Chapter 242: Gathering Spirit Pill

"Seven bottles, about seventy Top-grade Blood Qi Pills; calculating at 80,000 Potential Points per pill, that's 5.6 million Potential Points. Not bad at all." Lu Yu nodded to himself, then cast his gaze toward the other two bottles.

"Gathering Spirit Pill?"

Seeing the archaic characters on the front of the bottle, ripples couldn't help but stir in Lu Yu's heart. He secretly wondered, could the pill inside this bottle have some inextricable connection to Mental Power?

Is it a pill that can increase Mental Power?

But he quickly dismissed this thought. One had to know that in this world, for an Awakened to increase their Mental Power, they usually could only rely on specific Contemplation Methods; this was common knowledge that almost everyone knew.

Could it be a pill for recovering Mental Power, then?

This possibility seemed more likely. After all, contemplation consumes a great deal of Mental Power, just as a Martial Artist needs to expend a large amount of blood and Qi when breaking through meridians; Awakened indeed have specialized pills used for recovering Mental Power.

He poured out one pill.

He saw that this pill was pure white throughout, only the size of a small fingernail, and it emitted a faint, delicate fragrance that made one feel at peace upon smelling it.

"Should I give it a try?"

Lu Yu weighed the bottle of pills in his hand, feeling that the weight was lighter than the bottle next to it; clearly, it had already been used.

Although he felt some hesitation in his heart, intense curiosity ultimately gained the upper hand.

He placed the pill from his hand into his mouth and swallowed it slowly.

In an instant, a sensation of coolness like a babbling brook gradually welled up in his mind; that cool sensation was like sweet dew in a desert, nourishing his mental world.

Before he could even savor it carefully, the feeling vanished in a flash, disappearing without a trace.

【Consumed Low-Grade Gathering Spirit Pill, Potential Points increased by 1 million!】

"!!!" Seeing this message suddenly appear in his mind, Lu Yu almost couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

He was terrified that he was hallucinating, so he checked repeatedly several times, only finally confirming that it really had increased by one million Potential Points.

"One million..." Lu Yu took a deep breath, struggling to calm the shock in his heart.

One had to know, a single Top-grade Blood Qi Pill was only worth 80,000 Potential Points, yet this seemingly unremarkable Low-Grade Gathering Spirit Pill provided a staggering one million Potential Points.

Did this mean that the price of one Low-Grade Gathering Spirit Pill was at least ten times that of a Low-grade Blood Qi Pill?

That would be one million?

He looked at the Gathering Spirit Pills on the table, calculating rapidly in his heart. No wonder there were only two bottles; calculating at ten pills per bottle, one bottle was ten million!

Two bottles meant twenty million.

What kind of concept was this?

His current Contribution Points in the Association were only twenty million.

More importantly, this thing was likely only sold by the Awakened Association; the Martial Arts Association probably didn't have it. Its rarity was evident.

Lu Yu took another deep breath, then in one go, consumed both bottles of Gathering Spirit Pills and the seven bottles of Top-grade Blood Qi Pills.

In an instant, his Potential Points surged like a raging tide, suddenly reaching over 23 million!

Seeing this, the corners of Lu Yu's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a gratified smile.

These Potential Points were probably already enough to reach half of what was needed to break through the fourth meridian.

"There should be other good things, right?" With a glimmer of expectation in his heart, he continued to search carefully, determined to find traces of a Secret Manual.

However, as his gaze swept over, he did not find the shadow of any books.

A rather ominous premonition surged into his heart; could it be that the Secret Manuals were all electronic versions?

But the key was, he had searched inside and out, yet he hadn't seen any devices like a mobile phone?

He had already searched when he was inspecting Wang Deye's corpse earlier.

"Let me search more carefully; perhaps there's something I missed."

After a long search, he still came up empty-handed.

"Could it be that he used all the wealth he obtained from the Awakened Association to purchase that protective shield and the Teleportation Item?" This thought suddenly popped into Lu Yu's mind.

After all, those two items were indeed powerful for saving one's life; it was conceivable that the price must have been exorbitant, likely even more expensive than those two bottles of Gathering Spirit Pills.

