[Fishing Experience +1!]
[Fishing Experience +1!]
[Congratulations, your fishing level has increased!]
[Current Fishing Level: 2 (0/500)]
[Current fishing point usage is exhausted... Please come back next time!]
Su Ping, sitting on a wooden stool, mechanically fishing, finally stopped as the hundredth +1 fishing experience swept past his eyes.
The hundred fishing attempts accumulated at Frost Moon Lake were used up in one afternoon thanks to Su Ping's uninterrupted fishing.
Su Ping was somewhat dissatisfied with this.
Having cultivated for many years without any progress, he was very pleased with this kind of fishing game that rewarded effort with gains.
Fortunately, Su Ping knew from the information flow that this first-tier low-grade fishing point would recover a certain number of attempts every week.
He needn't worry about unsustainable over-fishing.
And Frost Moon Lake was just the beginning.
The Immortal Cultivation World was vast, with numerous Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands.
If there was one, there would be a second; he needn't worry about not finding more and better fishing points in this world!
Nevertheless, accumulating fishing resources in the safe lands of mortals first to grow stronger... was undoubtedly the most prudent choice!
Although he'd never witnessed it himself, rumors of ordinary cultivators who found paths to immortality only to be robbed and killed surfaced every few years.
Putting his emotions in order, Su Ping checked his catch from the hundred fishing attempts.
First, his fishing level successfully rose to level 2.
Then, his storage contained 80 more Little Green Fish and 20 more Big Bluefish.
Although he didn't manage to catch a Green Spirit Fish and exchange it for the Town Return Talisman he was most concerned about,
Su Ping was not in a hurry.
With the increase in his fishing level, his chance of catching rare fish would only get bigger.
Continuing to fish, getting the Green Spirit Fish was only a matter of time!
After all, each Big Bluefish could be exchanged for five Fishing Coins.
Along with the Fishing Coin for every Little Green Fish, he could obtain 180 Fishing Coins, which would allow him to exchange for all three types of Spiritual Medicines.
Suppressing the urge to exchange them right away, Su Ping looked at the empty fish basket beside him.
He glanced at the maids and manservants behind him who seemed too timid to look his way.
With a slight smile on his lips, Su Ping picked up the fishing rod, removed the bait, and cast the bare hook back into the lake.
But this time, Su Ping didn't continue the fishing game; instead, he channeled mana into the fishing tackle.
The baitless hook immediately came to life, plummeting into the water and slamming into the head of a plump carp nearby.
The big carp, which happened to roam the nearby waters, was knocked senseless, flipped over, and was about to float belly up.
The fishing hook, however, trapped the big carp's body with the fishing line and then secured itself in the fish's mouth.
Accompanied by a strong pull, the big carp, weighing at least ten pounds and looking quite plump, was yanked to the shore by Su Ping, becoming the Immortal Master's first catch in the eyes of the public!
Several attendants with sharp eyes, hearing the commotion and looking towards Su Ping, twitched their eyelids, thinking that the Cultivator Master indeed had skills... to fish like that!
Surely, the Master didn't lack the ability during the previous period; he must have been doing it deliberately, right?
Perhaps, it was to test the temperament of these newcomers?
Or maybe, he knew about the emissaries from Frost Moon Tower waiting and was deliberately delaying them?
"Fishing all afternoon, I finally got a bite."
"It's getting late. Let's call it a day."
Having caught a fish, at least he'd fulfilled the fisherman's obsession of never coming back empty-handed, preserving the dignity of a Fishing Man.
Su Ping stood up, ending this fishing game.
Then, Su Ping received an invitation from the City Lord.
Planning to continue living low at Frost Moon Lake to increase his foundation, Su Ping also harbored thoughts of taking over this property; naturally, he wouldn't decline.
In Frost Moon Tower, after a meal and drinks, Su Ping straightforwardly expressed his interest in Frost Moon Lake.
The City Lord and others were initially surprised that Su Ping, being an Inspector, had the audacity!
They had just demanded many fertile fields, beautiful estates, and fair-skinned, beautiful women with long legs.
And now he was targeting their core assets?
Without waiting for them to discuss and object, Su Ping, who disdained engaging in scheming fights with these mortal landlords, stated he would offer Spirit Stones as compensation.
He explained that he planned to reside at Frost Moon Lake in the future and that it would be the ancestral home of the Su Family.
The City Lord and the City Guardian Ji Hu, who held a partial stake in Frost Moon Lake, immediately represented other families and agreed to the arrangement.
In the mortal realm, Spirit Stones are far more valuable and solid currency than gold and silver!
Moreover, these things are always priceless and scarce!
After all, who wouldn't want to acquire more Spirit Stones for their clan's Cultivators in the Immortal Sect?
