17: Flame Ghost

After Li Ye killed Long Dahu, he packed up all the resources here.

Good heavens, he was too rich! There were a full two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, more than twenty sets of Wash Marrow Pill ingredients, over ten sets of Blood Stasis Removing Pill ingredients, and other Spirit Medicine.

As for food and other items, Li Ye also packed them all into his Storage Pouch.

In addition, Li Ye also found the Mystic Low Grade fire-attribute Divine Ability, Fire Dragon Art.

Li Ye instantly learned Fire Dragon Art and mastered its basics. Then, Li Ye had Bai Jie try to learn it, but it didn't work.

A prompt told Bai Jie that she needed at least Qi Refining Stage 3 Cultivation to learn Fire Dragon Art.

It made sense; the more Advanced a Divine Ability and Cultivation Technique, the harder it was to learn.

Helpless, he could only keep it for now and give it to her once Bai Jie Breakthrough to Qi Refining Stage 3.

As for Lin Qiuyao and Er Mi, they both lacked fire Spiritual Root, so after Bai Jie learned it, it could be sold for a High Grade price.

Selling this High Grade Divine Ability had both pros and cons.

The advantage was acquiring resources, while the drawback was the potential to aid an enemy, as you wouldn't know if the buyer of your Divine Ability was friend or foe.

At this time, it was getting late.

"Let's go. It will be dark just as we return to the Immortal Cave."

The three people and one cat ran frantically, returning to the Immortal Cave before the sun completely set.

Upon returning to the Immortal Cave, Li Ye's first action was to open the Alchemy interface and click to learn the Bone Growth Pill Pill Formula given by Lin Qiuyao.

Subsequently, Li Ye saw Bone Growth Pill after Blood Stasis Removing Pill.

Bone Growth Pill's effect was to restore two hundred fifty points of vitality and some stamina.

In other words, two Bone Growth Pills could fully restore Li Ye's five hundred points of vitality.

Its effect was much better than Blood Stasis Removing Pill, ranking among the top-tier within all first-grade Spirit Medicine.

However, the success rate for a potion of this difficulty was very low; the initial success rate with an ordinary Pill Furnace was only 15%.

Afterward, Li Ye checked if any new companions were looking for him to perform Alchemy.

However, there were only one or two sporadic requests.

This puzzled him greatly.

But soon, he understood through various messages below.

It turned out that more and more Alchemists were appearing in the trading market, and they were selling cheaper than Li Ye.

Li Ye required five portions of Spirit Medicine, but the market price had already changed to four portions of Spirit Medicine, or 10 Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Some even only required three portions of Spirit Medicine, or 8 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Li Ye clicked into the shop that only required three portions of Spirit Medicine, and the name seemed very familiar.

"Xiao Yan? It's her..."

Li Ye remembered Xiao Yan, who was second on both the combat power ranking and the Cultivation ranking.

He opened it again and saw that Xiao Yan was already at Qi Refining Stage Fourth Level with 89% progress, and on the Alchemy ranking, she had already surpassed him to become first, while his own ranking had dropped to fifth.

"My goodness, I heard that Alchemy talent also affects the success rate of Alchemy. Does that mean Xiao Yan can already achieve a success rate of nearly 50%?"

Li Ye muttered to himself, then began his Alchemy and Cultivate for the day.

After returning, Bai Jie and Lin Qiuyao were both covered in sweat. They took turns bathing in the bucket. Since the entire house was only fifty square meters, they were in front of Li Ye.

However, Li Ye was fully focused on Alchemy and quickly completed his tasks for the day.

He currently had thirteen Wash Marrow Pills, eight Blood Stasis Removing Pills, and no Bone Growth Pills yet.

He had over two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

To Breakthrough to Qi Refining Stage Sixth Level, he not only needed two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones but also three Wash Marrow Pills.

Li Ye gritted his teeth and consumed all two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones and the Wash Marrow Pills. The next moment, Li Ye's Cultivation directly reached Qi Refining Stage Sixth Level.

However, because his Cultivation had increased too rapidly in the past two or three days, when Li Ye wanted to check the Spirit Stones required to Breakthrough to Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level, he was informed:

[Cultivate Cooldown: 24 hours, (To prevent unstable Foundation due to overly rapid Cultivate)]

Well, this would take a day.

