Chapter 397 Vajra Bodhi

At this moment, the Netherworld True Lord was very impressed with his own acting skills. Now he had come up with a brilliant plan: to continue to waste time here.

In that way, no one would suspect that he had already taken control of the world's core.

If he's not mistaken, the Shadowless Sect's Xuan Yin Old Ghost will arrive in the next couple of days, at which point he'll put on a show with him.

Making money should be done secretly. If you make a big fuss about it and everyone knows about it, who knows what people will covet it.

The Earthly Fiends Sect's foundation is still insufficient; they dare not let anyone know that they have obtained a small world.

When we have half the resources of a major sect in the Central Continent, we'll have finally made it through.

The Golden Core cultivator never expected that the sect's patriarch was actually putting on an act, and he dejectedly took the stone back.

The number of people in the group continued to decrease, and the monks who had been checked left immediately without lingering.

Soon it was Ji An and his companion's turn. Under the probing of the Golden Core cultivator's divine sense, he had no choice but to take out everything.

The storage bag was turned upside down, and the Dongxu Stone and the strange pendant were found inside. The Dongxu Stone, however, escaped the inspection.

Ji An lowered his gaze, revealing a gloomy expression.

These cultivators from the Earthly Fiend Sect did this intentionally. Things like the core of the world cannot possibly be placed in other storage spaces, just as one storage bag cannot contain another.

The only good news was that the Earthly Fiend Sect cultivator in charge of inspecting him didn't try to steal anything.

Sangji was very excited after checking the bottles and jars in the storage bag. In addition to some spirit stones, there were also some second-tier spirit tea and spirit fruits.

From this perspective, the opponent's Void Stone likely contains even more valuable items.

He calmly raised the strange pendant and asked a challenging question:

"What is this thing? Why would a cultivator leave behind these things that have no spiritual energy?"

His divine sense probed into the pendant and found that it was no different from an ordinary stone.

"It has special meaning to me."

Ji An tried his best to keep his tone calm. If it weren't for the Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators from the Earthly Fiend Sect around him, the guy in front of him would have been a corpse long ago.

Sangji chuckled and dab some of the corpse dust from his fingertips onto the pendant.

"You can leave now."

Ever since they learned that the storage bags of these treasure-hunting monks were to be inspected, many of their fellow disciples began to do one thing: mark the easy targets.

They didn't touch any of the real fat sheep, because they knew these monks were doomed.

The smell of corpses can linger for years, and unless these cultivators leave immediately, they will inevitably be tracked down.

Two of my senior uncles who are at the Golden Core stage are also involved in this matter, and they will provide assistance to them at that time.

Ji An packed up his things and waited for his senior sister.

Sangji calmly smeared the corpse dust onto the cave stone and waved his hand in acknowledgment:

"You can leave now."

He turned his head to look at the two people riding away on the clouds, a sinister sneer appearing on his lips.

'Let you rejoice for a few days.'

The two flew towards Rongman Immortal City. Han Yan exhaled and said:

"This is quite unexpected. I thought these people would take the opportunity to detain a lot of our belongings."

She had prepared herself to lose some of her belongings, but in the end, she lost nothing, which made her feel a little unreal.

Ji An chuckled:

"Perhaps they think we're not to be trifled with, because I've noticed that many cultivators in the Chaoyuan stage are being let go quite easily."

He breathed a sigh of relief that there were no losses.

He guessed that the Earthly Fiend Sect might be worried about incurring public wrath, since forcibly checking cultivators' belongings was a major taboo and would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among cultivators.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this shouldn't be the reason.

As the leading Nascent Soul sect in the Southern Continent, the Earthly Fiend Sect has no need to worry about these cultivators who haven't even reached the Golden Core stage.

"Since the Earthly Fiends Sect has taken over Rotten Peach Mountain, I think the cultivators from the Shadowless Sect will definitely arrive as well."

"Junior brother, I think it would be better to stay in Rongman Immortal City a while longer to avoid potential dangers."

Han Yan said that if two Nascent Soul stage sects clashed, the aftershocks of the battle could blast these junior cultivators into dust.

Leaving aside the clashes at the Nascent Soul level, even the aftershocks of battles at the Golden Core level were too much for them to handle.

Ji An nodded slightly and said:

"What my senior sister said makes sense, let's do it that way."

In that case, he would have more time to wander around the immortal city, and maybe he would come across something good.

He subconsciously patted the strange pendant hanging around his neck. This treasure was something he had unexpectedly acquired from the Mingfeng Mountain Immortal City, and it had contributed a large amount of Gen and Kun spirits over the years.

At dawn, Ji An and his companion landed in Rongman Immortal City. They went to the same restaurant as before and ordered the same spiritual food.

Upon seeing them arrive, the innkeeper warmly brought out a pot of wine to personally greet them, and said with a smile:

"You two seniors must have had a very fruitful trip to Rotten Peach Mountain. This pot of turbid wine is just a small token of our appreciation, a gift from our shop."

If he didn't know the cultivator's cultivation level, it would be understandable if he didn't come out to greet him. But now that he knew the cultivator's cultivation level, he dared not be negligent in the slightest.

Ji An joked:

"Haha, thanks! You're not worried we might suddenly leave, are you?"

The shopkeeper's smile grew even more amiable as he said with a forced smile:

"You flatter us, senior. It is our custom to present a pot of wine to seniors who dine at our restaurant."

