Longevity: Comprehending the Heart Method

Chapter 634: Chapter 97: Purple Void Divine Fire

The Yu Clan had few Contribution Points on hand and was still short three thousand points for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Gritting their teeth, they took out forty thousand Spirit Stones and converted them.

Although the exchange rate was two Spirit Stones to one point, the purchasing power of the Song Clan’s Contribution Points was quite strong. All told, it was still a bit cheaper than buying on the open market.

Having gotten a taste of the benefits, the major powers of Ling Province grew even more desperate for Contribution Points. As soon as Song Luyun posted new missions, they were quickly snatched up, leaving only the most difficult ones behind.

The convenience of the mission board system was on full display.

Many people noticed this, and numerous clan members approached Song Luyun, wanting to post their own missions on the board and offering to pay with their personal Contribution Points.

However, Song Luyun denied this request. She didn’t refuse to let them post missions, but she stipulated that payment must be in Spirit Stones or through barter. Furthermore, any posted mission could not negatively affect the clan’s image and reputation.

The same rules applied to the major vassal powers, who were also allowed to post missions.

This led to a very strange phenomenon: disciples from the various powers in Ling Province became unwilling to accept missions that paid in Contribution Points.

Because Contribution Points were so valuable, the major powers forbade their members from holding them privately. Any points earned from missions actually went into their respective factions’ “public accounts.”

While they would receive a corresponding reward, the amount depended entirely on the conscience of their superiors.

And even the most conscientious leaders would withhold a portion, meaning the disciples never received what they truly earned.

In the past, they had no choice but to hold their noses and accept it, considering it a way to give back to their clans.

But now that missions paying in Spirit Stones were available, they naturally prioritized those.

This sent the leaders of the major powers into a panic. They had no choice but to offer to exchange the points for an equivalent value in Spirit Stones or other cultivation resources, which finally turned the situation around.

However, no one gave their leaders credit. The disciples all attributed this change to the Song Clan, causing the clan’s prestige in Ling Province to skyrocket—an unexpected boon.

Seeing all the major powers of Ling Province benefiting from this policy, the seven great families of Yang Province grew restless. The Bai Clan was the first to take the plunge.

The Bai Clan had deep pockets. After receiving the list of available goods from the Song Clan, they decisively spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones on Contribution Points, exchanging them for a large batch of desperately needed resources.

One followed another until finally, even the most powerful of them, the Chu Clan, could no longer sit on the sidelines and voluntarily joined in.

In a short time, the Song Clan had taken in nearly five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and cleared out more than half of the cultivation resources that had been piling up in their warehouses.

Through all this, Song Luyun began to notice a pattern. The most popular items by far were Pills that rarely circulated on the market, such as the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Dragon Ascending Pill.

Following those were things like Tier Three Spirit Medicines and minerals.

The Song Clan’s supply of the former was limited, but they had no shortage of the latter. After all, the clan controlled two Wood Spirit Veins, the Wutong Secret Realm, and several large cultivation gardens, so their annual output of High-Tier Spirit Medicine was considerable.

Furthermore, they had several large Tier Three Mine Veins in Zhangye County. Thanks to the tireless efforts of hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men recruited from various regions, the annual output was also very impressive. There was no issue of insufficient supply.

Besides, this was just a one-time high-volume sale. There wouldn’t be another opportunity to exchange Spirit Stones for Contribution Points for a long time, so the major powers would not have many points on hand.

This was the perfect time for the Song Clan to accumulate another stockpile and release it all at once when the time was right.

Even though they were selling at a discount, the profit margin was still substantial. If developed properly, this system could one day become an economic pillar for the Song Clan.

The likelihood was extremely high. After all, there were many related ventures to expand into. It just wasn’t the right time. Song Changsheng was afraid of moving too fast and stumbling.

With the grand project of binding the other clans proceeding in full swing, Song Changsheng finally managed to snatch a rare moment of leisure to enter seclusion.

His nominal master, the Heaven-Supporting Sword Immortal, had left a mysterious cluster of light in his Sea of Consciousness, with instructions to only inspect it once after breaking through a Great Realm.

