Cultivation Starts from Farming-Chapter 441 - 251: Deteriorating Situation; Plan to Escape (Part 3)
"I sincerely apologize for disappointing you, but our organization primarily deals in intelligence trading and doesn’t have the channels you’re referring to."
However, Xu Ping remained unmoved, his face serious as he said, "As long as your organization can find the channels, Spirit Stone compensation will not be an issue."
Upon hearing this, the female cultivator looked at Xu Ping with a serious expression, feeling a trace of hesitation in her heart.
The person before her was so generous, having just spent five thousand Spirit Stones without hesitation when purchasing top-tier intelligence, clearly someone with considerable wealth.
After pondering for a moment, the female cultivator glanced at Xu Ping once more, said "Please wait a moment," and then hurriedly left the small room.
This time, she was gone for a full half an hour before returning.
During this waiting period, the subtle Divine Sense of a Middle Stage of Golden Core appeared once again, like a fine net, carefully scanning Xu Ping all over.
Fortunately, no anomalies were found, and the Divine Sense slowly withdrew.
In response, Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging by the organization’s cautious and meticulous attitude, it was evident they weren’t setting a trap.
Just as Xu Ping was pondering secretly, the door was gently pushed open again, and the female cultivator returned at last, with a hint of a smile on her face.
However, after she entered, she didn’t directly answer Xu Ping’s question about the channels. Instead, she suddenly asked, "Does the customer have any skills?"
"Skills?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ping felt a stir in his heart, with some conjectures forming in his mind.
He paused briefly, then calmly said, "I am a Second-stage Upper Grade Alchemist."
"A Second-stage Upper Grade Alchemist?" the female cultivator’s eyes lit up.
No wonder this person spent so many Spirit Stones without batting an eye; it turns out he is a high-level Alchemist.
It’s well known that even in a Nascent Soul sect, a Second-stage Upper Grade Alchemist is worth recruiting and nurturing.
The female cultivator smiled slightly, took an ancient token from her Storage Ring, and handed it to Xu Ping.
The token had a "Secret" character inscribed on it, emitting a faint Spiritual Power fluctuation.
"In a year and a half, head to Yellow Sand City, and you should be able to fulfill your wish!" the female cultivator said with a meaningful look in her eyes.
"Yellow Sand City?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ping raised an eyebrow.
This city is located on the border of Yue Country, an important stop for inter-country Spirit Boat docks.
It’s known that the vast area between the two countries, named the "Yellow Dragon Desert," is extremely extensive.
Even cultivators in the Golden Core Realm find it no easy task to cross this desert relying solely on their own power.
This desert also has extraordinarily unique and dangerous natural disasters — geomagnetic thunderstorms.
These disrupt the flow of Spiritual Power within a cultivator, causing magic to go awry, and can even damage magical treasures.
Even Golden Core cultivators, if caught in a geomagnetic thunderstorm unawares, may find themselves in life-threatening danger.
Not to mention that fierce sand thieves and various powerful Demon Beasts lurk within the desert.
Precisely because of this, inter-country Spirit Boats have emerged to meet the needs.
The routes for these Spirit Boats have been meticulously researched and planned by numerous skilled individuals to avoid areas where geomagnetic thunderstorms are frequent and the territories of powerful Demon Beasts as much as possible.
Those sand thieves generally don’t dare to easily target large Spirit Boats, as the risks are just too great.
While Wind Country excels in puppetry, in other fields of cultivation, especially in alchemy and talisman crafting, it is relatively weak.
This leads Wind Country’s cultivators to rely on trading with other countries for many cultivation resources.
Yue Country has a balanced proficiency in various cultivation arts, with abundant resources, so the two countries frequently engage in trade, exchanging what they have for what they lack.
Due to such trade interactions, many Spirit Boats travel back and forth between the two countries.
However, this also brings a problem.
As a major city at Yue Country’s border, Yellow Sand City is extremely bustling with people coming and going.
The Luoyun Sect, to prevent people from sneaking onto Spirit Boats to smuggle themselves to Wind Country, must have stringent controls in place here.
Xu Ping originally thought that the other party would arrange a hidden, unobtrusive place to help him smuggle over, but he never expected the location to be set in Yellow Sand City.
This made it somewhat perplexing.
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Half an hour later.
Xu Ping left the place, full of concerns.
In the end, he accepted the token and also gave the other party five thousand Spirit Stones.
Regardless, this was at least a hope of leaving Yue Country, so he might as well go to Yellow Sand City to see what’s what.
As for whether this city might be a trap set by the other party, Xu Ping, after analyzing, thought it was extremely unlikely.
Moreover, without knowing his true cultivation level and strength, even if there were indeed a trap, it couldn’t possibly pose a substantial threat to him.
After all, the other party couldn’t possibly send several Late-Stage Golden Core, or even Golden Core Perfection cultivators to deal with him, could they?
Returning to his cave abode, Xu Ping sat cross-legged on the stone bed, the cave quiet and silent, with only a faint trace of Spiritual Qi lingering.
He took a deep breath and silently began the ’Evil Burning Skill’ to burn away the Blood Attraction Skill on his arm.
There was still a year and a half until the agreed time to head to Yellow Sand City.
He aimed to eliminate the Blood Attraction Skill during this time to completely resolve any future concerns.
Of course, apart from eliminating the Blood Attraction Skill, there were two other matters equally important to him during this year and a half!
The first was to cultivate the Spirit Platform Cyan Clarity Skill to perfection.
Once successfully breaking through the Spirit Platform Cyan Clarity Skill to perfection, his Divine Sense would experience significant enhancement.
By his estimation, it would surely reach the Late-Stage Golden Core level.
By then, combined with his already skilled ability to conceal his aura, even Late-Stage Golden Core cultivators wouldn’t easily detect his true situation.
This way, he could maximize safety when smuggling himself to Wind Country.
The second matter was to learn the Quasi-Tier Three divination skill, Ziwei Doushu.
The current Second-stage level of divination skills he has mastered is somewhat lagging behind.
Once Ziwei Doushu progresses, it will undoubtedly help him avoid many risks and make more favorable decisions at critical moments.
However, the difficulty of cultivating the Ziwei Doushu is immensely high!
Despite many years of effort, he still hasn’t even touched the threshold of entry.
Despite many years of effort, he still hasn’t even touched the threshold of entry.
Thus, Xu Ping decided to use the Enlightenment Heart Lotus Seeds!
With the aid of the Enlightenment Heart Lotus Seeds, he should be able to successfully step into the gateway of Ziwei Doushu!
