Chapter 1424: Spirit Liquid

Entering the room, Lin Feng glanced around and found that although the room wasn't large, it was only about thirty square meters.

But the decoration was quite nice; in the middle stood an incense burner over half a person tall.

At this moment, a thin mist with a faint fragrance continuously rose inside.

And around the room were bookshelves displaying various ceramics, fine rocks, and assorted strange artifact stands.

As for the two sides in the middle of the room, there were two rows of chairs and tea tables.

It seems the trading house considered that customers might come in pairs.

Therefore, they prepared extra seats here to avoid the embarrassment of not enough chairs.

"Honored guest, please wait a moment; due to my low status, I lack the qualification to produce this item, so I need some time to inform the manager."

After the maid guided Lin Feng to a seat and had him sit down, she immediately bent slightly, revealing her entire northern hemisphere, and spoke softly.

"Go ahead; it's best to find someone who can make decisions. I need quite a few things, but you don't have to worry about the spirit liquid. Although I'm not a wealthy person, I won't shortchange you."

Hearing that, Lin Feng casually waved his hand, then with a grand gesture took out two droplets of green liquid the size of water droplets and let them float in the air.

"Green liquid. Medium-grade spirit liquid!"

Upon seeing what he had taken out, the maid's eyes widened instantly.

"Guest, please wait a moment; I'll go call our manager himself right away."

Seeing what he had taken out, the maid's expression instantly turned nervous at a visible speed.

As soon as her words fell, she was about to leave, but quickly stopped herself, then bowed and said, "Honored guest, I need some time to go back and forth; would you like me to send some sisters to attend you first?"

"No need, just go call the manager over."

Hearing that, Lin Feng waved his hand, refusing her suggestion and urging her to hurry.

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

Seeing her urged, the maid did not dare delay; after bowing while bending over, she quickly left the room.

"Hehe, in this kind of place, showing off a bit of strength and wealth indeed makes things easier."

Watching the maid's departing back, Lin Feng turned his head and immediately smiled faintly at the two droplets of green liquid hovering before him.

Of course, this thing also has its own name: spirit liquid.

As the name suggests, it is a liquid formed by the convergence of heavenly and earthly energy.

At the same time, it is the most commonly used currency among cultivators on the Baiyuan Continent.

Exactly, you haven't seen it—on the Baiyuan Continent, this liquid is used as currency!

The reason spirit liquid gains the approval of the vast majority of cultivators is...

... thereby pushing aside other items to become the most commonly used currency among cultivators of this continent.

This spirit liquid naturally has its own unique advantages.

Of course, this advantage is also quite simple and brutish.

First, this substance is what cultivators absorb as heavenly and earthly qi, then refine it to purity before it enters their own dantian.

By intercepting it in the meridians and condensing it into a liquid, one obtains this substance, thus giving it wide applicability!

Second, the qi condensed into spirit liquid is because cultivators condense it immediately after refining to purity, without it having entered their own dantian.

Therefore it hasn't absorbed much of the cultivator's aura; a slight removal makes it directly usable.

Thus this spirit liquid differs from the currencies on Blue Star that use gold, silver, or faction credit as backing; it is more like a food or oil-type commodity.

However, this commodity is not meant to be eaten or refined for various things, nor given directly to machinery or people for use.

Rather, it allows cultivators to easily cultivate, and then use it to accelerate the enhancement of their strength!

After all, the energy within spirit liquid has been purified by its maker and then condensed together.

Therefore, when absorbing it, one only needs to extract a bit of the maker's aura, and it can be directly injected into the dantian.

Thus cultivating with spirit liquid is who knows how much faster than autonomously absorbing heavenly and earthly qi for cultivation.

Moreover, production is simple; any cultivator at the Gathered Elixir stage or higher can refine spirit liquid within their body.

However, because each cultivator's attribute may differ.

Thus spirit liquid also comes in different attributes.

For attributes like lightning and wind, which are relatively rare, the value of their spirit liquid is generally higher by about one to three tenths.

And precisely because of this, on the continent a profession has emerged that specializes in buying large quantities of these rare-attribute spirit liquids from cheap places, then transporting them to high-price areas to exchange for five-attribute spirit liquid or other popular goods.

