9: 270,000 Spiritual Stones
In the Tiannan Cultivation World, on Nine Dragon Peninsula, approximately three hundred li from Tianlong Town, Li Haotian was hidden in a cave, inventorying his spoils of war.
First, there were two large storage bags, containing 120,000 and 130,000 spirit stones respectively, in addition to two storage bags belonging to Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
The two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were from Tianmen Island, so their wealth was truly substantial.
Although it couldn't compare to 250,000 spirit stones, it was much more than Li Haotian's own wealth.
His spirit stones totaled nearly 30,000, along with two supreme grade magic tools, five High Grade magic tools, no Middle-Grade Magic Treasures, and six bottles of cultivation pills, all of which were Peiyuan Pills and Zengyuan Pills.
There were also various materials, several small booklets, a few jade slips, and finally, a few small boxes and jade bottles different from the pill bottles.
Li Haotian looked at his personal information, a wide smile on his face.
Host: Li Haotian
Age: 118 / 300
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage Middle Stage
Spirit Stones: 276,500
Remarks: Spirit stones can be used to enhance any treasure.
Although the spirit stones hadn't reached 280,000, it was already a considerable amount, and should be enough to push Li Haotian to the Golden Core Stage without issue.
He took out his four bottles of Peiyuan Pills and the two bottles of Peiyuan Pills from the spoils of war, and after opening the bottle caps, the system's voice sounded.
“Ding, detected low-grade Peiyuan Pill. Do you wish to enhance?”
Li Haotian nodded and said, “Enhance all.”
“Ding, enhancement successful. Six thousand spirit stones consumed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining sixty supreme grade Peiyuan Pills.”
Li Haotian felt a pang of heartache; that was six thousand spirit stones, gone in an instant.
However, exchanging six thousand spirit stones for sixty supreme grade Peiyuan Pills didn't seem like a loss either.
Peiyuan Pills had a significant effect on Li Haotian's cultivation, and if he consumed these sixty pills, his cultivation would definitely break through to the Foundation Establishment Peak.
Zengyuan Pills were pills for Foundation Establishment Stage mid to late stage cultivators, and there were four bottles here, which Li Haotian unhesitatingly took out.
“Ding, detected low-grade Zengyuan Pill. Do you wish to enhance?”
“Enhance all.”
“Ding, enhancement successful. Two thousand eight hundred spirit stones consumed. Obtained forty supreme grade Zengyuan Pills.”
Li Haotian put away the pills and looked at the two supreme grade magic tools.
“The material is good, and the refining technique is excellent. As expected of a disciple from a major force, to possess such treasures.”
“However, if I want to use them, I can't use them as they are. Oh well, I need to think of a way. Can the system change their appearance during enhancement?”
“Ding, detected supreme grade magic tool. Do you wish to enhance?”
Without a definitive answer, Li Haotian still gritted his teeth and said, “Enhance it.”
“Ding, enhancement successful. Twenty thousand spirit stones consumed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the low-grade Middle-Grade Magic Treasure, Azure-Purple Twin Swords.”
Li Haotian was somewhat surprised that the Magic Treasure's appearance had actually changed, transforming into two flying swords, and they were low-grade Middle-Grade Magic Treasure flying swords.
“Why do these look like the two flying swords from a certain TV series? That's fine too; I'll be able to use them when I break through to the Golden Core Stage.”
“I remember there was also something called the Two Elemental Dust Sword Formation. If I could possess that Sword Formation, that would be even better.”
Ultimately, Li Haotian shook his head. Having the Azure-Purple Twin Swords was already good enough. These two flying swords were only low-grade Middle-Grade Magic Treasures, and he didn't know how many spirit stones it would take to upgrade them to Middle-Grade Magic Treasures.
He put away the flying swords, then used five thousand spirit stones to enhance the five High Grade magic tools into five supreme grade magic tools, only then did Li Haotian stop.
He took out three jade slips and carefully examined them. The three jade slips recorded alchemy, artifact refining, and spirit-seeking arts.
Alchemy and artifact refining were naturally the two most popular of the hundred cultivation arts. Spirit-seeking art was also not bad, as it could be used to find spirit veins and spirit stone mines.
