Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 409 Hidden Arrows Are Hard to Guard Against (Seeking Subscriptions)

The demonic eye gave him a look as if he had seen a fool.

"How many Transformation Pills?"

"Brother Ge, you're desperate to transform into a Golden Core!"

"Even if the Qingyun Sect can refine the Foundation Purification Pill, so what!"

"Unless your alchemy skills surpass those of that old monster from Medicine God Valley."

Ge Chengming was confident.

"I have my reasons for being able to set this price."

"The efficacy of the Cold Jade Pill is 30% of that of the Pure Foundation Pill. However, its cost is only 10%!"

"This 10% figure is still being taken high!"

As soon as these words came out.

The Demon Eye was stunned.

He was also an alchemist.

Although he was a demonic cultivator and alchemist.

However, the principle is the same.

The lower the cost, the better the efficacy, the higher the cost-effectiveness, and the greater the profit.

"and many more!"

"Brother Ge, you mean the cost of one Cold Jade Pill is less than ten thousand spirit stones?"

"One?"

Ge Chengming sneered, "The ingredients I used to refine the Cold Jade Pill only cost 10,000 spirit stones per batch."

"Let me tell you, the main ingredient is a mid-grade second-tier spiritual herb, and the auxiliary ingredient is a low-grade second-tier spiritual herb. How expensive could it be!"

The demon's eyeballs darted around wildly.

It took a while before they stopped.

"In that case, wouldn't the Pure Foundation Pill from Medicine God Valley be useless? Would everyone just use the Cold Jade Pill from your Azure Cloud Sect?"

"It's bound to happen, it's just a matter of a few years sooner or later."

A hint of wild joy flashed in the Demon Eye's eyes.

"Brother Ge, what about the formula for the Cold Jade Pill?"

"If I have the formula, I guarantee I can get you two Transformation Pills."

Ge Chengming glared at the demonic eye.

"I do have the prescription, but can I reveal it?"

"When my master passed the pill formula on to me, he set up a soul restriction. If I reveal the formula to anyone, the soul restriction will activate, and my soul will be scattered!"

Demon Eye roared in fury: "This old bastard is incredibly stingy! He even set up a soul restriction on a second-tier spiritual medicine formula, he doesn't treat you like his own disciple at all!"

Ge Chengming said quietly, "It can't be blamed on Master. It was the request of the Sect Master!"

"So it was the work of the Mysterious Master. This man is even more despicable! He's clearly a smiling tiger, and he's ruthless! Brother Ge, don't believe him!"

"Thousand-Eyed Demon Lord, stop with the nonsense. I'm just asking you, how many Golden Transformation Pills can this information be exchanged for!"

The Demon Eye was somewhat troubled.

"How many? We'd be lucky to get even one Transformation Pill!"

"I wonder if the old guys in Medicine God Valley will agree."

"If I have the recipe for the Cold Jade Pill, I will risk my reputation and at least exchange it for two Transformation Gold Pills."

Ge Chengming fell silent.

After a long silence, he spoke up: "What if we add another piece of information?"

“I know someone who not only knows the recipe for the Cold Jade Pill, but also hasn’t set up any restrictions on his soul.”

The Demon Eye actually revealed a white eye.

"Han Yu Zhenren, or Chang Sheng Zhenren, right?"

"That's no use. Even if they did leave the sect, Medicine God Valley wouldn't dare to make a move.

Ge Chengming nodded.

If a True Pill Master is lost, the Qingyun Sect will inevitably declare war on the Medicine God Valley, a war that will last until the very end.

Medicine God Valley's combat strength is inferior to that of Qingyun Sect. Without absolute certainty, they dare not act rashly to deal with the True Core Realm Master of Qingyun Sect.

"Besides this, there is another person who must know the formula for the Cold Jade Pill."

"Actually, I suspect that the Cold Jade Pill was concocted by this person."

The magic eye flashed.

"who is it?"

Ge Chengming smiled faintly: "You've met him before."

"Shen Xuan, the personal disciple of Master Hanyu."

……

early morning.

After finishing his training, Shen Xuan left the training room and went to the backyard.

Brew a cup of Misty Shadow Tea, lie lazily in a rocking chair, and relax completely.

Everything proceeded as he wished, according to plan.

The improvement of Jingjidan has been successful.

Master Hanyu Zhenren occasionally concocts Hanyu Pills to perfunctorily fulfill sect missions.

