Entering the Thunder Tempering Room, Mo Wuji remembered the Bi Luo Sect. When he first went from Raozhou to Changluo, he met Shao Feng on the ship who wanted to kill him. Wasn't that guy from the Bi Luo Sect? So this He Jianting and Shao Feng were from the same sect. This Bi Luo Sect really has eyes growing on their foreheads.
Mo Wuji didn't think much about this kind of thing, and he quickly forgot about He Jianting.
He placed the package containing spirit stones, pills, and clothes aside, and put the meridian opening liquid on the edge of the thunder strike circle, within easy reach. Only then did Mo Wuji calm down and walk to the handle used to start the tempering, pulling it down.
Streaks of lightning fell, and Mo Wuji stepped directly into them without hesitation.
The Immortal Mortal Formula circulated, and the thunder arc and thunder source power falling on him were directly guided into the new meridians.
After only seven or eight lightning arcs struck Mo Wuji, he felt the thirty-seventh meridian in his body suddenly open. The occasional sluggishness and blockage that occurred when the circulation reached its peak disappeared, and he felt relaxed and refreshed.
Mo Wuji clenched his fist. The thirty-seventh meridian was indeed a higher-level meridian. Just opening this one made him feel like he could easily break through to Meridian Opening Level Five.
Mo Wuji naturally wouldn't cultivate at this time. He swallowed another bottle of meridian opening liquid. As the scorching fire began to burn out a new meridian, he simultaneously started circulating his cultivation method to guide the lightning arcs falling on him to bombard that meridian.
"Crackling... Clack..."
In Mo Wuji's Thunder Tempering Room, there was only the crackling sound of lightning arcs striking Mo Wuji, and the faint sound of Mo Wuji's bones being cracked by the lightning arcs, then quickly repaired by his pills. Besides these sounds, there was only the smell of scorched clothes and flesh.
If someone were here, they would definitely think Mo Wuji was already a dead man.
At this moment, Mo Wuji was charred black, with cracks caused by the lightning strikes all over his body.
Even as the meridians were opened one after another, Mo Wuji found it difficult to persevere. If it were before, Mo Wuji would definitely find a way to rest first. But now, Mo Wuji had no intention of resting. He was always worried that once he stopped to rest, the medicinal effects would wear off when he tried to use the thunder source to open meridians again.
Although the possibility of this happening was small, Mo Wuji still didn't want any accidents.
Fortieth, forty-first, forty-second...
Mo Wuji didn't know how many bottles of meridian opening liquid he had swallowed. He had already opened the sixtieth meridian. Before, Mo Wuji had thought about opening meridians while cultivating, but now Mo Wuji was only focused on opening meridians. Cultivation could be done at any time, but opening meridians was the most important thing for him.
"Crack!" When Mo Wuji's sixty-first meridian was opened, Mo Wuji was struck to the ground, paralyzed. He struggled to continue swallowing meridian opening liquid, trying to do it all in one go, but the lightning arcs disappeared.
Had five hours passed? Mo Wuji rested in the thunder strike circle for more than ten minutes, then staggered to his feet, opened the package, and swallowed several pills.
He decided to go down and renew his fee, then come back up and continue opening meridians.
After changing his clothes and putting away the meridian opening liquid, Mo Wuji opened the stone door of the Thunder Tempering Room. What made Mo Wuji frown was that the first thing he saw was still He Jianting. This time, there was no one accompanying him, just He Jianting alone.
He Jianting's face was somewhat gloomy. Seeing Mo Wuji take away the jade token, he immediately inserted his own jade token into the slot and flashed into the Thunder Tempering Room.
Mo Wuji didn't care at all. He didn't have any good feelings about the Bi Luo Sect. It seemed that the people who came out of this sect weren't good eggs.
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"One more hour, pay twenty-two spirit stones." After taking Mo Wuji's jade token, a cold voice came from the charging window on the first floor of the Immortal Refining Tower.
He had stayed for six hours. Mo Wuji muttered to himself. He hardly felt the passage of time. Twelve hours had passed.
"Help me pay for one hundred spirit stones. I want to continue using the Thunder Tempering Room." Mo Wuji took out one hundred and twenty-two spirit stones and handed them over.
One hundred spirit stones could be used for five hours in the Thunder Tempering Room, but an extra hour would cost twenty-two spirit stones. The two extra spirit stones must be the overflow price. Mo Wuji thought that he still had nineteen bottles of meridian opening liquid, and five more hours would definitely be enough.
One hundred spirit stones were sent out of the window again. "The Thunder Tempering Room has been reserved for ten days. If you want to rent the Thunder Tempering Room again, come back in ten days."
Without asking, Mo Wuji could guess that it was He Jianting who had reserved it for ten days. This guy was really rich. He worked himself to the bone to refine pills, and only accumulated this little bit of spirit stones. This guy casually reserved it for ten days.
"Isn't there Thunder Tempering Room Two?" Mo Wuji asked quickly. He thought that since there was Thunder Tempering Room One, there must be Thunder Tempering Room Two.
A cold voice came from behind the window, "Thunder Tempering Room Two costs two hundred spirit stones per hour. If you haven't reached the Spiritual Building Realm, you will definitely die if you go in. Are you sure you want to reserve it?"
"No, thank you." Mo Wuji quickly put away his spirit stones. He was joking. He couldn't afford the price of two hundred spirit stones. More importantly, he was only at Meridian Opening Level Four now. Going to Thunder Tempering Room Two would probably be like delivering food.
