Chapter 59

"Methods to speed up cultivation? There are many," Ban Yilou stroked his beard and slowly shook his head, saying, "For example, cultivating for six periods a day, eight periods... or twelve periods? Yes, these are the three most commonly used methods."

"..."

"What's wrong, not enough?"

"Then there are four other methods: cultivating for seven periods, nine periods, ten periods, and eleven periods."

"..."

"What's wrong, seven methods not enough?"

"Enough." Tang Zheng squinted his eyes at him, "And I think the method of cultivating for twelve periods is very, very good."

"Uh..." Ban Yilou straightened his body.

"Is there any pill that can keep a person awake for twelve periods to cultivate continuously? If there is, why don't you quickly take it out?" Tang Zheng said with a smile.

Ban Yilou, who originally wanted to tease Tang Zheng, was immediately angered: "Nonsense! How could there be such a pill!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha..." Tang Zheng pounded the table.

Not to mention that there is no such pill, even if there were, Tang Zheng wouldn't use it.

Cultivating for twelve periods a day, which is twenty-four hours without rest, who knows how much the body's potential would be overdrawn?

Ban Yilou's old face turned red and white, and he sullenly pointed at his nose: "Your strength, if it could improve as fast as your nonsense, would be completely sufficient! When I was your age, I couldn't even get enough to eat, but I persisted in cultivating star power every day under such harsh conditions, and my strength was still a bit stronger than yours!"

"Does it take you more than twenty years to cultivate to be just a bit stronger than me?" Tang Zheng looked curious.

"Already quite good!" Ban Yilou's face turned red again, "Besides, wasn't it because of the harsh conditions?"

"Uh uh uh." Tang Zheng quickly nodded, not wanting to打击Ban Yilou on this issue.

From what Ban Yilou meant, it seemed that people who took more than twenty years to cultivate to a high or peak one-star level were not uncommon.

So what about him, who had only been here for over a month and was already at the mid-one-star level?

"No, pride is the mother of success... oh, no, no..." Tang Zheng decisively suppressed his arrogant thoughts and strove to be a well-rounded, humble, and studious young man, "Then, I'll ask Ban Elder in a different way. Are the 'Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills' and the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant] in the inner cabinet suitable for one-star use? What are their effects?"

Since he couldn't forge them himself, couldn't he just buy them directly?

Ban Yilou, hearing the change in his tone, felt much more comfortable: "The Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills are the best of the external pills produced by the Heavenly Medicine Valley, but I don't recommend using them casually."

"Oh? Why?" Tang Zheng asked.

"The Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills are not auxiliary cultivation pills, but direct star power enhancement pills! The star power that has not been refined by your own star meridians has no main star attribute, and using it is far less handy than the star power formed by the star tide..." Ban Yilou shook his head, "An unstable foundation and forced growth is not a good choice!"

"Like the Continuity Pill you gave me the first time?" Tang Zheng recalled the first time he came to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, when Ban Yilou casually threw him a pill.

"About the same, but the Continuity Pill is just a scrap compared to the Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills. Whether it's the Continuity Pill or the Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills, they are all refined to meet the specific star power requirements of certain sects' exams. For you, such things are only harmful and have no benefits." Ban Yilou stroked his beard.

Tang Zheng recalled that after taking the Continuity Pill, he soon lit up one star with the dual stars, and then his entire star power was washed twice by the dual star power...

So, he really couldn't distinguish which was the star power generated by the star tide and which was the hard-to-control free star power.

Although Ban Yilou often spoke to him in a confrontational manner, he wouldn't harm him, so when Ban Yilou said not to use the Golden Fragrant Hundred Plum Pills, he temporarily put it aside.

"For pills, 'Brown Marsh Pills' are enough for you." Ban Yilou skillfully took a box of pills from the outer cabinet, "I know you have money, but the more expensive and better pills, you are only at the mid-one-star level, you don't need them, and the strong medicinal power might even have side effects on you."

