Lin Mo is the son of a rogue cultivator with a pseudo-spiritual root. Before his father died, he pressed a warm piece of ancient jade into his hand.
He had thought he was destined to have no chance at immortality, and that at best he would spend the rest of his life as a low-level spiritual farmer in Qingyang Market.
That was until the ancient jade quietly unlocked when he reached the first level of Qi Refining...
Target identified: century-old Red Ganoderma
Grade: Mid-grade, first-tier spiritual herb
Age: 112 years
Effects: Nourishes qi and blood; can be used as an auxiliary ingredient in a Foundation Establishment Pill
Note: It appears to have been eaten by insects, but has actually lost thirty percent of its medicinal potency. Its market price is inflated.
Lin Mo was stunned.
The shoddy spiritual herbs, hard-to-distinguish genuine and fake magical artifacts, and incomplete cultivation manuals in the market were all laid bare before his eyes.
But he soon discovered that the ancient jade could do far more than that.
When he established his foundation, it unlocked the ability to deduce: incomplete cultivation manuals could be restored, and conflicting techniques could be fused.
When he formed his core, it unlocked the ability to find opportunities: natural treasures and secret-realm entrances within a hundred li were all revealed.
And when he reached the Nascent Soul stage...
Pseudo-Spiritual Root, Rogue Cultivator, Appraisal, Deduction, Golden Finger, Cautious Cultivation, Every Step Fraught with Danger, Great Upheaval of the Spiritual Tide
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.