Chapter 131: Spirit Stones and Spirit Talismans
The other was a more popular way, using something called “Spirit Stones” as a trading currency to buy and sell items amongst Immortal Cultivators.
As the name suggests, a “spirit stone” is a stone filled with the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, and the spiritual qi it contains is extremely beneficial to Immortal Cultivators.
If you absorb the spiritual qi in the stone when you meditate and practice, it will make the speed of cultivation become amazing. After all, the cultivator himself absorbs and refines the scattered spiritual qi, and the pure spiritual qi is right beside you, letting you absorb and extract it as you like, which are two different things.
But the biggest effect of the spirit stone is not here. Its main use was in the consumption of formations and spells.
Is a high-level spell formation successful or not? How effective is it? Often depends on the effectiveness of the spirit stone it uses, a good spirit stone not only ensures the success of the formation, but also a substantial increase in power.
And the number of spirit stones consumed to cast a spell is far above the application of the spell formation. Because the level and effectiveness of the spells that an Immortal Cultivator can perform are generally based on his own mana cultivation, it is unlikely that he can perform super-level spells just by himself, so the spirit stones become the best mana increase.
If an Immortal Cultivator can hold a Spirit Stone in his hand when performing a powerful spell, the Spirit Qi inside the stone will constantly replenish the lost Mana when the Cultivator performs the spell, and can support the Cultivator in forcing the originally unusable spell to be performed.
Therefore, Spirit Stones have become an excellent choice for Immortal Cultivators to fight against the strong and overcome the strong with the weak, and they are also the best supplements to restore the original strength immediately after the great loss of mana, which can greatly increase their chances of survival in the fight.
With so many practical and incredible effects, spirit stones have naturally increased their value all the way up.
However, with the huge depletion of Spirit Stones, over-exploitation of Spirit Stones and the increasing scarcity of Spirit Stones veins, in today’s Immortal Cultivation World, Spirit Stones have gradually become precious luxuries, the best guarantee for Immortal Cultivators’ transactions, and the exclusive currency in circulation for Immortal Cultivators, and have also jointly set out the specifications of Spirit Stones and a detailed division of their grades.
According to the amount of spiritual power contained in the spirit stone, it is divided into four classes, including low grade spirit stone, middle grade spirit stone, high grade spirit stone, super grade spirit stone, and according to the different spiritual power attributes contained in the spirit stone, the spirit stone can also be divided into the five elements of the spirit stone such as gold spirit stone, wood spirit stone, water spirit stone, earth spirit stone, fire spirit stone, etc., and in addition there are also some rare rare attributes of the spirit stone such as the wind spirit stone, thunder spirit stone, etc., which are, of course, even more scarce.
Han Li didn’t have half a piece of something as good as a spirit stone.
He thought he didn’t have any exchangeable items on him either, so he started out with the idea of opening his eyes, so leisurely looking east and west all the way down.
Although Han Li’s appearance was bland and unhurried, there were really many things on these stalls that made him greatly enamored and extremely moved.
Other than that, let’s just talk about the dozens and dozens of blank talisman papers that were present at each stall! Although these things were quite ordinary, they were one of the items that Han Li currently needed the most.
Although Han Li did not yet know what the several levels and orders of this talisman paper represented, and what specific differences there were, he also knew that his current strength, that the primary lower order of the talisman paper would certainly be enough for him to perform the “Fixed Spirit Technique” with.
So if he can get some talisman paper, then he can immediately have one more spell to utilize, so that his strength will immediately increase by one point.
Of course, in addition to the talisman paper, those what “thunder fire talisman” “fire dragon talisman” “huge power talisman” and other various kinds of spiritual talisman, also make Han Li quite moved.
Even Han Li also in front of an inconspicuous stall, saw a and his own that can put out a gold cover charm exactly the same spirit talisman, next to the price tag written on the board is very clear: Vajra talisman, metallic primary middle-order defense talisman, valued at nine low-ranking spirit stones.
Han Li, who had wandered through so many stalls, had a certain understanding of the price of these talismans. A dozen primary lower-order blank talismans could be purchased for one low-order spirit stone, while the refined primary lower-order talismans, depending on the type of spell, were sold for one to two low-order spirit stones respectively.
As for the primary middle-order spirit talisman, it immediately doubled a few times, being sold to six to ten spirit stones, and on the defensive spirit talisman to be so much more expensive than the offensive one.
Since he had the same item, Han Li naturally had to keep an eye out for it.
