Qi Zhiheng put down his books on alchemy and medicine for the time being, thinking of Yang Yitian: "If the soul has no physical body, then it is possible to summon them all together. The Six Paths Reincarnation Disc should have such an ability, but there are too many wandering souls in the cultivation world, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc does not have the ability to distinguish them. I'm afraid it is impossible to summon them all. It would be great if we could summon specific souls."
Yang Yitian thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps we could find a master craftsman to modify the Reincarnation Disc? It would be best if the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc could automatically search for specific souls."
Qi Zhiheng said, "It's a bit difficult right now. I don't know any powerful weapon-refining masters."
The only member of the Qi family with some talent for weapon crafting is Gu Qinglin. However, given Gu Qinglin's current abilities, it would be difficult for him to modify the weapon and keep it in the Reincarnation Wheel.
Yang Yitian said, "No rush. We're still a long way from ascension. We'll eventually find all these remnant souls."
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "It's not urgent yet, but we can start looking for a suitable weapon refiner now." He wasn't very familiar with Zhongzhou, so he planned to ask Chu Huaifeng later to see if he knew any skilled weapon refiners.
After reading some books about souls, Yang Yitian turned to books about talismans.
After searching for a while, Qi Zhiheng finally found a way to repair his dantian. This repair method was different from the previous one using the Thousand-Weaving Pill. The previous method was to use another material to repair a damaged material. This repair method, however, was to use the original material to repair the dantian completely.
Do not cut open the dantian area and then let new wounds grow back.
It cannot be completed in one go; only a small portion can grow at a time. It would take at least ten attempts to complete the repair. Moreover, this repair process cannot be accomplished by simply taking pills; he needs to use spiritual energy to guide and cut, helping the dantian to regrow.
After studying it carefully, Qi Zhiheng finally decided to use this method. Although it might not work, the risk of failure was not high, making it perfect for Chu Lin.
Qi Zhiheng first refined some necessary pills before leaving the space with Yang Yitian.
Chu Lin has rested for a few days, and his initially fragile spiritual root has improved considerably. Qi Zhiheng told him to prepare and that he would begin repairing his dantian in a few days.
Upon learning that Qi Zhiheng had found a way to repair his dantian, the father and son were overjoyed. Chu Huaifeng even swore an oath to the heavens that he was willing to serve Qi Zhiheng faithfully for a thousand years.
Qi Zhiheng was satisfied with his loyalty, and thought it was good that way.
A few days later, Qi Zhiheng performed the first treatment on Chu Lin, and the result was ideal. His originally severely damaged dantian was repaired.
In order to receive better treatment, Chu Lin has not cultivated during this period of time, so as not to put any burden on his dantian.
After his first success, Qi Zhiheng put the matter aside and inquired with Chu Huaifeng about whether he knew any skilled weapon refiners, as he wanted to modify the attributes of a spiritual weapon.
Chu Huaifeng, having been a Mahayana cultivator for thousands of years, actually knew a few weapon refiners. After descending, he went to send messages to those weapon refiners.
Qi Zhiheng asked, "Wait, are we just going to send people over like this? Do you think these weapon refiners would be willing to come?"
Chu Huaifeng said, "With so many pills in your hands, any cultivator would be willing to come."
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you."
Chu Huaifeng said, "It's only right. I'll go ask right away." Then he left.
After everyone left, Qi Zhiheng also began to consider bringing his family to Zhongzhou.
With less than a year left before the geniuses from the other four continents arrive in Central Continent, he needed to find out how to bring them to him.
He knew that the spirit ships heading to the continents were being welcomed by people from the entire Central Continent. These people were free to join any sect, but they would generally go to sects where they had acquaintances, that is, sects where cultivators had come to the Central Continent in previous years.
The sects that accept disciples from other continents all have fixed sects. It's somewhat like treating the sects in the other continents as affiliated sects. Those with outstanding talents are accepted, while those with less talent continue to stay in the four continents with scarce spiritual energy.
Major powers have countless talented disciples, so they don't lack the number of talented disciples from the other continents. Generally, it's smaller powers that accept disciples from the four continents.
Qi Zhiheng had asked Chu Huaifeng about the matter of recruiting disciples from the four continents, but unfortunately Chu Huaifeng had never been a city lord and did not know much about it.
Qi Zhiheng then turned to Yan Yinyue for advice. Yan Yinyue knew more about this than Chu Huaifeng, and since she also had a former city lord, she knew even more about these matters.
First, to pick up people from other continents, a fee must be paid. After all, there are certain risks involved in those spirit ships sailing to the other four continents, and considerable resources are required along the way.
Where do these resources come from? They all come from sects that need to recruit disciples.
Anyone who wants to take on disciples from other continents must pay a fee to a designated institution.
