Chapter 154 News of Fan Jiming
After reading it, Sang Yunchu nodded slightly and smiled, "I accept it."
Jiang Chongguang's face lit up with joy: "Thank you so much!"
Sang Yunchu chuckled, "Senior Brother Jiang, there's no need to be so polite." He then said frankly, "With Senior Brother Jiang's foundation, you will surely be able to break through to become a Nirvana cultivator in the future. At that time, I will still have many medicinal herbs, and I would like to ask Senior Brother Jiang for help in obtaining them."
Jiang Chongguang readily agreed: "Of course!"
The two had always operated on a mutually beneficial basis. Although Sang Yunchu had several herb-gathering partners, Jiang Chongguang, being the most skilled, was naturally the most valued. Similarly, Jiang Chongguang didn't only accept employment from Sang Yunchu. If other level-seven alchemists needed medicinal herbs, he would also try to obtain them and place orders for pills with them. However, because Sang Yunchu's alchemy skills were the strongest, Jiang Chongguang would prioritize contacting him whenever possible.
The disciples of Jiang and Sang happened to be a couple, and their relationship became closer. Their trust in each other naturally increased, and they would also help each other to move up the ranking.
Specifically, this means that Jiang Chongguang would be more proactive in sending medicinal herbs to Sang Yunchu, and Sang Yunchu would also accept all of Jiang Chongguang's orders for alchemy.
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The two quickly finalized the specific time and order placement method for the pills. Then, they exchanged a glance and took out the congratulatory gifts they had received... and began to sit facing each other and compliment each other.
Of course, the way of praising is different.
Jiang Chongguang didn't use many adjectives; he simply expressed his affection and praise for his disciple's filial piety.
Sang Yunchu would be more tactful, only occasionally mentioning the rarity of those two precious medicines and praising his disciples for their thoughtfulness.
After the two had finished praising each other, Sang Yunchu took Jiang Chongguang to his training room, which he had set up with countless defensive array plates, so that Jiang Chongguang could test the power of the gauntlets there.
Jiang Chongguang was naturally delighted and put on quite a show.
However, Sang Yunchu's preparations were so thorough that even though Jiang Chongguang's punches were extremely powerful, they did not shake the various defenses in the room or damage any part of the room.
Sang Yunchu looked at him with admiration, his gaze sometimes falling on Jiang Chongguang and sometimes on the boxing gloves, nodding slightly.
After giving a thorough demonstration, Jiang Chongguang stopped.
His first words were: "Master Sang, what kind of array plates are placed in this cultivation room?"
The second question was: "How many Xuan Stones did it cost?"
Sang Yunchu chuckled softly and began to explain everything one by one.
Jiang Chongguang calculated the price... Well, there's no rush. He'll go back to the mountains and kill a few dozen more wild beasts to stockpile up before making a decision.
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After Jiang Chongguang left, Sang Yunchu returned to the cultivation room.
He took out a piece of silky, smooth, and lustrous cloth and wrote a few lines on it with his fingers.
Then, Sang Yunchu walked to the corner of the wall and gently placed his palm on a strange pattern—
The next moment, the pattern rotated, creating ripples that slowly spread, as if giving birth to a strange energy.
Sang Yunchu stuffed the silk cloth inside.
The energy engulfed the silk cloth and then suddenly traveled to a very distant place.
Then he sat down cross-legged, refining pills while occasionally glancing at the patterned energy.
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Yuan Yifei, far away in Jiuqu City, sensed a subtle energy fluctuation.
He pursed his lips, somewhat reluctant to get up.
Yuan Bing, who was admiring the flowers with Yuan Yifei, suddenly spoke up: "There's movement over at the teleportation array."
Yuan Yifei didn't want to move.
Yuan Bing then stood up and went to the adjacent small room.
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The walls there were covered with all sorts of patterns, each representing a location that could be teleported. However, the drawback was that the teleportation array could only transport inanimate objects; it would be extremely dangerous for living people to enter.
