Chapter 278 Purple Ganoderma Lucidum Essence Condensation Pill
After a moment's thought, Ji An understood that sects wouldn't feel at ease until they saw their disciples consume the Peiyuan Pill, a strategic resource.
If cultivators exchange for and then resell these items, it will negatively impact the contribution points and minor merit systems.
These kinds of pills would certainly be much more expensive outside the sect than they are in the sect.
Even if some cultivators want to exchange for their juniors, they would need to negotiate with the sect; it's impossible for the pills to be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.
"Understood, then I'll come back to collect it when I break through."
"Uncle-Master, how much merit is needed to exchange for the Purple Ganoderma Essence Condensation Pill, and what is my annual quota?"
This is what he is most concerned about right now. Those who want to quickly improve their cultivation level during the Foundation Establishment stage still have a great need for elixirs.
"A Class A disciple can receive 20 pills per year; this is a benefit you are entitled to."
If you exchange for Purple Ganoderma Lucidum Essence Pills, each pill costs 60 minor merits, and the annual quota is 20 pills.
Fortunately, you are currently the only Foundation Establishment level nine cultivator in the sect practicing the Wood Element Technique, and the inventory of pills in the Treasure Pavilion is still quite sufficient.
"Wait a moment, let me check the remaining inventory."
Jia Yu probed the spirit disk with his divine sense to search for information on the amount of pills in stock, and replied:
"Yes, there are 396 pills left. If no other disciple breaks through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, you can exchange for all of these pills, as long as your cultivation level is sufficient."
The Old Ancestor Zhengyang instructed that he could provide convenience.
"The Xuanmu Gathering Spirit Pill costs 40 coins to exchange, but the Zizhi Condensing Essence Pill costs 60 small merits. The price has risen too sharply."
Ji An grumbled, "A 50% increase is indeed a huge surge."
Jia Yu laughed and scolded, saying:
"Don't be ungrateful for getting a good deal. If you were to exchange it for spiritual items outside, the price would be higher, and there would be other additional conditions."
Let me see how many merit points you've brought can be exchanged for. You should keep that in mind; in two years, you'll have to pay back 26,000 merit points.
As he spoke, he began to inspect the storage bag.
"This bag contains second-grade pine nuts. Ten pounds of pine nuts can be exchanged for one small merit."
Jia Yu began weighing the goods. "Hmm, a total of 90,000 jin, 9,000 xiaogong, not bad!"
He took out a pen and paper, wrote down the numbers, and then continued to examine them.
"Two thousand second-grade low-level Biluo fruits, eight thousand minor merits."
"Fifty spirit apricots, two hundred minor merits."
"Two hundred spirit peaches, one thousand minor merits."
"Azure Dragon Wood, one thousand minor merits."
"Three hundred and sixty catties of second-grade low-level Xuanye Sword Bamboo golden leaves can be exchanged for 10,800 minor merit points."
"Not bad, far exceeding my expectations. It looks like Crimson Flame Peak has had a bumper harvest."
Jia Yu was deeply shocked. In all his years of managing the sect's treasure pavilion, he had never seen a Foundation Establishment disciple so fierce in earning minor merits.
Other Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are far inferior to them; only those skilled cultivators in the Origin Stage can achieve this.
"Uncle-Master, don't jump to conclusions yet, there's still a storage bag we haven't checked!"
Ji An laughed and said that Crimson Flame Peak had reaped great rewards in the past few years, and he still had a batch of resources stored up that he hadn't taken out yet.
He kept all the second-tier Heavenly Origin Pears and Earthly Spirit Fruits for himself and his beasts to consume.
He also preserved a small amount of sword bamboo leaves and other spiritual fruits, and many spiritual fruit trees had just begun to bear fruit. He only displayed 60-70% of his strength.
The transformation of the divine intent and the strengthening of the life force of the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique, coupled with the effects brought about by the second level of the Wood Element Magic Intent Transformation Realm, were much greater than expected.
"Judging from your tone, there's something even better. Let me take a closer look."
With a bright smile on her face, Jia Yu pulled a cloth bag from the last storage bag.
"Pine nuts, wait a minute!"
He shelled the pine nuts, put them in his mouth, and chewed them carefully. "Good lad, a mid-grade second-tier pine nut."
He immediately weighed it and said:
"One pound of medium-grade pine nuts can be exchanged for one minor merit, which means another 1,500 minor merits are in hand."
A second-grade low-grade Red Cloud Pine produces 350 catties of pine nuts per tree per year, while a medium-grade Spirit Pine can only produce about 200 catties per year.
Jia Yu continued to take things out of the storage bag, "Second-grade mid-level sword bamboo leaves, two hundred minor merits per pound, five pounds in total, one thousand minor merits."
When the black-leaved sword bamboo is cultivated to a medium grade, the yield increases slightly.
A rosy glow appeared on his slightly dark face. Although these things didn't yield many small merits, they were of great significance.
"Why didn't you tell me the good news! Tell me, what other mid-grade spiritual plants are there in Crimson Flame Peak?"
If I don't report good news, how can I report it to the ancestor?
