"Have you heard? Master Qiao Yun obtained a top-grade spiritual weapon while exploring the Qingmu Sect ruins. It's worth more than tens of thousands of spiritual stones. He's made a fortune!"
"Tsk, what's that? It's said that Senior Lin Hu also found the thousand-year-old Golden Jade Ganoderma Lucidum, and he found three at once!"
"Isn't all this news outdated? I heard that Senior Gu Yang found a Dust-Extinguishing Pill. It's said that this thing can help condense the Golden Pill!"
"Senior Gu Yang is the direct disciple of the Sanyang Patriarch. If nothing else, in a few decades, we in Sanyang City will have two Golden Core Patriarchs!"
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Chen Changsheng quietly hid in a corner of the restaurant, while all kinds of noisy news, whether true or false, reached his ears...
"Fellow Daoist Gu actually got a Dust-Extinguishing Pill. What good luck!"
"However, it's still too difficult to advance to the Golden Core stage with just the Dust-Murdering Pill... It would be much better if there were a Five Elements Fruit Tree. However... Rumor has it that Yuanying Sects all have Five Elements Fruit Trees that can condense Golden Cores to ensure that the Golden Cores are produced from generation to generation. Perhaps there really are some in the Qingmu Sect..." Chen Changsheng muttered to himself, even beginning to feel a little tempted...
The Dust-Mieting Pill does help in forming a pill, but among those legendary pill-forming objects, it can only be considered average, and can only help to eliminate the inner demons. To be more effective, it still needs to be used in conjunction with other pill-forming objects, such as forming a golden pill!
The best magic medicine for condensing golden elixir is the best one!
The golden elixir is not an elixir, but a spiritual fruit condensed from the five elements fruit trees!
This item and the Foundation Establishment Pill are of the same lineage, both being the best auxiliary items in this realm. They are also divided into various properties, such as water-attribute golden elixir, fire-attribute golden elixir, etc. If one can find a golden elixir that matches one's own spiritual root technique, the effect will be even better.
Of course, this item is also very hard to find...
At the very least, in the land of Yue, no one has ever heard of the emergence of a golden elixir. However, other inferior treasures or those that have a slight auxiliary effect on the formation of elixir would occasionally appear. Chen Changsheng had only seen the introduction of these things in the book "Records of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures" in Song He's hand.
"No rush, no rush... There are some Foundation Establishment cultivators who are lucky enough to obtain treasures, but I estimate that many more will die..."
"Half a month ago, Patriarch Sanyang secretly summoned ten foundation-building cultivators. Nine out of ten, they went to the Qingmu Sect ruins..."
"It wouldn't be surprising if the ruins of a Nascent Soul sect contained a forbidden formation capable of killing a Jindan master. It would be too dangerous for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to enter... We better be cautious..."
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'd better go collect some spiritual medicines to make pills. The raw materials for the second-level spiritual pills are much harder to find than the first-level ones..." Chen Changsheng shook his head slightly.
For first-level elixirs, the age requirement for the elixir is not high, and the minimum age is even only five years. However, second-level elixirs are different, and they must be fifty years old at least. Moreover, most of them are used as auxiliary medicines, and the main medicine has higher requirements, at least a hundred years old.
Although medicinal materials of this age were far from enough to make a Foundation Establishment Pill, the quantity Chen Changsheng wanted was huge...
Except for a small number of wild ones, most of the century-old elixirs have to be purchased from families with a long history.
However, families with a long history are generally quite powerful, and there is a high chance that they can support their own alchemists, so they don’t have many elixirs to sell.
Fortunately, this is Sanyang City, and Chen Changsheng is also a foundation-building cultivator. The spiritual medicine is just hard to find, but it is not impossible to find.
"Alchemy is really difficult. I've been advancing to the foundation-building stage for almost five years, and I've been refining second-level pills for three years. I've only successfully refined two second-level pills. Drawing talismans is much easier..."
Chen Changsheng seemed to have an unusual talent for drawing talismans. With just a little practice, he could successfully draw a second-level talisman, and his success rate was extremely high...
