"I don't have as much money as Brother Huang, I only have some common goods…" Zhou Ming smiled mysteriously."

"However, I have two secret manuals that Brother Huang might be interested in."

Without waiting to keep him in suspense, Zhou Ming directly took out two ancient books, Fire Controlling Technique and Dark Divine Technique.

These two books were the treasures of the Treasure Pavilion that the "Foundation Building Grand Cultivators" did not care about. There were dozens of similar books, but they were all common goods. Such books were not worth a single penny to the cultivation aristocratic families. Only itinerant cultivators might need them.

However, the Fire Controlling Technique was indeed unique. The control of fire was very precise and was also of great help in pill refinement and weapon refinement. There were even seniors 'insights at the end of the page. It was also a rare secret technique for the Qi Refinement stage.

As for the " Dark God Technique ", there was nothing fancy about it. It could not train the mind, nor could it resist the inner demons. It could only make people calm down. After the mind was exhausted, it could only allow a slightly faster recovery speed. However, Huang Xiaoshi's family most likely had their own talisman industry, so such books were in need.

As expected, Huang Xiaoshi was tempted after just flipping through it.

"Brother Wan, I am indeed interested in these two ancient books. What do you need?" The young man scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at Zhou Ming with anticipation.

" This Dark God Technique is easy to sell. After all, it's not too rare. I believe Brother Huang's family has similar ancient books. Let's sell it for 80 spirit stones." Zhou Ming knew what the other party was thinking after hearing his words.

" It's just that this Fire Controlling Technique is a rare secret technique in the Qi Cultivating Stage. It can even be used in the Foundation Establishment Stage. The price is not cheap!"

" Brother Wan, all my belongings are here. If you like anything, you can take it away. But you must leave this secret manual for me!" As if it was a little difficult to say, the young man's face turned red with embarrassment.

Success!

"This... Alright, it's fate that we met each other. Brother Huang and I hit it off at first sight. In that case, we can treat it as making friends!"

In just the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Zhou Ming had exchanged most of Brother Huang's assets. There was a bottle of Yellow Sprout Pills that could be used and saved him a lot of effort.

At this moment, the thick fog in front of the two of them suddenly rolled and then suddenly separated. A small path that could allow the two of them to walk side by side appeared in front of them. They could not see the end at a glance, and it seemed very far away.

"Alright, let's go!" Seemingly feeling that he had taken advantage of the situation, the young man rushed into the valley and disappeared on the road when he saw the guide appear.

Although Zhou Ming had yet to enter the valley, he had already accomplished most of his goal. He walked in unhurriedly.

This path looked very long, but after walking for a while, they reached the end.

When Zhou Ming walked out of the intersection, his eyes suddenly lit up. The valley filled with exotic flowers and herbs entered his eyes. It was very beautiful.

This was a valley with mountains on three sides, and the only exit was the entrance just now.

The entire place was very large, covering more than a hundred acres. In the center, there was a large palace-like pavilion with carved railings and jade walls. It was arranged in a row, like a commercial street in a bustling ancient town.

In the open space in front, there was a very wide square made of green bricks. There were many free vendors inside, and they set up small stalls around the square. It was full of the feeling of an antique night market. There were not many people coming and going, but it was not noisy.

After entering the market, Zhou Ming didn't wander around. He went straight to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant in front of him. This was the nearest place that could provide temporary rest…

After opening an ordinary cave abode that only had a warning and weak defense function, Zhou Ming impatiently activated the restriction and was about to start a new cultivation.

Generally speaking, there were two types of medicinal pills that were beneficial to cultivation. One was to increase the speed of cultivation, and the other was to directly increase cultivation.

It was hard to say which of the two was better. It could only be said that they had their own merits. The former lasted for a long time and was not easy to develop resistance to the drug. The latter was fast but could not be eaten too much.

For example, the Yellow Dragon Pill and the Yellow Sprout Pill were both low-level pills. The Yellow Sprout Pill belonged to the latter and was more expensive.

The Yellow Sprout Pill was known for its mild medicinal properties. However, Zhou Ming had a solemn expression when he swallowed it.

Sitting cross-legged, Zhou Ming uncorked the bottle and tilted the bottle. He slowly poured out a Yellow Sprout Pill and stuffed it into his mouth without a word.

The pill tasted slightly bitter in his mouth. Not long after, dense spiritual energy overflowed from the pill and surged up from his internal organs.

Zhou Ming emptied his mind and recited the cultivation technique chant silently, allowing the spiritual energy to circulate through his meridians.

As the spiritual energy in his meridians increased, Zhou Ming gradually felt a slight swelling pain, but fortunately, it was not particularly serious. He only made up his mind to cultivate a body-tempering technique in the future!

One circulation after another passed, and the spiritual qi was quickly refined into pure magic power and flowed into his dantian.

When the medicinal power was completely absorbed, this round of cultivation lasted for an entire two hours, increasing his maximum mana by 5 points in one go.

Zhou Ming spent a day and a night to refine the twelve pills in a bottle. He had gained a total of 60 wisps of magic power.

In such a short period of time, he had successfully broken through to the middle stage of the qi layer. Although he was only at the fourth level of the qi layer, his cultivation speed was undoubtedly like a rocket.

He couldn't help but sigh.

Sigh, the joy of cultivation was so simple and boring!

。。。。。。。。。。

In the cultivation world, wealth was indeed the most important.

In the cultivation world, if one didn't have a skill to earn spirit stones, it would be difficult for them to move forward.

The common side occupations of immortal cultivators were nothing more than refining pills and tools, taming beasts and spiritual plants, and making talismans and formations. However, as long as one grasped the methods and techniques of any profession, they would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort!

"Coincidentally, I just got quite a lot of basic talisman materials from Brother Huang. Since that's the case, let's start learning from talismans!"

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and decided on his next course of action.

" Analyzing the Encyclopedia of Basic Enchanted Talismans will consume 30 points of Soul Energy. Confirm analysis?"

"Analysis confirmed!"

" Consumed 30 points of soul power. The analysis of the Encyclopedia of Basic Enchanted Talismans is successful."

As his divine sense fiercely tapped on the interface, countless talisman-related knowledge rushed to appear.

From choosing paper, mixing ink, to drawing the talisman, every detail was reflected in his mind. At this moment, Zhou Ming was expressionless, but his heart was filled with joy. He was swimming freely in the ocean of knowledge...

After a long time, as he understood the key points one by one, his spiritual sense returned from the unknown place.

"I'm afraid that's all there is to an epiphany. It's truly profound! Just now, my consciousness seemed to have merged with heaven and earth. Countless Profound Meanings flowed in my heart.

The knowledge of basic talismans is already here!"