Chapter 966 Fifth-Rank Low-Grade Plain-Colored Cloud Banner

Xuan Shuang Sanren knew that Ji An was also an alchemist, but he had never heard of Ji An taking on the task of refining fifth-grade pills. He guessed that Ji An did not have the means to obtain fifth-grade materials, so he thoughtfully said:

"Fellow Daoist Yunmiao has been hunting high-level sea beasts. If you find a target that requires multiple people to cooperate, you can call on everyone to act together. This will not only help you get to know each other's fighting styles, but also help you develop tacit understanding."

Combat requires teamwork; the better the coordination, the better, as this allows for greater combat effectiveness.

The three of them form a semi-fixed team, and they will hunt together when there is a suitable target.

Ji An understood that this invitation was likely a test, and if he didn't perform well, the invitation might be rescinded.

A confident smile appeared on his lips. "If Fellow Daoist Yunmiao is willing, this humble Daoist certainly has no problem."

Xuan Shuang Sanren turned to look at Yun Miao Sanren and asked gently:

"Miaomiao, what do you think?"

The two have known each other since the Golden Core stage, and have a friendship of over four thousand years, so they are not so reserved when they are together.

Yunmiao Sanren nodded slightly, "Sure, I will go to the Storm Sea again after a few years of rest. If I find a suitable target, I will have Thunderbird come back to inform everyone."

She had just ended her hunting career a few days ago and needed to rest and recuperate before exchanging monster materials for resources to improve her cultivation.

The Recluse of the Crescent Moon explained:

“Fellow Daoist Yunmiao is a Beast Tamer. The Thunder Bird is her most powerful beast, and her cultivation level is the same as ours.”

As its name suggests, the Thunderbird is a demonic beast that chases lightning storms and can control lightning. Although this demonic beast is not large in size, it is extremely fast and has amazing magical attack power.

Ji An was slightly taken aback. Being able to possess a beast at the Three Flowers Realm level, Yunmiao Sanren's strength should have given him a pleasant surprise.

No beast tamer can have only one beast; they must have several beasts forming a combat system.

He cupped his hands and said in a deep voice:

"My apologies, I am currently purchasing the corpses of fourth-tier top-grade demonic beasts. If you have any to sell, please consider it."

If he obtains enough monster corpses, he plans to use the ashes from the burning to cultivate more spirit wood.

Soul-Nourishing Wood, Enlightenment Tea, Lightning-Struck Red Cloud Pine, Azure Moon Purple Spirit Cedar, Phoenix Wood, and many other spiritual plants have the potential to break through to the fifth rank. Moreover, these are all spiritual plants that he urgently needs, so he must focus on cultivating them and give them a try.

Yunmiao Sanren smiled with interest and asked in a gentle tone:

"I have just returned with a full load of goods. What do you intend to offer in exchange, fellow Daoist?"

Let me state beforehand that I have no shortage of top-grade spirit stones; I only accept barter.

As a cultivator who has been at the Three Flowers Realm for over two thousand years and a demon hunter with absolutely powerful overall combat strength, she possesses a very deep foundation and is not lacking in top-grade spirit stones.

"Since we're exchanging for a top-tier fourth-order demonic beast, let's trade it for spirit fruits and tea of ​​the same tier. I'm somewhat skilled in cultivation and can provide top-tier fourth-order spirit wine, Thunderstruck Wood Green Vine Fruit, Earth Spirit Fruit, Spirit Peach, Blazing Fire Immortal Apricot, Dragon Blood Fruit, Heavenly Origin Pear, Mysterious Leaf Sword Bamboo, and Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea."

Ji An rattled off most of the spiritual plants he owned, causing the others to widen their eyes in disbelief.

Xuan Shuang Sanren, in particular, had a glint in his eyes.

The materials for refining pills in Starfish City include not only various spiritual herbs, but also the inner cores of demonic beasts. However, since the city is located by the sea, spiritual plant materials are actually more scarce.

Judging from their words, the spiritual veins of the small world they refined were of the highest grade, the fourth rank. Their statement that they were only slightly skilled in planting seemed to be an understatement.

If the other party's small world's spiritual veins are of the fifth rank, wouldn't that mean they can provide a variety of fifth-rank spiritual herbs?

Although the other party is also an alchemist, they will inevitably need to exchange spiritual herbs with others if they want to refine fifth-grade pills.

Although her small world's spiritual veins had reached the fifth rank, only a few Golden Core level cultivators were managing them, and the returns were mediocre.

For her, it would be a very pleasant thing to be able to cooperate with a cultivator from the Three Flower Realm who was proficient in planting.

After Ji An finished speaking, Yunmiao Sanren nodded emphatically and said:

"The Lightning-Struck Wood Spirit Fruit is exactly what I need, and the various spirit teas are also excellent. May I inspect the goods?"

She didn't know much about spirit plants, but she had a deep understanding of spirit plants that could enhance beast taming.

The spiritual fruits produced by various types of lightning-struck wood are precious for cultivating high-level beasts. It would be even better if a friend could help refine them into pills.