Mo Wuji was also a little regretful. He knew he should have paid two hundred spirit stones and reserved it for ten hours. Now that He Jianting had reserved the Thunder Tempering Room for ten days, he couldn't wait here for ten days. In that case, he might as well go back and learn to refine pills first, then improve his strength.
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Mo Wuji disguised himself as Meng Boyu and left the sect in a high profile manner. Now he returned very discreetly. No matter how discreet he was, he was still a Pill Refiner. It was impossible not to attract attention.
Mo Wuji felt a sense of relief when he returned to Lotus Sword Peak and saw Tao Ao and Fei Bingzhu busy by the lake.
"Young Master is back." When Tao Ao saw Mo Wuji return, he quickly put down the work in his hands and greeted him. Mo Wuji had given him and his wife the grace of saving their lives. If it weren't for Mo Wuji, his bones would have been cold. Where would he have the chance to stand here?
"Senior Brother Mo." Fei Bingzhu also ran over happily.
Mo Wuji was in a good mood and said with a smile, "I'm relieved to see that you're both doing well. Bingzhu, come in with me."
Tao Ao knew that Mo Wuji wanted to talk to Fei Bingzhu, so he greeted them and went back to work.
"Senior Brother Mo, there's no news at all. That Wu Kai has covered things up very tightly. I guess this guy isn't doing this for the first time." As soon as they entered the house, Fei Bingzhu said happily.
Mo Wuji still had some understanding of Wu Kai. This guy was definitely not a good person. He didn't know how many handyman disciples who had offended him had been killed by him. So Mo Wuji agreed with Fei Bingzhu's words.
"That's good. What else?" Although he knew there was nothing wrong, Mo Wuji was still relieved that Fei Bingzhu said so. He had killed the sect's Grade Two Human Pill Refiner. Once it was leaked, even if Meng Boyu had no one to rely on, Mo Wuji would be dead. Yin Qianqian couldn't protect him.
"Miss Yan'er is doing very well on Medicine King Peak. Sister Xiong comes back often. Senior Sister Yin hasn't returned from participating in the Pill Refinement Competition. My cultivation of the Precious Blood Lotus Root is also going very smoothly. I kept some of those pills, and the rest were exchanged for a total of two thousand six hundred spirit stones..." As he spoke, Fei Bingzhu was about to stand up.
Mo Wuji knew that Fei Bingzhu was going to get the spirit stones, so he raised his hand to stop Fei Bingzhu. "Bingzhu, just keep these spirit stones. You need these things to cultivate the Precious Blood Lotus Root."
Fei Bingzhu nodded. Keeping them with him was also for cultivating the Precious Blood Lotus Root.
"I planted two lotus root sections, and kept the other two." Fei Bingzhu said.
Mo Wuji looked at Fei Bingzhu in confusion. "Why keep them?"
Of course, the more Precious Blood Lotus Root, the better. Since it could be cultivated, four lotus root sections wouldn't be enough.
Fei Bingzhu said solemnly, "Senior Brother Mo, you may not know much about the habits of the Precious Blood Lotus Root. This thing consumes a lot of spiritual energy. The two thousand six hundred spirit stones we have here may not be enough to cultivate two lotus root sections. If we plant four lotus root sections, we don't have a Spirit Gathering Array here, so it definitely won't work."
"What? You said that two thousand six hundred spirit stones aren't enough to cultivate two lotus root sections?" Mo Wuji stared at Fei Bingzhu in surprise. He knew that the Precious Blood Lotus Root consumed spiritual energy, but this consumption was too terrifying.
How many spiritual herbs could two thousand six hundred spirit stones buy? Even Grade Three spiritual herbs could buy a lot back. Now it wasn't enough to cultivate two lotus root sections. Mo Wuji really found it hard to believe.
Fei Bingzhu nodded. "That's right. I should be a bit conservative. According to my grandfather, two thousand six hundred spirit stones can only cultivate one lotus root section at most. You have to add spirit stones and a Spirit Gathering Array in the middle."
Mo Wuji was silent. He believed that Fei Bingzhu wouldn't lie to him. Two thousand six hundred spirit stones weren't enough to cultivate two lotus root sections. The only possibility was that he had underestimated the value of the Precious Blood Lotus Root.
If the Precious Blood Lotus Root consumed so much spiritual energy, how could it be a mere Grade Three spiritual herb?
"Is the Precious Blood Lotus Root really a Grade Three spiritual herb?" Thinking of this, Mo Wuji still asked.
Fei Bingzhu replied, "The Precious Blood Lotus Root is indeed only a Grade Three spiritual herb. The reason why the Precious Blood Lotus Root is precious, besides its medicinal value and its connection to the spirit network, is because it is delicious and beautifying. Because of these two points, the Precious Blood Lotus Root is extremely popular with the immortals of those big sects. If it weren't for the fact that the Precious Blood Lotus Root consumes too much spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy consumed by the Precious Blood Lotus Root is difficult to replenish, the sect wouldn't have stopped cultivating the Precious Blood Lotus Root. Take Lotus Sword Peak for example, after so many years, the spiritual energy of Lotus Sword Peak is still much weaker than other places. As for Blood Lotus Lake, that goes without saying."
Mo Wuji patted Fei Bingzhu. "I understand. Do your best to cultivate the Precious Blood Lotus Root. I'll cultivate for a while first. When I come out, if there aren't enough spirit stones, I'll think of something. Also, don't leak the news about cultivating the Precious Blood Lotus Root."
Since the Precious Blood Lotus Root was so precious, it really couldn't be leaked.
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