Chapter 76: Am I That Famous Now?

Su Ping and that scholar settled their bill using a portion of Demon Beast materials for offset, with the remaining small half paid in white sugar.

In the Cultivation World, the function of white sugar is as an auxiliary ingredient for low-grade Pills, though its greatest consumption remains as an ingredient for sweets, which are considered snacks for Cultivators.

Especially for disciples of the various Immortal Sects at the Qi Refining Late Stage or above, many who enjoy sweets also have enough Spirit Stones to purchase them.

Su Ping previously had some doubts as to why disciples at the Inner Sect level and above were also so fond of eating sweets.

Now it seems that if they knew in advance that Evil Qi had contaminated Spirit Objects, it would make them afraid to eat, or eat as little as possible of, Spirit Vegetables, Spirit Fruits, and Demon Beast meat.

Among the available, high-volume, and filling mundane foods, the ones with high nutritional value per unit of weight that also taste good seem to be various sweets containing large amounts of sugar.

Su Ping brought in a large quantity of affordable and high-quality white sugar; although it could not compare to the high quality of sugar grown in the Spirit Fields of Nanhuang, it still played a role in stabilizing the white sugar market in parts of the Immortal Sects, allowing some Cultivators to eat sugar more cheaply.

To call it a work of boundless merit would be an exaggeration, but to call him a great benefactor to sweet lovers is not problematic in the slightest.

Of course, because the utility of white sugar is limited and it is not a necessity.

Su Ping's initial thought of shipping over tens of thousands of tons to dump on the market was not practical.

The number of Cultivators willing to spend Spirit Stones on snacks is still relatively too small.

This portion of the market is not particularly large; a few thousand to ten thousand catties a month is manageable, but once the amount of white sugar Su Ping trades monthly increases further.

It is very easy to cause violent fluctuations in the white sugar market across the entire territory of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, and draw the attention of merchant guilds backed by Cultivation families to this sudden, rising source of goods.

When that time comes, the one being eaten clean and wiped out will be Su Ping.

After all, there are only so many Immortal Sect Cultivators.

For a business that shares a few hundred Spirit Stones a month, considering the powerful backer you must have behind your supply, everyone can tacitly allow you to take a share.

For a business that seizes tens of thousands of Spirit Stones a month, say no more; hurry up and call out your backer to see if they can withstand it. If they can't? Then don't blame everyone for being impolite! On the way back to Linyue Villa, Su Ping discovered through the swarm of rats controlled by Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui that there seemed to be groups of immigrants arriving on the official roads from all directions.

The destination for the caravans of some wealthy families should be places with Arrays like the Jiuye Mountain Market.

The destination for the groups of more Commoners and even refugees is likely only Jinque City.

"There are more and more people; I must discuss this with the City Lord and Ji Hu and the others to make preparations."

"Sealed Dharma Artifacts require population for sacrifice; as long as the profit distribution is fair, it is not a big problem to get the wealthy families to contribute."

"Based on my current persona, I can also make them believe that I can guarantee this fairness!"

Su Ping was thinking this at the time.

Suddenly, relying on Spirit Mouse Xiaobai, he discovered on a hillside near where a large caravan was passing.

A group of fierce horse bandits appeared sneakily.

Just when Su Ping thought a scene of interception and killing was about to happen.

He saw this group of horse bandits suddenly stop their movements, with several bandits pointing at a sign on the official road ahead, seemingly saying that crossing it would be the territory of Jinque City.

At the same time, a small cavalry squad composed of several martial artists passed by on the official road, holding flags while patrolling.

In the past, the horse bandits, who held a numerical advantage, would never have been afraid of just this few cavalrymen.

But now, after a heated discussion, this group of horse bandits actually chose to watch the caravan leave.

"Is my reputation that big?"

"It can actually make these robbers and bandits afraid to cause trouble in my territory!"

Su Ping withdrew his attention from observing that side, feeling quite surprised.

He did not know that, as a very rare, and even the only Inspector in the last hundred years who was truly willing to lead teams to suppress bandits and kill Demon Beasts.

His reputation among the grassroots was not only spreading wider and wider, but it was also becoming increasingly deified.

In the mouths of those storytellers.

The wise, heroic, benevolent, peerless, hateful of evil, and compassionate Inspector of Jinque City.

The Robber Cultivators he killed had turned into Evil Cultivators who wanted to perform a Blood Sacrifice on the entire city to summon a Heavenly Demon.

