Soul Enhancing Plant
Some hours later, Li Yuan stopped his cultivation as he felt that someone had entered the hut's range.
He didn't feel tired after cultivating for hours, but instead felt very refreshed.
No wonder many cultivators lived in seclusion, it was very addicting.
Exiting the hut, Li Yuan found a young average looking cultivator waiting outside.
Although he appeared calm, he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.
"I can see that you've already advanced.", Li Yuan nodded at him.
The man that appeared was obviously Xiao Yan, who had successfuly found the Core Formation cultivator's residence.
Li Yuan didn't even need to use the system to find about it, as he unconsciously exuded waves of spiritual energy.
"Yes, thanks to senior's guidance I managed to advance.", Xiao Yan cupped his fists and thanked Li Yuan.
When he left Li Yuan's hut, Xiao Yan didn't believe that the opportunity marked in the map existed.
However, since he already had the map, he chose to move according to the marks on it.
Imagine his surprise when he found a cave filled with cultivation pills and other items.
After his master confirmed that the pills could be safely used, he consumed everything and managed to advance to the Foundation Building Middle stage.
Realizing that he had misunderstood the senior, he quickly rushed back.
Not only did he want to thank him, but he also wanted to find more opportunities.
If the senior can help him advance to the Middle stage, won't he also be able to help him advance to the Late stage, the Peak stage and even the Core Formation realm.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel excited at that thought.
His father's cultivation was at the Peak of the Foundation Building realm and he reigned over an entire city.
If he became a Core Formation cultivator, wouldn't he become a big man?
Li Yuan didn't know about Xiao Yan's delusions, but he could guess some things.
Who was the Son of Luck?
The Son of Luck was the most average-talented man imaginable, that simply got opportunities through seer luck.
Think about Xiao Yan.
Is he talented? No.
He just got lucky to have a powerful soul as a master, a young lady of a powerful clan as a childhood sweetheart and met countless opportunities throughout his cultivation journey.
At the same time, Li Yuan didn't underestimate him.
Who was he to criticize others?
Wasn't he also lucky to get the system?
"Although you've advanced, the cultivation journey never comes to a stop.", Li Yuan kindly advised him.
Don't forget, he was one of his only two customers.
Xiao Yan heard his words and thought that he was implying something.
"Senior, if you can deduce the Heaven's secrets, why are you living here alone?", he took the opportunity to ask.
Immediately, he saw a bitter expression appear on Li Yuan's face.
"It's not that I want to, I just have to.", Li Yuan cryptically responded.
What could he say, that he had just entered the Body Building realm and he didn't even dare to leave his hut?
'Senior must also have his story.', Xiao Yan thought that he asked something he shouldn't have.
"Then, senior, can you deduce if there is a Soul Enhancing plant in the forest?", Xiao Yan asked with anticipation in his voice.
"Stop calling me senior, call me Pavilion owner.", Li Yuan didn't like being called senior.
He was only 22 years old and it made it sound like he was some old monster.
Without even needing to deduce anything, Li Yuan could guess both the effects of the plant and how Xiao Yan was going to use it.
Isn't such a plant going to be used to replenish his soul-state master?
'System, deduce the location of Soul Enhancing plants in this forest.'
[There are 5 Soul Enhancing plants.]
[Soul Enhancing plant dyed with the blood of a Devil Spider Demon. Requires 10.000.000 HS.]
[Corpse of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Requires 5.000.000 HS.]
[Naturally formed Soul Enhancing plant. Requires 2.500.000 HS]
Of course, Li Yuan was used to ignoring the first results and scrolling to the bottom by now.
[Half-eaten Soul Enhancing plant. Barely useable. Requires 100.000 HS.]
"There are many such plants in the forest, but the only one that you can afford to pay the price for costs 1 high-grade spirit stone.", he answered.
He was clearly implying that it's not my fault that the plant's quality is shit, you just can't afford it.
Xiao Yan was heartbroken when he heard the price, but he proceeded to take out some Nascent Soul cultivation techniques.
In this world, the techniques were graded according to what realm you could reach when you practiced it to the peak.
Those Nascent Soul techniques were not actually Xiao Yan's, but a gift that his master gave him.
Don't think that his master was a powerful cultivator and had many techniques.
Think about it, if you managed to become a Saint realm cultivator, would you go around collecting Nascent Soul cultivation techniques?
Of course not and neither did his master.
Li Yuan ignored Xiao Yan's expression and didn't hesitate to trade the items for HS, before trading for the location of the plant.
[Half-eaten Soul Enhancing plant.]
[The plant had previously been eaten by a Pig Demon but it didn't like the taste and spit it out.]
[Location:...]
[Ways to get there:...]
Materializing, Li Yuan threw the map to Xiao Yan with familiarity in his movements.
Taking a look at his gains, he noticed that his balance had been increased to 910.000.
Surprisingly, the items that Xiao Yan gave him only exceeded 1 million low-grade spirit stones by 8.000.
Sending Xiao Yan away, Li Yuan went back to cultivating and hoped that someone would also visit.