Five days later, Liu Minghe left for a long journey. Xu Wen and Guang Yutong sent him out of the city, and they also bought him a valuable golden amulet.
The ruins of Xishan are thousands of miles away. Even if the cultivator's speed is much faster than ordinary people, his round trip is estimated to take nearly half a year.
Three days later, Guang Yutong also went out, and Xu Wen sent him to the city gate again.
To express his apology, he also gave him a golden talisman.
A golden light talisman costs nearly 80 spiritual stones. As a spiritual object that can only be used once, this is already a top-notch treasure that low-level casual cultivators can afford.
After the two left, Xu Wen also resumed his practice rhythm that rarely changed.
However, as his cultivation deepened, his lack of spiritual energy became more and more serious.
He quickly understood that the spiritual energy here could support him to reach the peak of the third level of Qi refining at most. If he wanted to break through the middle stage of Qi refining, it would be almost impossible unless he consumed a large amount of spiritual stones to temporarily increase the concentration of the spiritual energy.
Black Pearl Rice and Yuehua Qingxin Silk are both internal aids and cannot solve this problem of insufficient external power.
It is extremely uneconomical to consume spirit stones. Spiritual energy will instinctively flow from places with high concentration to places with low concentration, and most of it will be wasted.
It was necessary to find a new place to live, Xu Wen secretly made up his mind.
He has made good gains in the ghost market these days. Although there are no treasures worth keeping, he still made a lot of spiritual stones, enough to support him in finding a better place to live.
A few days later, in the evening, while he was practicing, the formation was suddenly touched. When he went out, he saw it was Guang Yutong.
It had been more than three months since he first explored the wasteland, and he had also explored the wasteland three times.
The first two times he had gained very little, but looking at his completely renewed look and his face full of joy this time, it was obvious that he had gained a lot.
"Senior Brother Guang gained a lot this time?"
After welcoming Guang Yutong into the house, Xu Wen asked with a smile.
"I was lucky this time, I found a few spirit-loving grasses!"
Guang Yutong's face was full of spring breeze.
Spirit-loving grass is a spiritual material that can slightly increase the sensitivity of spiritual energy. However, it looks very similar to ordinary grass. Unless you are very lucky, you will not be able to detect it.
After a few words to introduce the exploration process, he suddenly looked around and said in a low voice:
"This is actually just a small head. The key is that I discovered this thing during the process of picking the spiritual grass..."
As he spoke, he spread his right hand, and red ants the thickness of a chopstick and as long as his little finger crawled around in his palm, and from time to time spurts of formic acid with sparks spewed out.
"Fire ants!"
Seeing this thing, Xu Wen couldn't help but exclaimed.
Fire ants are a special kind of monster. A single worker ant or a child can be crushed to death with just one finger.
But if you encounter thousands of these guys, you have to avoid their sharp edges even in the later stage of Qi refining.
Queen Fire Ant is a precious medicinal material that is useful in many places. It may even be promoted to the second level and is worth a lot of spiritual stones.
Fire ants are not too difficult to deal with. If prepared properly, even a monk in the early stage of Qi can kill fire ants in one fell swoop.
But they live underground and feed on plant roots and other insects, so finding them is the hardest.
Guang Yutong is unlucky enough to encounter a swarm of fire ants after going out three times.
"Yes, it's fire ants!"
Guang Yutong said excitedly:
"I discovered this thing when I was digging for Kinling grass, and then I followed this fire ant and found their nest."
"It was a very mature ant colony. There were probably more than a thousand adult fire ants. I definitely couldn't take it down by myself."
Having said this, Guang Yutong paused, looked at Xu Wen and said frankly:
"Junior Brother Xu knows me. He doesn't have many friends, just you, Liu Ming and Senior Brother. After discovering the ant nest, I thought of you and Senior Brother Liu immediately, but Senior Brother Liu didn't come back from his trip, so I had no choice but to come find you. Got it!"
"Let's kill these fire ants together. After the event is completed, we will divide all the profits 40-60, you will receive 40-60, and I will receive 60%. What do you think?"
The attack power of fire ants is not strong, the profit is very good, and the share ratio is also appropriate. As the person who discovered fire ants, it is normal for Guang Yutong to share a little more.
Moreover, he had invited him several times, and if he refused again and again, it would be difficult to face him in the future.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Wen nodded and agreed:
"Okay, when do you leave?"
Joy flashed through, and Guang Yutong replied without thinking:
"Without further delay, if others find out, it won't be our turn. It's best to set off tomorrow morning!"
"tomorrow morning……"
Xu Wen instinctively refused:
"Senior Brother Guang knows that I practice wood-based skills, which are easily restrained by fire ants. I need to make some preparations..."
"That... that's okay!"
Guang Yutong was a little reluctant, but still agreed:
"Then let's do it the morning after tomorrow. It can't be any later. If someone else discovers it and gets there first, we won't be able to catch anything!"
"Okay, see you at the south gate at Mao the day after tomorrow!"
In fact, the day's preparation time was still a bit rushed, but seeing Guang Yutong's eagerness, Xu Wen still agreed.
After sending Guang Yutong off, he tidied up a little, and when the ghost market started, Xu Wen went out.
He has also been to the ghost market several times in the past few days, and he has made some gains. If he can earn some more spiritual stones tonight, he can go to a store in the city to exchange for some powerful equipment tomorrow.
Although fire ants are not very powerful monsters, it is always good to be prepared.
The ghost market was still bustling with people. After walking around, there was no big gain, but Xu Wen still bought several things.
There is still a big gap between the vision of casual cultivators and the old shopkeepers of shops in the inner city.
They may know that something is good, but they may not be able to tell clearly what is good about it. This is where Xu Wen turns his head.
As the sky grew brighter, Xu Wen left the ghost market and walked towards the inner city. There was no problem in making twenty or thirty spiritual stones by selling these items to Zhou Yuncai.
At a certain moment, the Black Wind Rat who was patrolling around him suddenly transmitted some images.
Ever since Yin repaired the statue of Yama Creation, Xu Wen would summon black wind rats around whenever he went out at night, which not only exercised his magic power, but also served as an invisible protection.
In a hidden corner, Guang Yutong was talking to a young man with a somewhat arrogant face.
The young man said something from time to time, and occasionally patted Guang Yutong on the shoulder, and Guang Yutong nodded repeatedly.
Somewhat surprised, Xu Wen immediately urged the Black Wind Rat to approach slowly, only to hear a slightly sharp voice say:
"You just……"
The Black Wind Rat was still waiting to stop, but the young man suddenly turned around and looked this way.
Xu Wen was suddenly shocked. The Black Wind Rat was at least five or six feet away from the two of them. It was rare for a young man to notice the sharpness of his consciousness and his high vigilance from such a distance.
Not daring to get any closer, he immediately drove the Black Wind Rat to run past.
Seeing that it was a mouse, the young man didn't pay much attention and turned his head to continue talking to Guang Yutong.
Beside the two of them, there were several people sitting there quietly, as if waiting for something.
