East King Temple backyard.
Su Ping did not wait for Zhou Xuan to return. After directing Little White and Little Grey to lead the rat tide to temporarily settle deep in the mountains outside the city, Su Ping did not forget his greatest reliance. He put on his bamboo hat, took out his Fishing gear, and after applying an Invisibility Talismanic Incantation, he quietly left the temple to find a night Fishing spot.
Su Ping visited five Fishing spots in one night, originally thinking he would gain nothing.
He even worried that a world without Spiritual Qi might not have Fishing spots recognized by the System.
However, at the last location, a reservoir in the eastern district upstream of a river, a new Fishing spot was activated!
[New Fishing spot activated!]
[Current Fishing Rank: Rank 2 (120/500)]
[Current Fishing spot evaluation: Low Grade Rank 1]
[Current Fishing spot accumulated available Fishing attempts: (100/100)]
[Fish species available for Fishing: Little Green Fish, Big Green Fish, Azure Spirit Fish, Flow Pattern False Dragon Fish]
"It seems that for a Low Grade Rank 1 Fishing spot, the first three types of fish caught are the same. The difference is the fourth special product?"
"Flow Pattern False Dragon Fish? A false Dragon is also considered a Dragon species, I wonder if I can contract and subdue it for my own use if I catch it."
"If I can Cultivate it into a Flood Dragon fish to ride, that would be magnificent."
Su Ping successfully discovered the Fishing spot, and in a great mood, he whispered as he sat down, then began to Fish.
During this time, Su Ping noticed that other night Fishing enthusiasts were also active around the reservoir, but they all tacitly did not interfere with each other, enjoying the happy time of night Fishing in their respective baits.
[Current Fishing Rank: Rank 2 (220/500)]
[Current Fishing spot available Fishing attempts exhausted... Please continue next time!]
"My luck is pretty good. I caught 70 Little Green Fish and 30 Big Green Fish, so I won't be short on fishing coins for a while!"
"And this trip, I discovered that there can be Fishing spots in reality, which is great news!"
"Finding Fishing spots and Fishing in reality is much safer than in the Cultivation World!"
At this time, the sky in the distance was gradually turning white, and the Fishing attempts had been used up, so Su Ping decided to leave.
So, with a slight shake of his Fishing rod, he caught a plump carp from the reservoir and put it into his fish basket.
Then Su Ping picked up his fish basket and Fishing gear and returned to East King Temple, facing the morning light.
Su Ping returned to the temple.
He noticed that Zhou Xuan had already returned and had neatly placed the items he needed in an empty side room.
Considering Zhou Xuan's limitations as an ordinary Daoist priest, Su Ping did not pose any difficult problems to test his ability.
What he asked him to buy was mainly daily necessities.
Slightly more troublesome were only various laboratory supplies and teaching tools.
Among them, white sugar accounted for the largest share.
In the Cultivation World, perhaps because Cultivators are also considered a mentally demanding profession?
Most Cultivators enjoy sweet foods.
White sugar, as a relatively high-end luxury condiment, is very popular among Cultivators.
As for salt, because the Mortals in the Cultivation World, although they cannot Cultivate, can greatly increase their strength by practicing Martial Arts, thereby rapidly increasing production in mining well salt and mineral salt.
In addition, the unity between cities is more nominal, based on the Face of the Immortal Sects, so they cannot openly monopolize salt and iron.
This means that the Mortals in the Cultivation World, which seems like an ancient feudal civilization, do not lack salt, and this industry cannot be highly profitable.
On the contrary, in terms of agriculture, no matter how strong Mortals are, they cannot achieve unscientific increases in production.
Cultivators do have ways, but would Cultivators with this time and magical power not prefer to Cultivate spiritual plants?
Why bother taking care of mundane things, only to find themselves earning fewer Spirit Stones when they tally the accounts?
Furthermore, white sugar is a recognized strategic material.
Su Ping knew very well that by combining daily necessities, mastering mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and cooperating with spells, he could refine a batch of Thunder Fire Pearls with the backing of scientific knowledge to be prepared for any eventuality.
Presumably, this batch of Thunder Fire Pearls, which have no Spiritual Qi fluctuations but are several or even dozens of times more powerful than black gunpowder, would be able to give his enemies a great surprise when used unexpectedly!
"Well done."
"Come here."
Su Ping nodded slightly, put down his fish basket, and then reached out to take out a Jade Slip.
Then, after placing it on Zhou Xuan's forehead, who had respectfully come over, he circulated his magical power within the Jade Slip.
Immediately, the opening general outline of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique, which was already common in the Cultivation World, was imprinted deep into Zhou Xuan's mind.
This made him excitedly bow to Su Ping again.
"Read more, practice less. You should know the principle that haste makes waste!"
Su Ping reminded him, not because he was afraid the other party would achieve something too quickly, but because he was afraid this guy, eager to seek the Dao, would harm his body.
The Cultivation Technique he gave was real.
But Water Blue Star has no Spiritual Qi!
Su Ping gave the Cultivation Technique in the form of a Jade Slip, partly to offer a little incentive and emphasize that his extraordinary status was not false.
On the other hand, it was also to let the other party familiarize himself with the Cultivation methods, so that it would be easy to get started when he truly Cultivated in the future.
As for when this grand promise could be realized, that depends on when the Huzhong Cave Heaven can be exchanged and when Su Ping can confidently lead people in to work without suffering a backlash.
Of course, all of this depends on whether Zhou Xuan truly possesses a Spiritual Root!
Those with Spiritual Roots in the Cultivation World are one in ten thousand.
On Water Blue Star... Su Ping was not so sure.
After all, he was also a pure Water Blue Star native, yet he coincidentally possessed a Spiritual Root, even if it was only a Low Grade Spiritual Root, he was still above tens of thousands of people.
Considering his ordinary life on Water Blue Star in his first half, Su Ping was more inclined to believe that on Water Blue Star, right here in this Eastern Ancient Country, among the descendants of Yan and Huang, there are not only people with Spiritual Roots, but many of them!
Su Ping entered the side room, took out his Storage Pouch, and put bags of white sugar into it.
After setting the return-to-city Talismanic Incantation's default teleportation point to East King Temple, he gave Zhou Xuan a few instructions, then activated the return-to-city Talismanic Incantation, which had already passed its cooldown time, disappearing in front of Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan trembled; having experienced yesterday's shock, he quickly recovered, only secretly raising Su Ping's abilities and status by several levels in his heart!
Then Zhou Xuan curiously walked into the side room and found that all the white sugar was gone.
Thinking that he had used a cart to move that pile of white sugar several times, he once again firmly remembered in his heart that enlightened masters possess the Divine Ability of a Universe in a Sleeve.
Cultivation World, Linyue Manor.
The manor's servants welcomed back their master, Lord Su Ping, the Inspector of Jinque City!
After Su Ping returned to the manor and rested for a while, he ordered the butler to send someone to summon the manager of the brokering firm in Jinque City.
As the manager of the brokering firm, he was intimately familiar with all walks of life in Jinque City and even the surrounding towns that did not involve Cultivators.
Upon learning that the Inspector had something to ask of him, the manager felt incredibly fortunate.
Then, with the help of this manager, Su Ping quickly obtained the information about the extraordinary person he was looking for.
Within Jinque City's sphere of influence, there were more than a dozen people skilled in beast taming.
Among them was an eccentric who called himself Shu Daoren, who, by training rat swarms, had a reputation among Mortals no less than those of renowned Martial Artists.