Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 517 The Deal (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Ming Lingchuan paced back and forth, creating a faint sound in the silence: "'Dragon Locking Abyss' has been permeated by demonic energy for a thousand years, and the cracks in the 'Nine Luminaries Dragon Trapping Formation' are far more complex than they appear on the surface."

He flicked his finger at the landscape painting in the air, and dark purple patterns suddenly appeared on a cliff face.

"The core of this formation appears intact, but in reality, it has been riddled with holes by demonic energy. If you rashly repair the outer layer, the demonic energy inside will erupt, enough to overturn the entire abyss."

Ming Lingchuan pointed to the landscape map and began to explain the points to pay attention to to Li Yunjing.

"I understand!"

Li Yunjing's eyes sharpened, and he quickly unfolded the "Dragon Locking Formation Explanation," only to find that the formation diagram on the bamboo slip was exactly the same as the position pointed to by the sect leader.

"Remember, when repairing the array's core, you must simultaneously activate three different techniques."

Seeing this, Ming Lingchuan chuckled, “'Li Huo Jue' burns away its demonic energy, 'Xuan Bing Jue' calms its agitation, and finally 'Tian Gang Jue' reshapes the array base.”

"Disciple understands!"

Li Yunjing looked solemn, knowing that this mission was extremely important.

"These things are for you too!"

Ming Lingchuan waved his sleeve and summoned three jade bottles, each containing a liquid that emitted a different luster: "These are our sect's secret concoctions: 'Demon-Breaking Dew,' 'Soul-Stabilizing Liquid,' and 'Heart-Cleansing Elixir.'"

"The Demon-Slaying Dew can dispel the erosion of demonic energy, the Soul-Stabilizing Liquid can stabilize the soul, as for the Heart-Cleansing Elixir..."

His gaze swept over Li Yunjing, "If you intend to refine pills at the bottom of the abyss, this liquid can protect the pill fire from being contaminated by demonic energy."

This was because Ming Lingchuan knew Li Yunjing's alchemy skills. That place was a dangerous place, but also a place of opportunity. It was possible that Li Yunjing would have to cultivate there.

As the best seed of this generation, Ming Lingchuan also needs to provide Li Yunjing with some conveniences.

These benefits were considered as rewards for Li Yunjing's completion of the mission.

"Thank you, Your Excellency!"

Li Yunjing bowed deeply.

He understood the sect leader's actions and knew what they meant.

Before leaving, Ming Lingchuan suddenly called him back, his tone unusually solemn: "Yun Jing, what is suppressed beneath the 'Dragon Locking Abyss' is not only a demonic soul, but also a supreme treasure of our sect lost for a thousand years. If you are fortunate enough to see it..."

A hint of reminiscence flashed in the sect leader's eyes. "Remember, this item must not fall into the hands of others."

As the final words of advice were spoken, the aroma of tea in the quiet room suddenly dissipated, leaving only Li Yunjing standing there in deep thought.

"What kind of magical artifact is it?"

"The Sect Leader's intention is not to retrieve it himself, but to prevent others from obtaining it?"

"Could it be a treasure used to suppress demons?"

Unable to understand these things, Li Yunjing could only shake his head and leave the sect leader's meditation room.

After leaving "Shenxiao Peak", he did not choose to fly directly back to "Seven Star Peak", but instead left through the teleportation array and went to the nearest "Jubaolou" branch.

Stepping into the "Treasure Pavilion," the luxurious decorations and bustling crowds made Li Yunjing frown slightly.

The prosperity here is indeed incomparable to that of the "Star Moon Trading Company".

My own business development still needs to be gradual before I can catch up with those top-tier chambers of commerce.

Li Yunjing walked straight to the VIP passage and showed his platinum membership token.

Soon, two Golden Core cultivators came out to greet them.

A young Taoist priest, with delicate features, was quite likable at first glance.

Walking alongside the young Taoist priest was a strikingly beautiful woman in white with a graceful figure.

"I am Qingxuan Daoist, and I have met the true disciple of the Shenxiao Dao Sect, Fellow Daoist Li."

"Your humble servant, Liu Qin, greets you."

The two greeted Li Yunjing warmly as soon as they saw him.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Qingxuan, Fellow Daoist Liu!"

Li Yunjing went up to them and said with great pleasure, "It is truly an honor to meet two masters from 'Jubaolou'!"

"Fellow Daoist Li, please have a seat!"

The woman named Liu Qin looked at Li Yunjing, chuckled, and invited Li Yunjing to sit down.

Li Yunjing introduced himself as a big shot from the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," the regional manager of the "Jubaolou." Even people had to be careful around someone like Li Yunjing.

