With Xiao Fei's spiritual root aptitude, he could cultivate any of the five elemental techniques without much difference, and it would be difficult to achieve great results.
However, the "Evergreen Skill" he had previously cultivated was a wood-attribute technique. Continuing to cultivate a wood-attribute technique would be easier.
Huang Feifei had the highest wood and fire attributes, making her most suitable for cultivating these two elemental techniques. The current "Evergreen Skill" was also very suitable for her.
"Kid, I have a spare cultivation technique. I'll sell it to you at a low price. Interested?"
The green-eyed man asked proactively.
"What technique is it, and how much does it cost?"
"The 'Azure Wood Longevity Art.' It's the same as the one you practiced before, also a wood-attribute technique. It can cultivate up to the twelfth level of Qi Condensation, suitable for building a foundation in the Qi Condensation stage."
As the green-eyed man spoke, a light flashed in his hand, and he produced a booklet from somewhere, placing it on the counter.
Just as Xiao Fei reached out to take it, the green-eyed man slapped his hand away.
"Money first, goods second!"
"How much?"
"Twenty spirit stones! The original price would cost you fifty spirit stones, and you might not even get it. I'm letting you have a great bargain today."
"Twenty spirit stones is cheap? Can you make it any less?"
Although Xiao Fei said this, he knew the price was indeed cheap.
He had previously visited shops selling cultivation techniques. The cheapest ones cost at least thirty spirit stones, and slightly better ones were fifty spirit stones or more.
"Twenty spirit stones. Not a single stone less, or I won't sell it. It's up to you!"
The green-eyed man's attitude was firm at this moment.
"Senior, I only have fifteen spirit stones in total right now. I owe you five, and I'll return them in a few days, how about that?"
Xiao Fei had just sold a batch of grain and only obtained twelve spirit stones. Coupled with the three spirit stones he had saved before, his entire fortune amounted to only fifteen spirit stones.
"This is a small business, no credit allowed!"
Xiao Fei thought for a moment. He still had a Spirit Awakening Fruit and a ten-year-old ginseng in his spatial dimension.
The Spirit Awakening Fruit was worth five spirit stones, but this fruit greatly aided cultivation, and he wanted to keep it for himself.
His eyes narrowed, and his divine sense entered the spatial dimension. He pulled out a few ginseng plants from the ground, pretended to rummage through his clothes, and produced two ginsengs.
"Senior, what do you think of these two ginsengs? Can they be exchanged for five spirit stones?"
The green-eyed man's divine sense swept over the two ginsengs.
"Although these two ginsengs contain spiritual energy, they are still far from true spiritual medicine and are not worth five spirit stones."
"Forget it. Looking at how stingy you are, you probably can't produce anything good. Let the little girl use this ginseng to stew two pots of chicken soup for me, and that will be enough."
As the green-eyed man spoke, he took the two ginsengs, casually stuffed them into Huang Feifei's hand, and tossed the "Azure Wood Longevity Art" into Xiao Fei's embrace.
"Thank you, Senior!"
Xiao Fei beamed with joy, knowing he had gotten a good deal, and quickly thanked the green-eyed man.
He casually flipped through the "Azure Wood Longevity Art," then tucked it into his embrace.
"Senior, since the cultivation technique is so expensive, can I copy a few of them and sell them in the market?"
The green-eyed man glared at Xiao Fei unhappily.
"Why are you always so full of schemes? If you're not afraid of being hunted down, then go ahead."
"All cultivators are unwilling for their cultivation techniques to become widely known and common.
If they see someone selling their primary cultivation technique, as long as their strength is sufficient, they will do everything they can to eliminate you."
"Those shops that specialize in selling cultivation techniques have backgrounds and backing.
Moreover, they only sell low-level techniques; high-level techniques are absolutely not available."
Xiao Fei felt a bit regretful, realizing another potential way to make money was gone.