With the third-tier spiritual artifact alchemy furnace, True Person Cold Jade was able to refine Cold Jade Pills with a success rate of up to 50%, and the refining time was shortened to two days.

Shen Xuan couldn't do it.

He refines the Cold Jade Pill, and each batch takes ten days to complete; not a single day less is acceptable.

Fortunately, the two alchemy apprentices from the Ding and Shangguan families arrived.

Li Ruyi was easy to talk to, and he brought two alchemy apprentices to help him keep an eye on the Myriad Dragons Profound Water Alchemy Furnace.

Ten days, meaning he needs to give it his all for one day before and one day after.

For the remaining eight days, Li Ruyi and her two alchemy apprentices were the only ones who could manage.

He and Li Ruyi had an agreement between them.

However, the agreement did not specify Li Ruyi's remuneration.

Now, with just that Moon Soul Jade, Li Ruyi owes Shen Xuan a huge debt of 1.5 million spirit stones.

With only the annual salary of 150,000 spirit stones from the alchemist's offering at the Qingyun Sect, Li Ruyi would have to pay it back for ten years!
In addition, Shen Xuan also shared the construction costs of the alchemy room with Li Ruyi.

A water and fire dual-row quasi-third-level alchemy room.

That fire-based alchemy room was intended for Li Ruyi's use.

Rent for the Danfang will be collected annually.

A near-third-tier alchemy room receiving 120,000 spirit stones from Li Ruyi in a year isn't unreasonable, is it?
Shen Xuan's calculations were meticulously planned.

At the end of each month, Old He, the sect's array master, would come with a smile to ask him for the advance payment of spirit stones for the construction of the alchemy room.

Each time, Shen Xuan would give Lao He a thorough dressing-down, nitpicking more than ten minor flaws at random.

Of course, after he finished cursing, Shen Xuan would pay the monthly construction fee for the alchemy room according to the spirit contract and the project progress.

This time, Shen Xuan thoroughly enjoyed being the client.

He had no problem with Lao He.

To be honest, Lao He is indeed a rare honest person in the sect.

They are conscientious and meticulous in their work, and the quality of their projects is up to standard, with no major flaws to be found.

Shen Xuan was only upset that Lao He had taken three million spirit stones from him.

Those minor flaws that were pointed out are indeed true.

Old He had been involved in sect engineering and construction for over a century, and his skin had long since become as thick as a city wall, impervious to swords and spears. He smiled and admitted his mistake, vowing to correct it as soon as he got back.

After Shen Xuan threw out the spirit stone bag while cursing and counting it, his old face beamed with joy.

Despite the criticism, Shen Xuan maintained a good reputation and never defaulted on the construction fees for Lao He's alchemy room.

"All the spirit stones I painstakingly saved were taken away by that old bastard, Old He!"

Three million spirit stones is no small sum.

A few days ago, Shen Xuan began to erase the cultivator's mark on Lu Zhanpeng's storage bag.

After half a year, even for a fake Core Formation cultivator, the mark of a cultivator had faded considerably.

Shen Xuan was extremely careful, afraid of damaging the fake Core Formation cultivator's storage bag.

After a great deal of effort, it was finally opened without damage.

No expectations, no disappointment.

As a newly promoted pseudo-core cultivator, Lu Zhanpeng had very few spirit stones in his storage bag.

There are only thirteen high-grade spirit stones.

The rest of the elixirs, talismans, monster materials, and so on, all added together, are only worth a little over 300,000 spirit stones.

"The cultivators from cultivation families are all a bunch of paupers!"

This is the Lu family of Canglong Island, the wealthiest family in the Dongshan sea area, and their newly promoted pseudo-Dan master.

Of course, the most important gains from killing Lu Zhanpeng were his fake elixir and top-grade flying sword.

Fake pills are difficult to get rid of within the Daoist sect.

Within the Demon Sect, they are highly sought-after.

Shen Xuan instructed Ling Zhenfeng to find a buyer within the Liang Kingdom's Demon Sect.

Bartering is allowed; only third-tier water demon blood can be exchanged, or even demon blood.

"Not even a single magical artifact!"

At this moment, Shen Xuan put away his top-grade flying sword with a look of disgust.

He doesn't even think about it.

If Lu Zhanpeng had a magical flying sword.

