"Slow!"

"It's really too slow!"

Having experienced the rocket-like advancement in realm, at this moment Qi Ping felt the current cultivation speed was terrifyingly slow.

"No wonder so many people in Qingshi County stop at the Late-stage Qi Refining. The difficulty to advance during the late stage is several times higher than during the Mid-stage Qi Refining..."

And this was Qi Ping's cultivation speed even with the blessings of Fire Ginseng Honey, Yang Fire Body, Jungle Druid... and various other conditions.

Generally, stagnating at the Late-stage Qi Refining, spending ten years or even decades at this realm, could be understood.

"At my current cultivation speed, I estimate I need at least a year and a half to break through to the Eighth-Layer of Qi Refining..."

In fact, this speed was already very fast, even many disciples of the Cyan Origin Sect couldn't reach this speed.

But Qi Ping wasn't very satisfied.

Because if he progressed at this pace, his realm wouldn't keep up with the advancement speed of his Animal Companion.

Just like now, his cultivation speed of Blood Ginseng couldn't keep up with the swarm's resource demand for Blast Soldiers.

Fortunately, Plant Growth broke through to level three a few days ago, significantly increasing the cultivation speed of Spiritual Medicine.

lv2 Plant Growth (161/200) → lv3 Plant Growth (5/400)

But to completely catch up with the demand, and cultivate resources needed by him and the Yang Fire Crow, Qi Ping felt that reaching the Ninth-Layer of Qi Refining was the minimum requirement.

Therefore, realm advancement was also an urgent matter for Qi Ping, and in this era, the faster the strength increased, the better.

"So next, I need to find a suitable Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicine and Wood Attribute Spiritual Medicine, preferably a high-level Tier One Fire Attribute Pill Formula..."

"This way, both Yaya and I can use them..."

"I wonder if the Cyan Stone Marketplace has suitable high-level Tier One Spiritual Medicine..."

Reaching a high-level Tier One cultivation resource would significantly increase the difficulty of acquisition, and the price would be much higher, beyond what ordinary people can easily afford.

When reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, it's always like this. To obtain this level of resource, one must either become an insider or pay a huge amount of Spirit Stones...

"Luckily, I have the Plant Growth skill to accelerate the growth of Spiritual Medicine, and the Spiritual Origin Stone Pillar to cultivate high-level Spiritual Medicine, as long as I obtain a spiritually active medicine or seed. Even if there's only one plant, I can cut off a little each time for usage, and then continue cultivating..."

In this way, Qi Ping's limitations are significantly reduced; otherwise, relying entirely on purchasing or fortunate encounters for cultivation resources is practically impossible.

The major issue for Loose Cultivators is the huge limitation in resource acquisition channels.

...

But even though Qi Ping was anxious, he couldn't do much, as he only had five hundred and seventy Spirit Stones. It should be enough to buy a suitable high-level Tier One Spiritual Medicine, but acquiring an appropriate Pill Formula and corresponding knowledge of Spiritual Medicine and Elixirs was quite lacking.

Ultimately, it was still a problem of lacking money.

So Qi Ping had to wait for the suitable Hundred Spirits Honey formula to be experimented and then start earning large amounts of Spirit Stones.

According to previous selling prices, he estimated he could earn over a thousand Spirit Stones in a month. Hundred Spirits Grass matures once a quarter, meaning three thousand Spirit Stones each quarter.

Just needing to wait a little longer before lots of Spirit Stones start coming in.

"Be a bit patient, it's better not to rush for quick success. Focus and settle down to cultivate peacefully first..."

Thus, Qi Ping continued to focus on cultivating and nurturing Spiritual Medicine, striving to comprehend the Power Law of Plant Growth, hoping to increase the skill proficiency faster.

Meanwhile, Qi Ping also used these tasks to temper his mindset...

So, Qi Ping slowly entered a very peaceful cultivation state.

Let the outside world be as turbulent as it may, he only needed to cultivate diligently in peace.

Perhaps it was due to his calm thoughts, or perhaps because this state was more suited for comprehending the Law Realm, Qi Ping's realm advancement speed even increased a bit.

...

After about a week, all fifty plans for Hundred Spirits Honey set by Qi Ping were successfully brewed by the Brewer Big Belly Bee.

"Finally all brewed successfully!"

"I wonder if they can perfectly remove the traces of Hundred Spirits Grass..."

As long as even his Great Brewmaster talent can't distinguish the trace of Hundred Spirits Grass, the risk can be reduced to the minimum.

Since Qi Ping couldn't find any trace of Hundred Spirits Grass after trying to actively search for it, anyone else wanting to discover anything was merely a ridiculous undertaking.

Thus, Qi Ping can confidently use it to earn Spirit Stones!

"Once tested successfully, the issue of lacking Spirit Stones in the future would be basically resolved."

With this expectation in mind, Qi Ping carefully differentiated the medicinal properties of each honey batch...

"The first one, the trace of Hundred Spirits Grass is very obvious, no good..."

"The second one, no good..."

"The third one, failed..."

...

"The twenty-seventh one, success..."

...

"The fiftieth, failed..."

...

After Qi Ping tried all fifty different formulas of Hundred Spirits Honey, he frowned tightly.

Only one of the fifty formulas succeeded!

This batch of honey couldn't distinguish the trace of Hundred Spirits Grass at all, and it was the same result every time Qi Ping tried.

Therefore, selling based on this formula should involve low risk.

However, this formula had an issue, which was the usage of a significant amount of Spirit-Storage Fruit.

The use of Spirit-Storage Fruit amounted to about one-fifth of the amount of Hundred Spirits Grass.

"If that's the case, even though the medicinal effects of this formula increased a bit, reaching nearly an Intermediate Tier One potency, considering the cost of Spirit-Storage Fruit, the final profit might be reduced by a fifth..."

Originally, reducing the profit by one-fifth wasn't too much of a concern. Since Qi Ping's Hundred Spirits Grass cost was very low, even with some profit reduction, it remained hugely profitable.

The real concern for Qi Ping was that this means he needed to purchase a large amount of Spirit-Storage Fruit because he couldn't achieve natural mass production of Spirit-Storage Fruit yet. Sister Nan's yield couldn't meet his demand either.

Thinking of this, Qi Ping couldn't help but frown and fall into deep thought...

However, not long after, Qi Ping's brow gradually relaxed, and a layer of smile appeared on his face.

"Seems like this is also good, I can use Spirit-Storage Fruit to cover the trace of Hundred Spirits Grass..."

"Anyone slightly knowledgeable in medicinal potency would only observe the potency of Spirit-Storage Fruit, without thinking to delve into whether there's anything else, because producing this level of honey with Spirit-Storage Fruit isn't unusual. If nothing could be detected, it would actually raise suspicion..."

After all, who would go through the trouble for a Tier One low-level honey that doesn't even reach the normal market value of an Intermediate Tier One standard?

Even if it attracts enemies, at most, it would only be some small-time Qi Refining cultivators, posing no threat to Qi Ping!

"However, the Spirit-Storage Fruit I previously purchased from Sister Nan is almost used up, I need to find a stable Spirit-Storage Fruit supply channel next, so I can maintain stable production of Hundred Spirits Honey, and earn a plentiful amount of Spirit Stones..."

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