Chapter 693

"This year's Long Qi is Startling Thunder Long Qi; a Wu Sheng made a move, a single Great Pill of Creation, and took it directly! No one dared to open their mouth again."

Screens crisscrossed.

The backstage on the fifth floor of the Heaven Ship Tower was noisy.

Various buyers were paying off their bills one after another, chatting in twos and threes with people they knew.

"A Great Pill of Creation, who would dare to open their mouth?"

"Which Wu Sheng?"

"Rumor has it it's Prince Ning; Prince Ning doesn't have many second-generation descendants, but there are hundreds of third, fourth, and even fifth-generation ones, of varying quality; among them is a little great-grandson who is forty-five, at the peak of Hunting Tiger, with decent talent and aptitude; it should be prepared for him."

"Thunder is a yang-strong and powerful thing, corresponding to the words 'force' and 'speed,' and Startling Thunder also has healing abilities, quite comprehensive; relying on this to break through to Perfected Form, he can be considered a figure in the Jiang Zongshi realm in the future."

"Having a Wu Sheng elder is really nice..."

"Even for a Wu Sheng, a Vast Sea Profound Whale Pill is a big deal; I guess Prince Ning really likes that little grandson and hopes he will inherit his mantle."

"The Heaven Ship Chamber of Commerce has had Long Qi for three consecutive auctions; it's getting better and better."

"What was after the Long Qi? I was distracted and didn't notice."

"Just a few Great Medicines, nothing worth mentioning; there were no items of creation this year."

"Vast Sea Profound Whale Pill..."

It was both Vast Sea and Profound Whale.

Just hearing the name, it sounded very suitable for himself.

Liang Qu pondered secretly, his hands not stopping, pulling out a thick stack of silver notes, exactly 231,000 taels; the 90,000 taels he had left in his hand suddenly looked much thinner.

He hadn't felt much about spending money before, with his pockets bulging, treating guests casually; looking back now, Liang Qu discovered that his usual spending was quite lavish.

Verified correct.

Two white whiskers as thick as whip chains were placed into a wooden box and solemnly handed over.

In addition, some dragon scales and dragon meat were confirmed by Lu Gang, who helped move them onto the carriage arranged by the Heaven Ship Chamber of Commerce to be sent home.

Put away the dragon whiskers.

An attendant handed over a gold-stamped page.

"My lord, on this page are five kinds of good pills made from dragon whiskers, each with different effects, either extending life, increasing cultivation, or helping with enlightenment. If you have a pill you are interested in, the Heaven Ship Chamber of Commerce can help contact an alchemist to refine it for you; apart from the cost of medicinal materials, no other fees will be charged."

"Alright, you go do your work, leave this to me."

Lu Jia intervened, patting the attendant on the shoulder.

The attendant recognized Lu Jia, didn't say much, apologized, and backed away.

Just right to have someone who knows the ropes.

Lu Jia's cultivation wasn't high, but he had a father who was a Great Director, grew up in the Imperial Jingcheng, and his horizons were undoubtedly much broader.

Liang Qu put away the page and asked.

"Brother Lu, what is a Vast Sea Profound Whale Pill? Listening to the name, it seems to be refined from a Great Demon in the sea?"

"Correct, it is refined from a Vast Sea Profound Whale Great Demon, and the refining method is extremely special and complex, requiring at least one Wu Sheng to control the scene, and a Jiang Zongshi-level alchemy master to personally operate using fire divine ability methods.

Using heaven and earth as a furnace, while the Profound Whale is still alive, combined with many auxiliary medicines, the whole thing is refined to lock in all the medicinal effects and essence.

Ultimately achieving one pill per whale, and even with the blessing of many auxiliary medicines, it is even stronger than one whale!"

A whole Vast Sea Profound Whale Great Demon!

Liang Qu exclaimed.

How much Water Marsh Essence must have been refined out of it.

If it were real.

One pill into the belly, wouldn't it be an explosion of millions?

"So refined, it becomes a Great Medicine of Creation?"

"Barely." Lu Jia admitted with difficulty, "The cultivation of Great Demons and us Perfected Form Grandmasters is not quite the same; Grandmasters have three realms, while the realm division of demon beasts is not very obvious; the Profound Whale Pill Prince Ning brought out, the quality, well, is just so-so.

