52: Ironwood

“You should take good care of this Lingxi insect. It might be of great help to you in the future!” Lin Xianzhi continued to suggest.

After he finished speaking, his brows furrowed again, and he said cautiously,

“Don’t tell anyone about this. Pretend the Lingxi insect doesn’t exist. When the time comes, we’ll turn the tables on them!”

“Understood, Seventh Grand Uncle!” Lin Shiming nodded in agreement. Knowing the Lingxi insect was in the inner armor, he had a way to deal with it. He could just release it into his Storage Pouch.

He just didn’t know if it would die if placed in the Storage Pouch, as living things couldn’t be stored inside.

However, since Seventh Grand Uncle had instructed him, Lin Shiming naturally wouldn’t do that.

After coming out of Seventh Grand Uncle’s room, Lin Shiming happened to run into Lin Shijie, who was also leaving.

“Big Brother!”

“Oh, Seventh Brother!” Lin Shijie also greeted Lin Shiming, then smiled and said,

“Seventh Brother, Qingxuan City is so prosperous, and there are so many treasures. How about we go for a stroll together?”

“With Big Brother’s invitation, Shiming naturally won’t refuse!” Faced with Lin Shijie’s invitation, Lin Shiming accepted without even thinking.

Now that he had the Lingxi insect on him, he couldn’t calm down to Cultivate, so it was better to go out for a walk.

Moreover, since he came out of the Qingyun Mountain Range, he was quite wealthy. This trip was bound to be dangerous, so exchanging Spirit Stones for effective treasures was the most prudent action.

With a Purple Mansion Loose Cultivator overseeing Qingxuan City, he didn’t have to worry about anyone killing people and seizing treasures within the city.

What made Lin Shiming a little helpless was that Lin Shijie actually dragged him to look at stalls selling Spirit Beast eggs, asking for his advice.

This was naturally due to the unexpected discovery and extraordinary nature of the Golden Winged Mantis, which had probably already made Lin Shijie envious. Otherwise, his Big Brother would only believe in ‘one sword breaking all techniques’.

He was naturally willing to give his Big Brother advice, but his System prompts were not under his control.

So, he could only agree with a bitter smile.

The two arrived at the street stall area within Qingxuan City. It was still the same as when Lin Shiming had come before, but the vendors here were all Qi Refining Cultivators in the Late Stage. As for Qi Refining Cultivators in the Middle Stage, there was only one among dozens.

And those who frequented this place were basically disciples of immortal Cultivation Families.

However, after a walk around, they only found ordinary Yao Beasts. Some slightly more powerful Yao Beasts were priced extremely high. In the end, Lin Shijie spent 1,200 Spirit Stones at a stall specializing in Spirit Beast eggs, buying a High Grade Tier 2 eagle-type Spirit Beast egg.

It was slightly inferior to a Golden Luan Eagle, but the price of this Yao Beast was reasonable, and Lin Shiming also nodded in agreement. As for his Big Brother, he only needed to Cultivate himself and had Two Spiritual Roots talent, making him much richer than Lin Shiming.

Moreover, when the time came, he would also have a reason to ask Second Elder Lin Yuqi to refine more Beast Nurturing Pills.

After buying the Spirit Beast egg, the two walked through the street stall area again, but didn’t gain much, only buying a few High Grade Spirit Talismans.

The two finally stopped in front of a shop called Duo Bao Tower.

“Seventh Brother, how about we look inside the shop?”

“Mm-hmm!” Lin Shiming nodded, and the two entered together.

This Duo Bao Tower had three floors in total. The first floor was for receiving Qi Refining Cultivators, the second floor was for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the third floor was for Purple Mansion Cultivators.

Of course, if you had enough Spirit Stones, you could also show them off, and the shop would allow you to enter the second floor, transcending your Cultivation level.

Lin Shiming and Lin Shijie were naturally on the first floor.

The items in Duo Bao Tower were indeed as abundant as its name suggested, with a dazzling array of treasures.

The first-floor counter alone was divided into Medicinal Pill counters, Spirit Talisman counters, Heaven And Earth Treasure counters, Cultivation Technique counters, and Magical Artifact counters.

