After he got up, he simply washed himself with the water in the wine flask, changed his clothes, and devoted himself to refining the soul-dispersing ointment again.
Kong Ju felt that his luck seemed to have run out after refining two batches of Guyuan Dan.
The second batch of Sanling Paste did not explode, but it was also wasted. When the furnace was opened, only a pile of waste residue was left inside.
The difficulty of refining Sanling Ointment is much higher than Kong Ju had imagined.
Poison is not like other elixirs. It is very strong and will fail if you are not careful.
Kong Jue had a gloomy face and started the third furnace.
"This is the last batch of materials. If I waste them, I'll have to go to the market to buy more." Muttering to himself, Kong Ju gritted his teeth and began to refine the last batch.
Perhaps because of the experience from the previous two furnaces, Kong Ju's refining this time was particularly smooth and completed in one go without any accidents.
When Kong Ju excitedly opened the lid of the alchemy furnace, the joy on his face became even more intense.
"It didn't fail! It worked!"
A pool of black viscous substance, almost the size of a wine bowl, lay quietly in the alchemy furnace.
As soon as the alchemy furnace was opened, Kong Jue could smell the pungent smell it emitted, which was similar to that of ginkgo flowers.
It took three furnaces to complete one, the success rate was pitifully low. Kong Ju looked at the only completed furnace as if it were a treasure.
Help store them in the jade container that has been prepared.
"If you are in the Ascension Wheel Realm and get a little scratched by this thing, your combat power will be greatly reduced. With this thing protecting me, as long as I don't run into an Ascension Wheel expert, it can keep me safe."
Kong Ju was in a good mood after carefully putting the Sanling ointment into the Qiankun bag.
At the same time, he also had the confidence to continue to hang around in the Xiling Mountains. He sneered and said, "No matter how proud you are of the Hidden Dragon Ranking, if you are injured by the Qi Dissipation Ointment, you will be finished."
Even though the Soul-Dispersing Ointment is not as deadly as other strong poisons, even a cultivator at the ninth level of Yanglun will be affected by it.
The cost of refining a poison that can kill Yanglun Jiujing would be extremely expensive, and Sanling Paste is just right.
After finishing the elixir, Kong Ju washed himself carefully in the room, removing all the dirt from his body. Then, he pushed open the door that had been closed for nearly three days, feeling refreshed.
Alchemy is an extremely time-consuming task.
This is especially true for high-quality elixirs.
At this time, it was the Si hour in the market, close to noon.
The door opened, and the gentle warm sunlight shone on Kong Ju's face, making him squint his eyes in enjoyment.
After adapting to the light outside.
Kong Ju was standing at the door, looking around at the situation in the market.
The number of independent cultivators engaging in business nowadays is at its peak during this period.
The monks were bustling about in the market town.
"It's no different from the markets in the mortal world." Kong Ju murmured softly, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked down the stairs.
Along the way, he would occasionally pay attention to the goods on the surrounding stalls. If he found something he liked, he would stop and ask the stall owner about the price and bargain with him.
After walking around, he spent several hundred spirit crystals and bought a few spiritual medicines at relatively reasonable prices.
These are the materials needed to refine the realm-breaking pill.
Kong Jue has three kinds of elixirs that need to be refined.
The Guyuan Pill is now available, and the Sanqi Paste has been refined after two more furnaces have been used up. The only thing left is the Pojing Pill, which can directly break through a small realm.
Kong Ju planned to take the pill when he reached the eighth level of Yanglun, and directly impact the ninth level of Yanglun.
Suddenly, when Kong Ju was buying the materials needed for the realm-breaking pill, he saw a familiar cloth banner among the messy stalls on both sides of the market.
There are two lines of words written on it, 'When the moon is full, you will know how to escape from the net of heaven, and when your merit is full, you will know how to escape from the net of earth.'
Kong Ju had seen this cloth banner in Xiangming County before.
It's like a fortune teller, but not really.
Following Kong Ju's line of sight, he saw a skinny old man sitting with his legs crossed, dozing with his eyes closed behind a cloth banner, seemingly enjoying the sunshine that was approaching noon.
Kong Ju had heard that there were some monks in Wudong who were very proficient in divination and could predict good or bad luck at a certain time.
But he was not interested. He had good luck and the cloud pattern stele to capture the opportunity of time. This divination technique was inferior to him.
"Huh!" Suddenly, Kong Ju saw something again, uttered a light exclamation, and then stopped in front of a stall.
On the stall was a piece of magic weapon fragment the size of a fingernail, which was bright silver in color and had been wiped clean by the stall owner.
To others, it was just an ordinary piece of debris, but the moment Kong Jue's eyes fixed on the fragment of the magic weapon, the Moon Seal had a tendency to become uncontrollable and emerge on his forehead.
Fortunately, Kong Ju reacted quickly and quickly covered his forehead with his palm to suppress the action that was about to emerge.
"The Moon Seal reacted. This thing is related to Guanghan Palace!" This made Kong Ju perk up, and he squatted in front of the stall calmly.
At this time, he didn't notice at all the moment when the moon seal appeared on his forehead.
