Chapter 644: Chapter 2: Peach Blossom Promotion_2

What would it take for other Void Refining Sword Cultivators to nurture such a Life-bound Sword? How many years of assets would they have to accumulate?

It’s no wonder that Sword Cultivators in my previous life jokingly called their Life-bound Swords “wife”; on careful thought, the term really fits well. Apart from showing the Sword Cultivators’ valuation and affection for their Life-bound Swords, it also reveals another characteristic of the Life-bound Sword: “extravagant.”

After spending heavily in the Hall of Material Analysis, Lu Qingshan made his way to Commerce Peak.

Commerce Peak is the peak responsible for external trading at the Sword Sect.

Initially, after killing the Divine Transformation Cultivator Yuan Cang in Zhenjiang, he acquired a storage ring from a Sixth Realm cultivator.

Unfortunately, Yuan Cang was a Sword Cultivator, not a so-called ‘wealthy gentleman’ Dharma Cultivator or Spiritual Cultivator, so the most valuable thing on him were those two Life-bound Swords. Other than that, the storage ring contained only some trivial miscellaneous items and thirty Spirit Crystals.

For Sword Cultivators, their Life-bound Swords are exceedingly precious, but to others, they’re just slightly sharper Magic Artifacts with limited applicability. Hence, they were not as valuable as one might imagine.

Still, a dying camel is bigger than a horse. In the end, Lu Qingshan kept only one of Yuan Cang’s Life-bound Swords, entrusting Commerce Peak to sell all his other belongings to the Sword Sect’s subordinates.

“Most of the items you entrusted us to sell weren’t anything rare, so their prices were not high to begin with…

However, the materials of that Life-bound Sword were quite good. If you aren’t in a hurry, we could have sold it for twenty to thirty percent more, but since you wanted to sell urgently… that’s the price we got…”

As per your request, we’ve exchanged all the acquired Spirit Stones for Spirit Crystals. As you know, there’s always a loss in the conversion from Spirit Stones to Spirit Crystals…

Additionally, as per tradition, we’ve taken a commission of ten percent, so in total you have one hundred and forty Spirit Crystals. Brother, please check them,” Monk Huang Ya from Commerce Peak handed over a storage bag containing one hundred and forty Spirit Crystals.

Lu Qingshan took the storage bag, glanced at the Spirit Crystals inside to confirm the count, and then clasped his fists in gratitude, “Thank you for your efforts.”

“No need for thanks,” Huang Ya waved his hand and added, “The properties from Marquis Luotang have also been transferred to us. According to the chief of Sword Coming Peak, it was your intention to convert them directly into Spirit Stones?”

Lu Qingshan nodded affirmatively.

“Good,” Huang Ya smiled and handed over another storage bag, “The properties from Marquis Luotang, including three medicinal gardens and one pill shop… are valued at about one thousand Spirit Crystals, which makes your half five hundred Spirit Crystals.”

Lu Qingshan took the storage bag; five hundred Spirit Crystals was no small amount, bulging the bag to its limits.

“With your assets, Divine Transformation Cultivators would be envious,” Huang Ya chuckled.

……

Sword Coming Peak, New Wood Tower.

Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged with dozens of clusters of materials floating in front of him.

All these were Spirit Materials required for refining the Fifth Grade Sword Armor.

The Five Elements Sword Armor, as his only true defensive Technique at the moment, was something Lu Qingshan paid great attention to in his cultivation.

Streams of Five Elemental Qi were continuously extracted by Lu Qingshan from these Spirit Materials.

Until all the divine light from the Spirit Materials was lost, and five clusters of different colored Five Elements Qi floated in the air.

Lu Qingshan’s mind flickered slightly, a Sword Qi shot out, and upon meeting the wind, it transformed into a Green Snake, its mouth wide open, engulfing the golden Metal Elemental Qi in one bite in the manner of a Green Snake Holding Pearl, then weaving it through the vital points around his body.

After repeating this five times, five differently colored layers of Sword Screens enveloped Lu Qingshan.

The Fifth Grade Sword Armor was complete–the cultivation of the Five Elements Sword Armor became especially easy after his Sword Qi reached the Shape Transformation Realm.

…

Next was to upgrade the quality of Peach Blossom.

The materials were ready, but to advance the Peach Blossom, there was another essential condition, the level.

Studying the Great Xia Scripture had cost Lu Qingshan nearly five million Experience Points, but even so, he still had seven million Experience Points in savings.

It might seem a lot, but after becoming a Fifth Realm cultivator, using up seven million Experience Points doesn’t go as far as one might think.

Fortunately, he still had a quite substantial amount of Spirit Crystals.

These Spirit Crystals could all be converted into Experience Points.

Compared to letting Spirit Crystals sit unused in the Storage Ring, using them to enhance his own Combat Power was definitely more worthwhile.

Although it might seem somewhat extravagant, Lu Qingshan did not hesitate at all to start refining the Spirit Crystals.

He held a Spirit Crystal in his hand and began to operate the Great Xia Cultivation Technique.

The pure Spiritual Power within the Spirit Crystal was quickly absorbed and refined by him.

After advancing to Void Refining, his speed of refining Spirit Crystals had greatly improved compared to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Now, he could refine a Spirit Crystal in just a quarter of an hour.

Lu Qingshan currently had a total of eight hundred thirty-four Spirit Crystals; without sparing any, he directly refined seven hundred Spirit Crystals into Experience Points.

This was an extravagance that would make other Cultivators’ hearts race.

The seven hundred Spirit Crystals ultimately converted into thirty-five million Experience Points. Adding to his original Experience Points, Lu Qingshan’s total Experience Points reached forty-two million.

He was not one to hoard wealth, and immediately invested the Experience Points into Peach Blossom.

“You have spent 271w Experience Points, Life-bound Sword: Peach Blossom Level Upgraded: LV6(0/500w)–Damage of all Sword Techniques performed through this Life-bound Sword +50%!”

“You have spent 500w Experience Points, Life-bound Sword: Peach Blossom Level Upgraded: LV7(0/800w)–Damage of all Sword Techniques performed through this Life-bound Sword +58%!”