After obtaining the "Azure Wood Longevity Art," Xiao Fei spent more than ten days confined to the inn, studying the technique.
Whenever he encountered any questions he didn't understand, he would ask the green-eyed man for clarification, and he received detailed answers. He felt the after-sales service was quite good.
The "Azure Wood Longevity Art" seemed more profound and extensive than the "Evergreen Skill," and it also included more than ten types of wood-attribute spells.
Among them was a very practical "Qi Observation Technique," which Xiao Fei successfully cultivated in just one day.
Using the Qi Observation Technique, one could view the cultivation realms of others.
He cast this technique and easily discerned that Huang Feifei was at the second level of Qi Condensation.
However, when he used this method to observe the green-eyed man, he couldn't see anything.
But the large golden-haired rat held in the green-eyed man's arms possessed a cultivation equivalent to the seventh level of Qi Condensation, which truly startled Xiao Fei. He had cultivated for half a day and was not as good as a rat.
In addition to the Qi Observation Technique, the "Azure Wood Longevity Art" also contained combat spells such as Wood Thorn Technique, Entangling Technique, and Wood Poison Technique.
For the next period, Xiao Fei dedicated himself to cultivating the "Azure Wood Longevity Art" daily, occasionally studying the spells.
He continued to grow grain in his spatial dimension and sell it, using the spirit stones obtained for cultivation. By being frugal, he could save two to three spirit stones each month.
After several months passed in this manner, the half-mu of mutated spiritual grain he had planted in his spatial dimension finally matured.
The mutated spiritual grain had a significantly longer growth period, taking approximately five years to mature.
After harvesting the entire half-mu of land, he obtained over a hundred catties of spiritual grain.
After drying and using a stone pestle to dehull it, the hundred catties of spiritual grain yielded about seventy catties of spiritual rice.
Of his hundred-plus catties, he set aside over ten catties for seeds, yielding a total of ninety-five catties of spiritual rice.
After harvesting the spiritual rice, Xiao Fei first took out a catty and had Huang Feifei cook a pot.
When the spiritual rice was cooked, each grain was crystal clear and emitted the unique fragrance of rice.
Taking a mouthful of rice, his mouth was filled with fragrance, and the rice was soft yet elastic, with a faint sweetness.
"Delicious!"
Xiao Fei quickly ate a large bowl of rice, even forgetting to eat the dishes.
When he served himself another bowl of spiritual rice, he saw Huang Feifei still chewing slowly, taking small bites.
"Feifei, is it not to your taste?"
"No! It's very delicious!"
Huang Feifei took a large mouthful of rice. The spiritual rice was so delicious, how could it not be to her taste?
She was just thinking that spiritual rice was such an expensive item, and her young master's aptitude was so poor; he should eat more.
Xiao Fei naturally did not know Huang Feifei's thoughts. He had never let Huang Feifei know about his spatial dimension.
The few spirit stones he occasionally produced, he attributed to working for people in the city.
There were many rogue cultivators in the city who made a living by working for others, so Huang Feifei didn't find it particularly strange.
After the meal, Xiao Fei felt a gentle spiritual energy emanating from the spiritual rice in his stomach, which was easily refined into mana.
The increase in cultivation from eating one meal of spiritual rice was equivalent to cultivating with spirit stones for an entire day.
If he could eat like this every day, coupled with cultivation using spirit stones, his cultivation progress would double.
However, the price of spiritual rice was too high; ordinary cultivators could not afford it.
Once he planted two mu of spiritual grain in his spatial dimension this time, he would be able to harvest nearly a thousand catties of spiritual grain in a year, which should be enough for him to eat.
His spatial dimension had a total of three mu of land. Two mu were used for planting spiritual grain, and the remaining mu was now planted with ginseng, Spirit Awakening Fruit, Four-Leaf Purple Flower Grass, and other spiritual herbs.
These spiritual herbs had longer growth periods but were even more expensive.