The old man who was well versed in divination suddenly stopped swinging his legs, opened his cloudy eyes, and looked straight at Kong Ju's back.
On the other side, Kong Ju squatted down and pointed at the silver fragment on the stall, and asked the square-faced middle-aged stall owner: "What is this?"
As he asked, Kong Ju took the silver fragment and looked at it carefully in front of him.
The moment his fingers touched the silver fragments, he could clearly feel that the spiritual power of the Guanghan Taiyin Meridian in his body began to circulate on its own at a speed nearly 50% faster than usual.
But Kong Jue covered it with his palm in time to prevent it from being seen.
"It's really something from Guanghan Palace!" If it was just a guess just now, then when the silver fragments reacted with the spiritual power in the body, Kong Ju had already confirmed his guess.
When the stall owner heard the question, he first glanced at Kong Ju and replied coldly, "I don't know what kind of magic weapon fragments, five thousand spirit crystals."
"My friend, you are asking for too much." Kong Ju smiled. He was already familiar with the tricks of the market, so he would not be fooled.
The more you want it, the more the stall owner will keep you in suspense until he bleeds you.
He immediately bargained, "Fifty spirit crystals, I'll use them for research."
"I once attacked it with all my strength, but it didn't leave even a mark." The stall owner, Yang Lun Liujing, seemed particularly serious when he spoke.
"This fragment is most likely the remnant of a spirit-infused heavy weapon."
"Sixty. You're bragging like that, aren't you afraid of hurting your waist? I've never heard of anyone smashing a heavy spirit-infused weapon." Kong Ju was unmoved, with a lazy expression on his face.
“This thing has been here for a long time.”
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"I only bought it because I was interested. Otherwise, who would buy such a useless thing that I can't use?"
The stall owner pursed his lips, as if Kong Jue was right. After getting the fragment of the magic weapon, he has been studying it but has not figured out anything about it.
It can't be sold, it's completely useless.
But Kong Jue's price was too low. After a little hesitation, he bargained: "One thousand."
"One thousand can buy a top-grade magic weapon. Boss, I am buying it sincerely. If you don't want to sell it, there's no need to tease me." Kong Ju raised his eyelids, looking a little impatient.
This made the stall owner silent for a while, and he had to bite the bullet and continue to quote the price.
"Eight hundred cannot be less."
This time, Kong Ju did not bargain immediately, but stared at the stall owner for a long time.
This man looks to be in his forties. At this age, he has reached the sixth level of the Cultivation Wheel, so his talent is not too bad.
But it is impossible to upgrade in this lifetime.
He immediately had an idea in his mind, and slapped the Qiankun bag on his waist and took out two Qi-nourishing pills.
"Two high-quality Qi-nourishing Pills in exchange for this fragment."
A good quality Qi-nourishing Pill costs seventy, so two pills cost one hundred and forty.
This price is not low for a casual cultivator.
Especially for independent cultivators like the stall owner, it may not be possible to buy high-quality Qi-nourishing Pills.
After hearing Kong Ju's words, his eyes brightened up noticeably.
If you take two high-quality Qi-nourishing Pills, you will most likely be able to reach the seventh level of Qi-nourishing Wheel.
It’s just that his aptitude is not good, and two are still too few. If he had three, the success rate of reaching the seventh level of Yanglun would be much higher.
The sixth level of Yanglun is only the middle stage of Yanglun, while the seventh level is the late stage. In this market, you are considered a master and have a certain say.
This temptation is more powerful than money.
"Three!" The stall owner gritted his teeth and announced his low price.
No casual cultivator would refuse to use this fragment of a magical weapon of unknown use in exchange for an improvement in his own cultivation.
"Three coins are too expensive." Kong Ju raised his eyelids and picked up an object that looked like a token from the stall in front of the stall owner.
"Add it together and change it."
The stall owner got the token from somewhere and he hadn't had time to wash the dirt off it.
But the stall owner did not agree immediately. He looked at the token in Kong Ju's hand again and again and confirmed that the token was not worth much.
He immediately agreed and said, "Deal."
Bartering is not uncommon in this market.
There are many things that cannot be valued, and exchanging them for other things is more convincing.
After paying three Qi-nourishing Pills, Kong Jue also took the silver fragment from the stall owner.
"See you later!" Kong Ju waved his hand and did not stay here for long after exchanging things.
Instead, he put his hands behind his back and walked slowly out of the market.
He wanted to go and see if there were really many more foreign monks in the Xiling Mountains as the monk in the teahouse had said three days ago.
"By the way, let's look for medicinal herbs and clues about Xihuang's small blessed land."
There are thousands of magical herbs in the Xiling Mountains. While collecting herbs, you can also inquire about the situation outside.
Anyway, it's better than staying in this market and doing nothing.
With the Sanling ointment, Kong Jue felt more confident and was no longer afraid of encountering dangers that he could not handle.
As his figure slowly disappeared into the mist at the edge of the market town.
The old man who was proficient in divination withdrew his gaze from him and muttered to himself, "Disciple of Guanghan Palace? I haven't seen him for many years. The inheritance of Guanghan Palace in this world should be cut off."
(End of this chapter)