“Of course,” Ji An said without hesitation, taking out wooden or jade boxes, each with a fourth-grade top-quality spirit-sealing talisman affixed to it.

Talisman paper made from Bodhi tree leaves is of excellent quality and can withstand spells of the fourth-tier supreme level.

Yunmiao Sanren inspected the spiritual fruit and spiritual tea, and nodded in satisfaction:

“These things are all in excellent condition. Let’s go outside our cave and see the monsters I’ve hunted.”

By the way, fellow Daoist, are you interested in the corpse of a fifth-tier demonic beast?

Some fifth-tier monster corpses are of low value, and if there are no good buyers, she will choose to give them to her tamed beasts as food.

Ji An was overjoyed and said:

“Interested, but I only have fourth-grade top-quality resources.”

A few days ago, he had just had the idea of ​​seeking out demon hunters to buy scraps of fifth-tier demon beasts, and judging from the other party's tone, it seemed like there was a chance.

"The only fifth-tier demon beast resources I have are meat. If you are interested, you can exchange them for fourth-tier top-grade resources."

Frankly speaking, these resources are not of much value; if you have them, you can enjoy a discount.

Yunmiao Sanren said sincerely that bones, hides, and inner cores are the most valuable parts of demonic beasts, while meat is of lower value and not in high demand among cultivators.

If she can turn waste into treasure, she will have another stable source of income.

Ji An deliberately remained silent for a moment, then said, "Meat is fine too."

The ashes from burning meat contain less energy than bones, but as long as they reach the fifth tier, they are all good stuff.

As they spoke, they arrived outside the cave. Yunmiao Sanren took out more than a dozen top-grade fourth-level sea beast corpses, each the size of an adult elephant, as well as several bucket-sized chunks of fifth-level meat, and even a piece of mid-grade fifth-level meat.

She wanted to see how much cargo the other party had; if they had enough, she could bring out more meat.

Ji An inspected the quality of the meat, negotiated the price with Yunmiao Sanren, and asked:

"Is this all the inventory you have that you can trade?"

A fourth-grade top-quality spiritual fruit takes seventy to eighty years to mature, but his small world has enough fourth-grade top-quality spiritual plants, so he has accumulated a large amount of spiritual fruit resources.

After reaching the Three Flowers Realm, the success rate of cultivating lightning-struck wood increases by about 50%.

Although he has frequently traded with people over the years, he is still very wealthy.

"Of course, not all of the stock. It seems you have considerable strength, please wait a moment."

Yunmiao Sanren immediately took out most of the demon beast resources that needed to be traded; this was all she had accumulated over the years.

Seeing that the other party was no longer taking out items, Ji An mentally calculated the value of these things, and then his voice resounded in the gourd world:

"Ah Yun, empty the warehouses of Dragon Blood Tree, Fire Immortal Apricot, and Heavenly Origin Pear, and take out ten catties each of Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and Cloud Top Silver Needle Tea, and thirty catties of Enlightenment Tea."

After taking out these spiritual fruits, the only fourth-grade top-quality spiritual fruits he had left were Lightning-Struck Wood Azure Mist Pine Fruit, Earth Spirit Fruit, and Spirit Peach, as well as some non-Lightning-Struck Wood spiritual fruits such as Yin Soul Fruit.

Although their wealth has shrunk slightly, they are still considered very wealthy.

When Xuan Shuang Sanren saw Ji An take out seven or eight hundred top-grade fourth-level spirit fruits at once, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

After the transaction was completed, Yunmiao Sanren's voice became even gentler:

"From now on, I can trade with you every time I return from the outer seas."

Ji An's smile stretched to his ears as he collected A-Yun and the other puppets into his gourd world, saying:

"A warm welcome. As long as I still have spiritual fruits, we can proceed with the transaction."

After the group returned to their cave and sat down, the Crescent Moon Hermit asked:

"I just heard you mention that you have a fourth-grade top-quality Thunderstruck Wood Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo? I wonder how many leaves you have? I can exchange them with fifth-grade low-quality resources."

The lightning-struck wood and mystical leaf sword bamboo are extremely rare. In his hands, they can function as a fifth-tier resource, making it twice as effective in cultivating special spiritual treasures.

Ji An patted his chest, "Fellow Daoist, could you provide the resources needed to upgrade the imitations of innate spiritual treasures like the Plain-Colored Cloud Banner?"

If he had known earlier that the other party needed bamboo, he would have made this deal much earlier.

"Yes, I have some of the resources you need. If you need them urgently, I can also exchange them with other weapon refiners."

Ji An took out a jade slip containing records of the resources needed to upgrade the spiritual treasure, along with some samples, and began to discuss with the other party the exchange ratio for fifth-tier resources.

After the discussion was completed, his smile widened, and he said:

"I have over 900 catties of fourth-grade top-quality lightning-struck wood and bamboo leaves. I can exchange them for all the resources needed to upgrade the Plain Cloud Banner and the Profound Origin Water Control Banner, and also exchange them for one-third of the resources needed to upgrade the Ground-Leaving Flame Banner."