Second-tier mid-grade resources are resources that can be used during the Chaoyuan stage, which means that the sect's foundation has been strengthened.
"Haha, Uncle-Master, are you surprised?"
I also have second-tier mid-grade Azure Dragon Wood, Spirit Peach, Earth Spirit Fruit, and Dragon Blood Tree, as well as second-tier low-grade Nether Moon Azure Jade Tree.”
Jia Yu nodded repeatedly, making sure to remember everything.
Ji An pointed to several storage bags and said:
"Uncle-Master, let's start calculating the accounts. Let me see how many pills we can exchange for."
"Settle the score!"
Jia Yu felt full of energy, picked up the paper with the list written on it, and quickly added up the numbers:
"A total of 32,500 minor merits have been exchanged. How do you plan to use them?"
"Uncle-Master, how about we make a deal? You can give me the share you can receive over the next three years all at once, and then I'll exchange it for 300 pills. Is that alright?"
As you said yourself, I'm currently the only Foundation Establishment level nine cultivator in the sect practicing the Azure Wood Everlasting Spring Technique. Even if the elixirs are kept in the treasure pavilion, they won't be of any use.
Ji An subconsciously wanted to eliminate all variables; he felt most at ease having the pill in his own hands.
Everything is negotiable; give it a try, and you might just succeed.
"You really dare to ask," Jia Yu chuckled, knowing perfectly well what the other person was up to.
He probed his spiritual disc with his divine sense, searching for information on disciples who cultivated the Green Wood Everlasting Spring Technique.
When a disciple's cultivation level improves, their treatment will change, and such matters will be reported to the sect.
After checking, he found that there was only one cultivator at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, who had broken through half a year ago.
"It's not impossible. Exchange it for 300 Purple Ganoderma Essence Condensation Pills, which will give you a total of 18,000 minor merits."
“I will exchange another 2,000 small merits for water-elemental spiritual items, and use the remaining small merits to pay off the debt for the Qi-Nourishing Pill.”
“Okay,” Jia Yu picked up the jade token. “I will give you the small merit for storing the spiritual items first, and then deduct the small merit for pills and other supplies. The process must be correct.”
"Your jade token still has a little over a thousand minor merit points left. After deducting the cost of pills and spiritual items, you can repay 13,000 minor merit points. The remaining debt is also 13,000 points."
"For the next two years, I won't need to exchange for spiritual items or pills, and I can easily pay off my debts."
Ji An smiled calmly, knowing that once the spiritual fruits on the tree ripened, he could pay off his debts.
However, he cannot be arrogant. When he breaks through to the Chaoyuan stage, the resources required will be even rarer and more expensive, and he has not accumulated much left.
"Keep up the good work, there will be plenty of opportunities to put in the effort later."
Jia Yu gave a brief instruction, then opened the magic barrier to enter the secret vault and retrieved the pills and a sufficient amount of the trickle of spiritual water.
"Take inventory first, and then leave. I won't be responsible if there are any problems after that."
"Uncle-Master would never make a mistake."
Ji An answered with a smile, but his body betrayed him as he began the examination; this was not something to be taken lightly.
After confirming that everything was accounted for, he put the resources away, chatted for a while, and then said goodbye and left.
The earth dragon opened its eyes and sniffed, saying:
"This kid actually managed to grow a mid-grade second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit. He's quite talented!"
"Yes, Ji An is about to become the first Spirit Farmer in the history of the sect to reach the Chaoyuan stage."
"Wonderful! Maybe I'll be able to eat the top-grade spiritual fruits grown by the sect in the future."
The earth dragon beast was quite happy. Since breaking through to the Golden Core level, the Golden Spirit Sect could offer it much less help.
Over the years, it has increased its demonic power entirely through hard work and time.
If a high-level spirit farmer appears, things will be easier for it and the Fire Turtle.
The Earth Dragon Beast closed its eyes again, its consciousness slowly becoming hazy, and it soon fell asleep.
Jia Yu took out the golden sword for communication, entered Ji An's latest information into it, and activated it.
The golden sword flew out of the main hall and soared towards the mountaintop.
Half an hour later, a golden light flew back into the treasure pavilion from outside.
Reaching out, Jia Yu received the golden sword that transmitted messages and probed it with his divine sense to read the information.
'If the Central Continent merchant ships arrive, they can purchase cultivation techniques during the Chaoyuan stage without worrying about the cost.'
A smile appeared on his lips. Even in Fallen Maple Valley, no Spirit Farmer at the Chaoyuan stage appeared.
Jia Yu began to think about selecting some disciples with spiritual farming talents to become Ji An's disciples.
As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the sunset and the lone wild goose fly together.
A gentle breeze rustled through the treetops, and wild animals roamed through the woods.
Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, feeling incredibly smug.
You won't have to worry about elixirs for the next three years, so you can confidently and boldly improve your cultivation.
At the foot of the mountain, wisps of smoke curled into soft arcs as the disciples burned spirit charcoal.
He slowly landed on the icy pool, and the golden eagle let out a joyful cry, leaping out of the shuttle and taking off again.