Ji An nodded in satisfaction and asked:

"We'd like to ask you something. We want to buy some Five Elements Essence here. Which shops are the best to go to?"

Our procurement volume is large; we need the essence of the Fire and Earth elements.

The restaurant owner must be a local bigwig, and a well-informed one at that, so he must know where to get the best quality goods.

"Senior needs to go to Fire Phoenix Street, which is a gathering place for weapon refiners. The shops there sell the two kinds of essences you mentioned."

Are there any shops here that sell spirit seeds?

Ji An pressed further, asking if enriching the variety of spirit trees on Crimson Flame Peak could bring him even greater rewards.

The price of goods is determined by supply and demand. If he cultivates a large amount of a spirit tree, the result will only be a decrease in profits.

"Qinglong Street is home to many general stores run by cultivation families. Senior, you can go there and take a look; you might find something you like."

Han Yan asked a few more questions, which the restaurant manager answered carefully.

A moment later, the waiter brought out the signature dish, and the manager was able to leave.

"The taste is quite good, only slightly inferior to Crimson Flame Peak."

Han Yan smiled and said that the spiritual food here has a different flavor from that of Xizhou, and it is a completely new experience to eat here.

"I don't deserve your praise, senior sister. The flavors are all different, but Crimson Flame Peak wins because of its better ingredients."

After finishing their meal, Ji An and his companion left the restaurant and rented a cave dwelling.

"Senior sister, it's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep. Don't wake me unless it's urgent."

"Okay, I'm going to get a good night's sleep too."

Ji An entered the cave and summoned the Golden Fur and the Rock Armored Bear in turn, giving them instructions:

"You two are in charge of guarding the area. If any cultivators enter the cave, notify me immediately."

"Squeak," the golden retriever nodded, and the rock-armored bear also let out a low growl.

The following day, explosive news spread throughout the Immortal City: a battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators had broken out near Rotten Peach Mountain.

If the two True Lords hadn't carefully controlled the scope of the battle, Rotten Peach Mountain might have turned into Rotten Peach Valley.

All these dramatic changes had nothing to do with Ji An and his companion, who were fast asleep.

After sleeping for two days in a row, they gradually woke up and went together to buy the Five Elements Essence.

Ji An spent ten thousand spirit stones to sweep away most of the fire and earth elemental essences in various weapon-refining shops.

Although he had spent all his high-grade spirit stones, he still had quite a few mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones.

During their shopping spree, they learned about the battle between Nascent Soul cultivators in the Rotten Peach Mountain area.

The next day, Ji An and his companion arrived at Qinglong Street.

Han Yan sold some pills and made a considerable profit. Some pills that are common in Xizhou were able to sell for higher prices here.

They entered a large shop, and Ji An asked:

"Shopkeeper, do you have any high-grade spirit seeds for sale here? I'm willing to trade a spirit seed of the same grade for one that is at least a mid-grade second rank spirit seed."

"I wonder what spiritual seeds you can offer, fellow Daoist?"

The shopkeeper became interested, as he happened to have a mid-grade second-tier spirit seed in his possession.

Hearing what the other person said, Ji An became happy and said:

"I have several top-grade spiritual seeds, including Spirit Peach, Heavenly Yuan Pear, Dragon Blood Tree, Earth Spirit Fruit Tree, and Green Ivy Tree. I wonder if they would be worthy of your attention, fellow Daoist."

The shopkeeper's eyes immediately lit up with delight, and he smiled:

"Fellow Daoist, I am quite interested in the Heavenly Origin Pear and the Dragon Blood Fruit. Could you please show them to me?"

He found it hard to believe that a second-grade superior Tianyuan pear could actually be cultivated.

Their family mainly deals in elixirs, and they cultivate a large number of spiritual fruits and herbs, including Tianyuan pears.

The family has been cultivating Tianyuan pears for over two hundred years, but their Tianyuan pears can only be cultivated up to the second-tier mid-grade, and no higher grade has ever appeared.

"There is nothing wrong with that."

Ji An took out two jade boxes and took out a spirit seed from each one.

The seed is about the size of a pigeon egg, with a brown outer skin, light blue wavy patterns, and a few dark blue spots.

The other one was slightly larger, with flame-like patterns on its outer skin and occasional flashes of red light.

The shopkeeper carefully examined the two spirit seeds, suppressing the urge to burst out laughing, and said:

"It is indeed a second-grade high-quality spirit seed. Fellow Daoist, you have skillful methods."

Ji An smiled and said:

"What kind of spiritual seed are you prepared to exchange, fellow Daoist?"

The shopkeeper took out a delicate jade box about the size of a palm, opened it, and pushed it in front of Ji An:

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you guess what kind of spiritual tree seed this is?"

The box was lined with red silk, and inside was a pale golden, oval seed with a smooth, matte metallic sheen.

Ji An picked up the seed and felt it was slightly cool to the touch and quite heavy. He probed it with his divine sense and sensed that it was a mid-grade second-tier spiritual seed, and a metal-element spiritual seed at that.

"I am not knowledgeable enough to identify what kind of spiritual seed it is. I would appreciate it if you could enlighten me, fellow Daoist."

The shopkeeper smiled smugly and said:

Have you ever heard of Vajra Bodhi, fellow Daoist?

(End of this chapter)