Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Collectibles

As they were talking, the boat suddenly moved. Everyone felt that the boat was rising into the air, and they couldn't help but walk to the window to look out.

I saw the big ship gradually rising into the clouds, layers of milky white clouds surging outside the ship's side. The disciples of Xuantian Sect standing on the deck had their clothes fluttering, as if they would fly away with the wind at any time.

As the ship flew faster and faster, although the people did not feel any bumps, they could clearly see that the red sun was getting closer and closer to them. The snow-white sails were constantly fluttering in the strong wind, and the golden sunlight made the ebony hull even more shiny.

The dark black flags atop the twelve masts fluttered in the wind, and the snow-white cursive script above them danced like dragons and snakes. The clouds ahead were unceremoniously split by the ship's bow, forming billowing waves on both sides of the ship. The whistling wind sounded like the majestic roar of the giant dragon head at the bow.

Everyone was mesmerized by the scene. Even Yun Miao, who had been on a plane before, was stunned by the scene for a moment and stood in front of the window for a long time.

Unfortunately, the wind was too strong, not only making everyone's hair fly, but also making their faces hurt.

Tan Xiaobai quickly rubbed his face and sat back in his original position. Yun Miao didn't feel any pain, but seeing that everyone else had left one after another, she closed the window and sat back in her original position, raising her hand to take the snacks on the lacquer tray.

Because the cakes on the lacquer plate were stacked in a pyramid shape, after she took away the piece of osmanthus cake at the top, the osmanthus cake directly below it was revealed.

There was nothing special about this, except that there was a slight glimmer on the newly exposed osmanthus cake. This was the collectible sign she had been looking for for a long time!

Yun Miao was stunned for a moment, then picked up the glowing osmanthus cake with his free left hand and stared at it intently for three seconds.

[Osmanthus Cake]: Contains a small amount of spiritual energy, but its function is unknown.

She looked at the non-glowing osmanthus cake in her right hand again.

【Osmanthus Cake】: Ordinary osmanthus cake, can provide some satiety.

Yun Miao had a guess in his mind. "Asking the Three Thousand Questions" is a game of cultivating immortals. Could it be that the collectible objects here refer to all items that contain spiritual energy?

She first ate the ordinary osmanthus cake in one bite, which as expected only increased her satiety. Then she ate the osmanthus cake that contained a small amount of spiritual energy in one bite, and the next second a system prompt box appeared in front of her.

[Constitution +1]

Wow, it’s a noble food that permanently adds attributes!

Yun Miao immediately rummaged through the lacquer tray in front of him, trying to find another one.

Huo Xin saw her messing up the pastries in the lacquer tray, with her hands full of crumbs, and immediately tried to grab her dirty hands with a headache.

"Yun Miao, why are you making such a fuss instead of just sitting still?"

"I just found something great, it's strange... why is it gone?"

Yun Miao nimbly dodged Huo Xin's grabbing hand, then stretched out his hand to drag the lacquer tray in front of Tan Xiaobai and rummaged through it again. Finally, he happily held up a piece of plum blossom cake and showed it to everyone.

"This is it, look!"

Tan Xiaobai was puzzled: "It seems to be no different from other plum blossom cakes."

Huo Xin warned: "Yun Miao, food is for eating, not for playing with."

Yun Miao devoured the plum cake in one gulp, his cheeks puffed out as he said, "Of course it's different. It contains spiritual energy."

[Constitution +1]

"Huh?"

The lame old woman standing on the watchtower glanced sideways, her wide robe sleeves fluttering in the strong wind.

Her spiritual awareness had been covering the entire immortal boat, and she was aware of everyone's movements on board. So she immediately recognized the little girl who had discovered the pastry clues as the young girl in green who had embarrassed Tian Laokou not long ago.

Inside the cabin, Yun Miao had already sorted through all the pastries in the room. There were twelve tables in total, with three plates of pastries placed on each table. Each plate of pastries contained only one piece of pastry containing spiritual energy.

Excluding the two pieces she had eaten, there were thirty-four pieces left. Yun Miao piled them all on a lacquer plate and generously distributed the cakes to Huo Xin and others.

"Huo Xin gets one, I get one. Lao Guan gets one, I get one. Gao Zhu gets one, I get one. Tan Xiaobai gets one, I get one, I get one, ah, I get one..."

"Okay, everyone, hurry up and eat. If there's not enough, I'll go get some from other rooms later."

Yun Miao clapped her hands, and the cake crumbs fell like snowflakes onto the hair and legs of Huo Xin who was sitting next to her.

Huo Xin's eyebrows twitched, and her hand holding the teacup tightened silently. However, before she could say anything, an old and smiling voice suddenly sounded in the room.

