Dashing Student

Inside the Library Pavilion.

Chen Nan casually picked up a jade scroll and placed it against his forehead, discovering it was a seventh-grade spell, "Tiger Suppressing Mountain Seal."

Both mental methods and spells have nine grades, with the ninth grade being the lowest.

Mental methods are the main cultivation techniques for a cultivator, related to the improvement of realms and the abundance of True Qi, while spells are for combat.

A seventh-grade spell, even in a third-rate sect, is quite good, and here, they are everywhere.

Unfortunately, the spell has nine forms, but only the first three can be cultivated, and the rest are missing.

The first three forms are equivalent to ninth-grade spells, just commonplace.

However, for Chen Nan, even a ninth-grade spell is important to him, as besides the "Scripture of the Hidden Talisman," he doesn't have many attack methods.

With the enhancement of spells, his attack power would become more formidable.

Thus, Chen Nan didn't mind at all and directly picked out three books of spells from the Library Pavilion to cultivate: one was "Tiger Suppressing Mountain Seal," and another was the movement technique spell "Small Shifting Technique."

The third is a special type of spell: Divine Soul Technique!

In the Nine Provinces, the method of spirit soul attack can directly attack the divine soul, causing dizziness, illusions, and other special effects. It is considered extremely rare.

The Qingshan Sect has one, which made Chen Nan very happy, indeed worthy of a thousand-year-old heritage.

Unfortunately, the spell is only half a book, named "Shock God Stab," able to produce unexpected effects in battle.

After choosing the spells, the two left the Library Pavilion. At this time, the disciples of Qingshan Sect had built a thatched house as Chen Nan's residence.

The tables, chairs, and benches in the room were newly made, as the trees on the mountain cost nothing.

Chen Nan had no requirements for these, as long as there was a place to cultivate. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to slowly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Without the assistance of spirit stones, elixir pills, or arrays, he could only use the simplest method to cultivate.

A silent night passed.

Early the next morning, Chen Nan called everyone, including the sect leader, into the courtyard, and handed each person a piece of paper filled with spiritual materials.

"Starting today, the Qingshan Sect will be different. Your task is to find the spiritual materials recorded on the paper, which can be exchanged for cultivation resources."

"I don't care if you steal, rob, or trade; I only want the spiritual materials."

Chen Nan scanned the crowd. Without hearing any opposition, he continued, "Once the elixirs are refined, apart from being distributed to you as cultivation resources, the rest can be sold."

"I promise, I will lead you to rise and revive the Qingshan Sect!"

The disciples of Qingshan Sect breathed a little heavier, as cultivating with elixirs was much faster than ordinary cultivation.

Moreover, elixirs have always been expensive. If they can steadily produce elixirs, the Qingshan Sect might really thrive.

"Senior brother, rest assured, we will do our utmost!"

The spirits of the dozen disciples changed abruptly, showing enthusiasm as they left the Qingshan Sect one after another.

Though they cultivated slowly over the years, they had saved some things, which could be exchanged for quite a bit of spiritual material.

The spiritual materials Chen Nan needed were at most seventh grade, required for ninth-grade to seventh-grade pill recipes, not considered very precious. As long as they tried, they would surely get it.

Around the Qingshan Sect are several sects and cultivator workshops, so there is no shortage of spiritual materials.

After the disciples left, Jiang Zheng finally came to Chen Nan, happily took out a lot of spiritual materials from a storage bag.

"This is the last of Qingshan Sect's possessions, all handed over to you!"

Among these spiritual materials, the most precious was a sixth-grade Purple Sunflower, with others mostly eighth and ninth-grade materials, appearing rather shabby.

Chen Nan reluctantly accepted these materials, pinching his nose, and turned to enter the Alchemy Room with Tang Zhirou, which the disciples had specially built for Chen Nan the day before.

For safety, the Alchemy Room was not built with thatch and wood but with stone, making it the only stone building in the Qingshan Sect.

"Starting today, you will assist me. How much you learn depends entirely on yourself."

Tang Zhirou nodded heavily. To seize the position of senior brother, assisting was no big deal.

"Don't worry, I will definitely become the senior sister... No, I mean, I will definitely learn it!"

Chen Nan chuckled; this little girl couldn't even hide her thoughts, they were all written on her face.

From the spiritual materials given by the sect leader, Chen Nan selected five sets, just enough to refine five kinds of elixirs: two of ninth grade, one of eighth grade, and one of seventh grade.

Aside from the Revitalizing Pill, the ninth-grade elixir included one called "Replenishing Essence Pill," which was an auxiliary elixir for cultivation, suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Chen Nan mentally reviewed the cautionary points recorded in the Replenishing Essence Pill recipe before activating the pill fire to start alchemy.

Relying on his powerful Divine Soul Power, the refining of the Replenishing Essence Pill was successful in one attempt, and having had the previous experience of pill fire being out of control, no accident occurred this time.

A furnace produced twelve pills, the limit.

He casually picked up one and tossed it into his mouth; the speed of absorbing spiritual energy greatly increased after refining its medicinal properties.

Tang Zhirou watched everything intently, eager to imprint it into her memory, while still comparing the records in "Qingshan Pill Technique" with what Chen Nan did.

She believes that one day she will surpass Chen Nan and reclaim her position as senior sister!

...

On the other side, a man in a black robe arrived at a workshop less than a hundred miles from Qingshan Sect.

This workshop is built by cultivators, with cultivators conducting transactions and trades within, guarded by a powerful Golden Core cultivator, so generally, no one causes trouble here.

The black-robed man's goal was clear, cutting through the street and heading straight to a shop in an alley, whose name was straightforward: All-Knowing.

This place deals in the sale of information, and All-Knowing has branches all over the Nine Provinces, making it a presence across Nine Provinces, acknowledged for its intelligence gathering capabilities.

"Sir, what kind of information do you wish to purchase?"

The manager warmly greeted as the customer approached.

The black-robed man slowly removed his hood, revealing a face as cold as frost. If Chen Nan were here, he would recognize him instantly, none other than Liu Tong.

He placed a storage bag on the counter, filled with spirit stones.

"I am looking for someone named Chen Nan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who once participated in Yuantian Sect's disciple selection," Liu Tong said coldly.

The manager picked up the storage bag, probing it with his Divine Sense, then said with a smile, "No problem, once the information is received, I will inform you."

Liu Tong naturally trusted All-Knowing, given that it was the largest intelligence broker in the Nine Provinces.

Leaving All-Knowing, Liu Tong donned his hood again, his tone icy as frost, "Chen Nan, once I find you, I will make you beg for life yet not be able to die!"