Upon learning this news, Qi Zhiheng took some resources and went out.
The place where resources are handed over is called the Baihui Hall. Whenever there are any conflicts of interest between different factions, the Baihui Hall handles them.
Just like Qi Zhiheng's city, it's like a city alliance, and this alliance is managed by Baihuiguan. Of course, they don't care about major events, only some rules and regulations.
After learning about the background of Baihui Pavilion, Qi Zhiheng remembered Bu Yunchen, the Mahayana cultivator who had taken him to the city last time.
He first went to the Baihui Pavilion to inquire about how to participate in the competition for geniuses from the other four continents. Then he stated that he was there to contribute resources.
The man asked him which faction he belonged to.
Qi Zhiheng said he was from Shengxian City, and the other party dismissed him, thinking he was simply overestimating himself.
Qi Zhiheng did not go up to argue with him, but instead contacted Bu Yunchen.
As luck would have it, Bu Yunchen happened to be at the city management office of Baihui Pavilion today. After receiving Qi Zhiheng's telepathic message, he rushed out.
He smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Lord Qi, is there something you need to do at Baihui Pavilion today? Do you need my help?" He hadn't forgotten Qi Zhiheng's generosity in casually giving away top-grade pills.
Qi Zhiheng first handed two pills to the man: "I have indeed come to see Fellow Daoist Bu this time because I have a favor to ask."
Having received the pill, Bu Yunchen's smile became even more genuine: "Lord Qi, please ask! I will do my utmost to help you!"
Qi Zhiheng explained his purpose and then said, "As Fellow Daoist Bu knows, there are very few people available in my city. I was thinking of recruiting a few geniuses and training them so that I could use them in the future. Unfortunately, my abilities are too limited, and I don't even have the qualifications to participate."
"Who was so blind as to stop you?! I'll go and talk to them for you!" Bu Yunchen said, standing up for Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng knew that Bu Yunchen's actions were somewhat pretentious, but he wouldn't expose him. His relationship with Bu Yunchen was at most based on mutual benefit. But it didn't matter; as long as the matter could be accomplished, whether it was a business relationship or not was irrelevant.
"I'll take care of it for you right away! But, as you know, Lord Qi, my status here isn't high, so I might need to pull some strings." Bu Yunchen said, sounding apologetic.
Qi Zhiheng didn't hesitate and gave him ten more level-eight pills: "Then I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Bu to help me smooth things over."
"Leave this to me! Wait here for me, I'll be back in a bit." Bu Yunchen took the pills and left.
After Qi Zhiheng waited outside for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Bu Yunchen came out with someone.
The man was not the cultivator who had rejected Qi Zhiheng before. After seeing Qi Zhiheng, he asked, "Are you the city lord who wants to participate in the competition for genius disciples of the four continents?"
Bu Yunchen winked at Qi Zhiheng, indicating that the matter was settled.
Qi Zhiheng bowed slightly and replied, "That's right."
The man then led Qi Zhiheng inside.
The man said, "Fill in the information, and then submit the resources in a moment. After that, enter your city's information into this magic artifact." After he finished speaking, he took out a magic artifact and placed it in front of Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng filled out the forms as instructed and then went to hand over the resources. He used pills to represent all the resources; one top-grade pill was equivalent to five high-grade pills. In reality, the value was even greater, but these places generally wouldn't allow others to take advantage of them.
Anyway, Qi Zhiheng doesn't have much of anything except top-grade pills, so he wouldn't mind giving away more.
When they saw him take out so many top-grade pills, the two people present stared wide-eyed. Bu Yunchen already knew that he had a lot of pills, but he still found it incredible to see him take out so many.
The matter was thus resolved, and Qi Zhiheng received a token, which he could use to pick up the person later.
Qi Zhiheng was very satisfied with the result and went back after finishing his business.
In the days that followed, Qi Zhiheng treated Chu Lin nine more times, and Chu Lin's problem was completely resolved. He only needed to rest for a while before he could resume his cultivation.
Qi Zhiheng breathed a sigh of relief while preparing to welcome the spirit ship returning from its journey to the four continents.
At this point, there was only one month left before the spirit ship returned. Now they were about to set off for the port where the spirit ship would dock.
Yang Yitian went with Qi Zhiheng, leaving Chu Huaifeng in Shengxian City.
On the way there, Yang Yitian asked nervously, "Who from our family do you think will be coming?"
Qi Zhiheng thought for a moment and replied, "Great-grandfather and the ancestral master will definitely be able to come, and my grandparents should be no problem either. I still believe in my parents' abilities..." He mentioned all the members of the Qi family. Apart from his grandmother's mother, Ye Xin, Ye Xin's aptitude and cultivation were quite average, and it would probably be difficult for her to become a Nascent Soul cultivator in such a short time.
