Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 548: Chapter 291: Forming the Wood Spirit Pearl; Dialogue with the Ring Spirit

After another test, Shentu Li watched the Spirit Testing Stone flicker with three beams of light and heaved a sigh of relief, comforting himself with a thought:

’As long as it’s not Four Spirit Roots, it’s fine. This is about average—not the best, but better than the worst. Now I can finally start practicing a Cultivation Technique.’

Next, Ji Lin spoke up. "Let me go."

Ji Lin’s Martial Arts Talent was better than Shentu Li’s—he possessed Five Spirit Bones—but knowing this had actually put him in a foul mood. After his Spirit Root test, however, his earlier gloom vanished in an instant when he saw that he had Dual Spirit Roots. An irrepressible smile spread across his face, and he burst out laughing on the spot.

Cheng Zongyang glanced at him, his expression still calm, then turned his gaze to Yu Wenlin.

But Yu Wenlin didn’t test for Spirit Bones; he went straight to testing his Spirit Root.

Cheng Zongyang shot him a look, understood his intention, and handed him the Spirit Testing Stone.

The result was the same as Shentu Li’s: a Three Spirit Roots aptitude, also perfectly average.

This also made Yu Wenlin sigh in relief. ’As long as it’s not Five Spirit Roots,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, at our age and with our lack of resources, reaching Foundation Establishment would be truly hopeless.’

After taking back the Spirit Testing Stone, Cheng Zongyang said to them, "Gentlemen, the tests are complete. You all know your Spirit Root attributes now. As for choosing a Cultivation Immortality Technique, the options are listed in the booklets. You can just choose one that matches your Spirit Root attributes.

"Second, you can each take one of the remaining rooms for now. However, the room on the far left of the ground floor is my study, and it is protected by an Array. So, unless it’s necessary, do not approach it. Otherwise, I reserve the right to terminate our lease agreement, and the rent you’ve paid will not be refunded.

"Finally, go register your residency to avoid being driven out of the city by law enforcement later."

Hearing this, the three of them clasped their fists in acknowledgment, indicating they understood.

After that, Cheng Zongyang paid them no more mind and returned to his study alone.

The three of them returned to their rooms, each clutching their Spirit Stones.

Inside the study, Cheng Zongyang placed the three Sheepskin Scrolls on a bookshelf, then left the Cheng Mansion.

Next, Cheng Zongyang started visiting market stalls to purchase various First Grade Cultivation Techniques. These techniques covered the Five Elements and Three Wonders, and buying them from stalls meant he could haggle over the price.

There were many different kinds, but Cheng Zongyang didn’t care. As long as they were authentic and cheap, they would do. After all, these techniques were meant to be mass-printed and brought to Jade Peak Immortal City for Loose Cultivators to purchase in the future.

「Three more days passed.」

During these three days, Cheng Zongyang visited every market stall in the entire South District and even went to the Loose Cultivator market in the West District, purchasing a total of forty-three cheap First Grade Cultivation Immortality Techniques.

They covered all of the Five Elements and Three Wonders.

At the same time, he also bought many available Elixir Recipes for elixirs suitable for the Qi Refinement Stage, as well as Spirit Medicine Seeds.

These were all in preparation for farming in the Wilderness World.

This bulk purchasing meant a large amount of Spirit Stones flowed from his hands. When he ran short, he used the Points earned from selling Spirit Rice, Ice Spirits, Fire Spirits, and Red Blood Pills to acquire three Foundation Establishment Pills. He then secretly sold them through three different black markets, exchanging them for a much more substantial 150,000 Spirit Stones.

’Items are always worth more on the black market.’

Although he was tailed during this period, Cheng Zongyang used the Wilderness World to easily evade his pursuers.

Finally, Cheng Zongyang had to halt his plans to continue procuring supplies after receiving a message from Luo Dingran.

The reason he had to stop was simple: the remaining three temples had all been found!

So, on the evening of the fourth day, he hurried home, told Yu Wenlin and the others he would be entering seclusion for a few days, then activated the Array and sent his consciousness into the Wilderness World.

「Market Cottage.」

Luo Dingran had been waiting. The moment Cheng Zongyang appeared, he clasped his hands and said happily:

"Sir, we followed the clues you gave us and conducted a targeted search. We’ve found them all!"

"The third temple is located in a place identified as Qingcheng Mountain. It’s in a deserted village you found after expanding your territory. And just as you predicted, at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain lies an abandoned open-pit Iron Ore mine. The deserted village has quite a few houses, so it must have been a large village. The temple is right near the ore vein."

"The village with the fourth temple is in an area identified as Beiyin Mountain. It’s at the summit, in a geothermal spot. The pool on the mountaintop is a hot spring, and there’s a temple right beside it."

"The fifth temple isn’t in a dense forest. It’s in a place called Bapanshan. There’s a unique feature there: a colossal, towering tree, taller than a typical mountain, with extremely thick branches. The temple is actually inside this giant tree, carved out to house the Divine Statue.

"There is indeed a village nearby, but the giant tree is already dead. And according to our distance measurements, each village is over a kilometer away from the others."

Cheng Zongyang laughed heartily and said at once, "Let’s go! Break the Array and take the Spirit Pearl!"

The five Spirit Pearls were one thing, but the main reason for his excitement was that collecting all the Divine Statue Soul Crystals meant he would have at least fifteen minutes to speak with the Ring Spirit!

Next, led by Luo Dingran, he took the three Tier Three Array-Breaking Talismans he had purchased in the outside world and headed for Beiyin Mountain, where the fourth temple was located.

At the location of the fourth temple, which was protected by an Array, Cheng Zongyang saw that it was just like the second one: a temple guarded by Divine Statues of servants.

This meant one more Soul Crystal.

Without another word, he began to break the Array!

A quarter of an hour later, Cheng Zongyang brought all four Divine Statues from the fourth temple back to the market cottage.