"Flying Spirit Beasts are one of the most valuable groups among Spirit Beasts."
"Just the ability to provide high-altitude vision alone makes them superior to other Spirit Beasts."
Su Ping played for a while, familiarizing himself with the Wen Bird's various controls, then let the tired Wen Bird fly back to rest.
Afterward, Su Ping remembered that he still had Spirit Rice and Yao Beast meat in his Storage Pouch that he hadn't tasted yet.
Taking advantage of his good mood today, Su Ping prepared to cook a delicious meal to celebrate.
He took out a Big Green Fish and chose to steam it.
Su Ping began to make a fire and cook, processing the Yao Beast meat into several stir-fried dishes.
Buzz!
Lifting the lid, a large pot of cooked Spirit Rice appeared before Su Ping's eyes.
Each grain of Spirit Rice was as crystal clear and dazzling as a small crystal bead, and its fragrance wafted over, making Su Ping's mouth water and his appetite grow.
"The quality of this Spirit Rice is much better than what I used to buy in the Outer Sect!"
"It seems those Bandit Cultivators were really willing to spend on food!"
Su Ping took out his bowl and chopsticks, and under the watery gazes of his contracted Spirit Beasts, he began to eat first.
Devouring it, the large pot of Spirit Rice, cooked with five jin of Spirit Rice, quickly ran out.
Only bones and dregs remained of the Yao Beast meat and Big Green Fish.
Only then did Su Ping stop eating.
Immediately, Ling Rat White and Little Gray occupied the Big Green Fish remains, the Wen Bird pounced on the rice bowl, pecking at the broken rice, while the puppy and black cat chose to contend with the Yao Beast bones.
"Phew!"
"As my cultivation improved, especially after achieving Minor Achievement in Body Tempering, my appetite also increased."
"This is a good thing, allowing me to absorb more nutrients and accelerate my cultivation within a certain period!"
"It's just that resource consumption has intensified, but thankfully I'll soon have the Huzhong Cave Heaven. Once I have this Secret Realm, I can be a bit bolder."
Taking advantage of his full stomach, Su Ping sat cross-legged and began to Cultivate.
......
Su Ping spent three days, consuming twenty jin of Yao Beast meat and nearly a hundred jin of Spirit Rice.
Plus the Qi Blood Waste Pill he had every night.
Then, during a Body Tempering bath, after taking the purification spiritual medicine to purify the pill toxins, his body trembled, and he Broke Through to Body Tempering Fourth Layer!
He became a Cultivator in the Middle Stage of both Qi Refining and Body Refining!
In the Outer Sect, a Cultivator who had reached the Middle Stage in both Qi and Body Dual Cultivation would be well-known within the Immortal Sect's Outer Sect and would receive certain care and attention from the Outer Sect Steward.
Su Ping naturally wouldn't expose his strength for that little bit of care.
He chose to continue to keep a low profile and celebrate quietly.
However, there were always people coming to disturb his cultivation.
On the second day after breaking through to Body Tempering Fourth Layer.
A Loose Cultivator came to visit Su Ping with a post from the City Lord's Mansion.
Su Ping met the other party and found that he was a Buddhist monk around thirty years old.
His cultivation was at Qi Refining Second Layer, which was not bad for a Loose Cultivator.
"amitabha, this humble monk Huineng greets Inspector Sir."
The monk bowed, and a thought stirred in his heart as he looked at Su Ping.
He immediately realized that the intelligence was wrong; the aura of this Inspector Sir seemed unfathomable to him, his demeanor was extraordinary, and his eyes shone with light.
He was nothing like those Old Cultivators who had given up on cultivation and resigned themselves to their fate.
He couldn't help but feel a knot of anxiety for this mission, yet he could only brace himself and say:
"Inspector Sir, this humble monk is from Little Golden Light Temple. This time, I am here on behalf of our temple's abbot to invite you."
"The abbot hopes to invite Inspector Sir to gather at Little Golden Light Temple."
