9: Chapter 9 Little Ao Market, selling Fireball Talismans

Li Yanfeng said, "Patriarch, the Spirit Rice will be ready for harvest in a few days. This time, we planted the superior varieties carefully selected from the five thousand jin left over last time. I hope the yield per mu can be a bit higher."

Li Luochen nodded slightly and said, "Hmm, judging by the current growth, it should be a bit more than last year."

The Spirit Rice produced per mu of Spirit Field this time would likely be more than the previous harvest, but not by much. After all, the Spirit Fields were only so large, and the Spiritual Qi was limited; it was absolutely impossible to produce too much Spirit Rice.

After inspecting the Spirit Fields, Li Luochen returned to his room to organize his Spells and consider what Spell to Cultivate next.

As his cultivation level improved, the number of Spells he could Cultivate increased, though he did not have access to many Spells.

However, now that he had a High Grade Magical Artifact Flying Sword, his combat power had significantly increased. Coupled with so many Fireball Talismans, it didn't really matter whether he practiced new Spells or not.

Thinking of the Fireball Talismans he had drawn, Li Luochen wondered if he should go to those small markets to sell them.

The so-called small markets were either established by Loose Cultivators who bought islands, or by Cultivator Families.

The Li Family was currently too weak and not yet qualified to establish a market. Once Li Luochen and the others grew stronger, they would certainly build one.

After all, the income from a market was not insignificant; even a very small market could generate quite a few Spirit Stones annually.

Outside, the news of Li Luochen's Breakthrough spread, and the members of the Li Family were overjoyed.

Although the Li Family had become a Cultivator Family, their strongest member previously had only been at Qi Refining Stage 5. If those rogue Cultivators had targeted Hidden Dragon Island, they would not have been able to defend against them at all.

Now that Li Luochen was powerful, they were much safer.

Following Li Luochen's Breakthrough, Li Yanhu came out of seclusion a few days later, his aura having reached Qi Refining Level 4; he had also successfully achieved a Breakthrough.

Li Yanhu possessed a Four Spiritual Root, which made him much faster at Cultivating than Li Yanlong, who had a Five Spiritual Root. Both of them had broken through to Qi Refining Level 4 this year.

With Li Yanlong and the other having broken through to Qi Refining Level 4, they could take care of more Spirit Fields, giving Li Luochen more time to Cultivate.

Currently, the one with the highest cultivation level in the Family was Li Luochen, who had reached Qi Refining Stage 6.

If he could take another step forward and break through to Qi Refining Stage 7, the Li Family would be secure.

A few days later, Li Luochen led the Li Family members to harvest the Spirit Rice from the ordinary Spirit Fields.

From fifty mu of Spirit Fields, they ultimately obtained seventy-seven thousand jin of Spirit Rice, which could be sold for seven hundred and seventy Spirit Stones.

However, they certainly needed to leave enough for the Family to eat, so Li Luochen planned to keep two thousand jin this time.

Once the Low Grade Level 1 Spirit Rice was harvested, they would set some aside for everyone to eat, which would also help improve the cultivation of the clan members.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host's Family for diligent farming, harvesting seventy-seven thousand jin of ordinary rice, valued at seven hundred and seventy Spirit Stones. Farming reward conditions met, critical hit successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Spell: Water Evasion Technique."

Li Luochen was delighted. Although he hadn't received a Spirit Rice boost this time, he had obtained the Water Evasion Technique, which was an excellent life-saving Spell.

Especially in the overseas Immortal Realm, where there was sea everywhere, the Water Evasion Technique was definitely a life-saving method for him.

"Not bad, not bad. Although it is just a Spell, life-saving Spells are rare, so this is a huge gain."

"I wonder what kind of rewards this Low Grade Level 1 Spirit Rice will bring me in two months."

Looking at those Low Grade Level 1 Spirit Fields with some anticipation, Li Luochen pondered what to do next.

He definitely had to sell the seventy-five thousand jin of Spirit Rice, and the Spirit Talismans he had on him also needed to be sold.

He would not go to Qingsha Market; those Fireball Talismans that didn't meet the attack power of Qi Refining Level 3 would simply not sell there.