"Alright, then 'Brown Marsh Pills' it is." Tang Zheng paid the money without hesitation.

"As for the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant]... you really know how to pick. In this Wulong Town Treasure Gathering Pavilion, there is no better pendant than this one!" Ban Yilou said.

Tang Zheng smiled, just look at the price, who wouldn't pick it?

Ban Yilou said, "Actually, the cultivation pendant you brought from your friend is already very good. The engraving in the pendant is absolutely master-level."

"Engraving?" Tang Zheng's ears perked up.

"Yes, all auxiliary cultivation arrays must be engraved with purple gold. There are three forms of engraving: raised engraving, clear engraving, and hidden engraving! The raised engraving is the one you brought, where the array pattern floats on the surface of the base material. Over time and wear, the effect of the array pattern will become worse, of course, this is the fastest and most common way to engrave arrays."

"Then what kind of engraving is the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant]?" Tang Zheng continued to ask.

"The [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant] is clear engraving, which means the array slot is first engraved on the base material, and then the purple gold array is formed. The Hundred Refinements Workshop has very rich experience in engraving purple gold arrays, but they are not good at engraving precise and beautiful array slots on different materials... so, the clear engraving pendants are first processed by the Yao Mountain Tribe, and then handed over to the Hundred Refinements Workshop for production. Each one is not only an auxiliary cultivation pendant but also a work of art."

Tang Zheng understood by this point.

From what he knew about the Yao Mountain Tribe, they only produced a lot of handsome men and beautiful women. Apart from that, the production of all other items was extremely low.

So, clear engraving pendants were already very rare.

No wonder the inner cabinet of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion only had one.

But Tang Zheng remembered that Ban Yilou also mentioned hidden engraving: "Then... what about hidden engraving?"

"Hidden engraving is a magical technique where the purple gold array pattern is engraved into the middle of the jade, without damaging the jade itself!" Ban Yilou sighed, "Unfortunately, the technique of hidden engraving has been lost."

After Ban Yilou said this, Tang Zheng couldn't even ask about the price.

Engraving the purple gold array pattern into the middle of the jade without damaging it sounded like a very advanced technique.

Unfortunately, it was lost...

"There are not many hidden engraving pendants left now, and they are mostly passed down through generations, so they cannot be sold." Ban Yilou helplessly told Tang Zheng.

Since they couldn't be sold, Tang Zheng naturally had no choice. He casually grabbed a few purple gold treasures from his shopping bag: "Then the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant] it is. It's the best for now, so I'll just make do..."

Ban Yilou's face twitched.

The pendant was priced at 180 taels of purple gold!

And on Tang Zheng's flyer, it was priced at 300 taels of purple gold!

Such a rare clear engraving pendant, to be called "making do" by him, was a huge embarrassment to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Tang Zheng called Tang Xiaotang in: "Xiaotang, have you made the list for the next batch of goods?"

Because the demand for proxy purchases was too high, it was impossible to go to the inner cabinet for each person, so now Tang Xiaotang's arrangement was to go in once every ten people, after collecting ten deposits.

Tang Xiaotang looked at the list in his hand: "Almost, nine people."

"Help me bring something out when you go in." Tang Zheng said.

"Sure. What do you want?" Tang Xiaotang asked.

"The [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant]." Tang Zheng said.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Tang Zixie outside called to Xiaotang: "Xiaotang, come out and write down, the gentleman outside wants the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant]!"

Tang Xiaotang and Ban Yilou were both stunned.

Tang Xiaotang was surprised that it was such a coincidence, Tang Zheng had just said he wanted it, and someone outside wanted it too.

Ban Yilou, on the other hand, was surprised that the original price of the [Purple Jade True Phoenix Pendant] was already 180 taels of purple gold, and on Tang Zheng's flyer, it was priced at 300 taels. He was absolutely certain that no one in Wulong Town could afford such a huge sum to buy this pendant!

"Hey, which brother has such good chemistry with me?" Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows and stood up with a smile.

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