Wei Sheng left Dongfu early next morning.

  Zuo Mo once again resumed his crazy money-making life.

  "It's really beyond my expectation, you actually managed to pay everything back in such a short time." said Pu Yao with regret.

  Zuo Mo only felt his body relax, the massive debt had been a huge pressure on him these past few days. He asked another question: "Pu, are there any new developments regarding the storage of spiritual energy?"

  Pú Yāo shrugged: "No."

  Zuo Mo's current speed of absorbing spiritual energy is much faster than before, but strangely, if the absorbed spiritual energy is not used quickly, it will slowly dissipate and cannot be stored in the body. For any cultivator, the amount of spiritual energy represents their cultivation level, and if there is not enough spiritual energy, more than 70% of the techniques cannot be used. The higher the level of the technique, the more spiritual energy is required.

  He was very suspicious that this situation had something to do with the magic tattoo carved on his body by Pu Yao. He could clearly feel the difference in the speed of his cultivation growth before and after carving the magic tattoo, which made him worried.

  "Pú yāo, if I can't store spiritual energy, my cultivation will be very difficult to increase, and the boundary cannot be broken..." He wanted Pú yāo to realize that this was a very serious problem.

  "That has nothing to do with me," said Pu Yao nonchalantly. "We've settled our accounts."

  "You're a freak!" Zuo Mo was immediately enraged by Pu Yao's vicious attitude, and he burst into a furious tirade: "You deceived me about the magic symbol on the demon core! Now you're putting on an air of not caring, with a disgusting expression! From now on, don't even think about getting a single crystal stone from me!"

  "I can get it myself." Pu Ye remained completely calm and laughed.

  Zuo Mo's anger suddenly turned into a smile: "From today on, I don't want any crystal stones, only exchange for physical objects and jade slips! You go get them yourself! I'll see where you get them from!"

  "Hmm." The Pú Yāo stroked his chin and muttered to himself: "This is quite a problem."

  Zuo Mo sneered at Pu Yao, wishing he could go up and chop the androgynous guy into minced meat! This trash! Scoundrel! Greedy, devoid of conscience, and depraved pervert!

  The white-haired demon spread his hands innocently: "I didn't expect this situation either. The symbol array is too complicated for us demons. However, there's no problem that can't be solved in this world. I can actually help you come up with a plan. Hehe, let's just consider it free this time!"

  Left Mo Qiang suppressed the urge to tear him apart and asked: "What did you say?"

  "Alright, since your spiritual energy growth has slowed down, you can approach it from two aspects." The Pú Yāo's thin lips curved into a slight arc: "One is to start from the root cause. A person's body is like a complete talisman array; if one of its properties changes, then it must be that some part of the talisman array has changed. You only need to find the reason for the change and you can re-correct the talisman array, and this reason will easily be resolved."

  "How can we find it?" Zuo Mo couldn't help but admit that Pu Yao was right.

  "This I'm afraid is beyond my power, anyway you start with the symbol array, in terms of symbol arrays, your cultivators are far more formidable than us demons." The Lotus Demon shook its head.

  After talking for half a day, what was said was all nonsense! The evil fire in Zuo Mo's heart suddenly flared up!

  "You'd rather waste your time complaining about what's been done than start studying early." Pu You said with a sneer.

  This sentence immediately extinguished the evil fire that had just risen in Zuo Mo's heart. Pu Yao was right, now that things have come to this point, it would be a waste of time to continue complaining about past events. He raised his head: "And what about another aspect?"

  "Ah, this aspect is even simpler. Since your cultivation growth has slowed down, why not improve your control over spiritual energy?" The Pao Yao's eyes flashed with a hint of complacency: "As long as you can accurately control every thread of spiritual energy, the same amount of spiritual energy will allow you to release more techniques. Don't envy others for having more crystal stones, just spend each crystal stone on the blade."

  "Accurate control?" Zuo Mo was taken aback for a moment. During his Qi Condensation stage, this was a question he often considered. Because he needed to cast "Little Cloud Rain Technique" on many spirit plants, as Pu Yao said, he needed to spend every single drop of spiritual power on the blade. But since he built his foundation, his life quickly became more prosperous and this question gradually faded from his mind.

  "That's right! Just like you've been purifying and refining these days, you need to be more frugal with every strand of spiritual energy. If one strand can do it, then don't use two strands. When you can precisely control every strand of spiritual energy, you'll find that just a tiny bit of spiritual energy is enough to activate the techniques that used to require a lot of spiritual energy." The Pao Yao added, "Most rich people were like this in their early stages."

  Just now, Zuo Mo involuntarily listened with rapt attention, and the image of Pu Yao also seemed to suddenly become much more majestic, but then the following sentence that was added afterwards instantly brought him back down to earth.

  Damn it! This trash!

  As a victim, Zuo Mo was filled with indignation, but his mind couldn't help but ponder the words that Pu Yao had just spoken.

  Li Yingfeng found that these days, Zuo Mo's state seemed to be not very normal. His refining speed had obviously slowed down, and every time he refined, he would sit there for a while in a daze. Compared to the previous period of time, it was like two different people. Had he made enough crystal stones? She couldn't help but think. Her junior brother should also take a rest, these days, her junior brother had earned how many crystal stones, no one knew better than her.

