I Live Forever In The World of Cultivation World

Chapter 91: One Year

It was merely a matter of time wasted.

However, as someone seeking longevity, He Song believed that any problem solvable with time was no problem at all.

Thus, another year passed quietly.

During this year, He Song’s life remained relatively peaceful.

Although outside the Immortal Market, the conflict between the Immortal City Enforcement Squad and the evil cultivators intensified, it didn’t affect He Song’s daily life.

Half a year ago, Meng Guan sent a message to inform He Song that he had joined the Immortal City Enforcement Squad.

Upon discussing the matter with Wei Fan, He Song ultimately decided not to interfere.

Though joining the Immortal City Enforcement Squad was dangerous, with Meng Guan’s late-stage Qi Refinement Realm cultivation, as long as he exercised caution, there shouldn’t be much to worry about.

Moreover, Meng Guan’s involvement in the Enforcement Squad meant that if the evil cultivators made any moves, He Song and Wei Fan would have access to first-hand information.

This, in turn, greatly enhanced their safety within the Immortal Market.

Additionally, the Enforcement Squad offered excellent benefits, and the more resources Meng Guan gained, the better it was for him.

From both an emotional and rational standpoint, neither He Song nor Wei Fan had a reason to interfere.

At the start of every month, they would simply send a message via transmission paper crane to confirm Meng Guan’s safety.

Aside from this...

Over the course of the year, He Song’s understanding of the talisman crafting had grown by leaps and bounds.

He spent considerable time studying three types of talismans: the Thick Earth Talisman, the Swift Step Talisman, and the Golden Sword Talisman. He was now thoroughly familiar with their crafting methods.

When he received his annual stipend...

He spent over a hundred spirit stones to purchase low-grade talisman crafting materials.

Through constant experimentation, He Song finally raised his success rate for crafting low-grade Thick Earth Talismans to over 50%.

With this success rate, He Song no longer had to worry about running out of spirit stones.

A success rate of over 50% meant he could now earn spirit stones reliably by crafting and selling Thick Earth Talismans.

As long as He Song continued to craft, his supply of spirit stones would naturally grow.

However, this growth would slow down or even stop once he started learning to craft other types of talismans.

When talisman craftsmen begin crafting new types of talismans, they typically go through a learning curve.

During this initial phase, losing money is normal.

Only after raising the success rate of the new talisman to over 50% would profits resume.

With the ability to earn spirit stones, He Song could then purchase more materials for practice.

Through this cycle of earning and investing, He Song would quickly learn how to craft low-grade Thick Earth Talismans, Golden Sword Talismans, and Swift Step Talismans.

Once he became proficient in crafting these three types of talismans and raised their success rates above 50%, He Song would officially reveal his identity as a talisman master.

At that point, his wealth would truly start to grow exponentially.

For now, however, with a year gone in the blink of an eye, He Song had only managed to raise his success rate for crafting low-grade Thick Earth Talismans to 50%.

As for the Golden Sword and Swift Step Talismans, He Song had made attempts but found their success rates unsatisfactory.

After some hesitation, He Song decided to focus his efforts back on crafting low-grade Thick Earth Talismans.

The higher his success rate with Thick Earth Talismans, the more spirit stones he could earn.

With more spirit stones, he could buy more materials to practice crafting Golden Sword and Swift Step Talismans.

Only when he had an ample supply of spirit stones and materials could he rapidly improve his crafting success rates.

Practice makes perfect—that was the principle He Song adhered to.

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One day, He Song opened his eyes in the quiet of his meditation chamber.

He casually retrieved the small cargo storage bag he had hidden away for a year from a corner of his meditation chamber, and his figure vanished from sight.

Today was the day to head to the spirit farmlands to harvest the spirit rice and replenish the formation base with spirit stones.

Activating his Earth Burrowing Technique and Aura Concealment Technique, He Song moved swiftly underground, heading toward the spirit farmlands he had cultivated.

Several hours later.

After passing through several mortal cities along the way, He Song finally arrived at his spirit farmland.

The valley was picturesque and serene.

Ten acres of spirit rice glimmered with a golden sheen, resembling gold. Peering cautiously from a shadowed corner, He Song scanned his surroundings.

The valley was silent and showed no signs of disturbance.

Using his Spirit Eye Technique, he confirmed there were no traces of other cultivators in the area.

Only after ensuring there was no danger did He Song step into the valley, holding two mid-grade Thick Earth Talismans for added security.

First, he replenished the formation base in the valley with spirit stones.

Next, it was time to harvest the spirit rice.

Having already gained experience from a previous harvest, He Song needed only half an hour to reap all ten acres of rice and replant spirit rice seeds.

When the work was complete, He Song glanced at his cargo storage bag, now holding an additional 11,000 pounds of spirit rice. A fleeting look of satisfaction crossed his face.

Counting last year’s harvest with this year’s, the total spirit rice in his possession now amounted to over 22,000 pounds.

If sold at the market price, these 22,000 pounds of spirit rice would bring in over 2,200 spirit stones.

With such a large sum of spirit stones, He Song would have more than enough resources to sustain his cultivation all the way to the late stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.

After some thought, He Song decided to forego cultivation for the moment. Instead, he grabbed a few of the low-grade Thick Earth Talismans he had crafted and headed to the marketplace stall area.

The stall area was vital within the Immortal Market.

Whether wandering cultivators or marketplace residents, anyone visiting the marketplace would inevitably stop by the stall area.

The Immortal Market itself was established to facilitate transactions for nearby cultivators.

And the stall area was the primary hub for these exchanges.

It was always bustling with people.

Information spread quickly.

Moreover, one could often find rare and unusual items here.

He Song had explored the stall area thoroughly when he first transmigrated here over a decade ago.

Naturally, when he decided to promote his identity as a talisman master, the stall area was his first choice.

As a talisman master.

Selling Thick Earth Talismans at the stall area seemed perfectly reasonable, didn’t it?

All He Song needed to do was set up a stall during his days off from overseeing the medicinal herb garden. By sitting there, his identity as a talisman master would quickly spread.

With this additional source of income, the spirit stones he earned from selling talismans could gradually be "cleaned."

In addition to selling talismans at the stall area.

He Song also planned to leverage the connections he had built over the past decade at Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market to spread word of his talisman crafting skills.

With these efforts combined.

It wouldn’t take long—just one month, He Song estimated—for news of him becoming a talisman master to spread across the entire marketplace.

By then.

As the manager of the medicinal herb garden, if he used his position to discreetly sell some spirit rice, the resulting spirit stones would no longer draw any suspicion.