Chapter 60

"Your Spirit Gathering Token was sold from my shop, so I need to take a commission. Seventeen ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stones, hmm, I'll take two as commission, and the remaining fifteen will be yours. How about that?"

Li Mu's expression was calm, lazily swaying his chair. After Qin Lie closed the shop door, he spoke unhurriedly.

"No problem." Qin Lie took two Spirit Stones from the table and handed them to Li Mu, then asked, "How many practice Spirit Boards can an ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stone exchange for?"

"One ordinary-grade fifth-rank Spirit Stone can buy one Spirit Board, so how many Spirit Boards do you think a seventh-rank Spirit Stone can exchange for?" Li Mu asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Qin Lie's eyes suddenly lit up with joy, "Twenty-five Spirit Boards."

Spirit Stones are classified by the amount of spiritual energy they contain. Five ordinary-grade first-rank Spirit Stones combined roughly equal one ordinary-grade second-rank Spirit Stone, so one ordinary-grade second-rank Spirit Stone is equivalent to five ordinary-grade first-rank Spirit Stones. Similarly, one mystic-grade third-rank Spirit Stone is equivalent to five ordinary-grade second-rank Spirit Stones...

By this logic, one ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stone is equivalent to five ordinary-grade sixth-rank Spirit Stones, which equals twenty-five ordinary-grade fifth-rank Spirit Stones.

Thus, it is equivalent to twenty-five Spirit Boards.

After giving two to Li Mu as commission, he still had fifteen, which could exchange for three hundred and seventy-five Spirit Boards for him to practice drawing Spirit Arrays.

He had spent two thousand Star Cloud Pavilion contribution points to get only four hundred Spirit Boards, but now, by selling the Spirit Gathering Tokens, he easily obtained so many Spirit Boards, which greatly boosted his spirits. He suddenly realized that the Spirit Gathering Array he mastered would be of great help to him in the future.

"You have over a hundred blank tokens in your room. You've used some, but I'll include them in the count. Just give me four more Spirit Stones." Li Mu extended his hand.

"Alright." Qin Lie handed over four more Spirit Stones, thought for a moment, and then decided to give the remaining Spirit Stones to Li Mu, saying, "I need more Spirit Boards. Can you help me exchange all of them?"

"No problem." Li Mu was slightly surprised but didn't hesitate, taking all the remaining Spirit Stones, "There are some shops on the Spirit Material Street that sell Spirit Boards. I can help you exchange all the Spirit Stones for Spirit Boards. However, think carefully. Eleven ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stones can buy a decent Spirit Tool in the Tool Pavilion. Are you sure you want to buy all Spirit Boards?"

"Definitely." Qin Lie confirmed.

Nodding, Li Mu said calmly, "Alright, I'll help you get all Spirit Boards."

"Uncle Li, what about that spatial ring... roughly how much does it cost?" Qin Lie suddenly asked, his eyes showing a clear desire.

If he could have a spatial ring that formed its own small space, he could get rid of the bag. After Liu Yan's explanation of the spatial ring, he became very interested in it. He thought that if the price wasn't too high, he would consider exchanging for a spatial ring.

"That thing is out of your reach for now." Li Mu bluntly said, "The lowest-grade spatial ring requires at least three thousand ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stones. That's not something an ordinary person can afford. Moreover, your current realm is low, and you don't have many items, so you don't need such luxury yet."

"Three thousand ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stones?" Qin Lie inwardly gasped.

"That's a conservative estimate. Generally, the value of a spatial ring is even higher." Li Mu pulled the corners of his mouth, consoling him, "In the entire Ice Rock City, only three people have spatial rings. Don't think too much about it. If one day you can join a more powerful force and have more materials and Spirit Tools, then you can consider exchanging for a spatial ring."

"I was thinking too much." Qin Lie smiled bitterly.

Now, it took him two to three hours to draw one Spirit Gathering Array, and he needed to rest for some time afterward.

At most, he could draw three Spirit Gathering Arrays in a day, which would yield three Spirit Gathering Tokens, and one Spirit Gathering Token could only exchange for one ordinary-grade seventh-rank Spirit Stone...

After a quick calculation, he realized that if he wanted to exchange for a spatial ring, he would need to draw Spirit Arrays non-stop for three years, and almost every attempt had to be successful to possibly gather enough Spirit Stones to buy a low-grade spatial ring.

—He decisively gave up.

"You can enter the Star Cloud Pavilion at any time, so there's no need to stay in my small shop. What are your plans for the future?" Li Mu asked.

"It's quiet here. If Uncle Li doesn't mind, I'd like to continue staying for a while."

"Sure, the small room is empty anyway. Actually, this Spirit Material Street has its benefits. You are safe here, and neither the Star Cloud Pavilion nor the Ice Fragment Manor people would dare to cause trouble on this street."

"Thank you, Uncle Li."

Qin Lie continued to stay at Li Mu's shop, focusing his energy on practicing new Spirit Arrays. Li Mu also helped him exchange for enough Spirit Boards, allowing him to concentrate on practice without worrying about running out of Spirit Boards in the short term.

