Chapter 73 Fifth Floor

It was morning, and the blazing sun in the sky illuminated the entire West City.

Wu Tao walked on Anning Street, passing by casual cultivators one by one. He turned the corner and glanced at the wall at the corner. He couldn't help but stop. There were three bounty notices on the wall.

The paper had turned yellow, and the handwriting on it began to blur. Some words such as "bounty", "robbery cultivator" and "weekly" could be vaguely seen, and the three black portraits on it were also blurred.

The casual cultivators passing by didn't even look at it, and just walked past.

From such reactions, it can be seen that the casual cultivators have selectively forgotten the matter of robbery cultivators.

Wu Tao just took a look and continued on his way. He came to a medicine shop and walked in. When the cultivator in the medicine shop saw Wu Tao, he greeted him familiarly: "Friend Li, you are here, is it the same as before?"

Since Wu Tao lived in the inner city, he bought Qi Condensation Pills in this medicine shop. After a few visits, he became familiar with the owner of the medicine shop. Occasionally, he would stay in the shop to chat, drink spiritual tea, and eat some spiritual fruits.

"No, I don't want Qi Condensation Pills today. Friend Sun, please introduce me to a better medicine." Wu Tao responded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun immediately introduced: "In this case, I will recommend the Purple Spirit Pill to Fellow Daoist Li. The spiritual energy content of one pill is comparable to that of five Qi Condensation Pills, and the spiritual energy purity is higher, and the absorption and transformation are smoother."

Wu Tao was moved and asked: "I wonder how much this Purple Spirit Pill costs per bottle?"

Shopkeeper Sun said: "Five medium-grade spiritual stones per bottle, ten pills per bottle. Fellow Daoist Li, what do you think?"

Wu Tao calculated in his mind that five medium-grade spiritual stones per bottle is several times higher than the Qi Condensation Pill. If one pill is consumed a day, it will cost fifteen medium-grade spiritual stones a month. Well, it is within my tolerance.

Thinking of this, Wu Tao said, "Then please help me get three bottles, Brother Sun."

"Okay!" Shopkeeper Sun immediately went to get three bottles of Purple Spirit Pill and put them on the counter. There was also a thumb-sized jade bottle. He pointed and said, "This is a bottle of Purple Spirit Pill, a gift."

"Thank you, Brother Sun." Wu Tao put the Purple Spirit Pill into the storage bag, took out fifteen spiritual stones to pay the bill, and then bowed and said, "Brother Sun, then I will take my leave."

Shopkeeper Sun invited, "Brother Li, why don't you sit down and drink some tea and eat some spiritual fruit? The newly released white crisp melon is very sweet. I bought several of them and put them here."

Wu Tao waved his hand and said, "No, there are still things to do in the store. Deal with it next time."

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Sun had no choice but to say, "Then I'll bring one to Fellow Daoist Li and we'll eat it in the shop." As he said that, before Wu Tao could refuse, he went to the inner hall and brought out a white crisp melon, handed it over, and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, take it and try it."

Seeing that it was hard to refuse such a generous offer, Wu Tao had to take it and thanked him, "Fellow Daoist Sun, you're so polite. I'll take advantage of you and try it!"

Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said, "It's not worth much. Fellow Daoist Li, take care!"

After leaving Shopkeeper Sun's medicine shop, Wu Tao went straight back to his own magic weapon shop. As soon as he walked into the door of the magic weapon shop, a middle-aged male casual cultivator came out and passed by Wu Tao.

Wu Tao's nose twitched, and he heard Chen Yao inside shouting, "Fellow Daoist, take care. Welcome back next time." He looked at the middle-aged male casual cultivator again, and the other party had merged into the crowd, leaving only a back figure. In the blink of an eye, the back figure disappeared.

Seeing her senior brother coming back, Chen Yao came over with a happy face. Seeing Wu Tao standing at the door and looking at something, she stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Wu Tao's eyes and asked, "Senior brother, what are you looking at?"

Wu Tao came back to his senses and said, "Just now, that casual cultivator... bought a magic weapon in the shop..."

