BLOODLINE TEMPERING: Transforming From Worm To Dragon

Chapter 21: Inflated With Spiritual Energy

Qin Lei's statement caught the attention of those seated with him. Looking at him raising the cup of tea, they cordially responded to his display of gratitude by raising the teacup in their hand.

Tea replaced wine since not everyone here had reached the legal age to consume alcohol. On top of that, this was just a regular display of gratitude and nothing else.

As a matter of fact, nobody here would have anything to say, even if Qin Lei decided not to say anything throughout the dinner. After all, everyone here was paid accordingly, depending on their effort today.

Most of them were paid between five to eight Contribution Tokens, which means they're considered to be doing two days' workload in one day.

It was also thanks to Qin Lei's reputation as one of the friendlier representatives here.

Unlike the rest of the representatives with plenty of ideas to rob some benefit from their followers, Qin Lei was fair and unbiased in all matters. And thanks to this positive trait of his, he made people willingly help without demanding too much.

Furthermore, for willing individuals, a request can be made to Qin Lei or two other representatives appointed by Elder Wei Xuan for additional workload. Of course, their pay would be tallied accordingly.

Qin Lei then placed eleven Contribution Tokens into Chen Tu's hands when it was Chen Tu's turn to get paid.

Ten of the tokens came from handling the ten plots of Crimson Marble Fruits by himself. The extra token was rewarded by Elder Wei Xuan, who promised Chen Tu if he kept working in the Spiritual Garden.

A smile was seen on Chen Tu's face when he received his rewards. One has to understand that each Contribution Token is equivalent to ten Spiritual Coins or a single Spiritual Replenishing Pill.

Chen Tu's heart is still in pain from spending ten Spiritual Coins yesterday to buy the Crimson-Tailed Pheasants. But the pain has gone by now.

After all, he had covered the money back through a day of hard work. Furthermore, there is another hundred Spiritual Coins extra.

This made him uncontrollably happy. If he continued working hard, wouldn't he end up with three hundred Contribution Tokens after a month? That's equivalent to three hundred Spiritual Replenishing Pills or three thousand Spiritual Coins!

That alone would be more than Chen Zigang's pocket money for an entire month! Even Chen Zigang was only given around a thousand Spiritual Coins to use monthly.

It took Chen Zigang nearly three months to collect two hundred Spiritual Replenishing Pills back then to charge through the wall between the second and third levels of the Body Tempering Layer.

After getting paid, the disciples politely excused themselves one after another. After all, they had no reason to stay since their stomach was filled, and the pleasantry had been said.

Chen Tu then accompanied Qin Lei back to the disciple's building before watching the senior brother leave and return to the building his room is at. And instead of returning to his room, Chen Tu still had a place to visit.

For most disciples, their work for the day was done. But it was different for Chen Tu. He still had to take a look at the piece of land given to him by the Blood Refining Grotto and take a look at the three Crimson-Tailed Pheasants.

Furthermore, he's bringing more grasses over to the land. They're more than the first batch he brought by fivefold. This amount is more than enough to feed the birds for the whole week.

(Hopefully, the pheasants are getting used and relaxed here. It would be much better if they had already started to lay some eggs by now...)

Chen Tu was swimming in his own thoughts while heading towards the land. Without facing any disturbance or obstacles, he quickly unhooked the door stopper to access the place.

(Oh! Did I come at the wrong time?)

Chen Tu chuckled as he witnessed how the cock was bullying one of the two hens by pressing it on the ground. The cock has quite a proud expression, although it is merely a slightly delicious bird.

The other hen sat in a corner with dried grasses stacked into a nest. It was quiet, like it had already met with that kind of mistreatment a little earlier.

Since there was nothing wrong with the birds, Chen Tu left the place and returned to his room. After cleaning himself and changing into another set of clothing, Chen Tu returned to his usual meditating spot.

Seating cross-legged in the usual spot, Chen Tu went into meditation in less than ten minutes. The Spiritual Gathering Art quickly demonstrated its ability to absorb all the Spiritual Energy in Chen Tu's surroundings.

A path of Spiritual Flow is immediately created as these blimps of energies spiral down into Chen Tu's body. Instead of stating that Chen Tu is absorbing them, it's more like the Spiritual Energy couldn't wait to gather inside his body.

Once again, Chen Tu felt inflated with Spiritual Energy before running a full Sun and Moon Condensation Art cycle. This greatly affected the development of Chen Tu's cultivation because he would have trouble gathering enough Spiritual Energy to charge through to the next level.

From the look of it, Chen Tu would have to repeat the process multiple days to collect enough Moon Essence. He would also need to repeat the same during the day for the Sun Essence. Based on his body's storage capacity, it would take close to a week to produce a single drop of the Sun and Moon Essence.

This explains why the drop of the Sun and Moon Essence is so miraculous, capable of pushing Chen Tu's cultivation by four minor stages. The remarkable effect of this drop of Spiritual Liquid made Chen Tu couldn't help but be filled with anticipation.

Same time, about fifteen thousand miles from Blood Refining Grotto.

A youth with the same surname as Chen Tu happily emerged from his training room.

"Naughty brat, who tells you to come out without my permission?" an elder scolded Chen Zigang for not cultivating properly. This elder is Jian Wuxian, the Grand Elder of Tiangang Sword Pavilion.