Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Chapter 129 Youth-Preserving Pill in Seclusion

"Thank you so much, senior. The Wen family is deeply grateful!"

Upon hearing that a Foundation Establishment Pill cost only 34,000 spirit stones, Wen Ruyu immediately bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"No need to be so polite," Jiang Yun said with a faint smile. "I've been neighbors with you and your sister for a long time, so let's keep in touch."

"As for the three Foundation Establishment Pills, you can pick them up from my cave on a fixed day each year."

"Alright," Wen Changqing said with a smile, "I will personally pay you a visit another day."

After saying their farewells, Wen Changqing and Wen Ruyu left Zhou's shop together.

The brother and sister returned to their cave and activated the restrictions, then had a private conversation inside.

"Ruyu, you've had quite a bit of contact with that Fellow Daoist Zhou. What do you think of him?" Wen Changqing asked in a deep voice.

"Senior Zhou Yun is low-key, but he is by no means simple."

Wen Ruyu analyzed seriously, "He looks like he only has the cultivation of a pseudo-core cultivator, but he is not afraid of a core cultivator at all."

"Furthermore, Senior Zhou is already a third-level alchemist at such a young age, so he must have quite a background."

Wen Changqing walked to the tea table and sat down, filling his and Wen Ruyu's cups with tea.

He took a sip of tea, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"That's right. The fact that he can produce a hundred Foundation Establishment Pills means that he either has the support of a major sect or has a different formula for Foundation Establishment Pills."

As he spoke, Wen Changqing took out three high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills and examined them, saying, "However, I think the latter is more likely."

"As far as I know, there are many different formulas for Foundation Establishment Pills. It is very likely that Fellow Daoist Zhou Yun possesses a formula for one of them."

Wen Ruyu sat down opposite Wen Changqing, picked up her teacup, and drank the spiritual tea in one gulp.

"Yes, I think so too."

Wen Changqing waited patiently for what would happen next, but he never expected that Wen Ruyu would say all she wanted to say.

He looked up and asked, "That's it?"

"What else?" Wen Ruyu blinked.

"Never mind, it's nothing. Just make more contact with Zhou Yun in the future and befriend him."

Wen Changqing put his hand to his forehead and said seriously, "In addition, do not reveal the matter of cooperating with Zhou Yun to anyone, not even the family."

"I know." Wen Ruyu nodded emphatically. "My Wen family needs Foundation Establishment Pills, so naturally we will not betray Senior Zhou."

"It's good that you know." Wen Changqing smiled. "As for the family, all we need to do is explain that we can get three Foundation Establishment Pills every year, and then sell those three Foundation Establishment Pills to the family."

"Sell it to the family?" Wen Ruyu raised her head and looked at Wen Changqing with a puzzled expression.

"One hundred Foundation Establishment Pills cost a total of three million four hundred thousand spirit stones. That's no small sum. If the family doesn't pay for it, are you going to pay for it yourself?" Wen Changqing asked with a smile.

"Where would I get so many spirit stones!" Wen Ruyu shook her head vigorously. "The family should have paid for it."

"Zhou Yun offered us a price of 34,000 spirit stones per Foundation Establishment Pill, and three Foundation Establishment Pills would cost 102,000 spirit stones per year."

Wen Changqing picked up the teapot, brewed two cups of tea, and slowly said, "We will sell each Foundation Establishment Pill to the family for 36,000 spirit stones."

"Remember to withdraw 108,000 spirit stones from the family every year, don't give yourself away."

Wen Ruyu's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth wide as she said, "Brother, you even scheme to steal the family's spirit stones? Father will beat you to death if he finds out."

"What do you mean by 'scheming'?" Wen Changqing corrected. "We worked so hard outside to secure this deal for the family, shouldn't we get some benefits in return?"

"This is outrageous! Are you even a member of the Wen Family Fortress?" Wen Ruyu exclaimed indignantly. "No way! I deserve half of the spirit stones!"

Wen Changqing burst into laughter, revealing an expression that said, "I knew it would happen."

On the other side, Zhou's Dan Shop.

After seeing the Wen siblings off, Jiang Yun inquired about Chi Kehuan's business performance over the past three months.

"Reporting to Senior, all three high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills have been sold for a total of 135,000 spirit stones."

"Although there were inquiries about the Panacea, the customers were hearing about it for the first time and thought the price was too high, so not a single one was sold."

As Chi Kehuan spoke, she took out a storage bag and handed it to Jiang Yun.

This storage bag contains spirit stones for selling three high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills.

Jiang Yun scanned the area with his divine sense and, after confirming that the 135,000 spirit stones were correct, pocketed them all.

This sum of spirit stones, plus the 130,000 spirit stones from the Wen siblings, brings the total to 265,000 spirit stones.

Previously, there were 110,000 spirit stones left, but 20,000 were spent on purchasing a pair of communication magic items.

Jiang Yun currently possesses a total of 355,000 spirit stones.

After counting all the spirit stones, Jiang Yunqing stood in the shop, lost in thought.

"The Myriad Spirit Pill is, after all, a pill from the world of gods and demons, and this is the first time it has appeared here."

