Chapter 381: Immortal Spring Factory (For the Homeless, I Bet It All—Plus Three)

Ding Huan casually hung over a dozen talismans inside the shop, had less than a thousand immortal crystals on him, and lost five hundred the moment he arrived at Yao Yue Xiancheng.

After a day passed, a few people came to Ding Huan's shop.

These people discovered that Ding Huan's shop contained only talismans, and even those were all ninth-grade spirit talismans, not even reaching the level of immortal talismans; instantly, all interest vanished.

Ding Huan thought for a long time and realized that unless he showed some real skill, he would struggle to survive.

You can't want to hide everything and yet make a fortune—how could such a good thing exist in the world?

A man cannot grow rich without unexpected wealth; risk and fortune exist equally.

If you want to get rich, then go all in. Once you're rich, find a place to improve your cultivation immediately—that's the right path.

Thinking this, he simply set up a formation screen outside the shop.

On the formation screen were written: Assisting the major immortal sects in locating Immortal Spring Eyes—one per year, price: one hundred thousand immortal crystals, payment only after successful discovery.

As for helping immortal sects set up the Kill-Immortal-Worm Array, forget it; for Ding Huan, what he wanted most wasn't low-grade immortal crystals—he wanted high-grade immortal crystals.

The Kill-Immortal-Worms paid at most low-grade immortal crystals; he didn't care for that stuff.

If you want immortal crystals, go refine them yourself from an Immortal Spring Eye.

Immortal Spring Eyes aren't found elsewhere, but are plentiful within immortal sects.

Above the shop, Ding Huan used a formation to display several floating characters: Immortal Spring Factory.

Beneath the words "Immortal Spring Factory" was an advertisement:

My shop does not produce Immortal Spring Eyes—only guides you to them.

Ding Huan's sign was so eye-catching that within just an hour, a crowd had gathered at his shop.

These people weren't here to hire Ding Huan to find Immortal Spring Eyes—they simply wanted to see what this boastful fool looked like.

"Uncle Qi, look at this shop." A young woman pointed to Ding Huan's shop and spoke to the man beside her.

"Immortal Spring Factory?" The man called Uncle Qi stared blankly at the shop's name—he didn't understand it.

Though he didn't understand the shop's name, he understood the advertisement and the shop's service.

Assisting in locating Immortal Spring Eyes?

This was unprecedented, and no one would ever do it again.

Leaving aside whether it was true or false, no one would ever do such a thing.

Imagine—if you could find Immortal Spring Eyes at will, you'd be treated like an ancestor by any immortal sect.

Would you open a small shop here?

"Showy nonsense," Uncle Qi muttered in contempt after understanding the details.

This was only possible in the Fourth Immortal Realm because it was so safe; otherwise, such a show-off would have been captured and killed.

"Uncle Qi, our clan probably won't last much longer—why not let him try? Maybe he really can? Besides, he said if he doesn't find the Immortal Spring Eye, we don't pay a single immortal crystal."

The young woman couldn't help saying.

Uncle Qi's heart stirred slightly—what did showy nonsense matter? If he couldn't find the Immortal Spring Eye, they wouldn't lose a single crystal. If so, why not go in and take a look?

The Yan family was nearly at its end; the recent Immortal-Worm plague had sealed their only Immortal Spring Eye.

In other words, what else did the Yan family have left to lose?

The Yan family was already preparing to sell—letting outsiders wander in freely didn't matter anymore.

Though the shop was small, it was packed—mostly onlookers. Some immortal sect disciples were there too, but none intended to hire Ding Huan to find an Immortal Spring Eye for their sect.

One, they couldn't make such decisions; two, no one believed this was real.

"Brother, can you really help others find Immortal Spring Eyes?" The young woman, seeing Ding Huan seemed even younger than her, asked skeptically.

Ding Huan smiled and said, "Naturally—but it takes a full year to find one."

"Then can we hire you to find an Immortal Spring Eye for us?" The young woman immediately asked again.

Ding Huan nodded and pulled out a formation contract. "Sign this, and it's done."

The man called Uncle Qi picked up the contract to examine it carefully, then realized it was extremely simple.

First, while assisting in locating the Immortal Spring Eye, no one may disturb the process; if disturbed, the client must pay two hundred thousand immortal crystals, and the Immortal Spring Eye search agreement is voided.

Second, if the Immortal Spring Eye is not found, neither party compensates the other. If found, the buyer pays ten thousand immortal crystals.

Third, the minimum search period is one year; if not found within a year, the buyer may terminate the contract. If terminated before a year, refer to clause one.

At the bottom were Ding Huan's signature and his spiritual awareness seal.

Ding Huan didn't bother changing his name—he knew that once he helped the Yan family find the Immortal Spring, his identity would be exposed anyway; changing his name made no difference.

"Ding Huan, I'm Yan Yan Huanqi. I'll sign this contract—when do we go to the Yan Clan?" Yan Yan Huanqi immediately decided.

As Yue Hua said, if he failed, they lost nothing.

Seeing Ding Huan was only at the Immortal Bridge Realm yet dared board his immortal ship, Yan Yan Huanqi felt a touch of admiration for his audacity.

The Fourth Immortal Realm strictly forbade killing, but how could such a thing truly be stopped? Covert theft of treasures and vendettas were countless.

If he had ill intent, he could kill Ding Huan on his own immortal ship, and no one would ever know.

Ding Huan wasn't afraid of these two—a Jin Xian at early stage, and the woman at True Immortal First Layer.

