Chapter 201 Preparing for Alchemy
"It's really beyond my expectations that Junior Brother Ji is the one selling the monster eggs."
"My two junior brothers, please have a seat. Let's chat over tea."
Li Minghui was slightly taken aback, as she had also heard rumors about the 'Stone Turtle Cultivator'.
Ji An introduced the other two, and after exchanging pleasantries, they got down to business.
He took out a beast egg and handed it out, saying:
"What price will the Beast Taming Hall offer for these mutated beast eggs? Senior Sister, you have to give us a fair price."
Li Minghui took the animal egg with both hands and examined it carefully.
The white eggshell is dotted with icy blue spots, like inlaid diamonds, giving it a unique beauty.
She extended her divine sense to sense the life fluctuations within, and after a moment nodded slightly:
"A superior bloodline ice-type mutated Azure Water Turtle, full of vitality, very good."
The price of a high-quality bloodline beast egg or cub starts at one hundred spirit stones, and an additional fifty spirit stones will be added due to mutation.
However, because turtle-type demonic beasts grow slowly, few cultivators are willing to cultivate them, and their prices are much lower than those demonic beasts that can grow quickly.
I've decided to buy it for 160 yuan. What do you think, junior brother?
Turtles grow slowly and have long lifespans, and it is common for turtles to survive even after a person dies. Therefore, only sects and families are willing to cultivate these kinds of magical beasts as guardian spirits of the mountains.
Ji An looked at Liang Qiu, who nodded slightly.
The price of these beast eggs at the Beast Taming Hall fluctuates around two hundred spirit stones, and the offer is acceptable.
After all, if they can't be sold in a short time, the Beast Taming Hall needs to prepare spiritual liquid to nourish the beast eggs, otherwise the life force in the eggs will slowly wither.
"We accept this price."
As Ji An spoke, he took all the beast eggs out of the spirit beast bag:
"There are fourteen in total. Senior sister, please estimate the price."
Each beast egg will be different; those with stronger life fluctuations can be sold for more spirit stones.
"So the junior brothers destroyed a monster's den," Li Minghui began to examine the site, occasionally calling out numbers.
"One hundred and sixty spirit stones."
"One hundred and forty spirit stones."
"A total of two thousand one hundred spirit stones."
Li Minghui instructed her maid:
"Put these beast eggs into the water-based spiritual liquid in the warehouse, and also take twenty-one mid-grade spirit stones."
“Yes, ma’am,” the maid said, carefully placing the animal eggs on a tray before gracefully stepping out of the guest room.
Actually, she didn't need to be so careful. The shells of these animal eggs may look thin, but they are actually very hard.
Liang Qiu was somewhat excited. He was so happy to receive a thousand spirit stones so quickly. He wondered how much those demon-hunting cultivators could earn if they were lucky.
After a while, the maid brought the spirit stone.
Li Minghui reached out her hand and said:
"Junior brother, please count the amount."
Ji An entrusted the spirit stones to Liang Qiu for safekeeping. The lotus seeds were the main source of profit. After all the transactions were completed, he estimated that he would need to pay the other party spirit stones.
"Senior sister, does the Beast Taming Hall accept reservations? I want to buy a demon beast with earth-grade bloodline, specifically a tiger or bear species."
Li Minghui nodded slightly, then gently shook her head:
"The Beast Taming Hall certainly accepts reservations, but we have received many orders from sect disciples and certain large families."
Senior brother, it would take many years to obtain a low-grade demon beast from the Beast Taming Hall, let alone the fact that you specified the type of demon beast.
I suggest you try your luck in Mingfeng Mountain Immortal City; you might find a bargain.
Ji An sighed inwardly.
After exchanging money and goods, the two did not linger and took their leave, as they still had several places to visit that day.
The sect's territory spans thousands of miles, and most of their time is spent traveling.
