Chapter 32

Although Lin Haoming was excited inside, he still showed no expression on his face, and even deliberately frowned. Then, he whispered, "Lin Shidi, I have a question for you. Do you know the difference between the waste spirit stones of high-grade spirit stones and those of low-grade spirit stones?"

"Um..."

Waste spirit stones were just waste spirit stones. Lin Feiyang, who had dealt with them for many years, naturally understood that there was not much difference between the two. Although he had heard that high-grade waste spirit stones were usually placed in the spirit eyes where spiritual energy converged in spirit stone mines, they were of no real use to cultivators like himself.

Faced with this situation, Lin Feiyang directly took out a cloth bag and poured a bag of spirit stones in front of Lin Haoming, saying, "Senior Brother Lin, this is all I have, 132 spirit stones. I really don't have any more. How about this, Manager Lin, you give me the magical tool first, and I'll pay you back later!"

Seeing Lin Feiyang's actions, Lin Haoming sighed helplessly, then put all the spirit stones into his storage bag and said, "Junior Brother Lin, forget it. How about this, you give me all the waste spirit stones you have, and I'll consider it fully paid!"

"Senior Brother Lin, you... you're really helping me a lot!" Hearing Lin Haoming unexpectedly offer such a generous condition, Lin Feiyang was very excited.

Although he was now a steward and would have more income in the future, he still needed to use that money for other things. Being able to save now was very important to him.

Lin Haoming also felt a significant reaction from the merit bead, knowing that Lin Feiyang was grateful to him. However, at that moment, he suddenly discovered that the merit bead was actually prompting him that he could unseal the second layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl.

This should be the result of accumulating a certain amount of merit. However, Lin Haoming was very clear that the golden thread on the Spirit Gathering Pearl was still very faint. Although he had gained a lot of merit this time, it was absolutely not enough to unseal the seal. Therefore, the merit required to unseal the second layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl must be much less than that required to unseal the fourth layer of the Spirit Gathering Pearl.

Lin Haoming carefully thought about the merit he had earned in recent days. Since Bao Wenliang arrived, he had appeared less often. At least, he would only come out occasionally to deal with old customers like Lin Feiyang to earn some merit. If he calculated it in detail, the merit accumulated to unseal the second layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl was roughly the same as that required to unseal the third layer of the Spirit Gathering Pearl.

If this calculation was correct, the next time he accumulated enough merit, the merit bead would likely give him a choice: to unseal the fourth layer of the Spirit Gathering Pearl or the third layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl.

Thinking about this, Lin Haoming had a rough understanding of the merit required by the merit bead. Unfortunately, he could only see the degree of the golden thread's condensation and could not directly see the amount of merit required to unseal the seals, otherwise, he could better collect merit.

Just as Lin Haoming was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a surprising change when he observed the merit bead with his divine sense. He saw that in the middle of the string of merit beads, where there was originally nothing, there was now a spot of pure, flawless white light.

Moreover, with the manipulation of his divine sense, this light spot could move. Lin Haoming made it enter the Spirit Gathering Pearl, and the golden thread of the Spirit Gathering Pearl became more solid. When he withdrew it and made it enter the Demon Gathering Pearl, the golden thread of the Demon Gathering Pearl almost completely solidified.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming knew that this light spot was probably the merit gathered in the merit bead.

After guessing this, Lin Haoming suddenly had more thoughts. He realized that this small light spot was a complete unit of merit, but only a small unit. Unsealing the second layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl required only one small unit of merit.

When he investigated the unsealing of the fourth layer of the Spirit Gathering Pearl, Lin Haoming found that it required nine small units of merit.

Since there were small units of merit, there must also be large units. One large unit of merit required a total of 81 small units of merit.

Lin Haoming did not know how many good deeds he needed to do or how many people he needed to make grateful to him to gather one large unit of merit.

However, the direct appearance of the merit allowed Lin Haoming to grasp the amount of merit more precisely, which greatly satisfied him.

After sending off the excited Lin Feiyang, Lin Haoming took the bag of waste spirit stones he left behind and entered his stone room.

Spirit stones are a special type of mineral formed by the convergence of heaven and earth's spiritual energy. Regardless of the amount of spiritual energy they contain, spirit stones are generally one-inch-square hexagonal stones. They look somewhat like jade but are not jade. Those containing spiritual energy emit a faint glow, while waste spirit stones are relatively dull.

High-grade waste spirit stones are the same, but they look more transparent compared to low-grade waste spirit stones.

This time, Lin Feiyang brought him 30 high-grade waste spirit stones and about 100 medium-grade waste spirit stones. Lin Haoming took out the Spirit Gathering Pearl and placed it on a high-grade waste spirit stone. Soon, he found that even high-grade waste spirit stones could be replenished with spiritual energy by the Spirit Gathering Pearl. However, one high-grade spirit stone was equivalent to 10,000 low-grade spirit stones, and replenishing the spiritual energy of one high-grade spirit stone required 10,000 hours, which is about two and a half years. This was quite frustrating for Lin Haoming.

Lin Haoming naturally could not waste so much time. After confirming that it was effective, he did not continue the experiment. He then began to prepare for his trip to the spirit stone mine in three months.

A few days later, a disheveled-looking Qi Cultivation stage cultivator, who looked somewhat unkempt, arrived at the third level of the Blood Refinement Sect. This disheveled-looking Qi Cultivation stage cultivator was naturally Lin Haoming.

After a few days of experimentation and preparation, he used the token given to him by Ling Shengjie to go down to the third level of the Demon Pit alone.

This level was prepared for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to live and cultivate.

Upon entering, looking from the ground to the ceiling, which was a thousand feet high, and seeing the distant, continuous hills and a wide river running through the mountains, Lin Haoming marveled at the wonders of this underground world.

According to the sect's records, the widest part of the third underground level was definitely over ten thousand miles, and the narrowest part was nearly ten thousand miles. It was probably about three times the size of China on Earth.

In such a vast area, there were over a thousand Foundation Establishment stage cultivators' caves. From here, it was considered the true core of the sect.

Lin Haoming's goal was the third-level market, which was key to whether he would receive the sect's rewards in the near future.

PS: The brush is still fierce, and Old Jing needs everyone's strong support!

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