A Farmer's Journey To Immortality

There was a small mountain of Spirit Stones inside Kalina’s storage ring.

Aksai’s expression changed slightly as he looked at the small mountain of wealth.

"That’s... that’s quite a lot."

His Spirit Sense swept through the pile. He counted them once, and a faint smile gradually appeared on his face as he confirmed his earlier estimate.

"Kekeke. They say that even a beggar from the city tends to be richer than a chief of a backwater village. Turns out there’s some truth in that old adage, after all. Not bad."

Kalina’s Spirit Stone reserves were surprisingly large.

In fact, they were almost comparable to Aksai’s purely personal annual income from the guild’s and island’s combined trade earnings.

There were more than one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Aksai could not help but feel somewhat surprised.

One had to know that he owned an entire island that had various sources of income for both himself and his subordinates.

Furthermore, his guild had been continuously conducting trade with the mainland.

His annual income of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones represented a significant portion of the wealth generated by his well-established organizations.

And that wealth was not created by Aksai alone.

Countless loose cultivators worked under his banner.

They farmed, hunted, explored, transported resources, refined pills and artifacts, and handled trade with the mainland.

All of those people contributed to the enormous economic machine that had gradually formed around Aksai.

His annual income was the result of years of accumulation and the collective efforts of countless cultivators.

Yet Kalina alone had managed to amass almost the same amount of Spirit Stones.

And this was what was left after she had spent a significant portion of her wealth acquiring rare talismans, pills, and other resources from her faction’s treasury for this expedition into the subcontinent.

Her actual combined wealth in assets was much greater than the number of Spirit Stones Aksai could see.

Aksai’s brows rose.

He had to admit that this was rather impressive.

Kalina was merely a member of the imperial faction. She did not possess a solid personal background or have a guild supporting her.

And yet, she had accumulated wealth comparable to what Aksai could earn through an entire year of running his established operations.

"An imperial faction really is an imperial faction."

Aksai shook his head with a faint smile.

The difference between ordinary cultivators and members of such a powerful faction was becoming increasingly obvious.

Even someone like Kalina, who did not have an extraordinary personal background within the imperial faction, could possess such wealth.

Then what kind of resources would those with genuine backing have?

"Patience. I’ll go through everything one by one."

Aksai then shifted his attention to another important category of resources.

Alchemy pills.

He carefully examined the various pill bottles stored inside Kalina’s storage ring.

After sorting them according to their effects, Aksai discovered that there were mainly four types of alchemy pills in her collection.

The first type consisted of pills that aided one’s cultivation sessions.

These pills could increase the efficiency of cultivation, allowing a cultivator to absorb and refine Spirit Essence more effectively. They were especially useful during prolonged cultivation sessions, where even a slight increase in efficiency could accumulate into a considerable advantage over time.

The second type of pills was related to one’s Mind Palace. The cultivators of the subcontinent didn’t even bother with one’s Mind Palace but it seemed the cultivators from the subcontinent knew its importance.

Even though they did not pursue Aether cultivation like Aksai, they could still strengthen their foundation by strengthening their Mind Palace in other ways available to Spirit cultivators.

These pills stimulated the very Mind Palace, temporarily enhancing a cultivator’s ability to learn and comprehend complex cultivation concepts.

For ordinary cultivators, certain cultivation theories, profound techniques, and elemental laws could take years or even decades to fully understand.

With the assistance of these pills, however, their comprehension ability could be significantly improved.

More importantly, the pills did not simply make the user memorize information. They stimulated the Mind Palace, allowing the cultivator to grasp complex concepts with greater ease and understand them more deeply.

Aksai nodded in appreciation as he examined them.

These pills were valuable, but they were not the most precious ones in Kalina’s collection.

His expression became more serious when he reached the third type.

Epiphany Pills.

There were only three of them.

Aksai carefully examined the three pills before putting them aside.

This was a rare type of pill that could increase a cultivator’s chances of experiencing an epiphany.

An epiphany was something every cultivator dreamed of.

It was a state of profound comprehension in which one’s understanding of the laws of the world could suddenly advance by leaps and bounds.

For a cultivator comprehending elemental laws, experiencing an epiphany could be equivalent to years or even decades of painstaking cultivation.

Of course, an epiphany could not be forced.

Even with these pills, there was no absolute guarantee.

Usually, consuming three pills in one go, or consuming them across three well-timed cultivation sessions, would allow a cultivator to experience an epiphany once.

However, the effect would not remain the same forever.

If a cultivator wanted to use the same pills to experience another epiphany, they would need around ten pills.

And even then, there was no guarantee.

As for experiencing a third epiphany through the same method, there was essentially no certainty regardless of how many pills one consumed.

The diminishing returns were extremely obvious. That was precisely what made these pills so precious.

The pills’ value was not simply determined by the number of pills one possessed. Their true value came from the opportunity they provided.

One successful epiphany could completely change the trajectory of a Core Formation cultivator’s cultivation journey.

Especially when comprehending elemental laws.

A cultivator who entered an epiphany state while studying elemental laws could achieve an astonishing increase in comprehension within a very short period.

In fact, unbeknownst to Aksai, Varesh had used these pills to step into the late-stage Core Formation realm not too long ago.

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