Cultivation begins with harvest.

Setting aside the Ice Flower Wutong for the time being and sealing the Heavenly Ice Heart Lotus again, Chen Guangcai opened the not-so-thick book.

The content wasn't much, but after just a quick glance, Chen Guang slowed down his reading pace, even slower and slower. He closed the book halfway through and fell into deep thought.

This is a cultivation technique called "Changming Qi Acupoint Technique," a technique with a cold and yin attribute. It is extremely adept at concealing one's aura and possesses considerable amplification for wind and snow attribute spells. One of its secret techniques is called "Qi Seeking Truth," which involves the true qi of Qiaoling Cold Breath. Qiaoling Cold Breath itself has the effect of helping to comprehend the Dao of Wind and Snow. Under this secret technique, the effect is even stronger. As long as there is a sufficient amount of Qiaoling Cold Breath, comprehending a trace of the Dao of Wind and Snow is only a matter of time. Another function of Qi Seeking Truth is that it can provide extremely strong assistance to wind and snow type spells.

This cultivation method must have been Wei Donglai's own good fortune, which is why he was able to give it to others in this way.

In fact, it can be seen that some of the secret methods and techniques of the Changming Qi Acupoint were deleted by Wei Donglai, but the main body was retained. At the same time, some key and special secret techniques were also retained, such as [Qi Seeking Truth], and one or two powerful spiritual techniques. These kinds of techniques, which require the foundation of Daoist rhyme to be used, are superior to conventional techniques.

"My two senior brothers have probably switched to, or are preparing to switch to, the Long Night Qi Cultivation Technique. They promised to give me the True Qi Secret Method, but now they've given me an entire cultivation manual. I guess they also hope I'll switch to that method too."

This is actually a good intention.

Of the three stages of Foundation Building, the most difficult is actually comprehending the Daoist essence. The Long Night Qi Acupoint Technique has a shortcut, although it is fixed on this attribute and is not as inclusive as the Purple Qi Brightening Technique. However, the ability to directly comprehend the Daoist essence is enough to make many cultivators give up the Purple Qi Brightening Technique.

Another intention is probably to find some like-minded people.

While the Purple Qi Facing the Brightness Technique didn't demonstrate any particularly special power, it was the main cultivation method of Purple Spirit Peak. Purple Spirit Peak had no shortage of resources and insights for cultivating the Purple Qi Facing the Brightness Technique. Choosing other techniques would certainly have advantages in some aspect, but overall, one would have to overcome obstacles on their own, and there wouldn't be many like-minded people to exchange ideas with. Every one more would be a good thing.

The sect does not force students to cultivate the Purple Qi Brightening Technique, but it has also not prevented students from switching to other techniques. There are many other attribute techniques on the seventh floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

"However, I will possess pure Yang energy, and this heaven-defying reward orb is also a powerful existence. I'm not in a hurry to take shortcuts. I don't even have a fully realized body yet, so I have to admit I'm still some distance from comprehending the Dao. There's no rush."

There's a saying that goes, "You won't turn back until you hit a brick wall." Before truly realizing that it's difficult to comprehend the Dao, I'm still unwilling to embark on the path of switching cultivation methods. It's still usable without cultivating the Long Night Qi Acupoint Technique, after all, it's a secret technique, but to what extent the effect will decrease is unknown.

Changing cultivation methods is not something that can be done casually. The lower one's cultivation level, the easier it is to change cultivation methods. Once one starts cultivating companion spells, it becomes quite difficult. From this perspective, if Zhong Qi really changed his cultivation method, then his dedication and strong mentality in seeking the Dao are truly amazing and admirable.

Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you'll almost never have the chance to change your cultivation method again. Your foundation is already established, and changing your cultivation method would require dismantling the foundation you've already built, which would be too costly. Changing your cultivation method at the Foundation Establishment stage is limited to switching from fire attribute to fire attribute, and there won't be a huge leap like switching from fire attribute to water attribute.

Before reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining, Chen Guang had ample time to experiment and learn from his mistakes.

However, Chen Guang now needs to prepare for another matter: to go to the Misty Market to find a stall owner selling arrays, and have him complete his design with Ice Source Cold Fiend as the central element of the array, based on his own prototype. At the same time, he also needs to sell some of the spiritual items he has.

The usual spiritual items include Cotton Fire Needle, Tooth Pattern Stone, Blood Shadow Bee Egg, Sky-Startling Stone, Rhinoceros Hide with Kong Horn, Mind-Concentrating Pill, Plague-Repelling Pill, and Azure God Incense. I have also refined some Star Leaf Powder and Bone-Cleansing Pill, which I have also put on the shelves. Other practice pills have also been put in.

