Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 112: Settled in Scarlet Flame Peak

The Lingsuo is shaped like a sampan with pointed ends, about ten feet long.

The spirit shuttle that Ji An bought was the best model. After being activated, its speed was several levels faster than that of a flying boat. Its maximum speed was said to be able to catch up with that of a sword cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building flying with a sword.

Of course, rapid flight consumes a lot of spirit stones. Ten spirit stones need to be loaded each time the spirit shuttle is driven, but it cannot be sustained for too long.

But this little bit of consumption is just a drop in the bucket for Ji An now.

In the more than three years after exchanging for the Foundation Establishment Pill, Ji An had saved up more than 6,000 spirit stones because he no longer needed to take pills and had no other expenses.

Judging from the wealth I have now, it is really ridiculous that I was almost forced into despair by a few spirit stones back then.

The foundation of everything is based on the possession of exquisite planting spells, which is also the main reason why he chose to continue tinkering with the spiritual field.

Many needs during the foundation-building period can be purchased with spirit stones. Although there is always a considerable premium for using spirit stones, the speed at which he earns spirit stones is fast enough.

After leaving the sect's weapon refining shop, Ji An threw away the gray cloth bag of the spirit-seeking rat and put the two beasts into the spirit beast bags respectively.

The cloth bag has no effect of blocking detection. Any foundation-building cultivator can feel the level of the monster he raises.

Ji An patted the spirit beast bag on his waist with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"Senior Sister, if I can just buy another batch of Qingling Pills, I'll be done with my business. If you have anything else to do, just do it on the way."

The feeling of spending money on Hua Lingshi is so comfortable, and what’s even more comfortable is that all the things I wanted to buy are of good quality.

Li Lingyu felt so angry at this moment that he wanted to transform into a robbery cultivator and rob the rich man in front of him.

In the sect's weapon refining shop alone, this junior brother spent more than nine hundred spirit stones. He chose the storage bag with the largest space, and the spirit shuttle was also the most expensive. Only the two spirit beast bags were cheaper.

Lingnong was not rich, but this Lingnong was extremely rich.

When others mentioned buying pills, they would buy them by the pills. Those with a wealthy family would buy them in bottles or two. But the other party, on the other hand, bought in batches!
Such a pace that one would be envious to death. Including the pills allocated by the sect, she only takes seven or eight Qingling Pills every month.

If she wasn't an alchemist, she couldn't even guarantee this amount.

Li Lingyu took a deep breath and calmed himself down:

"If you have enough spirit stones, could you lend me some?
Alchemists need to practice a lot to improve their skills, but since I have only been building my foundation for a few years, my success rate in refining the Qingling Pill is not high, and sometimes I can't even hand over the full amount of pills to the sect.

Even though the sect's alchemy tasks are heavy, the tasks assigned to me are not many, and my improvement is even slower."

A bitter feeling arose in her heart. After building her foundation, in order to improve her proficiency in refining the Qingling Pill, she smashed a lot of spirit stones to practice.

If the success rate is too low, she won't be able to accept any alchemy missions from the sect.

Ji An was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"No problem, let's go to the Zhendanfang first. I have no use for the remaining spirit stones for the time being, so I'll lend them to Senior Sister as a down payment for me to buy the pills.

However, the elixir that Senior Sister gives me must at least be of genuine quality."

He felt inexplicably funny in his heart. In the past, he always borrowed spirit stones from others, but today he had to be a creditor. It was interesting.

Yesterday he accompanied his senior sister to the herbal medicine store and realized how difficult it is to be an alchemist. If the skills are not up to standard, he will definitely lose spirit stones.

Although alchemy experience can be accumulated continuously, when you start refining a new elixir, the first few batches will most likely not be successful.

Only by steadily making pills can you slowly earn spirit stones, otherwise you will keep losing money.

Taking Qingling Pill as an example, it would cost about 120 spirit stones to gather enough medicinal materials for a batch of pills. If the success rate of the pills is not around 40%, it will be unsustainable.

Even if you have a natural talent for alchemy, you won't succeed without enough practice.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. For the sake of reputation, the alchemists will never sell inferior pills in the sect."

Li Lingyu smiled and said, in the sect, people would meet each other everywhere. Selling fake medicine would easily make people hate him, so the inferior pills were sold to various small markets.

The two came to Zhendanfang and felt their spiritual pressure. A deacon in the Foundation Establishment Stage came out to receive them.

After exchanging a few pleasantries in the private room on the second floor, Ji An got straight to the point and said:

"What's the price of your Qingling Pill?"

The selling price of Qingling Pills fluctuates around twenty-seven or twenty-eight spirit stones, but the prices at Zhendanfang are always slightly higher than those at other medicine shops.

Because of reliable quality and brand premium.

"Thirty spirit stones for one."

The deacon smiled. The main ingredients of the foundation-building elixir often need to be a hundred years old and are very expensive.

"What discounts are there for bulk purchases?"

"That depends on how much you want. If you want more than fifty, I can charge twenty-nine spirit stones for each one."

If you can buy more than one hundred, I'll give you twenty-eight spirit stones."

The deacon stroked his goatee. He sensed that the two people opposite him were both at the Foundation Establishment stage, and he didn't think they had the financial resources to buy so many pills at once.

However, doing business requires careful consideration, and his thoughts were not revealed on his face at all.

The two Jinling Sect disciples don’t have the financial resources now, but maybe they will in the future. He has the best performance in the shop because he is comfortable to work with and can retain customers for a long time.

