From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 265 Buying and Selling Resources, Family Letters

After clearing the battlefield, it was time to distribute the spoils.

This spiritual land has only a core area within a few miles that reaches the third-tier quality, the outer area is a second-tier spiritual land, and the outermost edge is a first-tier spiritual land.

As the distance increases, the concentration of spiritual energy gradually decreases.

Xiang Zhiye and Wuma Boxuan, as the Golden Core commanders of their respective sides, divided up the territories.

First of all, the core Tier 3 spiritual land belongs to the two of them, and their soldiers are not qualified to compete with them for places where Tier 3 spiritual plants or treasures may be born.

The territory outside the third-tier spiritual land was divided into two.

Half of them belonged to the Immortal Army of Yuanli County, and the other half to the Immortal Army of Huangting County.

Afterwards, they each searched for spiritual plant resources in their own territories.

The rules for the people of Yuanli County were the same as before. First, they collected everyone's storage bags from Chunying, and then they were sent to search for spiritual plants.

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A few days later.

The spiritual plant resources near the sacred site have been completely looted.

Each of the five members of the Xu family received resources worth two thousand spirit stones.

The army was stationed here and resumed its previous state of seclusion and cultivation.

Unlike before, there was also the Celestial Army of Huangting County next to their territory.

Fortunately, both sides remained at peace and did not interfere with each other, and no friction occurred.

Two months passed in a flash.

On the cliff face, in a brand-new cave with obvious signs of excavation, Xu Zhongxu was meditating cross-legged.

After reaching the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, he noticed that his progress had slowed down. It had taken him a year to go from the third to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, but breaking through to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment was not something that could be achieved in a year.

With the help of the Spirit Branch Dew, he estimated that he could break through in a year and a half at the fastest, and two or three years at the slowest.

This rapid advancement was due to Xu Zhongxu's monstrous earth spirit root aptitude combined with abundant resources. For an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, advancing one level from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage would normally take twenty to thirty years, or even thirty to fifty years.

After practicing the exercises for three consecutive days, Xu Zhongxu stopped. He believed that a balance between work and rest was the right way to go.

After resting for a while, he began to study the "Shennong Creation Technique". The more he studied this golden elixir technique, the more he marveled at its wonder and mystery.

Even with his exceptional comprehension, he is still far from fully understanding this Golden Core cultivation technique.

He has studied it for so many years, but he has only grasped the basics.

Just then, a sound amplified by spiritual energy spread throughout the surrounding area for miles.

"Everyone, gather here!"

It was the voice of Vice Commander-in-Chief Xiang Chunying.

Xu Zhongxu flew out of the cave and encountered several Xu family members who flew out of the nearby caves. The group went together to meet up.

More than a thousand people gathered.

Xiang Zhiye was not there; only Xiang Chunying was present.

This is not a new mission.

Beside Xiang Chunying were several strangers, all exuding the aura of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The leader was an elderly man who treated Xiang Chunying with utmost respect.

Xiang Chunying introduced him to everyone: "This person is Liao Chenshan from the Liao family of Zhennan Prefecture, a senior second-grade alchemist. They are here to do business, and he will tell you the details."

The Liao family of Zhennan Prefecture is a family specializing in Golden Elixir Pills, renowned for their "elixirs." Thirty percent of the first- and second-grade elixirs sold in the shops of Ancient South City come from the Liao family.

Liao Chenshan took over the conversation, bowing slightly and saying, "Greetings, fellow Daoists. We've come to purchase spiritual plants and sell some pills."

We buy all kinds of spiritual plants, no matter who comes. However, as I mentioned beforehand, our purchase price is slightly lower than the normal market price. We've traveled a long way and gone through a lot of hardship, so we're just earning a small commission. Please understand.

His actions are understandable to everyone, and speaking out in advance makes him more likable.

"The elixirs we sell include the Soul Qi Pill, which is used in the late stage of Qi Refining, and the Tranquilizing Pill, which is a first-grade elixir."

Second-grade spiritual pills include common pills such as the Gathering Yuan Pill and the Spirit Yuan Pill, which can improve cultivation, as well as the Three-in-One Pill and the Foundation Establishment Pill!

As for the price, it's the same as the price in Zhennan Prefecture, no deception, and there won't be any increase.

"We will be staying here for half a month. The location is on that spiritual mountain over there, at the border between your territory and the Huangting County Immortal Army's territory. Anyone who wants to sell spiritual plants or buy pills is welcome to come."

They came here to do business, targeting not only the people of Yuanli County, but also the immortal army from Huangting County.

After explaining their purpose, the Liao family members took their leave.

Xiang Chunying said a few words on their behalf: "The Liao family has a good reputation in Gu Nan City. You can go if you want."

