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

```Su Xing's eyes lit up, clearly very satisfied with the newly learned fire attribute cultivation technique.

"Moreover... the Earth-Level Thousand Flames Art indeed absorbs spiritual energy much faster than the Changchun Technique, by no small margin..."

"It has probably increased by about thirty percent!"

"With this, my breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation Stage is even more hopeful!"

Su Xing nodded in satisfaction and then looked at the jade box that had appeared before him.

Upon opening the jade box, inside lay one hundred and fifty exquisitely crafted jade bottles neatly arranged.

Su Xing took out a jade bottle and uncorked the stopper.

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

"Hiss... As expected of Spiritual Liquid! Just by taking a whiff, I can feel the spiritual power within me livening up considerably. This effect is much better than simply absorbing spiritual energy!"

Su Xing muttered to himself.

He then cautiously tasted a few drops of the Spiritual Liquid to test its effects.

Upon the Spiritual Liquid entering his mouth, Su Xing felt a vigorous surge of spiritual energy suddenly appear within him.

Su Xing quickly sat cross-legged and, with a concentrated mind, ran the Thousand Flames Art to digest the new surge of spiritual energy within his body.

"Damn it, these few drops of Spiritual Liquid can't be wasted!"

Su Xing muttered to himself.

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

Su Xing only needed to guide it a little to digest it, thereby transforming it into his own spiritual energy.

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

Although these few drops of Spiritual Liquid felt like a drop in the ocean for Su Xing, who was already at the Divinity Transformation Stage, he still felt that his cultivation speed was significantly faster than before after absorbing the Spiritual Liquid.

"Hmm, this Spiritual Liquid has a lower concentration of spiritual energy than Spirit Stones... but it's purer and absorbed faster!"

"If we're talking purely about cultivation, Spiritual Liquid clearly has some advantages over Spirit Stones!"

Of course, Spirit Stones have their own advantages.

They are needed for setting arrays, artifact refining, and so on.

Other than for cultivation, Spiritual Liquid is only really useful when concocting specific elixirs.

After a brief pause, Su Xing felt it out and estimated:

"My cultivation speed has increased by more than double compared to before!"

"Tsk tsk, with an ample supply of Spiritual Liquid, breaking through to the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation within twenty-five years seems absolutely doable!"

Su Xing's lips curved slightly upwards.

It must be understood that Spiritual Liquid is even rarer than Spirit Stones.

Even in the cultivation world, Spiritual Liquid is only given to Inner Sect Disciples and True Disciples as part of their monthly stipend to augment their cultivation.

As for common disciples, they can only cultivate with Spirit Stones.

The difference between the two is clear at a glance.

"Tsk tsk, I also need to safely store the remaining Spiritual Liquid. Aside from using it in simulations, I can't afford to waste even a drop in reality..."

Su Xing murmured and carefully sealed the bottle again.

He then hid the jade box within the Spirit Gathering Array beneath the mountain.

This way, the evaporation of the Spiritual Liquid could be minimized to the greatest extent.

"Now, there are only three Spirit Gathering Arrays in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and the Gathering Spirit Flowers have not been completely transplanted yet..."

"I need to set up a few more Spirit Gathering Arrays to ensure a supply of Spiritual Liquid!"

Thinking this, Su Xing began to busily work on arranging the Spirit Gathering Arrays.

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In the following week, Su Xing sometimes set up Spirit Gathering Arrays, other times he toiled away like an old farmer in the mountains, planting Gathering Spirit Flowers.

A week had passed, and Su Xing had finished setting up the Spirit Gathering Array, and the Gathering Spirit Flowers had been successfully transplanted.

He also found time to refine three thousand elixirs.

One morning, Su Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered:

"Damn, among all the transmigrators, I must be considered a model worker, right?"

A week went by, and at this moment, the Spirit Field Blessed Land had completely evolved into a cave heaven!

The rich Spiritual Energy made every breath Su Xing took feel incredibly soothing.

The taste of Spiritual Energy was so much more comfortable than any Siberian purified oxygen.

With the completion of the Spirit Gathering Array, Su Xing also harvested more than a hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid today.

Spending less than an hour each day to collect Spiritual Liquid was easy for Su Xing, who was accustomed to high-intensity work.

After finishing his tasks, he glanced at the time and prepared to head to the villa to meet with Jin Congxue.

Today, Jin Congxue had gone back to the youthful girl style, wearing a checkered T-shirt with light blue jeans, looking quite pure and desirable.

But today, Jin Congxue seemed to be in a less than wonderful mood, as if she had something on her mind.

Seeing this, Su Xing raised his eyebrows and asked:

"What's the matter, Miss Jin? Why do you seem to be in a bad mood today?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue sighed and said with a frustrated look:

"Don't even mention it... Recently, the Baili Business Association has been constantly purchasing Instance Dungeon Items, not only buying up the goods from Guang Province but even extending their reach to Jinling City..."

"Now the number of Instance Dungeon Items collected by our Jinling City branch has suddenly dropped by nearly a third!"

Su Xing's face showed a strange expression upon hearing this.

Then, understanding Jin Congxue's meaning, was it that the Baili Business Association's large-scale purchase of Instance Dungeon Items was affecting the Tarot Commerce Association's business?

After pondering for a while, Su Xing said:

"The matter of Instance Dungeon Items can be set aside for now. We can now focus our main energy on contracting more mine instance dungeons!"

Jin Congxue's face flashed with surprise, but she nodded and said:

"That's also a viable plan, but it's not so easy for us to purchase more mine instances. In the end, we still need the military's approval." seaʀᴄh thё NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"With the resources I have on hand, it won't be easy to take over those two mine instances in a short time..."

"If we want to contract more mine instances, we need a bargaining chip, preferably something that would make the military eager!"

Su Xing raised his eyebrows as he listened; he roughly understood what Jin Congxue meant.

Jin Congxue's connections in the military were probably mainly with Elder Lu.

But even the face of a Martial Emperor was limited; contracting one or two mine instance dungeons in a short time was acceptable.

Any more than that could be considered monopolistic...

However, as long as Su Xing could offer something to captivate the military in exchange,

he would naturally be able to gain more contracts for mine instance dungeons, and it might also be possible to receive the authorization to mine second and third-tier rare metals instance dungeons.

"But what does the military need?"

Touching his chin, Su Xing fell into thought.

Clearly, he had many things in his possession that the military needed: Essence-Nourishing Pills, Organ Refining Pills, Divine Strength Pills, Dragon Spirit Pills...

These items would definitely make the military treat Su Xing as a top-tier talent.

But he couldn't easily take these items out; there were too many risks involved!

After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing murmured to himself:

"Perhaps, I could start by offering a portion of the Spirit Rice in exchange with the military?"