Compromise and exchange

  "No wonder Nan Tianba dared to make a vow of extinction, and he did it so unscrupulously. It turns out that most of the Nan family were exterminated." Ye Qin thought to himself, having gained some understanding of cultivation.

  Nan Tianba was talking and talking, but at some point, he began to stare blankly into space.

  Staring blankly at a small patch of dewy grass in the nearby fields by the large stone monument.

  It has been a long time since I came to this floating island. At first, it was busy chasing Ye Qin, then busy chasing those white mangroves, and finally busy being chased by Ye Qin, ignoring this small piece of farmland. Until later, when it was boring to talk about everything, there was nothing to do, it noticed that in the nearby fields, there were large handfuls of lush little green grass, and this grass was not ordinary common grass.

  "Jianglu grass, a first-class spiritual herb, used for refining elixirs. How can there be so many here? In my Nanshi family's medicinal garden, we only planted a few dozen at most. Although Jianglu grass is a low-grade spiritual herb, it's extremely difficult to cultivate and requires abundant spiritual energy to grow, taking ten years to mature and bloom. This small patch of Jianglu grass has nearly a hundred plants, I'm afraid it would take over a hundred years for it to grow into such a large area."

  Nan Tian Wang stared at the fields, dazed for a good half a moment, shocked to the point of still having a head full of fog.

  It quickly saw several small green stone blocks next to the field, a small piece of green stone marrow, and was slightly surprised again. "Green rock, green rock marrow. This spiritual stone has a miraculous effect on the growth of dew-revealing grass, no wonder these dew-revealing grasses are growing so well."

  Ye Qin suddenly spoke up: "Old ghost, that's lu cao, not called lu rui cao. I have a book 'Jen Cao Tu Jian', which has records of this aspect, lu cao is used to make 'Qing Xin Wan', that's a top-grade calming medicine, specifically for calming the minds of Jianghu people who are on the verge of going crazy."

  "Kid, you don't understand but pretend to. Only those worldly people who know nothing about the spiritual grass would call it dew grass. What Qingxin pill, what top-grade restorative in the Jianghu, are all just trash. It's because worldly people don't recognize the spiritual grass and use it randomly. This spiritual grass that is specifically used for refining elixirs by cultivators, can you waste it to make Qingxin pills? It can't even bring out one percent of its effect."

  "Cultivators all call it Dewdrop Grass, used to refine the Dewdrop Pill. This pill is a top-grade spiritual elixir that enhances one's primordial energy for those in the first three layers of the Qi Refining stage. And you, a little brat who has just entered the second layer of the Qi Refining stage, dare to show off your knowledge in front of me? Hmph, seeking humiliation!"

  Nan Tian Ba laughed complacently to himself for a long time, and with great difficulty finally lured Ye Qin into speaking up voluntarily, only to immediately retort loudly.

  Ye Qin was taken aback, his face flushing red. His attempt at ridicule fell flat and he ended up being the one ridiculed, involuntarily shutting his mouth in embarrassment. He had to admit that when it came to this so-called "cultivation" business, he truly knew nothing, far inferior to this old ghost who had lived for five or six decades.

  "Kid, let's make a deal. Your five elements spiritual root talent is really terrible. If you rely solely on yourself to cultivate, I'm afraid it will take a lifetime to enter the third or fourth layer of the Qi Refining stage. As long as you're willing to let White Mang come out again, I'll reluctantly accept you as my disciple and teach you how to cultivate immortality. However, you have to give me part of your White Mang."

  Ye Qin let out a cold snort: "My cultivation talent is none of your concern. Besides, I'm not on good terms with you, why would I acknowledge you as my master? You're only at the third layer of the Qi Refining stage, what qualifications do you have to be my master?"

  "Haha, I, Nan Tianba, was once a fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivator. At the very least, I'm a local tyrant and a senior figure in the cultivation world. Are you saying I'm that trash?"

  If one method doesn't work, think of another immediately.

  "Never mind, you don't want to be my apprentice, I won't force you. You can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you either. Since we're both trapped in this ghostly place, it's better if we do something. Let's forget about the apprenticeship, how about this: you give me some of your vital energy, and I'll teach you some magic techniques. We can exchange, that should be fine, right?"

  Ye Qin's thoughts gradually became more agile.

  The old ghost is very familiar with that set of immortal cultivation, and should understand many cultivation methods and spells.

  But he himself was just a novice, and the path of cultivation was a complete mystery to him.

  With his current strength and means, I really can't think of any way to get rid of this old devil. Just relying on biting is absolutely not going to work. The old devil also has a mouth, and biting is really painful.

  Unless he could obtain that terrifying fireball technique from this old ghost and take him down in one breath.

  Ye Qin was very envious of Lao Gui's powerful magic trick.

  With such an old ghost holding out in the Zi Fu, Ye Qin's heart had a very strong sense of urgency. As long as he refined the White Mang, the old ghost would not even care about his own life and would fight with him for it.

  Unless he doesn't refine it.

  But this can't go on like this forever.

  The old devil actively asked for an exchange, which can be considered.

  Ye Qin thought for a moment, then calmly said: "Old ghost, the exchange can be made. However, you must first teach me the Fireball Technique, and only then will I give you some of the White Mang. Otherwise, everything is off."

  Nan Tian Bao floated in mid-air, his strange smile saying: "Youngster, do you think you can learn this fireball technique and use it against me? I advise you to give up on that idea. This is my life-saving technique, how could I possibly teach it to you? You'd better hide as deeply as possible in the turtle stone monument, lest I get impatient and kill you."

  "Old devil, stop talking nonsense, are you going to swap or not?"

  "No way! Using such a powerful and aggressive spell to exchange your White Mang for my safety is far too dangerous. You can spend all day hiding safely in the light shield, sleeping soundly, but I don't have anywhere to hide. Who knows, if I'm not careful, you'll secretly kill me off. Wouldn't that be me seeking death myself? What nonsense! How could someone as brilliant and mighty as I do something so foolish?"

  Nan Tianba flatly refused Ye Qin's request without hesitation.

  "However, I'm afraid I won't be able to teach you any aggressive spells. But I can consider teaching you some auxiliary spells instead. I have a few useful ones that might interest you. How about we exchange them for White Mang? Are you interested?"

  Ye Qin remained silent, neither accepting nor refusing Nan Tianba's offer.

  The floating island sank again into silence.

  Ye Qin waited for a long time, but Nan Tianba didn't speak again.

  He thought to himself, auxiliary spells should be the bottom line for Nan Tian Bao, this old ghost is probably absolutely unwilling to use attack spells to exchange yuanqi, otherwise that's no different from seeking death.

  Although I couldn't learn any attacking spells from Lao Gui, it's still good to learn a few supporting spells first. After all, it's better than knowing nothing at all.