Spirit Stone (灵石, Língshí)
Summary
English: A Qi-bearing stone used as both currency and energy resource.
中文： 蕴含灵气的矿石，常作为修仙界通用货币和能量来源。
Definition
English: Spirit Stone is a recurring xianxia and cultivation concept. A Qi-bearing stone used as both currency and energy resource. The exact rules change from novel to novel, but the term usually helps explain progression, conflict, resources, or cultural imagination.
中文： 灵石（Língshí）是修仙叙事中的常见概念。蕴含灵气的矿石，常作为修仙界通用货币和能量来源。不同作品会有各自设定，但它通常用于解释境界进阶、资源分配、修炼风险或文化想象。
Role in Cultivation
English: Spirit stones give cultivation worlds an economy for trade, formations, and practice.
中文： 灵石让修仙世界具有经济系统，连接交易、阵法、修炼和宗门供给。
In Classic Works
English: In works such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Stellar Travel, and Xian Ni, this concept is usually embedded in a larger system of realms, techniques, sects, and resources.
中文： 在《凡人修仙传》《飘邈之旅》《仙逆》等作品中，这一概念通常与境界、功法、宗门和资源体系共同出现，帮助读者理解角色成长逻辑。
Related Concepts
References
- Baidu Baike entries for 修仙 and 修真
- Taoist inner-alchemy background materials
- Representative cultivation-fiction settings