Chapter 144

Composing himself, Fu Le adopted an eager-to-learn demeanor, quickly dispelling Gu Yan's embarrassment. "The cultivation techniques for innate martial artists are divided into Earth-rank, Heaven-rank, and Supreme-rank techniques. Earth-rank techniques are quite common; any martial arts pavilion can sell them. Heaven-rank techniques require joining a powerful organization, while Supreme-rank techniques require a master, and they are not available on the market. Our Loose Alliance has Heaven-rank techniques. If you are interested, I can introduce you to the Loose Alliance."

"Is the Martial Arts Pavilion a place that sells weapons and martial arts manuals?"

"yes."

Do you accept gold?

"I'll accept it, but one hundred taels of gold is only worth one spirit pearl. That price isn't right. In your local town, gold should be able to be exchanged for more supplies, right?"

Fu Le: ...Is gold really that cheap?

"How many spirit pearls does a Rank 1 cultivation technique cost?" Fu Le asked, taking a deep breath.

"Two spirit crystals," Gu Yan said. "If you need a level-one cultivation technique, we have one too. You can exchange it for some roasted meat. In any case, we don't need any more."

Upon hearing that it would cost 20,000 taels of gold to exchange for a single Earth-rank cultivation technique, Fu Le's face turned green. Although she wasn't short of gold, she was very stingy. 20,000 taels of gold could be exchanged for a lot of RMB.

"Sure, how much barbecue do you want?" She had plenty of meat.

Upon hearing that they agreed to exchange the meat for barbecue, Gu Yan grinned, "How about two hundred catties each?"

Fu Le: ...

Although there wasn't much meat, I was still exhausted.

However, obtaining a good cultivation technique isn't easy. "Do you have any Heaven-rank cultivation techniques to exchange? How about I give each of you a thousand catties of roasted meat? I also have seafood here, all fresh from the sea, just caught a few days ago."

"Net weight?" Zhao Le's eyes lit up, and he was tempted. Heaven-rank cultivation techniques can be reused, so exchanging them for a thousand catties of roasted meat was worth it. He had one!

"Net weight!" Fu Le laughed. It's just grilling meat for everyone. She has mountains of grills. At worst, she can light a few more campfires and grill for ten days or half a month.

A Heavenly Rank cultivation technique—she couldn't bear to exchange it for gold.

"What is the market value of a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique?" Fu Le asked curiously.

"One hundred level-three spirit stones," Zhao Le replied truthfully without any suspicion.

Fu Le: ...

She's made a killing! This seems unfair to them.

Seeing Fu Le's expression, Zhao Le immediately said, "Miss Fu, you don't need to feel guilty. Although Heaven-rank cultivation techniques are expensive, not everyone can cultivate them. Whether you can succeed depends on luck. Unlike Earth-rank techniques, which everyone can cultivate to a high level, Heaven-rank techniques are only beneficial for those who have entered the Spirit Realm. If you can't enter the Spirit Realm, Heaven-rank techniques will become useless, as they are slow to advance and have low destructive power."

Compared to the expensive and arduous Heaven-rank cultivation techniques, most people would choose Earth-rank techniques, which are not only cheaper but also allow for rapid progress in a short period of time.

Therefore, only large families and powerful organizations use Heaven-rank cultivation techniques to cultivate high-level spiritual practitioners, and they invest a lot of resources in the cultivators.

Fu Le: Is that so? Should she change or not? Can she enter the Spirit Realm?

"Exchange!" Good stuff, get it first, how to cultivate it is a later issue. She has so much monkey wine, she can cultivate freely.

The fact that spiritual beings are so eager to drink monkey wine proves that spiritual beings are extremely rare.

"Okay, Miss Fu is so generous! We'll take half seafood and half meat then." Zhao Le grinned, overjoyed. A thousand pounds of roasted meat! He wouldn't have to suffer from the captain's roasted meat for a whole year. How wonderful!

Everyone was overjoyed. The fifteen of them weighed 15,000 jin, enough to feed them for a long time.

"I can't handle it all by myself, you guys need to lend a hand and chop wood."

"no problem."

A group of energetic young men, without even sleeping, went out to chop firewood overnight. Fu Le stayed at the camp, cleaning sea fish with the four boys who stayed behind. They took out a sea fish weighing over 500 pounds, which amazed the boys.

"My goodness, Fu Le, are all the fish in the sea where you live this big?"

After pulling out about ten fish, Fu Le finally replied, "There are so many fish this big in the sea. You've never been to the beach, have you? How about an octopus? It's very fresh." Fu Le pulled out a huge octopus that she had eaten five or six of its tentacles from. It weighed over a ton and slammed onto the ground with a loud bang.

Ancient Rock: !!!

Zhao Le: "Aaaaa!! A monster!!!"

The other two boys also jumped away, their faces pale, staring in horror at the sea monster before them. The octopus, over three meters tall, was indeed quite intimidating at first glance.