After all, the entire "Great Ming Cultivation World" is the territory of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect".

They are guests here, but they can't afford to offend a host like Li Yunjing.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what brings you here? May I ask what you require?"

He ordered someone to bring him spiritual tea and fruit, and after a brief conversation, Daoist Qingxuan finally asked a question.

"I need to find five dragon body materials with different attributes, regardless of size, the more complete the better."

Li Yunjing got straight to the point.

Li Yunjing could have gathered enough fire-type dragon bodies, but then he thought that owing a favor to Master Liehuo seemed inappropriate, since he had plenty of money now.

Why not just spend the money to buy it from "Jubaolou" instead of owing someone a favor?

That's why Li Yunjing tentatively asked about the preface.

If he could gather them all at once, he would be able to put his mind at ease.

Qingxuan Daoist and Liu Qin exchanged a glance, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes. Neither of them had expected Li Yunjing's request to be so unexpected.

“Fellow Daoist Li, your request is truly rare.”

After thinking for a moment, Qingxuan Daoist said, "However, my 'Treasure Pavilion' has many treasures. I can find five dragon bodies with the five elements, but the price..."

"Spirit stones are no problem, I just want the corpse!"

Touching his storage ring, Li Yunjing interrupted Qingxuan Daoist and said decisively.

Now, all he has left is spirit stones!

"Fellow Daoist Li is indeed generous."

Liu Qin lightly stroked the jade hairpin at her temple with her fingertips, her smile widening as her eyes sparkled: "It's just that the materials for the dragon's body are too rare. Even at 'Jubaolou,' they need to be gathered from various branch headquarters."

She raised her hand and waved it lightly, and a semi-transparent light screen suddenly appeared on the table, displaying dragon-type materials of different grades.

"It will take ten years to prepare the complete dragon body."

Liu Qin added another sentence.

These words made Li Yunjing's face turn somewhat ugly. Waiting for ten years was indeed a rather long time!

In reality, this was asking Li Yunjing a rather unreasonable request.

Dragon bodies are not easy to find!

There is none in the "Treasure Pavilion" of the "Great Ming Immortal Cultivation World". If you want to get it, you need to transfer it from the Southern Heaven Continent or even other continents.

The situation in the Southern Continent is somewhat better.

Thanks to the connections with "Jubaolou," the goods can be transported very quickly, whereas transporting them from other parts of the mainland would be much more troublesome.

Ten years is a very fast time.

If it were the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," they wouldn't be able to achieve this even in thirty or forty years.

It must be said that "Jubaolou" has an exceptionally developed business channel, covering the entire "Tianlanxing".

"Fellow Daoist Li, as you know, the Southern Heaven Continent is in complete chaos right now, and your 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect' is the main battlefield!"

Qingxuan Daoist lightly swept his whisk, and several lines of blood-red text on the light screen stood out: "In recent years, the situation in various places on 'Tianlan Star' seems to be unstable. We need a lot of time."

"All right!"

What the two men said made a lot of sense, and Li Yunjing had no choice but to nod in agreement.

He was also an unreasonable person, and besides, Li Yunjing was somewhat wary of "Jubaolou" and dared not make enemies with such a powerful force.

You have to understand, Li Yunjing doesn't really believe that he can do business on the entire "Tianlan Star" without a Nascent Soul Realm expert in charge!
In both the "Guanghan Palace" and the "Tianxu Secret Realm", Li Yunjing saw Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
Li Yunjing even began to doubt whether their "Shenxiao Dao Sect" also had experts of this caliber.

What about the price?

Li Yunjing continued to press for answers.

"That's right! Fellow Daoist Li, the price of dragon-related materials has tripled."

When the topic of business came up, Liu Qin's expression turned serious, and she said in a deep voice, "If Fellow Daoist Li is willing to pay a high price, we can use the 'Treasure Pavilion's' undercover agents to ensure that all five dragon bodies are fresh corpses, and even the inner cores can be completely preserved."

"The price for the five dragon corpses is 150,000 high-grade spirit stones!"

Qingxuan Daoist added from the side.

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing the price, Li Yunjing's expression changed drastically.

This price is outrageous!

This is something Li Yunjing could never afford.
He currently only has 50,000 high-grade spirit stones in his possession!
Even with the addition of mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones, after calculating, it's probably still not enough to gather 150,000 high-grade spirit stones!

As for the five top-grade spirit stones in his hand?

That was Li Yunjing's lifeline; how could he bear to trade it away?

How much deposit do I need to pay?

However, for the sake of the "Five Dragon Wheels," Li Yunjing gritted his teeth and decided to agree to the deal. "Alright! If others were to negotiate such a big deal with us, they would at least have to pay a 50% deposit!"

