Chapter 832
Immortal Rice, Immortal Crystals! Chu Heng
Zhang Lingshan took the ring, took out a high-grade spirit stone, and gently crushed it into powder with his right hand. Then, he took a deep breath and inhaled all the spirit stone fragments into his stomach.
Comfortable!
I felt instantly filled with energy, and all my fatigue seemed to be swept away in that moment.
No wonder the Daqing Dynasty controlled high-grade spirit stones; they were indeed far superior to mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones.
Although the latter two can also be cultivated, they contain too many impurities. Absorbing too much of them will actually slow down the cultivation process, so it is necessary to find a way to remove the impurities.
However, consuming pills to expel impurities from spirit stones will accumulate pill toxins, and over time, one will have to find a way to expel these toxins.
Repeating this process will greatly reduce the efficiency of cultivation.
The reason why Zhang Lingshan, a top-grade Pure Lotus Alchemist, was placed in the Pure Lotus Pavilion by Anning City is because the Pure Lotus Pill can cleanse the meridians and is a precious elixir that everyone needs.
This shows how troublesome low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones are.
Only high-grade spirit stones are easy to refine, or rather, the burden is negligible; they are truly good things.
Tao Yunlu couldn't help but gasp when he saw Zhang Lingshan refining high-grade spirit stones in this way, and glanced at Bai Changdu.
Bai Changdu was also astonished. He shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand either. It was the first time he and this person had seen this method of absorbing high-grade spirit stones, and they were also shocked.
"good."
Zhang Lingshan slightly opened his eyes and said, "As expected of contraband, it's really useful. Elder Tao, you're too kind. I'll accept these things. If your Tao family ever needs anything in the future, you can come to me. Of course, if you have more high-grade spirit stones, that would be even better."
Tao Yunlu was overjoyed and quickly said, "Thank you, Holy Son. I am relieved that you have accepted it. As for any more high-grade spirit stones, as long as our Tao family can mine them, we will definitely leave them all to you, Holy Son. However, I wonder how to contact you?"
"This is for you. You can contact me through this."
Zhang Lingshan casually conjured a piece of ice jade pendant. It looked like an ordinary ice jade pendant, but in fact it contained a drop of his divine dew, and the divine dew contained a wisp of his immortal consciousness.
If Zhang Lingshan wanted, he could use this jade pendant to observe everything around Tao Yunlu.
Therefore, if Tao Yunlu dares to deceive him or do anything detrimental to Zhang Lingshan, Zhang Lingshan will send the other party to the Yama Ghost Realm for a talk.
"Thank you, Holy Son, for bestowing this treasure."
Tao Yunlu presented the Frost Jade Pendant with both hands and spoke respectfully.
For him, although Tao Mingguan had died, a genius of the Tao family who had finally broken through to the Golden Immortal realm, he was definitely heartbroken to see him die like that.
but.
Taking this opportunity to get to know this unique Holy Son of the Ice Spirit Sect is also a gain in itself.
As long as they use the pretext of getting high-grade spirit stones for this holy son, the Tao family can seize all kinds of spirit stone mines. If anyone is unhappy, they can go find the holy son of the Ice Spirit Sect.
With the methods of this holy son, if you dare to come looking for him, he would dare to wipe out your entire family.
Tao Yunlu had heard Bai Changdu say that if Bai Changdu hadn't told him to negotiate, the Tao family would probably have turned to ashes by now.
As for whether Bai Changdu exaggerated, Tao Yunlu might have had such doubts before he arrived.
But after witnessing Zhang Lingshan's methods today, Tao Yunlu knew that Bai Changdu was not lying.
This guy is a ruthless person who dared to set up an array inside the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce. He's incredibly audacious and capable of anything.
It was just a matter of wiping out the Tao family; it was just a piece of cake for them, and they didn't need to worry about it at all.
Therefore, being able to rely on such a daring and ruthless person might not be a bad opportunity for the Tao family.
The death of Tao Mingguan and the expenditure of a large amount of spirit stones as compensation seem like a loss, but it was a huge loss.
However, if you make good use of this relationship with the other party, you might not lose out, or even make a big profit.
Thinking of this, Tao Yunlu became somewhat excited.
Although he is getting older and feels that his potential is almost exhausted, it is basically impossible for him to break through to the Immortal Lord level.
However, anything can change.
Tao Yunlu felt that his variable might lie with this person.
This person is only a Golden Immortal now, yet he possesses all sorts of miraculous abilities, easily defeating Golden Immortals. His future is undoubtedly limitless.
If you establish a relationship with the other party and serve them well, perhaps one day you will also receive a reward from them and break through to the Immortal Lord level?
Although it may take a long time, Tao Yunlu waited through the hopeless times. Now that there is hope, shouldn't he have the patience to wait?
“Holy Son, our Tao family’s spirit stone mines are limited, so the amount of high-grade spirit stones we can obtain is also very limited. If you are willing, Holy Son, you can give me a warrant, and I will get you more high-grade spirit stones.”
