Even the elixirs used by the great Nascent Soul Patriarch for his cultivation have become a big problem, and he can’t even afford anything good to eat.
Five intact inferior-quality Yuanji Shengling Pills were sold for nearly twenty-three thousand high-quality spirit stones, with an average value of four thousand six hundred high-quality spirit stones per pill.
The waste pill was sold for 10,000 spirit stones, an average of 2,000 high-quality spirit stones for one pill.
This price is quite expensive, almost twice the market price.
What is the feasible market price? If it is not being sold at the market price, you can only buy it at a higher price.
Perhaps the cultivators feel that it is better to use high-quality spirit stones for cultivation, but elixirs have an advantage that high-quality spirit stones cannot replace. That is, after the elixir enters the body, it can be quickly assimilated into one's own magic power, which is especially important when breaking through a bottleneck.
In this day and age, fourth-tier elixirs are not easy to obtain, and the elixirs originally used to break through bottlenecks are even rarer. Nascent Soul ancestors can only practice and downgrade, replacing the elixirs used for breaking through levels with the elixirs they used for practice in the past.
Although the medicine is not very effective, it is better than nothing.
Simply put, cultivation elixirs were sold directly at the price of breakthrough elixirs.
This made Shen Lian feel uneasy.
He did a quick calculation in his mind. If he were to refine the Yuanji Shengling Pill, he should be able to produce ten pills in one furnace if the quality was low. If it turned out to be useless, then by adding some extra potato starch, stove soil, etc., he should be able to produce more than thirty pills.
Ten finished products were auctioned for four hundred and sixty thousand top-grade spirit stones.
Counting the thirty waste pills, according to the auction price, it would be 600,000 high-quality spirit stones.
Be good.
What is the alchemist's long-cherished wish? Isn't it to let his fellow Taoists have elixirs to eat?
Don’t ask about the quality of the elixir, first you have to solve the problem of creating something from nothing.
Steal some sweet potatoes from the mortal world and scrape some stove soil from the village. Without even paying the cost, you can earn an extra 140,000 high-quality spirit stones. This business is worth doing.
Can a robbery cultivator make more money than this? After an auction, Shen Lian also bought two pieces of third-level ores.
However, the auction format does not require payment on the spot. After you win the spiritual object, there will be a small sign. After the auction, you can take the small sign to pay for the auctioned item.
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Realm is status, and this is universal in the entire world of immortal cultivation. The delivery of spiritual objects at the auction also starts with the Nascent Soul Ancestor.
"Fellow Daoist Qian, your Wantong Qiuyu Pill costs 21,000 top-grade spirit stones."
In the small quiet room, Yuanzong Zhenjun, the Nascent Soul elder who was in charge of the auction, took out a jade box and looked at Qianshan Zhenjun, the Nascent Soul cultivator sitting opposite him.
"What are you going to pay with, Brother Qian? According to the auction rules, the amount of high-quality spirit stones cannot be less than 30%."
At this moment, what Yuanzong Zhenjun said was a little different from what auctioneer Qingling said before.
Qing Ling had said before that the auction would be bid with top-grade spirit stones. Normally, the cultivators who heard this would think that top-grade spirit stones would be used to pay for the auction items.
But how could the little Golden Core and Foundation Establishment ancestors know the difficulties they faced?
Top-grade spirit stones are like roadside weeds. How can there be so many of them?
Besides, a dignified Yuanying Zhenjun also has to maintain his reputation.
Zhenren Qianshan nodded, waved his hand and took out six thousand three hundred high-grade spirit stones, then fumbled in his arms for a few more times and took out a piece of ore, a jade box, and something similar to talisman paper covered with runes.
He smoothed out something that looked like talisman paper and handed it to the Nascent Soul Elder opposite him.
"This is the reward given by a good friend to me when I went to the East China Sea to search for the secret place."
Master Yuanzong took the paper. It looked like it was covered with runes, but it was not actually a talisman. In the middle of the paper, the two words "Tianyuan" were outlined in ancient immortal cultivation text, and they were flashing with spiritual light.
After a careful inspection, Yuanzong Zhenjun nodded and said, "Yes, this Tianyuan Talisman was issued by our sect. It is worth 5,000 high-grade spirit stones."
The Tianyuan Talisman is not a talisman, but something similar to a silver note in the secular world.
Its invention was also inspired by the silver notes in the secular world.
In addition to the Tianyuan Talisman, there are also the Chixiao Talisman and the Yushan Talisman, both of which are used for circulation of spirit stones.
There is no other way. The production of high-quality spirit stones cannot keep up with the speed of consumption, so the seven major sects started issuing this kind of coupons a long time ago.
The reason this thing can circulate is because it is supported by the strength of the seven major sects. As for whether it will collapse, it is okay at the moment, we will talk about it later.
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While Shen Lian was waiting outside, he inadvertently glanced at the quiet room nearby and caught this scene.
It turns out that the Yuanying ancestor is also a poor bastard.