Back when his cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he had obtained the method to awaken the Artifact Spirit, Little Ninth, from it. Now that he had broken through to the Purple Mansion Stage, it was time to see what else the Heaven-Supporting Sword Immortal had left for him inside.

Slowly closing his eyes, Song Changsheng’s Divine Thought extended like a tendril, probing toward the cluster of light floating silently within his Sea of Consciousness.

The light cluster trembled slightly, then released faint ripples.

A stream of light dense with information instantly burrowed into Song Changsheng’s Divine Soul, and a large, unfamiliar block of knowledge appeared in his mind.

Song Changsheng focused his mind and read through it. A look of astonishment crossed his face as he murmured, “Spiritual Fire?”

Actually, calling it a Spiritual Fire wasn’t entirely accurate. That term referred to flames with a Spiritual Attribute, born after the Celestial Fire descended upon the world.

What he had received was a cultivation technique called the *Purple Void Divine Fire*. By practicing it, one could nurture a ball of incredibly fierce flame in their abdomen, which, when cultivated to its peak, was said to be capable of incinerating all creation.

‘Sounds like someone blowing their own horn,’ Song Changsheng thought. The Earth Core Cold Flame he’d obtained before was also supposed to be able to burn anything, but it had turned out to be nothing special.

“The *Purple Void Divine Fire* was the former master’s signature technique,” Little Ninth’s voice suddenly interjected, causing Song Changsheng a moment of embarrassment. “Though it’s a Mortal Fire, it’s every bit as powerful as the world’s Spirit Flames, if not more so. Please do not underestimate it, Master.”

“Oh, so it was my master’s signature technique! In that case, it must be the real deal, haha.” Song Changsheng gave a dry laugh. He had only seen the name “Fengy Changqing” signed at the end and hadn’t made the connection to his nominal master. He never imagined that was the Heaven-Supporting Sword Immortal’s real name.

‘I just never expected that my master, a Sword Immortal, would have *this* as his signature technique.’

‘I wonder if he can hear me bad-mouthing him from here.’

Then again, since it was his signature technique, the power of the *Purple Void Divine Fire* couldn’t be bad.

Song Changsheng adjusted his posture and began to practice.

According to the technique’s description, the Purple Void Divine Fire was an intangible fire refined from a Cultivator’s Three Treasures—Essence, Qi, and Spirit. It was an energy state derived from the three fundamental elements: Primordial Essence, Primordial Qi, and Primordial Spirit.

Once this intangible fire was refined, it had to be fused with the Furnace Fire and Purple Qi within the Middle Dantian to finally form the incredibly fierce Purple Void Divine Fire.

Theoretically, the Purple Void Divine Fire had no upper limit to its power. As long as one continuously strengthened their own essence, qi, and spirit, the flame’s might would grow in tandem.

If one could cultivate it to its absolute peak and comprehend a Law from it, they might even be able to use it to step onto the Great Dao.

This was a form of insurance the Heaven-Supporting Sword Immortal had left for Song Changsheng. If he couldn’t find his own Dao, he would have a chance to follow in his master’s footsteps.

Clearly, Fengy Changqing had very high hopes for Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng already had a high degree of mastery over the Water and Fire Daos. He quickly refined the three intangible fires and drew them into his Lower Dantian. However, an accident occurred when he tried to control their fusion with the Furnace Fire.

The nascent intangible fire unexpectedly devoured his Earth Core Cold Flame, leaving behind nothing but a weakened fire seed.

Then, under Song Changsheng’s dumbfounded gaze, the now-strengthened intangible fire took the Earth Core Cold Flame’s original place, shoving the fire seed into a corner and beginning to frantically devour the Purple Qi being refined by the Purple Mansion Melting Furnace.

The intangible fire gradually turned deep purple, coiling within the Purple Mansion Melting Furnace.

“Damn, that’s pretty domineering,” Song Changsheng said, exasperated, as he retrieved the trembling fire seed of the Earth Core Cold Flame.

“You’ve had it rough. I’ll find a good new master for you in the future,” Song Changsheng soothed it gently before fetching a container and sealing the fire seed inside.

It was a Spiritual Fire, after all. He no longer had a use for it, but to the clan’s other Artifact Refiners or Alchemists, it would be an invaluable aid…