Chapter 58

"Once this spirit board, engraved with a spirit-gathering array, is activated, it can actively gather the surrounding heaven and earth's spiritual energy. A single spirit board can enhance the spiritual energy around a martial artist by one quarter!"

"The most important thing is that activating this spirit board consumes very little spiritual energy and can be used repeatedly!"

"When a martial artist cultivates in the wild, with such a spirit board, the cultivation efficiency can be enhanced. After a battle, the spirit energy can also be restored faster through this spirit board."

"..."

Inside Li's shop, Qin Lie held the spirit board and spoke enthusiastically to the woman in white, promoting his masterpiece.

The beautiful woman's face was indifferent. After listening to his explanation for a while, she gradually became impatient and interrupted, "Just that?"

"What more do you want?" Qin Lie paused.

"Is there any help in attacking? Can it defend?" The woman in white, who was eye-catching, frowned prettily. "If it only enhances the spiritual energy by one quarter, there's no need to continue the introduction."

She turned to look at the middle-aged servant beside her and said disappointedly, "It seems we came to the wrong place."

Saying this, she had already lost her previous interest and was about to leave.

"Boy, how many spirit boards do you have in total?" At this moment, Li Mu, who was lying in a rocking chair with a lazy expression, suddenly asked.

"Seventeen." Qin Lie replied.

"Take them all out, activate the spirit-gathering array inside each one, and let us see if there is a stacking effect." Li Mu said calmly.

"Stacking..."

A flash of inspiration appeared in Qin Lie's mind, and his eyes suddenly brightened. Reminded by Li Mu, he grasped the key point.

Seeing that the woman in white and her middle-aged servant had suddenly stopped, Qin Lie didn't hesitate. He immediately took out all the successful spirit boards he had, infused a thread of spiritual energy into each one, and activated the spirit-gathering array inside.

One by one, the spirit boards suddenly emitted a pale white glow, forming a strong attraction.

The thin spiritual energy around Li's shop, as if attracted by a vortex, gradually gathered toward the shop, seeping into the center.

Originally, the shop was filled with low-grade spirit materials, spirit stones, and various metals, all covered in dust, making the air here dirty.

However, as the spiritual energy slowly gathered, everyone in the room felt the air become fresh and natural. After taking a few breaths, they all felt invigorated.

"Spread the spirit boards out and place them in the corners of the room." Li Mu, still lying in the rocking chair, squinted his eyes and continued to instruct.

Qin Lie's eyes brightened again. He quickly picked up the seventeen spirit boards on the table and placed them in the corners of the shop.

He spread the spirit boards out, placing seven in the center and the other ten in the corners and on the walls, evenly distributed.

The seventeen spirit boards, in the dilapidated shop, emitted a faint glow. The thin spiritual energy in the sky of the spirit material market slowly gathered toward this small shop named "Li's Shop"...

Inside the room, the woman in white and the middle-aged servant, who were about to leave, had already stopped.

Both of them looked at the glowing spirit boards scattered in the room with surprise and moved expressions, not saying a word, but silently sensing the changes in the spiritual energy.

Qin Lie's eyes became brighter and brighter, also sensing the changes in the spiritual energy with great joy.

Li Mu still lounged lazily in the rocking chair. In the extremely quiet room, everyone was silent, and only the creaking of his rocking chair could be heard.

On the spirit material market street.

Nearby, several martial artists with slightly higher realms keenly sensed the strange changes in the flow of spiritual energy. They all looked stunned and involuntarily followed the direction of the gathering spiritual energy toward "Li's Shop."

"Strange, the spiritual energy is quietly converging there. Could it be that a powerful realm master is about to break through?"

"No, it doesn't seem like it. The speed of the spiritual energy flow is not fast, very peaceful, as if it's not caused by human intervention but rather attracted by some powerful spirit tool."

"Could it be that an extremely powerful spirit tool has appeared?"

"I don't know, let's go and see."

"Sure, let's go and check."

On the market street, a few martial artists with keen senses, who were active in Li's Shop, suddenly sensed the peculiar changes in the spiritual energy, all feeling surprised and puzzled, and slowly gathered.

In the Instrument Pavilion.

A five-story building, on the top floor, a withered old man in his sixties, dressed in luxurious brocade, was about to take a nap.

"Hmm?"

The old man suddenly looked out the window, sniffed the air, and his expression changed slightly.

He went straight downstairs, and under the respectful gazes of the shop assistants in the Instrument Pavilion, he came from the fifth floor to the first floor.

"Old Master Pan, what are you doing?"

"Old Master Pan, why did you come down from the fifth floor?"

