Xuantian 1: Ancient Xuandongtian

Chapter 259 Spirit Serpent and Pure Lotus

Is Liu Hu here?

A voice asked in front of a side room.

"Who is it? What is it?"

A reply came from inside the side room.

But the visitor did not speak again.

"Who the hell is playing tricks on me?"

So Liu Hu came out somewhat puzzled, and even a little cursing.

Open the door.

"Oh, it's Lord Kuling! Please come in and have a seat." Liu Hu immediately put away his impatience and said respectfully.

"There's no need to come inside. Your room is too small to accommodate an evil spirit like me."

Mu Hanchan said calmly.

Liu Hu hurriedly stepped down the stairs, bowed respectfully, and said, "I did not know you were Lord Ku Ling Shi. I have offended you. Please forgive me."

"If you need to see me, you can simply send someone to summon me. There's no need for you to come in person."

"Where is someone summoning me?"

"Oh, that's easy. One of our miners is from a single-parent family and brings his child to the mine."

But rest assured, it's outside the mine; there's absolutely no way we'd let the children go down into the mine.

How about having him be your doorman?

This also prevents him from being distracted and unable to concentrate on his work, and also prevents the children from running around and causing trouble.

Liu Hu quickly replied.

"This seems like you're killing three birds with one stone, and I don't see any reason to refuse."

Mu Hanchan glanced at Liu Hu and replied.

He thought to himself, "It seems that those who do liaison work are indeed quick-witted and sharp-minded."

"Then it's settled. May I ask what brings you here, senior?"

Liu Hu got back to the point and asked.

"I need some high-quality snake oil to moisturize my wounds. Do you have a way to get some?"

"Yes, but... if the wound is serious, I'm afraid you'll need a good type of wound dressing for better results."

Liu Hu probed.

"No need, just snake oil type, but make sure you get a lot. If you really can't find that, resin oil will do, but the concentration shouldn't be too high."

"Okay, I understand."

Mu Hanchan asked, "How many spirit stones are needed for the purchase?"

"Uh... spirit stones... no need. We work under you and rely on your help."

"One thing at a time, how many spirit stones are needed?"

"Top-grade snake oil costs approximately 0.75 first-grade spirit stones per box."

"I'll give you fifteen spirit stones, and you bring me twenty boxes. By the way, can you get some Pure Lotus Water from this area?"

After saying that, he silently counted in his pocket and tossed a small bag to Liu Hu.

Liu Hu took the bag, opened it, and asked, "What is Pure Lotus Water?"

"Pure Lotus Water, also known as Refined Water, can only be purified by water-attribute cultivators with the lowest spiritual realm cultivation level."

Even a small bottle costs three spirit stones.

"Oh, I see. It just so happens that the Spirit Serpent Gang has a Spirit Origin Realm cultivator with water attributes."

"That's wonderful..."

Suddenly, Liu Hu froze, his eyes fixed on the spirit stones inside the bag.

"Senior, is this... a low-grade spirit stone?"

Mu Hanchan waved her hand and said, "I don't have the first-grade spirit stones you mentioned. Let's settle this low-grade spirit stone as if it were a first-grade spirit stone."

"But one low-grade spirit stone is worth two or three first-grade spirit stones!"

"It's alright. Didn't I ask you to bring the Pure Lotus Water? If there's any extra, consider it compensation for your hard work."

"Okay, thank you, senior."

He then said, "The Spirit Serpent Gang is powerful. How about I exchange these low-grade spirit stones for my own first-grade spirit stones before making the purchase?"

Liu Hu licked his slightly dry lips and, for some reason, offered his suggestion.

Mu Hanchan frowned and asked, "No matter how powerful the gangs here are, are they as powerful as our Yunyang Sect?"

"Of course not, and it's impossible."

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "But..."

Are you trying to say that even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake?

Mu Hanchan seemed to have seen through Liu Hu's thoughts and asked.

"That's not the case..."

"okay."

Mu Hanchan interrupted, "Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, it depends on what kind of local snake it is."

My purpose in coming here
In addition to managing the mines

We also want to let these chaotic forces around the mine understand what it means to be a legitimate sect cultivator!

"Good good!"

Upon hearing Mu Hanchan's domineering declaration, Liu Hu was not only surprised but also felt a touch of admiration.

Mu Hanchan was not being arrogant; he had already learned from Song Zhong about the strength of the seven or eight gangs within a radius of ten thousand miles.

The recent Sirius Gang,
Two Spirit Realm cultivators and one Yuan Realm cultivator.

Mountain Leopard Gang
There are two spiritual realms and two primordial realms, one of which is at the peak of the primordial realm.

Poison Rat Gang
Mid-stage of the Seven Spirit Realms.

Cold Centipede Gang
Nine are at the initial stage of the Yuan Realm, and one is at the perfect stage of the Ling Realm.

Blue Scorpion Gang
Five late-stage Yuan Realm cultivators.

The most powerful was the Fierce Tiger Gang, located about three thousand miles from the mine.
There were a total of thirteen Spirit Origin Realm cultivators.
Six of them were at the peak of the Yuan Realm, and six were at the late stage of the Ling Realm.
The leader was a cultivator known as the "Tiger King."

It turned out to be a cultivation level at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Origin Realm.

Second on the list is the Falcon Gang, located four thousand miles away.

Ten cultivators at the Spirit Origin Realm.

Nine late-stage Yuan Realm cultivators.

One is at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm, and the secondary cultivation level is at the mid-stage of the Yuan Realm.