"Ah, if only I could swap my talent for talisman making and alchemy..."
What is the use of the talisman making talent?
Can you make money by refining more talismans?
Although the profit from talismans is not small, Chen Changsheng has no shortage of spirit stones.
However, alchemy is different, it can quickly improve your cultivation!
Although buying pills to cultivate is a method, it is quite costly and difficult to sustain for a long time. Moreover, first-level pills can be bought casually, and second-level pills even require reservations...
"And spiritual weapons..."
"It's been five years since I advanced to the foundation-building stage, but the few spiritual weapons I have are all seized from Song He, Explosive Flame Ancestor, and others. They are too ordinary..."
"I also need to equip myself with a set of top-grade spiritual weapons..."
"But spiritual weapon-level items are hard to come by. Low- and mid-grade spiritual weapons are easy to come by and can be bought in stores. However, high-grade and even top-grade spiritual weapons are too valuable and are extremely rare. They're usually kept as store treasures..."
"Fortunately, the Sanyang City auction will begin in a month!"
"At the Sanyang City auction, you can basically buy anything you need to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. And because of the Qingmu Sect ruins, there might even be some surprising items..."
After dinner, Chen Changsheng casually threw down a few spirit stones and found an inn. When he appeared again, he had changed his clothes.
"Medicine King Hall!"
"He's one of the most valuable spiritual medicine vendors in Sanyang City. He's said to have some connections with Huichuntang. He should be able to gather quite a few medicinal herbs..."
Looking up at the plaque above, Chen Changsheng slowly walked in.
"You are right, fellow Daoist. I am Chen Sihai, the shopkeeper of Medicine King Palace. I wonder if there is anything I can do for you?" Seeing the person coming, Chen Sihai immediately came forward to greet him.
"Shopkeeper Chen, how long will it take to produce the elixirs on this list?" Chen Changsheng didn't waste any words and simply threw a few pages over...
He didn't use the jade slip, which can only be used by foundation-building cultivators...
"This... so many? The minimum age requirement is fifty years, and there are also many hundred-year-old elixirs... Fellow Daoist, are you trying to refine second-level elixirs?" Seeing the order in his hand, Shopkeeper Chen couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.
The price of a second-level spiritual medicine is not cheap, and the quantity is so large. There must be a second-level alchemist behind this person!
"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about!"
Chen Changsheng's voice was very soft, and at the same time, his whole body's momentum locked directly on Shopkeeper Chen, and then withdrew instantly, with such speed that Shopkeeper Chen felt as if he had fought back and forth between life and death...
"Senior, please forgive me for being so rude..."
Suddenly, Shopkeeper Chen shuddered...
He also didn't expect that the person who came was actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator...
However, this is normal. The amount of spiritual medicine on this list is not small and it is very valuable. It is normal for the foundation-building cultivator to go out in person.
"How long will it take to gather these elixirs?" Chen Changsheng asked again.
"Senior, the quantity you want is quite large, and they are all second-level spiritual medicines. It will take some time to collect them, and the price..." Shopkeeper Chen pondered.
"How many spirit stones?" Chen Changsheng asked with a frown.
"I have done a rough calculation and it will take about 48,000 spirit stones. I can give you the remainder and just give you 48,000 spirit stones!" Shopkeeper Chen said respectfully.
"Forty-eight thousand spirit stones... Well, spirit stones are not a problem. How long will it take to gather them?" Chen Changsheng frowned.
Forty-eight thousand spirit stones...
He could certainly take it out, but once he took out this amount of spirit stones, his net worth would instantly shrink by half...
Or... use the Foundation Establishment Pill to offset it?
This thing is hard currency, there is no reason for the other party to be unwilling...
The price of Foundation Establishment Pills was not stable. If one did not have a source and relied solely on buying them at auctions, the price would generally not be less than 50,000 Spirit Stones, and sometimes even reach over 60,000 Spirit Stones...
But if there is a channel, you can get one with more than 30,000 spirit stones!
I can use one foundation-building pill to replace 48,000 spirit stones, so it shouldn't be a big problem...