Yuan Yifei and Sang Yunchu both set up such teleportation arrays, and occasionally they would exchange messages and resources with each other.
But ever since Sang Yunchu accepted a disciple...
Yuan Yifei didn't want to hear any more noise from the teleportation array.
Because Sang Yunchu loves to show off his disciples too much. No matter what breakthroughs his disciples make, he has to come and tell them all about it: such as how his disciple's alchemy skills have improved, how he immediately rose to the top of the alchemy rankings, how he quickly became number one after reaching the top, and how his number of stars kept increasing soon after he became number one...
In short, the achievements were made very quickly.
Yuan Yifei also has disciples, and he has often boasted about his disciples to Sang Yunchu in the past. However, he was somewhat displeased that Sang Yunchu was showing off like this now—especially since his own disciples had not made any significant progress in recent years.
Learning to make a few more types of pills is a trivial matter... If it can't guarantee producing top-quality pills, it's really nothing to alchemists like them, and they have no right to boast about it.
Yuan Yifei was so tormented by Sang Yunchu that he even considered installing a faulty teleportation array!
But just as Yuan Yifei was eager to malfunction the teleportation array himself, Sang Yunchu broke through to become an eighth-level alchemist and even transmitted a lot of breakthrough experience to him through the teleportation array...
Fine, he's beholden to those who take his money, so Yuan Yifei can only continue to be "frequently" flaunted.
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Yuan Bing stood in front of the teleportation array, raised his hand to catch a piece of silk cloth, then took it and handed it to Yuan Yifei.
Yuan Yifei unfolded the silk cloth, looked at it... and his face darkened.
This guy actually started bragging about his disciple's filial piety!
He said that his disciple gave him a level-eight rare medicine obtained from a past adventure in order to celebrate his birthday!
Although he didn't specify what kind of rare medicine it was, it was probably because Sang Yunchu was afraid that Yuan Yifei would also take a liking to it and try to take advantage of him, but he wouldn't joke about such things.
So, Cai'er must have really given that guy a level eight rare medicine!
Yuan Yifei had naturally heard that Zhong Cai was now a fourth-level alchemist, but he was surprised that such a talented young alchemist hadn't kept the precious herbs in his own reserves, but instead had come to give them to his master—
Now, Yuan Yifei became envious.
His disciples were undeniably filial, but this was mostly reflected in their obedience and compliance. They didn't send many gifts—of course, he understood that this was because his disciples were of a much lower rank than him, and even if he wanted to send them something, it would be useless to them, so there was no point in sending it.
However, Sang Yunchu's disciples can be both filial and lucky! Everything given is useful to Sang Yunchu!
He suddenly remembered that more than ten years ago, when a secret realm opened, Sang Yunchu had boasted to him that his disciple had given him very rare materials that could be used to refine extremely fine clothes. He even had some leftover materials that he had sent to him as a souvenir...
Yuan Yifei: "..."
Quite arrogant.
But I'm so envious!
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After presenting their gifts to their masters, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan put aside their worries and continued their cultivation and daily lives in an orderly manner.
Anyway, as long as the two of them are together, no matter where they are or what they are doing, they are always happy.
Before we knew it, two months had passed.
On this day, Zhong Cai suddenly received a letter.
Wu Shaogan leaned closer and asked, "Whose is it?"
Zhong Cai unfolded the letter and immediately smiled: "It's Brother Fan."
Wu Shaogan couldn't remember who this Brother Fan was.
Zhong Cai chuckled and said, "It's Fan Jiming, Brother Fan."
Wu Shaogan suddenly remembered, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Didn't he hear about some kind of miraculous encounter somewhere and go to find out? Now he's suddenly contacting us, does that mean he's already made a discovery?"
As Zhong Cai read the letter, he said, "Brother Fan found the legendary ruins, but unfortunately, when he got there, he found that all the resources inside had already been looted. He didn't find what he wanted at all and wasted a lot of effort. This time, he came to buy pills from me again. He has used up all of his previous ones and wants to stock up on some to avoid suffering later."