Then there are the children in the family. They're not children anymore; they're in their twenties or thirties. But in the cultivation world, that age isn't considered very old, and it's still quite difficult for them to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
"What if Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao can't come?" Yang Yitian asked with some concern.
Qi Zhiheng comforted him, "Don't worry, if they can't come, we can just go back and bring them back."
Yang Yitian thought about it and agreed. They could even go to Earth, so why couldn't they go to Southern Continent? With that, he felt relieved.
It took them half a month to reach the beach where the spirit boat was docked.
This isn't the beach they came from; after all, the route they took to get here wasn't the right one to begin with.
When they arrived, a number of sects had already gathered there, mostly small and medium-sized ones. They had even set up stalls in their sect headquarters, displaying their sect's flags, thus forming a faction.
Yang Yitian looked at their flags and said, "If only we had brought a few flags too!"
Qi Zhiheng sighed and said, "There's no need to think so much. We're just picking up our family members, not really recruiting disciples. There's no need for all this fancy stuff."
"There should be at least one stall, right? Let's set up one too," Yang Yitian said, then found a spot, set up a table, placed some snacks and tea, and put up a large umbrella for shade. He then sat down happily under the umbrella, enjoying the snacks and tea.
Their stall was quite eye-catching, considering there were only two of them, yet they managed to make it very comfortable.
Of course, Yang Yitian's actions were not enough; he also took out a spatial artifact and threw it out, transforming it into a house.
He patted non-existent dust off his hands and said, "Alright, we'll stay here tonight!"
Everyone: ? ? ? !!!
Qi Zhiheng did not object. Although quite a few people had already arrived, the spirit boat would not dock so quickly.
The journey time of the spirit boat is unpredictable; sometimes it may return earlier, and sometimes it may return later. After all, if any problems are encountered along the way, the progress may be delayed.
So they all arrive early, but it's possible they'll have to wait here for a month or even two. Qi Zhiheng thinks it's quite suitable to leave a house here.
The next day, Qi Zhiheng felt that waiting around was a bit boring, so he simply started selling things at his stall.
He had obtained quite a few pearl stones last time, and didn't need nearly as many. Qi Zhiheng simply put some out to sell. Seeing him selling things, Yang Yitian came over to join in the fun, taking out some talismans he had drawn to sell as well. He also said to Qi Zhiheng, "Why don't you bring out some unused pills to sell too? And what about the spirit spring water? We have plenty, don't we? Bring some out as well. Oh, and we still have a huge pile of spirit fruits that we can't finish eating!"
Yang Yitian had a flash of inspiration!
Every time Qi Zhiheng's space undergoes a transformation, it accumulates a large amount of spiritual fruits, far more than he and Qi Zhiheng could possibly consume! With the fruits piling up in the space, Yang Yitian saw this as an opportunity to see if he could sell some.
Most of the cultivators in the sect are not highly skilled, as they are only there to welcome some Nascent Soul and Out-of-Body stage cultivators. There is no need for such a large-scale operation. A sect is already at its peak if it has one or two Integration stage cultivators. The majority of cultivators are still at the Spirit Division and Out-of-Body stage.
Qi Zhiheng still had quite a few pills left over, so it wouldn't be a bad time to do business with them.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian were just two people, and due to their deliberate concealment, their cultivation levels were only displayed as the late stage of the Integration Realm. There was a reason for this. Other cultivation levels were too low to have a deterrent effect, and since they were few in number, they were easily targeted by other cultivators.
However, the Great Ascension stage is too ostentatious. Their purpose is not to attract attention; they just want to pick up people. Therefore, the late Integration stage is the most suitable, as it can intimidate other sects without attracting too much attention.
After they set up their stall, people around them started talking about it.
A woman came with other cultivators from the sect. They occupied the area and rested and meditated. When she came out the next day, she saw that the stalls next to them were full of goods.
"Senior sister! Look, look! What are they doing? Selling things?"
The senior sister looked in the direction he pointed and indeed saw a table full of goods. He widened his eyes and said, "There are actually people setting up stalls here?"
The junior sister said, "Yes, what are they selling? It looks like spirit fruits. Senior sister, let's go take a look."
The senior sister, who doted on her junior sister, nodded in agreement: "You glutton, have you got your eye on the spiritual fruits at that stall?"
The junior sister stuck out her tongue and said, "Senior sister, don't be so disrespectful to me. I'm going to see what they're selling." After saying that, she went to the stall where Qi Zhiheng and the others were.
"Are you selling things?" the junior sister asked Qi Zhiheng.
When Qi Zhiheng saw the first customer arrive, he replied, "Yes, see if there's anything you like. You can exchange it for spirit stones."
His senior sister followed behind him.