After all, spirit liquid is easy to sell, with enormous quantities, and sometimes with good luck one can even obtain a twenty percent profit margin.

Therefore, it naturally draws many people and forces seeking profit to flock to it.

Such people, on the Baiyuan Continent, are generally called spirit liquid merchants, or simply spirit merchants.

However, the Baiyuan Continent is similar to the Dou Qi Continent in that the law of survival is extremely harsh, and this path is fraught with danger.

A moment's inattention could leave one penniless and empty-handed.

Therefore, as a spirit liquid merchant, without sufficient strength you really can't pull it off.

Aside from the relatively rare lightning and wind attribute spirit liquids, as for the other attributes similar to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—the five elements—

because cultivators' attributes are very common and exist in great numbers.

thus the price, in most cases, doesn't differ much.

However, in certain specific regions, there can likewise be a significant price difference.

For example, on coasts or islands, because there are more water-attribute cultivators and higher output, water-attribute spirit liquid is definitely cheaper there, while other attributes are more expensive.

And among tribes living in deserts, because earth- and fire-attribute cultivators are more numerous,

it is certain that earth- and fire-attribute spirit liquids are cheaper than elsewhere, while other attributes, especially water-attribute spirit liquid, are expensive.

Thus, spirit liquid merchants also profit by shuttling between these regions.

In summary, spirit liquid has a low production threshold, strong versatility, can be used as long as the attribute matches, and it can also accelerate cultivation speed.

So naturally, this spiritual liquid became the most satisfactory currency in the minds of cultivators on the Baiyuan Continent.

"Squeak—"

And not long after, the door to the room where Lin Feng was was opened again.

Immediately afterward, the maid brought in a woman wearing a light-blue ruqun, who looked to be in her thirties, like a ripe honey peach, and they walked in together.

"Guest, this is the manager of our trading house; you may call her Manager Su."

After bringing the blue-clad young woman into the room, the maid hurried forward to introduce her.

Hearing that, Lin Feng nodded, but just as he was about to rise and speak.

The young woman promptly performed a respectful salute, then spoke first: "I am Su Yun; I have greeted this honored guest. May I ask how you wish to be addressed?"

As she spoke, the voice of the young woman named Su Yun seemed as soft as a ripe honey peach, and each syllable in her breath carried a hint of lingering charm.

Listeners couldn't help but stiffen slightly out of respect.

However, while this might be quite effective on others, it had no effect on Lin Feng.

After all, on the Douqi Continent, among the beauties offered as tribute by various powers, young women of this type are not uncommon.

And how could one who has enjoyed better women be influenced by a single sentence from Su Yun?

However, in response to her question, he calmly said: "Xiao Family. Xiao Yan."

Of course, his statement wasn't entirely a deception.

After all, the granddaughter of the Xiao Family's Grand Elder, Xiao Yu, is now his concubine.

Thus, he could be considered a son-in-law of the Xiao Family, and at a stretch, half a member of the Xiao Family.

"Xiao Yan?"

Hearing that, the beautiful young woman named Su Yun quickly searched her memory.

However, no matter how she rummaged through her memory, she could find no information about him at all.

But when her gaze flicked over and caught the two drops of medium-grade spiritual liquid that Xiao Yan had taken out, her brows furrowed ever so slightly without a trace.

As a currency, spiritual liquid has been developed on the Baiyuan Continent for who knows how many ages.

Thus, a uniform standard had long been established across the continent.

And according to the standard, it is divided into four types: low, medium, high, and source.

Of course, because very few can produce the last type, and it is the source qi used by Insight Source Realm and Source Realm cultivators, not the primordial qi used by other cultivators.

Thus, this thing is hardly ever seen on the market.

As for ordinary people like them, it's even less likely they would ever see such a legendary thing.

Excluding primordial qi, the other three types of spiritual liquid—low, medium, and high—are relatively easy to come by.

However, these spiritual liquids have concentration requirements.

Thus, their production also has a threshold.

For example, the lowest-grade low-quality spiritual liquid can be refined by cultivators at the Gathering Dan Realm and above.

