Chapter 275: Money Should Be Spended Where It Matters
Qudan City.
The largest city at the foot of Danshanzong Mountain.
Qu Dan is a seventh-level elixir.
Except for the three major cities in Danyu, all other cities are named after elixirs.
After Chu Ning arrived in Qudan City, he did not rush to Dan Tower, but began to stroll around the market town of Qudan City.
He has been in Danyu for more than four hundred years, but he has never had a good visit to the market.
When I went to Dan City, I was going to participate in the rookie competition. Not to mention going to the market town, I didn't even know where the market town was.
"Yang's Alchemy Pavilion, Li's Medicine Building..."
Entering the market town of Qudan City, the first thing Chu Ning saw were the alchemy pavilions and pharmacies that filled the streets.
As for the Dan Domain, elixirs are its specialty, which Chu Ning can understand.
In the past, China was not a major pharmaceutical country, but the streets were full of pharmacies, one every hundred meters. They would often give away eggs when spending over 75 yuan, which really made buying medicines free.
Soon, Chu Ning saw the sect’s pharmacy.
"Danshan Sect's medicine shop!"
Compared to the pharmacy I saw before, the sect's pharmacy was a level higher in scale, and there were many cultivators coming in and out, but most of them were Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators. As for Nascent Soul cultivators, I didn't see a single one.
In the Dan Domain, although Nascent Soul cultivators cannot be called powerful ones, they are not everywhere and are all high-level members of secondary forces.
After a while, Chu Ning walked into Wanzhen Pavilion, a shop that sold things related to formations.
When Chu Ning stepped into the door, a green light lit up at the counter inside the door. The waiter who was standing at the counter boredly saw the light, his pupils shrank, and he hurried over to greet him.
"Senior, are you going to buy a formation?"
The waiter's actions and the green light did not escape Chu Ning's eyes. As a master of formations, Chu Ning understood what was going on.
When he stepped into the threshold of Wanzhen Pavilion, he felt a stream of energy sweeping through his body. This was the energy of the formation.
Wanzhen Pavilion arranged a formation at the entrance. In addition to protecting the entire store, it also scans the realm of those who come in.
The waiter was so excited because he knew that he was a Nascent Soul expert.
"Well, what formations do you have here?"
"Senior, this is the formation we currently have in our store. If you have any special needs, you can tell us what you need and we will customize it."
The rules are similar to those of the one that sold the formation in Xiyue Sect.
Chu Ning took the jade slip handed over by the waiter and put his spiritual consciousness into it. After a while, he withdrew his spiritual consciousness, with a thoughtful look on his face.
The Wanzhen Pavilion is worthy of its name. There are more than 3,000 formations in this jade slip alone. However, most of them are low-level formations. There are only a hundred or so fourth-level formations, and only thirty fifth-level formations. There are only three higher-level sixth-level formations.
After seeing these formations, Chu Ning changed his mind.
His original idea was to buy some formation materials and then set up the formation himself, but when he saw the prices behind these formations, he decided to buy them directly.
These formations were not bought to protect Nian Tangshan. The levels of these formations were too low. The formations were bought to serve as food for the Taixu Breaking Ban Ants.
After hundreds of years, the Taixu Ban-Breaking Ant can now devour and break through a third-level formation in three breaths, but a fourth-level formation requires a stick of incense.
For a fourth-level formation, the lowest one only costs twenty spirit crystals, while the highest one requires one hundred spirit crystals. This is because even though they are both fourth-level formations, the prices vary depending on their functions.
But for Chu Ning, it doesn’t make much difference if it’s below one hundred spirit crystals.
He has no shortage of spirit crystals.
During the rookie competition, he earned more than 80,000 spirit crystals, and he hasn't spent most of them until now.
Half an hour later, Chu Ning walked out of the gate of Wanzhen Pavilion with great satisfaction after being sent off by his son.
He used a total of 3,200 spirit crystals to purchase dozens of fourth-order formations, six fifth-order formations, and one sixth-order formation. In addition, he also bought a lot of refining materials.
Three thousand two was only a fraction of what he had spent, and he still had eighty thousand spirit crystals left.
"Sure enough, when you have money, you spend it lavishly."
Thinking back to when he sold his life for a few spirit stones, Chu Ning felt a little emotional, and at the same time he was reflecting on himself, remembering his original intention and not forgetting the hard days he had lived just because he had some money now.
Be frugal and spend every penny wisely.
After reflecting, Chu Ning turned around and walked into the Yuxian Building next door.
I haven't listened to music for a long time, and I don't know what the music style of Danyu is like. It's time to experience the customs and culture of Danyu.
After hearing this, Chu Ning realized that he had underestimated Danyu.