Ranked third,
It is the Spirit Serpent Gang, located two thousand miles to the northwest.

Seven cultivators at the mid-stage of the Spirit Origin Realm.

However, they are in a dual cultivation mode, meaning they are both in the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm and the mid-stage of the Yuan Realm.

This is quite rare.

Because even Mu Hanchan only cultivated in one area.

First cultivate the spirit, then cultivate the essence.

If we were to say what the equivalent strength of two mid-stage Spirit Origin Realm cultivators is...
That would be slightly stronger than a single realm of perfection.

After Liu Hu left, Mu Hanchan finally stretched out her left hand from her sleeve and looked down to examine it.

A three-inch-long, one-inch-deep wound was clearly visible on the web of his hand.

It's something that would make someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder want to see.
I really want to grab a needle and thread and sew the wound up right now.

Not only was there a severe laceration at the base of the thumb, but also in the middle of the four fingers, the fingertips, and the inside of the palm.
All of them have lacerations of varying degrees.

Although the laceration was severe, it did not bleed.

Although there was no bleeding, the pain was unbearable.

"Alas! This bow made of withered wood is indeed very good, but it's also a real pain to use."

I wish the dead tree could come back to life.
Then I won't have to suffer from these aftereffects of use.

Mu Hanchan couldn't help but sigh.

His repeated use of the top-grade magic weapon in a short period of time caused his hands to be devoured by the powerful spirit-absorbing power of the withered wood that was the material of the magic weapon.

The bow of the defeated is made of a thousand-year-old withered vine. If it were to transform into a thousand-year-old spirit vine, it would require approximately ten directions of dual-element pure water.
The amount of water it requires,

It is roughly the size of a small lake with a water volume of (100×100×10/zhang).

It also requires the time and effort of a spiritual cultivator to refine it.

Of course,
This is just a binary water purification system.
If it's a three-element water purifier, one cubic meter is usually enough.

Four-element water purification
A one-foot bottle is all that's needed.

however…

Four-element purified water is a precious consumable that even cultivators at the Spirit Pill Realm cherish, and its price is extremely high.

If you don't have this level of cultivation
Then, several times the premium must be paid as the price for "extortion".

All these restrictions,
All of this inspired Mu Hanchan's fighting spirit.

Lost in thought, Mu Hanchan returned to her residence.

About half an incense stick's time.

A child, about seven or eight years old, came into the courtyard.

Is the new adult here?

Mu Hanchan came out and, upon seeing the child for the first time, thought he looked rather ordinary. She said, "I'm the new adult. You're the single-parent child Liu Hu mentioned, right?"

"Uncle Liu asked me to come and serve you."

The child was a little reserved, crossed his arms, and spoke cautiously.

Mu Hanchan sized him up for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Are you a man or a woman?"

The child in front of me had short hair, but bright, lively eyes, soft and slightly long eyelashes, and dressed in tattered black and gray clothes.

Its body was thin, and its face was covered with dust from mineral powder.

“I…I am…a woman.”

"Then you will live in the woodshed, where there is straw and cotton. Make your own bed, boil water to wash yourself, and be my messenger."

After a moment's thought, Mu Hanchan gave instructions and made the arrangements.

"I…,"

The girl seemed to want to say something, but she didn't speak.

Day two.

When Mu Hanchan saw the girl, he noticed that her clothes were tattered, so he casually took out a set of coarse cloth clothes from inside the house and gave them to the girl.

"Thank you, sir!"

The girl happily went to change. Although she didn't have clothes that matched her gender, at least she was clean.

When they returned, they were already dressed as little servants.

Mu Hanchan first asked her a few questions.

"how long have you been here?"

"I've been with my dad for almost three years."

"Oh, that mine is relatively stable, otherwise it wouldn't have lasted three years."

Mu Hanchan said softly, or rather, as if talking to herself.

What do you usually do at the mine?

"When I'm bored, I play with sand and stones..."

"Oh no, I wanted to ask you what you usually see?"

Mu Hanchan tried to extract information from her.

“I saw a very large piece of ore, but the people around me looked unhappy. Sometimes, they were very happy with a small piece of ore.”

The girl replied.

"That must mean they've mined a stone with spiritual energy," Mu Hanchan thought to herself.

Then he asked, "Do you think they are more often happy or unhappy?"

"I'm often unhappy, so I don't dare disturb them and just play with stones by myself."

"Hehe, you play with sand and stones every day, do you see any difference between the stones here?"

Mu Hanchan asked with a smile.

“There are differences. Some pieces are large but very light, some are small but very heavy, some are very hard, and some are very soft.”

the girl said.

"Now, go and find me 10 big but light pieces, 10 small but heavy pieces, 10 very hard pieces, and 10 very soft pieces. Can you do that?"
You're too young to take care of anything too big.
Then a small pebble the size of a thumb will do.

Mu Hanchan said.

"That might take half a day."

"It's okay, I'll wait for you."

"it is good."

So the girl went off to look for stones.

As darkness fell, they finally brought the last ten pieces of gravel.

Mu Hanchan looked at the forty stones neatly arranged on the table in the room, but initially paid no attention to them.

It wasn't until late at night, after finishing a small cycle of breathing exercises, that he suddenly felt that a piece of broken stone on the table seemed a little different.

So he picked up the pebbles and examined them carefully.

After a few breaths, he suddenly looked surprised and hurried into the courtyard.
Under the bright moonlight, the stone was covered with a faint white layer.

"This is... moonstone...?"