Moreover, Gathering Dan Realm cultivators, even if they refine day after day without rest,

over the course of a month, they can generally produce only twenty to thirty drops.

As for the two drops of medium-grade spiritual liquid before you, at least the strength of the Responding to Heaven Realm is required to refine such concentration!

And the Responding to Heaven Realm counts as a high-level cultivator even in this Spirit-Withered City.

After all, the lord of Spirit-Withered City is merely a cultivator of the Heaven-Uniting Realm, one rank above the Responding to Heaven Realm.

Furthermore, a Responding to Heaven Realm cultivator can likewise refine only about ten drops per month.

Moreover, the energy concentration required for high-grade spiritual liquid is extraordinarily stringent.

At least one must reach the Upper Three Tribulations Realm to be able to refine it!

But how many drops can be produced in a month, Su Yun does not know.

"Although I don't know this person's background, but this Xiao Yan before me can produce medium-grade spiritual liquid. If not for someone in his family being a Responding to Heaven Realm expert, then he himself must be a Responding to Heaven Realm expert. Sigh, I'm really muddle-headed; the strongest youths of the Six Great Demonic Sects and Five Great Holy Lands are only at the Lower Three Tribulations cultivation level—how could someone this young possibly reach the Responding to Heaven Realm? Nevertheless, we must not be negligent."

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Su Yun's warm, mature pretty face.

Then she waved her hand, signaling the maid standing at the door.

Upon receiving the signal, the three maids at the door promptly held jade trays and walked in slowly.

In each maid's jade tray lay a sheet of yellow paper that looked extremely ordinary.

Then these maids neatly came before Lin Feng, kneeling on one knee to present the items before him.

At the same time, Su Yun stepped forward gently and spoke softly: "Mr. Xiao Yan, these three scrolls of supreme-grade mundane pill formulas are the highest-tier formulas in our auction house. However, the price is rather steep, each not less than a hundred thousand low-grade spiritual liquids."

"No problem."

Hearing that, Lin Feng casually waved his hand and once again took out several drops of blue liquid the size of water droplets.

Those blue liquids, Su Yun naturally recognized as the medium-grade spiritual liquid.

Moreover, the amount was a full eight drops!

These eight drops of medium-grade spiritual liquid, if added to the previous two drops,

then this young man named Xiao Yan would have produced a full ten drops of medium-grade spiritual liquid!

One drop of medium-grade spiritual liquid can roughly be exchanged for a thousand drops of low-grade spiritual liquid.

In other words, Xiao Yan casually produced ten thousand drops of low-grade spiritual liquid!

"What a big customer!"

Thinking of this, Su Yun without hesitation invited: "Mr. Xiao Yan, take a look at these formulas—do you like any? Of course, there's no time limit; you can peruse at leisure, no need to rush."

Hearing that, Lin Feng lightly nodded, then extended his palm, and immediately one of the maids' yellow papers in the jade tray flew into his hand.

As soon as the paper entered his hand, he immediately noticed.

This sheet of paper, about the size of A4, feels extremely rough to the touch; rather than paper, it is closer to some kind of animal hide.

He touched it briefly, then immediately turned the paper over to look at the side with writing.

"Wind-Dispelling Pill, after consumption, can greatly increase flight speed quickly, showing remarkable effect in combat and travel. However, after the effect wears off, due to the excessive speed and greater Qi consumption, it causes significant bodily depletion, leading to muscle and meridian pain, requiring several days to recover."

After reading the description on the paper, Lin Feng immediately stroked his chin with his palm and thought to himself, "A pill that increases speed seems somewhat interesting."

Of course, the paper did not contain the method for refining this Wind-Dispelling Pill.

Because the pill recipes of the Hundred Source Continent are similar to the medicinal formulas of the Battle Qi Continent.

One must infuse Qi into it to obtain the hidden information within the paper.

Doing this is precisely what traders fear: the other party might secretly memorize the refining method while inspecting the goods and then directly free-ride on the produced item.

After all, if reading it requires Qi, then if you try to peek, you will leave an extremely obvious trace.

When that happens, the right and wrong of such matters can be known at a glance by examining the traces on the paper. (End of chapter)