Lin Shiming went to the Heaven And Earth Treasure counter. The ordinary wooden vine seeds from before were not very useful to him now. Although Serpent Vine Flower seeds were good, there were only ten in total, and they couldn’t be propagated or increased in number.

This was still with each catalysis, like a Spiritual Artifact, returning to a seed that could be used multiple times.

He now had the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method. If he fully activated the Heavenly Wood Heart, catalyzing ten Serpent Vine Flower seeds would still leave him with some leeway. Adding more spiritual vine seeds could also improve his combat power.

“Fellow Daoist, what do you need?” The Cultivator at this counter was surprisingly a female Cultivator.

This female Cultivator’s voice was extremely pleasant and melodious, and she was as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water. Her words and actions were also extremely elegant, clearly a tactic used by the shop to stimulate Cultivators’ consumption.

“Do you have any vine-type spiritual seeds that can be catalyzed here?”

“Of course!” The female Cultivator said, then took out three jade boxes from the counter behind her.

The surfaces of the jade boxes were almost identical, except for the different number of spiritual patterns.

The female Cultivator opened the jade boxes one by one, revealing the seeds inside.

“These are Tier 2 Low Grade Green Snake Vine seeds, three hundred Spirit Stones for twenty seeds. After normal planting, the seeds can propagate and increase in number, and the cycle is not long! Moreover, even when facing a Qi Refining Cultivator in the Late Stage, they can cause a certain amount of trouble, which is favored by many wood-attribute Cultivators!”

“These are Tier 2 Low Grade Purple Profound Vine seeds, four hundred Spirit Stones for twenty seeds. The seeds can also propagate and increase in number. When activated in combat, in addition to the vines attacking, they can also emit a purple mist. Once Qi Refining Cultivators in the Middle Stage inhale this mist, their Spiritual Qi circulation will instantly slow down. It can be called a great weapon in chaotic battles!”

Hearing the introductions of these two, Lin Shiming was not very satisfied. Dealing with Qi Refining Cultivators in the Middle Stage was quite useless to him. If he could use the vine sea tactic, it would naturally be against stronger Cultivator enemies.

Otherwise, for ordinary Qi Refining Cultivators in the Middle Stage, one Serpent Vine Flower seed would be enough, so why bother with all this effort?

“Fellow Daoist, since you are not satisfied with either, then take a look at our shop’s best vine spiritual seed, the Tier 2 High Grade ironwood bramble seed!” The female Cultivator said, pointing to the last jade box.

The last jade box only contained ten seeds, the same number as Lin Shiming’s Serpent Vine Flower seeds.

“Fellow Daoist, don’t underestimate these ironwood bramble seeds. These ironwood brambles can release thorns that can even pierce through Medium Grade Spirit Talismans. If many are released, they can even pierce through Tier 2 High Grade Spirit Talismans!” The female Cultivator introduced them with considerable excitement.

“If there wasn’t a saying that spiritual plants don’t have ‘supreme grade,’ these ironwood brambles could even be considered supreme grade!”

Lin Shiming finally became interested when he heard about the ironwood bramble.

The Tier 2 High Grade ironwood bramble was not inferior to his Serpent Vine Flower. The latter focused on binding and poison, while the ironwood bramble was more like a piercing attack. Furthermore, if an unsuspecting Cultivator was first bound and then unexpectedly subjected to a round of ironwood bramble piercing, there would definitely be unexpected gains.

“What is the price of these spiritual seeds then?” Lin Shiming was quite satisfied with the spiritual seeds.

“Two thousand Spirit Stones for ten seeds. These can also be naturally catalyzed and propagated! If Fellow Daoist catalyzes thousands of spiritual seeds, you could even be called invincible among Qi Refining Cultivators!”

“It’s not that easy to catalyze these seeds for combat, and their speed isn’t particularly fast either!” Lin Shiming pinched the seeds, then frowned and spoke.

“Fellow Daoist is a discerning person. Naturally, you know that if these spiritual seeds didn’t have this small flaw, their price would naturally be extraordinary.” The female Cultivator continued to answer with a polite smile.

“Alright then!” Lin Shiming finally took out the Spirit Stones and bought them.