So that they might have the opportunity to advance further, thereby ensuring the family's enduring prosperity?
Additionally, spiritual medicines, which Mortals believe can cure all kinds of diseases, are almost exclusively purchasable with Spirit Stones.
Every Clan Leader and elder surely wants to live a few more years.
Thus, as soon as Su Ping produced the Spirit Stones, all the grudges held by the major clans against him dissipated like smoke.
As long as he wasn't exploiting his status to seize them by force, this Inspector was still one of their own!
Even afterwards, many of the elders spoke up for Su Ping, the Inspector, feeling that his willingness to part with Spirit Stones showed he truly had no ulterior motives, and in a hundred years, the Su Family would surely become another pillar of Golden Sparrow City!
Frost Moon Manor.
As the City Lord accepted Su Ping's Spirit Stones, that very evening, the manor's steward completed the handover with Su Ping's steward, and left the manor with the old staff following the City Lord's entourage.
Su Ping moved into the freshly cleaned and refurbished master bedroom of the manor.
After instructing the maidservant Ping'er that he was going to meditate and cultivate, and should not be disturbed by anyone,
Su Ping closed the door to his room and summoned the fishing marketplace.
Seconds later, a streak of Golden Light flashed across the room.
An amber-colored medicine bottle, about the length of an adult's little finger and with a capacity of 10 milliliters, appeared in Su Ping's hand.
[Exchange for Purification Spirit Medicine successful, Fishing Coins -20!]
Su Ping eyed the amber-colored Spiritual Medicine and brought it slowly to his nose.
He immediately smelled a faint fragrance.
This scent made him quite comfortable and triggered a strong desire to drink it.
Clearly, both his body and subconscious had recognized the tremendous benefits this Purification Spirit Medicine could bring him!
Su Ping no longer hesitated and poured it into his mouth.
The Spiritual Medicine transformed into a warm current that filled his entire body upon ingestion.
"Hoo!"
The Purification Spirit Medicine worked extremely fast, taking only the blink of an eye.
Su Ping felt his body expelling a puff of black smoke.
Then, feeling much lighter and as if he had been reborn, Su Ping immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a state of meditation and internal inspection.
The results of the inspection filled Su Ping with wild joy!
"For the twenty years I have been cultivating in the Chi Yuan Immortal Sect, I could only obtain three Nourishing Yuan Pills a year for cultivation."
"But every medicine has its poison, and even Spirit Pills are no exception, leading to the accumulation of Pill Poison."
"Normally, Cultivators with Low Grade Spirit Roots can only take one Nourishing Yuan Pill a month, and then they have to cultivate arduously for several months to completely expel the Pill Poison before they can continue to use them for aid in cultivation."
"But how could it be that simple to completely expel Pill Poison? Even top-grade Spirit Pills can only ensure minimal residual poison at best."
"This accumulation of Pill Poison is rumored to affect the difficulty for Cultivators in achieving breakthroughs to Greater Realms."
"Hence in the Immortal Sect, true Middle-Upper Grade Spirit Root Cultivators, apart from breakthroughs in Great Realms, either refrain from taking Spirit Pills during normal cultivation, or they only consume top-grade Pills."
"They fear that even if relying on the power of pills they can quickly reach Qi Cultivation Perfection, the Pill Poison will make the Foundation Establishment breakthrough difficult."
"I used to think about not relying on pills... but with my talents, I could hardly feel any increase in Mana without the Nourishing Yuan Pills, and I might not even have reached the Third Layer of Qi Cultivation!"
"So, the Pill Poison residue in this body should not be much worse than that of other Outer Sect Disciples."
Thinking this, Su Ping no longer felt pain over his inferior innate endowment.
On the contrary, he clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with sharpness:
"The Purification Spirit Medicine has taken effect, clearing away all the Pill Poison in my body!"
"Not only that, several hidden ailments in my body caused by previous cultivation and labor were also cleared away just now."
"My body is now as pure as those True Disciples in the Immortal Sect who have never relied on pills and never overexerted themselves."
"I never imagined that I, Su Ping, would also have a day where I share the same starting point as those real favored children of heaven!"
"No, not just that!"
Having experienced the capabilities of the Purification Spirit Medicine, Su Ping's thoughts soared:
"Fearless of Pill Poison, I could completely go to the Cultivator workshop to buy waste pills for cultivation!"
"Those waste pills and inferior pills, even the Outer Sect Cultivators dare not consume them, and they can only be used to nurture the Martial Artists or Pet Beasts in the mortal realm!"
"But for me, they are still Spirit Pills and Treasure Pills!"
"Unconcerned about Pill Poison, my future cultivation speed will only depend on how quickly my body can absorb the power of the pills!"