Now, he didn't need to sell Spirit Boards in the shop during the day, so he could use all his time for practice. With the guarantee of sufficient Spirit Boards, his progress in drawing Spirit Arrays was quite rapid.

...

North City, Ice Fragment Manor.

In a cold training room, Yan Ziquan, Yan Qingsong, Feng Kai, and others were sitting on ice stones. There were also several Ice Fragment Manor warriors nearby, all diligently practicing.

The walls of this training room were built with special ice jade, which could convert spiritual energy into cold energy, aiding those practicing ice-cold techniques to grow rapidly.

Many Ice Fragment Manor warriors practiced ice-cold techniques, so the manor spent a large sum to build this training room shortly after its establishment, providing a place for the warriors to practice.

Inside the training room, the round ice stones were scattered like large grinding wheels in various areas.

The warriors who came to practice were each sitting on an ice stone, separated by a few meters, practicing individually.

"Qin Lie? He's at Li Mu's shop?" Feng Kai opened his eyes and looked at a warrior in the distance, "Are you sure that guy is the Qin Lie who caused my brother to lose an arm in the Heavenly Wolf Mountain?"

That person was a warrior from the Ice Fragment Manor who had appeared at Li Mu's shop a few days ago. He grinned and said, "Liu Yan called him out. I wouldn't mistake him, and neither would Liu Yan. Yes, it's that Qin Lie. I recently found out he also used the alias 'Ling Lie'..."

"Qin Lie! That guy made Elder Yan extremely embarrassed, almost getting bitten to death by the Demon Wolf King!" Yan Qingsong said coldly.

"Ling Lie, Ling Lie..." The young master of the Ice Fragment Manor, Yan Ziquan, frowned and muttered, his face suddenly turning cold, "It's him! It's him! Last time, if it weren't for him, Tu Ze and the others wouldn't have survived the Cold Mountain Range!"

"Ziquan, did you suffer a loss in the Cold Mountain Range because of him?" Yan Qingsong was surprised.

"Tu Ze called him Ling Lie. Who else could it be?" Yan Ziquan's body was icy cold, "He should be practicing a rare Thunder Technique. When he attacks, lightning emanates from his body, isn't that right?"

Among them, only Yan Qingsong had gone to the Heavenly Wolf Mountain with Yan Dewu, so only he recognized Qin Lie and had seen him in action. Hearing this, he immediately confirmed, "Yes, it's definitely him. I saw him attack with a Thunder Technique with my own eyes!"

"I'll go to Li Mu's shop and kill him." Feng Kai stood up, his handsome face filled with coldness, "If it weren't for him, my brother wouldn't have lost an arm, and the Feng family wouldn't have been exposed. We could have even taken over the Flame Sun Jade Mine in the Heavenly Wolf Mountain!"

"I want to kill him." Yan Ziquan said in a low voice.

"Killing him is fine, but we can't do it on the Spirit Material Street. Otherwise, it will cause big trouble for the Ice Fragment Manor." Yan Qingsong frowned, "That street has a no-fighting rule set by the Senluo Hall, and the Ice Fragment Manor and Star Cloud Pavilion must follow it unconditionally. If you want to kill him, be more careful and wait until he leaves the street."

"Alright, you should keep an eye on him for now and find out his habits." Yan Ziquan immediately calmed down.

"Hehe, I'm good at this. Leave it to me." Yan Qingsong volunteered.

...

Time passed quickly.

Another three months went by.

During this time, Qin Lie remained at Li Mu's shop, diligently practicing the drawing of Amplification Spirit Arrays.

Perhaps because of the successful experience with the Spirit Gathering Array, he no longer made many common mistakes when practicing the Amplification Spirit Array. This made his progress in drawing the Amplification Spirit Array much faster than when he was drawing the Spirit Gathering Array.

Even the consumption of Spirit Boards was much less than when he was drawing the Spirit Gathering Array. So far, he had only used up about two hundred Spirit Boards, and he felt that it wouldn't be long before he could successfully draw the Amplification Spirit Array.

During this period, since Tu Ze and Zhuo Qian had just broken through to the Kaiyuan Realm and were in seclusion to stabilize their realms, they didn't come to find him.

Only the chubby Kang Zhi, Chu Peng, Han Feng, and others, after learning that he was at Li Mu's shop, came to visit him a few times, warmly inviting him to stay at the Star Cloud Pavilion and show him the so-called "interesting places" in Ice Rock City.

He was at a critical moment in drawing the Amplification Spirit Array, so he politely declined several times, but also assured them that he would soon report to the Star Cloud Pavilion to put their minds at ease.

"Puff!"

A wisp of green smoke rose from the Spirit Board, and the intricate Amplification Spirit Array inside suddenly collapsed.

Qin Lie looked exhausted, his eyes lifeless as he stopped, then took out another Spirit Board to start again.

"Kid, sometimes, just hard practice isn't always the best way. If you're too tense, the failure rate might increase, and being too eager for success can often backfire." Li Mu's voice came from outside the door, "Can I come in?"

Qin Lie was surprised, temporarily stopping his practice, and said, "Of course, come in."

...

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