Looking at the sparkling crystal on the bed, more than 2,000 pieces, dazzling and stunning, making people feel refreshed and delighted.

  "Hmm, enough to successfully condense the energy for two people." Ye Feng knew that for a martial artist to advance and become a Qi Condensation stage cultivator, not only did they need immense endurance to cultivate, but also required one thousand pieces of mid-grade crystal stones as assistance. They needed to absorb the spiritual energy from these one thousand crystal stones and use this energy to harmonize with the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy absorbed by their body, thereby transforming it into the power to condense Qi.

  It would be enough if I weren't a chaotic body, these crystal stones are enough to make me a true cultivator.

  What a pity! Ye Feng thought with hatred, the Chaotic Body needs ten times more crystal stones than ordinary physique during the impact gathering period, that is 10,000 medium-grade crystal stones.

  According to the exchange rate of crystal stones, one thousand high-quality crystal stones can be exchanged for ten low-quality pure crystal stones.

  Thinking of the pure crystal stone, Ye Feng couldn't help but think of Guan Wei Wu, that old scoundrel, who had eaten his own bribe and yet had sent him off like this.

  That's a mid-grade Pure Crystal Stone, exchanging it for a low-grade one would be worth a thousand pieces, enough to let a Qi Refining stage cultivator attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Guan Wei Wu could also use that mid-grade Pure Crystal Stone to stabilize his Foundation Establishment stage boundary.

  Even if it were placed on Ye Feng's body, it would be enough to impact the tenth level of Qi Refining, let alone impacting the Gathering Qi stage, not even a single bit could be used.

  Putting aside the resentment in his heart, Ye Feng calculated that he still lacked about 8,000 pieces of mid-grade crystal stones to break through to the Gathering Qi stage.

  A cultivator breaking through any boundary requires a crystal stone that matches their current boundary as an auxiliary, for example, a martial artist breaking through the Gathering Qi period needs one thousand pieces of medium-grade crystal stones. Although one piece of high-grade crystal stone can be exchanged for one thousand pieces of medium-grade crystal stones, it is absolutely impossible to use this one piece of high-grade crystal stone to replace one thousand pieces of medium-grade crystal stones.

  Because of the different grades of crystal stones, the energy contained in them is also absolutely different.

  A warrior's body can only withstand the energy of a mid-grade crystal stone, so even if absorbing a thousand mid-grade crystal stones is somewhat troublesome, it cannot be helped.

  If a warrior absorbs an amount of energy equivalent to one thousand mid-grade crystal stones from a high-grade crystal stone, they will immediately explode and die.

  All boundaries are like this, and it's also something that all cultivators can't help with.

  Ye Feng lay on his bed, thinking about how he could get the eight thousand mid-grade crystal stones that he lacked.

  Making money by getting beaten is quick, but where are there so many good things? Who would voluntarily get themselves beaten and then compensate with crystal stones? It's already not bad that this kind of thing has happened once.

  Working part-time is unrealistic. Let's not mention that there may not be a job that suits you, even if there is, the salary may not be high, let alone having no time for it.

  It is said that each disciple of a martial artist's identity can obtain one hundred mid-grade crystal stones from the Spiritual Beast Garden every year.

  It takes eighty years to accumulate eight thousand pieces, and it's not certain if I can live for another eighty years. Even if I manage to accumulate ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones after eighty years, I'll be almost a hundred years old by then, and I'll be on the verge of death, without any energy left to break through to the Gathering Spirit stage.

  This kind of thing is probably a huge joke.

  He himself beat those guys up, and Liang Hua didn't have much to say for himself. He was beaten, so what could he do? After two lessons, I reckon Liang Hua won't be looking for trouble with him again.

  Ge Binbo was different, successfully gathering momentum, a true cultivator, and the sect would also pay more attention to him. Ge Binbo wouldn't let things go easily either.

  Today, being able to defeat Goubin is entirely because Goubin underestimated him and also due to his own luck. If Goubin had taken Ye Feng seriously from the start, there would be no chance for Ye Feng to get out of control, only a beating was in store for him.

  The gap between warriors and Qi-gathering cultivators is still quite large, so there aren't that many cases of skipping ranks to challenge.

  In order to protect himself, he must quickly gather his energy and become a true cultivator, only then can he face the crisis.

  Jade stone, oh jade stone!

  Ye Feng's eyes were filled with sparkling lights floating by.

  "Yefeng, Old Sun is calling you."

  A little boy beside Sun Qi called out from outside, interrupting Ye Feng's contemplation.

  Ye Feng didn't dare to slack off, the big boss of the Ling Shou Yuan's territory was Sun Qi. No matter how arrogant he was in front of Liang Hua and Ge Binbo, he still didn't have the guts to not put Elder Sun Qi in his eyes.

  Followed by the little boy, he arrived at Sun Qi's place.

  Sun Qi's smiling face made Ye Feng feel much more at ease, at least for the time being Sun Qi didn't seem like she was going to scold him.

  "Yefeng." Sun Qi said calmly.

  "Disciple is here." Ye Feng respectfully replied.

  "You've been in the Spiritual Beast Yard for several days now. As an elder of the Spiritual Beast Yard, I haven't given you any guidance either." Sun Qi said.

  According to the rules of Wang Hai Pai, every year new Xian Miao who join, no matter which elder's door they are assigned to, the elder must follow their system and give them necessary guidance.

