Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

"Renting a house for a year, 500 spiritual stones..." The female cultivator of foundation building also felt a pain in her teeth when she saw the house rental price.

"What? Did I set the price too high?" Zhang Xuan asked with concern.

"This... is not high, but we have been in the underground shelter for more than a year, and the spiritual energy underground is thin, and the spiritual stones on us have long been used up."

"I see," Zhang Xuan laughed, "I have long known that you fellow Taoists are financially tight. I have a spiritual stone loan document here, which can provide a loan limit of 20,000 spiritual stones to each foundation building cultivator, and a loan limit of 5,000 spiritual stones to each cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining, with only 5% interest per month."

"5% interest..."

The female cultivator of foundation building calculated that if she borrowed 20,000 spiritual stones at 5% interest, the interest alone would be 12,000 spiritual stones in a year.

"What? The loan limit of 20,000 spiritual stones is not enough?"

"Enough, enough..." the female cultivator of foundation building said hurriedly.

"If there is no problem, just sign this loan document."

"Okay..." the female cultivator of foundation building nodded.

She lived on the edge of a knife in the underground shelter.

Now that she finally got here, the other party was willing to lend her money, which was naturally the best.

As long as her life was saved, what did these superficial wealth matter?

Soon, several cultivators from Xingyi City signed the loan documents and successfully received the loaned spirit stones.

Seeing the spirit stones in their hands, these cultivators all smiled.

Several cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining had already exhausted the spiritual power in their Qi Sea, and they actually took the spirit stones and started to absorb them directly.

"I wonder if there are any spirit grains here?" asked the female cultivator of foundation building.

After all, absorbing the spiritual energy in the spirit stones to replenish the Qi Sea is too extravagant.

It would be more cost-effective to use spirit grains.

"Yes, the spirit grains in our Fairy Cat Valley are of high quality and low price, and are famous far and wide. The first-level medium-quality spirit grains are 10 spirit stones per catty."

"10 spirit stones..." The female cultivator of foundation building was stunned.

"Why, it's expensive?"

"Not expensive, not expensive..." The female cultivator of foundation building said quickly.

Before the locust tide, one jin of first-grade middle-grade spiritual grain was just a spiritual stone.

Now it is in the midst of a locust infestation.

In the underground shelter, spiritual grain was even sold at a sky-high price of 10 jin for a first-grade middle-grade magic weapon.

Relatively speaking, the price offered by the other party was much cheaper.

"I want 200 jin."

"I want 400 jin."

"I want 300 jin."

...

One cultivator after another rushed to buy spiritual grain.

They were afraid that if they were late, the spiritual grain would be sold out.

Seeing that the borrowed spiritual stones were returned, Zhang Xuan's smile became even brighter.

Speaking of spiritual grain, there are plenty in Fairy Cat Valley.

The last time the merchants from the upper sect came to purchase spiritual materials.

Unexpectedly, the price of spiritual grain plummeted and it was not sold at all.

The spiritual grain accumulated by the elders and strong branches of each tribe added up to millions of jin, all piled up in the warehouse.

The arrival of these cultivators from Xingyi City helped Fairy Cat Valley a lot.

Zhang Xuan was not afraid that these cultivators from Xingyi City could not pay back the spiritual stones.

They had a deep foundation and had many opportunities to pay back the spiritual stones.

After a while, another group of cultivators teleported over.

This time, there were more than a hundred cultivators teleported over, 20 of whom were at the foundation-building stage, and most of the other cultivators were at the late stage of Qi Refining, with only a small number at the middle stage of Qi Refining.

When they teleported over, they saw 16 holy corpses and 7 second-level demon beast puppets, as well as a smiling Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan followed the same method, handed over the loan documents, let them borrow his spiritual stones, and then sold the spiritual grains to them, and the spiritual stones returned to his hands.

These cultivators were struggling to survive in the underground shelters, and they lived a life of uncertainty, so they had never eaten such fine bran.

They only saw that the spiritual grains they bought were full of spiritual energy, and the rented houses were bright and spacious.

Compared with the underground shelters with thin spiritual energy and polluted environment, this was simply a paradise.

They were filled with joy, not minding the slight interest in the loan documents, and were grateful to the gentle, hospitable ten elders in front of them.

The price of the first-grade middle-grade spiritual grains in the entire Fairy Cat Valley also soared because of the arrival of these Xingyi City monks.

Originally, one catty of first-grade middle-grade spiritual grains had fallen to one spiritual stone, but now it has risen to 6 spiritual stones.

The elders and strong branches of each clan were also very happy.

According to the previous agreement, all transactions were handled by the ten elders.

Zhang Xuan also earned a difference of 4 spiritual stones from one catty of spiritual grains.

This is a situation that everyone is happy with.

The premise is that these Xingyi City monks have the ability to repay the borrowed spiritual stones.

If they cannot repay, all prosperity is castles in the air and all debts can only be borne by Zhang Xuan alone.

"Everyone, it is an honor for us to come to our Fairy Cat Valley, but our Fairy Cat Valley also has its own rules, that is, the cultivators of Xingyi City cannot leave the island." Zhang Xuan said to the cultivators who were teleported.

"Then what should we do if we want to obtain cultivation resources? We can't be trapped like in the underground shelter, right?" said a bearded foundation-building cultivator.

"If you want to obtain cultivation resources, my people will deliver them to your door. As long as we have them in the Fairy Cat Valley, you will definitely need them. If our Fairy Cat Valley doesn't have them, you won't be able to find them even if you leave the island." Zhang Xuan responded.

"That makes sense." The bearded foundation-building cultivator nodded and said.

At this time, the second batch of female foundation-building cultivators who were teleported over said, "Ten clan elders, we all borrowed a lot of debts from you. Although the ten clan elders are kind-hearted, we must pay back these debts. If we are all trapped on this lake island and have no way to earn spiritual stones, there will always be a day when we can't pay back the debts of the ten clan elders. What should we do then?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Daoyou is thoughtful. Everyone has signed the debt document. The loan must be repaid. However, I believe that all the cultivators from Xingyi City must have ways to earn spiritual stones. Some are good at refining pills, some are good at making talismans, and some are good at refining weapons. These things can be purchased at a high price in Xianmao Valley."

After hearing what Zhang Xuan said, everyone nodded and calmed down.

Generally, cultivators need to consume a lot of spiritual materials for cultivation.

Buying spiritual materials requires burning a lot of spiritual stones.

You must master a skill to earn spiritual stones for cultivation.

Especially for these foundation-building cultivators and late-stage Qi-refining cultivators, which one of them does not have a skill to rely on.

After hearing Zhang Xuan's words, everyone smiled.

Knowing that there is no shortage of ways to earn spiritual stones on this lake island, everyone finally felt relieved.

"Of course, if you really want to leave the island, it's not impossible..."

Hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears, as if they were very interested.

"That is to go directly to the outskirts of Fairy Cat Valley and help us resist the invasion of locusts, but the mortality rate is very high. If you haven't reached the Golden Core level, I advise you to be cautious."