The female cultivator in Danyu, oh no, it is the Danyu that has a rich musical style. Behind each song there is a local folk custom. A female cultivator slowly explains the story behind the song to Chu Ning.
The female cultivator was good at speaking and paid attention to body language. Her descriptions were vivid and lifelike, and Chu Ning was fascinated and deeply moved by what she heard.
The only regret is that even in the Dan Realm, the female cultivators who are engaged in singing are mainly engaged in Qi Condensation and Foundation Building, and there is not a single female cultivator of Golden Core.
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Seven days later, Chu Ning finally walked out of Miaoxian Tower, having spent a total of ten spirit crystals.
The money earned by working people is hard-earned.
With a sigh, Chu Ning walked towards the Danta location.
The Dan Tower of Qudan City is right in the center of the city. When Chu Ning arrived at the gate of the Dan Tower, no one stopped him.
When we entered the Dan Tower, it was also empty, without a single person in sight.
Chu Ning didn't even look for anyone. He directly took out the token that Master Huang had given him from his storage bag and crushed it.
The token was crushed, and the surrounding space began to fluctuate. Looking around, the surrounding space was rippling like waves.
When the waves dissipated, Chu Ning found himself in a library, surrounded by bookshelves filled with jade slips.
Chu Ning spread out his spiritual sense and found that there were tens of thousands of such bookshelves. Assuming that there were one hundred jade slips on each bookshelf, there were almost millions of jade slips in this library.
If you were to watch them one by one, it might take ten years to finish them all.
The jade slips in the library do not record just a few words. The content of each jade slip is comparable to a novel of several million words.
Fortunately, Chu Ning quickly discovered the labels. There were classification labels engraved on the bookshelves, which allowed him to find the jade slips he wanted according to the classification.
History! Chu Ning came to the bookshelf area with the word "History" engraved on it.
The so-called history refers to some things that happened in the history of Danyu.
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A year later, Chu Ning read all the jade slips about the history of Danyu. From these jade slips, he learned about many sects that had disappeared in Danyu, and also learned about the origin of Danyu.
The Dan Region did not originally have such a vast area.
The history of the creation of Danyu comes from several alchemists. In order to improve their alchemy skills, these alchemists agreed to gather somewhere at regular intervals to exchange their alchemy experiences.
After the gathering was held several times, more and more alchemists joined in, and the prototype of the Danta Club was formed. Later, these alchemists moved their families and sects here, and after a long time, the current Dan Domain was established.
The first seven alchemists are also known as the Seven Ancestors of the Alchemy Realm.
At the same time, Chu Ning wondered why Danyu had such a prominent position in the Central Region, ranking first in the Central Region. Three of the seven ancestors of Danyu were from the Upper Region.
In addition to knowing the history of the origin of Danyu, Chu Ning also learned that the creator of the Qianxin Secret Realm was a saint master of Danyu, and that the secret realm was created thirteen thousand years ago.
In addition, there is the decline and rise of some sects in Danyu. What surprised Chu Ning is that among the current sixteen super sects in Danyu, Danshan Sect is the longest-standing one.
The rise of every super sect is due to the emergence of a saint master, but Danshan Sect does not have one. The reason why Danshan Sect can stand on equal footing with other super sects is that its overall strength is extremely stable.
The other fifteen sects experienced a period of glory after the emergence of the Saint Master, but their strength declined when the Saint Master left. However, this was not the case with the Danshan Sect, which has remained very stable over the years.
The jade slips in the Xinhuo Hall also contain records about the Dan Realm, but they only record the changes in the Dan Realm in the past three thousand years. The jade slips in the Dan Tower have detailed records of everything that has happened in the Dan Realm in the past twenty thousand years.
After spending a year understanding the situation in Danyu, Chu Ning turned his gaze to the second bookshelf.
Outland history!
The second bookshelf contains historical records about other domains.
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"Taiyuan Domain is ranked fifth among the nine middle domains. Isn't this the middle domain where Zhao Qin is?"
Chu Ning picked up a jade slip from the bookshelf and scanned the contents with his spiritual sense. He muttered something and then his mind sank into it.
Three months later, Chu Ning picked up the second jade slip.
The Ten Thousand Demons Realm is ranked third among the nine central realms.
Shaoyang Region ranks sixth among the nine central regions.
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The East China Sea region ranks seventh among the nine central regions.
When Chu Ning saw the East China Sea, his eyes lit up. The Suxin Island that Tang Xiaoniu was heading to was in the East China Sea.
He hadn't contacted Tang Xiaoniu over the years because he had heard that there was a sea storm in the East China Sea and it would be difficult to travel in the East China Sea unless one was a powerful god-transforming warrior.
