bestfiction Chapter 342 The Classic of Ren Water
Chapter 342 The Classic of Ren Water
He gently placed his withered, claw-like left hand on the child's head, a slight smile playing on his lips, and casually asked, "Child, what is your birth date and time?"
After receiving the reply, his right hand emerged from his sleeve, looking full of vitality and quite plump, and he began to do some calculations with one hand.
"It's been a long time since I've taken on this job. My child, fame and fortune corrupt people's hearts, rare treasures arouse greed, powerful and fierce laws burn away one's temperament, and eternal life is the most intoxicating thing. But my child, there are always children, there is always pure hope."
The old man slightly opened his eyes. He already had many thoughts, and the names of countless cultivation techniques flashed through his mind. Finally, a few names popped up.
"Hey, how many military merit points are you planning to spend?"
"Isn't the consultation fee one hundred?"
"I'm asking about the budget for buying the cultivation method."
“Four digits.” Zhong Ming gave a vague number, though he was still somewhat confident about it.
The old man coughed twice, released the boy, patted his chest with his hand, and said, "Then let's talk about the *Ren Shui Jing*. How do you plan to buy it?"
"How do I buy it?" Zhong Ming was a little confused. He had never bought this thing before. The "Body Refining Technique" that the old Taoist priest gave him was quite useful, and he had no intention of changing it, so he hadn't paid attention to it.
"If you buy it all at once, it will cost 9,900 military merit points. If you buy it separately for the five stages of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation, it will cost 2,999 for the Qi Refining stage."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Ming felt a chill run down his spine.
What a swindler! Buying it separately is half again as expensive as buying it together!
"Don't look at me like that. The price for making one jade slip is different from the price for making five jade slips."
"Then let's buy one first."
This wasn't said by Zhong Ming, but by Zhang Youcai.
He turned to look at Zhong Ming, his eyes bright, as if they held the stars.
"Captain, I think people should strive for self-improvement. I want to try to buy scriptures from other realms on my own. I believe I can do it."
Zhong Ming paused, feeling he should teach him a lesson. He was the one paying for it, and they hadn't even discussed whether to buy the "Ren Shui Jing" yet, and he was already making decisions on his own? However, he felt the timing wasn't right, since they were outside.
When I go back someday, it will be raining outside, hehe.
Beating a child on a rainy day is just idle time.
"It's already very cheap. A cultivation technique that can lead to the Nascent Soul stage is only slightly more expensive than a top-grade spiritual weapon, and it's not even as expensive as a magic treasure."
The old man raised an eyebrow. He had indeed done his job. You know, there aren't many cultivation techniques that sell on average across five realms. Normally, the price is several times higher for each higher realm.
"Sir, can't you give me a discount?"
"I am merely an advisor, not a seller." The old man shook his head, indicating that he should leave if there was nothing else.
Zhong Ming understood, pulled the boy to bow to him, and then turned to go to the merit point exchange office.
The boy was extremely excited along the way. He had no idea how much military merit points 2,999 were. He just felt that his captain was really good and that he would follow him closely from now on.
However, after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea...
"Captain, your breastplate only costs 100 military merit points?" Zhang Youcai's mouth dropped open. Only then did he realize how valuable his martial arts technique was.
Zhong Ming was focused on browsing the page when he replied, "Yeah, if you have nothing to do, just lie down on the floor. I'm going to be here for a while."
He was searching for a ranged spell, as he was severely lacking in ranged spells. He had a budget of over a thousand military merit points and planned to have someone forge a magical artifact, namely the armor of the Merfolk's "Divine Light Flowing Armor".
A basic low-grade spiritual weapon costs about a thousand military merit points. If it's a defensive item, the price will be several times higher, and even if you bring your own materials and hire someone to refine it, you might not be able to succeed.
He browsed through the spells and found that the most advanced spells used by those in the Qi Refining stage generally cost around four hundred military merit points, but he was a bit greedy.
I'm already at the eighth level of Qi Refining, who knows when I'll break through to the Foundation Establishment stage? Shouldn't I learn something that's usable even at the Foundation Establishment stage?
Soon, he found his ideal target.
Extreme Flood Turbulence
This is a technique that uses several streams of water with different speeds to cut the enemy. In a simpler way, it is two streams of water intertwined. From the outside, it looks like strangely shaped water columns rushing over. But once you touch them, you will find that their speeds are different, with the faster stream containing more spiritual energy.
It allows for a concentrated breakthrough within a fully defended area.
This spell can be strong or weak; the effect will naturally be different depending on whether two streams of turbulence are unleashed together or hundreds of streams.
Of course, that's not the main point. What Zhong Ming saw first was... buy one get one free.
Here's a defensive water spell: "Water Mirror Barrier." It can condense water into a mirror-like shape to block enemy attacks, or it can gather a large area of water mirrors to surround enemies, using it as a spell to trap them.
These two things add up to 1,299. Just by hearing that number, you know it must have been the idea of some unscrupulous businessman.
Great, I bought it.
Don't ask, the answer is I'm rich.
It only cost less than four thousand three hundred.
Zhong Ming was filled with heroic spirit, but then suddenly remembered that his vacation had only just begun.
The cost of the airship ticket and the seclusion room also required money, and his momentum immediately vanished. He then pulled Zhang Youcai away.
Afterwards, he spent ten military merit points to post a request for armor crafting on the bounty wall, prepaid five hundred military merit points, and stated that he had the corpse of a mermaid at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage and some scattered scales, and waited for the order to be accepted.
He arranged a 30-day seclusion room for Zhang Youcai, along with ample supplies, and hired a cultivator to escort him, spending 200 military merit points.
Unfortunately, he lacked the ability to regulate other people's meridians and spiritual energy, so he could only let his brother, who was a level below him, earn the money.
Finally, he headed towards the wine cellar.
.....
"He Guang, I'm back again!" He was excited as soon as he entered the wine cellar, looking around for the kid. He had already imagined the terrible scene of the wine cellar being littered with broken pieces of wine jars.
The wine cellar was quiet. He followed the trail to He Guang's "research base," and judging from the scattered fragments, this was undoubtedly the place.
"He Guang? He Guang? Where are you?"
Zhong Ming shouted a few words, and then a series of knocking sounds came from a large wine vat in front of him.
He Guang's small head popped out from a huge wine vat. He was unkempt and looked like he hadn't bathed for days, giving off a decadent vibe.
"He Guang? What are you doing! Fairy Danpo is in seclusion, so you're just trying to slack off, aren't you?"
"No, quite the opposite."
It turns out that He Guang's research on exploding vats had reached an obsessive level, so Fairy Danpo had to stipulate that he could only conduct his research after completing his regular duties each day. Now that his master was in seclusion, he had really let himself go.
We studied it continuously for several days.