He himself was at True Immortal Late Stage; even if he couldn't defeat Yan Yan Huanqi, the man couldn't possibly force him to stay.

Moreover, he was confident he could kill Yan Yan Huanqi.

"Big Brother Ding, did you just arrive in Yao Yue Xiancheng to open a shop?" On the airship, Yan Yuehua asked curiously.

She'd seen many shopkeepers, but never a cultivator opening a shop specifically to find Immortal Spring Eyes.

"Yes, I ran out of immortal crystals, so I'm using my expertise to make a living." Ding Huan spoke, thinking he was being perfectly honest.

Yan Yan Huanqi glanced at Ding Huan helplessly, thinking: Does this kid even know that finding Immortal Spring Eyes is tied to cosmic laws?

If he doesn't even know that, isn't he wasting his own time?

"Ding Daoist, do you know how Immortal Spring Eyes are found? What aspects are they primarily related to?" Yan Yan Huanqi finally couldn't help asking.

Ding Huan laughed heartily, his demeanor bold and brimming with absolute confidence.

Just as Yan Yan Huanqi and Yan Yuehua were waiting for Ding Huan to explain how to find the immortal spirit spring, Ding Huan casually tossed out seven words: "A sect's secret is not to be shared."

That answer nearly made Yan Yan Huanqi spit out a mouthful of old blood.

The Yan clan's distance from Inviting Moon Xiancheng wasn't very far; three days later, the flying vessel had already arrived at the Yan clan.

Stepping off the flying vessel, Ding Huan saw the imposing presence of the Yan immortal clan and secretly praised it—this clan must have produced some remarkable figures, otherwise it couldn't possess such grandeur.

Upon entering the Yan immortal clan's grounds, Ding Huan was somewhat speechless—this immortal spiritual energy…

One could only say it was a tiny bit better than the wilderness outside.

Those who knew would understand the Yan immortal clan was truly an ancient immortal clan of the Fourth Immortal Domain; those who didn't would think the Yan clan had simply fenced off a patch of wasteland in the Fourth Immortal Domain and built a clan there on a whim.

"Fellow Daoist Ding, my Yan clan was originally a great immortal clan of the Fourth Immortal Domain, but the immortal-thieving insects have run rampant time and again, and the several immortal spirit springs of my Yan immortal clan have all dried up over countless years of battling the immortal-thieving insects… sigh…"

Yan Yan Huanqi sighed as he spoke.

"Huanqi, who is this?" An elder walked out and saw Yan Yan Huanqi guiding Ding Huan around the Yan clan's grounds.

Yan Yan Huanqi quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Clan Chief, this is Fellow Daoist Ding. Fellow Daoist Ding specializes in finding immortal spirit springs for immortal sects and immortal clans; I invited him here to find an immortal spirit spring for my Yan family."

The elder stared wide-eyed at Yan Yan Huanqi—had this grandnephew of his lost his mind?

Inviting someone to find an immortal spirit spring for the clan? If the fellow had such ability, would he come help you find an immortal spirit spring?

Yan Yuehua quickly said: "Great-Great Clan Chief, Brother Ding only charges after finding the immortal spirit spring; if he can't find it, there's no fee."

The elder finally understood why his grandnephew was doing something so Bai Chi—it was out of a "just in case" mindset.

He waved his hand, not even interested in greeting Ding Huan, turned around and went into the inner hall.

Yan Yan Huanqi said to Ding Huan: "Fellow Daoist Ding, I won't disturb you any further; during this one year, you may search freely within my Yan family."

After speaking, Yan Yan Huanqi also took Yan Yuehua and left. The Yan family didn't have anything good left to be stolen anyway. Let Ding Huan do as he pleased within Yan family territory; it didn't matter.

In any case, without an immortal spirit spring, the Yan family would soon decline and ultimately vanish into thin air.

Ding Huan didn't care. There weren't many people in the Yan family right now, and he could guess the reason. It must be that the Yan family had no immortal spirit spring, so many Yan clan disciples had gone out to seek a living.

To tell the truth, disciples who left such a clan were actually only a tiny bit better off than wandering cultivators who came from Void City.

Because they were local cultivators and didn't need to find a chance to enter the Immortal Domain, in reality, once they arrived in the Immortal Domain, their opportunities weren't much different from ordinary cultivators.

Ding Huan needed to condense immortal crystals, so naturally he couldn't search near the Yan family's residential area. He deliberately walked far away, and only after putting distance between himself and the Yan family's residential area did he begin to calculate the direction where an immortal spirit spring might appear.

In just half a day, Ding Huan stopped beside a hillock.

He was certain there was an immortal spirit spring here.

Old rules—first set up the Concealing Immortal Array, then the Defensive Immortal Array, the Immortal Crystal Condensation Grand Array…

After setting up a full set of arrays, Ding Huan's divine sense seeped down and directly began to strip away the composite Dao-rhyme laws of the immortal spirit spring.

The first time he stripped this kind of Dao-rhyme law, he was still a bit unfamiliar, as if searching for the one true thread within a tangled mess.

Now that Ding Huan had advanced to the True Immortal Realm, stripping this kind of composite spirit-source Dao-rhyme law was as easy as following a familiar road.

Under the Great Cosmos Art's Zhou Tian circulation, the mottled Dao-rhyme laws were torn open, the spirit-source Dao-rhyme laws gradually revealed themselves, and were then stripped out by Ding Huan.

In just one hour, a surge of dense immortal spiritual energy burst forth.