At the previous auction, he kept bidding with top-grade spirit stones, and he really thought he had a lot of top-grade spirit stones in his hands.
No wonder the transaction was not concluded on the spot at the auction. It was because of the cover-up behind the scenes. The ancestors did not have many high-quality spirit stones, but they still had to save their face.
In this way, it makes sense that the price of the elixir is higher than the market price. After all, when you barter something, there will always be some losses.
This was the first time he had seen a sect of immortal cultivation issuing silver notes during his travels.
That's not right. This can't be considered a silver note at all. Silver banks in the secular world need enough silver to keep in reserve when issuing acceptance notes.
I wonder how many of these things the seven major sects have released. Do they have so many high-quality spirit stones to back them up? A dignified Yuanying sect stopped practicing and started playing with finance. What a shame.
After taking out the spiritual objects he had obtained from the auction, Shen Lian walked out of the auction house. He looked up at the Yuanying ancestor flying across the sky, and felt that he was sorry for the old monster Ziyang.
He remembered that when he was counting the inheritance of old monster Zi Yang, there were only a few high-quality spirit stones, and he secretly cursed the old monster for being poor.
Unexpectedly, he was wrong. It was not that old monster Ziyang was rubbish, but that all the Nascent Soul ancestors present were rubbish.
Although they didn't have many high-quality spirit stones in their pockets, they were quite generous when they opened their mouths to bid.
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"Fellow Daoist Qin Songqing, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."
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"Fellow Daoist Qin Anshi, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."
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After leaving the auction, Shen Lian continued to travel around Tiannan, recruiting fellow Jindan Daoists under his command.
These people include elders of large sects, heads of small sects, family cultivators, independent cultivators of the Golden Core stage, and some foundation-building cultivators.
During his travels, he also participated in dozens of auctions of all sizes, including six auctions with Nascent Soul level participants.
In the six Nascent Soul level auctions, most of the elixirs sold were of inferior quality, and the few medium quality ones were all second- and third-level elixirs. The Nascent Soul cultivators seen were the same as before, either using spiritual objects to offset the losses, or taking out immortal cultivation-level silver notes.
After witnessing it personally, Shen Lian felt that the world of immortal cultivation in the south of the Tian Dynasty was really about to suffer.
The shortage of fourth-level cultivation resources has reached a very serious level.
It makes sense that the Demon Moon Alliance and Rakshasa Valley, as evil sects, would directly use living beings as resources for cultivation.
As for the righteous sects such as the Chixiao Sect and the Yushan Sect, they are still restrained and not so cruel at the moment.
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Five years later.
Chaotic sect area.
Li Yang held the petal jade talisman in her hand, with a hint of coldness in her expression.
Damn this demon cultivator, he really has no credibility at all.
"Friend Li, I am currently visiting friends in the eastern part of the continent. Please give me some time to return. This demon is different from those coquettish and slutty women out there. I am not an ungrateful demon."
"Wait for me for a year."
Li Yang threw the jade talisman away angrily.
"I hope you know your place, otherwise I wouldn't mind killing you first."
After calming down, Li Yang put away the petal jade talisman.
When the jade bottle was opened, the entire cave immediately turned into a vast ocean of blood. The pure blood also contained traces of medicinal power from elixirs.
This is the fourth-level flesh and blood essence obtained from Rakshasa Valley.
Two bottles in total.
One bottle was purchased from Luosha Valley by her before, and the other bottle was extorted by her in the name of healing Meishan.
Of course, she never thought of giving this bottle of blood and flesh essence to Meishan.
The essence of blood and flesh produced by Luosha Valley is integrated with a part of spiritual medicine. Its efficacy is no less than that of spiritual medicine of the same level. In terms of quality, it is even closer to medium and high quality spiritual pills.
However, it is not easy for alchemists to refine elixirs of high quality, not to mention that there are not so many elixirs available for alchemists to refine.
If it were not constrained by the limitations of flesh and blood, it would have replaced panacea long ago.
“Hoo-hoo.”
Li Yang sat cross-legged, raised her head and opened her mouth. Wisps of blood turned into streams of light and were sucked into her mouth. Her body was instantly covered in a red blood light.
As time went by, the blood light accumulated around her became thicker and thicker, and strange and hideous faces were vaguely revealed in the misty blood light.
Unfortunately, as soon as these faces were formed, they were shattered by the sweeping Nascent Soul aura and could not take shape at all.
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In the eastern part of Tiannan Continent, Diling Sect.
"Father, please tell me your name."
"Tian Ling Zhenren."
"The first time I recognized the Master of the Heaven-Repairing Order, it has been branded with divine thoughts."
"Fellow Daoist Tianling, congratulations on joining the Butian Sect."
"From today on, you are the Yellow Rank Heaven-Repairing Angel of the Heaven-Repairing Sect. You can use the Heaven-Repairing Order to exchange for magic weapons, elixirs, talismans, puppets, spiritual plants, secret techniques, etc."