Qingxuan Daoist changed the subject, saying, "Fellow Daoist Li is different! We'll take some risks and accept your deposit of 30,000 high-grade spirit stones!"

"Okay! Can we barter?"

Li Yunjing nodded and then asked.

The high-grade spirit stones he had were still very useful, and he constantly consumed them during his daily cultivation. These spirit stones might not be enough for Li Yunjing himself, so naturally he was unwilling to trade them all away.

"of course can!"

Qingxuan Daoist laughed and said, "Anything is acceptable as long as it's valuable!"

"Alright! Then please, fellow Daoists, give your evaluation!"

Li Yunjing's eyes flickered slightly, and with a wave of his hand, the "storage ring" flashed with light.

First, twelve bronze swords engraved with array patterns floated out, their blades shimmering with starlight—it was a sword array from the Nangong family that he had captured.

"This sword is a low-grade magic weapon. It can form a small sword formation, which is enough to kill cultivators at the fifth or sixth level of the Golden Core Realm."

Li Yunjing casually pointed, and the flying swords landed on the table, allowing Qingxuan Daoist and Liu Qin to inspect them.

Liu Qin's fingertips brushed against the hilt of the sword, sensing the sharpness it contained, and a hint of amazement flashed in her eyes.

Liu Qinzai carefully inspected each flying sword, finally confirming its quality, and nodded to Qingxuan Daoist.

Qingxuan Daoist smiled and responded, indicating that Liuqin had full authority to make the decision.

“Each flying sword can be exchanged for three hundred high-grade spirit stones. The twelve flying swords can form a sword formation, which will generate a premium. I offer a price of 5000 high-grade spirit stones.”

Liu Qin looked at Li Yunjing with her big, watery eyes and asked with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Li, what do you think?"

"agreed!"

Li Yun nodded, agreeing that the price was reasonable.

If Li Yunjing sells them slowly, he might be able to get 6000 high-grade spirit stones, but finding a suitable buyer is not easy, and it is unknown how many years he might have to wait.

Li Yunjing's "Star Moon Trading Company" lacks top-tier channels for quickly selling high-level magical artifacts.

"And these talismans!"

Li Yunjing took out three more jade boxes, and when he opened them, the talismans emitted unique spiritual energy fluctuations.

This time, Li Yunjing took out ten third-grade low-level "Five Elements Divine Thunder Talismans".

"These talismans were all drawn with the essence blood of the Demon King, and their power far surpasses that of ordinary third-grade attack talismans."

Li Yunjing pushed the jade box toward the two of them, "Furthermore, the 'Five Elements Divine Thunder Talisman' is one of the signature talismans of my 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect,' almost unparalleled in its quality. Each talisman is worth a thousand high-grade spirit stones, totaling ten thousand spirit stones."

This time, Li Yunjing was really going all out.

Normally, Li Yunjing would only sell second-tier thunder talismans; he would never offer such a high-tier treasure!

You should know that this thing is extremely powerful!

If used properly, it is even possible to use talismans to kill a cultivator at the first or second level of the Golden Core realm!

This is a real lifesaver!

Seeing that Li Yunjing had taken out such a good thing, Qingxuan Daoist and Liu Qin each picked up a "Five Elements Divine Thunder Talisman" and examined it. The thunder patterns on the surface of the talisman seemed to be about to strike out at any time. Feeling that violent power, the two couldn't help but nod in admiration.

"Such quality is worth the price."

Qingxuan Daoist sighed and agreed to Li Yunjing's offer.

However, upon closer examination, the spirit stones that could be exchanged for the magical artifacts and talismans were still half short of the 30,000 needed.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yunjing suddenly took out two third-tier Daoist robes, three long swords, a long spear, and an inner armor, a total of seven low-grade magical artifacts!

This was all the low-grade magic weapons that Li Yunjing could produce.

As for anything better, he wouldn't be willing to trade it!

"These are worth three thousand high-grade spirit stones!"

After reading it, Daoist Qingxuan smiled and said, "We are still short of twelve thousand high-grade spirit stones!"

Li Yunjing's expression hardened slightly as he gently stroked the "storage ring" with his fingertips. After a moment, a resolute look flashed in his eyes.

He raised his hand and tossed more than a dozen "treasure pouches" to the other party!

"These are all second-tier spiritual artifacts, talismans, and pills... You guys give us an estimate!"

Originally, Li Yunjing intended to sell these items at "Xingyue Trading Company," but now he had no choice but to gather some of them to settle the debt.

"So many things?"

Liu Qin's beautiful eyes widened, and as her fingertips brushed against the "treasure bag," she immediately sensed the countless wonderful things inside.

