Chapter 5: Group Members Are Stunned! You Discovered a Spirit Stone Mine?

"Liu Chongxiao has purchased the Water Spirit Stone you uploaded. After deducting the handling fee, you have received 450 points."

Seeing this notification, Lu Yun could not help but feel a surge of joy in his heart.

According to the Chat Group's trading rules, physical goods uploaded by group members incur a 10% handling fee, while transactions involving cultivation techniques and skills yield a 10% profit.

Because physical goods are one-of-a-kind, while techniques and skills are knowledge-based and can be sold repeatedly, even a 10% profit is quite substantial once the sales volume increases.

And at this moment, this batch of points from the veteran group member Liu Chongxiao could be said to have solved Lu Yun's urgent need.

Therefore, Lu Yun expressed his gratitude directly in the group.

Lu Yun: "@Liu Chongxiao, thank you for your great support, big boss!"

Liu Chongxiao: "You're too polite! I just happened to need it! If you can find more of this material on your end, feel free to @ me anytime!"

Lu Yun glanced at the numerous stones around him and replied decisively: "No problem!"

Once the other members saw the conversation between these two, how could they not know that Liu Chongxiao had just purchased the item Lu Yun uploaded.

Jiang Ye: "It's a pity this is a Water Spirit Stone; if it were a Fire Spirit Stone, I would have made a move!"

Chu Xiong: "Damn it, I wanted to make a move just now, who knew that guy Old Liu would snatch it first!"

Xiao Ling'er: "@Lu Yun, if you have Spirit Stones of other attributes on your end, upload more. These are hard currency!"

……

The veteran group members popped up one after another to chat.

Lu Yun suddenly heard the system notification sound:

"Ding! Suggestion received: Upload more Spirit Stones of different attributes! Reward: One Fine Treasure Chest!"

Lu Yun's eyes lit up.

He realized that this Xiao Ling'er was truly his lucky star; how many tasks had she triggered for him unintentionally?

Moreover, the suggestions she gave were all very pertinent.

Lu Yun: "@Xiao Ling'er, I'm uploading them now!"

Thus, he quietly reached toward other nearby stones, uploading them one by one to the Points Mall.

"Group member Lu Yun has uploaded a new item—Fire Spirit Stone! Price: 500 points!"

"Group member Lu Yun has uploaded a new item—Water Spirit Stone! Price: 500 points!"

"Group member Lu Yun has uploaded a new item—Thunder Spirit Stone! Price: 500 points!"

……

The moment this series of group notifications appeared, the others in the group could no longer stay calm.

Liu Chongxiao: "Holy crap, did you discover a Spirit Stone mine?!"

Xiao Ling'er: "No way, I was just saying that casually, you actually have that many mines!"

Jiang Ye: "Haha, the Fire Spirit Stone is mine, nobody fight me for it!"

Zhou Yu: "There's actually a Thunder Spirit Stone! I just happen to need to forge a thunder-attribute battle saber recently!"

……

The veterans were busy snapping up items, while the newcomers were filled with envy.

Lin Yan: "So jealous! We're all newcomers, how come you can earn thousands of points all at once!"

Chen Hai: "@Lu Yun, we agreed to be failures together, yet you're about to take off?"

Fang Wenjie: "No, I need to hurry and find something nearby to earn points! I want to survive the Newbie Period too!"

……

Lu Yun had no time to chat; after uploading all the many stones nearby, he discovered that quite a few people in the group had made purchases, and in the blink of an eye, he had accumulated four thousand points! He decisively opened the Points Mall and browsed through the items he could purchase once again.

He saw a manual for a fist technique, the "Xingyi Fist," priced at five hundred points. He felt a stir in his heart, thinking of the fist-fighting task he had triggered earlier; this item could be used to complete the task and incidentally increase his means of attack.

There were too many things he could buy later, but Lu Yun controlled his impulses and focused on finding items to improve his cultivation.

Soon, he found his target.

"Item: Hundred-Year Fire Spirit Ginseng"

"Effect: Assists cultivation, can significantly increase Innate True Qi"

"Price: 2000 points"

Lu Yun pondered that, according to the "Breathing Technique," the cultivation stage he was currently in was the so-called Innate Realm, and what he was cultivating was indeed Innate True Qi.

Since that was the case, this item should be useful to him!

After making his judgment, he gritted his teeth and bought it.

The moment the purchase was completed, a ginseng appeared in his hand; it was as thick as a thumb and had red flame patterns on it, looking very peculiar.

At the same time, the relevant usage method appeared in his mind.

As a medicinal herb, the best way to exert its efficacy was naturally to decoct it into a medicinal soup with other herbs or refine it into a pill.

However, Lu Yun naturally lacked such conditions now, so he chose the most crude method.

He wiped it directly with his clothes, then stuffed the ginseng into his mouth and gnawed on it.

With one bite, a sensation of sweetness mixed with bitterness spread from his taste buds; he didn't bother to savor it and swallowed it directly into his stomach.

Immediately, he felt scorching energy radiating from his abdomen.

His heart filled with joy, and he began to circulate his cultivation method according to the "Breathing Technique."

Instantly, this energy spread along his meridians and soon reached his dantian.

There, a strand of True Qi was gradually condensing.

After the energy poured into the dantian, it began to merge with this strand of True Qi.

After just one cycle of circulation, a surge of Surging Waves rose in Lu Yun's heart.

Because he suddenly felt his whole body tremble, and a feeling of transparency washed over him.

Afterwards, he felt that his perception of the surrounding environment had improved significantly, and the power within his body had also grown noticeably.

Without a doubt, this was another breakthrough!

Lu Yun did not even have time to check exactly how much he had improved, and continued to cultivate without pause.

As he breathed in and out, the true Qi within his body continued to grow stronger, but Lu Yun discovered another problem.

He had already cultivated the Breathing Technique to perfection, reaching the current realm of Refining Qi into Spirit; now, relying solely on the Breathing Technique, he was actually unable to fully absorb the energy of the Fire Spirit Ginseng, and even felt as if his meridians were about to burst!

Suddenly, a thought stirred in Lu Yun's heart: "I just bought the Xingyi Fist as well!"

This Breathing Technique of his was actually a method of breathing cultivation, and it did not necessarily have to be practiced while sitting.

He felt that perhaps he could practice the fist techniques while breathing and exhaling! It would be perfect to complete the other task from before as well!

With this thought, Lu Yun immediately took out the Xingyi Fist he had just purchased; the moment he opened the secret manual, the contents were branded directly into his mind.

On the other side—

Houtu, who was observing Lu Yun, saw Lu Yun continuously collecting the stones around his body and raised her eyebrows slightly.

"This Human Race member is truly not simple! He actually possesses a storage-type Spiritual Treasure?"

What puzzled her was that the use of Spiritual Treasures had cultivation requirements; even the lowest grade should not be something a Human Race member at the Refining Qi into Spirit realm could use! Before she could figure this out, she suddenly saw Lu Yun stand up and put some unknown Spiritual Treasure on his feet, and then he suddenly leaped up from the ground!

Houtu thought Lu Yun was preparing to flee, but unexpectedly, he stood in place and began to perform some strange movements!

(End of this chapter)