kingnovel Chapter 901 - 904: Clearing Up Doubts
Chapter 901 - 904: Clearing Up Doubts
At this point, Shen Manxuan paused."This thing is absolutely something every single Ancient Martial Artist dreams of getting!"
Hearing that, Liu Ergou actually got a bit interested.
Something all Ancient Martial Artists dream about?
Then? What could that be?
The only thing Liu Ergou could think of that everyone would dream about was just one thing.
That was the National Jade Seal, which had already been lost for who knows how many years.
Other than that, Liu Ergou really couldn't think of anything else that could make all Ancient Martial Artists go crazy for it.
Under Liu Ergou's expectant gaze, Shen Manxuan spat out four words.
"Jade Stone! Jadeite!"
As soon as he heard the words "Jade Stone", Liu Ergou was dumbfounded.
The hell?
Jade Stone, Jadeite—
What the hell is that good for?
Sure, people say "people nourish jade and jade nourishes people", but that doesn't have anything to do with Ancient Martial Artists at all. What's there to dream about?
Same goes for jadeite.
Thinking of this, Liu Ergou couldn't help saying, "Madame Yuan, can you not mess with me? It's just some Jade and Jadeite, what's so dreamworthy about that?"
"If you're gonna say that, you might as well tell me that joining your Yuan Family lets me grind mobs and level up with one slash for 999 damage!"
Liu Ergou's nonsensical answer made Shen Manxuan frown tightly.
She looked at Liu Ergou and couldn't help saying, "Huh? You actually don't know how important Jade Stone and Jadeite are!"
"I'm really curious how you cultivated your way to Qi-Transforming with that body of yours. How do you not even know the most basic stuff? I honestly don't know where to start with you!"
Shen Manxuan's words made Liu Ergou's heart give a little jolt.
This stuff is basic knowledge?!
Damn!
What kind of situation is this?
Swallow Li had never mentioned any of this to him. He'd only told Ning Hua to teach him how to circulate his meridians and train his moves.
As for things like Jade and Jadeite, he'd never told him at all.
Looking at the utterly confused Liu Ergou in front of her,
Shen Manxuan sighed, raised a hand, and pressed it to her forehead.
"Ay, forget it. I'll treat it as doing a good deed today and roughly explain it to you."
"In the Ancient Martial Sects, Jade Stone and Jadeite can be called the most important things around!"
"After Qi-Transforming comes Postnatal, and after Postnatal comes Innate."
"In these two realms—Innate and Postnatal—if you're cultivating just by your own effort and some big tonics, who knows how many years it'll take!"
"But about a hundred years ago, someone suddenly discovered that those top-quality Jade and Jadeite can be used in cultivation at the Postnatal and Innate Realm, and they can even help Qi-Transforming cultivators break through bottlenecks!"
"We call the stuff inside Jade and Jadeite 'Spiritual Energy'."
"It sounds a bit like immortal cultivation, but it's actually not cultivation of immortals."
"Of course, whether Postnatal or Innate, you can't directly absorb Spiritual Energy, but the Jade or Jadeite can slowly release it, and that Spiritual Energy will more or less be absorbed by the human body."
"That's basically how it works!"
After listening to Shen Manxuan's little science lesson, Liu Ergou was completely stunned.
Damn!
So Jade and Jadeite actually had such a wonderful use.
This was like a little knife cutting open his ass, really opening his eyes.
He'd never even dreamed of it before.
And only now did Liu Ergou suddenly understand why his bottleneck back then had suddenly shattered, and the jadeite in his pocket had turned to ash.
If nothing unexpected happened, he must've been at Qi-Transforming Peak at that time, and just so happened to cut out a piece of Imperial Green Jadeite, and then that piece of jadeite was sucked dry by him.
But once he thought of that, Liu Ergou realized something didn't add up.
Shen Manxuan had said that normal people couldn't directly absorb Jade Stone and Jadeite; they could only rely on the Jade and Jadeite themselves slowly releasing Spiritual Energy.
Then what was up with his situation…
Thinking this, Liu Ergou decided that if he got the chance, he'd find a piece of Jade or Jadeite to test it out.
As for where to find it?
That's simple—just go to a stone-gambling place and open a couple of stones.
Anyway, he could now sense the Spiritual Energy inside raw stones; if he opened two high-quality pieces of jadeite, wouldn't that be easy as pie?
At this point, most of the confusion in Liu Ergou's head had already been cleared up.
But he still had one question bothering him.
Namely, what were the Ancient Martial Artists in Jingdu actually like?
After thinking it over, Liu Ergou directly asked this question.
"Thanks, Madame Yuan, for clearing up all this for me. Honestly, I'm a Loose Cultivator, so I really didn't know any of this!"
"I just muddled my way up to Qi-Transforming, then met a friend in the Inspection Bureau. He told me that much, but he didn't go into any details."
"But since we're here, I've got one more little question."
"That is, in Jingdu, how strong are the Ancient Martial Artists?"
When Shen Manxuan heard Liu Ergou's second question, she couldn't help shaking her head.
He really doesn't know anything.
Honestly, this was the first time in all these years she'd ever done basic science popularization for someone else.
Although Shen Manxuan was a bit reluctant,
since she'd already explained the stuff about Jade and Jadeite before, she might as well go all the way now.
So, Shen Manxuan began telling Liu Ergou about the Ancient Martial Artists in Jingdu.
The Ancient Martial Artists in Jingdu… how to put it?
In terms of numbers, there are naturally more of them, and their overall quality is a lot higher than in the city where Liu Ergou lives.
But, over there, the three realms of Qi-Transforming, Postnatal, and Innate are still relatively rare.
Of course, not so rare that you never see them.
There are still quite a few; it's the same with the Innate Realm, except that over there the Innate Realm is further subdivided.
As for the more detailed subdivision of the Innate Realm, Shen Manxuan said she wasn't too clear.
But if Liu Ergou wanted to know, he could submit to the Yuan Family; then they'd take him to Jingdu, and he could ask whatever he wanted himself.
At this point, all of Liu Ergou's questions had been answered.
After understanding everything he wanted to know, Liu Ergou didn't immediately make a move; he just sat there, still deep in thought.
Shen Manxuan didn't rush him either, quietly waiting for Liu Ergou's answer.
She waited a full ten-plus minutes.
Only then did Liu Ergou finally speak. "Madame Yuan, to be honest, I've seen your sincerity!"
"But, that said, if you're asking me to name my own price, I really don't know what to say!"
"So you just make an offer! If it's not enough, I'll add on. And don't worry, I'm not gonna open my lion's mouth and ask for the moon!"
Hearing Liu Ergou say that, Shen Manxuan finally nodded in satisfaction.
So all that saliva she'd just wasted wasn't for nothing.
This brat Liu Ergou had finally said something human. She really had it rough.
Next time something like this came up, she definitely wouldn't show up in person; she'd absolutely send her subordinates to handle it.