Just imagine, if there were other good things, how could he not have taken them out to use at the time, instead of leaving them idle in his Space Item?

"What a pity." Lu Yu shook his head helplessly.

Looking at the exquisite daily necessities filling half the room before him, it wasn't hard to see that these were all produced in the city, with fine craftsmanship and superior quality.

But for Lu Yu, these daily necessities were far less important than a precious Secret Manual.

Forget it.

At least he had gained tens of millions of Potential Points, plus a ten-cubic-meter Space Item; this was already no small harvest.

Lu Yu pondered for a moment and decided to transfer all the items in the cigarette case into the space of the Golden Nail Clipper. Although the cigarette case was small, it was also a Space Item; keeping it might be useful.

He intended to leave the cigarette case for his dad, but he would have to specifically warn him never to use it in front of anyone, not even Zhao Shu and the others, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Next..." Lu Yu's gaze focused back on the Skill bar. With a thought, 2,560 Experience Value points were added instantly.

In an instant, the True Qi within his body grew stronger by another fraction, and a strange sensation surged into his heart.

【Qianyuan Technique: Consummation, Traits: Blood Nourishing Level 5, Qi Nourishing Level 4, Regulate Breath Level 4, Body Protection Level 2, Five Qi Converging at Origin Level 1】

【Five Qi Converging at Origin: Active Skill, after activation, consumes 1,000 points of True Qi to recover internal injuries and increase blood and Qi recovery speed by double for a period of time; for every level the skill increases, True Qi consumption decreases by 30%, and duration increases by double.】

"So it's a recovery skill." Lu Yu muttered in a low voice.

Consuming 1,000 points of True Qi was not a small amount. If it were a Martial Artist at the Vein Refining Initial Stage, activating this active skill might instantly exhaust all the True Qi in their body.

Of course, being able to cultivate the 【Qianyuan Technique】 to the Consummation realm and unlock this trait meant it was highly likely a Martial Artist at the Vein Refining Late Stage. For them, although 1,000 points of True Qi was a lot, it was still within an acceptable range.

Presumably, the recovery effect should be quite good.

It was just that, naturally, it would be best not to get injured at all.

Lu Yu looked at the remaining Experience Value; there were still 15,000 points.

"Let's start with the Yiqi Technique first."

He felt that compared to the other mental cultivation method, 【Hunyuan Technique】, the name 【Yiqi Technique】 was more common. According to common sense, the Experience Value consumed might be less, making it more suitable for a trial.

"I really hope the bonus effects of different Internal Energy techniques on True Qi can stack." Lu Yu took a deep breath, then immediately added one point of Experience Value to 【Yiqi Technique】.

He saw the proficiency of 【Yiqi Technique】 instantly rise by 1/128.

Not counting the 20% Experience Value reduction, it should normally be 160 points; compared to the difficulty of Entry for 【Qianyuan Technique】, it is indeed a bit smaller.

Lu Yu added the remaining 100-plus points of Experience Value as well.

Suddenly, a warm current flowed slowly through his body; this feeling was quite similar to when he practiced 【Qianyuan Technique】, and it was highly likely to be the same characteristic.

Lu Yu hurriedly looked over.

【Yiqi Technique: Entry, Characteristic: Blood Nourishing Level 1】

"As expected..." Lu Yu could not help but smile bitterly.

He vaguely guessed, could it be that no matter what kind of Internal Energy technique it is, it will improve his Constitution attribute after reaching Entry?

"Entry requires 128 points of Experience Value, so Small Success should be 256 points."

As Lu Yu said this, he added the two hundred-plus points of Experience Value.

Before he could even prepare himself mentally, he felt the True Qi within his body grow stronger by another fraction.

In other words, the bonus effects of different Internal Energy techniques on True Qi really can stack!

He hurriedly looked at the Skill bar.

【Yiqi Technique: Minor Accomplishment, Characteristic: Blood Nourishing Level 2, Qi Nourishing Level 1】

The Qi Nourishing characteristic had appeared as well.

Then,

Lu Yu could not wait to move his gaze upward.

He urgently wanted to see exactly how much the additional bonus in the parentheses behind the True Qi value was.