"It's just ordinary fish, very fresh. How about I cut some up to try before deciding whether to take it?"

Zhao Le instinctively wanted to say no, but Gu Yan stopped him, saying, "If it's convenient, let us try it before we decide."

"Of course." Fu Le is very diligent when it comes to major clients.

Fu Le cut off a section of the rootstock that was about a meter long, sliced ​​it, skewered it, and put it on the shelf, saying, "Please wait a moment."

Five minutes later, the four boys who remained behind hesitated before taking a bite of the fragrant grilled octopus tentacles.

The next second, "Wow, this is delicious!!" Zhao Le, who was the most disgusted but also the most amazed, was munching on the food with barbecue sauce all over his face.

Gu Yan and the others were not to be outdone, "Yes, Miss Fu, we want both of them!!"

"Okay!"

While Fu Le was grilling octopus tentacles, Gu Yan, after finishing his meal, didn't rest. He collected the sea fish and went to find water to wash them, along with twenty tons of animal meat.

Since he wasn't sure how much the food would weigh after baking, Fu Le decided to do extra cleaning, thinking that since it was free labor, he might as well use it.

And so, during the day, while the boys went out hunting, she roasted meat at the camp, and at night, when the boys returned, she was still roasting meat.

Judging from how good everyone seems to be every day, they must have gained a lot.

In five days, Fu Le completed all the grilling work, weighed the meat with his own scale, and delivered it, obtaining the Heavenly Rank cultivation technique he wanted, Fire Cloud Ridge.

When it was time to deliver the goods, a few teenagers asked to use Earth-rank cultivation techniques in exchange for some more roasted meat.

So Fu Le acquired five more Earth-rank cultivation techniques and roasted an extra ton of meat.

After the transaction was completed, both parties were satisfied. Fu Le packed his bags and prepared to leave the mountains and enter the city.

"Miss Fu, this is the guest jade token of the Scattered Alliance. Take it; it will give you a 10% discount when you shop at the Martial Pavilion in Qu City." As she left, Gu Yan gave her another item, which warmed Fu Le's heart.

"Thank you, Brother Gu. Here is a pot of monkey wine. I wish you a safe journey." Fu Le took out a gourd containing a gourd of monkey wine that she had prepared herself to avoid attracting attention. The gourd was freshly picked and made in Monkey Valley. It was about half a jin (250 grams), which was a bit meager, but the wine was really good. The monkeys would not exchange such things for them.

"Monkey wine!!" Gu Yan's face lit up with surprise. He hadn't expected Fu Le to have the ability to get his hands on monkey wine. You see, spirit monkeys are all very irritable and hate humans. They would never trade with them for monkey wine. The few available on the market are all traded by high-level spirit practitioners with spirit stones to the monkey king. Monkey wine is full of spiritual power and is priceless. Ordinary people can't even see it, let alone drink it.

"Wow, monkey wine! Captain, open it and smell it!" Zhao Le leaned closer, eager to see.

Gu Yan, who had the same idea, looked at Fu Le and asked, "Is it alright?" Opening it in front of someone felt impolite, as if he suspected them of faking it.

"Sure, open it and take a look, but don't drink it yet. You'll get drunk if you do. I've tried it." Fu Le said with a nonchalant smile.

"Okay." Gu Yan opened the cork, and a refreshing aroma of wine instantly wafted out.

Zhao Le wasn't a big drinker; just a sniff was enough to make him a little tipsy. Seeing this, Gu Yan immediately plugged the cork in, his eyes beaming with joy. "Thank you for the gift, Miss Fu. It's fate that brought us together from afar. We'll be going now."

"goodbye."

Gu Yan and his group quickly disappeared into the depths of the jungle, and Fu Le also carried his luggage and walked down the mountain.

I didn't expect the monkey wine to be so popular. Did she give too much? Hmm...

Qu City truly lives up to its reputation as the largest city on the Spirit Continent, and also the city with the most Spirit families. The closer you get to Qu City, the smoother the surrounding roads become, with the ground even paved with smooth and tidy bluestone slabs.

The pedestrians on the road hurried by, some riding horses and others driving animal-drawn carts. It was not surprising that Fu Le, a traveler, had a little monkey perched on his shoulder.

However, Fu Le thought of something she had overlooked: the little prince was by her side all day, so why did Gu Yan and the others act as if they hadn't seen him? Even when she gave him monkey wine, they were surprised but didn't even glance at the little prince on her shoulder.

Can't you see it?

These doubts persisted until they reached Qucheng, but Fu Le had no time to pay attention to them anymore.

My goodness!! So many people!!! It's a dense crowd, all heads, and everyone's clothes are different, just like the modern ethnic fusion, with different styles and each with its own beauty.