"Among those who came to learn from me this time, there are many Qi Refining cultivators with profound family backgrounds and who have already absorbed Qi into their bodies. I never thought that it would be a mortal girl like you, with your Purple Palace still unopened and no trace of cultivation on your body, who would take the top spot. It's really interesting."

"These are the cakes you found that have been added with the Pure Body Pill Powder. Although eating them can strengthen the body, each person can only eat three of these cakes at most. Remember not to eat more than that."

Yun Miao recognized the voice of the lame old woman. She looked around but saw no one. She asked tentatively, "Will I be kicked off the boat if I eat too much?"

Ge Yan: "That's not the case. These pill powders come from the waste body cleansing pills that the Danfeng Peak Master made before. The people in Baiweitang saw that they used only the best natural materials and treasures, and there was still some medicinal properties left in the waste pills, so they took them and recycled them."

"A small amount is good for you, but too much will give you diarrhea. It's best for a young girl like you not to try it casually."

Yun Miao muttered, "It's just diarrhea..."

As long as it can increase attributes, what’s there to be afraid of just diarrhea?

The old voice paused, then said calmly, "First, the belly exploded, then the floodgates opened and released the torrent. The torrent plummeted three thousand feet. The east wind was weak, and the flowers withered. The whole city was covered in golden armor..."

Someone in the room gasped, and Tan Xiaobai and others leaned back and silently moved away from the pastries on the table.

Huo Xin frowned and held Yun Miao's hand: "Don't worry, Elder, I will definitely keep an eye on her."

Yun Miao: "I protest, why are you only staring at me!"

Huo Xin sneered: "People who pick poisonous mushrooms to eat in the middle of the night have no right to protest!"

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[Osmanthus Cake]: Contains a small amount of spiritual energy. Eating it can help strengthen the body, but the bonus effect has an upper limit. It can only be eaten three times at most to increase three points of physical fitness.

Yun Miao picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and was not surprised by the change in the prompt box information. She discovered last night that the information in the prompt box seemed to change with the player's cognition.

For example, the [Unknown Spider Venom Gland] and [Unknown Spider Silk Gland] in her bag were automatically changed to [Ghost Back Spider Venom Gland] and [Ghost Back Spider Silk Gland] after Grandma Hua's narration.

In addition, a lit ghost-back spider icon suddenly appeared on the illustrated book function of the system panel - a virtual book called "Encyclopedia of the Cultivation World". Click on the icon to see the introduction of the ghost-back spider that Grandma Hua said.

[Ghostback Spider]: Juvenile…Adult…Adult female Ghostback Spider…

Yun Miao ate the osmanthus cake and successfully increased his physical fitness to 83. He then reluctantly pushed the cake piled up in front of him to others.

After eating, everyone else closed their eyes and tried to feel it, but unfortunately, only Tan Xiaobai noticed a slight increase in spiritual energy in his body.

Guan Dahai couldn't help feeling a little frustrated, but Huo Xin explained calmly.

"The first hurdle for mortals cultivating immortality is to absorb Qi into the body, using external spiritual energy to break through the Dantian. From then on, a cycle will begin within the body, transforming the external spiritual energy into spiritual power that can be directly activated and stored in the Dantian. Only then can it be considered a breakthrough to the first level of the Qi Refining Realm."

"Only after years of hard training, a cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage can break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and condense his spiritual consciousness in the center between his eyebrows, that is, in the Purple Palace. The elder just now must have communicated with us through spiritual consciousness."

"Spiritual consciousness is like a cultivator's third eye. It can be used to see the spiritual energy contained in all things and see another world in this world."

"So it's normal for us to be like this now. It's rare for someone like Yun Miao to be able to sense changes in the external spiritual energy before even practicing."

Tan Xiaobai nodded repeatedly. "Absorbing Qi into the body is difficult. Even with the guidance of my elders, it still took me a full month to successfully draw Qi. It took me another two months to break through the Dantian and condense a trace of spiritual power, thus truly breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm."

"It's embarrassing to say this. I reached the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm at the age of sixteen. People at home often praised my exceptional talent, and I couldn't help but feel complacent and proud after hearing it so often. Now I realize that there are always people better than you, and there really is truth to that."

As he spoke, he leaned forward, resting his hands on the table, and smiled at Yun Miao in a flattering manner, showing his small fangs.

"Although Master Yun is only a mortal now, I see in you the aura of a transcendent master! This must be what the storybooks say about a son: he is definitely not an ordinary person, but has the potential of a latent dragon in the abyss. He will surely make a stunning debut in the future! Soaring to the sky!"

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just think of this young talent, a child of destiny. I'm sure even the world's largest sect, Xuantian Sect, would be eager to accept you, Master Yun, as a disciple!"

"Master Yun, it's fate that we met here. Master Yun, are you still in need of friends? Good friends, when you become rich and powerful, don't forget each other!"

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Player: A magical creature that doesn't run home when it rains, but picks up things on the ground to eat.