Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

Chapter 10 The Four Arts of Cultivating Immortality

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Yu Changsheng was shocked by the number.

In the past, he only received 1 point of essence from feeding, but he never expected that the essence could be improved in quality!

This put his mind at ease. Otherwise, as his cultivation technique improved, he would need more and more essence, and 135 spirit chickens would not be enough for him. He couldn't very well open his own chicken farm in the future.

"These three hundred spirit coins were well spent."

Yu Changsheng sighed, "This time we just happened to run into a rogue cultivator who dismantles and sells the monster's corpse. We might not be so lucky next time."

Furthermore, he also needs to carefully plan the Red Serpent King's route during the fusion process, otherwise, if the fusion results in a hybrid that is neither fish nor fowl, or absorbs a bunch of useless weaknesses and abilities, he will be left with nothing but tears.

The Crimson Serpent King is excited to have gained new abilities. The fact that it digested the corpse of the Poisonous Spirit Python has boosted its demonic power, bringing it close to the fifth level of the first tier.

In contrast, Yu Changsheng's cultivation level remained stagnant.

"Manager Chang should be here tomorrow. Hopefully, the Spirit Enhancement Pill will help me improve my cultivation a little," Yu Changsheng thought to himself.

"Money, I'm still too short of money. I wanted to buy a damaged magic artifact at this gathering, but my spirit coins are running out after just a little use."

"I need to think of a way to make money."

Of the four arts and hundreds of skills in cultivation, the only one he has come into contact with that can make money is spiritual plants. He learned this when he was a menial servant in the sect, and he uses it in conjunction with a rainmaking technique to manage the spiritual fields.

Some veterans and experienced spirit plant masters among the sect's miscellaneous servants can rent additional spirit fields in addition to managing the spirit fields assigned by the sect. They receive 70% of the annual income, with the sect receiving 70%.

Even so, spirit plant masters can earn a lot of spirit stones by selling spirit rice, and those with abundant assets can even grow their own first-tier spirit herbs.

However, this profession was a bit troublesome for Yu Changsheng. The work was too tedious, requiring him to weed, kill pests, and guard the harvest. He didn't become a cultivator to farm!

Moreover, it is best for a spirit plant master to have water and wood spirit roots. Although Yu Changsheng has wood spirit roots, he does not have water.

This also made it much more difficult for him to perform his rain-making technique.

"The experience of spirit plants can be increased by adding points, and it takes 995 points to reach the second-tier spirit plant, but it is not suitable for me, and the cycle is too long."

"In that case, the only option left is alchemy!"

Elixir, weapon, array, talisman.

Of the four arts of cultivating immortality, alchemy is the foremost, simply because it's about making money!

Whether it's the lowest-grade Bigu Pill or the slightly more advanced Qi-restoring Pill, they are all consumables in high demand among Qi-refining cultivators. As long as they are edible, they are not afraid of not being able to sell them.

Yu Changsheng possesses fire and wood spiritual roots, enabling him to refine elixirs.

However, alchemy requires three things: technique, formula, and medicinal herbs. Even with system points to increase experience, start-up capital is still needed.

"If you go to a rogue cultivator to buy a book on alchemy, the price will be much cheaper, but their alchemy techniques generally have a low success rate. It's better to spend more spirit stones to learn at the sect's alchemy hall, at least you won't go astray."

Yu Changsheng calculated that it would cost at least three or four hundred low-grade spirit stones to study at the alchemy hall, and the spiritual medicines needed for practice would be an even bigger expense.

"There's no other way, I'll write a letter home."

Yu Changsheng sighed, thinking of his cheap old man.

Although the Yu family is only a small Qi-refining family in Haoyue City, they still run various businesses and earn a considerable amount of silver and spirit stones every year.

However, the family doesn't belong to him alone. Even though his father is the clan leader, he still has to consider all aspects. When he insisted on joining the Myriad Manifestations Sect, it made many uncles and elders in the clan unhappy.