How could he kill Lu Zhanpeng so easily!
Since practicing the [White Bone Contemplation Inner Vision Method], the lust and violence brought by the divine dragon essence blood in Shen Xuan's body have completely disappeared.

This secretly amazed Shen Xuan.

Buddhist supernatural powers are incredibly profound and should not be underestimated.

Shen Xuan lay on the rocking chair with his eyes closed, feeling drowsy.

I've been practicing too intensely lately, and my mental state isn't quite up to par.

Someone approached stealthily.

He opened his eyes and saw Wang Xiaogui holding a visiting card, standing respectfully in front of him.

"Sir, someone is looking for you."

Wang Xiaogui looked at Shen Xuan with a strange expression on his face, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Why that look?

Wang Xiaogui lowered his voice: "The madam is receiving guests; a Taoist nun brought along a beautiful young lady."

"Don't be so cunning at such a young age."

Shen Xuan found it amusing.

This Wang Xiaogui is a spitting image of Wang Fugui.

They are exceptionally clever and have a lot of cunning.

When Wang Xiaogui first arrived at Hanyu Peak, he was a little reserved and dared not say anything out of line.

After becoming acquainted with Shen Xuan and Su Xueer, he revealed his true nature.

No wonder Wang Fugui likes him so much.

Shen Xuan glanced at the visiting card.

"is her?"

After the Cold Jade Pill appeared out of nowhere.

Shen Xuan then hid in Hanyu Peak, staying inside the door and not venturing out.

He devoted himself to refining the Cold Jade Pill for his own consumption.

Others need seven days to fully refine the medicinal power.

Relying on his powerful physical body, perfect-level self-healing skill, and the protection of the Xuanbing Spirit Lotus in his Dao Foundation Spirit Sea, he takes one Cold Jade Pill every three days.

The effect is remarkable.

Within two months, the improvement in the quality of the foundation can be felt.

The spiritual sea became increasingly clear, and the spiritual energy flowed smoothly and freely.

The most obvious change is that the Xuanbing Spirit Lotus has grown stronger, with a new small lotus petal growing out.

"Not bad, a ten-petaled ice lotus!"

According to the "Dongzhen Bingxin Jue", the Xuanbing Linglian is considered mature when it grows thirteen lotus petals.

This also means that he can use this Mystic Ice Lotus to try to condense his inner core.

Right now, Shen Xuan's biggest concern is that he doesn't have enough spirit stones.

The construction of the alchemy room depleted all of his spirit stone savings.

Ten Cold Jade Pills a month, according to the sect's pricing, are equivalent to 150,000 spirit stones.

He consumes nearly two million spirit stones a year just from these Cold Jade Pills.

Fortunately, it was made by myself, and the cost was only 400,000 spirit stones.

Otherwise, he really couldn't afford it.

In addition, he also earns commission income from the sale of Leiyin bamboo.

Originally, the settlement was done once a year at the end of the year.

For the past five or six years, Shen Xuan has left the sect and traveled outside, without settling accounts.

Just then, Hermit Qianzhu arrived.

It's probably a gift of spirit stones.

Shen Xuan walked into the reception room.

The Hermit of Thousand Bamboo, accompanied by a young female cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, sipped spiritual tea with a smile as Su Xue'er received them.

Shen Xuan glanced at her; the female cultivator was stunningly beautiful and possessed a resolute temperament, like a tall, sturdy bamboo.

He immediately remembered that this person was Lin Zhuying, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, whom he had met at the Lin family in Wohu Ridge.

Back then, the city lord of Yunyuan Immortal City, True Person Wuchen, entrusted him to go to the Lin family of Wohu Ridge, to enter the Qingling Secret Realm under the guise of a rogue cultivator, and to compete for the superior Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure, the Worry-Free Fruit, for the Lin family.

It was for Lin Zhuying, who was standing before him, to use in her foundation building.

More than a decade has passed.

Lin Zhuying successfully completed her foundation building.

Judging from his blue Taoist robe, he must have joined the Xuanzhu Sect, where Qianzhu Jushi (a Taoist hermit) resides.

Thinking about it, that makes sense.

Even without the connection with Qianzhu Jushi.

Joining a mid-level sect is far better than staying in a cultivation family.

"Fellow Daoist Qianzhu, it's been a long time!"

Qianzhu Jushi stood up and bowed to Shen Xuan.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, Qianzhu has come here to discuss something."

(End of this chapter)