Chapter 219: Fang Xu also cultivated the Divine Soul Dao

The news quickly reached Fang Xu's ears.

As for the actions of those under the Red Rock Chamber of Commerce, he wasn't too angry.

After all, those people weren't members of the Dark God Temple; they were just a bunch of workers.

In his previous life, those workers were like that.

Above there are policies, below there are countermeasures.

When it comes to slacking off and saving effort, he possesses extraordinary talent.

Moreover, in his view, what those people in the Central Continent are doing isn't entirely bad.

At least in the short term, a large amount of the needed materials will be gathered together, saving the Red Rock Chamber of Commerce the trouble of searching again.

However, to buy the materials from them, one still needs to put on a show.

Fang Xu summoned Chang Long and Lao Yuan, and also had Zhongli Hui and Shi Huan cooperate with them, all heading together to the Central Continent to put on a show.

After the four arrived in the Central Continent, they quickly found a tavern located in the capital of Qi State in the Immortal Realm.

As a state of the Immortal Realm, the prosperity of Qi State's capital far surpasses that of the Central Province's imperial city.

Here, a large number of cultivators from all over the Heavenly Mystery Realm have gathered.

The tavern is also a hub for information.

Among the four, Zhongli Hui made no effort to conceal his God-Penetrating Realm cultivation.

Likewise, Shi Huan openly displayed his peak Dharma Appearance Realm strength.

As soon as the two sat down, they instantly drew the attention of everyone in the tavern.

A God-Penetrating Realm expert is a rare senior master even throughout Qi State,

And a peak Dharma Appearance Realm cultivator is a major figure in his own right.

The two sitting together caused everyone in the tavern to speculate which faction they came from.

Just then, Lao Yuan and Chang Long appeared.

After the two entered the tavern, they went straight to Shi Huan and Zhongli Hui.

"Grandmaster, we've found something good."

Chang Long said, producing a piece of Blood Soul Wood.

Zhongli Hui glanced at it, then calmly said, "What's so good about Blood Soul Wood?"

"It's everywhere; if you usually studied and observed more, you'd know not to be so playful."

Chang Long scratched his head: "But lately this stuff has been hyped up to sky‑high prices."

"I heard the Red Rock Chamber of Commerce announced that a piece of low‑grade Spirit Crystal Marrow can be exchanged for a catty of Blood Soul Wood."

"Hahaha!"

At that moment, Shi Huan nearby suddenly laughed.

"Kid, this is all a trap set by your grandmaster."

"Huh?" Zhongli Hui feigned anger, glaring at Shi Huan, then swept his gaze over the surrounding people, his eyes flashing with killing intent.

Afterward, he slowly rose and said, "Anyone who heard what they shouldn't have—kill everyone here."

Inside the tavern, everyone who heard this turned pale instantly.

Shi Huan gave them no chance to flee, striking out and slaying all the cultivators in the tavern.

"Let's go."

Zhongli Hui spoke, and the four slowly departed.

After they had gone far, a cultivator hiding behind the tavern's records finally crept out, trembling.

Seeing corpses strewn across the tavern floor, he was instantly stunned with fear.

Afterward, a piece of news quickly spread throughout Qi State.

The Red Rock Chamber of Commerce's high‑price purchase of those despised items was actually a scheme set up against them.

The perpetrator is suspected to be a member of the Three Corpse Sect of the Dark God Temple!

Soon after, the Red Rock Chamber of Commerce indeed abandoned its purchase of those items.

Cultivators who had stockpiled large amounts of Blood Soul Wood and other resources panicked completely.

Many of them had spent large quantities of Spirit Crystal Marrow to acquire these items from scattered cultivators.

Watching the price of these items rise day by day, they had originally thought they could make a fortune.

But now, nobody wants these items at all!

It's over!

Some small merchant guilds, cultivator families, and factions are now frantic like ants on a hot pan.

Holding these goods in their hands, they face total loss of capital.

At this moment.

Suddenly, a piece of news spread within the circle.

It said that in the Northern Region, a Di Tribe merchant guild is still purchasing Blood Soul Wood and such.

It seems they haven't received the news yet and are frantically stockpiling these resources.

Upon hearing this news, the forces of Qi State, Liang State, and other Central Continent powers—any cultivators who had stockpiled those resources—rushed into the Northern Desert, preparing to quickly sell off what they held.

Although the Di Tribe merchant guild offers a low price, selling to them would incur a loss of seventy‑to‑eighty percent.

But at this point, recouping even ten or twenty percent is already considered good.

Otherwise, once the Di Tribe also gets wind of it and realizes these items are useless, they might not even be able to recover a single piece of Spirit Crystal Marrow.

Moreover, everyone is sparing no expense, rushing madly.

Because everyone knows full well.

The Di Tribe Merchant Association's funds are limited.

Those who arrived first are undoubtedly the ones selling the fastest.

When the Di Tribe Merchant Association's funds finally run out, they will likely stop purchasing.

There's also this.