Zhenren Tianling felt the scene of the Bu Tian Ling, with surprise flashing in his eyes.
What kind of force is this?
So mysterious.
When Tian Ling Zhenren hesitated, his expression suddenly changed, and he said respectfully, "Master..."
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Boom! After more than ten breaths.
Deep within the Earth Spirit Sect, in an independent cave dwelling shrouded in numerous spiritual prohibitions, a ball of energy suddenly exploded into the sky.
The void collapsed, stretching for hundreds of miles, and the protective sect formation that was in operation was torn into a big hole by the exploding energy.
Thick smoke billowed up to the sky and the earth, and the entire Di Ling Sect's mountain gate seemed to be shaken by an earthquake. All the disciples were stunned by the sudden turmoil.
Swoosh! From deep inside the mountain gate, a stream of light shot up into the sky and transformed into an old man in a yellow robe.
"Tian Ling!"
However, the terrifying impact force caused the cracks in the void to collapse inch by inch, and the stirred energy tore the sect protection formation apart, making a crackling sound. The rolled up energy swept in all directions, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator did not dare to rush in.
Seeing this, the old man hurriedly shouted, "All disciples retreat, and all elders hold the formation tightly."
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Outside the Diling Sect.
Inside a huge and extremely lush tree, Shen Lian was squatting on a branch gnawing on a pig's trotter. On another branch, Da Hei's two large claws were also greasy.
At this moment, he squinted his eyes and looked in the direction where the void was collapsing.
"Master, I already knew this guy was not a good guy and would betray you."
Shen Lian wiped the oil on his hands on Dahei's horns and asked, "Do you still understand human nature?"
"My Lord, how can a little bug understand the human heart? A little bug only understands the master's heart."
"Get lost, you sycophant."
“Chirp.”
Traveling all over the Tiannan Continent, Shen Lian has issued a total of 101 Heaven-Repairing Orders.
As the saying goes, if you walk by the river, it is inevitable that your shoes will get wet.
He also makes mistakes sometimes.
The Di Ling Sect, a Nascent Soul Sect similar to the Yunshang Sect in the southern continent, has a Nascent Soul True Lord in charge.
Its sect has a top-grade water spirit root cultivator who has reached the golden elixir stage and is called Tianshui Zhenren. He has a very good reputation and is a candidate for the next patriarch of the sect. The entire Di Ling Sect is also actively preparing resources for his advancement to the Nascent Soul stage.
A cultivator who has the hope of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage and taking charge of a sect in the future would naturally fall into Shen Lian's category of identifying fellow believers.
But no one expected that Tianshui Zhenren was wearing the skin of a human, but was actually a pet of the sea tribe.
This is a bit of a scam.
Master Shen's Butian Sect, at least for now, has no intention of recruiting members of other races.
"Alas, a piece of the Sky-Repairing Order was wasted."
The Bu Tian Order already had the Xuan Ming Stone and the Dong Tian Stone, so when the formation was activated, it doubled the space collapse. Not to mention the Jin Dan level cultivators, even a Yuan Ying level old monster would die on the spot if he was not careful.
"The Earth Spirit Sect really needs to thank me very much."
Shen Lian murmured, this is indeed true, if a pet of the sea clan became the sect leader, the entire Earth Spirit Sect would have to be given to the sea clan.
From the time he started the Butian Sect, he also understood that it would be impossible for the sect to keep all its information secret.
Therefore, he installed a formation in the Bu Tian Order to prepare for emergencies.
But unexpected events are totally uncontrollable. Who could have thought that the human race's golden elixir, the Nascent Soul seed that the sect was about to devote all its efforts to nurturing, would be a pawn of an alien race.
Well, we were on guard against being discovered by our own people, but in the end, we were discovered by the aliens first.
Fortunately, this is not a big problem.
All the church members were connected to him through a single line, and when the Heaven-Repairing Order was destroyed, the line was severed.
These believers are spread all over Tiannan. Under the guidance of Master Shen, they have begun to transfer various resources to the Butian Sect in exchange for Butian Points.
Of course, this also has a disadvantage, which is that Shen Lian is a bit overwhelmed. He has to pretend to be both a weapon refiner and an alchemist, playing many roles by himself.
All the high-level angels in the Butian Sect are actually him.
"Stop eating, let's go, don't wait for the sea tribe to come to us."
After grabbing Dahei and cleaning up the traces, Shen Lian disappeared with a whoosh.
If this church member is not good enough, let's try another one.
In addition, when Li Yang sent the message, he was a little impatient. As a loyal official of the outer sect of the Exiled Immortal Tower, he really wanted to contribute to the Exiled Immortal Tower.
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Deep in the vast East China Sea.
The calm sea surface suddenly exploded, and a giant black whale hundreds of feet in size rushed out of the sea. The terrifying aura caused huge waves in the sea area within a thousand miles.
On the giant whale, a silver light flashed, and a great sea cultivator with nine-colored scales on his forehead stood up and broke through the waves towards the direction of the East Continent.
(End of this chapter)