"Each one costs as much as nine thousand spirit stones, and ordinary cultivators will not buy them easily, since there are other antidotes available."

Just now, Chi Kehuan said that there were people inquiring about the Panacea, but no one actually bought it.

Jiang Yun quickly figured out the reason behind it.

In the world of cultivation, the Myriad Spirit Pill is a completely new pill, one that has never appeared before.

Given the same price, the cultivators here are more willing to buy the antidote pills that already have a reputation.

Jiang Yun turned his gaze to Chi Kehuan and asked, "In these three months, not a single guest has wanted to refine pills or exchange treasures?"

In the past three months, Chi Kehuan has only contacted Jiang Yun once, which was just now when the Wen siblings came to the store.

This indicates that at other times, no guests requested Jiang Yun to refine pills or exchange treasures.

"No." Chi Kehuan shook her head.

"It seems that the reputation of my Zhou family's alchemy shop is still too low."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle.

A dignified third-level alchemist opened an alchemy shop, yet no customers came to ask him to refine pills.

This only shows that his reputation, and that of Zhou's Pill Shop, is not yet great enough.

"Only when someone asks me to refine pills can I obtain various pill formulas and exchange them for all sorts of treasures."

"I need to refine other pills to sell in order to make Zhou's Pill Shop famous."

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Jiang Yun paced back and forth in the shop.

Now that the Foundation Establishment Pill has reached a cooperation agreement with the Wen siblings, Zhou's Pill Shop will no longer sell Foundation Establishment Pills. Instead, it will only exchange high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills for treasures, and will only exchange, not sell.

If you don't sell Foundation Establishment Pills, then you have to sell other kinds of pills.

Jiang Yun possesses a variety of elixirs in the world of supernatural cultivation.

Second-tier low-grade pills, and also pills for improving cultivation, containing five kinds of Yuan pills: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Any one of these five types of Yuan Dan can improve the cultivation level of a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

If all these Yuan Dan were released at once, it would definitely make Zhou's Pill Shop famous.

However, doing so carries certain risks. It would be better to offer a low-grade second-tier Yuan Dan for sale.

The second-tier mid-grade pills include the Qi Condensation Pill, the Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill, and the Youth-Preserving Pill.

The Qi-Condensing Pill can quickly restore mana, the Purple-Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill can help break through the bottleneck of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and the Youth-Preserving Pill can preserve one's appearance forever.

If all three types of pills were sold, Zhou's Pill Shop could also make a name for itself.

Among the second-tier superior-grade pills are the Myriad Spirit Pill, the Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill, and the Mind-Clearing and Enlightenment Pill.

The Myriad Spirit Pill detoxifies, the Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill aids in dual cultivation, and the Mind-Clearing and Enlightening Pill maintains a clear and tranquil mind. The effects of each pill are of great use to cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

In addition, there are three low-grade pills of the third rank: the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill, the Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pill, and the Glazed Vein Protecting Pill.

"With so many pills, it's impossible to sell them all. Just select a few."

The elixir formulas possessed by the mystical cultivation world should now come in handy.

With so many kinds of pills, Jiang Yun began to consider and prepare to select a few to sell.

The most suitable place to sell second-tier pills is in a pill shop.

"The Youth-Preserving Pill is called the Youth-Stabilizing Pill here, and it is extremely rare; the Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill, a dual-cultivation pill, is also very popular."

"Secondly, there are the Purple Gold Breakthrough Pills, which are used to break through bottlenecks, and the second-grade low-level Yuan Pills, which are used to improve cultivation."

"Then choose the second-tier low-grade Golden Essence Pill, the second-tier mid-grade Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill and Youth-Preserving Pill, and the second-tier high-grade Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill, for a total of four kinds of pills."

After careful consideration, Jiang Yun decided that for the foreseeable future, Zhou's Pill Shop would mainly sell Golden Essence Pills, Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pills, Youth-Preserving Pills, and Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pills.

Among these elixirs, the Youth Preservation Elixir is rather special.

In the world of cultivation, the Youth Preservation Pill is called the Youth Stabilization Pill.

"The Youth-Preserving Pill and the Youth-Keeping Pill are both mid-grade second-tier pills, but the Youth-Preserving Pill requires the addition of thousand-year-old herbs."

"Few people would be willing to use thousand-year-old herbs to make a youth-preserving pill in order to maintain their appearance, so youth-preserving pills are extremely rare here."

"The Youth Preservation Pill in the Mystic Cultivation World can be refined without thousand-year-old herbs."

"Only a small quantity of the Youth Preservation Pill needs to be refined; it can be auctioned off later."

Once Jiang Yun refines this Youth Preservation Pill, it will naturally be "impersonated" as the Youth Stabilization Pill.

The Youth-Preserving Pill requires the addition of thousand-year-old herbs to be refined, making it naturally rare and precious.

It's impossible for Jiang Yun to sell youth-preserving pills in large quantities.

Therefore, one can refine a small amount of the Youth Preservation Pill and auction it off or exchange it for desired treasures.

"Now go and prepare the ingredients for these four types of pills, as well as the ingredients for the Gathering Yuan Pill."

