Chapter 79: Mid-Grade Spirit Stone

After listening to Song Qingming's words, Shi Chun picked up his wine cup and said slowly and seriously, "Little Brother Song, after this time, we can be considered to have a life-and-death friendship. In the future, if you encounter any troublesome matters in Guiyun Market, as long as we can help, you can come to my cave dwelling to find us."

Song Qingming also raised the wine cup in his hand, drank a cup with Shi Chun, and then said:

"Brother Shi, you know many people in Guiyun Market. I need a mid-grade spirit stone recently. I don't know if you know where there is a way to exchange for one."

"A mid-grade spirit stone? Fellow Daoist Song, could it be that you want to break through to the late stage of Qi Condensation?" Shi Chun did not rush to answer but instead looked at Song Qingming and asked with some confusion.

The mid-grade spirit stone that Song Qingming spoke of was also a type of spirit stone, but this kind of spirit stone contained much more spiritual energy than the low-tier spirit stones on Song Qingming's body. In the cultivation world, one mid-grade spirit stone was worth approximately one hundred low-tier spirit stones.

Ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators usually used low-tier spirit stones when cultivating. Only cultivators above the Golden Core stage would directly use mid-grade spirit stones for cultivation. Seeing that Song Qingming needed this kind of thing, Shi Chun quickly guessed that he needed the mid-grade spirit stone to break through his realm.

The spiritual energy contained in a mid-grade spirit stone was more than ten times that of a low-tier spirit stone, and the spiritual energy was even purer. Just like the Qi Gathering Pills that Song Qingming used before, it was also an excellent spirit item used to assist Qi Condensation cultivators in breaking through bottlenecks.

Seeing that Shi Chun had guessed his intention, Song Qingming smiled, nodded, and continued, "That is indeed the case. After leaving White Longshan, I discovered that it was very difficult for my magic power to make any progress during cultivation. Now that I have returned to Guiyun Market, I happen to have time, so I want to try and see if I can make further progress."

"I truly didn't expect that in less than five years, Little Brother Song's path of Dao has already walked ahead of me." Shi Chun said with some envy.

"Big Brother Song is going to break through to the late stage of Qi Condensation so quickly. Could it be that you are also a three-spirit-root cultivator?" Qin Yuniang asked curiously when she heard that Song Qingming was exchanging for a mid-grade spirit stone to break through to the late stage of Qi Condensation.

Song Qingming shook his head modestly, "The two of you, don't tease me. Breaking through to the late stage of Qi Condensation is not that easy. This is also my first time trying to break through. I estimate that eight or nine times out of ten, I won't be able to break through the realm. I will be satisfied if I can loosen the bottleneck."

"Little Brother Song is still so young, don't be impatient. There is plenty of time to break through the realm. Come to think of it, I do know a few people who have mid-grade spirit stones. However, Little Brother Song, you should know that a mid-grade spirit stone here in Guiyun Market probably requires one hundred and ten spirit stones to exchange for one, right?"

"Brother Shi, rest assured, I am naturally clear about these things. If you can help me exchange for a mid-grade spirit stone, please come directly to the Flying Cloud Guard station in Guiyun Market to find me."

Although the value of one mid-grade spirit stone on the market is equal to one hundred low-tier spirit stones, mid-grade spirit stones are much more useful than low-tier spirit stones. Qi Condensation cultivators can use them to break through realms, and Foundation Establishment cultivators can also use mid-grade spirit stones in battle to recover their magic power faster.

This also leads to the fact that people who have mid-grade spirit stones on them basically will not take the initiative to exchange them for low-tier spirit stones, unless you are willing to exchange at a premium. Even so, in a place like Guiyun Market, it is still a case of having a price but no market.

The three of them chatted happily in the Heavenly Wind Tower for over an hour, and only after they were full of wine and food did they reluctantly part ways.

After leaving the Heavenly Wind Tower, Song Qingming returned directly to the Flying Cloud Guard station. Xu Ziyuan and the others had not yet returned from the Floating Yunshan Range, so Song Qingming could only put the Green Jade Pill in his own residence first and wait for her to return before handing it to her.

