Establishing a Clan in the Eastern Wilderness: A Daily Divination, Cultivating Longevity in a Grotto

"These materials, fellow Daoist, come from a mid-stage first-tier unicorn crocodile and are of good quality."

Crocodile skin can be tanned into inner armor or wrist guards, and skull fragments can be polished into small shields. This single horn is the essence; if combined with materials such as 'Black Iron Essence' and 'Sinking Silver Sand,' it can be forged into a decent 'Crocodile Bone Cone' or short spear, possessing inherent armor-piercing and weight-bearing properties.

He quoted a total price, including additional auxiliary materials and labor costs, which would cost forty-five low-grade spirit stones.

Li Changsheng compared the prices of similar magical artifacts in the Treasure Pavilion, which were generally over sixty spirit stones, so this place was indeed much cheaper.

He paid a deposit of fifteen spirit stones.

The shopkeeper gave him a receipt and said:

"Young friend, there's a lot of work in the workshop, so you'll have to wait in line. I estimate it will be ready for you by sunset today. In the meantime, you'd better find an inn to stay at and not linger in the wilderness, as things haven't been peaceful around the workshop lately."

"Thank you for the reminder, shopkeeper." Li Changsheng nodded.

After leaving the weapon-refining workshop, Chen Wenyuan hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"Chieftain, how about... I take Xiaoyue back first? That would save on accommodation for two people, and the fish fry need to be released into the underground river as soon as possible."

Li Changsheng shook his head:

"No. We just offended the Cheng family, and they are likely watching us from the shadows. Being alone now would be too risky."

Moreover, he had to wait until tomorrow to use the daily divination to see if his journey home would be smooth.

The four of them found a reasonably priced and fairly clean inn called "Yuelaiju" in the market. Li Changsheng asked for two rooms, one for himself, Chen Wenyuan, and Hu Xiaoyue, while Du Liuniang asked for a quiet room with simple protection and a spirit-gathering array, which cost twice as much.

After settling in, Du Liuniang went to Li Changsheng's room.

Li Changsheng took out three rock berries and handed them to her.

As soon as the spiritual fruit appeared, a warm and pure fire spiritual energy immediately filled the room.

Du Liuniang took it, feeling the abundant spiritual energy within, and a look of surprise appeared on her face:

"Clan Chief Li, your Rock Berry is of exceptional quality, its spiritual energy rich and gentle, no less than the Flame Berry in the Treasure Pavilion!"

"It's good that Chief Du is useful," Li Changsheng said with a smile.

Du Liuniang didn't mince words; she genuinely needed resources to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. She took out a spirit stone pouch, counted out one hundred and eighty low-grade spirit stones, and handed them to Li Changsheng.

"At market price, three rock berries would cost a total of one hundred and eighty spirit stones."

Li Changsheng pushed back ten yuan: "No need for that. The reason why Baibaoge sells for so much is because of the high rent and labor costs. Between us, let's just say one hundred and seventy."

Du Liuniang resolutely stuffed the spirit stone bag back into Li Changsheng's hand, and said solemnly:

"Clan Chief Li, our two families are allies, so we should be clear about our accounts. Your Li family is newly established and needs spirit stones everywhere, which is more difficult than for our Du family. You must accept these spirit stones. If you really feel bad about it..."

She blinked, half-jokingly and half-seriously saying:

"When the Li family is promoted to a ninth-rank family in the future, please give our Du family a lot of help."

Having said that, Li Changsheng no longer refused and accepted the 180 spirit stones.

He held the heavy bag of spirit stones in his hand; this was the first time since he came to this world that the number of spirit stones in his possession had exceeded three digits.

With the spirit fruit in hand, Du Liuniang couldn't wait to return to her quiet room equipped with a spirit-gathering array and go into seclusion.

Li Changsheng returned to his room, where Hu Xiaoyue had obediently brought water and was now sitting quietly on a small stool in the corner. Chen Wenyuan was meditating.

Li Changsheng took the stack of things from Hu Xiaoyue's arms and quickly found the animal skin book.

