Chapter 84

Lingstones are a universal medium of exchange in the world of cultivation, equivalent to money in the secular world. Although they contain spiritual energy that can be absorbed by cultivators for practice, the vast majority of cultivators do not use them so extravagantly. They only use them to restore their spiritual energy in areas where it is scarce.

Most of the time, their primary function is to buy things, and sometimes they are used to set up formations and other special purposes. Normally, ordinary clan descendants like Zhu Lingwu would never see lingstones. In the secular world, lingstones are far more precious and luxurious than gems and jade, and even if you have money, you can't buy them.

Even cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage like Elder Bai, Elder He, and Elder Shi might not have many lingstones, as the lingstone mines in the secular world are controlled by the sects outside the world. Even clan families might not have the qualifications to compete for such mines, and at most, they could secretly mine them. If discovered, it could lead to the destruction of their clan.

Therefore, the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of the clan can only obtain a few lingstones through some transactions, exchanging the things they make for lingstones, but the quantity is very limited. However, the number of lingstones Zhu Lingwu now possesses is not small. He has about three hundred medium-grade lingstones of different attributes and about ten thousand low-grade lingstones of different attributes.

For a Qi Cultivator, this is already a huge wealth. The number of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of lingstones mentioned in novels is probably the total output of a small lingstone mine. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Medicine Master Meng was about to take these lingstones out to purchase supplies, he might not have had so many lingstones, as many of them belonged to the Xuanming Sect's public funds.

However, it was precisely this purchasing mission that allowed Medicine Master Meng to avoid the disaster of the Xuanming Sect's extermination. If Zhu Lingwu were to use all these lingstones for his own cultivation, it might even draw a bolt of lightning from the heavens to strike him dead for his extravagance, although Zhu Lingwu is not afraid of lightning now.

Moreover, Zhu Lingwu has just begun his cultivation. With the rich spiritual energy in his family's ancestral land, it is already sufficient for him to absorb. Most importantly, even if he were to absorb the spiritual energy from lingstones, his cultivation speed would not increase.

Sometimes, Zhu Lingwu really wishes he had a large group of spirit beasts in front of him, whose spirit blood he could absorb, which might make his cultivation speed as rapid as his practice of the Inner Family Martial Arts. But this is just Zhu Lingwu's fantasy.

Although he has returned to his family's ancestral land, the number of spirit beasts he has has not increased much, still only two black bear spirit beasts and one white fox spirit beast. In fact, some spirit beasts are kept in the Zhu family's ancestral land, but they all have owners. The spirit blood extracted from them is sent to the elders who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage or to the clan elders above the tenth level of Qi Cultivation.

Zhu Lingwu does not have the qualifications to enjoy such benefits. At least on the surface, giving these benefits to Zhu Lingwu would be a waste. As for the idea of going into the wild to hunt spirit beasts, Zhu Lingwu only thought about it for a moment and then gave up. With his current strength, if he were to go on an adventure, he would likely just be delivering meat to the spirit beasts and demons.

Moreover, with his identity as an eight-year-old child, how could his family possibly let him go out alone? From the 15th day of the first month to now, Zhu Lingwu has tried cultivating for a few days. In the end, he realized that if he does not find a method, not only will the five-year agreement be impossible, but even the idea of cultivating to the Foundation Establishment stage is out of the question. Only three words: "No way!"

"But what should I do?" Zhu Lingwu is not a stubborn person. Since he is not a native of this world, his thinking is not constrained by the world's ideas. He sat cross-legged on his new practice platform, holding his head in frustration, thinking.

Today, he has no heart to practice any cultivation. He only followed his set practice schedule, absorbing the current from the Baghdad batteries under the practice platform into his body, completing today's Nine Revolutions Lightning Body Technique practice, and then began to consider the various resources he now possesses.

The practice of the Nine Revolutions Lightning Body Technique is the only thing that can still make him feel proud and serve as a self-motivation, barely offsetting the frustration of his slow cultivation. Moreover, if he cannot find another method to improve his cultivation speed, he will have to take the path of martial arts to cultivation, and the Nine Revolutions Lightning Body Technique is his only hope for cultivation.

Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind. Perhaps he could try this method, but would it really work?

"Hmm, regardless of whether it works or not, I'll at least subdue those guys first today. I hope it works! Oh dear!" Zhu Lingwu scratched his head in a somewhat dazed manner. He suddenly thought of the Xuanming Ghost Heads in his possession, which seemed to be able to absorb the innate Five Elements spiritual energy.

If these Xuanming Ghost Heads could help him absorb the innate Five Elements spiritual energy, it would be like having five Qi Cultivators helping him absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This thought made Zhu Lingwu very excited, but the prerequisite was that he had to subdue the ten Wuchang Ghosts inside the Xuanming Ghost Heads.

So, he quickly took out the Xuanming Ghost Refining Flask hidden in his right sleeve. Before opening the flask, he hesitated slightly, especially bringing out the sub-soul formed by Medicine Master Meng's soul in the Soul Storage Spirit Sea, and specifically reviewing the method to control the Xuanming Ghost Heads.

He used his soul projection to give an instruction to the lid of the Xuanming Ghost Refining Flask, then pulled the lid off the mouth of the flask. As a cold and deadly aura emerged from the mouth of the flask, a Xuanming Ghost Head flew out, circled in the air, and then flew to Zhu Lingwu's front.

This time, the Xuanming Ghost Head naturally would not attempt to kill its master. Two ghostly green soul fires flew out of the eyes of the skull and automatically landed in the palm of Zhu Lingwu's outstretched left hand. Seeing their obedience, Zhu Lingwu couldn't help but smile in satisfaction. Since they were so obedient, subduing them would not be difficult, well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration.

In fact, Zhu Lingwu found that the soul power of these two Wuchang Ghosts was much stronger than he had imagined. The Xuanming Sect's method of refining the Xuanming Ghost Heads was to treat them as controllable ghost cultivators. From their name, Wuchang Ghosts, it is clear that they are different from ordinary wandering ghosts. They are at least several times more advanced, having condensed considerable soul power.

It is precisely because of this soul power that they can control the Xuanming Ghost Heads and the Xuanming Ghost Claws, and use the Xuanming Ghost Heads to refine their soul power. In a sense, they are special ghost cultivators controlled by Xuanming Sect disciples in the mortal world...