When asked by Wu Tao, Chen Yao immediately put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "I get angry when I talk about that casual cultivator. He didn't buy anything, but just looked at this and that..."

Seeing her like this, Wu Tao smiled and said, "This is normal. What's there to be angry about? Look, senior brother brought you something delicious."

As he said that, Wu Tao picked up the white crisp melon and showed it to Chen Yao.

Chen Yao smiled and said, "Senior brother, I have eaten it. Shopkeeper Wang just sent a white crisp melon. Well, I'll leave it for you..." She pointed to the counter, and saw two slices of white crisp melon on the counter.

"Okay!" Wu Tao felt a little helpless.

He took a step forward and looked back at the street. There were casual cultivators coming and going on the street. He just smelled a familiar smell from the middle-aged male casual cultivator...

It was a long-lost smell...

When he lived in Xinde Lane before, he would carry a tiger to the night incense collection place every morning to pour out the night incense. There was a smell of urine and feces everywhere, and when he came out, he would always be stained with that smell.

But since he came to the inner city, every household no longer needs to pour tigers, and there are cleansing toilets, so he hasn't smelled that smell for a long time.

Today, he smelled that familiar smell from the middle-aged male casual cultivator again. Although it was very faint, the cultivators would use the cleaning technique to clean it, but it would still leave a little undetectable smell.

Wu Tao tempered his body with the body tempering technique, and his five senses and six consciousnesses were very sharp, so he still smelled it.

"Could that person be from the West Outer City, or the shantytowns in the inner city? But those who come from these two places and have the smell on their bodies can't afford to buy magic tools..."

"No, he didn't buy a magic tool, he just came to take a look, maybe he was eager..."

Thinking of this, Wu Tao stopped thinking about it. He was going to the practice room to practice and try the effect of this new purple spirit pill.

After eating the two pieces of white crisp melon left by Chen Yao, Wu Tao said goodbye to Chen Yao and came to the practice room.

Sitting cross-legged on the mat, Wu Tao took out the Purple Spirit Pill and poured one into his palm. The Purple Spirit Pill was purple and smelled of a pleasant spiritual energy. Without hesitation, he raised his head and swallowed it.

As soon as the Purple Spirit Pill entered his mouth, Wu Tao felt the pure spiritual energy. Just as Manager Sun said, the spiritual energy contained in this Purple Spirit Pill was even greater than that of the five Qi Condensation Pills.

Wu Tao quickly practiced the Three Yang Gong and began to refine and absorb the Purple Spirit Pill.

After refining a Purple Spirit Pill, Wu Tao stopped, with a happy look on his face, and said to himself: "If I still use the Qi Condensation Pill to practice, I will need ten days to break through the fifth level of Qi Refining, but now, at most three days, I can break through."

Time passed slowly, and Wu Tao's life was as usual.

Halfway through, Gu Mingsheng and his wife came to take Wu Tao's repaired spiritual light cover robe, and told Wu Tao that they would go to the wild forest to hunt monsters again tomorrow.

Wu Tao wished him peace.

Three days later

In the practice room, Wu Tao watched the progress of the Sanyang Gong.

Sanyang Gong·Qi Refining Chapter: Fourth Level (99%)

It is said to be ninety-nine percent, but this personal information is only accurate to integers, not to single digits. If Wu Tao were to calculate the spiritual energy in the Dantian, it should have reached ninety-nine ninety-nine percent...

Only one opportunity is needed to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

Wu Tao silently said in his heart, and then swallowed the purple spirit pill into his mouth. The Sanyang Gong started to work immediately, and the spiritual energy in the Dantian also rippled at this moment.

As time passed slowly, the spiritual energy in the Dantian became more and more full, and it had reached a peak. If it was absorbed further, it would overflow.

Wu Tao felt that the time had come, and immediately stimulated the Dantian and rushed towards the invisible bottleneck.

The first effort, the second weakened, and the third was exhausted.

I only felt a roar in the Dantian, and the Dantian suddenly expanded a circle, and the originally full spiritual energy was instantly covered.

"Fifth level of Qi Refining, done!"

Wu Tao opened his eyes, with an indescribable joy on his face.

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