Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 19: Relationship

"Take it, it doesn't matter if you spend it all. Sister has plenty of spirit stones here!"

In the end, under Qi Yalan's insistence, Qin Muling reluctantly accepted this huge sum of money. As for repaying the debt, there was no need to consider it so far.

If she couldn't repay it, what could she do? Could she eat herself?

Anyway, as long as her cultivation continued to improve, there would be opportunities to repay Sister in the future.

The next step was to go shopping. With the existence of the mysterious seed in her sea of consciousness, Qin Muling was now very interested in all kinds of plant resources, such as the local specialty medicinal herbs and spiritual grasses. There were also those plant tubers, seeds, and flowers that had lived for a long time, even though their uses were unknown. They all contained varying degrees of vitality and could be refined and absorbed by the mysterious seed, and then the most essential parts could be fed back to herself.

There were indeed many resources of this kind in the market. After all, the entire continent had been occupied by those demonic creatures. Cultivators went out to battle every day, and the various spoils of war they could obtain were naturally abundant.

After walking through several streets, Qin Muling's two spatial bracelets were almost full, and she had nearly three hundred fewer high-grade spirit stones in her storage pouch. It could be seen that the purchasing power of these things was not low.

Qin Muling stopped in front of a stall.

The stall owner was a dark-skinned, bearded man in a coarse robe. His face was weathered, and there were two weapons hanging at his waist that resembled pig-killing knives. They emitted a faint spiritual light and a hidden killing intent, seeming to be a decent pair of spiritual weapons.

In front of him were two large black tables, piled high with unknown spirit plants that were about a zhang long, blood-red in color, and shaped like lotus nodes. They emitted a chilling coldness.

When she carefully observed them, she could see a twisted and ferocious texture on the surface of those lotus nodes, which was slowly undulating and changing. Although they had been killed for a long time, their vitality was still extremely tenacious.

"Fellow Daoist, how much is this thing?" Qin Muling politely asked. She didn't know what it was, but the lotus nodes contained a rich energy of vitality. If she took them back and let the mysterious seed absorb them, there would definitely be many benefits.

The bearded man answered in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, this thing is called the Ghost Devil Eroding Vine. It only grows in the deep waters of certain areas occupied by monsters. It is a quite fierce and dangerous creature. If you sincerely want to buy it, one high-grade spirit stone can exchange for two pieces, or you can trade with equivalent spirit pills or medicinal herbs."

"Isn't that a bit expensive?" Qi Yalan said unhappily, "This thing has a high grade, but this kind of spirit plant from the underground is contaminated by demonic energy from inside to outside. Even if you use it for medicine, you have to find a way to purify it first, which is costly and troublesome. In the end, you might still lose money!"

The bearded man looked slightly embarrassed. "Miss, you are right. Our eight brothers were almost injured when we hunted this thing last time. Now we are still waiting for spirit pills to save our lives in the inn. So... if you really want to do this business, let's exchange three pieces for one high-grade spirit stone. I can't go any lower."

Qin Muling glanced at him. This kind of cultivator from a small sect had ordinary inheritance of cultivation techniques and was unlikely to have powerful Law Treasure weapons. Their survival was particularly difficult in their daily lives. Even if they went out of the city to eliminate demonic creatures, they were basically exchanging their lives for resources. Being injured or dying was commonplace.

"Alright, I'll buy all these things at the price you mentioned, Fellow Daoist."

Qin Muling spoke and took out twenty pieces of High Grade spirit stones, handing them over. Then, she collected all the mischievous Eroded Ghost Vines on the table into her spatial bracelet.

The burly man in a hemp robe was overjoyed as he received the spirit stones and put them away. "Fellow Daoist, we still have some of these things. If you have any needs, I can go back to the inn and get them for you."

Qin Muling nodded. "Alright, hurry up. I'll be back in half an hour."

The burly man happily packed up his stall and hurriedly left.

Qi Yalan was slightly worried. She looked around and used her divine sense to ask, "Although these Eroded Ghost Vines are good, they are really cumbersome to deal with. That's why the alchemists in the sect don't like to use them. Can your abilities... handle them? Will they have any negative effects on you?"

"It's fine, I can handle it."

Qin Muling nodded confidently. No matter how troublesome these demonic creatures were, their grade was far inferior to the Innate Primordial Spirit Root. Purifying and dealing with them would be a breeze.

After another half an hour of browsing, when the burly man returned with more Eroded Ghost Vines, Qin Muling still accepted them all.

Seeing that all the good things worth buying in the market had been swept away by her, Qin Muling decided to leave with her senior sister.

Qi Yalan thought for a moment and suggested, "Junior brother, if you think these things are important to you, we can go out of the city tomorrow to hunt and let you see those strange and monstrous creatures outside. What do you think?"

With her exceptional cultivation, killing high-level prey was a piece of cake for her. Whether it was left for Qin Muling to use or sold, it was a good choice.

Qin Muling smiled and said, "Of course, since I followed Master up the mountain, I have never experienced real combat. Senior sister, please take me to broaden my horizons."

Countless eerie and ferocious monsters roamed outside the city, and the danger was unpredictable. With only her Profound Comprehension Realm cultivation, it was not enough to ensure safety. However, with her senior sister's protection, many formidable monsters that were originally out of reach could be easily dealt with.

The two returned to the city lord's mansion, and Qin Muling naturally proposed to go into seclusion.

Due to the frequent wars, the city lord's mansion had many different levels of cultivation rooms. As long as they were disciples of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, they could use them, of course... it was not free.

The facilities in the cultivation rooms were all treasures that could assist in cultivation. There were large Spirit Gathering arrays under the floor and on the walls, connecting to the underground spiritual veins. Once activated, they could transport a large amount of spiritual energy, up to twenty times the concentration of the outside environment, greatly improving the cultivation efficiency of the secluding disciples.

The cost of using them was naturally not cheap. Sufficient spirit stones, pills, and other resources had to be paid, or a certain amount of sect merits would be deducted. These things could only be obtained by completing sect missions.

Xue Bingxuan casually instructed the elders in the mansion to arrange the best cultivation room.

It was a heavily guarded and luxurious courtyard. The daily cost of use was five thousand sect merits. If the highest level of spiritual energy transmission was used, the cost would double again. Using it for one day would require fifteen thousand merits, and three days of cultivation would cost forty-five thousand merits.

Although it was relatively easy for core disciples to earn sect merits with their strength and cultivation, this was still a considerable amount. Moreover, the best cultivation room was not something you could use whenever you wanted. There were too many people in line, so you had to find the elders, establish connections, and use backdoor methods to avoid waiting too long.

For Qin Muling, being able to use her senior sister's connections was indeed a pleasant thing.

(End of this chapter)