He quickly put away two jade slips and picked up a small booklet to read. It was a compendium of basic spells; no need to look, he already had it.
Spirit Sword Art, a metal-attribute cultivation method, could be cultivated to Foundation Establishment Peak.
Azure Water Art, a water-attribute cultivation method, could be cultivated to Foundation Establishment Peak.
These cultivation methods were quite good, perfect for increasing the family's foundation. With just a little enhancement, they could easily become Golden Core Stage cultivation methods.
As for the Azure Cloud Sword Art, Li Haotian's cultivation method, although it was currently only at the third level, it could be cultivated all the way to the Golden Core Stage. It was a good cultivation method and he could continue to cultivate it.
“Wait, since I'll be cultivating twin swords in the future, relying solely on the Azure Cloud Sword Art won't do.”
“I just don't know if the great system can enhance all the cultivation methods I know and turn them into a sword art that can wield twin swords?”
“Ding, integrate all cultivation methods. Do you wish to enhance?”
Li Haotian was overjoyed and quickly said, “Enhance, enhance for me.”
“Ding, enhancement successful. Fifty thousand spirit stones consumed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a new cultivation method that can be cultivated to Golden Core perfection. You may name it yourself.”
Li Haotian couldn't help but widen his eyes. It actually used up fifty thousand spirit stones. How many spirit stones did he even have? It actually cost so much.
Li Haotian was torn between laughter and tears. He shook his head and said, “Oh well, it's just fifty thousand spirit stones. Let's look at the cultivation method first.”
“Oh, it combines the characteristics of all sword arts. Can I add more sword arts in the future? This is truly impressive!”
“Since that's the case, this sword art shall be named Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay.”
This sword art combined the characteristics of the cultivation methods Li Haotian remembered, fusing them into a powerful sword art.
“From now on, I will cultivate the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay. Change cultivation, immediately change cultivation.”
Putting away the spoils of war, Li Haotian looked at his personal information.
Host: Li Haotian
Age: 115 / 300
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage Middle Stage
Spirit Stones: 197,700
Remarks: Spirit stones can be used to enhance any treasure.
Li Haotian consumed a supreme grade Zengyuan Pill and rapidly activated the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay.
supreme grade pills had almost no pill toxins, and their medicinal effects were quite immense.
However, the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay was powerful. The pill was just consumed when it was crushed by the newly transformed Two Forms Micro Dust spiritual power, becoming part of his spiritual power.
One pill was completely refined in just three days.
Time passed bit by bit. In just half a year, all the supreme grade Zengyuan Pills were completely refined.
Another year and a half later, all the Peiyuan Pills were digested, and Li Haotian's cultivation also reached the Foundation Establishment Peak.
On this day, Li Haotian suddenly opened his eyes. Feeling the surging spiritual power within his body, the smile on his face grew even wider.
At this moment, he directly took out three jade boxes from his storage bag and murmured, “I didn't open them to see what was inside at the time. I hope they don't disappoint me.”
He gently tore off the spirit-sealing talisman and opened one jade box. Inside were three pills. Because the jade box was sealed, the medicinal efficacy of the pills inside had not diminished in the slightest.
“Foundation Establishment Pill? These are actually Foundation Establishment Pills? Three of them? Good. Very good, hahaha.”
Li Haotian was overjoyed. Three Foundation Establishment Pills, if sold, would definitely be worth over 100,000 spirit stones.
But Li Haotian would never do that. If the three Foundation Establishment Pills were enhanced into supreme grade Foundation Establishment Pills, the Li family could gain three more Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, which would be of great benefit to the Li family.
Opening another jade box, Li Haotian was once again startled. Three spirit stones the size of ping-pong balls. Judging from the density of spiritual energy in the spirit stones, these were definitely High Grade spirit stones!
Although medium-sized spirit stone mines could produce High Grade spirit stones, the output of High Grade spirit stones was too small. He hadn't expected to find three here.
He took out and touched a High Grade spirit stone, feeling the spiritual energy within it was extremely dense, even giving him a feeling that the spiritual energy level was slightly higher.
High Grade spirit stones were cultivation resources for Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. The circulation of High Grade spirit stones in the cultivation world was not widespread; most were controlled by Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul Stage old monsters.