If large amounts of Blood Soul Wood and other resources are dumped for sale, the Di Tribe Merchant Association, as long as they're not foolish, will send people to inquire what's behind it.

Once they learn that the Red Rock Merchant Association's massive purchase of these useless resources is basically being played, the Di Tribe Merchant Association certainly won't continue to be the sucker.

Thus, amid all these thoughts, for a time the desolate Northern Region seemed to turn into a holy land.

Countless cultivators flew toward the Northern Region with all their might.

Inside the Di Tribe Merchant Association.

Zhongli Hui looked at the old man before him and asked, "Have the Red Rock Merchant Association's spirit crystal marrow been transported over?"

The old man nodded: "Reporting to Elder, we have urgently transferred three hundred thousand pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow; the rest are still being coordinated."

Zhongli Hui nodded.

"As for the price, we'll finish collecting today and cut it in half directly tomorrow."

Hearing this, the old man felt some doubt and said, "If we cut it that much all at once, won't we scare everyone away?"

Zhongli Hui laughed and shook his head: "The Divine Son said, if we halve the price, they'll only be more eager to sell."

"We'll buy at the halved price for two days, then halve that price again."

"According to the Divine Son's plan, with five hundred thousand pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow, we will buy back all their resources."

Although the old man had many doubts in his heart, he didn't dare ask further.

He directly passed on Zhongli Hui's instructions.

The next day, when the cultivators lined up outside the Di Tribe Merchant Association saw the price suddenly halved, they indeed became even more eager.

At this point, the sudden price cut for purchasing is surely because the Di Tribe Merchant Association saw too many people selling and did it on purpose.

When supply exceeds demand, prices naturally fall.

Everyone understands that this price won't last long; the Di Tribe Merchant Association will surely lower the purchase price again.

Selling now can still lose a little less.

If they wait to sell later, they'll probably lose even more.

Thus, some people began to frantically crowd into the merchant association's interior, and even situations appeared where they used connections and resorted to fighting.

Fortunately, a masked God-Passing Realm expert from the Di Tribe Merchant Association stepped forward at the critical moment to restore order.

And this God-Passing Realm expert was naturally Zhongli Hui in disguise.

With him taking action, order was basically maintained.

Large amounts of Silver Soul Wood and other resources quickly flowed into the Di Tribe Merchant Association's hands.

Those who successfully sold their resources felt relieved inside.

Although they lost eighty percent this time, at least they recovered some cost.

No loss!

On the Di Tribe Merchant Association's side, Old Yuan and the others, after calculating, were also smiling with joy.

With so many resources, originally it would have taken nearly five hundred thousand pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow to collect them, but now they've spent less than one hundred thousand.

They made a huge profit!

Two more days passed, and following Fang Xu's instructions, the purchase price fell again.

Originally, those hoarding cultivators spent ten thousand pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow to gather the resources, but now, when they resell them to the Di Tribe Merchant Association, they can only get back over a thousand.

Going back and forth, the price has directly shrunk tenfold!

Many people feel heartbroken, but there's nothing they can do.

At this point, selling can still net them over a thousand, but if they wait a while longer, they might not even get back a hundred pieces of spirit crystal marrow.

At the Di Tribe Merchant Association, the old man and Zhonglin Hui held down the fort, responsible for purchasing.

Old Yuan, Shi Huan, and Chang Long, the three of them, were responsible for putting all the purchased resources into the Golden Small Coffin.

When they arrived, Guyuxi specially taught them how to use the Golden Small Coffin.

According to Guyuxi, the Golden Small Coffin contains a vast secret realm space inside, filled with extreme yin energy.

Placing those resources inside the Golden Small Coffin to endure the extreme yin energy's tempering can further raise their grade by one level.

Time quickly passed, nearly a month.

The number of cultivators coming to the Northern Region's Di Tribe Merchant Association to sell resources has already decreased.

After Zhongli Hui and the old man made their estimates.

The resources remaining in their hands probably amount to less than twenty percent in total.

At this point, we can give up.

The next day, under Zhongli Hui's guidance, the old man directly closed the goods yard's gate.

Outside the goods yard, some cultivators anxious to sell saw this and became anxious.

They all shouted that they could sell cheaply!

They even reached the point of selling for money.

But the clerk at the goods yard's entrance struggled to explain, saying the boss seemed to have received some news and had already sent someone to confirm with the Red Rock Merchant Association headquarters.

Hearing this, everyone in front of the goods yard understood that once the Di Tribe Merchant Association's people got a reply from the Red Rock Merchant Association, the things in their hands would be completely worthless.

"Two pieces!"

"Two pieces of supreme-grade spirit crystal marrow—I'll give you my twenty thousand catties of Blood Soul Wood and three hundred pieces of Yin Soul Stone!"

"One hundred fifty pieces of high-grade spirit crystal marrow!"

"I still have 1,200 catties of Blood Soul Wood and 500 pieces of Yin Po Stone here!"

"200 pieces of low-grade Spirit Crystal Marrow!"

……

Some cultivators shouted, eager to throw away their belongings at almost giveaway prices.

