BXBX NOVEL Chapter 56 - 56: 56: Gifts
One must give something in return for a favor.
One must first give their favor in order to begin building a relationship.
Building a good relationship with a young Qi-refining mid-stage cultivator, without giving anything in return, would be improper.
Watching He Song walk away, Ping’er pondered for a moment before finally shaking her head and heading up to the second floor.
Her personal reception of He Song was just an impulsive decision.
As one of the stewards in the Spirit Skill Pavilion, she usually stayed on the second floor.
Now that the gift was given.
She just had to wait for him to act.
Stall Section.
He Song walked home leisurely, glancing at the small box in hand from time to time.
The box was exquisite, seemingly carved from a precious type of wood found in the Mortal World.
Given the delicate patterns on it, the small box must be worth a fortune in the
Mortal World.
But, here was Cultivation World.
This exquisite small wooden box was only beautiful in appearance.
It was the tea leaves inside the little box that were truly valuable.
From He Song’s perspective.
The tea leaves in the small box were indeed of good quality.
At least, it was better than the tea leaves he usually drank when he was alone.
“Mr. He, if you find it boring to drink tea alone, don’t hesitate to invite me. My days on duty at the Spirit Skill Pavilion are also quite tedious.”
As He Song walked home, he recalled the words Ping’er had said after giving him the tea leaves.
Her words seemed to be unintentional, yet also deliberately emphasized.
He Song couldn’t understand.
But since she had already given him the gift, it must not be just an empty phrase to him.
At a loss to understand her intentions, he decided not to think about it further.
He would let things take their course and invite Ping’er using the Sound Transmission skill when he was truly drinking tea alone in the future.
By that time, he would naturally know her purpose.
Upon arriving home,
He Song put the box into his storage bag and immediately entered his meditation room to cultivate amidst the increasingly dense spirit Qi in the Spirit-Gathering Array.
Like this, a few days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day,
He Song had just finished using the Spirit Rain Skill at his spirit field for half an hour when he saw a sound-transmitting paper crane flying from the sky and landed in front of him in the blink of an eye.
The sound-transmitting paper crane shimmered with spiritual light.
When He Song released his own breath, it turned back into a piece of thin paper and fell into his hands.
“Mr. He, I have returned from Green Wall Immortal City. Come to the Spirit
Construction Pavilion quickly, I have important matters to discuss.”
‘Wei Fan.”
Glancing over the words on the paper, He Song put it away and immediately rushed towards the Spirit Construction Pavilion.
Wei Fan was back.
Although he didn’t know what important matters he had to discuss, it must be related to him.
But what could be related to him while he had been in the Bamboo Mountain Immortal Pavilion all this time?
Confused, He Song didn’t slow down his pace.
In a short while, he arrived at the Spirit Construction Pavilion.
Second floor.
Upon stepping into the room, He Song saw Wei Fan, who was playing with a small object.
No one else was around Wei Fan.
“Come and sit down. This is the gift that Lao Meng picked for you in Green Wall Immortal City. Take a look.”
While He Song was still in his daze, Wei Fan had already gestured for He Song to come sit and showed him the object in his hand.
It was a small jade bottle.
Even the bottle cap showed a crystal-clear, jade-like quality.
If one looked closely, the appearance of the elixir inside the jade bottle was clearly visible.
He Song approached upon hearing this.
And took the jade bottle from Wei Fan’s hand.
Opened it.
A rich elixir fragrance immediately filled the air, causing He Song to tremble in his heart.
At the same time, He Song felt that the spirit power inside his body increased slightly just by smelling the fragrance.
“Is this? A middle-grade elixir, the Qi-Gathering Elixir?”
Closing the bottle cap, He Song had an uncertain thought about the Qi Refining stage elixir that flashed through his mind.
There are several elixirs available for the Qi Refining stage.
Inedia Elixir, not an elixir grade.
Qi Nourishing Elixir, low-grade elixir, suitable for use in the Qi Refining Early Stage to improve cultivation base.
Qi-Gathering Elixir, middle-grade elixir, suitable for use in the Qi-refining mid stage to improve cultivation base.
Qi Condensing Elixir, high-quality elixir, suitable for use in Qi-refining late stage to improve cultivation base.
Apart from these, there are also Breakthrough Elixirs, specifically used to overcome bottlenecks between minor realms.
Among these elixirs, except for the Inedia Elixir, which has a relatively simple refining method and can be barely refined by those learning elixir refinement, the rest of the elixirs can only be refined by elixir refinement masters.
Thus, the prices are high.
A bottle of ten Qi Nourishing Elixirs requires ten spirit stones.
A bottle of ten Qi-Gathering Elixirs requires even more, thirty spirit stones.
Qi Condensing Elixirs are even more expensive, requiring a full hundred spirit stones for one bottle.
As for the Breakthrough Elixirs, the prices are naturally even more expensive.
If the elixir in He Song’s hand was indeed a middle-grade elixir, the Qi-Gathering Elixir, the value would be at least thirty spirit stones.
It turned out that Meng Guan had brought such a great gift for him when he visited the Green Wall Immortal City.
This….
Having many thoughts flash through his mind, He Song didn’t know what to say at the moment.
“It is indeed a Qi-Gathering Elixir. Lao Meng had said before that he wanted to thank us. He bought a bottle of Qi Condensing Elixir for me, a bottle of Qi-Gathering Elixir for you, and a Breakthrough Elixir for himself.”
“Tsk, Lao Meng spent three years in the mine, plus his original savings, he actually saved up quite a few spirit stones.”
Wei Fan nodded in confirmation of He Song’s guess and then let out a sigh.
It was unclear whether he was sighing about Meng Guan spending all his saved spirit stones in such a short time or if he was sighing about something else.
Sat down beside Wei Fan.
He Song held the jade bottle for a moment before carefully putting it into his storage bag.
He had never used a Qi-Gathering Elixir worth thirty spirit stones before.
Even the Qi Nourishing Elixir used in the Qi Refining Early Stage, He Song had never used before.
All along, he had been absorbing the spirit Qi within the Immortal Pavilion to cultivate and was unfamiliar with elixirs.
Now that Meng Guan had brought him a bottle,
This was really his first time seeing elixirs in this world.
Naturally, he wanted the novelty.
Now that the novelty had passed, he simply put it in his storage bag.
“Where’s Lao Meng? Did he break through to the Qi-refining late stage? Why did only you come back when there were two of you going?” He Song poured a cup of tea for himself and asked casually while smelling the tea fragrance.
Two people went to the Green Wall Immortal City together, but only one person came back.
If it weren’t for his close friendship with Wei Fan, He Song might have thought that Wei Fan had secretly killed someone and taken their treasures.
However, the Qi-Gathering Elixir in his storage bag and Wei Fan’s calm face made this thought linger in He Song’s mind for only a moment.
He immediately dismissed it.bender
Having known each other for so many years, they trusted each other’s
character.
He just didn’t know why Meng Guan didn’t come back with Wei Fan.
Could it be that he was having too much fun in the Immortal City and didn’t want to leave?
He Song looked at Wei Fan with suspicion.
“Lao Meng is still in the Immortal City. After successfully breaking through to the Qi-refining late stage, he told me that he wants to develop within the
Immortal City. The Bamboo Mountain Immortal Pavilion is too small, only the
Immortal City is the place where Qi-refining late stage cultivators should be.”
Facing He Song’s question, Wei Fan’s expression was unclear, and he replied indistinctly..