After carefully observing the diamond talisman on the stall, he found that the aura of the talisman was much more abundant than the one in his arms, and it was obviously a new product that had not yet been used, whereas it was estimated that he could only sell up to one-third of the price of the old one.
After coming to such a conclusion, Han Li smiled bitterly, it seemed that among these Immortal Cultivators, he was really a pauper, he couldn’t help but touch the items on his body, and suddenly his heart stirred, thinking of the Spiritual Symbol with a small sword painted on it within his arms.
Although he didn’t know the name of that talisman yet, Han Li believed that it was definitely above the value of the Vajra Talisman.
Thinking of this, Han Li began to pay attention to the various stalls, keeping an eye out for whether or not they were selling the same spiritual talisman as the talisman with the small sword drawn on it.
But sadly, he still didn’t see any similar items after turning around multiple stalls. Instead, at a place surrounded by five or six Immortal Cultivators at the same time, he found someone selling a Primary High Grade Spiritual Talisman.
The sign next to the talisman read: “Flying Talisman” Wind Attribute Elementary Upper Order Flight Talisman, worth thirty Spirit Stones of lower order, or exchange for an elixir of the same value to strengthen one’s vitality and cultivate one’s capital.
As soon as Han Li saw this sign, his heart was stunned.
Knowing that after turning around so many stalls, this was still the first upper-order primary spirit talisman he had seen, he couldn’t help but watch it attentively, and sure enough, the spirit qi on that talisman was incredibly dense, not comparable to the lower-middle-order spirit talismans he had seen before.
”Twenty spirit stones, change or not?” A barefooted, horse-faced man who was gathered around to watch, couldn’t help but open his mouth.
The owner of this stall, a shrewd youth with a straw hat on his head, pointed his finger at the sign and stopped paying attention to this man.
”It’s just a flight talisman, it’s not an offensive or defensive spirit talisman, twenty is quite a lot!” The horse-faced man who made the bid, said unwillingly.
”Hmph! If it’s really an attack or defense spirit talisman, would I sell it for only thirty pieces? Without fifty dollars, I won’t even let you look at it! If you want to take advantage, go elsewhere! I’m not welcome here.” The youth finally spoke coldly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he infuriated the hanyou to the point where his face turned red.
”Good brat! I, Qin Ye Ridge Ye Bao, will remember you, so if you have the guts to finish the conference, let’s have a good sparring session.” The horse-faced man said furiously.
”Qin Yeling,” Han Li was originally watching happily from the sidelines with a smile on his face, when he suddenly heard the name of this place, his heart was startled.
”Isn’t that the place of origin that the midget he killed said he came from? Although I don’t know the truth or falsehood of what that gnome said, since this Han claimed to be a member of the Ye family, he should still be careful!”
Thinking of this, Han Li subconsciously took a few steps back and quietly left the place, going to the front of the next stall. However, the words written on that sign about exchanging solidifying and cultivating pills were put into his heart.
He remembered that he still had a lot of unused “Yellow Dragon Pills” and “Golden Marrow Pills”, and wondered if they met the youth’s requirements, so he would wait until there were fewer people and then go and ask again! If it really succeeds, he will have some capital to exchange for some of the items he needs.
Han Li pondered here, looked back at the youth’s stall, but found that Ye Bao was no longer there, did not know where to go. Among the remaining few, another person pulled out a bottle and handed it to the youth.
The youth opened the bottle, sniffed it, then gently shook his head and returned the bottle to its owner. The original owner of the bottle had to leave with a look of regret, while several others seemed to be with this person and also left immediately afterward, and now the front of the stall was empty.
When Han Li saw this, his heart was secretly happy, so he slowly paced and returned to the front of the youth’s stall. The youth, seeing Han Li, was slightly stunned, obviously recognizing him as someone who had just come once.
Han Li, however, didn’t care to smile at the youth and said, “I have two types of medicines, let’s see if they fit your requirements?”
After saying that, he took out two small porcelain bottles, one green and one blue, and placed them in front of the man.
Without any nonsense, the youth reached out and took the two bottles in his hands, opening the lids one by one. Then he brought his nose close to the mouth of the bottles and sniffed them vigorously respectively, with a thoughtful look on his face.
The youth pondered for a moment before not replying immediately, but gently placed the porcelain bottles back in front of Han Li.
”Well?” Han Li blinked and asked.
”To be honest, the pills in these two bottles of yours are that much better than what the previous few people showed me, but they’re still not quite enough for me.” The youth hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and refused.