Ji An and his companion flew to the weapon-refining hall on Red Copper Mountain, sold two tortoise shells, and received eight hundred spirit stones in return.
Then they rushed to Lingxiao Mountain and hurriedly entered the Qin Gong Hall.
At this moment, Ye Changqing was bored and drowsy with his eyes half-closed.
Liang Qiu stepped forward and said softly:
"Senior Brother Ye, we have something important to report."
Ye Changqing hummed in agreement and opened his sleepy eyes.
Upon seeing who it was, he was somewhat surprised:
"Both of you junior brothers are rare guests. What brings you here?"
Neither Ji An nor Liang Qiu ever went out.
"Here's the thing, I discovered a tiny spiritual vein node in a hidden cave in Black Dragon Pool, where the concentration of spiritual energy reached the highest level."
Senior Brother Ji and I ventured deeper into the cave and discovered a renowned sect cultivator who had passed away peacefully within. This is his storage bag.
Liang Qiu described the situation again and handed over the storage bag. The contents inside remained untouched, including the spirit stones.
Ye Changqing listened very carefully and would ask questions from time to time.
He took the storage bag and emptied all its contents onto the table.
Upon picking up the Beast Taming Token, a crack was discovered on the Soul Bead, indicating that the tamed beast was undoubtedly dead.
He took out his identity jade token, placed it on the spirit plate, and read the information within:
"Wei Qingshu, a member of the Wei clan of Xiaozhushan, had a Foundation Establishment level six cultivation and disappeared sixty-seven years ago."
Ye Changqing shook his head slightly and said:
"He must have put the jade pendant in his storage bag, otherwise the landscape map would show his fall location."
Based on the transaction records, he judged that the other party must have discovered something unexpected during the process of breaking through to the later stage of the foundation building phase.
Ji An's expression was somewhat strange; he hadn't expected that this cultivator was a member of Wei Songnian's clan.
He coughed lightly and asked:
"Senior brother, how is this kind of thing usually handled?"
"If a cultivator has relatives, the Enforcement Hall cultivators will return his belongings, and the contribution points in the jade tablet will be converted into spirit stones and returned to his family."
Since he has clansmen in the sect, these contribution points will be distributed equally among his clansmen.
You two have discovered and handed over the relics of your fellow disciple; each of you will be rewarded with 10,000 contribution points.
In addition, each person who discovers a hidden top-grade spiritual vein node will be rewarded with 50,000 contribution points and 100 minor merits.
By the way, how big are the spiritual vein nodes?
Ji An replied:
"The node is only ten zhang in diameter."
"Senior brother, all these contribution points are for Junior Brother Liang. We found them on his turf; I just happened to be there."
Ye Changqing looked at the two of them and saw that they both had calm expressions, obviously having discussed it beforehand, so he nodded:
"Since you have already made a decision, then let's do it this way."
Junior Brother Liang, give me your jade token. Let's go back to Black Dragon Pool together later to take a look.
Now that the Azure Lotus growing at the spiritual vein node has matured, you must hand over forty percent of the harvest.
"Understood, Senior Brother Ye! I will report to the Diligent Work Hall when the spiritual plant matures."
Liang Qiu handed over the jade tablet, feeling extremely excited.
If you exchange spirit stones for 120,000 contribution points, it will cost about 6,000 spirit stones, and you will also get 200 minor merit points.
These contribution points are enough for him to use for several years, which means that the spirit fish he harvests in the future will have no cost.
Ji An asked:
"Senior Brother Ye, what price does the sect pay for the lotus seeds of the Azure Water Spirit Lotus?"
"Oh my, this is unexpected wealth!"
Upon hearing his words, Ye Changqing immediately understood that the two had obtained lotus seeds at the spiritual vein node. However, these gains were assumed to belong to the discovering cultivator, and the sect would not pursue them.
"The lotus seeds are two hundred years old. One lotus seed, combined with some spiritual herbs, can be used to refine a batch of Azure Lotus Pills. The sect buys them for 1,500 contribution points each."