Tao Yunlu knew this was his chance, so he boldly made the suggestion.
Bai Changdu looked at him in surprise, not expecting Tao Yunlu to be so bold. He was trying to use the name of the Holy Son to rob the spirit stone mine.
Will the Holy Son agree?
"An old steed in its stall may still aspire to gallop a thousand miles; a hero in his twilight years may still cherish lofty ambitions. Master Tao is indeed a hero of his generation. Since Master Tao has this intention, how could I possibly disobey him?"
After saying this, Zhang Lingshan clasped his hands together and conjured a small ice figure, which he handed to Tao Yunlu, saying, "This is my warrant. Use it wisely. But don't be too clever for your own good and harm others or yourself."
"Yes, I would never dare to be presumptuous. I will obey the Holy Son's orders and serve him!"
Tao Yunlu said hurriedly.
Even if you gave him a hundred and twenty times the courage, he wouldn't dare to be so clever as to use this thing for his own benefit.
The benefits he wants can only be obtained if the Holy Son grants them.
Taking it secretly is suicidal.
"Your Majesty, I will go about my business now and will not disturb your rest."
When Tao Yunlu saw Zhang Lingshan pick up a book from the side, he immediately spoke up with great tact.
Bai Changdu also hurriedly got up.
The two took their leave.
Gada.
The sound of the door closing rang out.
Zhang Lingshan put all the spirit stones given to him by Bai Changdu into his pouch space, so that he could easily put them in his mouth and chew them up without having to lift a finger.
While refining the spirit stones, he continued to use his divine sense to search for information within the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce.
Time flies.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Tao Yunlu came by and brought Zhang Lingshan another ring, which contained twice the amount of spirit stones he had mentioned before.
Besides.
He somehow acquired another batch of high-grade spirit stones. Although it wasn't much, only a few dozen, it showed his sincerity. He was determined to serve Zhang Lingshan wholeheartedly, and he wanted Zhang Lingshan to see even the smallest achievement.
Zhang Lingshan was quite satisfied with this.
Although he doesn't need to worry about the impurities in low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones, he can easily remove them.
However, the advantage of high-grade spirit stones is not only that they are free of impurities, but also that they contain some insignificant power of the laws of heaven and earth.
These rules of heaven and earth are generally imperceptible to ordinary people, but Zhang Lingshan is no ordinary person.
Even this tiny bit enhanced his understanding of the universe.
It may not be able to produce a qualitative change for the time being, but as long as you keep refining it, once you have enough high-grade spirit stones, you will definitely be able to add another column to the panel.
Therefore, Zhang Lingshan is not looking at the present, but at the future.
'Found it!'
This day.
Zhang Lingshan finally found the information he wanted from the vast collection of books.
'So, to obtain top-grade spiritual rice, what you need is immortal energy!' What is immortal energy?
The difference between "ethereal aura" and "spiritual aura" is as great as heaven and earth, despite the difference of just one word.
The emphasis is on the word "spirit" in "immortal spirit energy," indicating that it is primarily spirit energy, but imbued with immortal energy.
Therefore, he is no match for the celestial aura.
In the end, spiritual energy is just like the spiritual energy in a spirit stone. Even if it is tainted with immortal energy, it is just a slightly higher level of spiritual energy, without any qualitative change.
And as long as it is spiritual energy, there will definitely be mixed and impure energy within it.
But is it precisely because of that slightly mixed aura that it's impossible to grow truly top-grade spiritual rice?
of course not.
The main reason why we can't grow top-grade spiritual rice is that we lack the spiritual energy.
How can it be called "Immortal Rice" if it lacks the flavor of immortality?
Back when Zhang Lingshan was in the Anning Army's weapon-refining pavilion, he ate spirit rice for the first time and talked about it with Wei Sheng.
Zhang Lingshan was amazed that the rice in the immortal realm was truly extraordinary. At that moment, Wei Sheng said that the spirit rice they ate was garbage and could not compare to the immortal rice eaten by nobles.
Zhang Lingshan always thought that Immortal Rice was a higher grade than Spirit Rice, and that if he wanted to grow Immortal Rice in the future, he would have to find the seeds of Immortal Rice again.
It wasn't until after researching so much information that Zhang Lingshan realized that the so-called Immortal Rice was actually the finest Spirit Rice.
"Many people, like me, were probably fooled by this name. Pang Mancang's manual didn't mention that Immortal Rice was the same as top-grade Spirit Rice."
Zhang Lingshan cursed inwardly.
This Daqing Dynasty is a real rip-off; they even cheated those of them who were farming in Anning County.
If you had told Pang Mancang earlier that the top-grade spirit rice was the same as immortal rice, Pang Mancang wouldn't have wasted his time on those useless studies.
A single word makes all the difference.
If it weren't for the fact that it's made from celestial rice, who would know it requires celestial energy?
If I had said I would use immortal energy, Pang Mancang might have been able to create immortal rice.
