4: rest

Of course, if there's a chance, I can't miss out on those Cultivation Techniques either!

Gu Changan had a sudden flash of inspiration; couldn't his bronze small cauldron replicate things?

Couldn't he just throw those few medicinal herbs in and replicate them at will?

This way, he'd have a source of Spirit Stones and wouldn't need to find a trade.

Gu Changan slapped his forehead; he was truly being stupid.

As for the blood lingzhi inside the bronze small cauldron, Gu Changan didn't dare take it out at all!

Those Cultivators in the swamp were fighting over it like crazy; it would be even worse out here.

If someone discovered it or sensed the aura of the blood lingzhi, he wouldn't even know how he died.

Although he didn't know the specific details of the blood lingzhi, it was definitely exceptionally precious, far beyond what he could handle at his current stage.

Not to mention replicating it to sell; Gu Changan knew the blood lingzhi was valuable, but his own life was worth more!

From the stalls of the Loose Cultivators selling Cultivation Techniques, Gu Changan chose a kind-looking old man.

"My child is growing up, and it's time to teach him about the world of cultivation!"

"Do you have any books on Common Cultivation Knowledge?"

The old man's cultivation level was indiscernible. He smiled slightly, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth. "Two spirit fragments!"

Gu Changan: "One fragment, and find another book for him on the humanities!"

The old man's grin widened. "Two spirit fragments. Originally, they were two spirit fragments each, but now I'm only charging you one spirit fragment per book!"

Gu Changan looked the old man straight in the eye. "One fragment. Take it or leave it!"

The old man stopped insisting and handed over the two books.

Gu Changan dropped one spirit fragment and turned to leave.

Gu Changan breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know the market price, how expensive could Common Cultivation Knowledge—which could be easily transcribed—possibly be?

He found a relatively secluded Inn.

"How many spirit fragments for one night?"

The Waiter said loudly, "That will be one spirit fragment, thank you!"

"This establishment has no protective measures. Your safety is entirely your own responsibility!"

Gu Changan nodded and dropped a spirit fragment.

He moved into a room with only a bed and a table, both made of wood and looking quite dilapidated.

It was hard to imagine that this was actually an Inn in the cultivation world.

Except for the fact that it was kept reasonably clean!

Gu Changan lay on the bed and began to think.

He had just moved in, and someone might be watching him. To be safe, he would wait until nightfall to perform the replication.

Gu Changan began to review the events of the day; thinking back now, he still felt a bit excited!

However, he felt somewhat emotional; he had transmigrated just like that.

He thought of Blue Star; he had simply taken advantage of the summer break to go swimming in a creek with a few close classmates.

To show off his superb swimming skills and diving difficulty in front of them...

...he had leaped down from a nearby rock.

Who could have known? Fate had played a joke on him.

The moment he jumped into the water, he hit a boulder at the bottom and died instantly.

Blood instantly dyed the entire stream red.

His friends were stunned; some tried to save him, some called the police, and others went to get their parents.

And just like that, he had transmigrated to this world.

He wondered how heartbroken and helpless his parents back there must be. Sigh! It was all his own fault for being young and impulsive.

Thinking about how he had achieved nothing on Blue Star, now that he had transmigrated to the cultivation world, he must make something of himself!

Getting excited, he simply got up and began replicating the medicinal herbs.

He summoned the bronze small cauldron and placed it before him. From the Storage Pouch, he took out those few medicinal herbs and tossed them all into the bronze small cauldron.

Then, holding the small cauldron with both hands, he channeled his spiritual power to begin the replication.

He saw the herbs appearing one by one inside the bronze small cauldron.

In an instant, hundreds of stalks of several types of medicinal herbs appeared.

Gu Changan frowned and stopped.

If he sold so many herbs, it would definitely be very conspicuous, as this was just a small town.

Selling 10 to 20 stalks tomorrow should net him around 100 spirit fragments.