Therefore, he didn't expect his family to provide several hundred spirit stones, as that was unrealistic.

I just hope to reduce my stress.

Otherwise, with a monthly wage of four low-grade spirit stones, he would have to work for ten years to afford to learn authentic alchemy.

"If all else fails, I'll learn alchemy from rogue cultivators first, and then switch to it after I've made some money," Yu Changsheng thought to himself.

Many disciples who are short of money actually take this method, but it is more difficult for them to switch to other cultivation methods in the end, and some habits cannot be changed. In the end, their success rate in making pills is far lower than that of alchemists of the same level.

If you can learn authentic alchemy, then it's best to learn the authentic way.

After sending a letter home, he went to Lingji Garden the next day, as usual.

"I'll transform you today."

Yu Changsheng squatted down and touched the head of the fiercest spirit chicken.

[Spirit Beast Metamorphosis]

[Ordinary Spirit Chicken → Spirit Chicken King]

【Required Essence: 310】

The amount of essence needed is less than half that of a month ago.

This small portion is thanks to Yu Changsheng's gradual nurturing. If he hadn't used the system to transform, it would have taken at least another month for him to naturally grow into a Spirit Chicken King.

But the manager only gave him one month; he had to produce results.

"Transformation!" Yu Changsheng thought to himself.

The rooster under his palm suddenly trembled, raised its head like a wolf, and crowed loudly towards the sky.

As it crowed, the rooster grew several tens of centimeters taller, its feathers changed from their original yellowish-brown to fiery red, and its comb turned golden-red.

[Name]: King of the Spirit Chickens

[Realm]: First Tier, Fourth Level

[Comprehension]: 5

Current Status: Excited

It was a success, as expected.

Yu Changsheng withdrew his hand. The Spirit Chicken King was already the complete form of the Spirit Chicken race and could not undergo further transformation unless it was given a bloodline devouring ability.

"Manager Chang should be here soon. Let's feed the other spirit chickens first."

Yu Changsheng picked up the dumbfounded Spirit Chicken King, placed it aside, and then fed it a bowl of spirit rice in a small basin.

The Spirit Chicken King's cultivation level is decent, but these spirit chickens are all used for blood-feeding, and their comprehension is generally low. Yu Changsheng has no intention of cultivating them.

Just as the feeding was finished, the manager's laughter came from outside the garden.

"This pheasant is really plump!"

When he reached the chicken coop and saw the Spirit Chicken King squatting in the corner, his face lit up with ecstatic joy as he exclaimed, "Spirit Chicken King!"

"Haha, I knew I wasn't wrong about you! Well done, you raised them well!"

Manager Chang patted Yu Changsheng on the shoulder with great joy.

Previously, he had only tried it as a last resort, and did not really believe that Yu Changsheng could raise the Spirit Chicken King.

The servant disciples had been feeding them for so long, and even with good luck, they could only raise two or three a year. For Yu Changsheng to raise one a month was really quite difficult.

He was even prepared to be scolded by his Uncle Han, as long as the other spirit chickens were a bit fatter, but he never expected to actually raise a spirit chicken king!

"Alright, alright, here are the Spirit Enhancement Pills I promised you. I'll give you two as a reward for your hard work feeding you these past few days!"

Manager Chang took out two Spirit Enhancement Pills in bottles and handed them to Yu Changsheng with a smile, feeling fortunate that he had kicked out Huang Li and kept this menial disciple.

"Thank you, Steward Chang." Yu Changsheng took a look at the pill and found that it was of good quality, with two pill patterns. It was not made by those rogue cultivators, but by the sect's pill hall.

The better the quality and the more patterns there are, the better the effect will be.

Foundation Building Pills with three Dan patterns are extremely rare and priceless, while those with five or more Dan patterns are extremely rare, appearing only once every hundred years.

(End of this chapter)