Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 24

[Chapter 24: Training Stall (Please collect)]

“Lao Deng, gold coins exploded!”

Fang Xing stepped forward and began to touch the corpse with his hands covered in nano gloves.

Just then, the drone sounded a warning that there were monks approaching nearby.

He didn’t dare to stay, so he hurriedly took the harvest and immediately left in the opposite direction…

Inside the temporary camp.

“This old Deng is quite fat…”

Fang Xing picked up the old man’s purse and took out five low-grade spirit stones and eight spirit sands. His eyes lit up: “This is killing people and robbing them, which is faster than making money from selling herbs!”

The old man didn’t have many spoils, but every piece was a masterpiece!
In addition to the money bag, there was also a pipe, which was made of some unknown metal. It was very heavy and could fire poison needles. The craftsmanship was amazing in ancient times.

Finally, there is an ancient book.

“Aoki Isao?”

Fang Xing looked at the words on the title page and took a breath of cold air: “It’s actually a method of cultivating immortality?”

He flipped through a few pages with great interest and discovered that they were all about how to keep calm, sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and absorb and refine it into one’s own magical power.

There are obvious marks on the ancient book, and it seems that I don’t know how many times it has been read.

According to “Aoki Kung Fu”, this method is divided into nine levels. The first three levels are the initial stage of Qi training, the fourth to sixth levels are the middle stage of Qi training, and the last three levels are the late stage of Qi training.

Once one has reached the ‘peak of the ninth level of Qi training’, there is another nickname, that is, the cultivator who has ‘perfected Qi training’, can prepare to break through to a higher level of ‘foundation building’.

“This book, Qingmu Gong, is a wood-attributed martial arts method that can be cultivated to the ninth level of the Qi training stage…”

“It’s a pity that for people without spiritual roots, they are no different from trash.”

Fang Xing turned to the last page and saw a line of comments: ‘Without spiritual roots, I cannot cultivate immortality. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate!’

There are seven characters of hatred in total, and each one is so powerful that it can be seen through the back of the paper. It is obvious that the person who wrote it is extremely indignant.

When Fang Xing saw this, he felt a little sad.

“Without spiritual roots, one cannot cultivate immortality. This seems to be an iron rule…”

He sighed, put away the book of skills, and then stuck a “Spirit-detecting Talisman” on himself.

After a moment, this “spiritual talisman” turned into ashes, and no miracle happened.

The next one is the same…

“Sure enough, I don’t have spiritual roots, so I can’t cultivate…”

Fang Xing shook his head: “Fortunately… I can still practice martial arts! And the martial arts of the Federation, if practiced to a high level, can also lead to immortality!”

…

A few days later.

Inside the cave.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged, keeping calm.

He has maintained this posture for more than three hours, but his body remains upright without any shaking.

In front of Fang Xing, the book “Aoki Kung Fu” was spread out, revealing the content of the first level “Drawing Qi into the Body”.

“It still doesn’t work…”

After a long time, he opened his eyes, with no expression on his face.

Fang Xing was naturally very interested in studying this book of immortal cultivation techniques.

He could even understand every word on it and understand its meaning when they were put together.

However… the first step of sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he
just couldn’t sense it no matter what! “As expected, without spiritual roots, there is no way to cultivate immortality… I can’t even become a mark on the attribute panel…”

As long as he can get started, even if it’s one in ten thousand, Fang Xing will work hard to the extreme!

But facing a monster that doesn’t even show its health bar, what else can you do?
“If I could cultivate immortality, the value of this world would be even higher… Now? Not low either.”

Fang Xing stood up, dusted himself off, and walked to a cave nearby.

Here, a small electric rice cooker was keeping the rice warm, and it was obvious that the rice had been cooked a long time ago.

Now, all the power in the base comes from a “nuclear fusion” battery, which is enough to supply the entire camp for thousands of years.

After all, for the Blue Star Federation, controlled nuclear fusion has long been a solved problem.

“The lotus-scented rice is indeed very fragrant…”

After the rice was steamed, a faint aroma of lotus leaves spread throughout the cave.

Fang Xing took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little hungry, and his saliva began to secrete crazily.

“My body is craving for spiritual rice?”

He turned on the rice cooker, and as the steam rose, the aroma of the rice suddenly became ten times stronger.

In the rice cooker, there is a pot full of rice that seems to be emitting fluorescent light.

Each of its grains is extremely plump and has an amazing aroma.

Fang Xing picked up the bowl and chopsticks, filled himself a bowl of white rice, and took a big bite.

The Ling rice melts in your mouth and has a strong rice aroma. Its taste seems to be even better than the Blood Tooth Rice.

“More importantly…it’s more nutritious.”

Even if he didn’t want any dishes, Fang Xing was still very satisfied with the meal. He kept serving himself more rice and finally ate up the entire rice cooker pot.

“Hmm… I’m really satisfied.”

After eating and drinking, Fang Xing touched his stomach, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face: “It is different from swallowing the ‘Qi and Blood Pill’. There is no violent Qi and blood force surging, but it is like a stream, clear and bright, flowing through my body…”

“It’s worthy of being called spiritual rice. It really doesn’t have any poisonous effect. It also makes me feel very comfortable… If I take it for a long time, it will definitely have a subtle effect and improve my physical condition!”

He felt that if he continued to eat spiritual rice, even without the “Innate Pill”, his foundation for advancing to the Jade Realm, the Courage Realm, and even higher realms in the future would become more solid, and breaking through bottlenecks would become easier.

