Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 98: Task Handover
As soon as he obtained the foundation establishment pills, Liu Yu immediately applied for closed-door cultivation, allowing him to reasonably avoid the sect's task arrangements.
The Purple Sun Grass strengthened his physical body, while the foundation establishment pill promoted the liquidation of magical power and protected his meridians.
With the second of the three treasures of foundation establishment already in hand and the advantage of strong spiritual consciousness, Liu Yu was eighty percent confident that he could successfully pass the three foundation establishment trials in one go.
At that time, he could delay for a few more years under the pretense of consolidating his cultivation. Even if he were to go to the battlefield, his survival ability in the foundation establishment stage would be stronger.
Even if he failed, he could still buy some time; perhaps the war would end by then.
A multitude of thoughts flashed through Liu Yu's mind, one by one he dismissed them until only this idea remained, which he deemed feasible.
With a decision made, he set about preparing immediately, wanting to trade for contribution points from his fellow disciples, with spiritual stones being indispensable.
He needed to prepare a large sum of spiritual stones for unforeseen circumstances.
Thinking this, Liu Yu hesitated no longer. After returning to his loft, he sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion and took out the spiritual stones from his storage bag, preparing to enter the Immortal Abode.
Five years ago, during the eradication of the disciples of the Heavenly Harmony Sect, Liu Yu had been the true biggest winner; not only had he obtained several exquisite magical artifacts, but the spiritual stones in his storage bag had also swollen to one thousand five hundred.
However, the daily expenses for elixirs were not small. Even though having the Immortal Abode made the costs lower than those of other cultivators, he still needed to consume around five hundred spiritual stones each year—a veritable bottomless pit requiring constant investment.
The medium-grade and low-grade magical artifacts obtained from killing enemies had long been sold through the Hou and Gongsun families, exchanged for spiritual stones for cultivation, leaving only Yan Hongyu's Ink Jade Pendant intact.
Of course, relying solely on selling artifacts was not enough to cover his cultivation expenses. Liu Yu would leave once or twice a year to sell elixirs at nearby gathering spots of cultivators.
Liu Yu had always personally handled the sale of elixirs, doing so extremely discreetly. He always disguised himself and used the concealment technique to lower his cultivation level by one or two stages.
After all, all the spiritual herbs used for refining elixirs were cultivated in the Immortal Abode. If he sold them through others, how could he explain the origins of the spiritual herbs?
After careful consideration, Liu Yu had about eight hundred spiritual stones left in his storage bag. It wasn't that he didn't want to sell more elixirs, but the market in Cold Moon City was limited; selling too many would attract attention.
Taking in three hundred spiritual stones at once into the Immortal Abode, Liu Yu fetched the spiritual herb seeds needed for refining the Azure Spirit Pill, Purple Spiritual Elixir, and Clear Spirit Elixir from the small wooden house on the left, placing them in the black spiritual farmland to begin their cultivation.
The Azure Spirit Pill was a relatively precious elixir for cultivators at the qi refinement stage; naturally, it was not a common product. Selling too many at once would definitely attract attention, while the Purple Spiritual Elixir and Clear Spirit Elixir were much more common.
To be cautious, Liu Yu decided to refine some of all three types of elixirs while maintaining secrecy and waiting for an opportunity to act.
The time required for these spiritual herbs to mature varied. The longest was the Azure Spirit Grass, which took seven and a half hours, while the shortest was the Clear Spirit Grass, needing only four hours.