, handed over his Steward Order, and said, "Reporting to Senior Sister, I need some items."

"Coming to the Steward Hall, you must be looking for things that ordinary disciples have no right to exchange for?" Shi Qingjun took Xu Chang’an’s token, pressed it against the platform, and glanced at him curiously, wondering what he wanted to exchange for.

Elixirs and talismans to consolidate the Open Source Realm?

The price of such things... by the rules, is not something that Xu Chang’an, who became an Outer Sect Steward by chance, could afford. It seems that someone like him, an "ordinary disciple," can only barely earn enough Contribution Points to exchange for restorative medicines or one-time items like Demon-Exorcising Talismans.

Speaking of serious matters, Xu Chang’an became much more earnest, recalling Wen Li’s words, he said, "Senior Sister, is there anything left in the hall recently that can directly increase Spiritual Power, something very gentle that even those without cultivation can take?"

"Directly increase Spiritual Power?" Shi Qingjun heard this, and her smile froze on her face.

What was he talking about?

There indeed exist some Miracle Elixirs in the world that can be directly absorbed by people, skipping the arduous steps of cultivation, sending Spiritual Power into the Elixir Field to impact the Mystic Passage, thus quickly expanding the Elixir Field’s capacity and meridian width.

Commonly known as elixirs that directly increase cultivation.

However, generally speaking, such medicines that directly increase cultivation usually have side effects. For someone like Wen Li at that realm, containing such vast Spiritual Power from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures... after ingesting them, it could take years to absorb fully.

Elixirs with side effects are diverse.

And the peaceful items without side effects contain pathetically little Spiritual Power. Basically, by the time one reaches the Open Source Realm, the effect of consuming such items becomes negligible, under standard aptitude, only slightly faster than cultivating on one’s own. If one’s natural inspiration is better, self-cultivation after reaching the Open Source Realm would be faster than taking elixirs.

But even so, disciples with the foundation still use elixirs to pile up the first two realms, after all, no side effects also save time.

And the Qi Refining Realm is, after all, a process of Spiritual Power refining the body, so using such methods doesn’t really destabilize the foundation.

So, the kind of treasure Xu Chang’an mentioned that increases Spiritual Power... is not very effective, yet not cheap at all, mostly unavailable on the market. Basically, as soon as a batch emerges from the Hundred Herbs Garden, it gets bought up immediately to be used for juniors.

Only some internal Steward Hall herbs are sold to their disciples at very low prices.

Would Xu Chang’an need such things?

Isn’t he the slowest, most methodical type?

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"Junior brother, cultivation emphasizes gradual progress. If you have Contribution Points, it’s better to buy some talismans." Shi Qingjun reminded Xu Chang’an.

She had a peculiar expression on her face.

To think, she had just quelled her own urgency to ascend to immortality from Xu Chang’an, and now he had changed his grounded demeanor?

"Besides, your natural talent is obviously quite good, that commotion when cultivating... ahem, it’s not bad at all." Shi Qingjun thought, given Xu Chang’an’s cultivation efficiency, the Spiritual Power he absorbs in one night is equivalent to the annual spirit grass yield of the Hundred Herbs Garden.

If it weren’t for Xu Chang’an transforming other attribute Spiritual Power into Water Attribute, causing an extremely low efficiency, his current liquid Spiritual Power stock... would have already reached a terrifying level.

"My talent?" Xu Chang’an heard this and shook his head.

That’s given by the system after all.

However, he also realized that the Senior Sister Shi in front of him... hadn’t really worked in the Steward Hall much; she was truly here to cover a shift.

One must know by the rules, for whatever he needed, Shi Qingjun should directly tell him if there were any, how many Contribution Points, or Spirit Stones it would require.

This way of still giving advice, doesn’t strictly adhere to the rules.

But there’s no choice, since he already knew she was a rule-ignorant senior sister, it’s best to go along with her.

Xu Chang’an thought about it, deciding he still had some matters he wanted to consult with her, and said in detail, "Senior Sister, it’s not for me."

"Not for you?" Shi Qingjun was startled, then realized, and said in surprise, "Your wife?"

"It’s Miss Yun," Xu Chang’an nodded.

"You call your own wife... Miss Yun?" Shi Qingjun was stunned again, looking at Xu Chang’an in confusion.

"Just a habit."

Xu Chang’an was quite helpless, thinking that he couldn’t even call a more intimate title in front of Yun Qian, let alone in front of others.

"Acting respectful like strangers?" Shi Qingjun felt peculiar, "Forget it, the little fun between you two as a couple, nobody can intervene."

Because that Miss Yun’s behavior was overly normal, coupled with Xu Chang’an being overly abnormal, she almost forgot that Xu Chang’an had a wife.

Yun Qian is a Chaoyun disciple and is also about to begin her cultivation.