Cultivation Begins with Skill Points
Chapter 381 - 379 Purple Garden Street

Chapter 381: Chapter 379 Purple Garden Street

Half a month later.

A shop named "Spirit Miao Pavilion" quietly opened in Heavenly Sword City. No flowers, no applause, and no one to celebrate its opening—it appeared without a sound.

Heavenly Sword City allows disciples to be self-reliant, and even encourages it. After all, with such a large domain, many areas cannot be attended to. Hence, there is a street in the entire Heavenly Sword City called "Purple Garden Street," filled with various Dan Pavilions, Sword Workshops, and Clothing Markets, even auction houses.

However, most of these shops are opened by Inner Sect disciples or True Disciples, or at least have countless ties with them. After all, only disciples at or above the Inner Sect have enough resources to sell. Those Outer Disciples are still struggling to complete sect tasks and earn contribution points.

Additionally, the sect has a specialized organization managing these shops, prohibiting forced sales, the selling of counterfeit goods, and any harm to sect interests.

Take the True Essence Pill for example; it is the most common elixir in the sect, with Outer Disciples receiving a monthly share to collect.

The elixir shops on Purple Garden Street can sell this elixir, but prices are not allowed to exceed those of the sect, preventing malicious purchasing and reselling at higher prices.

This way of operating harms not only the sect’s interests but also greatly undermines the cultivation of sect disciples, undermining the foundation of the Holy Land, which is absolutely prohibited.

Zhong Lin’s Spirit Miao Pavilion continued the model from New Moon Island, placing various Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade elixirs directly on the shelves.

Cold Marrow Pill, Sea Expansion Pill, Soul Strengthening Pill, True Essence Pill, Golden Rainbow Pill, Fire Spirit Pill, Purple Wood Pill, Water Cloud Pill, Thick Earth Pill...

Purple Mansion Pill, Spirit Communication Pill, Divine Essence Pill, Heavenly Repairing Pill, Nourishing God Pill, Soul Breaking Pill, Gathering Top Pill, Yun Shen Pill...

All these are essential elixirs for the cultivation of Outer Disciples, and no one can have too many.

As for Seventh Grade elixirs, Zhong Lin only had the Void Spirit Enlightenment Pill, which could only serve as the shop’s treasure, releasing one occasionally.

As for the Golden Origin Pill, it doesn’t count, as the Golden Origin Fruit is too rare, unless someone manages to provide it for Zhong Lin to tailor-make the pill.

Even with this, the Spirit Miao Pavilion quickly gained fame; many Outer Disciples learned that a boutique had appeared on Purple Garden Street, where the produced elixirs, though not many in variety, were highly effective. Moreover, a Void Spirit Enlightenment Pill would appear from time to time.

It’s known that consuming the Void Spirit Enlightenment Pill allows the user to enter a tranquil state, gaining insight in the path of cultivation, or even achieving sudden enlightenment.

This pill’s real impact isn’t in cultivation but in understanding martial arts skills, as martial arts cultivation isn’t just about improving realms; it also requires practicing protective skills.

Taking a Void Spirit Enlightenment Pill is akin to gaining points on a system panel, even Inner Sect disciples would willingly purchase it.

The spirit pills sold by Spirit Miao Pavilion could be purchased with Spirit Stones, bartered, or purchased with contribution points.

It’s essential to know that the most valuable items in Heavenly Sword City are not Spirit Stones but contribution points, as they are the most stable in value.

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"Wang Yuan, greets Senior Brother."

Wang Yuan, in an orange robe, respectfully bowed to Zhong Lin.

"No need for such formalities, Junior Brother Wang,"

Zhong Lin looked at Wang Yuan and said with a smile.

This place is called Silver Horn Mountain, where there’s a small Medicine Garden. Though not large, it’s an industrial site that the Outer Disciple Wang Yuan applied for and established after seeking approval from the sect.

Speaking of Wang Yuan, he shares similarities with Zhong Lin himself; instead of obediently taking sect tasks like other disciples, he established a small Medicine Garden, using his planting skills to manage it. He then sells the cultivated herbs to the sect or to other disciples to earn basic cultivation resources and contribution points, speeding up his cultivation.

Martial arts cultivation isn’t just about fighting; some excel in alchemy, others in planting like Wang Yuan, and others in various other methods.

The Holy Land provides a platform for this, complementing each other, revealing the sect’s strengths.

Wang Yuan has also condensed a spiritual body through this, just a step away from opening his Soul Palace, with considerable cultivation.

Zhong Lin’s visit this time was naturally for inventory, as alchemy also requires raw materials.

"Why don’t you show me around first, Junior Brother Wang?" Zhong Lin looked at Wang Yuan and said.

"Of course, Senior Brother, please,"

Wang Yuan dared not neglect Zhong Lin because this Medicine Garden was rather small. Larger Dan Pavilions weren’t interested in him, and the profit from selling to the sect was too little. With a significant customer finally arriving, he naturally wanted to seize the opportunity tightly.

The two of them stepped into the developed Medicine Garden with Wang Yuan leading the way and Zhong Lin following behind.

"Senior Brother, please see, although the scale of this Medicine Garden isn’t large, most of the herbs here are sufficient for refining the Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade spirit pills you need, and Junior Brother can assure you these herbs are of absolute maturity, not delaying your alchemy,"

Wang Yuan showed Zhong Lin around the Medicine Garden, giving an overview.

Although small, the Medicine Garden was well-structured with several sections.

Zhong Lin quickly skimmed over the herbs for refining the True Essence Pill, Fire Spirit Pill, Purple Wood Pill, Water Cloud Pill, and other Fifth Grade pills, as well as the Purple Mansion Pill, Spirit Communication Pill, Nourishing God Pill, Yun Shen Pill, and other Sixth Grade elixirs, with a wide range of types.

All were carefully cultivated, with clear spirituality in the herbs, showing painstaking effort.

While introducing the Medicine Garden, some gray-clad servants busied themselves within it.

Fetching water, fertilizing, weeding...

Each attending to their duties.

Servants were also part of Heavenly Sword Sacred Land, somewhat akin to miscellaneous disciples of external sects, though the Holy Land didn’t actively recruit them.

The source of miscellaneous disciples partly comes from some Inner Sect disciples bringing them, as many Inner Sect disciples hold significant positions outside—many are nobles—naturally having some authority to bring servants, thus creating the identity of miscellaneous disciples.

Another source is descendants from some Outer Disciples who, unable to break through, settled down and left behind offspring.

These miscellaneous disciples could still practice martial arts, and if they met criteria, they could also take exams to become Outer Disciples.

But they weren’t qualified to take sect tasks, usually serving some Outer Disciples in exchange for cultivation resources.

Much like the people before them.

Zhong Lin continued walking forward, commenting as he went: "It’s indeed not bad, enough for my alchemy needs, but these herbs are of low grade. Do you have higher-grade spiritual medicines, Junior Brother Wang?"

Wang Yuan, knowing well about the Void Spirit Enlightenment Pill occasionally released by Zhong Lin’s Spirit Miao Pavilion, pondered and said: "Senior Brother might not know, but the limit of ordinary Medicine Gardens is like this. If higher-grade spiritual medicines are sought, only Medicine Gardens established on Primordial Veins are qualified to produce such."