But thinking about it, Cultivation increasing too quickly was not good for the body either.

Li Ye was just very puzzled. Since Cultivate now relied on Spirit Stones, what was the use of Cultivation Technique?

Li Ye recalled that as the number of Spiritual Root increased, the Spirit Stones consumed relatively increased.

Was it possible that the higher the grade of the Cultivation Technique, the less Spirit Stones were consumed?

Did the quantity have an impact?

Currently, Li Ye had two Human Rank Low Grade Cultivation Techniques.

He opened his eyes and happened to see Lin Qiuyao, dressed in her underwear, finishing her bath.

The latter saw Li Ye staring intently at her and beckoning with his finger, and her heart immediately tensed. However, she had already prepared herself to lose her virginity, so she gritted her teeth and, without even having time to dry herself, came before Li Ye.

Then she hugged Li Ye, preparing to commit an improper act.

"Wait, Qiu Yao, are you that eager?"

Li Ye was dumbfounded.

"I called you over because I wanted to test something."

Upon seeing this situation, Lin Qiuyao felt utterly mortified. Her behavior just now was no different from the first cup of milk tea in autumn...

Li Ye ignored her distressed mood and first requested a Dao Companion application from Lin Qiuyao.

Lin Qiuyao, of course, agreed.

Then, under her puzzled gaze, he gifted her the Evergreen Formula and Guyuan Art.

"Don't Cultivate these two Cultivation Techniques yet. Can you see how many Spirit Stones are needed to Breakthrough from Refining Qi Second Layer to Qi Refining Stage 3?"

"Hmm... probably about thirty?"

"OK, now you Cultivate the Evergreen Formula. The more Cultivation Techniques you have, the easier Dual Cultivation or ordinary Cultivate will be."

Lin Qiuyao clicked to learn.

"How many Spirit Stones are needed now?"

"Good, it seems to be 29."

When she learned Guyuan Art again, the 29 Spirit Stones dropped to 28.

So, Cultivation Technique also had an impact on resource consumption!

The sky grew darker, and demonic attacks appeared at the entrance again.

Impatience flashed in Li Ye's eyes. These demons always appeared at night, and the key was that killing them only yielded food rewards, nothing else.

However, this time the pounding at the door was very loud, deafening.

Li Ye's iron door was shattered in two or three blows.

"Damn it, tonight's demon is not simple!"

"Ah~ ♡"

Lin Qiuyao immediately let out a sharp cry.

Bai Jie's face was pale at this moment, but she also mustered her courage, pulled Lin Qiuyao, and covered her small mouth to prevent her from shouting.

Li Ye pulled out Xuan Tian Sword and came before the demon.

It had a red mark on its forehead, with flames constantly burning, and its entire body was covered in purple armor, with a ferocious face.

[Detected a First-Order High Grade demon, Yan Ghost.]

A First-Order High Grade demon was equivalent to Qi Refining Stage Seventh or Eighth Level.

Yan Ghost saw Li Ye, roared continuously, rushed to Li Ye, and spewed a stream of flame from its mouth.

"Comparing flames with me?"

Li Ye silently chanted Fire Dragon Art.

The next moment, a Fire Dragon even larger than the Yan Ghost engulfed the Yan Ghost.

Of course, it was inevitable that the furniture was more or less damaged.

These were insignificant; they could be replaced later with countless food items.

So far, food was still considered a scarce resource.

After the Fire Dragon dissipated, the Yan Ghost was covered in burns, but because the Yan Ghost's attribute was fire, it did not suffer much damage.

It again bared its fangs and claws and charged over, bringing with it terrifying pressure.

If Li Ye did not have the Mystic High Grade Xuan Tian Sword, he might really have been torn apart by the Yan Ghost.

He picked up Xuan Tian Sword and swung it, and the Yan Ghost's arm fell off.

[Obtained Yan Ghost Arm.]

Astonishment filled the Yan Ghost's eyes. She stared intently at the Xuan Tian Sword in Li Ye's hand, a hint of fear filling her heart.

If she hadn't dodged quickly, she might have been killed by Li Ye long ago.

Just as Li Ye was about to continue using the "Divine Artifact" to kill the Yan Ghost, a message popped up.

[Yan Xiaoji wants to become your slave. Do you agree?]

???

What the hell is this?