Soul Enhancing Flower

Time passed by slowly and Li Yuan almost forgot everything around him as he fell deep into cultivation.

Suddenly, he stopped using the Great Destiny Technique to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and opened his eyes.

The moment his eyes opened, there was a strange purple light on them, but it quickly disappeared.

It looked like the purple light just now was an illusion.

"Has Xiao Huo returned?"

Li Yuan muttered as he felt someone entering the hut's range again.

Exiting the hut, Li Yuan found an ordinary average-looking young man standing outside, waiting for something.

Although he tried to hide it, the young man was obviously very excited.

"You're very good. You've already managed to break through."

Li Yuan nodded his head in appreciation.

Obviously, this young man was Xiao Huo, who had successfully found the residence of the dead Core Formation cultivator and achieved a breakthrough.

Li Yuan didn't have to use the Identification Technique and could notice this just from the waves of aura that he unconsciously exuded.

"It's all thanks to senior's guidance."

Xiao Yan cupped his hands and thanked Li Yuan profusely.

In fact, after he left last time, Xiao Huo didn't believe that there is an opportunity waiting for him.

However, since he already had the map and knew that it was accurate, he chose to move according to the marks on it.

Imagine his surprise when soon after, he found an abandoned cave filled with precious pills, magic weapons and other valuable items.

After his master confirmed that the pills could be used directly, he consumed them all like a kid that had just learned the existence of candy and managed to advance to the Middle Stage of the Foundation Building Realm.

Realizing that he had misunderstood Li Yuan, he rushed back in a hurry.

Not only did he want to thank him for the information, but he also wanted to find and collect more opportunities.

Since Li Yuan could help him advance to the Middle Stage, can't he also help him advance to the Late Stage, the Peak Stage, or even the Core Formation Realm?

'This is the opportunity I've been waiting for.'

Xiao Huo clenched his fists and thought excitedly.

His father's cultivation was only at the Peak of the Foundation Building Realm and he was able to control an entire city. In the Sun Empire, he was considered a relatively powerful cultivator.

If he broke through the Core Formation Realm, wouldn't he be able to become one of the strongest cultivators in the entire Sun Empire?

Li Yuan didn't know about Xiao Huo's delusions, but by seeing his excited expression, he could guess something.

He wasn't surprised.

Judging from Xiao Huo's experience, he was the type of protagonist that got stronger through sheer luck.

He might be somewhat talented, but the reason he cultivated so fast was simply because of his absurd luck.

He was lucky enough to have a necklace that contained the soul of a powerful cultivator who accepted him as his disciple.

He was lucky enough to have the Young Lady of a powerful clan as a childhood sweetheart.

And he was lucky enough to meet countless opportunities through his cultivation journey.

Even then, Li Yuan didn't dare to underestimate him.

Wasn't he also lucky to transmigrate and obtain the system?

How could he criticize others?

"Even if you break through, you should always remain cautious."

Li Yuan kindly reminded, considering that Xiao Huo was one of the only two customers he had.

If he died on his constant journey of seeking death, Li Yuan wouldn't who to blame.

Xiao Huo heard his words and thought that he was implying something.

Looking at the little hut standing alone in this deserted place, his mind turned.

"Senior, since you are able to deduce the secrets of Heaven and predict the future, why are you staying here?", he took the opportunity to ask.

Shouldn't he be roaming the Xuan Continent looking for opportunities to achieve breakthroughs?

Instantly, he saw that a a bitter expression appeared on Li Yuan's face.

"It's not that I don't want to leave, it's just that destiny has brought me to this place."

Li Yuan responded cryptically with a mysterious expression and a flicker of his eyes.

His tone seemed to contain a deeper meaning, as if he was hiding a secret.

No matter what, he wouldn't admit that he had just started cultivating and he didn't dare to leave his little hut.

Xiao Huo saw all of this and seemed to realize something.

'Senior must also have his story. There should be some unspeakable secrets behind all of this.'

He unconsciously clenched his fists.

Then, he remembered what he came here for.

"Pavilion Owner, can I ask you to deduce some things for me?", Xiao Huo changed the subject.

"Of course. As long as you're willing to pay the price." Li Yuan nodded.

"Can you deduce whether there are any Soul Enhancing Flower near this place?", Xiao Huo asked with some anticipation in his voice.

Hearing this name, Li Yuan didn't even need to use the system to guess the effects of this plant.

Moreover, he could already imagine that Xiao Huo wanted to use it to help his master recover.

'System, deduce the location of Soul Enhancing Flowers inside the Dark Mirror Forest.'

[There are currently 8 Soul Enhancing Flowers that meet the requirements.]

[Soul Enhancing Flower dyed with the blood of Tree of Life. Price: 100 Billion HS Points.]

[Soul Enhancing Flower planted on top of a Soul Formation cultivator's corpse. Price: 50 Million HS Points.]

[Ordinary Soul Enhancing Flower. Price: 10 Million HS Points.]

Naturally, Li Yuan ignored the first items on the list and scrolled to the bottom immediately.

[Half-eaten Soul Enhancing Flower. Barely Usable. Price: 100.000 HS Points.]

"There are many Soul Enhancing Flowers in this forest, but there is only one that you can currently afford."

"The price you have to pay is 1 million low-grade spirit stones."

In his words, Li Yuan was clearly implying that it was not his fault that the quality of the Soul Enhancing Flower is low, it's only because you can't afford anything better.

Xiao Huo was heartbroken when he heard this price.

With some reluctance, he took some items out of his space ring.

There were some Nascent Soul cultivation techniques, as well as some pills and low-grade magic weapons.

In this world, cultivation techniques were graded according to what realm one could reach by practicing the technique to the peak.

For example, a Nascent Soul cultivation technique allowed a cultivator to break through the Nascent Soul Realm.

The cultivation techniques that Xiao Huo took out were not his own, but were given to him by his master.

Don't think that his master was a Saint cultivator and had countless Nascent Soul cultivation techniques.

Think about it. If you managed to become a Saint cultivator, would you go around collecting some low-level techniques?

Of course not.

So every cultivation technique that Xiao Huo took out was actually very precious.

'As long as master recovers and regains his memories, he will be able to recall higher level techniques. Just think of it as a temporary investment.", Xiao Huo tried to convince himself.

Li Yuan ignored Xiao Huo's expression and didn't hesitate to trade most of the items that Xiao Huo took out for HS Points.

Then, he bought the information regarding the half-eaten Soul Enhancing Flower.

[Half-eaten Soul Enhancing Flower.]

[This flower was previously eaten by a pig monster but was spat out because the pig monster didn't like its taste. It is covered with pig monster saliva...]

[Location:...]

[Safe Path:...]

After he spent some HS Points to materialize the map, he threw it to Xiao Huo, whose hands trembled in excitement.

Li Yuan took a look at his balance and a smile appeared on his face.

910.000 HS Points.

This was a huge amount of wealth for him.

"Do you want to ask anything else?", he looked at Xiao Huo expectantly .

"No. I don't have any other resources to spend.", Xiao Huo shook his head with some embarrassment.

"Then why are you still staying here?", Li Yuan waved his hand and teleported Xiao Huo out of the hut's range.

'If you don't go out to make money and then come to me to deduce opportunities, then how will I become stronger?', Li Yuan complained inwardly.

But on the surface, Li Yuan remained calm, with an aura filled with confidence, like a hidden expert that stayed away from the world.

He was waiting for his next customer.

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The previous prices of the system have been updated in order to reduce future powercreep.

Nothing else was changed. Readers can continue reading the novel without missing anything.