"Old Master Pan, it's noon, aren't you supposed to be taking a nap at this time?"

"Hehe, it's interesting to see Old Master Pan change his habits."

Many martial artists on the first floor of the Instrument Pavilion, surrounded by exquisite spirit tools, were originally asking the shop assistants about the details of the spirit tools. When they saw the old man come down, they all looked surprised and couldn't help but call out softly.

The old man's name was Pan Jueming, and he was the true head of this branch of the Instrument Pavilion. In Ice Rock City, his status was extremely high, and even Tu Mo and Yan Wenyan had to call him "Old Master Pan" to show respect.

His unique habit of taking a nap at noon was known to almost all martial artists who frequently visited the Instrument Pavilion. They also knew that during his nap, it was absolutely forbidden to make loud noises in the Instrument Pavilion, or they would be directly expelled and might never be allowed to enter again.

However, today, at this special time, he actually came downstairs...

Everyone was extremely surprised.

Even more surprising things followed.

Several people who had just gone up to the second and third floors of the Instrument Pavilion also came down one by one, looking surprised. Two of them had only just gone up and hadn't had time to look at the spirit tools, yet they also came down and walked to the street with Pan Jueming.

"Old Master Pan..."

A burly man in a Star Cloud Pavilion martial artist uniform came down from upstairs and approached Pan Jueming, calling out softly.

This man's name was Wu Chong, the first hall master under Elder Chu Yan of the Star Cloud Pavilion. He had just broken through to the middle stage of the Kaiyuan Realm and came to the Instrument Pavilion to find a spirit tool suitable for his cultivation technique.

Pan Jueming didn't turn around, just nodded slightly and said calmly, "It seems you also sensed it."

"Um." Wu Chong bowed slightly, showing respect, "Not as keen as you, Old Master Pan. I only noticed the change after you came downstairs..."

After a pause, he asked, "Old Master Pan, what do you think is happening?"

"We'll know once we see it." Pan Jueming said casually, suddenly taking a step forward. Wu Chong and the others who had come down from upstairs quickly followed.

"What's happening? Why can't I understand what they're saying?"

"I don't understand either, but it's already strange that Old Master Pan isn't taking his nap today..."

"They seem to be going to see something. Whatever it is, it must be very interesting!"

"..."

On the first floor of the Instrument Pavilion, all the low-level martial artists, with their weak senses, were unclear about the situation and were discussing curiously.

After a while, seeing Pan Jueming, Wu Chong, and others gradually move away, they suddenly realized.

These people shouted in surprise, ignoring their original purpose for coming to the Instrument Pavilion, and followed, wanting to find out what was happening.

If someone could hover in the sky above the spirit material market, they could clearly see the subtle changes in the spiritual energy. They would notice the strange flow of spiritual energy around Li's Shop, seeing how it was like a vortex, continuously gathering and pulling the surrounding spiritual energy, making the shop's spiritual energy become very thick.

They would also see that the originally scattered crowd on the spirit material market street was now gathering toward Li's Shop...

Inside Li's Shop.

Qin Lie, the woman in white, the middle-aged servant, and the shop owner Li Mu seemed unaware of the situation outside. They didn't speak but silently felt the changes in the spiritual energy in the room...

The seventeen spirit boards, scattered in the corners, placed on the walls and cabinets, and quietly on the table in front of everyone, emitted a pale white glow, still gathering the nearby spiritual energy, making the shop gradually fill with a faint milky white mist—the most obvious sign of the spiritual energy becoming very thick.

"Almost four times..."

The middle-aged servant beside the woman in white broke the silence in the room with a hoarse voice. His slightly dark eyes scanned the spirit boards, and his expression gradually became serious.

Li Mu's rocking chair, which had been swaying, suddenly stopped. He said, "If there were more spirit-gathering boards, the amount of spiritual energy that could be gathered... would be even greater."

"Spirit-gathering boards?" Qin Lie was taken aback.

Li Mu smiled slightly, nodded at him, and then looked toward the door, saying leisurely, "It should have a nice, easy-to-remember name."

Qin Lie followed his gaze to the door and noticed that the once remote and desolate Li's Shop was now crowded with people.

"Miss, with seventeen spirit-gathering boards, we can create a cultivation room. Seventeen spirit-gathering boards, plus the more concentrated spiritual energy in our place, should have a very astonishing effect if there are no unexpected issues!" The middle-aged servant whispered.

"Name your price." The woman in white looked at Qin Lie and added, "I'll take them all."

"The old man is also interested."

Pan Jueming's voice suddenly came from outside. In the surprised gazes of many people, the head of the Instrument Pavilion was the first to stride into Li's Shop.

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