Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 364: Natural Charm
When Lu Zheng and Qing Wan returned to the courtyard, they went straight into the small world.

"Huh? It changed again!"

Qing Wan was surprised to find that the little world was changing with the four seasons.

She ran to the mountain to check on the peas she had planted, worked hard for a while, and then dragged her tired body to rest.

After studying for several days and sitting with Lu Zheng in Anjing's place for two days, she listened to a lot of things. Her small body really couldn't take it anymore.

Lu Zheng sat in the Wen Palace, organizing his thoughts of the past few days, and then he calmed his mind and entered a state of rest.

Time flies by as soon as you close your eyes and open them again.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan left Yuyue Peak and headed towards Jiangdao Peak.

Qing Wan shook her head and said, "I've been reading too many books lately, and I feel like my brain isn't enough! Is there any kind of smart pill that can make my brain sharper?"

When Lu Zheng heard this, he remembered that he still had one million contribution points that he had not spent.

He said, "Let's go to the Yunmeng Sect's exchange hall."

Qing Wan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Let's go!"

The two of them found a disciple of Yunmeng Sect and asked for directions, then went to the exchange hall.

On a high mountain with rich spiritual charm, white jade palaces are neatly arranged and shining brightly.

Qing Wan looked at the palace complex in front of her and said, "Is this the Exchange Hall? I thought it was the Imperial Palace..."

The two men came to the main hall lobby, met a steward, and revealed their identities.

Qing Wan excitedly asked, "Do you have any smart pills here?"

The steward smiled slightly, "You mean the Enlightenment Pill? The kind that increases wisdom."

"Hey, it really exists!" Qing Wan was surprised.

The steward smiled and said, "Of course we have it in our Yunmeng Sect. Big families outside will come to order this kind of precious pill and buy it for their outstanding children."

Qing Wan blinked and asked, "Children? Can't adults eat it?"

The manager explained, "Kaizhi Baodan is best taken by children aged three to six. Adults can also take it, but the effect will be much lower. Moreover, each Baodan is not cheap, so adults generally don't buy it for themselves."

"How much does it cost?" Qing Wan asked hurriedly.

The steward gestured and said, "Three hundred thousand spirit stones."

Qing Wan's eyes widened. This was indeed quite expensive.

"How about exchanging it with contribution points?" Lu Zheng asked.

The manager said, "One hundred thousand contribution points."

The exchange of sect contribution points is an internal welfare price.

Lu Zheng handed over the jade token given to him by Meng Yuan.

The steward took it and examined it. His eyes flickered and he nodded, saying, "You can exchange it with contribution points. There are two Enlightenment Pills left in the exchange hall. These pills are not easy to refine and require a lot of natural treasures. Only a few are produced in a year... Do you really want to buy them for yourselves?"

Lu Zheng asked, "Are there any other similar pills?"

The manager shook his head upon hearing this and said, "It's not that easy to refine a pill that increases spiritual intelligence. Intelligence is already determined by nature, and the Enlightenment Pill can only stimulate that little potential..."

The steward looked at Qing Wan and said, "I think you are a plant spirit. This pill may be of greater use to you, but it will probably only improve your memory, not your wisdom."

Qing Wan couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't growing in memory considered growing in wisdom?"

"That's different..." the steward said leisurely, "For cultivators like me, the higher our cultivation level, the stronger our memory becomes, and we can easily achieve photographic memory. However, a good memory is useless without the ability to understand. Talent and understanding are very important. You can memorize the skills, but if you can't understand them, you can't practice them, and memorizing them is useless."

"Oh! I understand!" Qing Wan nodded suddenly.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's exchange for two."

Something like IQ is very useful even if you have more of it.

Seeing this, the manager didn't say anything more.

He cast a spell for a while, and the small teleporter in front of the stage flashed with light, and two jade boxes emerged.

The steward handed the jade box to Lu Zheng and said, "This is the Enlightenment Pill you requested. It's originally intended for children, so it works quickly and has no side effects. You can take it now, no need to practice Qigong to refine it."

Qing Wan couldn't wait to open the jade box and saw a crystal clear pill the size of a thumb.

Without hesitation, she reached out, dropped the pill into her mouth, and swallowed it.

Lu Zheng also took the pill.

They only felt a cool warm current rushing straight to their foreheads, which shocked Lu Zheng and the other person.

The steward said leisurely, "This pill affects your spirit and soul. Even if it can't increase your intelligence, it can sharpen your six senses and enhance your memory. A hundred thousand contribution points won't be much of a loss."

Lu Zheng stood there motionless, feeling that the thoughts in his mind were extremely clear, and some things that he had not been able to figure out before also became clear in an instant.

There is a feeling as if the Ren and Du meridians are opened and the mind is awakened.

Qing Wan's eyes also sparkled, and she found that she seemed to have become much smarter.

She took out a small notebook, looked at the math problem on it, and calculated it with a pen.

"Well, I have become smarter!" Qing Wan said in surprise.

