7: Chapter 7: 500x Critical Hit, 2500 Spirit Stones

After leaving the Sect's Scripture Pavilion, Bai Yunzhou did not return to his Immortal Cave.

Instead, he went directly to the inn in the Sect market, paying one Spirit Stone per day to rent a room.

Now that the news of him crippling Wei Bai and his two companions had spread across the Sect, Du Yufan would certainly come looking for trouble once he heard it.

Since that was the case, remaining in his original Immortal Cave would no longer be safe.

Thus, he paid a high price to stay at the inn in the Sect market.

"As an Outer Sect Disciple, the monthly Spirit Stone allocation from the Sect is only five!"

"Staying at this inn costs one Spirit Stone a day. Although it includes three meals, it's still far too expensive for an Outer Sect Disciple like me!"

Bai Yunzhou looked at the remaining three Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch and sighed in his heart.

Fortunately, after successfully moving into the inn, he wouldn't have to worry about his safety for the near future.

After all, this inn was an establishment owned by the Sect.

Even if Du Yufan was an Inner Sect Disciple, he would never dare cause trouble here.

Settled in, Bai Yunzhou retrieved the Cultivation Technique for Savage Bull Strength from his storage ring and began to Cultivate.

An entire afternoon passed quickly.

"I didn't expect that without the aid of medicinal soup, my talent would lead to such slow cultivation!"

Bai Yunzhou fell silent.

After cultivating for an entire afternoon, he hadn't even reached basic mastery.

"I still overestimated my talent, or rather underestimated the boost provided by the complementary medicinal soup to the cultivation method."

He made a rough estimate. At this rate of cultivation, let alone Major Achievement in a few days, even reaching Minor Achievement would be difficult.

"It seems that if I want to Cultivate this method quickly, I still need the aid of the complementary medicinal soup!"

But the key problem was that there were only three Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch, not even enough to buy a single portion of medicinal soup.

Just as he was contemplating, someone knocked on his door.

"Immortal Master, it's time for dinner. Would you like to eat in the main hall, or should I deliver it here to your room?"

The inn waiter's voice came from outside the door.

Bai Yunzhou's thoughts were pulled back. He looked toward the door and said,

"The main hall will be fine."

Saying that, he stood up, opened the door, and went outside.

Led by the inn worker, he sat down at a window seat on the second floor.

"Please wait a moment, Immortal Master. I'll go fetch your food and wine right away."

After saying this, the waiter jogged away.

Bai Yunzhou sized up the people eating on the second floor, wanting to find an Opportunity he could plunder.

What a pity!

Opportunities are hard to come by; there wasn't a single one.

Next, he shifted his gaze out the window and observed the passing pedestrians.

Before long, the waiter brought over the food and drinks.

"Immortal Master, your food is here. Enjoy your meal."

Looking at the food and wine in front of him, Bai Yunzhou was just about to pick up his chopsticks.

Suddenly,

A customer who had just walked up from downstairs caught his attention.

[Name]: Shi Ming

[Realm]: Qi Refining Eighth Layer

[Destiny]: Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor (White)

[Fate Class]: Simple and Honest (Green), Inspired Intuition (Green)

[Favorability]: None

[Recent Opportunity]: Later, picks up a storage ring at the inn entrance, waits for the owner to search for it and returns it, receiving five Spirit Stones as thanks.

Actually willing to give five Spirit Stones as thanks?

Bai Yunzhou was quite surprised.

"The owner of this storage ring is truly generous."

One must know that five Spirit Stones were equivalent to a whole month's worth of cultivation resources for a Qingxuan Sect Outer Sect Disciple.

However, this also indirectly showed the extraordinary status of the other party and the preciousness of the treasures in the storage ring.

Thinking of this, Bai Yunzhou quickly finished the meal on the table, then went to the inn entrance and waited patiently.

After just a short moment, he saw a female cultivator running past the inn entrance.

She seemed to be in a great hurry.

A storage ring happened to drop from her person.

Quick-eyed and deft of hand, he stepped forward to pick it up and hastily called out to stop her.

"Senior Sister, you dropped something!"

However, she didn't seem to hear him at all and kept running, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Bai Yunzhou had no choice but to wait patiently.

Looking at the storage ring in his hand, he felt an urge to sell it for Spirit Stones.

But on second thought, he dismissed the idea.

After all, according to the Opportunity prompt, the other party was so generous, clearly possessing a formidable background.

If he offended her because of this, the loss would outweigh the gain.

It was better to honestly wait for the reward of five Spirit Stones.

That way, he could trigger an Opportunity Critical Strike and obtain even more Spirit Stones.