In the battles of the Vast Ocean Realm, you will face the descendants of dragons. Dragons are most skilled at breathing clouds and mist and controlling lightning and rain. In a few years, they will participate in hunting in the ocean, so prioritize upgrading your metal and water elemental spirit treasures.

The resources required to refine a mid-grade fifth-order alchemy furnace are too numerous; otherwise, he might have prioritized refining the furnace.

He once again gave the order to Kui Lie in the small world, "A Yun, take out 901 catties of fourth-grade top-quality sword bamboo golden leaves!"

This was the happiest day of his life since arriving on Ziwei Star, as he exchanged the resources he had for a large amount of the resources he needed.

Ayun quickly arrived outside and handed a storage bag to its owner with both hands.

Ji An took the items out of the storage bag, weighed them skillfully, and handed them over.

After verifying that everything was correct, the Crescent Moon Hermit put away the resources and said:

"Fellow Daoist even gave you an extra pound, you're too kind."

"If I may ask, how many of these leaves can you provide each year, fellow Daoist? I'm a long-term buyer, with no limit!"

There aren't many resources with the lightning attribute, and even fewer that are useful to weapon refiners.

Ji An pondered for a moment, then smiled and said:

"I am very happy to supply you with goods. The leaves of the fourth-grade top-quality sword bamboo can only be harvested once every five years. I can only accumulate about fourteen catties in five years at present."

The Calabash World currently possesses twenty-seven Thunderstruck Wood Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo plants, eighteen of which are of the highest grade four. The leaves of this spiritual plant tend to become lighter and lighter as the grade of the spiritual wood increases.

After considering for a moment, the Recluse of the Crescent Moon said:

"How about this, to show my sincerity, I can directly upgrade the grades of your three spiritual treasures: the Flaming Light Flag, the Plain Cloud Flag, and the Profound Origin Water Control Flag. The resources you owe can be repaid slowly with the Sword Bamboo Leaves."

"I have only one request: in the future, fellow Daoist, please give me priority in trading gold leaves."

Only after establishing a deeper connection with the other party will he feel secure and have a stable channel.

This suggestion was advantageous to Ji An, and he immediately agreed:

"As long as the price is reasonable, I am willing to give priority to trading with you."

He took out the plain-colored cloud-shaped banner and handed it over, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, fellow Daoist. Please inform me after you upgrade this spiritual treasure to the fifth rank."

"Haha, I will upgrade the other grades as quickly as possible. Please rest assured and wait for a month."

Queyue Sanren was overjoyed. He not only gained a stable supply channel, but also a major client.

After several hours of lively discussion, Ji An took his leave first, eager to return and burn the monster corpses and pieces of flesh he had obtained.

After he left, the people who had seen him off returned to their cave dwelling. Xuan Shuang Sanren said enviously:

"Before this, I simply couldn't believe that Fellow Daoist Xuanqing could produce so many top-grade fourth-tier spiritual fruits. I sincerely wish him to cultivate fifth-tier spiritual plants soon."

Alchemists have multiple channels to purchase elixirs, and she hopes that one more channel can be added in the future.

Yunmiao Sanren's eyes curved into crescents, "I wish Fellow Daoist Xuanqing all the best, and hope that he performs as well in battle as he does with the resources at his disposal."

"As long as he can hold his own against a low-grade fifth-tier demonic beast, I'm willing to let him join the team to travel to the Vast Sea Realm."

Crescent Moon Hermit nodded, "I second that."

Ji An returned to his cave and entered the small world. It was already early in the 7:00 PM. Darkness enveloped the earth, and the spiritual light emitted by the spiritual plants was shorter than before.

He first took out a piece of mid-grade fifth-tier demon beast meat, and then hummed a cheerful tune as he urged the Yin-Yang Spiritual Fire to burn it.

After burning all the fifth-grade mid-level meat chunks, he put some of the ashes into a jar, and buried the remaining small amount under the Gathering Yuan Tree.

As the most important spiritual plant in the Calabash World, the Gathering Yuan Tree is always the one with the highest priority.

He rested for a moment and then began to burn the low-grade fifth-order meat chunks. He collected some of the ashes and buried the rest under the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch Tree.

Over the past month, Ji An received an invitation to visit the cave dwelling of the Crescent Moon Hermit.

After exchanging pleasantries, the cave owner took out a small, delicate silver flag and handed it to him, saying with delight:

"Things went very smoothly. The spirit treasure's grade has been upgraded to the fifth-grade low level. It was a pleasant cooperation."

Ji An took the plain-colored cloud-patterned flag and examined it carefully. The white tiger embroidery on the flag was lifelike and even winked at him mischievously.

In addition, the light emitted by the spirit treasure itself is more penetrating.

A thought struck him, and Lingbao, knowing his intention, transformed into a white tiger, letting out a majestic, deep roar.

A fierce wind seemed to surge into the cave, howling in people's ears, and a desolate atmosphere of war and battle permeated the air.

He absorbed the spiritual treasure into his body, and then activated the incantation to release the Sharp Metal Technique. The metal element spiritual energy transformed into a tangible substance, like fine sand, wrapping around his fingers.

(End of this chapter)