Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 271 - 150: Trespassers in the Cave Mansion Shall Be Killed! (Part 4)

Chapter 271: Chapter 150: Trespassers in the Cave Mansion Shall Be Killed! (Part 4)

Chu Ning refused very straightforwardly, wishing that everyone in the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands would forget his previous performance in the Thousand Islands competition.

At this moment, why would he want to meet any of these people?

If these cultivators wanted to form some sort of relationship, it would be nothing but tiresome.

Without waiting for Jiang Hongguang to speak, Chu Ning continued:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, as I said before, everything on the island remains the same. You should manage things as you always have.

As for those visiting daoists, you can just tell them I am in secluded cultivation and not receiving guests anytime soon."

Seeing Chu Ning speak so decisively, Jiang Hongguang naturally could not argue further.

So, he took out a metal token from his storage bag and handed it to Chu Ning, saying:

"In that case, I’ll leave this identity token to you. In the future, show this token on the island, and everyone will recognize you.

Also, this identity token is issued by the Thousand Islands Alliance to all island masters at the Qi Refining Stage.

If you encounter any danger within the Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands, you can inject magical power into the token, and the Thousand Islands Alliance’s Law Enforcement Team will sense it and come."

Jiang Hongguang paused before continuing:

"However, their response might be a bit slow, and they generally won’t get involved in minor disputes."

After hearing this, Chu Ning roughly understood the meaning and didn’t mind, reaching out to accept it.

Jiang Hongguang continued, saying:

"Since Fellow Daoist Chu is dedicated to the path, we won’t disturb you any further, but once every six months, I will come to provide you with your share of the income."

"Income?" Chu Ning was slightly surprised upon hearing this.

Previously, Jiang Hongguang hadn’t mentioned that there was any income here.

Jiang Hongguang smiled and said, "I hadn’t informed you of this before."

"Although this island previously only had a Tier One Spirit Vein, the area is quite large, and there are quite a few cultivators.

These cultivators mostly plant spirit fields and need to submit their harvest to the island every six months, totaling about 1,800 spirit stones.

Apart from giving thirty percent of the harvest as offerings to the Thousand Islands Alliance, the rest is ours."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ning had a sudden realization.

Jiang Hongguang’s smile grew wider.

"Thanks to Fellow Daoist’s performance in the Thousand Islands competition, defeating Jingquan Island and Beilin Island, we at Feihong Island don’t need to pay offerings.

Therefore, our income has increased significantly in recent years."

Jiang Hongguang then tentatively asked:

"How does Fellow Daoist think the income should be divided appropriately?"

An income of nearly two thousand spirit stones every six months is not insignificant.

However, Chu Ning didn’t particularly care, as he could make more than that in half a month through talisman making.

Nonetheless, Chu Ning knew there should be a limit to modesty.

So after a brief ponder, he said, "How about a fifty-fifty split?"

"Certainly!" Jiang Hongguang immediately replied.

Clearly, such a division from Chu Ning was very satisfactory to him.

Although the nominal income of their family was reduced by twenty percent since Chu Ning arrived,

they now have a Tier Two Spirit Vein.

Although this spirit vein is not as large as the Tier One Spirit Vein, its income exceeds that of the Tier One Spirit Vein.

Once Jiang Hongguang and his family left happily, Chu Ning returned to his cultivation practice.

He consumed a Golden Orchid Fruit and began practicing the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique for the day.

[Flame Divine Wood Technique (Profound Tier Upper Grade), First Layer (174/5000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Unbreakable Tendons 740/1500]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Second Layer 325/2000]

"According to previous cultivation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, once proficiency reaches halfway, a bottleneck will appear.

Enhancement through ordinary spirit fruits or cultivation will be impossible; I wonder if this is also the case with Unbreakable Tendons."

Chu Ning thought briefly, feeling slightly melancholic.

After all, he currently did not have any Heaven and Earth Spirit Fruits suitable for body refinement, only three Seven-Star Spirit Fruits left.

However, when breaking through the bottleneck of the Undying Bone last time, the effect of the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit was already greatly diminished.

Now, the breakthrough for Unbreakable Tendons was quite uncertain.

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Ning continued with the cultivation of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.

After several days of continuous cultivation, the proficiency of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique’s Unbreakable Tendons finally reached 750.

After consuming Golden Orchid Fruits for two more days, as expected, the proficiency of Unbreakable Tendons did not budge at all.

"Another bottleneck!"

In the cultivation room, Chu Ning took a Seven-Star Spirit Fruit and tossed it into his mouth.

It was the only option he had, so he had to try it.

After consuming three, he looked at the change in proficiency with a complex expression.

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume One, Unbreakable Tendons 930/1500]

He had expected the Seven-Star Spirit Fruit to be less effective in breaking through bottlenecks.

But he hadn’t thought the effect would be reduced to this extent.

After using three fruits, the proficiency only increased by 180 points.

At this point, he had used up all items capable of breaking through the bottleneck.

The path of body refinement appeared to be hitting a major bottleneck.

Shaking his head, he left the cultivation room and went to the medicinal garden outside.

Entering the garden with Flame Wood Twin Fruits, Chu Ning first performed the Profound Spring Youth Technique, then practiced the Flame Divine Wood Technique.

The previously hidden talent regarding the Yin Wood Spirit Body indicated that he could absorb spiritual qi gathered by wood attribute techniques used on spirit plants.