Of course, you must follow the rules. Except for selling spiritual plants and buying spiritual pills, you must not leave without permission or cause trouble.

Although the Liao family's influence is not as great as the Xiang family's, they are still both Golden Core families in Gu Nan City, and Xiang Chunying will give them face and help them.

"Everyone can leave now."

Xiang Chunying gathered everyone here for this very reason.

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Everyone was very interested.

The appearance of the Liao family perfectly solved their needs.

They have been in the desolate mountains for over a year, searching through the spiritual plant resources of the three spiritual sites.

At this moment, their storage bags were full of spiritual plants, but they were unusable.

Only a very small number of spiritual plant resources can be directly refined and used as resources; most spiritual plants need to be refined into pills before they can be used.

In other words, they have a large number of spiritual plants, but they cannot use them to transform them into their own cultivation level.

Most of these people seemed to be from the Xu family, and each of them obtained spiritual plant resources worth four or five thousand spirit stones.

Even with the least reward, they still reaped over a thousand spirit stones in total after three attempts.

They were struggling to convert spiritual plant resources into power when the Liao family appeared.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go."

Everyone flocked there.

The Xu family also planned to go.

Xu Yiqing, the youngest of the three, said, "With so many people going, it must be crowded and long queues over there. We don't need to queue together. Give me all the spiritual plants, I can go by myself."

"What kind of pills do you want? I'll buy them for you."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

The others didn't say anything and all agreed.

Xu Xiaoniu took out all the spiritual plants from his storage bag: "Exchange them all for Spirit Essence Pills, and you can use the rest."

Xu Xiaohou was the same.

The two were at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, while the Spirit Essence Pill was a commonly used elixir in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to increase cultivation level.

One Spirit Essence Pill is worth 1,600 spirit stones.

Xu Zhongxu took out all the spiritual plants: "I have spiritual branch dew, I don't need any other spiritual pills, you can use all these spiritual plants."

Xu Yiqing hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse and accepted all the spiritual plants.

Xu Likun laughed and said, "The Liao family really knows how to do business. They've made a fortune here, which perfectly suits our needs. I'll exchange all my spiritual plants for Gathering Yuan Pills."

The Gathering Yuan Pill is used to improve cultivation in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, and one pill is worth eight hundred spirit stones.

Afterwards, Xu Yiqing went to queue up to sell spiritual plants and buy spiritual pills, while the others returned to their cave.

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On the summit of a sacred mountain, a large number of cultivators swarmed in, crowding together in front of the Liao family members.

When Xu Yiqing arrived, he found that they were much late, and the Huangting County Immortal Army was already waiting for them.

"Please don't rush, everyone. Line up and come one by one."

A member of the Liao family at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment beside Liao Chenshan maintained order and shouted loudly.

A long queue formed.

Each person needs to spend a lot of time and effort to inventory the spiritual plants, convert them into spirit stones, and then purchase spirit pills.

Some people, like Xu Yiqing, may appear to have come alone, but they actually bring several people's worth of spiritual plants, and there are quite a few of them.

"I estimate it will take a few days before I can see you."

Xu Yiqing thought to himself.

Just as he expected, there were too many people who needed spirit pills. The Yuanli County Immortal Army, with its Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining late-stage forces, numbered around 1,400 to 1,500, and all of them needed to sell spiritual plants to buy spirit pills.

There are just as many people in Huangting County.

"No rush, just wait patiently."

He was as calm as still water, and time seemed to stand still while he cultivated here. A single secluded retreat would take him several days.

Three days later...

Just as it was almost Xu Yiqing's turn, he noticed an argument breaking out ahead of him.

He watched curiously, not knowing why they almost came to blows.

Finally, the Liao family stopped the two and drove them away to a distance, telling them not to disturb other people's business.

"What's going on? A fight broke out just because we were queuing up?"

Xu Yiqing was puzzled.

He then heard that the fight was over the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Foundation Establishment Pills are rare in the outside world. One Foundation Establishment Pill costs 10,000 spirit stones, which is much more expensive than ordinary second-grade spirit pills.

Although Liao Chenshan brought Foundation Establishment Pills, the quantity was not large.

Among the immortal armies of the two prefectures, there were a large number of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. They might never encounter Foundation Establishment Pills in the outside world, but here they found people selling them, so they thought of buying one to store.

However, Foundation Establishment Pills are too expensive, and many late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, unable to gather enough spirit stones, have no choice but to settle for Three-in-One Pills instead.

Besides late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, even Foundation Establishment cultivators also desire Foundation Establishment Pills.

Some Foundation Establishment cultivators from families with shallow foundations find it difficult to even obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill. For the sake of their family's future generations, they are willing to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill here to take home.

However, the number of Foundation Establishment Pills was limited, and Liao Chenshan only brought ten Foundation Establishment Pills in total.

