I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 105: Chapter 90: Cultivation Miscellany

The bright moon parts the branches, startling the magpies, while the clear breeze whispers, and the cicadas sing at midnight,

Amidst the scent of rice flowers, discussing a bountiful year, listening to the chorus of frogs.

Jiang Yuebai named her residence ’Rice Flower Courtyard,’ and at this moment, she was sitting by the window in the quiet room in the backyard, drawing talismans under the moonlight.

The talismanic pen drew an arc and lifted, gathering the shimmering spiritual light into one spot.

[You have successfully drawn an Eighth-Grade Lower-Level Shadow Splitting Illusion Talisman, Talisman Making Skill Level +10]

[Congratulations, your talisman-making realm has advanced to the Eighth Grade, cultivation restriction prevents further improvement, quickly take your elixir and cultivate, young lady]

For more than a month, she had been too busy, only today raising her talisman-making to the Eighth Grade realm, able to draw Eighth-Grade and Ninth-Grade talismans.

The power of Eighth-Grade talismans approaches the early-stage Foundation Establishment, but the current rate of successful crafting is very low, making one requires most of her Divine Sense Spiritual Power.

Before Foundation Establishment, the cultivation is insufficient, unable to draw stronger talismans, only able to gradually enhance the rank and success rate of Eighth-Grade talismans.

Jiang Yuebai put down the talismanic pen, neatly packed away the newly drawn Five Elements Escape Talisman and three Eighth-Grade talismans, cleaned up the discarded talismanic paper on the table, and stood up to stretch her muscles.

Her clothes partially open, with her black hair cascading behind her, unbound by hairpins, free and unruly.

”I truly have no time to break the array at Heavenly Gang Peak as I planned, initially thinking to focus on Array Dao after reaching Eighth-Grade talisman-making, but now I need to concentrate on Alchemy Dao for the Five Elements Foundation Establishment Elixir.”

Chirp chirp~

A sparrow flew in from outside the window, perched on the pen rack, a flash of spiritual light, losing its nimbleness, transformed into a wooden bird.

Jiang Yuebai picked up the wooden bird, using a special method to open the mechanism and extract the Shadow Refining Jade within, to inspect the conditions in Huaxi Valley that day and the whereabouts of Qii Yue.

This Cloud Lark Puppet, besides the ability to self-destruct, is most useful with its Shadow Refining Jade for reconnaissance and recording. Once activated, it conceals itself, mimicking the appearance of common birds around, making it difficult to detect.

However, it needs to record fully and then return to show her; it can’t record and view simultaneously.

”I remember there is a corresponding magic artifact that could accomplish this...”

Everything was as usual in Huaxi Valley, Yun Shang had already moved into the bamboo forest, nurturing the pollinating spiritual bees and the pest-clamping spiritual ants.

Tang Shengcai had agreed on a profit-sharing contract with her, holding her detailed blueprints, and was leading his subordinates, hurrying to manufacture planting puppets.

Tang Shengcai, after all, a veteran carpenter, somewhat versed in Puppet Dao, even improving several imperfect aspects to greater perfection, truly an unexpected gain.

The difficulty lies in the initial inspiration and design, once the idea transitions past that point, it becomes relatively manageable for skilled hands.

The vegetable garden fish pond, poultry house livestock pen are all put into use, the Guardian Valley Spiritual Toad dutifully prevents any unauthorized access, and it will receive a jar of newly brewed spiritual wine tomorrow.

As for Qii Yue, Jiang Yuebai is very satisfied.

Qii Yue indeed capable, knowing what requires personal judgment, what requires reporting to her, not acting recklessly, yet not excessively conforming, managing the balance excellently.

During this time, she purposely left things randomly, spirit stones, elixirs, even tokens placed carelessly; Qii Yue showed no malicious intent, nor sought merit through delivering them, merely putting everything silently on her bedroom table.

Yet, Qii Yue also harbors ambition, once finishing trivial matters, she would wander the Woodworking Institute, trying to get closer to Tang Shengcai, learning to manufacture planting puppets.

For now, Jiang Yuebai did not teach her, only granting her access to the Rice Flower Courtyard’s Illusion Array, providing her with some Divine Mechanism Stones, allowing her free entry and exit from her private domain, thereby replacing the Divine Mechanism Stones in the terrace’s puppets.

Jiang Yuebai believes Qii Yue can stay, also deserves an increase in monthly salary.

Within the Heavenly Interence Sect, only Inner Sect Qi Cultivation Disciples can have servants around them, their salary deducted from their own monthly salary, generally five pieces of Low-Grade Spirit Stone per month, equivalent to the monthly salary for Outer Sect Disciples.

Currently, she has yet to purchase Spiritual Beast Blood, her spirit stones have been mostly spent, and the previously earned five thousand Contribution Points depleted entirely, but areas that shouldn’t be skimped mustn’t be skimped.

Once everything in Huaxi Valley falls into place, spirit stones will quickly be earned back, no need to rush.

Jia Xiuchun and Xiao Ankuo suddenly quieted a lot over there, their chores handed to Qii Yue, with anything to instruct, just sending a paper crane; Jiang Yuebai finally freed up a lot of time.

During the day, attending Golden Core Master’s lectures at various peak’s Inner Sect disciple classrooms, returning at dusk to tend important spiritual medicines, cultivating on her own during the night.

Inside the quiet room, Jiang Yuebai placed spirit stones into the Spirit Gathering Array, sat within on a meditation mat, took out a pile of spirit stones to carve Divine Mechanism Stones.

