novelraw Chapter 13: I Came Here to Realize My Own Value (2)
Chapter 13: I Came Here to Realize My Own Value (2)
When Jiang Man arrived, Manager Miao called out to him.
Only then did he realize dozens of people were standing here.
They stood in a line, old and young alike, but without exception, their mental states were average.
They all carried an aura of weakness about them.
This was the damage caused by having their spiritual energy absorbed by the formation.
It might not matter much in the short term, but over time, it could become irreversible.
Following Manager Miao's gaze, they all looked over.
Perhaps encouraging words wouldn't get through to them, but curiosity remained—they wanted to see exactly what kind of person would score zero points.
When they saw Jiang Man, most felt slightly disappointed.
He looked like a proper, upright person, not missing any limbs, so why would he score zero?Addicted to laziness?
But why would someone lazy come here?
Was it a prodigal son returning?
Unfortunately, it was too late—they were already in the rear courtyard, with no turning back.
Manager Miao looked at Jiang Man and said, "Jiang Man, come over and tell everyone about your mental journey. Are you filled with unwillingness about your future, wanting to realize your own value in the Spirit Gathering Hall?"
Jiang Man: "..."
Soon, Manager Miao said with a smile, "If that's the case, our Spirit Gathering Hall values talent—today, your spirit source will be doubled."
"Yes," Jiang Man affirmed with a nod. "I came to the Spirit Gathering Hall precisely to realize my own value."
Hearing this, Manager Miao beamed with joy, then continued encouraging everyone: "Every one of you is stronger than Jiang Man, with far greater value than him.
If he can succeed, are you all destined to fail?
There are so many successful people—with Jiang Man added to their number, can't you join them too?
On the path to future success, you should be further ahead.
As long as you earn enough spirit source, you'll amaze everyone sooner or later."
Under Manager Miao's round of encouragement.
Some people indeed became filled with motivation.
But Jiang Man still couldn't understand—in her words, he seemed to have already succeeded.
Weren't they going to look at him first?
He was still the most humble cultivator right now.
Had she also received spirit source?
Afterward, Jiang Man smoothly received sixty spirit source.
Three jade-like coins.
They were engraved with the characters for "Twenty."
On the back was a mountain gate, said to be the gate of an immortal sect.
This was Jiang Man's first time seeing spirit source—he wasn't sure if it always looked like this.
But seeing that no one else objected, Jiang Man quietly put away the spirit source and headed back.
Sixty spirit source.
For someone with zero points, this should be decent income.
He wondered how much a single Gathering Spirit Pill cost.
He'd ask Little Fatty tomorrow.
At the thatched hut by the stables, Jiang Man pushed open the door under the starlight.
Beside him, Old Yellow Ox, who had already closed his eyes, suddenly opened them and looked at Jiang Man.
"How are you doing today, Senior?" Jiang Man greeted with a smile.
"Thanks to your wife, not dead yet," Old Yellow Ox said indifferently. "You seem to be doing well—I just wonder if you'll be in such high spirits a hundred days from now."
Jiang Man pointed at the sky and said, "Starlight doesn't disappoint those on the journey, let alone someone with my talent."
Old Yellow Ox rolled his eyes.
Wouldn't I know about your talent?
After cleaning the stables, Jiang Man continued cultivating.
He was still "filling water" in his "gourd."
Under the moonlight, as Jiang Man continuously operated the Qi Refinement Method and absorbed spiritual energy.
The "gourd" suddenly vibrated.
Then, with a crack, it broke through something.
Immediately after, a second gourd appeared.
Some overflowing spiritual energy flowed into the second "gourd."
At this moment, Jiang Man slowly opened his eyes.
He felt his dantian was heavy.
The second level of Qi Refinement was indeed different from the first level.
Not only that, but the strength in his limbs had also increased.
One punch could now match the force of four or five people from before.
And this was the crudest application.
Currently, he didn't know any techniques—it was just his cultivation level improving.
His mental state had also improved.
Ordinary people seemed rather average in front of him now.
For a moment, he felt grateful to his courtyard mates.
They had never troubled him, an ordinary person.
Otherwise, with their cultivation at the very least being the first level of Qi Refinement.
If they had really attacked him, it would have been like child's play.
Old Yellow Ox watched Jiang Man, squinting.
He couldn't understand why this person's improvement speed was so fast.
Instantly drawing qi into his body, reaching the ninth level of the Qi Refinement Method in three days, the first level of Qi Refinement in one day, and the second level of Qi Refinement in two days.
Although the Flawless Gathering Spirit Pill provided support, the time was indeed short.
Of course, starting directly at the ninth level of the Qi Refinement Method was something he had never encountered before.
He couldn't determine the situation either.
The next day.
Jiang Man continued cleaning the old courtyard.
He cleaned each cultivation area one by one.
He discovered that each place had different levels of consumption.
And the timing wasn't far apart.
It seemed someone had been cultivating here for a long time.
At noon, he returned to the Sixth Courtyard again and asked Little Fatty what had been taught today.
"We learned about the Three Talents Force technique," Little Fatty said.
He hadn't studied it yet.
Afterward, Jiang Man asked about spirit source.
"Spirit source?" Little Fatty thought for a moment and said, "An ordinary Gathering Spirit Pill costs three hundred spirit source."
"Then how much spirit source does a normal cultivator typically earn in a month?" Jiang Man asked.
Little Fatty seemed to already know the answer and said casually, "About fifteen hundred, but that's within the Cloud Front Division. Outside the Cloud Front Division, it's generally eight or nine hundred a month. Some villages are even lower—I've heard of people working themselves to death for only three hundred spirit source a month."
Hearing this, Jiang Man was somewhat surprised.
Was thirty-one days actually considered decent income?
It's just that continuously having spiritual energy forcibly extracted by the formation caused some physical harm.
Perhaps one day, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy would decrease significantly.
This would be equivalent to ruining one's future.
Jiang Man stopped overthinking it.
He would cultivate first.
Ten days later.
Early September.
Jiang Man took a deep breath—the second "gourd" was full.
There were still fifteen days until the next ranking update.
During these ten days, Fang Yong hadn't approached him.
But every time someone asked him about Young Master Cheng and Young Master Yang, he would glare at Jiang Man afterward.
If it weren't for the critical timing, Jiang Man would really fear the other might take action.
The cultivation gap was too large.
If they really fought, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.
Luo Xuan did approach him once.
She said he could cultivate with her, mutually supervising each other.
Mainly because he cultivated with focus and would be a good cultivation partner.
Although his cultivation was weak, Luo Xuan said she could reluctantly accept it.
Jiang Man refused.
Without giving him any spirit source, how could she have the nerve to ask him to supervise her?
It would affect his spirit source earnings.