The intense golden and fiery energy has dissipated, making this the perfect time for flight.
Ji An's skin turned bright red, and black patterns appeared on his skin.
He grinned slightly; that persistent demon king was wandering outside the sect again.
"You bastard, let's see how many more years you can keep slacking off!"
He spat angrily and took out a Tianyuan pear to eat.
Perhaps it was psychological, but he felt that eating the Water Spirit Fruit seemed to alleviate the symptoms of the Blood-Chasing Soul Curse.
Zhang Cuihua stepped forward and said softly:
"Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master Liu Yu arrived half an hour ago and is waiting in the living room."
She was already used to the strangeness about her martial uncle.
Later, when she learned the reason for the anomaly, she was extremely impressed. Her martial uncle had offended a demon king at the Golden Core stage, yet he was still able to live so freely and without any fear on his face.
If it were her, she would feel uneasy even if she stayed in the sect.
Ji An nodded slightly, quickly swallowed the spiritual fruit, then strode into the living room and smiled:
"Senior brother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Are there no missions today?"
Liu Yu put down his teacup and said gently:
"Yesterday, under the leadership of Uncle-Master Lin Qiubai, I, along with Senior Sister Luo Ying, Senior Brother Hao Ran, and others, worked together to destroy a monster stronghold."
"After slaying two Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts and several Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts, my martial uncle has granted us a few days' rest. New combat missions will be assigned in two days."
The sect's territory is vast. Although the demon beasts have established many strongholds on the outskirts, the two demon kings and a mere tens of thousands of demon beasts can only play a restraining role.
He paused, then said:
"Junior brother, I'd like to ask, do you still have any second-tier Heavenly Origin Pears?"
He is also at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, but he broke through a year and a half later than Ji An.
Recently, he felt that he had gradually mastered the subtle application of the balance between water and fire, and thought about eating some water-elemental spiritual fruits to see if it could speed up his cultivation.
Because he often discussed cultivation with Ji An, he deeply understood Ji An's comprehension and the terrifying extent of his understanding of cultivation methods.
Possessing a Fire-type Dao Body and cultivating the Blazing Sun Furnace Scroll, a technique most frequently practiced by disciples throughout the sect's history, he felt he couldn't be outdone by his opponent.
Even at the very least, the gap shouldn't be too large.
"Yes, do you need some, senior brother? How much?"
In recent years, three second-tier low-grade Tianyuan pears have ripened one after another, and he still has more than forty spiritual fruits in his hands.
"Two will be enough. I'll give it a try."
If the method I've learned proves effective, I'd like to purchase a batch of spiritual fruits from my junior brother in the future.
Of course, if you feel uncomfortable, just pretend I never made this request.
Liu Yu smiled faintly, subconsciously slowing his breathing as he awaited the other party's reply. He knew that the Water Element Spirit Fruit was equally beneficial to cultivators practicing Wood Element techniques.
Quickly calculating his needs, Ji An pondered and said:
“No problem. If the spiritual fruit is useful to you, I can sell some to you.”
"I don't have too many, but I can certainly produce twenty."
The first Tianyuan Pear to be upgraded to the second-tier lower grade is now bearing fruit, and another thirty-six pears will be harvested in six months.
He currently takes two Tianyuan pears every month, and his stock is enough to last him for several years.
The other second-tier spirit trees will also bear fruit in two years, ensuring a continuous supply.
In addition, spirit trees in the orchard should be cultivated to the second tier in succession.
"Thank you for your help, junior brother!"
Liu Yu laughed heartily and asked in a casual, conversational tone:
"What did you do today, Junior Brother?"
He also learned of the other party's title of "Stone Turtle Cultivator".
Unless absolutely necessary, one should remain completely still.
"I went to the treasure pavilion and exchanged some pills."
"Uh, I broke through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment yesterday."
Liu Yu paused for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled:
"This is so discouraging! I was hoping to catch up with my junior brother!"
He felt a strange mix of emotions surging within him, a mixture of joy and a faint bitterness.
Of all the disciples of this generation in the sect, he originally only admired one person: Senior Brother Li Haoran from Yingyue Peak.
With his Heavenly Qualification and Golden Body, the difference between him and an ordinary cultivator is beyond measure.
He is only forty-six years old this year and has reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. If it weren't for honing his sword intent, he probably would have already broken through to the Chaoyuan stage.
A sword cultivator who comprehends the sword intent in form during the Foundation Establishment stage is so powerful that even feelings of envy cannot arise.
Throughout the entire Western Continent, the opponent is at the pinnacle of combat power in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Taking a deep, gentle breath, Liu Yu cupped his hands and solemnly said:
"Junior brother, congratulations! I'll benefit from your breakthrough to the Chaoyuan stage soon."
This junior brother, though a late bloomer, surpassed his senior brother, who possessed the Fire Element Dao Body.
He is currently in the stage of accumulating magical power to improve his cultivation, and it is unknown how long it will be before he reaches the bottleneck of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.
For some reason, he had a vague premonition that breaking through to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment would be his last moment of glory as a senior brother.
(End of this chapter)
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