Wu Shao chuckled dryly and asked, "Ah Cai wants to go over there?"
Zhong Cai replied with a smile, "He's a friend after all. He sounds so pitiful. Let's go find some humor in him... let's go comfort him."
Wu Shaogan couldn't help but chuckle.
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After acquiring a special physique, Fan Jiming has been constantly on the move, hunting, selling prey, buying elixirs, going broke, hunting again...
The part about buying the elixir was facilitated by Zhong Cai.
In the early years, whenever Fan Jiming wanted to buy something, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan would exchange some for him in the trading hall. However, after Zhong Cai became a fourth-level alchemist a few years later, he no longer needed to go to the trading hall.
Zhong Cai was the first to learn the types of pills that Fan Jiming needed, and quickly improved to the point where she could produce many top-quality ones.
Fan Jiming hesitated for a long time after hearing Zhong Cai's introduction.
Taking top-grade pills directly would be ideal, but the price would make him... even more strapped for cash.
In the end, however, Fan Jiming still chose to have both the best and the worst, and if the best was unavailable, he would choose the good quality.
This was no problem for Zhong Cai, who needed to hone his fourth-level alchemy skills. However, for Fan Jiming, it meant his wallet was being emptied even faster, and he was in a more urgent hurry to earn Xuanzhu.
Normally, he mainly hunts, but if he hears about any ruins or secret realms, he will rush there as fast as he can—after all, if he finds treasure in these places, he can gain a lot of benefits at once, and many cultivators have become rich overnight because of this!
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Since they were friends after all, Zhong Cai dragged Wu Shaogan along and happily went to mock Fan Jiming.
Soon, the two arrived at Azure Dragon City.
Fan Jiming booked a private room in the restaurant to entertain the two of them.
Zhong Cai pushed open the door and entered, glancing at Fan Jiming before laughing out loud, "You don't seem to be in much pain, Brother Fan!"
Fan Jiming was already familiar with Zhong Cai's personality, so he didn't react much to his teasing. He just smiled and got up to welcome the two of them in.
Without much preamble, Zhong Cai took out two gourds and handed them to Fan Jiming.
One of the gourds contained Moon Essence Elixir, and the other contained Ice Core Elixir.
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Although various pills could be matched with Fan Jiming's physique, after trying them all, he ultimately felt that the Moonflower Pill was the most comfortable to take, so he chose it.
Despite the enormous expenditure on elixirs over the years, his special physique was no ordinary thing. During the transformation process, Fan Jiming was truly made more suitable for combat, and the quality of his companion treasures was also greatly improved, instantly raising his aptitude to the top of the Earth grade!
It was even better than the top-grade earth-level material that Fan Jiming had originally expected.
Naturally, Fan Jiming's realm improved very rapidly, and his combat power increased several times over!
He is now a peak cultivator at the Suspended Illumination stage. After returning to the Fan family, his treatment was immediately improved, he received certain resources, and he was valued by the Fan family even more.
However, Fan Jiming still spent more time traveling outside. Although he felt a strong sense of belonging to the Fan family, he did not rely on the Fan family to acquire these medicinal resources... After all, the Xuanzhu expenses were truly enormous and continuous.
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Fan Jiming took the two gourds, scanned the pills on both sides with his spiritual sense, and counted the number...
Then, he showed an expression of extreme heartache.
Zhong Cai immediately looked over; he could never get enough of that expression!
Fan Jiming: "..."
...Fine, the alchemist is already willing to go out of his way to refine pills for him, so what's wrong with watching him make a fool of himself?
Immediately, Fan Jiming took out a mustard seed bag, which was filled with Xuanzhu pearls.
If both pills in each set are of the highest quality, the price is 8,000 Xuanzhu; if both are of the highest quality, the price is 6,000.
So expensive!
Now, there are one hundred pills of each kind in the two gourds...
It will cost over 600,000 Mystic Pearls!
Zhong Cai gracefully accepted the bag of mustard seeds and put it away.
