Chapter 75: Mimicry Cultivation

Tie Li sourced materials on the spot, made a small wooden cart, placed all the Flame Wolf corpses on it, tied them at the front with a grass rope, and could pull it with one hand.

As soon as they returned to the city, they sold all those items in one go to a merchant house in the city.

With Chi Ru present, the merchant house's manager didn't dare to lower the price at all; they paid the highest price.

The Fire Juice Fruit alone sold for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins; the Flame Wolf corpses ranged from severely damaged to relatively intact, but the most expensive were the Flame Wolf King's fur, and after adding all the assorted bits together, the merchant house finally paid five thousand Gold Soul Coins.

The Fire Juice Fruit was discovered by Ning Ning and Chi Ru, and Da Niu contributed the most effort, so they should take the biggest share.

According to Ning Ning and Chi Ru's idea, Da Niu should take the biggest share while the remaining three split the rest equally.

Da Niu's view was that everyone contributed, so an even split would suffice.

Tie Li insisted on his own view, refusing to split evenly and taking the smallest portion for himself.

In the end, the agreed plan was: Da Niu gets five thousand Gold Soul Coins, Ning Ning and Chi Ru each get four thousand, and Tie Li gets two thousand.

Having contributed little, being able to take two thousand Gold Soul Coins is already a lot for Tie Li.

"I have to go on a distant trip in the next few days, so I might not be able to join you for the Team Duel."

When they were parting, Ning Ning suddenly spoke.

"That's fine, I also have something to do these days." It happened to be a trip to Baidi on Bai Ni Mountain; I was still thinking how to explain to Ning Ning, and then she announced a distant trip.

With this profit, the Gold Soul Coins in her hand are almost enough; although I don't know what she needs so many Gold Soul Coins for, based on my understanding of her, it must be something important!

"Thank you!" Ning Ning said, leaving Tie Li with a slender silhouette that slowly faded from view.

Tie Li didn't rush home; instead, he went to another merchant house.

"Excuse me, do you have Thunder Attribute Spirit Grass here?"

Entering the merchant house, Tie Li walked to the front desk and asked the staff.

If I meditate and cultivate in a mimicry environment, would absorbing and refining Thunder Attribute Spirit Grass work better?

I'm not short of Gold Soul Coins now, and it's been a long time since I last used spirit plants for assisted cultivation; the residual medicinal energy in my body has long been refined away, so there's no worry about over‑consuming spirit plants and forming toxins inside.

"May I ask, how many years old do you need?" The staff member, a young woman, immediately rose respectfully to answer when she saw the customer inquire.

"Do you have the thousand‑year ones?"

The older the spirit grass, the purer its attribute and the better the absorption effect; although the price is steep, I can still afford it now.

"Alright, please follow me," the staff said. Upon hearing about the thousand‑year spirit grass, she knew a big client had arrived, and a hint of flattery crept into her voice.

Preserving thousand‑year spirit plants requires great care, fearing any mistake that might cause spiritual energy leakage and ruin the plant.

Thunder Attribute spirit plants are mostly stored in jade vessels.

The staff took a catalog from a nearby shelf, which listed the merchant house's thousand‑year spirit plants.

Skilled at searching through it, she quickly found the thousand‑year spirit grass Tie Li needed.

"Thousand‑year Thunder Feather Grass, priced at two thousand seven hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"Thousand‑year Floating Thunder Grass, three thousand one hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"…"

The prices of thousand‑year spirit grass are all very high; even with money in one's pocket, hearing her quoted prices makes one's heart race with dread.

Tie Li bought two specimens, spending nearly six thousand Gold Soul Coins, halving the stash in his pocket instantly.

The jade vessel holding the thousand‑year spirit grass was pale blue, exquisitely crafted; the jade alone could fetch a few Gold Soul Coins on the market.

"Sir, please take good care of it."

From the merchant house's treasury, they retrieved the jade vessel with the thousand‑year spirit grass and placed it carefully into Tie Li's hands.

"Alright."

Having obtained the spirit grass, Tie Li first returned to his residence, adjusted his condition to optimal, then headed to Baidi to try mimicry cultivation.

A vague sense lingered that his body housed the Thunder Python Inner Core; this mimicry cultivation might turn out differently.

…

After a night of adjustment, Tie Li's condition had recovered; arriving at Bai Ni Mountain, he didn't rush to the edge of Baidi to begin meditation cultivation.

First he circled Baidi, observing the terrain changes around it and checking for any unknown hazards.

After all, being in the wild, danger could arise at any moment.

However, this place is a gathering spot for Thunder Attribute Plant-type Soul Beasts, so other Soul Beasts generally don't approach.

After surveying, Tie Li planned to attempt mimicry cultivation on the western side of Baidi, a low‑key spot near the mountain wall.

Just as he sat cross‑legged on the ground to begin meditation, the Thunder Python Inner Core started rotating, absorbing the lightning energy spilling from Baidi.

The lightning attribute within his body became active, and his cultivation speed accelerated.

Fine strands of lightning leaked from Tie Li's surface, gradually syncing with Baidi's lightning energy.

From the current situation, it seemed the Thunder Attribute Plant-type Soul Beasts within Baidi were driving Tie Li's cultivation, generally helping him boost his speed.

Because Tie Li's surface lightning gradually matched theirs, they subconsciously treated the Tie Li outside Baidi as a companion.

As the Lightning Light on his surface grew stronger, Tie Li seized the moment, took out a thousand‑year spirit grass and swallowed it.

He wanted to harness the energy of the thousand‑year spirit grass to ascend a level of attribute refinement.

Tie Li's internal lightning attribute came from the Thunder Python Soul Ring, and after acquiring the Lei Long Meditation Method, it could gradually improve the quality of his lightning attribute.

But in the end it is not the lightning attribute that a martial soul naturally possesses; the lightning Tie Li unleashes appears extremely fierce, not inferior to a Soul Master who has a Thunder Attribute martial soul.

Only Tie Li himself knows that his lightning attribute is more like rootless duckweed.

This rare opportunity must be tried.

As the lightning frequency rose, Tie Li realized one thousand‑year spirit grass might not suffice, so he swallowed another one as well.

Had I known, I would have bought more. Tie Li silently regretted.

While meditating, Tie Li didn't notice the Forge Hammer martial soul materializing before him; without any soul skill amplification, he nevertheless entered the Thunder Hammer Form.

The thousand‑year spirit grass he swallowed, under the lightning frequency, was refined into streams of pure energy in no time.

Not enough, still not enough?

Tie Li's mind was filled with anxiety; at that moment, the Thunder Python Inner Core that had absorbed a massive amount of lightning fed back a special soul power.

A gigantic Thunder Python Illusory Shadow appeared behind Tie Li, a streak of violet sheen was released onto the Thunder Hammer, gradually supplanting the interwoven blue‑white Lightning Light.

In the central circle of Baidi there exists a Super Plant-type Soul Beast; the sleeping creature seemed to sense something, and the Lightning Light surrounding its body was filled with terrifying destructive power.

(End of chapter)