CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 3: LITTLE PEARL OF THE CULTIVATION WORLD (PART 3)

"Is Junior Sister here?"

A gentle voice sounded outside the cave dwelling.

Although Li Shuning was cultivating, she wasn’t in closed-door meditation. She opened her eyes; she recognized this voice as belonging to the unfortunate Senior Brother from the plot.

Li Shuning stood up, opened the restriction at the cave dwelling’s entrance, and saw a graceful young man standing outside.

"Senior Brother."

"Junior Sister, Master said you’ve been cultivating continuously, so I came to fetch you. The workshop at the foot of Mingwu Sect’s mountain opens tomorrow. Are you interested in taking a look?"

Li Shuning thought for a moment and realized this workshop only opens periodically. This time, a servant boy would appear. Mingwu Sect opens its mountain gate every ten years to accept disciples, but servants are taken in every year. This boy would enter Mingwu Sect this time.

"Sure, Senior Brother. Who else is going?"

Senior Brother smiled, and it seemed the area in front of the cave dwelling grew a bit brighter. Such a gentle youth, Li Shuning couldn’t understand why the original character accepted that servant boy...

"Junior Sister, besides you and me, there’s Junior Master and Second Senior Brother."

The two agreed on a time and place, and Senior Brother left.

Li Shuning then returned to her cave dwelling to continue cultivating.

The next day, Li Shuning headed to the mountain gate, where Junior Master—her third uncle—and Second Senior Brother were already waiting.

"Uncle, Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, I’m late."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Xiao Shuning is a little girl; it’s only right to wait for little girls."

The group chatted and laughed as they used sword flight to head to the workshop.

Li Shuning hadn’t reached Foundation Establishment and couldn’t perform sword flight, but her mother had gifted her a small Spirit Boat. As long as she put spirit stones into it, the Spirit Boat would fly according to Li Shuning’s wishes.

Though dependent on Mingwu Sect, the workshop was not lacking in goods.

With its rules and safety, numerous people came and the workshop grew larger and larger.

Li Shuning followed behind the three, casually picking a few items.

The original character had a Qiankun Ring, which hung around her neck like a collar that most people assumed was an ornament.

But this Qiankun Ring was far more advanced than a Storage Bag.

The space inside the Qiankun Ring was immense, more than twenty times that of a Space Button.

The Space Button could hold a Hovercar with room for other items. A Hovercar, much larger than cars in Li Shuning’s world, was about five times the size of a car there.

Li Shuning had already decided that once this world task ended, the item she wanted was this Qiankun Ring.

This way, when she returned to her world, she could store many things inside it.

In this bizarre task world, who knows where it might take her next? Being fully prepared would offer more security.

Li Shuning lacked neither spirit stones nor elixir pills. She was not short of anything.

Senior Brother had invited her to the workshop simply to help her relax from cultivating.

The items Li Shuning picked were mostly trinkets, like pretty Treasure Clothes and Treasure Hairpins.

These items were mainly for appearances, providing only a slight defensive benefit.

Treasure Clothes were large, but once worn, they adjusted to the wearer’s size, so Li Shuning didn’t worry about them not fitting.

After a tour, she didn’t encounter the boy and didn’t bother looking for him specifically. Once he entered Mingwu Sect, they would eventually meet.

There were still several years until the selection of the True Inheritor’s spirit root, so there was plenty of time.

After the group had enough fun, Li Xin led them to Treasure Pavilion, an industry of Mingwu Sect, where the treasures were unmatched by those outside.

Most of the shops in the workshop were run by disciples assigned by Mingwu Sect, while the stalls outside were managed by cultivators trading on their own.

Li Xin’s main purpose in coming was related to the shops at Treasure Pavilion.

It was time for the quarterly collection day, which necessitated a reliable person to collect all those spirit stones.

While Li Xin spoke with the manager at Treasure Pavilion, Li Shuning wandered around inside.

Being the apple of the Sect Master’s eye, many recognized Li Shuning, and a server followed the children, explaining as they walked.

After browsing on the first floor and seeing nothing special, Li Shuning went up to the second floor.

Her gaze was suddenly drawn to a pitch-black little box in front of her.

Li Shuning walked over and realized the black box seemed familiar.

She frowned and pondered for a while. The server, noticing her constant attention on the box, quickly said, "Junior Sister, this box contains a black gelatinous substance, as though there’s something inside. However, since we obtained it, we’ve never figured it out. The gelatin appears simple, yet it can’t be broken, even back at the sect, where no one could break through the outer shell, so this little box has remained here."

Li Shuning heard this and recalled that the servant boy, after becoming a True Disciple of Mingwu Sect, had come here with her, took a liking to this box, and the original character bought it for him as a gift.

The servant only expressed curiosity and never mentioned the box’s purpose, but Li Shuning thought, given he pointed it out, this item might not be simple.

"I’ll take this item. How many spirit stones?" Li Shuning asked directly.

"Junior Sister, this item is expensive, and its value is unknown. Why not choose something else?"

"Just tell me how many spirit stones; I want this one."

The server, helpless, said, "Junior Sister, it requires fifty thousand mid-level spirit stones."

To Li Shuning, fifty thousand mid-level spirit stones weren’t much, but to others, it was a high price.

In Mingwu Sect, True Disciples like Senior Brother only received a thousand mid-level spirit stones per month; Core Disciples got four to five hundred; Inner Sect Disciples had one hundred. Outer Disciples only received one per month, and Servants got twenty low-level spirit stones monthly.

This was Mingwu Sect, and in other sects, Outer Disciples only received some low-level spirit stones.

The original character had snatched up the item without batting an eye, yet her gesture wasn’t met with gratitude, and even the item’s purpose stayed unknown.

After collecting the black box and its contents, Li Shuning tossed them into the Qiankun Ring.

Whether it was useful or not didn’t matter to her; the item might benefit the servant boy, so purchasing it beforehand was a good move.

PS: Thank you for your support. As this is during the release of a new book, updates are typically singular. Xiao Qing will strive to write more and store extra Chapters.