The realm of the Profound Whale used for alchemy is estimated to be about the same as that Gray-Bearded Dragon, both belonging to those who have just entered Great Demon, and because it is not a dragon species, it is even slightly weaker.

It took advantage of a bargain, barely reaching the edge of a Great Medicine of Creation, but even so, a Profound Whale Pill is not something ordinary Great Medicines can compare to, so after Prince Ning shouted once, no one shouted again."

"Was this pill refined by Prince Ning?"

"Yes, Profound Whale, Profound Whale, only found in the sea; Prince Ning led a team out to sea before, and this pill was likely refined during that sea voyage, preserved until now; speaking of which, it should be within this year or two that the sea fleet returns." Lu Jia calculated on his fingers.

"Is this true?"

Liang Qu's ears twitched.

As an official of the River and Lake Office, he naturally knew that the imperial court had always been trading by sea, interacting with various countries on the sea in the name of the Great Shun Dynasty.

Such matters had never stopped since the founding of the country, and had even existed before the founding.

Listening to Xu Yuelong's introduction.

There were two Martial Saints sitting in the fleet alone, and even more Grandmasters.

The scale was huge; on the surface, it had nothing to do with Liang Qu, a small official of the from-fifth rank, but today is not like the past.

In the past, the fleet would go directly to the Imperial Jingcheng and then to Southern Zhili.

Now that the Lanzhou Canal was repaired, and Lanzhou had been annexed into Pingyang Prefecture.

When the fleet returned from the sea, flowing down from the Imperial Jingcheng, it would definitely pass through Pingyang Prefecture!

Coming and going, docking for supplies, he would be able to logically go and see the treasures of the sea countries.

"Logically so; once the Great Shun fleet goes out, it takes at least three or four years, at most five or six; it's about right; the last time it returned was four years ago; there will definitely be new good medicines and good items then.

It's a pity that Brother Liang will likely not be in the Imperial Jingcheng then, but don't worry, many goods will go to the Heaven Ship Chamber of Commerce; I will write to you then, and if there is anything you need, I will save a portion for you."

Lu Jia was halfway through his words when a flash of inspiration struck, "Wait, it's really possible it will be this year, and it might even go to the Jianghuai Great Marsh Pingyang Prefecture first!"

"How so?"

"Didn't Brother Liang find sea merchants? Agreed to trade with Great Shun twice a year."

Liang Qu raised an eyebrow.

He entered the capital in the latter part of the first month, just in time to act as a "fast horse" to report the news, so the news of the sea merchants arrived at the same time, and it had been less than a month.

Lu Jia was actually so well-informed?

"Brother Liang, don't look at me with those eyes; trading with sea merchants this winter, the land of several prefectures is not enough; the scale is so large that it naturally cannot bypass my Heaven Ship Chamber of Commerce; my father received orders before the year ended and began preparing for the mid-year sea merchant trade.

The imperial court attaches great importance to this matter; if they are willing to go a step further, they will definitely let the sea fleet return early, and instead of coming to the Imperial Jingcheng, go directly to Pingyang Prefecture to trade together!"

Lu Jia became more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining, pacing back and forth behind the screen.

"All these things coming together, it's a grand event! My father will definitely go to Pingyang Prefecture in person then, and we will be able to see Brother Liang again!"

There was some truth to it.

Liang Qu supported his chin.

Although the return of the sea fleet and the trading with sea merchants sounded a bit strange, with the two functions conflicting and being redundant.

In fact, it was not difficult to understand; the fleet was not a submarine, its main range of activities was overseas countries, still on the water surface, belonging to surface activities, and it was difficult to obtain deep-sea resources.

Sea merchants were different; "Octopus" was a thoroughly underwater creature.

So there might be an intersection of various treasures, but the intersection would definitely not be large!

Good opportunity!

Analogous to the Imperial Jingcheng auction, the treasures possessed by truly large places were completely different from small places!

"Speaking of this matter, it is largely because of Brother Liang; Brother Liang is truly a god-man!"

"If the expectation comes true, this summer, let me take Brother Lu to experience the customs of Pingyang!"

"Good!"

(End of chapter)