  To know that a monk, no matter how talented he is, needs someone to guide him on the side, so as to avoid detours on his way forward.

  However, the Ling Shou Yuan is different from other places. All the disciples assigned here are not geniuses, but rather come here to work as miscellaneous laborers.

  So Sun Qi has never taught any disciples either.

  Ye Feng also understood this point in his heart, but now Sun Qi said such words, which made Ye Feng very curious.

  "Everyone knows that you are a Chaotic Body, and it's extremely difficult to cultivate into a Cultivator, but what sets you apart from the other disciples of the Ling Beast Sect is that even though the Chaotic Body is incredibly difficult to deal with, there is still a chance for you to become a Cultivator. The other disciples, however, are doomed to be warriors for their entire lives, with no hope of ever becoming Cultivators."

  "However, you need a large amount of crystal stones, and the quantity allocated by the sect is not enough to allow you to succeed in gathering your qi, so you must think of a way to obtain them yourself, through your own efforts."

  "I also hope that the elder will point out the way for me." Ye Feng saw that Sun Qi was genuinely treating him with kindness and not being pretentious.

  "You might as well take some time to go to the market, where you can exchange crystals for items needed by the repairman, or use your own items to exchange for crystals, and maybe find a good solution."

  "Baoshi?" Ye Feng heard this name for the first time.

  "It is the same as a market in the secular world, the only difference being that those who come to trade are monks."

  Sun Qi explained.

  "Thank you, elder." Ye Feng was delighted. Who knows, maybe he could find some business opportunities in the market and earn some crystal stones.

  "For example, some high-end talismans are very popular in the market and come with a hefty price tag." Sun Qi casually mentioned the talisman.

  Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat, and from his appearance alone, Sun Qi looked like a cunning old fox of a businessman. He must have known that he had sealed the talisman paper and tamed the earth dragon.

  Looking at Ye Feng's shocked expression, Sun Qi chuckled and said, "No one has ever done anything to deceive me in the Spiritual Beast Garden. Although I'm old and my eyes are a bit blurry, the Shadow Image Jade Plate still works fine."

  The image jade plate was taken out, and the scene of Ye Feng's seal painting paper appeared on it. It turned out that this image jade plate still had a reserved function, which was simply a wireless monitor.

  "Elder, the disciple didn't intentionally hide it, first time coming into contact with these things, also didn't know if it would be successful, so...” Ye Feng's head was sweating profusely, all his actions were being grasped by Sun Qi, fortunately he hadn't done anything out of line.

  I think Sun Qi must also know about Da Lianghua's matter, but why didn't Sun Qi mention it?

  "Not arrogant or humble, not afraid of being bullied by others, that's good. However, the disciples of Jian Ge are not easy to mess with, that little guy has lost out and will definitely not let it go, he will definitely come looking for trouble again." Sun Qi reminded Ye Feng.

  "Although you are not a master yet and have not started cultivating, next time may not be so lucky, but if you lose the face of my Spirit Beast Yard and are defeated by outsiders, don't blame me for being ruthless."

  "Elder, you also know the situation of the disciples, I'm afraid next time they will definitely be at a disadvantage. Since you can't bear to see your disciples humiliated, do you have any magical tools or something that you can give to me as a gift? It would be good for me to use them to protect myself."

  "Go! You think that the treasure is a cabbage by the roadside, and anyone can pick one up? And you still dare to say several pieces!" Sun Qi was so angry that she didn't know what to say.

  "What's going on? Are you, Elder, willing to just watch your disciple being bullied by outsiders?" Ye Feng put on a pitiful expression.

  Sun Qi smiled, "Don't try that with me, you were so brave when hitting people, now you're scared afterwards, what did you do at the time?"

  "The disciples can't even return their hands, just a small lesson for them." Ye Feng chuckled.

  "Although I don't have the Law Treasure, I do have a boxing manual here that I practiced before becoming a monk. You might as well practice it, perhaps you can use it for self-defense." Sun Qi tossed a yellowed book to Ye Feng.

  Black Tiger Fist

  There were three words written on the book.

  With this set of fist techniques, he could deal with cultivators, and Ye Feng felt a little hollow inside.

  The practice methods of martial artists and cultivators are completely different. Martial artists practice martial skills, mainly physical movements, either fist or foot techniques, or weapons.

  While a master's training is all about techniques, it doesn't require physical contact to subdue an opponent.

  A figurative analogy is that warriors value close combat, while cultivators value long-range attacks.

  Warriors and monks are facing off, but before the warriors can even get close, they're probably going to be knocked down by the monks.

  Sun Qi saw Ye Feng's dissatisfaction and said, "You underestimate the martial artist. Although the martial artist is not on the same level as the cultivator in terms of attack power, there have been many martial artists who have achieved great things throughout history. Even among the top-notch martial artists, there have been Golden Dan masters, and it's even said that there have been Transcendent masters."

  What? Such a thing actually exists? Ye Feng couldn't believe it. Compared to fists and feet, he believed more in the power of techniques.

  After returning from Elder Sun Qi, Ye Feng's mood had eased up a lot. Although the matter of proving one's way through martial arts didn't have anything to do with him, and it seemed that he didn't necessarily need to go practice Black Tiger Fist, knowing about the existence of Fang Market still gave him hope, especially after hearing from Sun Qi that talismans could be exchanged for crystal stones. Ye Feng felt as if he had found a way to earn crystal stones.