This posture is very casual.
Fan Jiming hissed inwardly, but there was nothing he could do. He would have to keep trying to find resources and spend money next time. In addition, he took out several boxes of different sizes and gave them to Zhong Cai.
These are all level-five rare medicines, which Fan Jiming obtained through his usual training.
Although Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were helping him obtain pills, and it was a favor between friends, he couldn't take advantage of their friendship and leave without giving anything in return. In any case, Zhong Cai desperately needed rare herbs, and even a level five rare herb cost several hundred Xuanzhu each, so it was appropriate for him to give him a few.
When the boxes were opened, they were indeed all in good condition.
Zhong Cai happily accepted it, quite readily and readily.
Fan Jiming was also very happy.
Wu Shaogan looked at Zhong Cai with a smile and poured him a cup of tea.
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After the transactions were completed, the group reminisced about old times.
Fan Jiming mainly talked about his experiences in seeking opportunities, and then he brought up an incident.
"I also have some news to tell you during this trip."
Zhong Cai asked curiously, "What news?"
Fan Jiming pondered for a moment and said, "A little over a month ago, I had just come out of that dilapidated ruin and was quite disappointed. As I was walking down the street, I heard that a very large auction was going to be held in the fifth city in the southwest of the Seventh State—" He tried to describe it carefully, "I managed to get my hands on a list, and it was indeed full of items, including many rare and precious things, even level eight resources! So..."
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It turned out that the ruins had multiple entrances and exits, and the news had been circulating for countless years. When Fan Jiming came out of one of the exits, he found that he was already in the Seventh State.
The auction was being advertised, and Fan Jiming quickly learned about it. He also realized that with his financial resources, he probably wouldn't be able to get anything good, so he rushed back to the Fan family and reported the news.
An ordinary auction is one thing, but such a high-profile one is truly rare and should not have been kept secret from the family.
The list that Fan Jiming obtained was naturally handed over to the family.
The family was very satisfied with this and gave Fan Jiming a reward—if the auction was successful and the family really got the item they wanted from the auction, then there would be another reward.
Fan Jiming was finally able to make up for some of his losses thanks to these rewards.
He rushed over, not only to replenish his own medicine, but also to inform his two friends of the news.
After all, this is a matter within the Seventh State, which is very far away from here. Even though the Azure Dragon Academy is extremely large and has a large number of disciples, it may not be able to obtain this information.
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Zhong Cai listened to Fan Jiming's story with no change in expression, but her feelings were quite complicated.
this……
The auction that Brother Fan specifically mentioned seems to be the one that he and Lao Wu had the puppets set up, right?
Zhong Cai looked delighted and said with a smile, "That's really great news! Old Wu and I will definitely go and join in the fun, but the scale is too high. Without an elder accompanying us, I'm afraid it won't be safe... Brother Fan, can we tell our master about this?"
Fan Jiming said, "Of course."
The auction wasn't a place with a limited number of participants; those who knew about it went and bid. The strongest member of the Fan family was only a Palace Building (sixth rank) cultivator, and they were mostly bidding on sixth or seventh-rank resources. There was no conflict between them and the two powerful individuals who were already eighth-rank alchemists and peak Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Zhong Cai smiled brightly and said cheerfully, "Then Lao Wu and I won't stand on ceremony!"
Fan Jiming smiled and said, "No need to be so polite."
The group chatted and ate their meal.
Zhong Cai asked Fan Jiming if he had gone with them.
Fan Jiming politely declined, as he needed to return to the Fan family.
Zhong Cai did not force the issue.
The group didn't stay together for long. After saying what they needed to say and catching up briefly, they bid each other farewell.
Afterwards, Fan Jiming returned to the Fan family home, preparing to travel together.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan returned to Canglong Academy.
The two split up and informed their respective masters of the news about the auction.
Upon hearing this, both masters were delighted and prepared to each bring some people to the seventh state.
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That evening, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan leaned against each other.