“Spiritual rice is really a good thing… I should buy more next time.”

Thinking of the magical rice, Fang Xing couldn’t help but think of Ding Hongxiu, the little girl who sold the magical rice.

Although the other party seems to be inexperienced, he has a grandfather who is knowledgeable. We can make a close friend of him and get a lot of information from him.

…

After a night of hard training, Fang Xing roughly confirmed that although the effect of spiritual rice was not as swift as that of elixirs, it was better in that it had a subtle and long-lasting effect.

And from the perspective of erysipelas, some attention is indeed needed.

The only downside is the price.

“My appetite now is at least three catties of spiritual rice a day… Ten catties of spiritual rice will only take a little over three days. This will cost one spiritual stone…”

“This is not something that ordinary people of the lower class should eat… As expected, those who are dressed in silk and satin are not silkworm breeders.”

But for Fang Xing, since Lingmi is more effective and has no side effects, he should try to take it into consideration even if it is a little more expensive.

“With the spiritual rice, I can also temper my muscles and bones as quickly as possible, and then break through to the unpolished jade realm!”

The realm of bones and muscles is more troublesome than the realm of flesh and skin.

Not to mention other things, just the hundreds of bones in the body have to be tempered one by one.

Not only that, there are also extremely vital parts such as the skull, so one must be extremely careful when practicing, which is very time-consuming.

“Let’s go!”

Fang Xing had an idea, and took some wild flowers, fruits, and picked herbs, filled up half of his backpack, and prepared to set up a stall in Qinglin Market.

On the one hand, selling at a stall can get a higher price, and on the other hand, it is more convenient to get information.

He had already found out that there was no charge for setting up a stall in Qinglin Market.

Unless it is a fixed stall or shop, you need to pay monthly rent.

…

Qinglinfang Market.

The popularity remains.

“Damn it, the three brothers of the Luo family are in trouble…”

“It is said that a few monsters came to the area at some point, and some Taoists were killed… Alas, we should not have opened up the wasteland in the first place.”

“Although this great wilderness is barren, it also has opportunities… Didn’t the ancestor of the Zheng family in the market accidentally enter the cave of the predecessors when he was reclaiming the land and obtain a foundation-building opportunity? That’s how he successfully advanced to the foundation-building major repair and has been prosperous ever since? Now the Zheng family controls the auction house business in the market and makes a lot of money. It is said that the ancestor of the Zheng family is preparing to marry his 37th concubine recently…”

Passersby were talking about it, and they seemed to be talking about the migration of monsters.

Fang Xing was not very interested in this. After all, with the help of drone exploration, he had already avoided several dangerous places early on.

After walking around for a while, he came to a stall and said, “Miss Hongxiu, we meet again.”

There were several baskets filled with spiritual rice on the stall, and the person selling the goods was none other than Ding Hongxiu.

“So it’s you…”

Ding Hongxiu also recognized Fang Xing’s face after his disguise and nodded: “I haven’t asked you yet…”

“My last name is Fang…”

Fang Xing smiled slightly, spread out a piece of coarse cloth, took out his goods, and started to set up his stall.

Ding Hongxiu saw Fang Xing setting up a stall next to her, and her face suddenly blushed. She was too embarrassed to say anything, so she glanced at Fang Xing’s goods and asked, “Fang Daoist, are you in the medicinal materials business?”

“That’s right, your lotus rice is good. If it’s cheaper, I’ll buy a few more kilograms…”

Fang Xing smiled so happily that the little girl felt embarrassed to continue speaking.

He smiled inwardly, picked up a book and started reading, occasionally chatting with people who asked about the price, looking very happy.

“Tian Gang Qigong?”

Ding Hongxiu saw the cover and couldn’t help but feel curious: “Is this the martial arts secret book?”

“Well, there’s a stall selling them at the corner in front. Only one spiritual sand per book, very cheap…”

Fang Xing sighed.

It is not easy for warriors to live in the Xiuxian Market. Many warriors sell their most valuable skills just to exchange for a few spiritual sands to make a living.

Unfortunately, this kind of magical secret book, which would surely cause bloodshed in the martial arts world if it were to be found in the mortal world, is the cheapest common item in the market, especially the handwritten copies that have been copied several times, where the market price is one spiritual sand per copy.

In order to increase his understanding of the warriors in this world, Fang Xing bought a few books and read them for fun.

The Tiangang Qigong in his hand is of the best quality. It can be cultivated to the innate realm and also comes with a martial arts secret technique called “innate Gangqi”.

According to Fang Xing, this ‘Innate Qi’ has the power of a federal B-level martial art, which is already very good.

As for A-level martial arts?
That should be a level above divine skills and can enable a martial artist to overcome his innate abilities. It is quite rare.

“There isn’t much soil for martial arts in this world…”

“A warrior’s innate ability is so high that he is only fit to be a servant of a cultivator…”

Fang Xing sighed in his heart.

Perhaps it is because of the suppression by immortal cultivators and the loss of martial arts that a realm beyond the innate realm comparable to the realm of courage and spirit has yet to appear.

“Given the closedness and complacency of the immortal cultivation world, even if a warrior breaks through to the innate realm, he or she will not be taken seriously. Perhaps the secret technique of breaking through is gathering dust at the bottom of a certain immortal cultivation sect’s library…”

(End of this chapter)