This task, currently only she can do, so she spends an hour daily exclusively carving Divine Mechanism Stones, accumulating bit by bit, coupled with five years of accumulation from Yin Mountain Mine, sufficient for Huaxi Valley for some time.

Carving Divine Mechanism Stones trains Divine Sense intensity and precision, during this process Divine Sense grows slowly, when her head felt aching, she would investigate with Five Flavors Jade Scroll, completely depleting her Divine Sense, then continued.

Jiang Yuebai has thoroughly investigated the Five Flavors Jade Scroll, it indeed contains the ”Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill,” but only the upper part, capable to cultivate to Nascent Soul Stage.

Wuwei Mountain Man mentioned inside that her Divinity Transformation method was learned elsewhere, and she didn’t know where the later part of this cultivation technique was.

Jiang Yuebai discovered that this Five Flavors Jade Scroll was not only a tool for recording things, but also a great tool for training Divine Sense. During her search in the jade scroll maze, she could enhance the depth and breadth of her Divine Sense exploration.

When she manipulated the magic artifact, she could reach a larger range. Whenever an opponent misjudged and thought her magic artifact was out of reach, it would be the moment of their downfall.

Through such training, Jiang Yuebai felt her control over Divine Sense could rival that of the Demon Clan specialized in Divine Sense.

”When Elder Lii returns, I must ask about how the Demon Clan can activate spells just with Divine Sense and without hand techniques. Maybe I can learn it too.”

Lii Jiuchuan had been gone for over a month, and the stack of books on cultivation problems over Jiang Yuebai’s desk kept growing thicker. The Golden Core Masters presenting in the Inner Sect weren’t as easy-going as Lii Jiuchuan.

Due to numerous questions, she had been reprimanded publicly multiple times. Many Golden Core Masters would avoid her, unsure if they couldn’t answer or just lacked patience.

As a result, she became a laughingstock in the Inner Sect, with everyone thinking she was stubborn, and the Golden Core Masters unwilling to teach her anymore.

Having sat for a while, Jiang Yuebai stood up to stretch her muscles and glanced at the Immortal Cultivation Panel.

[Name] Jiang Yuebai

[Realm] Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer

[Cultivation Technique]

Five Elements Returning to Truth Technique Qi Cultivation Chapter (Eighth Layer: 730/50000)

Fierce Thunder Body Refining Technique (Peak of Ninth Layer)

Vajra Furnace Skill (Entry Level: 98/100)

[Miscellaneous Skills]

Alchemy Dao (Not yet entered: 8/10)

Talisman Making (Eighth Grade: -/5000)

Array Dao (Ninth Grade: 199/1000)

Puppet Mechanism Technique (Ninth Grade: 450/1000)

She hadn’t learned any new spells or martial arts. In her cultivation, she started taking Yuan Nourishing Elixir, initially increasing her skill level by ten points, and after almost a month, the increase dropped to eight points.

Currently, she consumes Lower-Level Ninth-Grade Yuan Nourishing Elixir. The effects of Mid-Level and Upper-Level Yuan Nourishing Elixirs should be better, but they’re hard to buy.

Because Mid-Level elixirs have very little elixir poison, Upper-Level ones almost none, so alchemists usually keep them for themselves.

To get them, she would have to refine them herself.

The progress of Fire Spin refinement was good, the Fire Spiritual Energy had become purer than before, greatly benefiting the cultivation of Vajra Furnace Skill, which has five layers corresponding to five organs furnaces, one layer for each furnace.

Due to her busy study of Alchemy Dao, she hadn’t focused on it much, only practicing martial arts in the courtyard when needing to stretch after sitting a long time, thus also cultivating Vajra Furnace Skill. In accumulating over a month, she was close to completing one furnace.

By then, her blood and energy would be abundant, and her physical and energy strength would greatly increase, being able to burst double the strength in emergencies.

In Array Dao, she was researching the ’Surging Gold Gathering Water Array,’ a Second-Turn Linked Array she exchanged earlier from the library. It was still within the Five Elements Rotation, thus being among the most basic linked arrays and relatively easy for her, not requiring much mental effort.

The Surging Gold Gathering Water Array was carved on an array plate, activated in an instant, increasing the concentration of Water Spirit Energy using Golden Spiritual Energy, rapidly replenishing Water Spirit Energy in battle and enhancing Water Attribute Magical Technique power, like her Cloud Thunder Break.

Or someone like Lu Nanzhi who was born with Water Spirit Body; if facing enemies alone, this single array would ensure she maintained abundant Water Spirit Power throughout and remained undefeated.

She tried Fire Refining and Water Refining over twenty times, successfully refining three Lower-Level Ninth-Grade Yuan Nourishing Elixirs and five Lower-Level Ninth-Grade Dust Suppressing Elixirs.

She vaguely explored some techniques, being just two elixirs away from genuinely entering the field.

”I still prefer these days of focused learning without distractions. I wonder how Lu Nanzhi and Xie Jingshan are in the Sword Tomb, and where Lv Ying is now?”

Jiang Yuebai stood up and walked to the window, the moonlight as gentle as mist, the woods rustled, and green waves rolled like the sea.

Eight-handed bamboo puppet Xingyun was spreading rain, and Spiritual Vegetables across the hills grew pleasingly, ready for the first harvest tomorrow.

”A single Divine Mechanism Stone can be used consecutively for seven days, so the consumption is not too great... hold on, if the consumption isn’t excessive...”

A meteor streaked the sky, and Jiang Yuebai turned to glance at the Spirit Gathering Array inside the Quiet Room, her eyes gleaming with spiritual light.