The hunted Demon Beasts had transformed into ancient giant beasts a hundred meters high and a hundred meters long. Even if those evildoers did not believe it entirely, they were influenced to some extent, overestimating Su Ping's strength to the limits of their imagination.

The result was that in the recent period.

The flag of the Jinque City Inspector was particularly useful.

The safety coefficient of this territory had risen in a straight line!

Before Su Ping's Golden Body was exposed, if there was a choice, no one was willing to provoke an Immortal Sect Cultivator who was willing to stand up for the grassroots!

Su Ping returned to Linyue Villa, and after handling some miscellaneous affairs.

Su Ping arrived at the pharmacy and learned that the number of medicine packs in this batch was much lower.

It was because there was a serious shortage of some medicinal herbs needed to make Body Tempering Medicine Packs.

Hearing from those pharmacists, it was because Muyuan City, which is rich in medicinal herbs thousands of miles away, had suffered a disaster, encountering a once-in-a-thousand-year Geng Metal Gale!

A large number of herb gardens were destroyed by the gale containing Geng Metal Qi, with less than one in ten herbs surviving.

After the various medicine merchants learned of this news, they were now hoarding goods for speculation, and now even with money, one could not buy a sufficient quantity.

"Geng Metal Gale? Once in a thousand years?"

Su Ping keenly felt that there must be a conspiracy in this, and it might be related to the struggles of high-level Great Abilities.

Was he being affected by the fallout of Great Abilities playing chess again?

Fortunately, he had already mentioned it to the Registered Disciples at the last gathering, and next time he could bring a set of generators into the Pot Heaven to experiment with scientific thunder Body Tempering.

Let's make do with the Body Tempering Medicine Packs for now.

Su Ping thought for a moment and increased the funding support for the Body Tempering Medicine Packs.

He planned to spend more money to buy as much as he could.

Su Ping had obtained quite a lot of the silver commonly used in the mundane world of the Cultivation World when he was "beating up kindergartens."

And if it was consumed too quickly, he could buy silver directly from Water Blue Star.

Even if the price of important metals like gold and silver had skyrocketed on Water Blue Star due to the development of artificial intelligence.

Compared to the Cultivation World, it still appeared very cheap and abundant.

Inside the Pot Heaven.

Su Ping spent a day and a night to reach Entry level in the Beidou Tanlang Fist, a secret technique of the Big Dipper fist arts.

Just reaching Entry level left Su Ping's Qi and blood as depleted as Yun Jiu, whom he had seen at the Yunshan Market.

He hurriedly drank Life Spirit Medicine and Purification Spirit Medicine, recovering only under their dual care.

This was thanks to Su Ping possessing one-tenth of a Saint Body, which made his Qi and blood intensity and the level of his body's purity—free from hidden injuries—far exceed that of Body Cultivators at the same stage.

This discovery made Su Ping secretly complain: the threshold is too high, how can this be a secret technique that can be practiced at the Body Tempering Stage! If it's this difficult at the Body Tempering Stage, could it be that all the various divine arts of the Only I Am Supreme Sect are prepared for disciples with physique-related Spirit Bodies?

But thinking about it carefully, it really is possible! Su Ping found some records of the Only I Am Supreme Sect in miscellaneous books containing ancient legends.

He discovered that this sect was a top-tier Immortal Sect thousands of years ago! The sect's two supreme cultivation methods were the Beidou Death-Bestowing Scripture, which focused on Body Cultivators, and the South Dipper Life-Bestowing Art, which focused on spells.

The Beidou Death-Bestowing Scripture was divided into three Body Cultivator chapters: Greedy Wolf, Army Breaker, and Seven Killings.

The incomplete text Su Ping currently has is only the secret technique for the Body Tempering Stage of the Greedy Wolf Chapter.

Its origins are truly immense.

It is no wonder the threshold is so high, causing Body Cultivators without the bonus of a Spirit Body to treat it as a trump card for risking their lives, even if they managed to reach Entry level, as they could not afford the burden and could not use it lightly! Furthermore, without the corresponding body-refining chapters, even Small Success is unattainable...

However, thinking about it carefully, if it weren't for this, how could he have been able to buy such a high-might secret technique?

Without so many dire consequences, even that female cultivator who lacked Spirit Stones would never have sold it to an outsider! (End of this chapter)