Chapter 229: 159: Thousand Flames Art Fifth Layer, It’s Time to Trade with the Military (5k)_3

Chapter 229: Chapter 159: Thousand Flames Art Fifth Layer, It’s Time to Trade with the Military (5k)_3

Su Xing’s eyes brightened, clearly satisfied with the newly learned fire attribute cultivation technique.

“Moreover, the Earth-Level Technique Thousand Flames Art absorbs spiritual energy at a much higher rate than the Changchun Technique...”

“It roughly increased by thirty percent!”

“In this way, I have a greater hope of breaking through to Divinity Transformation Stage Great Perfection!”

Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, then looked at a newly appeared jade box in front of him.

Opening the jade box, he saw one hundred and fifty exquisite jade bottles neatly arranged inside.

Su Xing took out one jade bottle and opened the stopper.

In an instant, a rich wave of spiritual energy rushed towards Su Xing.

“Hiss... As expected of spiritual liquid! Just smelling it makes my spiritual power much more active; the effect is far superior to simply absorbing spiritual energy!”

Su Xing murmured.

He then carefully tasted a few drops of spiritual liquid to experiment with its effects.

As the liquid entered his mouth, Su Xing felt a surge of abundant spiritual energy within his body.

Su Xing immediately sat cross-legged, concentrated his mind, and began to digest the newly acquired spiritual energy using the Thousand Flames Art.

“Dang, I can’t waste even a few drops of this spiritual liquid!”

Su Xing muttered.

The spiritual energy was gentle and continuous, slowly pouring into Su Xing’s dantian like a stream of clear water.

Su Xing only needed slight guidance to digest and convert it into his own spiritual energy.

About a quarter of an hour later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes.

Although the few drops of spiritual liquid seemed insignificant to someone already at the Divinity Transformation Stage,

Su Xing could still feel that his cultivation speed had increased significantly through the absorption of spiritual liquid.

“Hmm, although the spiritual energy content in spiritual liquid is less than in spirit stones... it is purer, and the absorption rate is faster!”

“For pure cultivation, spiritual liquid clearly has a slight advantage over spirit stones!”

Of course, spirit stones also had their advantages.

They were needed for array formations, artifact refining, and other purposes.

Apart from cultivation, spiritual liquid was only useful in the refining of certain elixirs.

However, today’s Jin Congxue seemed to be in a less than cheerful mood, as if something was troubling her.

Seeing this, Su Xing raised an eyebrow and asked:

“What’s up, Miss Jin? Why do you seem so down today?”

Jin Congxue sighed at his words, her brows furrowed, and said:

“Don’t even mention it... Recently, Baili Business Association has been buying up Instance Dungeon Items. They’ve not only bought out goods from Guang Province but also extended their reach to Jinling City...”

“Now, the number of Instance Dungeon Items collected by our Jinling City branch has dropped by nearly a third!”

Hearing this, a strange look appeared on Su Xing’s face.

He soon understood Jin Congxue’s meaning, realizing that Baili Business Association’s aggressive acquisition of Instance Dungeon Items was affecting the Tarot Commerce Association’s business.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing said:

“We can put the matter of Instance Dungeon Items aside for now. We should focus our main efforts on contracting more mining area instances!”

Jin Congxue was surprised by this suggestion but nodded and said:

“That could work, but acquiring more mining area instances isn’t easy. Ultimately, we still need military approval.”

“With the resources I have now, securing those two mining area instances is already challenging enough...”

“To contract more mining area instances, we need a bargaining chip, preferably something that could tempt the military!”

Hearing this, Su Xing raised an eyebrow, having a general understanding of what Jin Congxue meant.

Jin Congxue’s military connections primarily seemed to be with Grandpa Lu.

However, even a Martial Emperor’s influence was limited. Securing one or two mining area instances in a short time was feasible.

More than that, though, would risk forming a monopoly...

But if Su Xing could provide something that tempted the military in exchange.

He could naturally gain more mining area instance contracts, and perhaps even access second or third tier alien metal mining area instances might be opened to him.

“So, what does the military need?”

Su Xing stroked his chin, deep in thought.

Obviously, he had too many things that the military would need, such as Essence-Nourishing Pills, Organ Refining Pills, Divine Strength Pills, Dragon Spirit Pills...

These items would undoubtedly prompt the military to treat Su Xing as top-tier talent.

But those things couldn’t be taken out lightly, as the risks were too high!

After pondering for a while, Su Xing murmured:

“Maybe I can initially offer a portion of Spirit Rice to trade with the military?”