For a thousand spirit stones...

Shen Lian refused without even thinking about it.

These people were rummaging around the various alchemy shops in the city, desperate to find a cure.

"Go and get busy." Watching the three people leave, Shen Lian waved his hand and asked Luo Yang to continue with his work, while he returned to sit on the recliner.

If his guess was correct, the Junior Sister Luo mentioned by the three people was probably the person from the Luo family whom they met on the way here.

Although he was valued by Master Jiadan, he still didn't go up to show off.

He is not someone who is short of a thousand spirit stones now.

Before building the foundation, all irrelevant and unnecessary things should be avoided to avoid hindering the foundation.

As noon approached, monks began to come into the shop one after another to buy pills.

In the evening, Shen Lian went out.

After staying in Black Whale City for nearly half a year, he also successfully infiltrated the Black Whale City Shopkeeper Alliance.

This name was chosen by Shen Lian himself.

In the beginning, this alliance was just a group of shopkeepers who got together privately to share what they had and keep each other informed.

Later, shopkeepers held such gatherings regularly, and it evolved into a barter and exchange meeting.

Not every shopkeeper can participate. At least one has to be in the late stage of Qi training.

"Manager Ding."

As soon as Shen Lian walked out, he met a fat shopkeeper walking out of the shop.

"Manager Lin."

This shopkeeper Lin sells talismans and comes from a foundation-building family in the waters of Black Whale Island.

"please."

After some politeness, the two of them walked out of Hongfu Street together.

The shopkeepers’ gathering was a legitimate matter and was held at the Haiyue Restaurant on another street.

When Shen Lian and the other person arrived, many restaurant owners had already arrived and were chatting together.

The shopkeepers are so well-informed about the news.

"Friend Ding, did you get any big business today?"

Shen the Alchemist's identity was made public when he arrived in Black Whale City, and he had run a medicine shop here for nearly half a year.

The sign of Jingxin Dan Shop is right on Hongfu Street.

Although there are no competitors on Hongfu Street, there are four or five medicine shops on the streets in front and behind.

Colleagues are enemies. They don’t say it openly, but it is very common for them to make fun of each other.

The person who was speaking was named Wang Qian, a first-class top-grade alchemist. However, it was said that it was not easy to refine a first-class top-grade elixir, and it mainly depended on luck.

Apart from the alchemy shop opened by the family, most of the alchemists who opened alchemy shops in Black Whale City were at the first-grade mid-level. The quality of the pills they refined was not high, and almost none of them could refine pills of medium quality.

Alchemists of this level are not rare in the sect, and they can only come out to earn some spirit stones as casual cultivators.

But no matter how you look at it, it can be considered as leaving the lowest level of the world of immortal cultivation.

"It's a big deal, but I'm not good enough to make it."

Shen Lian replied with a smile.

"Five Elements Smooth Pulse Pill, this pill is too rare. Not to mention in Black Whale City, even if you go to the Tiannan Cultivation World, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find."

"I heard that the Yunshang Sect has accepted a new female disciple. This girl has activated a certain physical condition and developed five-colored spiritual pupils, but because of her spiritual body, her spiritual power has become disordered."

"I thought I could climb up to a high position in the upper sect, or at least show my face in front of the Golden Core Patriarch, but I didn't expect that I can't make it."

"Don't dream. The Five Elements Shunmai Pill is only a first-level pill. I don't think it will be very effective. If it doesn't work, the Golden Pill Ancestor will blame us and we will be in big trouble."

…

"This time, the Yunshang Sect is recruiting disciples in Black Whale City on a much larger scale than before. Even the number of five-spiritual-root cultivators recruited from the independent cultivators is much greater than before."

…

Shen Lian found a seat and sat down, chatting with others while catching the conversations around him.

Half an hour later, the entire first floor hall of the restaurant was filled with more than a hundred people.

Everyone first had some exchanges and then started the barter session.

The rules of the barter meeting are very simple. Fellow Taoists take turns to speak, sell or express their own needs.

Those who need it can wait until the introduction is completed and then find targets for transactions on their own.

However, when trading, it does not necessarily have to be spirit stones, it depends on the needs of the owner of the spirit object.

"I'll just throw out some ideas first."

The owner of Haiyue Tower, an old monk, spoke first.

"A second-level monster, the Golden Sword-scaled Fish, doesn't need any special spiritual objects. Spirit stones, elixirs, talismans, and magic tools are available to the highest bidder."

As the shopkeeper of Haiyue Tower spoke, the other shopkeepers also stood up one after another.

"Last month, I accidentally got a water-based technique that can be practiced to the third level of foundation building. I want to exchange it for a land-based technique."

"A second-level water-scaled rhino demon core in exchange for a second-level low-grade vitality pill."

"Xuanling Jade Marrow, in exchange for a Shuiyuan Ling Fruit."

…

"The auxiliary ingredient of the Foundation Building Pill, Golden Ginseng, can be exchanged for the Spiritual Stone."

"Looking to buy first-grade, top-quality blood elf fruit."

…

"Being the shopkeeper is fat."

Shen Lian listened to the various spiritual objects mentioned, and he could use several of them.

For example, monster cores, monster beasts, foundation-building pill auxiliary materials, and mysterious spirit jade marrow are the main materials for drawing nourishing talismans.

When it was Shen Lian's turn, he also stood up and stated his needs, asking to buy a Earth Dragon Vein Fruit.

After everyone finished speaking, the shopkeepers present began to interact with each other, and Shen Lian walked towards the shopkeeper of Haiyue Tower.

The conditions for the owner of Haiyue Tower are the most relaxed.

