Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Gold-Digging Profession, The Lu
Family’s Greed_i
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“Five thousand lower grade spiritual stones?
Upon hearing this, Zhou Sui furrowed his brows.
Truthfully, this was a bit expensive for a widely disseminated alchemy heritage.
Normally, one could buy a piece for around three or four thousand lower grade spiritual stones.
After all, not every cultivator can become a Pill Master, so sometimes there is difficulty in selling such inheritance.
However, he had no other channels to obtain alchemy heritage. Even though the price was a bit steep, he had no choice but to accept it.
At this time, manager Lu Ming seemed to see Zhou Sui’s hesitation and said: “Perhaps you think this heritage is expensive, but the first-grade alchemy heritage at my Treasure Pavilion is absolutely the most perfect! It is worth every spiritual stone. If you buy it elsewhere, the price might be a little cheaper, but many parts would be missing.”
“Oh, is that how it is? Bring it over for me to see. If it truly is as you say, then I
will buy it.”
Zhou Sui raised an eyebrow.
“Rest assured. Our Treasure Pavilion has a great reputation in Misty Cloud City,
we would never deceive a fellow Daoist.”
Manager Lu Ming patted his chest, immediately ordering his subordinate to bring over a jade slip.
“Hmm?!”
Zhou Sui picked it up, using his spiritual sense to conduct a preliminary inspection. He discovered that he could only see part of the content. The majority of it was concealed by seals, probably put in place by the Treasure Pavilion to prevent others from stealing the contents of the jade slip, thereby obtaining the inheritance for free.
That would mean a huge loss for the Treasure Pavilion.
However, just as the other party said, this pill master inheritance was incredibly complete.
Even though he had never come into contact with alchemy heritage before, he understood this clearly.
-It seems that you did not deceive me. Since that’s the case, I will take the first-grade alchemy inheritance.”
Zhou Sui didn’t hesitate and said straightforwardly.
“Haha, Dao friend is truly straightforward. I presume you want the alchemy heritage because you wish to pursue this path of alchemy.
“In that case, if you want to refine pills, you will need a magic artifact, a pill furnace. It only costs three thousand lower grade spiritual stones.” “Apart from the pill furnace, our little shop also has many pill formulas. The prices are low and we can sell them to you.”
“If the Daoist friend wants to practice, you may also buy some spiritual medicine from our shop.”
Manager Lu Ming suggested with a smile.
What?!
Upon hearing this, Zhou Sui’s face turned green. He now understood why there were so few Pill Masters in Misty Cloud City. It’s not an exaggeration to say they were rare.
He hadn’t even started yet and he already had to spend more than ten thousand lower grade spiritual stones.
If it weren’t for the wealthy cultivators, who could afford to embark on the
path of a Pill Master?
Perhaps before they even started, ordinary cultivators would have already used up all their resources.
No wonder among the four great cultivator skills of pills, talismans, arrays, and tools, being a Pill Master ranked first. It was purely a career where one had to spend heavily. It was outrageous.
But since he had chosen this path, he could do nothing but march on, however reluctantly.
So Zhou Sui spent twelve thousand lower grade spiritual stones to buy a first-grade magic artifact pill furnace, a first-grade Pill Master inheritance, five spiritual medicines, and more than ten ordinary pill formulas. Fortunately, he had made a profit of over a hundred thousand lower grade spiritual stones from selling spiritual wine, as otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to afford all these things.
After buying all these things, Zhou Sui rapidly left the Treasure Pavilion without uttering another word.
However, his actions caught the eyes of the people in the Treasure Pavilion. “Manager, this kid spent over ten thousand lower grade spiritual stones to buy the first-grade Pill Master inheritance. How can he be so rich?” a descendant of the Lu family asked in surprise.
Even though he was part of the Lu family, he was only able to earn several thousand lower grade spiritual stones in a year.
The Lu family was, of course, a large family, but they also had many descendants. Divided among them, they didn’t have much.
Compared to Zhou Sui who was very wealthy, he was a pauper.
“If I’m guessing correctly, this kid should be a loose cultivator who lucked into
a windfall and thus could afford to spend lavishly.”
Manager Lu Ming’s eyes flashed with a cold glint.
“A loose cultivator? How do you know he’s a loose cultivator?
The Lu family member asked in confusion.
-Foolish! If he were truly a Sect Disciple, or a family member, why wouldn’t he have a first-grade alchemy heritage? He wouldn’t need spiritual stones to obtain one.”
“Only a loose cultivator, who does not have any heritage, would reluctantly spend a large amount of spiritual stones to buy knowledge of an inheritance.” Manager Lu Ming spoke impatiently.
“I see, so if that’s the case, wouldn’t we make a fortune if we robbed this loose cultivator?” The Lu family member’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Looking at this kid, it seems like twelve thousand lower grade spiritual stones is not all he has. Maybe he has more. If we were successful in robbing him, we would certainly strike it rich.”
He was starting to succumb to his desire for wealth and willingness to kill.
“It’s not just that. This kid is so rich that perhaps he has gained the inheritance and entire fortune of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. If we can kill him, our harvest will be much larger than imagined.”
“Hehe, a mere loose cultivator possesses so much wealth. This is simply a path towards death.”
“His cultivation is only at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer. It’s nothing to worry about.”
“Now, you guys follow him immediately, mobilise a few Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer and Eighth Layer experts. Once this kid is alone, make your move. Kill him and take his treasures. I want the spiritual stones and the goods.”
Manager Lu Ming clenched his fists.
Truthfully, he originally had no intentions of robbing and killing.
But recently, the Lu family has become unstable. The Lu family’s patriarch, Lu Hongran was about to pass away. Most of the Lu family’s property had to be handed over to Immortal Mist Sect to save the lives of the Lu family members. And so far, the Lu family has not produced any new Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Previously, in order to produce Foundation Establishment cultivators, a significant amount of their wealth was spent buying Foundation Pills. Unfortunately, the descendants of the Lu family were not competent enough and even with the Foundation Pills, they failed to advance, causing severe loss to the Lu family. The family’s mood had become gloomy.
If things continued on this way, the Lu family would be finished.
Therefore, for the sake of their family, they had to resort to all sorts of means to accumulate wealth, hoping to buy more Foundation Pills.
Recently, the many robbers and murders in Misty Cloud City were related to the Lu family.
It can be said, for the continuation of the family, the Lu family had no alternative but to resort to these schemes.
“Yes, Manager.”
That Lu family member was elated. If they successfully executed the robbery, he could share part of the profits. At least he would gain several thousand lower grade spiritual stones.
You should know that he previously had to work an entire year to earn that much. But now, one successful robbery operation could get him that amount. This was a dream come true.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!!!
Immediately, three Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer and one Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer cultivators from the Lu family set off, tracking Zhou Sui’s aura, attempting to find Zhou Sui’s whereabouts to pilfer this loose cultivator’s entire fortune..