The booklet felt slightly heavy in his hand. The cover was made of an unknown animal hide, its edges worn and devoid of any writing. He glanced through it briefly; the first few pages contained a jumble of travelogues and observations, written in hasty handwriting. Turning to the latter half, several pages revealed a noticeably different, more durable paper. These pages contained the recipe for the "Wind Control Pill," complete with the required ingredients, refining method, precautions, and even a few sentences describing the pill's special effects on wind-type spirit beasts.

"Finally got it."

After carefully studying the recipe for "Yufeng Dan", he found that it required seven kinds of materials. Among them, the main ingredients "Wind Chime Grass" and "Empty Cicada Wings" were relatively rare, but he remembered seeing them in the Spirit Herbs section of the Treasure Pavilion, where they were quite expensive.

Auxiliary drugs are more common.

"These spirit stones must be spent so that Xiaobai can truly fly as soon as possible."

at the same time.

[Family luck value changed to: 820/1000]

He gave Hu Xiaoyue a few instructions, then turned and left the inn.

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Li Changsheng stepped into the Treasure Pavilion again and headed straight for the Spirit Herb Materials area.

His gaze swept across the shelves, and he quickly found "Wind Chime Grass" and "Empty Fang Wing". He then selected several other auxiliary medicines and replenished a batch of common spiritual herbs for refining Qi Condensation Pills and Grain Abstinence Pills.

The previously dismissive servant in blue robes immediately became serious upon seeing that he was buying alchemy materials.

In the Eastern Wilderness, a place lacking in spiritual energy, any cultivator who can embark on the path of an alchemist deserves special attention. Even if they can only concoct low-grade first-tier pills now, who knows if they might soar to great heights in the future?

A second-tier alchemist is someone even Foundation Establishment seniors treat with utmost respect!

"Fellow Daoist, please wait!" The waiter hurriedly stepped forward, his face beaming with a smile several times more attentive than before. "Fellow Daoist, are you here to refine pills? We have a new batch of top-grade materials that have just arrived, with even stronger medicinal properties. Why don't you move to the inner hall to choose?"

Li Changsheng was slightly taken aback. Better quality meant a higher success rate in pill formation.

Although I don't know what the other party's purpose is, I'm not going to lose out anyway.

Seeing Li Changsheng nod, the waiter quickly said:

"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. I'll go fetch the manager!"

After saying that, without waiting for Li Changsheng's response, she turned around and ran upstairs.

Before long, light footsteps could be heard on the stairs.

A young woman dressed in a light blue flowing fairy dress, with a beautiful face and outstanding temperament, walked down gracefully. She was Yun Jiu Niang, the female cultivator from the Yun family who had previously helped Li Changsheng in the loose cultivators' stall area. Judging from her status here, she was obviously of extraordinary identity.

"It's you?" Yun Jiuniang's eyes flashed with surprise when she saw Li Changsheng.

"Greetings, Senior Yun." Li Changsheng bowed respectfully.

"No need for formalities." Yun Jiuniang smiled slightly, her gaze sweeping over the materials in Li Changsheng's hands, lingering particularly on the bellflower and the hollow tooth wing. "Clan Chief Li, are you... going to try alchemy?"

After a moment's thought, Li Changsheng understood that the other party clearly intended to win him over, especially since they had previously helped him. He then frankly replied:

"I have a slight interest in alchemy, and I have only recently been promoted to a first-grade low-level alchemist."

It took the Li family only a year from receiving their official title to settling in Qinglan Mountain.

Li Changsheng not only broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, but also became an alchemist!

This child clearly has great potential!

A hint of appreciation flashed in Yun Jiuniang's eyes, and her smile became more genuine:

"At such a young age, Clan Chief Li has not only made great progress in his cultivation, but has also ventured into the Dao of Alchemy. He is truly admirable."

She paused, then took out a thin book from her sleeve and handed it to Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng took it, glanced at it, and found that it was a complete formula for a first-grade mid-level "Qi-boosting pill"!

The Qi-Boosting Pill is a commonly used cultivation elixir for mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators and is quite valuable.

"Senior Yun, what is this?" Li Changsheng asked Yun Jiuniang.

He couldn't accept a reward without merit; this elixir formula was far more valuable than the materials he had just bought.