  It's still hard to believe that her wooden and introverted junior brother has such a terrifying crystal stone ability. The crystal stones he earned alone in these few days are equivalent to the total amount of this small shop she operates for five months. This is an extremely astonishing number, if her junior brother was in the Condensing Pulse stage, she wouldn't be so surprised, but he's in the Building Foundation stage, and she has never heard of any Building Foundation stage disciple earning so much.

  Perhaps his junior brother is also a genius.

  Soon, her idea seemed to be confirmed. The junior brother still accepted the delivery, but he did not accept crystal stones and only accepted jade slips as payment for his services. What she found strange was that the junior brother seemed like a jade slip enthusiast, collecting all sorts of jade slips as long as they were rare. However, after observing him for several days, she discovered that the junior brother loved jade slips with talisman arrays the most.

  What a clever younger brother! She secretly admired in her heart. The school is the Sword Cultivation Sect, and most of them are sword techniques, with very few jade slips of other types. With the younger brother's intelligence, it's indeed quite suitable for learning talisman arrays, and in the future, it will also be greatly beneficial for alchemy. She had a faint feeling that Fourth Master would not be able to teach Left Mo Shidi in the future. Fourth Master was not so formidable at Left Mo Shidi's age!

  The Fu Zhen is a compulsory course for every cultivator, and it's the foundation of foundations. Refining Dan, refining equipment, seals, etc., all require a connection with the Fu Zhen array. This is something that everyone knows, but knowing is one thing, and having the conditions or means to do so is another. The Wu Kong Sword Sect was never a wealthy sect to begin with, where would they get the funds to collect these jade slips?

  She suddenly felt a little regretful, if her junior brother were in a large sect, he would probably be even more formidable!

  "Tianxiang liquid, this is the limit of what I can refine." Zuo Mo somewhat tiredly handed a small jade bottle to the guest.

  The guest hastily took over, opened the jade bottle stopper, and couldn't help but show a joyful expression on his face, praising non-stop: "Master Zuo's craftsmanship is truly unparalleled! Awesome!" He carefully put away the jade bottle and then hurriedly bid farewell.

  Zuo Mo did not get up, but instead took out the jade slip he had just obtained, and his heart was also filled with a few parts of joy.

  He had just refined the Tian Xiang liquid, and he took out his specialty, barely refining it, and obtained this jade slip. This jade slip doesn't know which sect has been passed down, should have a considerable history, inside there are three kinds of talisman arrays, quite exquisite.

  Pú Yāo suddenly appeared, and he was very dissatisfied with Zuǒ Mò's behavior over this period of time: "I've already told you two paths, but you're not following the agreement!"

  "Is that so?" Pu Yao shot back, and Zuo Mo's heart felt a great sense of relief. He slowly and calmly put the jade stick away in his bosom, glanced at Pu Yao and said: "What agreement do we have? Moreover, I'm also following your guidance! You told me to study formation flags, but you didn't give me any formation jade sticks, so I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands!"

  Pu You was taken aback, and only then did he remember that last time they hadn't made any agreement. He suddenly lifted his head and smiled: "Not bad not bad, heh heh..."

  Looking at Pu Yao's eerie and sinister smile, a chill suddenly rose in Zuo Mo's heart.

  Don't be afraid! Being able to deal with this demon is worth even if I have to suffer a bit. Zuo Mo comforted himself in his heart.

  After Pu Yao disappeared, Zuo Mo quickly became immersed in his work.

  During this period, his control over spiritual power made rapid progress. After being pointed out by Puyou, he began to consciously temper himself in this aspect of technique, and more "frugally" used every thread of spiritual power to refine. However, although the progress was rapid, he was still dissatisfied, and his own unnecessary waste was still difficult to avoid.

  Moreover, he soon discovered the key to this. To perfectly utilize spiritual power, it is not enough to just rely on precise control of spiritual power; one must also have a deep understanding of the spell arrays being implemented. Only when both are present can the efficiency of spiritual power usage be maximized.

  Because only jade is collected, Zuo Mo's business has been affected to a certain extent.

  However, those who come here are mostly some powerful foundation-building cultivators, and they usually have one or two good-quality jade slips in their hands. Soon, the guests will know that Zuo Mo prefers talisman jade slips, and they will try to choose one or two better talisman jade slips. Zuo Mo's behavior is not strange, the more powerful the cultivator, especially those who are engaged in non-combat cultivation such as alchemy and artifact refinement, the smaller their demand for crystal stones becomes as their skills become deeper.

  These kinds of eccentric people often have many strange and bizarre requirements. As for things like jade slips and rare materials, they are actually the most common demands.

  Although the number of times he practiced alchemy every day was much less than before, the jade slips in Zuo Mo's hands were still growing at a surprising speed.

  These jade slips are varied and numerous, but most of them are ordinary goods. However, there are a few fine ones, and the one I just got is one of them.

  Suddenly, Li Yingfeng walked up to Zuo Mo with a strange expression and whispered something in his ear.

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