After passing through the majestic bluestone gate, there was a bluestone avenue over four meters wide. Normally, two or three carriages could pass sideways, but during the merchant guild, both sides were used as stalls for small merchants. The main road stretched to the end, seemingly without a trace. On both sides were teahouses, taverns, and small stone and wooden buildings for lodging. Branching paths led in all directions, each about a meter narrower than the main road, but still wide enough. Everywhere along these paths were shops selling everything imaginable—a dazzling array of goods. Just as Gu Yan and the others had said, there was nothing they couldn't buy. "Stall rental! One stall only costs one spirit pearl per day...stall rental..."

"Spiritual fruit! Spiritual fruit for sale! Clear away heart fire, dispel dampness and cold..." The surrounding cries of vendors were deafening, but the passersby were all looking around with great interest, wanting to see what was worth buying.

The stalls near the city gate are rented for two square meters for the price of one spirit pearl, and the further in you go, the more expensive they become.

Fu Le walked around with great interest and found that the city gate was full of food vendors, as well as vendors selling medicinal herbs and tea.

Whenever Fu Le saw small piles of spiritual herbs arranged on the stalls, he would squat down to examine them. They were all good items, and the prices were not expensive; they were all exchanged for gold.

"Young lady, look at these cattails of mine. They're really good for women's health, a great treatment for infertility. Just one pile of these will make even a barren woman menstruate! Those with cold uterus and difficulty conceiving can recover after eating them for three to five days. They're truly wonderful!" A dark-faced aunt had been watching Fu Le closely for a while, because she noticed that this young lady basically only looked at the herbs, picked them up to smell them, or chewed them before buying them. Although the prices weren't very high, she bought them all.

She only has cattail grass here, but it's really good for a woman's health. As a woman herself, and she likes spiritual herbs so much, she must be a medical cultivator, right? Spiritual cultivators don't get sick, and the spiritual herbs they need are all high-level, things that are beneficial to their cultivation. Only medical cultivators would like these low-level spiritual herbs.

"Oh? Let me see." Treating infertility is indeed a good thing in modern times.

Fu Le picked up a stalk, and as the woman had predicted, it was 'Pueraria lobata, primarily used to treat infertility, and has special effects on irregular menstruation, cold uterus, and general weakness. A first-class medicinal herb.'

What's the price?

"One tael of gold equals five catties, and I still have over a thousand catties in my pouch." The dark-faced aunt's voice trembled as she spoke. She hadn't expected that the female cultivator would actually come over and ask about the price after she had made the arrangements.

"One tael of gold for ten catties, I'll take it all." Cutting it in half is never a bad idea.

"Deal!! Girl, it's all yours." The auntie was very agreeable, but Fu Le, who was so quick to agree, was secretly regretting it. She felt she had lost out...

Aunt with the dark face: Although the price is low, she buys a lot. She has more than 100 acres of land in the mountains. If she can buy all of them, she can give a lower price.

“Young lady, my family has been herb farmers for generations. Do you need any other spiritual plants? My family also has over a hundred acres of mountain land. Our village has been cultivating spiritual plants for generations. Although they are all first-grade spiritual plants, each one has excellent medicinal effects.” The aunt stared at Fu Le with hopeful eyes, her gaze burning as if she wanted to scorch him.

"Young lady, my family is the same, we're also herb farmers, look at my..."

"girl……"

Fu Le was surrounded by farmers selling spiritual plants, causing a great commotion. However, this was a common occurrence at the Chamber of Commerce, so everyone just watched the excitement and then dispersed.

Because there were too many people, Fu Le couldn't possibly collect them all on the street, so she simply asked the dark-faced aunt if there were any houses available for rent nearby, and she waited to collect the medicine.

Upon hearing this, the herb farmers went even more crazy, all claiming that they could live there, making a great commotion.

Fu Le: ...

Ultimately, she chose the home of her aunt with the dark complexion. Her home was in Huangni Village, which was under the jurisdiction of Qucheng and was close to the city center.

Fu Le asked the dark-faced aunt to leave her address for the other herb farmers, and then he followed the dark-faced aunt.

My aunt entrusted her mount to the animal enclosure at the city gate, where there were dedicated caretakers.

The black-faced aunt's mount was a horse-like beast, twice the height of an ordinary horse, with thick legs, a longer tail, and a cone-shaped horn on its head.

"Girl, I'm sorry to trouble you to ride this beast with me. In our village, there are mostly horses; other animals are too expensive, hehe..."

Fu Le shook his head, "Anything that can be sat on is fine."

Upon entering Huangni Village, you'll see neat and orderly medicinal herb fields lining both sides of the village road. The rich fragrance of medicinal herbs fills the air, dispelling some of the turbidity in your body.

Looking into the distance, you can see majestic and precipitous mountains, with clouds and mist swirling around their waists, creating a scene resembling a fairyland.

Fu Le gripped the horse's mane tightly, secretly shocked by how vast and rich the spiritual energy of the mountain village in Qucheng was, stimulating the internal energy within her to circulate automatically.