Chapter 29

It was so satisfying, truly satisfying!

Luo Li felt so refreshed. He slowly ate the roasted meat and gradually refined the spiritual energy contained within it. The spiritual energy gathered throughout his body, circulating through his meridians, and then added a breath of true essence to his qi sea!

Damn, a piece of meat was equivalent to a hundred breaths of meditation in the study!

Luo Li couldn't resist taking another bite, eating another piece! Then he ate another piece and continued to refine it, adding another breath of true qi. After finishing a skewer, he suddenly had five more breaths of true qi in his body.

At this moment, Xuan Shui poured a bowl of wine for everyone. Brother Seven raised his cup and said:

"Come, let's have a drink to thank our little junior brother Luo Li for treating us!"

Everyone raised their cups and drank it all in one go. The wine was rich and dry, and in the mortal world, it was definitely a famous wine. In the past, Luo Li would have definitely praised it as a good wine. However, the spiritual energy it contained was too little; a pot only contained a bit of spiritual energy, just enough to add some flavor, which was why it was free to drink.

After drinking the wine, Luo Li smacked his lips. Once you've experienced the sea, no other water can compare. After eating the roasted meat containing spiritual energy, this wine without spiritual energy had no taste at all.

Let's continue eating the skewers; they are still the best!

Xuan Shui handed him a lamb skewer and said:

"After eating beef, try lamb; this is truly satisfying!"

Luo Li picked up a lamb skewer and took a bite. It was completely different from the beef skewer, with a sweet and dry flavor, yet it carried a coldness that penetrated to the heart, making it incredibly comfortable to eat!

This was the meat of the Purple Ice Golden Demon Goat, naturally carrying coldness. This coldness collided with the fiery energy from the Green Feather Fire Sulphur Rhino, blending water and fire, making it even more satisfying!

Luo Li almost felt like he was about to become a transcendent being; it was so refreshing, life should be like this!

After finishing the lamb skewer, it took Luo Li a while to recover. His mind returned, and he suddenly realized a problem: there were eight people, and only a hundred skewers, which meant each person only got ten. Everyone had taken a bite, and there was almost nothing left.

Old Sha said while eating:

"The bamboo skewers are definitely less than fifty years old, what a swindler! The seasoning only has ten ingredients, what a swindler! The lamb is from the front leg, pretending to be from the back leg, what a swindler!"

People like Brother Seven and Hanzi had already finished the meat on their skewers and were still trying to lick the skewers. The skewers were also spiritual objects, containing spiritual energy, and they were absorbing as much as they could, making the skewers spark!

This was too pitiful, wasn't it!

Since he was treating everyone, money was just money; if it was gone, he could earn more. He had to eat to his heart's content!

Luo Li called out: "Waiter, waiter!"

The waiter ran over and said: "What's the matter, sir?"

Luo Li clasped his hands and said:

"Brother Three, please, another forty lamb skewers, forty beef skewers, and twenty grilled mushrooms. Also, this wine is too bland; bring a pot of true spiritual wine, real spiritual wine!"

After Luo Li finished speaking, Brother Seven hurriedly said:

"That's enough, Luo Li, that's enough. Don't spend spiritual stones. We've eaten enough! Too much true qi might not stay; it needs to be cultivated and absorbed!"

Spending a spiritual stone to treat everyone was normal in the study hall. No one had much spare money, and they all saved their spiritual stones for cultivation. Treating others was a waste!

Luo Li said: "It's fine, let's eat to our heart's content. Brother Three, please!"

The waiter said:

"Alright, what kind of spiritual wine do you want? We have thirty spiritual pearls and fifty spiritual pearls!"

The unit below a spiritual stone is a spiritual pearl, which is a byproduct of a spiritual stone. One hundred spiritual pearls equal one spiritual stone.

Luo Li said:

"Bring a spiritual stone's worth, something strong. Eat meat and drink wine in large gulps, the stronger the better, life is more enjoyable!"

The waiter said:

"Alright, that's very generous! Here you go: forty lamb skewers, forty beef skewers, twenty grilled mushrooms, and a jar of Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine!"

In no time, the skewers arrived, and the ten missing ones were also replenished. A jar of good wine was also brought. The wine jar was made of metal, emitting a faint golden light, but it was not large, only the size of a fist. When the jar was opened, a rich aroma of wine immediately spread!

Everyone couldn't help but inhale and then said: "Good wine!"

However, the wine was too little, and each person only got a small half bowl, which was quickly finished.

Gao Peng couldn't help but say: "This is a spiritual stone's worth of fine wine, how can it be so little?"

Old Sha said: "You don't understand, this is Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine, a specialty of our sect! It sells for three spiritual stones a pot outside."

Everyone was stunned and said: "Then why are you selling it to us for one spiritual stone?"

Old Sha said: "This is the internal price. The jar is a bit damaged, so it doesn't look good and can't be replaced. That's why it's so cheap for in-house consumption.

