Cultivation: I can see the proficiency level

On the spiritual land of Snake-Entwined Valley, the once lush spiritual herbs had long been uprooted, and the newly dug soil was exposed to the sun. There were still cultivators digging the soil.

A month or so passed, and the land was turned upside down. Even the hidden spiritual vein nodes were completely destroyed. Even if the soil were refilled in the future, it could no longer be used as a medicinal garden.

After searching inch by inch, Su Fuyao finally found about ten pieces of Phoenix Blood Stone of varying sizes, the smallest being the size of a thumb and the largest the size of a fist.

Even the thumb-sized phoenix bloodstone in her hand was equivalent to several years' worth of production from this herb garden.

Su Fuyao watched the figure flying over on a magical artifact from the ridge, then turned to Su Shengnan and said, "Sister Shengnan, my aunt has come to take me back to the mountain. I'll trouble you to do the thing I asked you to do for me."

Two or three figures gradually approached, all dressed as women, appearing to be in their forties or fifties, heading straight for Su Fuyao.

The Snake-Entwined Valley lacks suitable conditions for cultivation, which wastes her cultivation time. Her clan has urged her to return to Chicken Head Mountain several times, asking her to entrust the task of finding the Phoenix Blood Stone to Su Wenrou and Su Shengnan.

Su Fuyao refused several times, so her aunt from the clan came to arrest her.

"Don't worry, young clan leader." Su Shengnan's voice was soft and gentle, her square face full of seriousness.

Su Wenrou, who was standing to one side, wanted to say something, but met Su Fuyao's gaze and ultimately said nothing. After the incident with the rogue cultivator, although the young clan leader seemed to treat her the same, she always felt that there were some subtle changes.

Several figures landed, and a woman even more robust than Su Shengnan strode towards Su Fuyao. Compared to their size, Su Fuyao looked like a child.

Several people bowed and addressed him as the young clan leader.

"Young clan leader, my mother-in-law has instructed me to take you back to Chicken Head Mountain. The task of excavating and searching this place, as well as the handling of the two spiritual sites outside the ridge, will be entrusted to Hongxing and Hongzao," the leading female cultivator said.

In front of her several aunts, who had been instructed by her mother-in-law and were strong enough to carry a horse on their arms and had legs as thick as pillars, Su Fuyao never thought of resisting.

She turned this sacred land upside down, and even if a few Phoenix Bloodstones were left, the number would be small and they would be even harder to find.

"I'll listen to Aunt Hongqi," Su Fuyao said.

Su Hongqi thought she would have to use her words, but she didn't expect the young clan leader to be so compliant. So she took out the palm-sized flying boat and threw it. The flying boat instantly grew to more than three zhang in size.

She gestured for Su Fuyao to board the boat.

Obediently, Su Fuyao led Su Wenrou onto the flying boat. Su Hongqi, who also jumped onto the flying boat, noticed Su Shengnan still standing on the ground and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Auntie, please go ahead. I have something to do for the young clan leader." Su Shengnan replied, meeting her aunt's gaze.

Upon hearing this, many thoughts flashed through Su Hongqi's mind. She turned to look at Su Wenrou, and their eyes met. Su Wenrou hesitated for a moment, then shook her head almost imperceptibly.

Seeing Su Fuyao's obvious and somewhat forceful attitude, she pondered for a moment.

Knowing that no matter what the matter was, given her attitude, it was not appropriate to interfere with the young clan leader's decision at this moment. Su Hongqi activated the flying boat: "Shengnan, be careful while you are out there. After you finish your business, return to Jitou Mountain as soon as possible."

Su Shengnan agreed.

Seeing the flying boat depart, she bid farewell to the two aunts who had come to oversee the situation and flew towards the outside of the ridge. The two women exchanged a glance, shook their heads slightly in tacit agreement, one went up the ridge, and the other stayed behind to oversee the search for the Phoenix Blood Stone.

