Published: August 16, 2025
Chapter 131: Spirit Stones and Spiritual Talismans
The other method was a more common one, using something called "spirit stones" as currency for transactions among immortal cultivators.
As the name suggests, "spirit stones" are stones filled with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy contained within them is extremely nourishing to immortal cultivators.
When meditating and refining cultivation, absorbing the spiritual energy from spirit stones greatly accelerates the cultivator’s progress. After all, for an immortal cultivator to absorb and refine scattered spiritual energy on their own is very different from having pure spiritual energy right beside them, allowing them to draw from it at will.
But the greatest effect of spirit stones isn’t just this. Their primary use lies in laying out magic formations and the consumption involved in casting spells.
Whether a high-level magic formation succeeds or not, and how effective it is, often depends on the quality of the spirit stones used. Good spirit stones not only ensure the success of the formation but also greatly increase its power.
As for the number of spirit stones consumed when casting spells, that far exceeds their use in magic formations. Generally, the level and power of spells an immortal cultivator can cast depend on their own magical power cultivation. It’s unlikely they could cast spells beyond their level with just their own strength, so spirit stones become the best amplifiers of magical power.
If a cultivator holds a spirit stone while casting a powerful spell, the spiritual energy within the stone continuously replenishes the magical power consumed, allowing the caster to forcibly unleash spells they otherwise could not use.
Therefore, spirit stones become an excellent choice for cultivators to rival and overcome stronger opponents, and also the best remedy for quickly restoring their original strength after great magical power loss, greatly increasing their survival chances in battles.
With all these practical and incredible effects, it’s natural that the value of spirit stones has risen continuously.
However, due to massive consumption, over-extraction, and the growing scarcity of spirit stone veins, spirit stones have gradually become precious luxury goods in the current immortal cultivation world. They have become the best guarantee for transactions among cultivators and their exclusive circulating currency. Detailed specifications and grades of spirit stones have also been established.
Spirit stones are divided into four grades based on the amount of spiritual power they contain: low-grade spirit stones, mid-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones, and super-grade spirit stones. Additionally, depending on their spiritual power attributes, spirit stones are categorized into five-element stones: gold spirit stones, wood spirit stones, water spirit stones, earth spirit stones, and fire spirit stones. There are also some rare attribute spirit stones, such as wind spirit stones and thunder spirit stones, though these are even scarcer.
Han Li didn’t have even half a spirit stone.
He admitted to himself that he had nothing valuable to trade, so from the start, he simply intended to broaden his horizons—leisurely looking around as he walked along.
Although Han Li’s expression was calm and unhurried, many of the items at these stalls truly made him envious and excited.
To name just one example, every stall had stack after stack of blank talisman papers! These things seemed ordinary but were among the most needed items for Han Li right now.
Although Han Li didn’t yet understand what the different levels and grades of talisman paper meant or the exact differences, he knew that with his current cultivation base, beginner low-grade talisman papers would certainly be enough for him to cast the “mind-calming technique.”
So if he could get some talisman paper, he could immediately gain another spell to use, strengthening himself just that little bit more.