On the third day, it was time for Venerable Redwood's class again.
"Nie Li, my subordinates have hunted over sixty thousand more demon spirits," Gu Bei whispered into Nie Li's ear, quietly handing him a Space Ring filled with demon spirits.
"Thanks. Here are six hundred spirit stones," Nie Li said, handing Gu Bei a cloth pouch.
Gu Bei furrowed his brow slightly and asked with a hint of displeasure, "What's this for?" He wasn't helping Nie Li to get paid, and besides, those ordinary demon spirits weren't worth much of anything. Nie Li offering him money meant he didn't consider him a friend.
"Help me purchase some dragon blood lineage demon spirits — ordinary growth potential ones are fine," Nie Li said, patting Gu Bei on the shoulder with a smile.
"No problem, piece of cake!" Gu Bei's brow relaxed at Nie Li's words, and he agreed readily. Now that was more like it.
Over the course of the previous night alone, Nie Li had burned through over two hundred spirit stones. The rate of consumption was simply terrifying. To sustain stable cultivation going forward, Nie Li had to find a way to acquire even more spirit stones.
Ordinary god-grade growth potential demon spirits alone were far from enough, so Nie Li set his sights on dragon blood lineage ones. For now, he would have Gu Bei quietly purchase them, and once he had accumulated enough, he could slowly fuse them.
During this lesson, Venerable Redwood lectured on the cultivation of combat techniques, explaining them in accessible terms with eloquent detail. The students all listened attentively.
But Nie Li was lost in his own thoughts.
Through private conversations, the students in the class had learned about the various recent events, and Nie Li had undeniably become the most distinctive person in their ranks. Ever since
Long Yuyin sat silently in a corner, gazing at Nie Li's back. Although she had been completely and utterly defeated in her previous encounter with Nie Li, she found herself unable to harbor even the slightest hatred toward him. Instead, she felt a powerful curiosity and a burning desire to challenge him.
She wanted to know how Nie Li cultivated. He seemed to be brimming with all manner of secrets.
Yet she understood that if she continued to pestering Nie Li, it would only make him despise her more. Only by becoming stronger would she earn the right to hold a conversation with him. In all her life, Nie Li was the first peer to defeat her so convincingly — the only person whose strength she truly acknowledged. He had made her reexamine her own past actions and realize that she was beginning to change and grow.
This class was remarkably peaceful. All one could hear was Venerable Redwood's flowing lecture.
Nie Li's thoughts drifted far away. Since that day when he had seen his master in the Sacred Spirit Immortal Realm, he hadn't seen him again for days. He wondered whether his master still resided in that valley. Recalling his past life and his current one, Nie Li was filled with longing for his master. After some deliberation, he decided to find time to visit that valley.
Venerable Redwood said with a smile, "In cultivating combat techniques, the single most important factor is your demon spirits. The ones you've fused with so far are none too powerful. Only once you reach the Fate Realm will you be able to better fuse with superior dragon blood lineage demon spirits."
"As geniuses with Heavenly Spirit Roots, I hope that the dragon blood lineage spirits you fuse with will be at least Superior growth potential. This will be immensely beneficial for your future development."
Hearing Venerable Redwood's words, many students from the smaller worlds sighed with emotion. Dragon blood lineage demon spirits were already incredibly expensive — ordinary growth potential ones required one or two spirit stones to trade for. Good growth potential ones cost seventy or eighty, and Excellent ones demanded over a thousand. Superior growth potential spirits were generally only accessible to those from prestigious families, and not just any family member at that — you needed deep-rooted backing.
Where on earth would they find Superior growth potential dragon blood lineage demon spirits?
By comparison, finding a god-grade growth potential ordinary spirit was a far better deal.
A god-grade growth potential ordinary spirit was roughly comparable in value to a Good growth potential dragon blood lineage spirit, or even slightly superior. And the price was lower, making it excellent cost-performance — hence its popularity among regular disciples.
As for god-grade growth potential dragon blood lineage demon spirits, calling them priceless would be no exaggeration. Even among the three peak families of the Feather God Sect, only a few hundred individuals possessed them.
They were strategic assets — the supreme pillars of the Feather God Sect.
In recent years, many peak powerhouses of the Feather God Sect who possessed god-grade growth potential dragon blood lineage spirits had passed away, which led to the sect's gradual decline. But as a once-superior sect, its foundation remained. As long as a few more supreme powerhouses emerged with god-grade growth potential dragon blood lineage spirits, the Feather God Sect's glory would be within reach.