The second-level monster is of great use to him. The monster core can be used to refine pills, and the monster blood can be used to prepare spiritual ink. Even if he doesn't do anything with it and eats it himself, he can use it to enhance his spiritual power.

The transaction of the second-level golden sword-scale fish went smoothly, and Shen Lian directly exchanged it for spirit stones.

The attack power of this kind of demon fish is not strong. As long as several ninth-level Qi training monks cooperate well, they have a great chance of killing the demon fish. It's just that it's not easy to encounter it in the vast ocean.

The purchase of the demon fish went smoothly, but the purchase of the next Xuanling Jadeite was not so smooth. The person who made the move held on to the Shuiyuan Lingguo tightly and refused to let go.

With no other options, Shen Lian turned his attention to the golden ginseng, an auxiliary ingredient for the foundation-building pill.

But this Taoist friend was trying to extort money from the alchemist. It was just a kind of auxiliary medicine, but he asked for three thousand spirit stones.

Shen Lian turned around and left.

It's obvious that this fellow Taoist is not sincere.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is the most special elixir in the world of immortal cultivation. Its grade is only lower-level second-grade, but its price is far higher than many third-grade elixirs.

It can be said that the ancestor who invented the Foundation Establishment Pill is simply a true immortal in the hearts of all the immortal practitioners in the world.

In ancient times, there were no foundation-building pills.

At that time, everyone could build a foundation.

Later on, it no longer worked and building the foundation became a difficult task.

It was not until the Foundation Establishment Pill came into being that more Foundation Establishment cultivators were able to be born among the human race.

The recipe of the Foundation Establishment Pill is not a secret in the world of immortal cultivation, and is widely circulated, but there are not many alchemists who can refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Many senior second-level alchemists can refine a variety of second-level pills, but they smash the medicine cauldron in the process of refining the foundation-building pill.

Nowadays, the foundation-building elixir recipes circulating in the world of immortal cultivation have evolved into two major branches after years of development and inheritance.

One of the main ingredients is Tianling Fruit, Yuzuzhi Ganoderma, and Hydrangea, and it is supplemented with 33 other auxiliary ingredients such as Jinjing Ginseng.

The second type, the main medicine is a second-level special monster core, and it is combined with more than 30 kinds of auxiliary medicines.

The so-called special type of demon core refers to a demon core with mild and pure attributes, without too much of the demon's tyrannical aura.

In addition, there are many sects with a tradition of alchemy that have made minor adjustments to the pill formulas. This is a unique secret of each sect.

Generally speaking, the materials used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill are not of high quality, but the several main ingredients are extremely rare and relatively difficult to cultivate artificially. Only large sects and families have the ability to cultivate them.

Occasionally, if a monk finds it in the wilderness or secret places, it will be fought over by all parties.

This caused the prices of the herbs related to Foundation Establishment Pills to stand out from other herbs of the same level and soar all the way to the top.

There is also a rumor that no matter what rank of alchemist, when refining foundation-building pills, at most three foundation-building pills can be produced in one furnace.

After the entire barter conference, Shen Lian only obtained a second-level demon fish, but his fellow Taoist did not have the Earth Dragon Vein Fruit that he wanted.

But this harvest is not bad either, as it is not easy to encounter second-level monsters in normal times.

Early the next morning, Shen Lian left a storage bag for Luo Yang and his sister, which contained some pills for future sale.

And he left Black Whale City.

After leaving Black Whale City, he did not enter the sea first, but went into a nearby jungle, changed his appearance, and then drove the universal spirit boat out.

He had just bought this spirit boat not long ago. It was of a popular design. If you threw a stone outside the Black Whale City, you would hit several boats of the same design.

After steering the spirit boat three hundred miles away and seeing that there was no one on the sea, he released the Flying Fish and sped away.

Haiqiong Island.

This place is 1,300 miles away from Black Whale Island. There is a mortal city in the southernmost plain area of ​​the island, which is under the jurisdiction of the Hailing Sect.

On the island, there is also a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training sent by the Hailing Sect.

After Shen Lian circled Haiqiong Island three times, he took advantage of the night to sneak into the jungle from the north of the island.

"……Owner."

In the lush jungle on the island, Dahei came out after sensing Shen Lian's presence.

"Master, this island is not good. There are monks passing by frequently, and there are monks practicing here."

Dahei led Shen Lian to find several caves on the island. Some of the caves had collapsed, while some were still intact, making it easy to tell how long they had been opened.

"I was almost discovered. I built the ant nest three hundred feet underground."

Shen Lian randomly chose an abandoned cave to live in, took out a map and crossed out Haiqiong Island.

Originally he thought that with a cultivator from the Hailing Sect in charge, he could just take advantage of the situation and transform this place into a temporary residence. Unexpectedly, a fellow Taoist also had the same idea as him.

My path is not alone.

After a night's rest, at dawn the next day, he left Haiqiong Island with Dahei.

Next target, Black Rock Island.

…

Black Whale Island is thousands of miles south.

A fleet of three treasure ships was sailing.

There are tall pavilions on the treasure ship in the middle.

In one of the rooms, there were breath-suppressing talismans pasted all around to block the outflow of breath in the room.

Pei Huoyu sat cross-legged on a cushion, his aura surging, and five-colored magic powers intertwined to form a colorful small ball at the location of his dantian.

With the appearance of the small ball, all the spiritual energy in his body began to gather in his dantian, and his face became unnaturally pale.

"Congeal!"

"puff!"

A quarter of an hour later, the colorful small ball in his dantian went straight up and came out of Pei Huoyu's mouth, mixed with a trace of blood.

He first took out the jade bottle and poured the pill into his mouth. Then Pei Huoyu pinched the colorful ball in his hand, and a ferocious light flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)