This amount probably wouldn't incite the greed of others.

The Treasure Qi in the treasure gathering basin had to be saved for replicating necessary items later.

He hadn't yet fully figured out how to replenish the Treasure Qi in the treasure gathering basin.

However, one of the methods was absorbing essence blood.

Just like today, the essence blood of those three Cultivators had all been absorbed by the treasure gathering basin.

He took out the "Common Cultivation Knowledge" and "Humanities and Interesting Facts" he had bought during the day, planning to read them before bed.

Then he thought, if the treasure gathering basin can replicate medicinal herbs, what about Cultivation Techniques?

After all, some Cultivation Techniques were just text; what would happen if Treasure Qi was poured into them?

Gu Changan was very curious!

Acting on his thoughts, he tossed the two books into the treasure gathering basin.

Gu Changan controlled the treasure gathering basin, infusing the Treasure Qi within it into the two books.

With a flash of yellow light, the two books carried a faint Treasure Qi and had completely changed their appearance.

"record of cultivation revelations" and "Records of Major Events in the Cultivation World."

Actually, Gu Changan had noticed it when he was infusing the Treasure Qi just now.

At the very beginning, the Treasure Qi infusion stopped after a certain point.

Stopping then should have been replication!

But Gu Changan increased the input of Treasure Qi, causing the two books to keep changing.

Until no more Treasure Qi could be infused.

It seemed they had reached their limit.

And then they turned into these two books.

It seemed the treasure gathering basin had more functions worth exploring!

Gu Changan was secretly excited as he picked up the two books and began to read.

The "record of cultivation revelations" explained common knowledge of the cultivation world.

For example, cultivation Rank: Qi Refining -> Foundation Establishment -> Golden Core -> Nascent Soul -> Soul Transformation -> Body Integration -> Undergoing Tribulation.

Magic Treasure Rank: Mortal Weapon -> Magical Artifact -> Spiritual Artifact -> Magic Treasure -> Spirit Treasure -> Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure -> Innate Spirit Treasure.

Cultivation Technique Rank and Talisman Rank are both: Yellow -> Black -> Earth -> Heaven.

Of course, each Rank is divided into four sub-Ranks.

Spirit Medicines and Medicinal Pills are divided into: Grade One to Seven.

The "Records of Major Events in the Cultivation World" detailed the existence of various forces throughout the world and how different locations were formed.

For instance: the Nether Ghost Market, Qianji Secret Realm, Wuliang Sword Tomb, and the Sea of Dragon Molting—the reasons and times these Secret Realms were formed!

For example, the various powers in the world today:

Eastern Region · Tianji Pavilion Sphere of Influence

Core Area: Tianji Mountain (Main Hall, Star-Gazing Platform, Bronze Stele Forbidden Land)

Tianji Pavilion (A hidden Sect that possesses ancient secrets)

Southern Border · Blood Fiend Alliance Sphere of Influence

Core Area: Blood Refining Valley

Blood Fiend Alliance (An Evil Path organization that lives by plundering)

Western Region · Treasure Pavilion Sphere of Influence

Core Area: Tianbao City

Treasure Pavilion (A merchant guild that monopolizes 70% of the cultivation world's resource trade)

Northern Frontier · Loose Cultivators and Neutral Zones

Core Area:

Cold Moon City (A gathering place for Loose Cultivators, well-informed)

Tianxu Ruins (Ancient Battlefield)

Central Region · Forbidden Ground

Core Area: Beidou Altar

A battlefield formed by an ancient war!

It has remained a Forbidden Ground for humanity to this day.

This, of course, includes the Misty Swamp on the outskirts of the Central Forbidden Ground; Gu Changan had just escaped from there today, so it left a deep impression on him!

These are all forces with Legacies spanning ten thousand years; Gu Changan wouldn't dare provoke them!

But now that Gu Changan had a deep understanding of the world's major powers, he was no longer completely in the dark!