Although Zhang Lingshan cursed inwardly, he knew that even if Pang Mancang knew that he needed to use immortal energy, he still couldn't produce immortal rice.
First, Pang Mancang is not Zhang Lingshan, who can control ten kinds of rule power and life and death aura to provide the necessary energy and elements for the growth of immortal rice.
Secondly, and most importantly, Pang Mancang lacked any divine aura.
Not to mention Pang Mancang has no immortal energy, neither does Zhang Lingshan, and probably not anyone else in the entire Ice Spirit Sect.
Even if it exists, that immortal energy must be treasured by Sect Master Shen Zhixin, and no one can use it.
After all, every little movement reduces the chances of survival.
They don't automatically produce magical energy here.
How then can one obtain immortal energy?
According to the book, the celestial realm is the source of celestial energy, and the celestial realm itself should have a continuous supply of celestial energy.
But why is there no immortal energy in the current immortal realm, only low-level immortal spiritual energy?
The book was old and contained no record, so Zhang Lingshan naturally had no idea.
As for the "History" section in the Six Treasuries, it consists of abridged versions of history compiled by the Daqing Dynasty, and is indeed as bad as excrement, with virtually no reference value.
But Zhang Lingshan still managed to find the key information from the vast sea of books.
Celestial Crystals!
Although the current immortal realm does not have a continuous supply of immortal energy that everyone can use, it does have something called immortal crystals.
The immortal crystal contains pure immortal energy.
If one can obtain immortal crystals, then one should also be able to use the immortal energy within them to grow top-grade spiritual rice, also known as immortal spiritual rice.
pity.
Zhang Lingshan only found a brief introduction to "immortal crystals" in books, and did not find any trace of immortal crystals in the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce.
Either the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce doesn't have any immortal crystals, or even if they do, it's not something the Anyuan City branch can possess.
It seems that only by going to the headquarters of the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce can one see the Immortal Crystal.
However, Zhang Lingshan estimated that even if he went to the headquarters, he probably wouldn't see any immortal crystals.
Because these things sound extremely rare, who would bother to sell them? If there's something good, you'd definitely use it yourself first.
If the leader of the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce is a Celestial Emperor, who has already reached the limit of advancement, he might still take out the Celestial Crystals he has obtained.
However, since there were no Immortal Emperors in the entire Daqing Dynasty, such a valuable item as Immortal Crystals could not possibly be available on the market.
'Oh shit.'
Zhang Lingshan cursed inwardly.
After going through countless hardships, they were almost able to grow the Immortal Rice, but they were stopped at this last step.
Make bricks without straw.
Without immortal crystals, no matter how well Zhang Lingshan does in other aspects, he simply cannot grow immortal rice, and there is nothing he can do about it.
But the more he couldn't grow it, the more Zhang Lingshan wanted to grow it.
The rarer the Fairy Rice is, the more valuable it becomes.
If planted successfully, it will surely yield a great harvest.
Thinking about this...
Zhang Lingshan decided to return to the Ice Spirit Sect, determined to find out from Shen Zhixin whether she possessed any immortal crystals.
If Shen Zhixin has any immortal crystals, then Zhang Lingshan will definitely give it a try. Even if he only manages to grow one plant, or even if only one crystal grows from one plant, it will still be worthwhile.
Because just one grain can be cooked into a large pot, everyone can have some, which will definitely bring a surprise to everyone.
The more Zhang Lingshan thought about it, the more he felt he should give it a try. So, he immediately stood up and prepared to leave the tea room.
But at that moment...
Among the vast amount of divine sense he released, he captured a figure.
He was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man; most people would just see him as an average person and wouldn't pay him any attention.
but.
Zhang Lingshan immediately recognized the person. It was none other than the Golden Immortal who had been waiting outside to reap the benefits when he, Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, and Yu Feihan went to the Ice Coffin Cave.
Chu Heng!
This person was quite strong, but unfortunately, he didn't expect Zhang Lingshan to be able to move the rune stone slab blocking the cave entrance away and then move it back in an instant. That's why he could only watch helplessly as he waited outside for Xia Hengbing and the other two to receive the inheritance.
Therefore, he hated Zhang Lingshan to death.
However, because he was injured by Xue Mingyang, the manager of the Taiyuan City Ice Room, he fled and was unable to cause trouble for Zhang Lingshan immediately.
At this moment, he was in good condition, clearly having recovered, and had even made further progress, reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.
With this level of strength, one is already capable of breaking through to the Immortal Lord level at the Immortal Lord Pavilion.
Of course, this is on the premise that Chu Heng has a Celestial Lord status, but he is just a rogue cultivator, so where would he get a Celestial Lord status?
However, considering that he obtained the Golden Immortal status in secret when he broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, it is clear that he had powerful backers.
Therefore, it seems not impossible for him to obtain a Celestial Lord position.
Regardless of whether he has a Celestial Lord title or not, Zhang Lingshan cannot let him go now that he has encountered him. (End of Chapter)