Having made up her mind, Jiang Yun turned to look at Chi Kehuan.

Next, we need to refine a large number of pills.

One hundred Foundation Establishment Pills, including the time spent procuring the medicinal materials and refining the pills, would take several months to produce.

"For the next period of time, Zhou's Pill Shop will suspend the sale of pills. If customers have any needs for pill refining, please send me a message."

After saying this, Jiang Yun left the alchemy shop and began to travel to various pharmacies in Canglan Immortal City to buy medicinal herbs.

For the next month, Jiang Yun's footprints were found throughout the thirty-six wards of Canglan Immortal City.

"Without sectarian power or trusted subordinates, I have to do everything myself."

"The Zhou family's alchemy business will surely grow bigger and bigger in the future, so we need to cultivate a group of trusted confidants."

While traveling through thirty-six workshops to purchase medicinal herbs, Jiang Yun couldn't help but start making plans.

The reason why those sects are becoming more and more powerful is because of their large number of members, and their speed of gathering resources is far beyond that of a rogue cultivator.

As Zhou's Pill Shop grows larger and larger, it will be inevitable that it will establish its own power and intelligence network, unless Zhou's Pill Shop is closed down.

Therefore, he needs a group of trusted subordinates to help him manage some trivial matters.

Otherwise, if Jiang Yun had to do everything himself, he wouldn't have any time to cultivate.

After much effort and a month of searching, Jiang Yun finally managed to purchase all the medicinal herbs.

He took the medicinal herbs back to his cave and began to take inventory.

"Fifty portions of the ingredients for the Golden Essence Pill, 10,000 spirit stones; five portions of the ingredients for the Youth Preservation Pill, 8,000 spirit stones."

"Twenty portions of ingredients for the Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill, 12,000 spirit stones; twenty portions of ingredients for the Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill, 45,000 spirit stones."

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"Fifty portions of the ingredients for the Gathering Yuan Pill, 65,000 spirit stones, for a total of 140,000 spirit stones."

After taking stock, Jiang Yun couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Fifty portions of the ingredients for the Gathering Yuan Pill are more than enough to make one hundred pills.

These one hundred Gathering Yuan Pills only cost 65,000 spirit stones.

Sixty-five thousand spirit stones were exchanged for three million four hundred thousand spirit stones, which is even more profitable than a one-time investment.

Jiang Yun couldn't wait to start refining pills.

These are all second-tier pills, which can be easily refined without taking too much time.

However, the sheer quantity produced was overwhelming.

It takes one day to refine one batch of Gathering Yuan Pills, so fifty batches would take fifty days.

As time passed, the gate to Jiang Yun's cave remained tightly closed, and he focused on refining elixirs within.

Five months later, a total of 145 batches of pills had been refined, and all the pills were completed. Almost one batch of pills was refined every day.

Of course, if you refine pills too many times, even second-tier pills will occasionally fail to be refined.

However, he only managed to refine a second-grade superior Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill once, and failed to do so once.

Jiang Yun took out all the refined pills and began to count them in the cave.

"136 Gathering Yuan Pills were refined, 18 of which had pill patterns, enough to sell 100 to the Wen siblings."

"243 Golden Essence Pills, 21 Pill Patterns, each priced at 500 spirit stones, can earn more than 12 spirit stones."

"52 second-tier mid-grade purple-gold barrier-breaking pills, 7 pill patterns, each priced at 2500."

"43 second-grade superior Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pills, 3 pill patterns, each priced at 7000 spirit stones."

"Thirteen Youth Preservation Pills, to be kept for auction and exchanging for treasures."

After taking stock, Jiang Yun could almost see a large number of spirit stones entering his pocket.

With a flick of his sleeve, he collected all the pills and left the cave, heading towards Zhou's Pill Shop.

For the past five months, Zhou's Pill Shop has neither sold any pills nor commissioned Jiang Yun to refine pills.

Chi Kehuan was so bored that she was looking after the shop all by herself.

Today, Jiang Yun suddenly came to the shop, which startled her.

"Greetings, Senior Zhou." Chi Kehuan immediately bowed respectfully upon seeing Jiang Yun.

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Yun brought out a variety of pills and jade bottles on the counter, which he then introduced one by one.

"This is a second-tier, low-grade Golden Essence Pill, which can improve the cultivation of early Foundation Establishment cultivators. Each pill costs five hundred spirit stones."

Jiang Yun informed Chi Kehuan of all the effects and prices of the pills.

Then he took out a signboard and wrote down the names of the pills sold in the shop.

Starting today, Zhou's Pill Shop will resume selling pills, and all of them will be brand new varieties.

"Senior, I've never heard of these pills before. Could it be that you developed them all?"

Chi Kehuan was shocked to see Jiang Yun take out so many pills at once.

Moreover, these pills have never appeared before, which speaks volumes.

Jiang Yun smiled but did not answer.

He took out a jade slip and threw it to Chi Kehuan.

"This is the second-tier, low-grade alchemy inheritance, the Fire and Wood Alchemy Technique, which also contains some of my insights."

"I will be going into seclusion for a period of time to cultivate myself. Please take good care of the shop. If there is anything important, please send me a message."