She couldn't help but exclaim, "Fellow Daoist Li is truly remarkable; he has amassed such a fortune!"

"Great stuff! All great stuff! Bestsellers!"

Qingxuan Daoist nodded repeatedly, quickly recording in the ledger to prepare for calculating the value.

Soon, the statistics were completed, and at this point, Li Yunjing was only two thousand spirit stones away from reaching the target of thirty thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Li Yunjing took a deep breath and took out ten more "treasure pouches", which were filled with low-grade spirit stones, totaling twenty million!

"Ugh……"

After examining the items, Daoist Qingxuan's pupils constricted, and he said with a wry smile, "Fellow Daoist Li, as you know, exchanging low-grade spirit stones for mid-grade spirit stones, and then for high-grade spirit stones, 2000 million isn't enough, is it?"

"Ugh……"

Li Yunjing gave a wry smile, putting on a pitiful look, "That's all I have! As for the rest, I'll make up the rest once the five dragon corpses arrive, how about that?"

"never mind!"

Qingxuan Daoist shook his head and waved his hand, "These are worth 30,000 high-grade spirit stones! As for the shortfall, Liuqin Daoist and I will take a loss and help you cover it. It's also a way of making friends."

"Hahaha! Thank you both for your help!"

Li Yunjing's face lit up with joy, and he thanked her repeatedly.

Li Yunjing sneered inwardly. How could he not know what Qingxuan Daoist and Liu Qin were thinking?
He paid a heavy price!
The two of them would definitely gain far more than 30,000 high-grade spirit stones by selling his things.

The other party is not at a disadvantage in this transaction!
As for Li Yunjing, he felt a little better.

After all, it would be really difficult for him to keep spending real money!
Being able to save some spirit stones is already a pleasant surprise.

Both sides were putting on an act. Li Yunjing knew what the other party was thinking, and how could the two people opposite not know what Li Yunjing was thinking?
It's just that they both tacitly understand each other and maintain a good relationship!

In this world, many things shouldn't be taken too seriously!

People who are too serious have no friends!

"Fellow Daoist Li still needs to sign and affix his seal to this document!"

She lightly tapped the light screen with her fingertip, bringing up a contract. "In addition, there is a supplement here: the dragon body obtained has nothing to do with the 'Treasure Pavilion'."

"The Treasure Pavilion is ruthless! They killed the Striped Dragon and don't even want to get involved in the karma!"

Li Yunjing stroked the contract, looked at it, and secretly made plans in his mind.

However, since he needed the help of "Jubaolou", he had no choice but to grit his teeth and sign the contract.

When the time comes, "Jubaolou" will have successfully killed five dragons. If any dragon experts are dissatisfied with this and come out to seek revenge, they will come after Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing couldn't care less about these troubles.

After all, he was the one who caused all of this, so it seems reasonable for the dragons to seek revenge on him.

With that thought, he picked up his pen and signed his name on the contract. The moment he injected spiritual power, the document turned into a stream of light and disappeared into Liu Qin's sleeve.

"Deal! I will come back to collect the dragon's body in ten years. If the quality does not meet the requirements..."

Li Yunjing suddenly released the pressure of the Golden Core Realm, and the spiritual tea in the entire elegant room instantly boiled. "I'm sure you two know the rules of the 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect' better than I do."

"Fellow Daoist Li, what are you saying!"

Qingxuan Daoist clapped his hands and laughed, his Daoist robes fluttering without wind, cleverly dispelling Li Yunjing's oppressive aura: "'Jubaolou' has a reputation built up over hundreds of thousands of years, how could it possibly stumble over something like this?"

He raised his hand and waved it lightly, and a jade slip engraved with incantations appeared on the table. "This is the transaction certificate, which contains the grade requirements for the five dragon corpses. Fellow Daoist, you can rest assured."

"Ten years from now, we will definitely send you five dragon corpses with the five elements!"

Liu Qin moved with light steps, her eyes sparkling, looking at Li Yunjing with a half-smile.

"Very well! I certainly trust the reputation of 'Jubaolou'!"

Li Yunjing calmly put away the jade slip.

After the transaction was completed, Li Yunjing left "Jubaolou" with mixed feelings of gain and loss.

After stepping outside, Li Yunjing suddenly stopped in his tracks. He saw a dark figure flash past around the corner, but he didn't know who it was.

"Someone is watching me?"

Li Yunjing sneered inwardly, but still walked calmly toward the teleportation array.

As Li Yunjing's figure disappeared into the light, Liu Qin and Qingxuan Daoist suddenly appeared outside the teleportation array.

"Senior Brother Qingxuan, you said he wants the corpses of the five dragons, what is his purpose in doing so?"

Liu Qin asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)