Not too much either.

Just a random seven- or eight-hundred-fold critical strike, and he'd be rich.

Just as he was thinking this, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Friend, shouldn't whoever sees this get a share?"

Bai Yunzhou looked toward the voice and saw a burly man not far away staring at the ring in his hand.

Clearly, that man was the one who had spoken to him just now.

However, to his surprise, the other party was merely a Mortal.

Bai Yunzhou frowned and uttered a single word.

"Scram!"

The burly man froze for a moment, and once he reacted, his face turned livid.

"You brat, how dare you speak to me like that! Do you know who my father is?"

"Shouldn't you ask your mother who your father is?"

Bai Yunzhou looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"Why are you asking me?"

As he spoke, his Qi Refining Ninth Layer aura flared out.

"You!"

The burly man pointed at Bai Yunzhou, his face flushed red, wanting to say something more.

In the end, he didn't dare drop any harsh words and turned to leave.

After this small interlude, Bai Yunzhou waited for another half an hour before the female cultivator from earlier finally retraced her steps.

Because of this, he received five Spirit Stones from her as a reward.

[You received five Spirit Stones as a gesture of gratitude from Duan Ning. Successfully plundered Shi Ming's Opportunity, triggering a 500-fold Critical Strike, obtaining 2,500 Spirit Stones!]

Seeing the reward arrive, Bai Yunzhou was overjoyed.

Two thousand five hundred Spirit Stones!

Although it didn't trigger a thousand-fold or higher critical strike, he had definitely struck it rich.

"Junior Brother, thank you so much this time. However, I have urgent matters to attend to right now. If we meet next time, I'll treat you to spirit wine."

After speaking, the female cultivator quickly departed once more.

Clearly, the fact that Bai Yunzhou had waited here so long just to return her storage ring gave her a very favorable impression of him.

Watching her leave, Bai Yunzhou quickly hurried toward the direction of the market selling Spirit Medicine.

While passing by the external stalls of the 'Baibao Pavilion', he paused for a moment.

Unfortunately, he didn't find Sun Yu's Opportunity, that damaged Flying Sword.

"It seems the item will only be brought out for sale in a few days."

Bai Yunzhou understood after a moment's thought.

Half an hour later.

He finally finished purchasing the Spirit Medicine required to brew the complementary medicinal soup for Savage Bull Strength.

After returning to the inn, he handed these Spirit Medicines to the waiter along with three Spirit Stones.

He had the waiter brew them daily and deliver the soup to his room.

By the time he returned to his room, about another half an hour had passed.

The waiter finally delivered today's brewed medicinal soup.

With the aid of the medicinal soup, Bai Yunzhou began cultivating Savage Bull Strength once more.

Meanwhile...

Inside an Outer Sect Disciple's Immortal Cave.

Wei Bai stood cautiously in front of his elder brother, recounting how he had been crippled.

Then he continued:

"Big Brother, if that Bai Yunzhou hadn't called you trash, I definitely wouldn't have gone to cause trouble for him!"

"You have to avenge me!"

"Avenge you?"

Wei Changfeng gave a cold snort.

"Aren't you just trying to teach him a lesson because you took someone else's benefits?"

As his elder brother, he naturally knew what kind of person his younger brother was.

Seeing his lie exposed, Wei Bai didn't dare say another word.

At the same time, his heart sank halfway, feeling that his hopes for revenge were likely dashed.

But right at this moment, Wei Changfeng shifted the topic and continued:

"However, even though this Su Baizhou knew you were my younger brother, he still dared to cripple you. He truly doesn't put me in his eyes."

Wei Bai's eyes lit up, and he hastily inquired:

"Then Big Brother, when do you plan to go teach him a lesson?"

"There is no hurry for this!"

Wei Changfeng pondered and said.

"Right now, the Outer Sect Test is imminent. I must pass this hurdle first."

"Once I become an Inner Sect Disciple, I will go cripple his cultivation and capture him to vent your anger!"

Although Bai Yunzhou was formerly the top Outer Sect Disciple, he had been crippled for half a year after all.

Thus, in Wei Changfeng's eyes, even if the other party had recovered his cultivation now, he couldn't possibly be as formidable as before.

Coupled with the fact that he was currently on the verge of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, he naturally dared to utter such words.

Hearing that he still had to wait a few days, a hint of disappointment flashed in Wei Bai's eyes.

However, he didn't dare say anything more.

"Alright, step down. I need to continue my closed-door cultivation!"

Wei Changfeng waved his hand.

"Yes, Big Brother!"