Therefore, Li Luochen had to go to those small markets to take a look; it would be best if he could sell all these Fireball Talismans, otherwise, it would be a bit of a loss.

Thinking of this, Li Luochen said, "Yanlong, I am going out to sell the Spirit Rice and Fireball Talismans. I will leave the Family matters to you."

"Yanhu has also broken through to Qi Refining Level 4. With the two of you working together, you will be able to guard the Family well."

"When I am away, you must not leave easily and give those rogue Cultivators any opportunity."

Li Yanlong nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Patriarch, Yanlong understands."

Li Yanhu, who was beside him, also nodded, indicating that he understood.

Li Luochen encouraged the other clan members once more before departing from Hidden Dragon Island.

After his cultivation reached Qi Refining Stage 6, Li Luochen's speed while flying on his sword was much faster.

He was aware of all the surrounding markets, but there were almost none close to Hidden Dragon Island; even the nearest small market required half a day of flight to reach.

However, that was his previous flying speed. With his current speed, it took less than two hours before he appeared at Xiaoao Island.

Xiaoao Island was the market closest to the Li Family's Hidden Dragon Island. It was a small market established by Loose Cultivators, known as Xiaoao Market.

Xiaoao Island was not large, covering only five square kilometers, and it had a Low Grade Level 1 Spiritual Vein, making it a small Spirit Island.

Compared to ordinary islands, Spirit Islands were much more expensive.

Even though Xiaoao Island was only five square kilometers, its price was extremely high; one could not acquire it without tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

However, acquiring Xiaoao Island was very cost-effective. One could Cultivate Spirit Fields here and also establish a market, allowing one to recoup the investment in less than ten years.

The owner of Xiaoao Market was a Cultivator at Qi Refining Stage 7, only one Realm higher than Li Luochen.

When he bought this island back then, the owner of Xiaoao Island only had a cultivation of Qi Refining Stage 5, but he had obtained a significant amount of Spirit Stones due to some fortuitous encounter.

If he had used those Spirit Stones for Cultivation, he definitely could have broken through to Qi Refining Stage 7, but that would have been all.

With this Xiaoao Island, he had a long-term source of resources, and there was a possibility he might break through to Foundation Establishment in the future.

It was not that he was unwilling to nurture the Spiritual Vein of Xiaoao Island, but his cultivation had just broken through recently, and he was alone, so it was impossible to nurture it in a short period.

Li Luochen entered Xiaoao Market and couldn't help but smile when he saw this small market.

Although it was small, it was fully equipped; it contained more than a dozen shops, a stall area for Loose Cultivators, and even several Cultivation chambers.

There were quite a few Loose Cultivators who came here, and there were even some small Cultivator Families that opened shops here.

Li Luochen did not linger. He went directly to the Loose Cultivator stall area, paid one Spirit Stone, set up a small stall, and took out the Fireball Talismans.

He quickly divided the Fireball Talismans into three categories. The category containing the attack power of Qi Refining Level 1 had a "buy five get one free" offer. The category containing the attack power of Qi Refining Level 2 also had a "buy five get one free" offer.

As for the Fireball Talismans containing the attack power of Qi Refining Level 3, Li Luochen had no intention of taking them out at all.

These Fireball Talismans could be saved up and taken to Qingsha Market to be sold.

After thinking for a moment, Li Luochen also took out several bags of Spirit Rice and placed them on the stall.

It wasn't long before several Cultivators came to ask about the price of the Spirit Rice.

Spirit Rice was a necessity for low-level Cultivators; they could not afford ranked Spirit Rice, but they could afford ordinary Spirit Rice.

After all, one Spirit Stone could buy one hundred jin of ordinary Spirit Rice, which was very cost-effective.

Not long after Li Luochen set up his stall, more than half of the seventy-five thousand jin of Spirit Rice had been sold. As for the Fireball Talismans, hundreds had also been sold.

After all, he had discounted prices here. Although the price of a single Fireball Talisman was nothing special, if one bought many, they could serve an unexpected purpose, and there were quite a few low-level Cultivators who purchased them.