Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Chapter 313: Chapter 148: Oh, there’s also a group of brown bears. _2
 

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However, simply discussing the effect, the Merit Saint doesn’t come close to the Dantian Expansion entry; even if both are pink entries, there is a world of difference between them.

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After selecting his entry, Chen Qiu didn’t end his retreat but immediately entered another one.

He planned to cultivate until he reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Peak before ending his retreat.

This time—

Thirteen days had passed.

When those thirteen days had passed, and daylight came.

Chen Qiu was sitting cross-legged on top of a mountain behind the Chao Tian Sect, once again letting out a long breath of turbid air, looking at the Cultivation panel above his Dantian.

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“Cultivation”: Golden Core Stage Nine Layers (100.00%).

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It wasn’t easy, his Cultivation had finally reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Peak. He had a feeling that as long as he used Spiritual Energy to shatter the Golden Core above his Dantian, allowing the Nascent Soul to emerge from its shell, he would have successfully certified the Dao of Nascent Soul.

But an invisible force of heaven and earth firmly protected that Golden Core within it.

He didn’t see the slightest hope of shattering that Golden Core.

In Da Xia.

It was impossible for anyone to certify the Dao of Nascent Soul, with no exceptions, unless you could shatter the force of heaven and earth, but if you could shatter the force of heaven and earth, why consider certifying the Dao of Nascent Soul? You’d have no problem kicking Mahayana Realm around or tearing apart Transcendance Tribulation Stage with your bare hands.

This retreat lasted a total of twenty-three days.

It was the longest retreat he had ever been in.

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Standing on the mountain top, Chen Qiu looked down at the bustling Chao Tian Sect. He even felt as if he were in a different world compared to the past when the Chao Tian Sect was full of collapsed buildings and ruins, with hardly a few roof-tops intact, surrounded by dust everywhere.

But now…

Most of the buildings had been repaired. Even the Sword Pavilion, shaped like a long sword with its blade thrusting into the ground and hundreds of feet high, had been fixed. The Sword Pavilion was now the tallest construction within the Chao Tian Sect.

Piercing through the clouds.

Other structures such as the Sect Hall had also been restored. From high above, it all looked quite majestic and grand.

“Not bad.”

Chen Qiu chuckled lightly, Spiritual Energy surged under his feet, and he vanished from the spot.

In the blink of an eye—

His body appeared beside Fat Long who was discussing matters with the craftsmen. He hadn’t used any movement techniques, it was simply the speed of a Golden Core cultivator, and he had discovered after studying that the “Supreme Body Technique” entry was different from what he had imagined.

It wasn’t a matter of increasing the speed of his movement technique.

Rather, it was about enhancing the speed inherent to a Golden Core cultivator, and the degree of amplification was not weak.

Although at present, some movement techniques he hadn’t fully activated were faster, the advantage was that it didn’t consume much Spiritual Energy and was suitable for long-distance travel and pursuit battles. In contrast, some movement techniques that could rapidly increase speed in a short time tended to consume vast amounts of Spiritual Energy.

There were pros and cons.

But for him, he felt the benefits were a bit greater.

“How’s it going?”

Chen Qiu didn’t ponder any further but instead looked at Fat Long, who was talking with the craftsmen, and smiled.

“The building repairs are basically finished.”@@novelbin@@

Seeing Chen Qiu suddenly appear beside him, Fat Long quickly reported the progress, “But those Arrays, the Array Repairers we’ve brought in say they can’t fix them at all, claiming these Arrays are at least Nascent Soul Arrays, completely beyond their ability.”

“They’ve just repaired some Formations used in daily life.”

“Like the ‘Clean Dust Array’ that envelops the entire sect, it ensures that there’s no dust inside and keeps it clean at all times. There’s also the ‘Clear Water Array’ for the disciple dormitory and the Alchemy Hall, used for daily cleaning and drinking and the like. And then there’s the ‘Earth Fire Array’ under the Alchemy Hall and Artifact Refining Hall, used for Alchemy and artifact refining, and so on… ”

“All these Formations have been repaired, but…”

With some hesitation, Fat Long spoke in a halting manner, “The ‘Clean Dust Array’ and the ‘Clear Water Array’ are daily Formations that operate every day. Besides these two, we also have other regular Formations like the ‘Clear Wind Array’ and so on. Since our Sect is located in a small world and there are no external enemies attacking for now, we don’t need to activate the Sect’s warning Array daily.”

“But just these everyday Formations use around 100 low-grade Spirit Stones each day.”

“That doesn’t seem very low…”

“…”

Chen Qiu, with one hand behind his back, remained silent without speaking.

These days, he didn’t lack Spirit Stones in his pocket. Although his last breakthrough to Golden Core had used up all his Spirit Stones, he later seized the first place on the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard and got a sizable number of Spirit Stones, plus subsequent opportunities. Some disciples with good initiative also offered him some gifts.

He now had—

Three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones, thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

It could have been more, but he had bought nearly two hundred thousand pieces of Evil Wood. The head of the Wang Family had nearly put all his family wealth into it, and naturally, Chen Qiu wouldn’t let the man work for him for nothing.

He had given a considerable reward, and along with daily expenses, only this much was left.

With daily consumption at about 100 low-grade Spirit Stones, his thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones would only last for 300 days, meaning the Sect’s daily Array operations would cost about thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones a year.

That was no small amount.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, “Generally speaking, how does a Sect make a profit? It’s not possible they spend so much money training disciples just to operate at a loss, right?”

“That’s…”

Fat Long awkwardly replied, “I’m not exactly sure, my plan with the Sky-bursting Gang hadn’t even been implemented before it was nipped in the bud. But based on my few months’ observation at the Flower Offering Sect, there are a few points.”

“Through marketplaces, or owning a large number of shops in cities, and so on.”