The junior sister suddenly exclaimed, "Is this a Diamond Fruit?" This kind of spiritual fruit that can alleviate and suppress inner demons, these two actually have it?
Yang Yitian laughed and said, "That's right, this fairy has excellent taste! This is indeed a Lingguang Fruit. Would you like to buy some?"
"How much are the water chestnuts?" my junior sister asked.
The senior sister interrupted, "Wait!" She was a little anxious. Her junior sister was really something. So many diamond-shaped fruits, and she didn't even know if they were real. This little girl just bought them without thinking!
The senior sister asked, "Are all your diamond-shaped fruits genuine?"
Yang Yitian picked up a rhombus fruit and took a bite: "Of course it's real! I put it here, didn't I? Check it if you don't believe me."
The senior sister said incredulously, "How could there be so many diamond fruit! Everyone knows that a diamond fruit tree can only grow a maximum of ten fruits at a time, but you have more than thirty here!"
Yang Yitian said, "What's so strange about that? We picked them from an orchard, so of course we have this many."
Senior Sister said, "That's not right either. If it were really a Diamond Fruit, would you just leave it out there like that? Everyone knows that Diamond Fruits need to be carefully protected and stored in jade boxes to ensure that their spiritual energy doesn't leak out. You're just putting it out on the table like this and calling it a Diamond Fruit?"
Yang Yitian looked at Qi Zhiheng and asked via telepathy: Will spiritual energy really be lost?
Qi Zhiheng replied, "I used the Spirit Locking Technique to lock the spiritual energy of these spiritual fruits, so it won't leak out."
The senior sister retorted, "You say that if spiritual energy doesn't leak out, then it won't? I say it will, and it will."
"Can't you tell whether there's any spiritual energy leaking out?" Qi Zhiheng retorted.
Senior Sister said, "I think the reason you don't have any spiritual energy leaking out is that you don't have much spiritual energy at all. You're just pretending that you've used the Spirit Locking Technique to deal with it."
Yang Yitian felt this woman was too indecisive and said impatiently, "If you think it's fake, then don't buy it. I didn't stop you from buying it."
The junior sister tugged at her senior sister and transmitted her voice, "Senior sister, don't be like this. These two are cultivators in the late stage of the Integration Realm. It would be bad if we offended them."
Senior sister replied, "What's there to be afraid of? They're only at the late stage of the Fusion Realm, while our sect has seniors at the Mahayana Realm. They wouldn't dare to do anything to us."
The junior sister tugged at her senior sister's sleeve and said, "Forget it, senior sister, we won't buy it."
The senior sister looked at Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, then at her junior sister, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Let's just buy one."
Yang Yitian said expressionlessly, "One thousand high-grade spirit stones per stone, thank you for your patronage."
Senior Sister's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but raise her voice: "A thousand high-grade spirit stones! Why don't you just rob someone? Everyone knows that a single spirit stone costs five hundred high-grade spirit stones."
Yang Yitian remained expressionless and took another bite of the fruit: "The quality of our Lingguang fruit is top-notch. You can't buy it anywhere else. Besides, if you go outside and look around, you won't find a single one for free without some connections."
The senior sister was speechless. The value of the Lingguang Fruit was indeed hard to say, but it was truly not sold outside. Which cultivator who could reach the Nascent Soul or Body Integration stages was without some inner demons? This Lingguang Fruit could suppress inner demons and also had a certain exorcising effect. Everyone wanted to prepare some to take during important breakthrough stages, or before tribulation, so that they could maintain some clarity when facing the tribulation of inner demons.
If one can regularly consume water chestnut fruit, it can also have some expelling effect. However, each water chestnut fruit tree only produces ten fruits at a time, so the supply is naturally insufficient to meet the demand.
The junior sister really wanted the Diamond Fruit, so she said, "Senior, could you buy one for me? I'll give you spirit stones."
The junior sister also sent a telepathic message to her senior sister: "Senior sister, let's just buy one first. If it doesn't work, we can come back and argue with them. They probably won't leave so quickly."
Yang Yitian took the bag of spirit stones from his junior sister, counted them, and then said, "This girl is so straightforward. It's just a thousand high-grade spirit stones. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was the top-grade spirit stones from before! I had no choice but to waste so much time talking."
The senior sister was a little angry, but since the junior sister had already paid the spirit stones, she could only sulk in silence.
The junior sister took the spiritual fruit, then pulled her senior sister away.
Watching the two walk away, Yang Yitian scoffed, "These people really have no taste. They actually said our Lingguang Fruit is fake? Would I sell counterfeit goods? Ha!"
Qi Zhiheng laughed and said, "Doing business always involves facing various problems; what we're experiencing is already considered normal."
Yang Yitian was a little unhappy: "If that woman who argued with me earlier comes again, I will definitely raise the price again!"
Qi Zhiheng smiled and let him go.
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