RNP Chapter 022: Cultivation Resources
Chapter 022: Cultivation Resources
"Brother Aoyama!"
Seeing Lu Qingshan focus his attention on the Wood Crystals, Verus quickly explained, "With your current strength, I estimate that you only need twenty Wood Crystals to attempt a breakthrough to the Hengxing level!"
"Once you break through to the Hengxing level, while the Wood Seed Crystal can still assist in cultivation, its cost-effectiveness won't be very good! Now that you have the Ancestor's reward and abundant wealth, I recommend the Azure Stone Powder, which costs five thousand gold lion coins per gram!"
"One thousand kilograms of Qing Shi San (a type of mineral powder) can provide enough energy for a martial artist at the first level of the Heng Xing (a star level) to cultivate to the ninth level. As for the cultivation speed, it depends on the user's energy absorption rate!"
"Under normal circumstances, if one continues to cultivate using Qing Shi San, it would take anywhere from five hundred to one thousand years to advance from the first level of the Heng Xing realm to the ninth level!"
"But treasures of the Qing Shi San level are simply too expensive. Most Heng Xing level experts simply can't bear to use them! Even if they do use them, it's only in small amounts, and very few people can afford to use them all the time! However, Brother Qingshan, your senior brothers and sisters usually use treasures of the same level as Qing Shi San for their cultivation!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly nodded in understanding.
One thousand kilograms of Qing Shi San is worth fifty billion gold lion coins, while buying a level nine martial artist slave only costs fifty billion gold lion coins.
Moreover, this Qing Shi San only accelerates cultivation; it still takes five hundred to one thousand years to reach the ninth level of the Heng Xing star.
However, disciples of cosmic-level powerhouses have extremely high status and resources, so it's quite normal for them to use treasures of this level for cultivation.
But for Lu Qingshan, spending five hundred to one thousand years to cultivate to the ninth level of the Hengxing star was simply too much of a waste of time.
So he quickly asked, "Brother Verus, do you know of any even more precious treasures?"
"Of course!"
Verus quickly nodded and said, "The universe is incredibly vast. It's said that there are treasures that can allow someone to cultivate from the first level of the Hengxing realm to the ninth level in just a few months. However, even our ancestors might not be able to afford such treasures, let alone people like us!"
"For you, junior brother, the best value for money is Qing Shi San (青石散). As for treasures more precious than Qing Shi San, their value for money is mostly poor. You can take a look for yourself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Verus quickly displayed a virtual screen in front of Lu Qingshan, which contained descriptions of several precious materials.
Silver Light Marrow: Four hundred kilograms can enable a martial artist at the first level of the Eternal Star to cultivate to the ninth level of the Eternal Star. Depending on talent, it takes two to five hundred years. Each gram costs as much as 80,000 gold lion coins, so four hundred kilograms would cost 32 billion gold lion coins.
Star Essence: One thousand Star Essences can enable a martial artist at the first level of the Eternal Star to cultivate to the ninth level of the Eternal Star. Depending on talent, it takes anywhere from one hundred to two hundred years. However, each Star Essence costs as much as two hundred million gold lion coins, so one thousand Star Essences would cost two hundred billion gold lion coins!
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Seeing these incredibly precious resources before him, Lu Qingshan finally understood just how extravagant Luo Feng was in the original story—using a nutrient solution worth 10 billion cosmic coins to evolve his human body!
It's worth noting that even through official exchange, one Cosmic Coin can be exchanged for 330 million Golden Lion Coins.
In theory, 10 billion universe coins could buy millions of ninth-tier martial artists of the Eternal Star level!
After much deliberation, Lu Qingshan decided to use the Silver Light Marrow, which costs 80,000 gold lion coins per gram, to aid his cultivation.
Although over 30 billion gold lion coins are very valuable, for Lu Qingshan, who possesses a domain, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to step into the universe level after he cultivates to the ninth level of the Hengxing star.
Once he breaks through to the cosmic level, with the earning speed of a cosmic-level powerhouse, 30 billion gold lion coins will be nothing to him.
As for the more precious Star Essence, although his current wealth can support his early cultivation, he doesn't have any money-making plans at the Constant Star stage. He can't wait until he runs out of money before asking his teacher, Kano, for help, can he?
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said to the beautiful waitress behind him, "I need twenty kilograms of Silver Light Marrow, one thousand Wood Sprout Crystals, one hundred tons of Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow, and one hundred thousand tons of Purple Light Dew!"
Millennium Spirit Essence is a spiritual liquid used by planetary-level martial artists for cultivation. Although its effects are much weaker than those of Wood Crystal, it is extremely cheap, costing only 1000 gold lion coins per kilogram. Many planetary-level martial artists with some background in the universe use it to accelerate their cultivation.
As for the Purple Light Dew, it is the Purple Light Dew that Luo Feng purchased in the original work. About ten grams of Purple Light Dew can enable a third-level martial artist on Xuanhuang Star to successfully enter the level of a martial artist, which is equivalent to a first-level apprentice martial artist in the universe. The price is 10 gold lion coins per kilogram.
"Brother Qingshan, what's wrong with you...?"
After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Verus, who was standing to the side, looked very puzzled.
He knew very well that Lu Qingshan bought the Silver Light Marrow for his own use. He could also understand why Mu Yajing bought so much, since Lu Qingshan had some relatives who had reached the planetary level. When one has enough wealth, it's not a problem to help one's relatives.
But what about the millennium-old spiritual essence and the purple light dew?
The quantity is so large, it's clearly meant for the other native inhabitants on Xuanhuang Star!
"Brother Qingshan, this isn't how you become a planetary lord!"
Verus quickly retorted, "You haven't even made any money from your people yet, and you're already spending so many resources on them!"
"You should know that you'll need to spend money on many more things in the future!"
"For example, purchasing various technological products, equipment needed for mining, and spaceships, etc..."
"According to my estimate, it will take at least several years for that inhabited planet under your command to generate revenue for you, and the initial revenue will certainly not be much; tens of millions of gold lion coins a year would be quite good!"
"Although the Ancestor has bestowed upon you a great deal of resources, at this rate, it certainly won't last long!"
"Brother Varus, that's my hometown after all!"
Lu Qingshan quickly added, "Moreover, the stronger my compatriots become, the more wealth they can help me accumulate in the future!"
"That's quite true!"
After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Verus couldn't help but nod secretly.
If he could become the lord of a life-bearing planet, he would definitely manage it well, not to mention that Xuanhuang Star was Lu Qingshan's hometown.
Moreover, Lu Qingshan's hometown has relatively good resources.
While waiting for the ancestor Cano to arrive at Xuanhuang Star, Verus also used a spaceship to explore other planets in the Heng system where Xuanhuang Star is located. Among them, several planets have astonishing reserves of A-grade metals, such as A3-grade gold, A6-grade blue gold, and A8-grade black iron, etc.
Grade A metals are the most common metals in the universe. All planets have some metal deposits, but some are easier to mine and can yield some profits, while others are more expensive to mine, and even if you force them to mine, you won't make any money.
Within the Hengxing system where Xuanhuang Star is located, there are several planets suitable for building mining bases. Once mining is successful, it will bring Lu Qingshan a continuous stream of wealth.