Unexpectedly, only a few days after the gathering at the Heavenly Wind Tower, Shi Chun actually brought a mid-grade spirit stone and found Song Qingming, and he even brought him two at once, which made Song Qingming very happy.

Originally, Song Qingming was prepared to go to other places to inquire about news of mid-grade spirit stones these few days. He did not expect that after gathering with Shi Chun, he would solve this problem so quickly.

Song Qingming used the two hundred and twenty low-tier spirit stones on his body to exchange for these two mid-grade spirit stones.

After obtaining the mid-grade spirit stones, Song Qingming, who originally wanted to be leisurely for a period of time, had to start preparing to break through his cultivation realm.

Breaking through from the sixth layer of Qi Condensation to the seventh layer of Qi Condensation is also a major bottleneck, so naturally, it is not that easy to break through. Song Qingming naturally also had to be well-prepared.

In order to have a higher chance of a successful breakthrough, Song Qingming specifically went to Guiyun Mountain and spent over ten spirit stones to rent a cave dwelling with more abundant spiritual energy.

After using a Clear Heart Talisman to adjust his state, Song Qingming spent three days carefully dissolving the mid-grade spirit stone in his hand. Borrowing the extremely abundant spiritual energy in the spirit stone, Song Qingming began to try to break through the bottleneck in the meridians within his body.

However, it was a pity that Song Qingming spent over ten days and consumed one mid-grade spirit stone and many other spirit items, but not only did he fail to break through successfully, he also almost injured the meridians in his body. Helplessly, he could only end his closed-door cultivation with a disappointed face and walk out of the cave dwelling.

Although he had been prepared in his heart long ago, knowing that breaking through to the late stage of Qi Condensation was not that easy, most cultivators could not succeed in one go when breaking through to the late stage of Qi Condensation.

However, Song Qingming was so well-prepared this time and spent so much time, yet the spiritual energy gathered in his dantian during the breakthrough could not even rush into his meridians, let alone touch the bottleneck, which truly made him somewhat disappointed.

After this breakthrough failure, he would have to spend at least another half a year to polish the magic power in his body before he could continue to use spirit items to break through. Fortunately, Song Qingming still had one mid-grade spirit stone on him, so he did not need to worry about the spirit items needed for the breakthrough for the time being.

After leaving the rented cave dwelling, Song Qingming came to a shop in Guiyun Market, intending to sell some spirit items on his body and exchange them for some spirit stones.

After a trip to White Longshan, plus exchanging for two mid-grade spirit stones this time, the spirit stones on Song Qingming were also mostly spent. This breakthrough failure also let him know that breaking through to the late stage of Qi Condensation was not that simple. In order to successfully break through his cultivation in the future, he also had to make some preparations early.

After discussing the value with the shop assistant, Song Qingming took out the few magic tools he had obtained from Zhao Tiepao and the Ghost-Headed Man, along with a portion of the spirit talismans on his body.

"A total of three hundred and sixty-eight spirit stones, let's just count it as three hundred and seventy spirit stones for you. Fellow Daoist, do you think this is feasible?"

A middle-aged female cultivator with a smiling face let the shop assistant count all the spirit items Song Qingming had taken out and reported a price that made Song Qingming very satisfied.

Song Qingming, sitting on a chair, sipped the spirit tea gifted by the shop, nodded, and said calmly, "Then let's do as you say. Give me twenty jin of spirit rice and a bottle of Qi Nourishing Pills, and exchange the rest for spirit stones."

Soon, Song Qingming walked out of the shop with the spirit stones and spirit items he had just exchanged, feeling very satisfied.

After renting a cave dwelling on Guiyun Mountain, Song Qingming had already moved all his things directly from the Flying Cloud Guard station to the new cave dwelling.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were no missions now, borrowing the abundant spiritual energy on Guiyun Mountain, Song Qingming seized the time to make some spirit talismans, preparing to follow the Flying Cloud Guard into the Floating Yunshan Range next time.

Not long after Song Qingming devoted himself to talisman making, Xu Ziyuan finally ended this mission with their eleventh Flying Cloud Guard team and returned to Guiyun Market.

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