"The abbot attaches great importance to this small gathering and is willing to share one hundred years of bitter tea with all the Cultivators."
"Hmm?"
Su Ping was slightly startled upon hearing this, then recalled the information about Little Golden Light Temple.
Little Golden Light Temple was primarily composed of Buddhist Cultivators. It was rumored that the previous abbot was a True Disciple of Great Golden Light Temple, another Righteous Path School no less inferior than Crimson Kite Immortal Sect.
However, for some unknown reason, he later returned to his hometown, which was within the territory of the Crimson Kite Immortal Sect. Then, with the Immortal Sect's tacit approval, he purchased a Low Grade second-tier Spiritual Vein from a Cultivation Family and built Little Golden Light Temple.
Little Golden Light Temple mainly accepted Loose Cultivators. The few who had better Spiritual Roots were mostly those adopted from other places by the Monastery itself or cultivated from a young age.
Although Immortal Sect Cultivators occasionally felt dissatisfied that Little Golden Light Temple was running money houses in the Mortal world, acquiring large amounts of land, and gaining increasing influence over Mortals,
they never truly suppressed Little Golden Light Temple because of this.
In general, Little Golden Light Temple was considered a sensible and orderly force.
However, going to someone else's territory at this time was too dangerous!
Su Ping shook his head, refusing the invitation on the grounds of being busy with affairs.
The monk was taken aback.
Such a firm refusal, did he really resist the temptation of a hundred-year-old bitter tea?
That was a Spirit Medicine beneficial even to Cultivators in the Middle and Late Stage of Qi Refining!
"See the guest out!"
Su Ping waved his hand, intending to have the maidservant escort the monk away.
"Wait... please wait a moment!"
Seeing this, the monk quickly took out a Jade Slip from his Storage Pouch:
"Please, Inspector Sir, read the contents of this Jade Slip before making a decision."
"This was specially instructed by the abbot when he came; even if someone is unwilling to come, they can still read it first before deciding."
Su Ping activated Ling Rat White's vision, confirmed that the Jade Slip was normal, and then extended his right hand to pull the Jade Slip into his palm.
"Your Little Golden Light Temple is truly compassionate."
"Go back and tell your abbot that since this matter concerns resisting evil spirits, Jinque City agrees to it."
Su Ping read the Jade Slip and learned of the Little Golden Light Temple abbot's idea.
It turned out that recently, with the surge of evil Qi and the emergence of evil spirits, the abbot of Little Golden Light Temple was moved by the suffering of the people.
He hoped to set up water and land Daoist altars in the suburbs of various major cities, supported by the authorities, to leverage the Power Of Faith of the common people.
This would wear down the evil spirits sealed in Magical Artifacts provided by the Monasteries, thereby releasing these Magical Artifacts so that Righteous Path Cultivators could use them to Seal more evil spirits.
"Magical Artifacts that Seal evil spirits?"
"Such Magical Artifacts are probably not something Little Golden Light Temple can produce; it's highly likely to be Great Golden Light Temple behind this, right?"
"Little Golden Light Temple daring to do this means the Immortal Sect's upper echelons have at least tacitly approved it. Is this one of the compromises reached with Great Golden Light Temple?"
"It's rumored that evil spirits are difficult to eliminate and can only be slowly worn down by Divine Thought. The Immortal Sect also seems to focus on Sealing them. The Buddhist sect's method of using faith instead of Divine Thought doesn't seem unfeasible."
"It's just that they're acting so proactively."
"Perhaps wearing down the evil spirits themselves brings many benefits?"
Su Ping was quite interested in this aspect.
After all, regarding the belief of the common people, he knew from Water Blue Star that Ling Rat White and Little Gray could contract and control large and small rats.
Water Blue Star still had a space where Power Of Faith existed, but because there was no spiritual power, this power often dissipated before it could become a major force.
So, if he could learn how to wear down evil spirits,
perhaps he could try to use the unclaimed Power Of Faith in his hometown to wear down one or two evil spirits and then see what benefits there would be inside?