Save a few spirit stones?

The words of the jade white lion Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue hit Song Shuhang's sore spot.

The silver dragon puppet needed spirit stones to move, and he owed Senior White several spirit stones of the Fourth Stage already. Additionally, he needed spirit stones to use the Jingang token of authority and go to Great Master Profound Principle's place to learn the follow-up cultivation technique of the ❮Basic Buddhist Fist Technique❯. In the future, he would need a large number of spirit stones to learn that ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯ from Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue...

As if that wasn't enough, there were some circumstances in which he could use spirit stones now that he had advanced to the Second Stage Realm. Therefore, it was indeed a good thing to save up a few spirit stones.

Song Shuhang asked, "Senior Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue, is there a method to quickly accumulate spirit stones?"

The jade white lion pondered for a while and said, "Perhaps you can look for a nearby mine and work there? If a cultivator of the Second Stage mines raw ores each day, they can obtain a wage of five spirit stones of the Third Stage. Moreover, mining inside a mineral vein is good for practice. After all, the spirit stones inside the mineral vein emit a large quantity of spiritual qi."

Song Shuhang asked thoughtlessly, "Does Senior Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue have a mine somewhere close?"

"No, only low-level spirit stones are left in nearby mines, and it's not worth the effort for Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue to mine them," the jade white lion said while licking its claws. Afterward, it used its paws to clean its face.

Are you sure you are a lion and not a cat...?

Anyway, it's five spirit stones of the Third Stage for one day of work... should I consider this possibility? Song Shuhang was getting eager to get into action.

Although five spirit stones of the Third Stage weren't much, he recalled that the volumes of the 'Earth Spirit Staff', 'Wave Splitting Palm', and other foundation establishment cultivation techniques were worth only around two spirit stones of the Third Stage.

In other words, if a cultivator of the Second Stage entered the mines and worked to death for a day, they would earn enough spirit stones to buy a foundation establishing cultivation technique.

And if they gave the foundation establishing cultivation technique to an ordinary person, they would open the gates of cultivation for them.

Wait a moment, strengthening my constitution is the most important thing right now. When would I have the time to mine!

Afterward, Song Shuhang carried Li Yinzhu to her room and followed the jade white lion, heading toward Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue's position.

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In the meantime.

In the place where the cultivators were gathered.

The news about someone from the 'Residence of Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue' taking the Soul Devouring Demonic Gourd spread quickly.

At the same time, the news of Loose Cultivator Qian Yan, Peak Leader Bao Ping, and other twelve Spiritual Emperors barging into the 'Residence of Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue' and getting captured as miners also spread.

Perhaps it wasn't necessarily a bad thing that they were captured and sent to the mines... since the mines belonged to Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, the prisoners would obtain twice the result with half the effort while practicing in there.

Anyway, now that the Soul Devouring Demonic Gourd was snatched away by someone living in the 'Residence of Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue', the remaining cultivators didn't want to fight for it anymore.

After all, it was the immortal cave of a Venerable! Unless they were eager to follow in the footsteps of Loose Cultivator Qian Yan and the others and end up as miners, they wouldn't dare to barge into his immortal cave uninvited.

As a consequence, all the cultivators that had gathered on the moon for the Soul Devouring Demonic Gourd returned to Earth.

Once the cultivators that had come here for the treasure left, the cultivators that had set up the stalls found themselves out of business and left as well.

In the mere span of half a day, the previously noisy and lively moon had turned into a deserted land with just a bunch of cultivators left.

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In the Nine Provinces Number One Group.

Scholar Xian Gong: "Is there any fellow daoist that has news about 'demodragons'? @Northern River's Loose Cultivator ."

Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Senior Xian Gong, there has been news of several cosmic demons appearing recently, but they were either bone demons or white demons. There was no news of demodragons."

"Thank you, Northern River. That friends of yours really worked hard 😔," Scholar Xian Gong wrote as he attached a depressed emoji.

Then, he also wrote, "In that case, does anyone know anything about the 'blood of demodragon'? I can buy it for a high price if necessary. Right, can anyone tell me the address of the cultivators' trade center? I will go there and put up a mission to collect the blood of demodragon."

Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "I'll pay attention and immediately notify Senior Xian Gong if there is news of demodragons appearing. Moreover, I'll send you the website of the cultivators' trading center so that you can register and put the advertisement about the blood of demodragon there."

"Thank you so much," Scholar Xian Gong said.

Soon after Scholar Xian Gong popped up, Spirit Butterfly Island's Soft Feather also got online. Her username had now changed to Soft Feather (Moon Princess).

Had Venerable Spirit Butterfly really started to come up with new daily dao names for his daughter?

Soft Feather (Moon Princess): "Seniors, we are finally ready. Today, we will try to explore the ancient ruins once more! I'll surely try my best!"

Northern River's Loose Cultivator: "Soft Feather, I wish you good luck!"

Soft Feather (Moon Princess): "Senior Northern River, please call me 'Moon Princess'. Anyway, thank you for your kind words. I'm sure we'll be lucky and obtain a lot of good things!"

"..." Northern River's Loose Cultivator.

Venerable White: "Soft Feather, are you ready to set out? Everyone else is already downstairs, we are waiting for you."

"Yes, Venerable White. I'll immediately head downstairs," Soft Feather (Moon Princess) quickly replied.

Venerable White: "😁 Right, @Fairy Firefly , did you send little friend Shuhang into space?"

"Here I am, Senior." Fairy Firefly appeared and said, "I sent Path-seeking Scholar into space two days ago. I have successfully completed my mission."

"Fairy Firefly worked hard. I wish you the best, Fairy," Venerable White replied.

Fairy Firefly had been dealing with a very important personal matter in these days.

"Senior White, thank you for your blessings 😄," Fairy Firefly replied with a smile.

But right at this time, 'Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman' suddenly popped up and said, "Which Senior mentioned me?"

Song Shuhang had fiddled with the settings of the group and made it so that he would receive a pop-up notification if certain keywords, such as Shuhang, little friend Shuhang, Stressed by a Mountain of Books and even Seven Dao Names were mentioned.

Therefore, he received a notification as soon as the keyword 'little friend Shuhang' was mentioned in the group.

After looking at the chat logs, Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman said, "Senior White, are you going to explore the ancient ruins again?"

Venerable White: "The wounds the other fellow daoists received were light and are healed already. Therefore, we will reenter the ancient ruins today. Anyway, did you manage to adapt to space?"

"Yes, there were no problems aside from a few twists and turns... moreover, I'm currently inside Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue's residence, strengthening my constitution," Song Shuhang replied.

At the same time, Song Shuhang thought of another matter.

Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman: "Right, Senior White. Are there any suitable methods for me to earn spirit stones aside from working in the mines? I was hoping to gather spirit stones within a short period of time."

Venerable White: "The quickest method to obtain spirit stones is to look for a senior and ask them. I can lend them to you if you want."

"..." Song Shuhang.

The other seniors in the group also didn't seem to have any good suggestion. All the methods they knew to gather spirit stones were not suitable for Song Shuhang.

For example, the techniques Medicine Master and Palace Master Seven Lives Talisman knew were secret techniques passed down in their sects and schools.

On the other hand, Northern River's Loose Cultivator was still trying to think of a suitable method for Song Shuhang and was putting his thoughts in order.

Therefore, Fellow Daoist Virtuous Buddhist Sabersman changed the topic of conversation. "Right, Senior White. I saw the disposable flying sword you launched into space while I was there. They unexpectedly all came back!"