This wine is made from the Empty Cicada from the Butterfly Valley, combined with safflower, white rainbow grass, maple leaves, red pearl fruit, mystic sun grass, and sixteen other fifty-year-old immortal herbs, and brewed for three years.

After brewing, it is buried under the Purple Sun Cliff for three years to absorb the Purple Sun energy, making it a true wine. One spiritual stone is worth it!"

Everyone said: "Is it really that good? Is it true?"

Luo Li said: "Meeting everyone today is a great opportunity. I hope all the senior brothers will help me in the future. Let's cultivate together, walk the path of immortality, and enjoy the blessings of immortality!

Come, let's finish this bowl of wine!"

After saying this, he was about to drink it all, but Old Sha hurriedly said:

"Wait, this wine isn't drunk like that. At first, you can only lick it. Drink it all? You're only at the first level of Qi Cultivation, it will burn you to death!"

Luo Li was stunned and said: "Only lick it? Alright, let's lick it!"

Everyone raised their cups and all licked it. The wine tasted refreshing at first, then became explosively strong, endlessly explosive, like purple fire entering the mouth, burning from the mouth to the stomach.

Everyone endured the intense heat, tightly closing their mouths, unwilling to spit out the wine no matter how uncomfortable it was. This was a whole spiritual stone's worth of good wine.

After enduring the most intense heat, the wine turned from explosively strong to refreshing, making the whole body feel comfortable. The true qi in the qi sea increased rapidly, truly satisfying.

After a long time, everyone let out a sigh: good wine!

The banquet continued, but it wasn't as wild as before. While eating meat and drinking wine, everyone began to refine the spiritual energy absorbed into their bodies. Sometimes they would meditate for half an hour, sitting like wooden statues, saying nothing. Those in a normal state would stop eating skewers and eat some fresh or dried fruits, starting to chat.

Or they would discuss cultivation insights or recent sect rumors, talking back and forth, very enjoyable. At this time, twelve beautiful women appeared in the center of the hotel, dancing and singing to liven up the atmosphere. They were all mortals, without spiritual roots, and unable to cultivate.

Luo Li seized this opportunity and asked Old Sha:

"Brother Sha, what did you say about the Butterfly Valley and the Purple Sun Cliff?"

Luo Li found that Old Sha was well-informed, so he decided to ask him about the way to the Divine Might Sect, but he couldn't ask directly, so he started with something else.

Old Sha said: "The Butterfly Valley and the Purple Sun Cliff are both blessed lands of our Spirit Butterfly Sect!"

Luo Li said: "Blessed lands? What does that mean?"

Old Sha laughed and explained: "Blessed lands are divided into three types: feng shui treasure lands, cave heavens, and cursed land relics!

Only with blessed lands can sect disciples grow and thrive, and the sect can truly be a sect!

According to the rules of the cultivation world, cultivation sects without feng shui treasure lands, cave heavens, or cursed land relics as their headquarters are all considered wandering cultivators or wild cultivators. No matter how prestigious or how long their lineage, it's the same!

At least you need a blessed land, open a sect, and have a foundation, for the cultivation world to recognize you as a sect."

Luo Li still didn't fully understand, and Brother Seven said:

"You can think of blessed lands as spiritual stone mines. The cultivation world has continued for countless calamities. Without going into the distant past, just take our Spirit Butterfly Sect. The spiritual stone mines on the Spirit Butterfly Island were exhausted over ten thousand years ago."

Luo Li was surprised and said: "The Spirit Butterfly Sect has no spiritual stone mines, but where do the spiritual stones for our sect's benefits come from?"

Old Sha laughed and said:

"Without spiritual stones, relying on the bit of spiritual energy in the study, one can never advance in cultivation. How can cultivators survive? Blessed lands are like mutated spiritual stone mines.

The spiritual stones for our sect's benefits are all exchanged for our specialties. Our sect has many specialties, such as the Spirit Butterfly Robe, Seven Star Tea, and this Empty Cicada Purple Sun Wine, among more than ten others. We don't lack spiritual stones.

Actually, the sect's spiritual stone veins are not completely gone. It's said that the sect has two spiritual stone veins, but they have been cultivated for over ten thousand years and are sealed. They are strategic reserves, to be mined only when the sect faces a great calamity and the specialties can't be sold.

Therefore, having blessed lands means having a foundation, and being recognized as a sect. Ordinary small sects are overjoyed to have one blessed land. Our Spirit Butterfly Sect has seven blessed lands, which is why we are ranked among the left path sects."

Brother Seven, seeing that Old Sha had taken over the conversation, couldn't help but interject: "Yes, yes, seven blessed lands!

The Purple Sun Cliff, the Hidden Dragon Forest, the Butterfly Valley, the Heaven-Changing Cave, the Seven Star Tea Garden, the Butterfly Plain, and the Silver State Continent!"