Zhong Cai sighed, "The Seventh State is so far away, I thought this news wouldn't reach us. We didn't go out, so it wasn't appropriate to tell our masters. I didn't expect Brother Fan to bring the news directly to us."
Wu Shaogan smiled slightly: "Brother Fan is a good...tool friend."
Zhong Cai couldn't help but laugh as he listened: "You can't tell Brother Fan this, or he'll be upset."
Wu Shaogan said, "That's not necessarily true."
Perhaps Fan Jiming would even find this statement quite apt—moreover, even though Fan Jiming did indeed consider Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan as friends, their role in his life was no different from that of tools.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan carefully selected the items for the auction, omitting anything that would be of great use to their two masters or to them.
But since there are so many resources, the two masters might not necessarily look at others.
Inviting the two masters to come along would be a good way to relax.
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Two days later, the two masters sent someone to fetch them.
Knowing that the two disciples were inseparable, the masters would not force them to be "separated." This time, they would still travel to the Seventh State on the flying treasure ship provided by Master Jiang, the kind that was understated yet luxurious.
On the treasure ship, Jiang Chongguang brought along two junior sisters and one junior brother—while another junior brother was responsible for keeping watch at home.
Sang Yunchu had some affection for the Mei Family Mountain Range, so he allowed the sixth-level alchemist from the Mei Family to choose his own companions.
Mei Danshi selected three: two level-five alchemists and one martial arts cultivator at the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Overall, Sang Yunchu's side wasn't very strong in combat—but that didn't matter, as the two masters had already discussed it, and the Mei family would give Jiang Chongguang's junior brothers and sisters some hiring fees, which would also allow them to earn some extra money.
When the two sides boarded the treasure ship together, they got along relatively well.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were always together, being all lovey-dovey. Others, while occasionally feeling a little awkward, tried their best to be friendly.
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After some time, the flying treasure ship arrived at the Seventh State.
At first, just like before, there were not many obstacles in the air, and the group headed southwest smoothly.
However, as they got closer to the southwest, the number of other flying artifacts they encountered in the air gradually increased.
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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan came to the deck and quietly looked around.
Many treasure ships and flying boats passed by their treasure ship.
Magnificent, grand, elegant, rustic... all kinds of styles, some majestic, some small, some oddly shaped.
It's dazzling.
There were also many cultivators on the decks of these flying artifacts, some standing, some sitting, some talking to each other, and all looking around at the scene.
There are also quite a few high-grade flying artifacts—at least level seven or eight—that can ride on such treasure ships, and the leaders of them are at least Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Even more so, some of the treasure ships carried an extremely terrifying pressure, which was clearly the aura of a Nirvana Realm expert!
The moment you sense it, a chill will run through your heart, and you'll want to run away immediately!
Even more serious...
Zhong Cai once inadvertently glimpsed that when their treasure ship encountered that eight-class treasure ship, the latter's imposing aura was overwhelming, suppressing all directions.
They didn't have any problems—because the ship itself released a large number of defensive formations—but on the adjacent ships, some cultivators involuntarily lay down!
This demonstrates the immense power of this oppressive aura.
At the same time, this oppressive aura also alarmed Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang.
The two of them walked onto the deck, and what they saw was the large, eight-class ship.
Further away, several flying artifacts yielded to the passage, precisely because there were equally terrifying ships there as well!
Everyone in the Azure Dragon Academy knew very well that with so many powerful individuals present, the competition at this auction was bound to be incredibly fierce.
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Actually, there were other people from Azure Dragon Academy who came as well.
After learning about the auction's scale, Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang also informed the academy.
These days, precious resources are highly sought after. When a certain power has prepared everything and puts it up for auction in large quantities, it's certainly not something to be missed.
Although they were all from the Azure Dragon faction, they belonged to different groups and naturally wouldn't go together...
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Finally, their treasure ship arrived at the fifth city in the southwest.
At this moment, the sky was filled with countless flying magical artifacts.
More intense and terrifying pressure was spreading in all directions—
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