The two who almost came to blows were fighting over the last Foundation Establishment Pill. I heard they were both Immortal Soldiers from Huangting County and even knew each other. I wonder how they turned against each other.

These things were none of Xu Yiqing's business; he was just watching the show. Then it was his turn.

He took out a large number of spiritual plants from his storage bag, converted them into spirit stones, and then used them to buy pills.

After purchasing Gathering Essence Pills and Spirit Essence Pills as requested, we had a few hundred spirit stones left over, so we took these resources back with us.

With the elixir resources, the Xu family members can all improve rapidly.

Back in Yuanli County, neither Xu Xiaoniu nor Xu Xiaohou could afford the Spirit Essence Pill, which cost over a thousand spirit stones.

Upon arriving at the desolate mountain range, where resources were abundant, they were willing to use these expensive spiritual pills.

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Three more months passed.

Bai Liwei brought Xu Xiaoniu some good news.

Xu Xiaoniu then informed the Xu family members.

“I heard that the Golden Core commander in Huangting County has arranged for someone to go back and deliver a message to them. If we need it, we can also have that person deliver a message to us.”

Sending a letter costs one spirit stone; sending items will cost extra.

“That’s great! We’ve been away from home for over a year and haven’t sent any messages back home.”

In fact, they had communication talismans given to them by Xu Fugui in their storage pouches.

Because the depths of the Wilderness Mountains are too far from Yuanli County, a distance of tens of thousands of miles, ordinary communication talismans do not have such a long communication range.

Xu Fugui specially prepared higher-quality communication talismans for them, so that they could send messages to their families in case of emergency.

There are only three Long-Distance Message Transmission Talismans in total.

One was on Xu Xiaoniu, one was on Xu Zhongxu, and one was on Xu Yiqing.

This long-distance communication talisman is for use in critical moments, a backup plan for them, so they cannot use it as a letter at other times.

They would not miss the opportunity to write home at this time.

"Let's get started and write a letter home."

The members of the Xu family all began writing letters.

Xu Xiaoniu, being the most senior and oldest person present, briefly explained their situation and then inquired about the circumstances of Xu Fugui and the Xu family.

Xu Xiaohou expressed his concern and greetings to his wife Liu Yun and daughter Zhongting, who were at home.

Zhongxu advanced to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment after arriving here, which was good news he wanted to share. He also missed his mother and sister very much.

Li Kun cares about his grandchildren.

Yiqing was not yet married, and he greeted his father and mother.

……

I've sent this letter back; I wonder if I'll receive a reply?

Probably not. Their location in the Wilderness Mountains is uncertain, and they will likely leave soon.

Sure enough, half a month later, Xiang Zhiye finally led them on a new mission.

The target this time is still a third-tier monster.

This third-tier demonic beast is stronger than the third-tier demonic python, and it has more second-tier demonic beasts under its command.

Having gained experience from his previous collaboration with Wuma Boxuan, Xiang Zhiye has now recruited another team to join him, forming a three-way alliance to besiege a third-tier demon beast and compete for its spiritual resources.

It's worth mentioning that nearly half a year has passed since they last dealt with a third-tier monster, and everyone's strength has changed to some extent.

Among the more than a thousand Qi Refining stage cultivators in the Yuanli County army, more than a dozen have advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage!
Their improvement was inseparable from the assistance of the spiritual land, and was also closely related to the spiritual pills brought by Liao Chenshan.

Those Three-in-One Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills did indeed help many late-stage Qi Refining cultivators break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Besides the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, many Foundation Establishment cultivators also improved their strength, raising their cultivation level by one level.

The last battle against the third-tier demonic python resulted in the deaths of over a dozen late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. This time, however, over a dozen more Foundation Establishment Grandmasters have joined the fight, along with a slight overall increase in strength. In other words, their overall strength has not diminished.

They die in battle and strife, and rise after the harvest; that is their reality.

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Xiang Zhiye, Wuma Boxuan, and a newly joined force join forces to besiege a powerful third-tier monster.

This third-tier demonic beast is much stronger than the demonic python, roughly equivalent to the strength of a Golden Core cultivator at the fourth or fifth level.

However, the human side had the advantage in numbers and ultimately managed to kill the monster without serious injury.

Twenty or thirty cultivators from Yuanli County died, including Foundation Establishment cultivators and Qi Refining cultivators.

Everyone is used to this: after a major battle, the aftermath is dealt with, followed by the harvesting of resources.

In this way, everyone's overall strength and realm improved rapidly.

They have been in the Wilderness Mountains for almost two years, and they have not yet fought against the enemy of the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty. They have only been hunting monsters and plundering resources from the Wilderness Mountains.

(End of this chapter)