The shop assistant hurried over to the old man and briefly explained the situation.

The old man looked toward Zhongli Hui.

Zhongli Hui smiled and said, "Accept them."

"Tell them we'll accept only for today."

Thus, the goods yard gates were opened again.

At this point, nobody cared about the price anymore; as long as they could recover some cost, they felt they weren't losing much.

A large amount of resources were reclaimed again.

The next day, the Di Tribe Merchant Association announced the news.

It declared that it knew about the scam, and at the same time condemned various forces for being immoral, clearly knowing it was a scam yet still selling goods to the Di Tribe Merchant Association.

As a result, the Di Tribe Merchant Association has emptied its reserves, buying a pile of useless things.

Facing the Di Tribe Merchant Association's accusations, other forces merely scoffed.

They're stupid, yet blame others.

Anyway, it's the Di Tribe Merchant Association that's dying; it has nothing to do with us.

Thus, after this turmoil, the Di Tribe Merchant Association directly declared bankruptcy and vanished from sight.

Although the forces of the Heaven Profound Realm suffered relatively heavy losses at this time, they could still barely maintain themselves.

Many people felt grateful, thanking the cultivator who fortuitously escaped from Shi Huan's grasp.

They believed that if that cultivator had not accidentally uncovered the Three Corpses Sect's plot, they wouldn't know how much more money they would have poured into buying those useless things.

The more they collected, the greater their losses.

Chang Long and Lao Yuan's side had already brought a large amount of resources back to Three Mountains Island.

After reporting the situation to Fang Xu, Lady Zuojiang beside him was completely bewildered.

With so many resources, according to the initial price offered by the Red Rock Merchant Association, at least one or two million supreme-grade Spirit Crystal Marrow would be needed to collect them.

Now, the four of them have spent only over four hundred thousand supreme-grade Spirit Crystal Marrow to gather this much.

Not only did they save a large amount of Spirit Crystal Marrow, but they also briefly swindled all the forces.

Know that the price of resources like Blood Soul Wood at their peak is at least ten times higher!

Over twenty million supreme-grade Spirit Crystal Marrow, the Dark God Temple contributed over four hundred thousand, and the remaining over twenty million were provided by the various major forces on their behalf.

With ample resources, Guyu Xi began to constantly guide those people in cultivating the Divine Soul Dao day and night.

On the path of cultivation, talent is certainly important, but resources are also indispensable.

Now resources are abundant, and there is also a former deity giving guidance.

Even a pig could be built up solely by relying on resources.

Those temple disciples cultivating the Divine Soul Dao have not completely abandoned martial cultivation.

Combining the Divine Soul Dao with martial cultivation also counts as Guyu Xi verifying his hypothesis.

In the past, cultivators of the Heaven Profound Realm also paid attention to soul cultivation, but mainly they cultivated qi and blood.

Only a few, such as bitter-wheel ascetics and followers of the Bright Soul Dao, would focus on cultivating the Divine Soul.

Cultivators of the Heaven Radiant Realm are different.

They almost entirely value the cultivation of the body.

In their eyes, the body is nothing more than something like a house.

Once they have strength, they can simply change houses.

After combining them, the temple disciples cultivating the Divine Soul Dao have achieved certain accomplishments in both dance and the Divine Soul Dao.

Naturally, the most outstanding among them are Fang Xu's subordinates, the Ghost Face Army.

Because they all have Divine Servant Poisonous Insects inside their bodies.

Along with Fang Xu's soul strengthening, their souls have also become very powerful.

Now, having also received the specialized Divine Soul Dao method for cultivating the soul, each of them has made leaps in strength!

One day, Guyu Xi sought out Fang Xu.

"I observe that your soul is extraordinarily strong; are you interested in cultivating the Divine Soul Dao?"

"Cultivate the Divine Soul Dao?"

Fang Xu shook his head after hearing that: "I have no intention of abandoning my physical body."

His physical body is extremely strong, and within it also contains the Inheritance of the Derived God, Star Chart, Aperture Points, etc., all being unique.

Cultivating the Divine Soul Dao somewhat abandons the root for the branches.

"The Divine Soul Dao does not necessarily require abandoning one's physical body." Guyu Xi explained: "Cultivating the Divine Soul Dao will only make your strength greater."

"When the Divine Soul Dao is cultivated to its peak, you can still use it to strengthen your physical body without having to abandon it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu became somewhat interested in the Divine Soul Dao.

If he doesn't have to abandon his physical body, he might as well give it a try.

"In that case, please, senior, guide me."

Guyu Xi, seeing this, smiled and nodded, then immediately pointed a finger at Fang Xu's brow, transmitting the Divine Soul Dao cultivation method without reservation.

Having received the Divine Soul Dao cultivation method, Fang Xu's mind instantly filled with a great deal of insight.

It turns out the soul can be cultivated in this way!

It turns out the method of soul attack can still be employed like this!

For a moment, he also didn't have time to go to the secret chamber, directly sat cross-legged, and began to comprehend! (End of chapter)