The frozen shrimp oil, which I no longer use much, and the frozen shrimp tails, which are inevitably used as food for other spirit beasts, still retain some shrimp vein materials to enrich the product.

There are also some rewards for experimentally grown fire-attribute spiritual plants, which are mostly materials and pills, but the quantity is not particularly large and the value is not very high, so we will leave them aside for now.

The Blood Shadow Bee Eggs and the Concentration Pills are a bit of a pity. The former requires a huge investment in terms of living environment, etc. Chen Guang really has other bee colonies in mind, but he only plans to take out a portion of them. It would be a real pity to sell all of these spirit bees. As for the Concentration Pills, the shortage is too great. This small amount will have limited effect on the improvement of the soul. It would be better to exchange them for Sui Yuan first.

There are many unconventional spiritual items. The cumulative reward for the second stage of the Concentration Pill is the [Soul-Suppressing Stone], which can suppress remnant souls and soul techniques. The cumulative reward for the second stage of the Fiery Heart Grass is a [Heartfire Puppet]. By collecting some of the target's body materials, you can ignite their heart fire, making them extremely prone to rage and loss of reason. Each time they get angry, a barely perceptible flame will be born in their heart. If a certain number of flames are collected, they will die instantly from being burned by the heart fire. This is a peculiar understanding that is somewhat related to witchcraft and divination.

The first-stage cumulative reward for Black Silk Algae is the Tier 2 material [Water Plum Stone], a stone that resembles plum blossom branches but actually possesses extremely pure water attribute spiritual energy, making it an excellent main material for water attribute array flags; the first-stage cumulative reward for Crimson Return is the Tier 2 material [Crimson Essence], a widely used metal and stone material in weapon crafting.

The cumulative reward for the second stage of the Three-Smoke Rice event is the [Black Gu Gold Medal], which is the inheritance of an insect-controlling technique and is quite comparable to the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll.

Among these spiritual items, those that can be sold for a few thousand coins are mostly materials. The value of second-tier materials, under normal circumstances, ranges from one thousand to six or seven thousand coins. Chen Guang is unwilling to sell them, as Qi Refining cultivators don't need them often, and it would be difficult to buy them back. Therefore, overall, he still needs to start with non-reward light clusters.

The two Dingzhen tea trees will increase production next year, and the blood qi pills that may overflow after I refine pills may become my new economic pillars.

Next year, Chen Guang plans to use the Black Gu Golden Seal as a foundation to try raising some spirit insects and bees. The spirit flowers from the land of extreme yang are prepared for this purpose, and the specific species have already been selected, including the Heavenly Star Tiger Bee, which can also provide some special spiritual energy for the Nest Water Ginger.

Going a step further in the future, we could try raising spirit spiders that bear traces of the universe, in order to accumulate spider silk for the treasure bottle wood.

Sometimes I really feel that some rewards come at the right time, and are used in the right way.

Before officially leaving, Chen Guang buried five Purple Spirit Earth Roots within the Ice Mist Array. This was clearly an excessive amount, but Chen Guang needed to improve the quality of the Purple Spirit Soil in this way. To transform it into Second-Order Purple Python Soil, he also needed Dragon Qi. If it weren't for the Ice Flower Wutong requiring such conditions, Chen Guang wouldn't have done this.

There's basically no hope for second-tier spirit soil. It's not easy for a Qi Refining cultivator to obtain any kind of second-tier spirit item, which is why Chen Guang is unwilling to sell second-tier materials.

They can only hope to obtain some dragon energy from other places.

After preparing these magical items, Chen Guang entered the Yanmian Market, familiar with its layout and procedures.

Although not all the spiritual items on display were sold except for the Concentration Pills, there were not many left except for the Fire Needles.

Despite years of continuous sales, the sales of the Cotton Fire Needle have been declining. The only good thing is that many cultivators have learned that if they want to buy the Thousand Water Gourd and the Cotton Fire Needle, Chen Guang's place is a good place to do so, and it has gradually gained a reputation.

He bought pills and magical artifacts, and gradually gained some fame.

In just one night, they earned over 130,000 yuan. Besides the magical artifacts, the Concentration Pill and Blood Shadow Bee Eggs played a crucial role in their success.

Once the rest are sold, we should be able to earn another 10,000 yuan.

This is Chen Guang's current profitability, and even that is being kept low-key.