Ji An was thinking about lending the spirit stone to his senior sister, and he pondered:

"Then buy eighty."

Ji An manipulated the spell and took out a few medium-grade spirit stones and a pile of low-grade spirit stones from the storage bag, saying:

"Fellow Daoist, please click."

Eighty? Do you have any spirit stones left to lend me after buying so many? Li Lingyu thought to herself, her brows furrowed for a moment before relaxing again.

Eighty? I never knew he was so wealthy!
The deacon ordered the maid to fetch eight bottles of Qingling Pills and counted them personally.

He took out a jade tablet with a maple leaf pattern on it, manipulated it on the spirit plate, and handed it over:
"I've kept a record of the transaction just now. If you spend more than 98 spirit stones in our store, you can enjoy a % discount."

"Good idea," Ji An took the badge and put it into the storage bag, feeling like he was applying for a membership card.

The maid brought the pills, and Ji An and Li Lingyu checked them together before saying goodbye and leaving. The deacon warmly saw them out the door.

After the two of them walked for a while in silence, Ji An said:

"Senior Sister, I can lend you another 1,500 spirit stones."

After lending out these spirit stones, he still had more than 200 pieces for emergency use.

Li Lingyu was surprised and looked him over carefully with a meaningful look:
"Thank you, junior brother."

The next day, the two returned to the sect on a flying boat.

Ji An found Huang Feihu and gave him one hundred spirit stones to keep for purchasing various supplies in the future.

From then on, apart from going to the courtyard of Bishui Lake every day to cast spells for the spiritual plants, he spent the rest of his time practicing in Ningcui Cliff.

A few months passed by, and Ji An hid in the bamboo building to practice magic. Bits of golden light entwined and flowed on his fingertips like fine sand.

The communication sword flashed with silver light and fell from the sky, staying outside the forbidden area.

He released his magic to open the restriction, and summoned the talisman sword to read the message within.

The news came from Ye Changqing, who informed him that the Chen family had moved out of Chiyan Peak and asked him when they would move in. He would then go with him to complete the handover.

Ji An took out a new communication sword and entered the information, saying that he would go to Lingxiao Mountain tomorrow.

"Leaving and starting a new life!"

Ji An clenched his fist and raised it, his mind sinking into his dantian.

[Spell: Sharp Gold Technique (86% complete)

Golden Armor (Minor Success 64%)

Fire Curse (27%)

Explosive Fire (Minor Success 72%).

Ever since he fell out with Chen Xingyun, Ji An had reflected on his own strengths and discovered that he had exposed too many of his magic spells to the outside world.

If the other party just investigates him a little, they will know that he is good at Gengjin Finger and Water Curtain Technique.

If the other party wants to deal with him, he can take targeted measures, which will be very disadvantageous to him.

Based on the technique he was currently practicing, he decided to only reveal to the outside world that he could use wood-type spells and fire-type spells. These two spells were also the preferred spells for foundation-building cultivators who normally practiced wood-type techniques.

You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. Ji An felt that he was only concerned with earning spirit stones in the past and lost caution and forgot to keep some tricks up his sleeve. This was not good.

The next day, Ji An took a shuttle to Lingxiao Mountain.

He tried the high-speed flight mode of the magic weapon, and it was indeed extremely fast, more than twice as fast as riding a beast.

The consumption of spirit stones is also astonishing. If it is not an emergency, it is better to maintain a steady flight or ride a beast.

When they arrived at Lingxiao Mountain, Ye Changqing released a flying boat, took a few disciples with him, and invited Ji An to join them.

"The spiritual veins of Scarlet Flame Peak are quite special. The spiritual fields are all at the foot of the mountain. Only the thirty-odd acres near the cold pond can be used to grow spiritual herbs. All of them are considered your private spiritual fields.

Because of the strong spiritual power, low-level spiritual medicines cannot survive, and the growth of high-level spiritual medicines is not good. In other areas, only spiritual trees can be planted to obtain good returns.

This is also one of the reasons why although the spiritual vein has reached the lower grade of the second level, no one is interested in renting it out.

The junior brother chose to rent the entire mountain, and he needed to pay the full amount of spiritual fish and spiritual charcoal every year, and the full amount of spiritual materials every five years.

Planting skills must be up to par, otherwise you will only earn a few contribution points and spirit stones after all the hard work."

Ye Changqing took out a jade slip:

"This is the information I compiled, and starting next year we will be implementing this rule."

When he arrived at Chiyan Peak, Ji An found that all the valuable things inside had been removed, leaving only an empty mountain, which had to be rearranged before he could move in.

The cave is located on the mountainside, and only here and in a small area near the cold pond can the concentration of spiritual energy reach the second level.

The concentration of spiritual energy in other areas can only reach the first-grade or top-grade levels.

Chiyan Peak is not big, and the spiritual fields at the foot of the mountain only add up to more than 3,000 acres.

Ye Changqing took Ji An on a quick flight around Chiyan Peak and introduced the spiritual trees planted in each area. After the two parties completed the handover procedures, they signed a lease contract.

The two of them came to the vicinity of the cold pond again. Ye Changqing took out a uniquely shaped jade bottle and said with a smile:

"I'm going to get some spiritual spring water from the bottom of the pond."

He made some hand gestures and walked into the water, and the water automatically flowed away from his surroundings.

After a while, Ye Changqing walked ashore calmly and said with a bow:

"The spiritual energy here is too uncomfortable. I'll leave first. Junior brother, when you have time, come to Lingxiao Mountain. We can make tea and discuss the Dao."

(End of this chapter)