My Synthesizer Has Talent

"Excellent."

Su Qing’s brows shot up in delight.

"Extract."

Su Qing instantly extracted the Cultivation Technique.

The knowledge was instilled directly into his mind. He now completely understood how the Cultivation Technique worked and how to practice it, as if the information had been poured directly into his brain.

The Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique +3 was now fused into his mind.

With this, as long as Su Qing cultivated, he would be able to break through to the Qi Cultivation Realm in no time.

Such was his confidence in the Five Qi God Demon Body.

’With my current strength, I can go check out a Loose Cultivator gathering place.’

After a moment’s thought, Su Qing steered his Magical Artifact and flew southeast.

’I can’t just keep cultivating all the time. I need to learn more about the outside world.’

「After a day of flying.」

Su Qing had flown past Zhengxuan City, arriving at its eastern outskirts. He then began to search for the Loose Cultivator gathering place.

He had no idea where the gathering place was, so he just kept looking.

And as it turned out...

...it was in the very first town outside Zhengxuan City.

This town was the Loose Cultivators’ gathering spot.

At first, Su Qing thought it was an extension of Zhengxuan City.

The facilities here were quite similar to those in Zhengxuan City.

He never would have guessed that this unremarkable town was the gathering place for Loose Cultivators.

Of course, if he hadn’t noticed the fluctuations of Spiritual Qi coming from so many people, Su Qing would have mistaken them for ordinary mortals.

Su Qing mulled it over. ’Should I be low-key, or should I just fly this Flying Magical Artifact straight to that Treasure Tower?’

The Treasure Tower was six stories tall, its exterior gilded and magnificent.

The strange thing was, it looked just like the buildings in Zhengxuan City.

’Forget it. I’ll be low-key.’

Su Qing thought it over and over. He was just a minor Cultivator at the Gathering Spirit Level.

Even with the boost from his Five Qi God Demon Body, he felt it was best to be cautious.

’Who knows what could happen here.’

’Better to act the part of a pig than be as high-profile as a tiger.’

The former allows you to hide your strength, while the latter is like putting your entire net worth on display. That would be a terrible idea.

’No one knows what this place is really like.’

Su Qing found a deserted spot in the wilderness. He parked his small Flying Artifact in a tree and covered it with a thick layer of broken branches.

Satisfied, Su Qing ran toward the small town.

As soon as he entered, Su Qing felt many eyes land on him.

The pedestrians on the street all gave him scrutinizing looks.

Su Qing ignored them completely and headed straight for the Treasure Tower.

As soon as Su Qing entered, he saw a middle-aged man behind the counter.

The warm, yellow lighting gave the interior a faintly warm and calming atmosphere.

The room was filled with decorative items, though they looked rather gaudy.

The middle-aged man had a high-bridged nose and deep-set eyes, giving him a rather gloomy look. His chin was covered in a full beard.

"Hello. Is there something you’d like to purchase?"

The middle-aged man spoke slowly, his eyes widening slightly at Su Qing’s appearance before shifting to a blue Crystal Stone he was holding.

The man also had fluctuations of Spiritual Qi, so he was definitely a Cultivator as well.

"What do you have for sale here?"

Su Qing didn’t state what he was looking for.

"A great many things," the middle-aged man said with a slight smile. He then took out a thick book and handed it to Su Qing.

"This contains all the treasures for sale in our tower. Take a look for yourself."

Su Qing took the book and flipped it open. The first page was for Elixirs.

Qi Nourishing Pill: Three Spirit Stones per bottle (Image)

Nourishing Yuan Pill: Five Spirit Stones per bottle (Image)

Aphrodisiac Pill: One Spirit Stone per bottle (Image)

Land Expansion Pill: A Hundred Spirit Stones per pill (Image)

...

Each page was dedicated to a single item, complete with an image and the quantity per bottle for the Elixirs.

’Too expensive.’

’Everything in here is just too expensive.’

With his current Spirit Stones, Su Qing could only afford a few items at most.

"Huh? They actually sell Pill Formulas here?"

Su Qing looked at the middle-aged man in surprise.