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At the summit of a treacherous peak.

Bai Jiuniang, who was already capable of breaking through the barrier, was worried about the unexpected event. She was concerned that Wang Mian's speed was not as fast as hers and that he would be unable to cope with the crisis. So she insisted on waiting for Wang Mian to break through first before preparing to break through herself. Now that Wang Mian has broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, she no longer has any worries.

Bai Jiuniang, who intended to break through the barrier today, was suddenly stopped by Wang Mian. Although puzzled, Bai Jiuniang still agreed.

Resting on the edge of the cliff, the sunlight seeped into its demonic body, which contained a perfectly integrated demonic power that constantly washed over the barriers without needing to be circulated.

After more than a month of erosion, the pass and its walls are now only half the thickness they were before.

Wang Mian put away the communication talisman and took out the two storage bags that he had never looked at before. One storage bag was embroidered with a blue ox, and the other was embroidered with a green python.

The sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator of the Qingniu Valley Immortal Clan also called himself a rogue cultivator, plotting something. Wang Mian couldn't help but think that these rogue cultivators must have been burdened with countless accusations thrown at them by Immortal Clan cultivators.

"Four mid-grade magic artifacts: a protective bracelet, a protective robe, a double-pronged magic artifact, and a horizontal sword magic artifact." Wang Mian took out all the magic artifacts.

Twenty of the low-grade talismans I had previously drawn were given to Su Fuyao, more than forty were used up in the battle with the green-robed cultivator, and more than thirty were used up in the final battle.

The ten reams of talisman paper I bought back then have all been used up. Now I only have a little over three hundred talismans left, more than two hundred of which were drawn here.

"One bottle of Poison Pill, four bottles of Qi-Boosting Pill, one bottle of Spiritual Wound Pill, one bottle of Healing Pill, three bottles of Abstinence Pill, two bottles of Yellow Dragon Pill... It seems that not all immortal cultivators are fat," which added quite a few more pills to Wang Mian's hands.

He didn't mind having too many spiritual herbs. After Bai Jiuniang broke through her cultivation barrier, she would face a high-grade barrier, which would require even more spiritual pills than she did now. He didn't know if the pills he had would be enough to support her cultivation.

Currently, there are five bottles of Hundred Herbs Pills, nine bottles of Qi-Boosting Pills, and seven bottles of Jade Lotus Pills available to Bai Jiuniang to enhance her demonic power. Each bottle contains five pills, all prepared for her.

If one relies solely on absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, it would take forever to break through the high-grade barrier and become a high-grade demon beast comparable to a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Wang Mian originally disliked pills that could enhance cultivation, but now he was always worried about not having enough of them.

"After a breakthrough, I only have about a hundred spirit stones left. Fellow Daoists, you have accumulated these over many years, so please don't disappoint me!" Wang Mian took out two wooden boxes.

A moment later, Wang Mian couldn't help but burst into a tirade of curses.

"Poor! Down-on-his-luck!"

"Immortal cultivators, reduced to such abject poverty! How can you face your ancestors?"

The two of them had only about three hundred spirit stones in their storage bags combined. The storage bag embroidered with the green python didn't even have thirty spirit stones. It's likely that all the spirit stones were used to feed the Azure Scale Python.

Even with this harvest, I still have less than five hundred spirit stones. Cultivation costs a lot these days, and these spirit stones will probably be used up in a month or so.

They also found several hundred kilograms of spirit rice and wheat, some spirit herbs and tea, a handful of spirit incense, and a lot of spirit fish and dried meat.

Finally, after thoroughly searching through the storage bag, they only found a jade slip recording the art of snake manipulation, which was of little use to Wang Mian and he planned to sell it later.

"Fellow Daoist Wang!"

Just as he finished putting the items away, Wang Mian heard a voice calling him. The voice was gentle and soft, and sounded familiar. Wang Mian walked out of the cave and saw Su Shengnan lying on the stone platform.

