My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 498: Chapter 222: Honey?

Qin Fang said.

Su Nian froze for a moment, then said awkwardly, ”Oh, is that so...”

”Right. So... Junior Sister Su, can you tell me where in the Sect I can find Concentrating Iron Heart Jade?”

Qin Fang asked.

Su Nian had already recovered. Hearing his question, she smiled. ”There’s nothing I can’t say about that... The Sect’s Concentrating Iron Heart Jade is almost all located here in our Celestial Martial Hall.”

”Oh?” Qin Fang’s eyes immediately lit up.

”And... how do I exchange for it?”

”Concentrating Iron Heart Jade is only useful for Spiritual Sense, and our Celestial Martial Lineage specializes in the Path of Spiritual Sense. That’s why the Sect provides the Concentrating Iron Heart Jade exclusively to our Celestial Martial Hall.”

After explaining, Su Nian looked a little sheepish. ”However, when it comes to the exchange... it’s a bit expensive. It costs one thousand contribution points per gram, because the production of Concentrating Iron Heart Jade has always been low. The Sect doesn’t get much of it... Also, the pieces come in irregular sizes. If they’re broken apart, it’s very easy for the special substances inside to leak out, which would be a huge waste. So we don’t do exchanges gram-by-gram... And a typical piece of Concentrating Iron Heart Jade weighs about thirty grams...”

Su Nian said hesitantly.

’Thirty grams?’

’That’s thirty thousand contribution points?’

”It’s that expensive?”

Qin Fang asked in surprise.

”These are the Sect’s rules. There’s nothing we can do...”

Su Nian said awkwardly, then quickly added, ”But honestly, there’s no point in exchanging for too much at once... Concentrating Iron Heart Jade is incredibly hard. Using Spiritual Sense for Refinement is a very slow process. Just absorbing a single piece of Concentrating Iron Heart Jade takes a long, long time... So you should be able to earn back the contribution points in time.”

Hearing this, Qin Fang was stunned for a moment. He asked in surprise, ”A long time?... Roughly how long?”

”For a typical entry-level practitioner, before their Spiritual Sense has undergone a qualitative change, a thirty-gram piece of Concentrating Iron Heart Jade can last about two to three years.”

”After absorbing a total of fifty grams, your Spiritual Sense will have more or less completed its qualitative change and can achieve the Illusion and Reality Shift.”

After speaking, Su Nian added with a bit of resignation, ”As you know, Senior Brother, cultivating the Path of Spiritual Sense is perilous. Even within the Celestial Martial Lineage, no one dares to spend every waking moment in seated Contemplation, absorbing the special substances from the Divine Jade...”

Qin Fang was stunned... ’The Void Mirror Observation mentioned the Concentrating Iron Heart Jade, but it really didn’t specify the exact time frame.’

’I never expected it to take so long.’

”Fifty grams just to achieve the Illusion and Reality Shift?”

Qin Fang asked with a frown.

Su Nian nodded.

But the Illusion and Reality Shift was only the most basic level. The extent to which one’s Spiritual Sense could interfere with the physical world depended almost entirely on the ’width’ of this channel.

It was like being a weightlifting champion in the real world; you still couldn’t kill a video game character with a single punch. And a world-destroying character in a game couldn’t reach out of the screen and slap you...

It was the same principle.

After all, Spirit and reality are separated by an entire world.

The substance within the Concentrating Iron Heart Jade was what built a channel connecting these two worlds.

Naturally, the more of this substance one had, the greater the power one could wield.

...But this didn’t mean that cultivating Spiritual Sense was useless.

The stronger and more condensed one’s Spiritual Sense, and the larger their Sea of Consciousness, the faster and more of that substance they could naturally absorb.

After a moment of hesitation, Qin Fang said, ”I understand... Alright, then find me a piece that’s over fifty grams.”

Su Nian was taken aback for a second, then quickly said, ”Of course, Senior Brother... Please wait a moment.”

Su Nian set aside her broom and turned to enter a side hall.

Not long after, she returned with a Jade Box and handed it to Qin Fang. ”Senior Brother, this is the Concentrating Iron Heart Jade. It’s a fifty-two-gram piece... That will be fifty-two thousand contribution points.”

’And just like that, I’ve spent a hundred thousand contribution points... all for this Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill.’

The corner of Qin Fang’s mouth twitched slightly, but he immediately sighed softly and nodded.

He took out his Identity Token and handed it to Su Nian. Su Nian accepted it respectfully while giving the Jade Box to Qin Fang. ”Please wait a moment, Senior Brother.”

Holding Qin Fang’s Token, she once again entered the side hall to deduct the contribution points.

Qin Fang naturally wasn’t worried she would overcharge him... He knew exactly how many points he had.

Just as Su Nian wasn’t in the least bit worried that Qin Fang would take the Iron Heart Jade and run... They were in the Sect, after all. Where could he possibly run to?

Qin Fang opened the Jade Box directly and saw a piece of smooth, silvery jade nestled inside, about the size of a baby’s fist... It looked like Flowing Silver, and a Silver Light pulsed within it, as if a tiny galaxy was being born and was swirling naturally inside.

But when he touched it, the texture was unmistakably that of jade.

’...So this is the ’Concentrating Iron Heart Jade’?’

’The auxiliary Treasure for cultivating the Spiritual Sense Leaf Skill!’

...It wasn’t just the ’Void Mirror Observation’ that required Concentrating Iron Heart Jade.

Rather, all Spiritual Sense Leaf Skills required it.

Otherwise, there would be no point in cultivating Spiritual Sense Leaf Skills.

At most, it would only strengthen one’s Spiritual Sense and Perception Ability... but it wouldn’t be able to interfere with reality, nor would it have its many wondrous uses.

”Senior Brother, it’s done.”

Su Nian returned and handed the Token back to him.

Qin Fang took it, gave a slight nod, and said, ”Thank you. I’ll be leaving now.”

With that said, he prepared to tear through the air and depart.

But just then, Su Nian quickly called out, ”Senior Brother, please wait.”

Qin Fang stopped and looked at her, confused.

He saw Su Nian’s face was slightly flushed. She hesitated for a good while before finally saying, ”Um, Senior Brother... excuse me, but do you still have any of that... honey? The kind you gave me and Senior Brother Yun that one time?”

”Honey?” Qin Fang was completely caught off guard by her question. He paused for a moment, then asked, ”Why? Was the honey... really that good?”

”No, no.” Su Nian shook her head quickly, but after shaking it, she seemed to realize something and quickly corrected herself, ”I mean, it was very delicious, but that’s not, that’s not why I’m asking.”

”Then why?” Qin Fang asked, puzzled.

”Well... it’s just my own feeling, really. I don’t know if I’m just imagining it...”

After hesitating for a good while longer, Su Nian said uncertainly, ”I just have this feeling... that after Senior Brother Yun ate the honey you gave us last time, his memory... seems to have gotten a little better...”

Qin Fang froze, his eyes narrowing slightly.

”Are you saying... that the honey is effective... for healing Spiritual Sense injuries?”