Seeing the two people's reactions, the manager was slightly surprised. The effect is so good? It shouldn't be like this!
The manager could only think that Lu Zheng and the other man must have great potential, which had not been stimulated before.

"call……"

Lu Zheng exhaled slowly, his mind clearer than ever before.

Lu Zheng looked at the steward and said, "I want to exchange something else." The steward took out two jade slips and handed them to the two men slowly.

"This contains a record of all the sect's exchange items. You can take your time to choose."

Lu Zheng placed the jade slip between his eyebrows, and the exchange information of each item appeared.

The densely packed small characters made it difficult for Lu Zheng to read them all.

The two of them sat aside with the jade slips and spent half an hour looking through all the exchange items.

There are many treasures of various kinds, and even the handwriting of Confucian and Taoist saints.

However, the exchange price of the Saint's Words is not low, and Lu Zheng simply does not have that many contribution points.

Lu Zheng looked at Qing Wan beside him and asked, "Is there anything you want?"

Qing Wan frowned and said worriedly, "There are too many treasures. I don't know what to choose..."

Sometimes there are too many choices and it is difficult to make a decision.

Lu Zheng walked over and asked the steward, "Can I go and see the real thing?"

The steward nodded and said, "No problem, I'll take you for a walk."

There aren't many Qi Refiners in the Yunmeng Sect, and most of the time no one comes to the exchange hall.

The manager was quite free, so he had time to walk with the two of them, chat with them, and relieve their boredom.

The steward walked slowly in front and came to a palace next to him. He opened the door and entered, and a scent of medicine hit his face.

But on the rows of shelves, there were either elixirs or complete elixirs.

The manager said, "You can exchange pills at Danfeng and Yaofeng, and you can also exchange them here. However, the pills here are all high-level spiritual items, and each one costs at least 10,000 contribution points. If you want cheaper pills, you'll have to ask Danyaofeng to send them over."

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan looked around the palace and saw many special elixirs, some for increasing lifespan, some for increasing spiritual power, and even some poisonous pills.

Qing Wan's eyes sparkled as she looked at the elixir that could increase one's cultivation by a hundred years.

But in the end she still didn't make a choice, because money should be spent wisely.

That hundred years of Taoist practice can only increase her demon realm cultivation, cannot improve her Confucian and Taoist realm, and cannot improve her righteousness, so there is no need to exchange it.

Seeing that the two had not chosen anything, the steward took them to the weapons hall next door.

Various auras filled the palace, including the aura of killing, the aura of scholars, and the pure aura of soldiers.

The steward said, "You two have literary auras. Here are some literary instruments for you to choose from. If you feel that the instruments of your predecessors are not suitable, you can go to the Instrument Peak to have them custom-made."

Lu Zheng had no shortage of writing instruments, but he still looked at them one by one.

He even saw a writing instrument used by a great scholar, which was a jade pen, even though it was suppressed by the formation.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan could still feel the majestic literary aura contained in this jade pen.

The two looked at the exchange price again. The numbers were a bit high...

Qing Wan wondered if she should also get a special literary instrument, but her Confucian and Taoist knowledge was not high enough, and it would be too much trouble to nurture the instrument.

The two left the palace empty-handed again.

The steward took the time to show the two of them one palace after another.

When they arrived at a palace where all kinds of spiritual objects were placed, Qing Wan seemed to have sensed something and took small steps towards one of them.

She tilted her little head back and looked at the small platform in front of her.

The platform was covered by a formation, and it was green inside. A green crystal could be vaguely seen in it.

"Such a rich wood spirit..." Qing Wan was slightly surprised.

The steward came closer and said, "This is the natural wood spirit, drawn from the wood spirit vein. Even if it is placed here, it can continue to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into wood spirit. Cultivators who are friendly to wood spirit can wear it or refine it directly, which will benefit their cultivation."

Lu Zheng looked at the spiritual energy in front of him, and a desire arose in his heart.

And this desire is not just for the spirit of wood.

Lu Zheng asked the steward beside him, "Are there any other spiritual rhymes?"

The manager smiled and said, "We have the most common five-element spiritual charms. The contribution points they exchange for vary, but they're not much different from the wood spiritual charm."

Lu Zheng said without hesitation: "Let's have one of each."

The steward nodded and said, "No problem, wait a moment."

The manager cast a spell first to gather the spiritual energy of the wood in front of him, and then gave it to Lu Zheng.

Afterwards, the manager slipped away to get other spiritual energy.

In just a moment, the manager brought all five kinds of natural spiritual charm.

"A total of 500,000 contribution points, I have already deducted them from you."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and took the five kinds of spiritual charm into his small world.

Just by putting the spiritual energy into the small world, the entire small world began to undergo some subtle changes.

It really works... Lu Zheng thought to himself.

His little world is not complete and needs something to make up for it, and these natural spiritual charms are obviously good things to promote the growth of the little world.

He turned to look at Qing Wan who was looking at him eagerly, and said with a smile: "When we get back, I'll let you play slowly."

Qing Wan grinned and nodded happily when she heard that.

(End of this chapter)