After calming Bai Jiuniang, who was guarding the cave entrance, Wang Mian stepped forward and performed the Daoist greeting.

"Fellow Daoist Su." After exchanging greetings, Wang Mian pointed to the stone table and chairs beside him: "My dwelling is simple. Fellow Daoist has come from afar. Please sit down and have some simple tea."

Most independent cultivators have spiritual lands to live in, but Wang Mian's residence is even worse than that of independent cultivators. It is so simple that it is appalling. Compared with the Su family's spiritual vein, it cannot even be called a beggar's den.

It wasn't hard to hear a hint of shame in his tone.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, you flatter me. With your current cultivation level, you can easily obtain a spiritual land. Even if it were located in a high-ranking spiritual vein, with your talent, you would be more than capable of obtaining it." Su Shengnan sat down on the stone chair.

Like Su Fuyao, she deeply adhered to her ancestral teachings and wanted to make many friends, regardless of their current plight.

These words made Wang Mian laugh.

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me." Wang Mian boiled some water and took out a teacup. "Today, thanks to Fellow Daoist Su's auspicious words, if one day I were to brew you a top-grade spiritual tea, instead of this coarse tea."

Su Shengnan answered solemnly.

He then took out a jade box and pushed it in front of Wang Mian.

Seeing Wang Mian's confusion, she spoke up: "I was entrusted by the young clan leader to deliver this Phoenix Blood Stone to her. This item was unearthed from the Snake-Entwined Valley spiritual land and has the miraculous effect of elevating the bloodline of demonic beasts. It is just right for your demonic pet."

This was the task the young clan leader had instructed her to undertake.

Su Fuyao had previously stated that without Wang Mian, it would be difficult to discover the Phoenix Blood Stone, and that a portion should be given to him to avoid damaging their friendship. She even argued with Su Wenrou, who held a different opinion, for a few moments.

"This item must be quite valuable, right?" Wang Mian opened the jade box and saw a fist-sized, crimson stone inside. Its color was like blood, transparent and pure, dazzling and eye-catching.

"As the young clan leader said, if it weren't for you, fellow Daoist, it would have been difficult to discover this item. The Su clan has the majority of the assets, but you shouldn't have gained nothing. Regardless of its value, this is a matter of friendship." Su Shengnan did not mention the value of the item.

This item is quite valuable and is one of the best choices for Foundation Establishment families and disciples of immortal sects to cultivate demonic pets. It can enhance the potential of demonic beasts and purify their bloodlines, with excellent results.

Bai Jiuniang stood guard to the side, not reminding Wang Mian, but her eyes were always fixed on the Phoenix Blood Stone in the box. Her instinctive reaction told her that this item would be of great benefit to her.

It restrained its reaction, lowering its head to avoid looking, otherwise it might have been unable to control itself and wanted to swallow the Phoenix Blood Stone whole.

"I will accept this item." Seeing Bai Jiuniang's reaction, Wang Mian knew that this item was extremely important to her.

He then took the refined mid-grade talisman, put it into the jade box that had previously contained the divine fungus, and handed it to Su Shengnan: "Fellow Daoist, please tell Fellow Daoist Su that I will remember your kindness and righteousness. This is a small token of my gratitude. If I do not perish, I will surely repay you in the future."

He remembered this favor, and now he owed Su Fuyao another debt of gratitude.

Dragon Grass, Nourishing Spirit Ganoderma, Phoenix Blood Stone.

"I will certainly pass on your words to the young clan leader. I've had my tea, and I'm in a hurry to return to Chicken Head Mountain. Fellow Daoist Wang, then I'll take my leave," Su Shengnan said.

Wang Mian bowed in gratitude.

Seeing the light fade away, he took out the Phoenix Blood Stone, looked at Bai Jiuniang beside him who was drooling with desire, and couldn't help but chuckle.