Ji An immediately did the mental calculation: 75 spirit stones could be exchanged for 1500 contribution points. If he took all the lotus seeds, it would be equivalent to taking 4350 spirit stones from Liangqiu.
"Senior brother, we're going out to talk about something. We'll be back in a bit. You go ahead and get back to work."
Ye Changqing muttered:
"Why are you being so mysterious about it?"
He understood that the two were most likely going to divide the profits.
The two walked out of the main hall, and Ji An said softly:
"Junior brother, all the harvest has been processed now."
I collected 15 bottles of demonic beast blood essence, each bottle worth about twenty spirit stones on the market. I'm going to use them to make talisman ink.
In addition, since I took all the lotus seeds, I need to pay you 4650 spirit stones.
“Senior brother, I took the spirit stones from the sale of beast eggs and tortoise shells, including 1450 of your spirit stones.”
I still owe you 2000 spirit stones, you only need to give me 1200 spirit stones.
Liang Qiu felt a sense of relief, finally having paid off his debt of spirit stones.
He thought for a moment, then said:
"Senior brother, when the Purple Fire Gourd matures next time, please save one for me. I also want a similar magical artifact."
He found this magical artifact to be very useful; as long as the flame was drawn into the artifact, it would automatically be nurtured.
"Sure, Senior Brother Zhao Lei will come to collect the materials then, and you can talk to him."
However, since you practice water-based techniques and there are no earth-fire veins nearby, it will be somewhat inconvenient.
Here's what we'll do: when you need to replenish your flames, go to Crimson Flame Peak. I have a fire chamber there that's been sitting idle; you can borrow it.
Replenishing the flames using the Fire Control Technique takes at most half an hour, and can be done once every half month.
"Senior brother is so thoughtful."
Ji An handed the spirit stone to the other party, and the two returned to the main hall.
"Senior brother, please prepare the ingredients for 116 batches of Azure Lotus Pills for me, without lotus seeds."
"I don't have any lotus seeds! Wait here, I'll go get them for you."
Ye Changqing went into the storeroom, found the pill formula and searched for the medicinal herbs. It took him half an hour to gather all the ingredients.
"A total of 58,000 contribution points."
He took the jade token from Ji An, deducted his contribution points, and grinned, saying:
"Junior Brother's contribution points are accumulating more and more."
Ji An piloted his flying shuttle straight to Ningcui Cliff. Upon arriving at the cave, he took out ten jars of spirit wine:
“Master, Crimson Flame Peak has brewed second-grade mulberry wine this year. I’m sending some to you. It’s best to drink it after aging it in the cellar for four or five years.”
Each jar of spirit wine weighed five catties, and fifty catties were delivered at a time, which was quite generous.
A kind smile appeared in Ge Ying's eyes as she said:
"You've only just cultivated a second-tier Jade Leaf Mulberry this year, how much spirit wine can you brew? And you've already sent me so much!"
"Take some out when you go back later, just leave me four jars."
These spirit wines, left here, can only satisfy the appetite.
She no longer aspires to advance her cultivation further; the spiritual wine will be of greater help to her disciples, at least in exchange for some cultivation resources.
Ji An hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"That won't do. How can we take back a gift that's meant to be given to our Master?"
He scratched his head and continued:
"I had an unexpected gain yesterday, and I would like to ask my master for help today."
He recounted the events at Black Dragon Pool and took out the lotus seeds of the Azure Lotus and related medicinal herbs.
Ge Ying chuckled and said:
"It's also your good fortune, otherwise why would Liang Qiu ask you for help instead of asking others?"
However, refining so many batches of pills makes this task quite arduous.
I often have alchemy tasks assigned by the sect to complete, so it will probably take one or two years to refine all of these pills.
She became even more convinced that this disciple possessed a certain good fortune.
(End of this chapter)
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