After reading the information about the East China Sea, Chu Ning had a general understanding of Suxin Island where Tang Xiaoniu was.
Suxin Island is not an old sect in the East China Sea, but one that has risen in the last five thousand years. Its strength ranks last among the four major sects in the East China Sea.
"No wonder the senior from the East Sea was so easy to talk to and made so many promises. New sects will be more dynamic than old sects, and the rules will not be so strict and rigid."
Chu Ning believed that no matter whether it was a sect or an institution, the longer it existed, the more corrupt it would become. This was a law of history.
"Unfortunately, I still haven't found the information I want about Shan Zong."
After reading the jade slips of the nine middle regions, Chu Ning felt helpless. Could it be that the Nine Realms forces had really wiped out the information about the Mountain Sect so thoroughly? "That's not right. There are only eight middle regions except the Dan Region. How come there is still a jade slip here?"
Chu Ning discovered that in the lower corner of the bookshelf, there was a jade slip lying there quietly.
He reached out to pick up the jade slip, and as soon as Chu Ning put his spiritual consciousness into it, his pupils shrank.
After searching for it everywhere, I finally found it without any effort.
This jade slip mentions Shanzong.
[Danta’s collection of books is comprehensive, but there are still some omissions. I know this is a taboo, so I recorded it anonymously in the jade slips, waiting for the future generations to read it.]
[I have a friend who is a disciple of Shan Zong. However, in the five upper regions, nine middle regions, and sixty lower regions, there is no trace of Shan Zong anymore. I cannot bear to see Shan Zong disappear in the course of time, but I am afraid of violating taboos, so I will tell you about it with my friend’s words.]
This jade slip records a conversation between the author of the jade slip and a senior from the Shan Sect.
The text in the jade slip is similar to that in The Analects, except that it records conversations.
[I once asked a friend, what kind of path do the Shanzong people follow? ]
[The friend replied: People of the mountain sect cultivate mountains and protect the world.]
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[I asked my friend again: How high can the mountain you build be, and how much can it protect? ]
[The friend replied: The mountains are equal to the sky, and where the mountains are, all things are at peace.]
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[One day, I saw my friend looking at a mountain and hesitating, so I asked curiously, "This mountain is already ten thousand feet high, why are you hesitating?"]
[The friend replied: A mountain is ten thousand feet high, and it has a soul. If a mountain has no soul, it will not grow.]
[I asked: What is the mountain soul? ]
When Chu Ning saw this, his eyes narrowed slightly. So, after Nian Tangshan reached a height of ten thousand feet, it did not grow any further. Is it because there is no mountain soul?
The question asked by the author of the jade slip was exactly what he wanted to know at this moment.
“The friend laughed and replied: The soul of the mountain can determine the location of yin and yang. Without yang, the mountain will not grow. Without yin, the mountain will grow alone.”
[I asked again: How does the mountain spirit nurture it? ]
[The friend replied: How do people look at the mountains? This is the soul of the mountain. There is a mountain called Sword Mountain, and its soul is like a sword. There is a mountain that hides magma in its body, and its soul is fire...]
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After reading this series of conversations, Chu Ning finally understood what a mountain soul was.
The soul of the mountain is the function of the mountain.
For example, Lingyao Mountain is suitable for the growth of spiritual medicines. When outsiders mention Lingyao Mountain, they think of the spiritual medicines in the mountain.
The mountain soul of Lingyao Mountain is condensed from many spiritual medicines. The mountain spirit is the mountain soul. This is why the spiritual medicines of Lingyao Mountain can be transferred to Nian Tangshan.
As for his Nian Tangshan, there was a period of time when many female disciples of Xiyue Sect would come to the mountain to listen to his love story with Tang Ruowei, and later it developed into a holy place for couples to check in.
If you continue on this path, then thinking of Tangshan will represent love, and the mountain soul may be a love saint-level existence.
"Love Mountain is a bit difficult to walk, and the most important thing is that it is easy for people to collapse."
Now that he knew how to nurture the mountain soul, Chu Ning began to think about which path to take.
According to what the author of this jade slip and the senior from the mountain sect said, the path of love is not feasible. He can't hold a blind date meeting on the mountain and invite male and female cultivators to a blind date.
Besides, blind dating is not love.
"According to what the elder of the Mountain Sect said in this jade slip, the best way is to provide shelter to both the common people and the monks living down the mountain."
Chu Ning's eyes lit up, he had already thought of a way to quickly condense the mountain soul.
"The Dan Domain is not good. With my strength, I may not be able to protect it. So the best way is to go to the Lower Domain. With the strength of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, I can still dominate the Lower Domain."
After deciding on the idea, Chu Ning smiled.
"It's time to go back to Chengshan Territory."
(End of this chapter)