Chapter 68: A Body Refinement Method, the Value of Spirit Fruit

The calculation was simple: one billion nine hundred million, divided by twelve hundred, then by fifteen hundred.

The trouble was the fraction left over. Ling Ruoxue did not know how to ask. She could waive a small balance on goods, but how did one waive part of a High Grade Spirit Stone?

“How can you do business without working this out? Let me. One billion nine hundred million Low Grade Spirit Stones converts to about a thousand and fifty-five High Grade stones. Since there is a remainder, I’ll round it up to a thousand and fifty-six. How is that?”

Their long silence told Qin Xiao they were waiting for him to round up. He went along with it and spared them the awkwardness.

“In that case, I thank Young Master Qin.”

Ling Ruoxue was a little embarrassed.

He put all nineteen Storage Bags into System Space and opened them. The amount was right. Then he converted the stones.

After making the conversion, Qin Xiao kept no Low Grade stones from the exchange. He could produce more continually, so there was no point. He converted all one billion nine hundred million into nineteen hundred High Grade Spirit Stones. He put a thousand and fifty-six in a Storage Bag, leaving eight hundred and forty-four as profit.

“Here are a thousand and fifty-six High Grade Spirit Stones. Check them, and the exchange is done.”

Qin Xiao produced a Storage Bag and handed it to Ling Ruoxue.

“Thank you, Young Master Qin.”

Ling Ruoxue inspected the bag. With only a little over a thousand stones, it took no time to count them. Once she was sure, she thanked him.

“Now, I need Body Refinement supplies. Pills, herbs, anything you have. I want all of it. But tell me what each thing does and how to use it.”

With the exchange over at last, Qin Xiao could shop for his own training.

“Young friend Qin, you do practice Body Refinement. I wondered why I could sense no cultivation from you. No wonder you rescued our eldest young master from the second layer. Low-grade materials would do little for a body like yours. As our honored guest, why not let me test your body first? Then I can find materials suited to your strength. What do you say?”

Seeing Qin Xiao ready to buy everything, Wu Li hurried over to advise him.

They had to look after an honored guest. If they sold him useless things and upset him, future business might become difficult. Good service mattered.

“Young Master Qin, Manager Li has studied Body Refinement too. Let him examine you and find what suits you, so nothing is wasted.”

Ling Ruoxue echoed the sentiment, sharing Wu Li’s perspective.

“Then please take a look, Manager.” Enjoying the story? Read on at NovelPing.

Qin Xiao knew little about this. Expert help was better than experimenting blindly himself.

Wu Li pressed here and there on Qin Xiao’s body to test its strength. He examined his Meridians with Spiritual Qi, then squeezed Qin Xiao’s hand hard to see what it could bear.

It felt odd. Wasn’t this like watching someone buy a dog in his past life? Check its breed, check its coat, then see whether it bites.

“What a pity. Your Meridians are closed, young friend Qin, so you cannot cultivate. But such a body is rare. Every inch is full of spiritual power, and it is much stronger than an ordinary person’s. It is a perfect constitution for Body Refinement. If you could cultivate, you would be peerless.”

Wu Li finished examining him, lamented his closed Meridians, and praised his physique.

Of course. All this strength came from Spirit Liquid. Naturally every inch was full of spiritual power.

Qin Xiao muttered inwardly, taking care not to voice the thought aloud this time.

“Does Manager Li have any materials to recommend?”

Qin Xiao cared less about the praise than about useful materials.

He had found that Spirit Liquid was good for Body Refinement, but simply filling himself with spiritual power was slow. He needed a way to absorb it better, as well as outside methods to strengthen himself.

“With your body, young friend Qin, medicines will not help anymore. Those build a foundation in the early stages, much as in mortal training. You are beyond that. What you need is a Body Refinement method that quickly refines the energy in your body and turns it into strength.”

Wu Li slowly shook his head as he spoke.

Medicines and pills could speed up early Body Refinement. With Qin Xiao’s physique, ordinary methods could do little. He had enough resources. He needed an advanced Body Refinement method to help absorb them.

“A pity. Do you have a method like that?”

Qin Xiao was a little disappointed. He had begun Body Refinement, only to find no medicines could help. But he did lack a method, so he asked.

“I’m sorry. Body Refinement is an uncommon path. Few take an interest, and we have no advanced methods. Ordinary ones would do you little good. But I do know where to find an advanced one.”

Wu Li shook his head, then left Qin Xiao waiting for the answer.

“Then tell me, Senior. Do you want payment? Name your price.”

Assuming Wu Li was holding out for a lead fee, Qin Xiao urged him to state his price.

“You misunderstand, young friend Qin. I don’t want payment. I have a favor to ask.” Read the latest chapters at novelping(.)com.

Seeing Qin Xiao’s misconception, Wu Li hastily clarified.

“Tell me. If I can help, I will.”

Qin Xiao needed that lead, so he agreed without hesitation.

“Then I’ll be direct. Spirit Medicine Valley opens in three months. If you can obtain a Saint Origin Spirit Fruit, please sell me one.”

Wu Li plainly stated what he wanted.

He had spent a long time at late Soul Formation. His Primordial Spirit was too weak to reach the peak, so he had turned to Qin Xiao.

This opening of Spirit Medicine Valley would coincide with the Saint Origin Fruit Tree’s ripening. It matured once every hundred years, yielding a few dozen fruits each time, though the number varied. The association’s headquarters grew one too, but so many people needed the fruit that none came to those at Soul Formation.

“Saint Origin Spirit Fruit? Why does that name sound familiar?”

Qin Xiao did not agree at once. Where had he heard that name?

“Could it be… surely not?”

He suddenly remembered and opened the System.

It was the resource he had just unlocked.

There it was: the Saint Origin Fruit Tree in System Space, with four Saint Origin Spirit Fruits in stock. Now he was sure.

Two shichen—four hours—had passed since he accepted his new disciple. He already had four fruits.

“Just how valuable is this Saint Origin Spirit Fruit? What is the market rate?”

Qin Xiao was curious now.

“Saint Origin Spirit Fruit is extremely useful at Soul Formation and beyond. Below that stage, talent alone can carry you forward. At Soul Formation, the Primordial Spirit becomes independent, and its strength limits your progress. Otherwise, all these years of resources would have produced many Body Integration cultivators. How many at Body Integration or above are there in all Qingzhou?”

Before Wu Li could respond, Ye Qiuyue provided the explanation.

In all those years of seclusion, Ye Qiuyue had accumulated enough spiritual power to reach Body Integration. Her Primordial Spirit was just a little too weak, so she was stuck at peak Soul Formation.

With one Saint Origin Spirit Fruit, she was confident she could reach Body Integration soon. But the fruits were scarce. Whenever any appeared, powerful factions bought or seized them. People like her could only wait and accumulate strength over time.