The middle-aged man laughed upon hearing this. "So, another young Loose Cultivator."

"What good is a Pill Formula? Even if I sell it to you, it’s not like you’d know how to concoct the pills, would you?"

Su Qing was speechless.

’He’s right. Even if I got the formula, would I know how to refine it?’

The cheapest Pill Formula, for the Qi Nourishing Pill, cost fifty Spirit Stones.

Su Qing calmed himself and continued flipping through the book.

Magical Artifacts, Talismans, Puppets, Array Plates, Spirit Beasts, Spirit Fruits, Magic, Cultivation Techniques... even people were for sale.

Of course, Su Qing also learned something else.

Magical Artifacts were also divided into grades.

They were graded as Inferior and Lower Grade.

However, there certainly wouldn’t be any Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, because the most powerful one in the entire Treasure Tower was merely a Lower Grade item.

Inferior Magical Artifacts were still very expensive.

The cheapest Magical Artifact cost fifty Spirit Stones.

’I really don’t have enough Spirit Stones.’

Seeing these prices, Su Qing finally understood just how poor he was.

"Is there anything you wish to purchase?"

"Even a beautiful female slave. You can take your pick here at our Treasure Tower," the middle-aged man asked with great patience.

It was only then that Su Qing realized not many people actually visited the Treasure Tower.

Just a moment ago, a single Cultivator had come in, bought one item, and left immediately. The middle-aged man had served him as well.

It was taking Su Qing quite some time to go through the thick book, after all. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Hmm..."

"Let me think."

"Can you give me a discount on this Earth Escape Technique?"

Earth Escape Technique: Price fifty Spirit Stones.

There was no image, just a single sentence: *With advanced cultivation, one can travel a hundred meters underground.*

’If nothing else, I have to buy an escape skill.’

"No. If you don’t wish to buy it, please leave. The stalls to the east will be happy to have your business. We do not haggle here."

The middle-aged man had a surprisingly good temper, his tone remaining gentle.

He continued toying with the Crystal Stone in his hand.

Su Qing was conflicted for a moment.

’I’ve looked at the Magic, and I’ve already chosen an Escape Technique.’

’I still need an offensive Technique.’

"Alright, I’ll buy the Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship and the Earth Escape Technique."

Su Qing reluctantly took out eighty Spirit Stones.

He took them out openly from his Storage Ring.

"Please wait a moment. I’ll get the Jade Slips to transmit the techniques to you." The middle-aged man took the Spirit Stones, stowing them away in his own Storage Ring.

’Technique transmission?’

’Oh?’

Su Qing had never obtained Magic this way before.

A minute later, the middle-aged man returned.

"Here are the techniques you wanted. This one is the Earth Escape Technique, and this one is the Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship."

"Just place the Jade Slip against your forehead and channel your Spiritual Qi into it."

"The Jade Slips are not for sale. After you use them, our transaction is complete."

Su Qing nodded, looking at the two Jade Slips.

He picked up the Jade Slip for the Earth Escape Technique, placed it against his forehead, and infused his Spiritual Qi into it.

The principles of the Earth Escape Technique began to appear clearly in his mind.

After about a minute, Su Qing stopped.

He had completely memorized it.

Next was the Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship.

Following the same procedure, Su Qing finished memorizing the Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship as well.

’The thirty-Spirit-Stone Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship really is garbage.’

It only taught him how to use his Spiritual Qi to execute three rapid sword strikes in a short amount of time.

It was also known as the Extreme Shadow Three Swords.

’Damn it.’

[Earth Escape Technique: Use earth-attribute Magical Power to connect with the earth’s ley lines, allowing one to travel within them.]

[Synthesizable]

[Extreme Shadow Swordsmanship: A Swordsmanship that channels Magical Power through the meridians to execute three rapid sword strikes with a clever method.]

[Synthesizable]

’It’s a good thing they’re synthesizable.’

’Otherwise, I’d feel terrible about buying them.’

In fact, Su Qing had seen the Technique he wanted most of all.

It was a Technique for nurturing Magical Artifacts.

But that one cost one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.

After seeing the price, Su Qing knew it was far beyond his current means.

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