Chapter 498: Hunting

Just as Su Fan walked out of the alchemy room, he noticed a jade talisman outside the cave dwelling's array. He cast a dharma seal, and the array's light barrier outside the cave dwelling revealed a palm-sized hole, through which the jade talisman floated in.

Su Fan reached out to catch it, and with his divine sense passing through the jade talisman, he instantly understood the information inside.

"It seems it's just in time."

The news from the jade talisman brought a smile to Su Fan's face.

"Just right, these six Purple Cloud Pills can also be sold."

This communication jade talisman came from a seventh-level Purple Mansion cultivator, a rogue cultivator named Jinguang, whom Su Fan had met over half a year ago at the rogue cultivator plaza in the East District.

Su Fan had purchased quite a few spirit herbs and monster beast hides from the other party's stall, and through back-and-forth interactions, they could be considered acquaintances.

The former led a hunting team that specialized in going into the wilderness to hunt monster beasts and collect spirit herbs and ores, then bringing them back to various cultivation markets to sell.

After Su Fan learned of the other party's situation and revealed a bit of his identity as a third-tier Alchemist, Jinguang was instantly overjoyed.

After all, even those Golden Core cultivators would not easily offend a third-tier Alchemist, let alone someone like him.

Although he had several Purple Mansion cultivators under his command and a hunting team of nearly fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators, which also had quite a reputation.

But compared to a third-tier Alchemist, it was still lacking.

So, after Jinguang learned of Su Fan's identity, he constantly showed favor, with which Su Fan was also very satisfied.

After all, there were times when he needed someone to run errands for him; some materials were too troublesome for him to go and fetch himself.

Having someone else do it was more convenient, and staying hidden in the background was also safer.

As for whether Jinguang would sell him out, Su Fan believed the other party would not be so unwise.

Having a third-tier Alchemist in the background was definitely of great value to their hunting team.

These hunting teams of theirs did the most dangerous work, yet the gains they received were not the greatest.

Once they sold these spirit herbs, ores, and materials from monster beasts to the various shops in the market, the prices would be suppressed to the death.

And the prices of various spirit pills and treasures to assist cultivation purchased from their shops were raised very high.

Even knowing this, they had no way to refute it.

All channels were under the control of these major forces; they could only obediently submit. Any market was like this.

So Su Fan and Jinguang had mutual needs. Last time, Su Fan sold the other party six bottles of second-tier high-grade spirit pills.

He let him collect a portion of spirit herbs and third-tier monster beast inner cores for him.

Three months later, the other party returned, and this jade talisman indicated that the other party had returned.

Su Fan thought for a moment and simultaneously cast a jade talisman back.

An hour later, Su Fan felt movement outside the cave dwelling.

A sweep of his divine sense revealed it was indeed Jinguang and one of his Purple Mansion subordinates.

Su Fan opened the gate of the array and let the two in.

"Fellow Li Daoyou!"

"Fellow Daoist Jinguang, Fellow Daoist Liu, come in and sit."

Seeing the two, Su Fan led them to the living room of the cave dwelling.

"Two fellow Daoists, please."

Su Fan poured a cup of spirit tea for each of them.

After some pleasantries, Su Fan smiled and said, "It seems Fellow Daoist Jinguang has had quite a harvest this time."

"Haha! Thanks to your blessing, Fellow Li Daoyou, we discovered a cave dwelling, hunted two third-tier monster beasts, and also obtained quite a few good things."

"We have also gathered the things you needed, Fellow Daoist."

Jinguang was an impatient person and didn't waste words, directly laying it all out.

"Oh! A cave dwelling, what kind of cave dwelling?"

Su Fan became curious upon hearing this. A predecessor's cave dwelling was no ordinary thing. When the Su Family previously obtained the cave dwelling of that third-tier Purple Mansion cultivator, Zixu Shangren, the family's foundation expanded many times over.

The third-tier pill formulas in Su Fan's hands were all found in that cave dwelling.

"Haha!"

Hearing Su Fan's inquiry, the smile on Jinguang's face became even brighter; clearly, this cave dwelling was of no low value.

"Fellow Li Daoyou, look."

Immediately, the former took out an ancient book from his storage bag. The book looked simple and was very old, yet it had not suffered any erosion.

"Hmm! This is... Qi Family Alchemy Insights."

"The cave dwelling you discovered is an Alchemist's cave dwelling?"

Su Fan suddenly raised his head and looked at the former.

Jinguang grinned and laughed, "That's right!"

"Are there pill formulas?"

Su Fan asked immediately. He was not worried that the other party would hide too much; he knew that Jinguang's hunting team had no talent for alchemy or artifact refining.

In the cultivation world, the hundred arts of cultivation were not things you could learn just because you wanted to. Without that talent, even if you forced yourself to learn, not only would you not achieve high techniques, but you would also waste time, energy, and wealth.

Clearly, Jinguang and his group had no talent and had no choice but to engage in the most dangerous work: going to the wilderness to hunt.

Pill formulas and the like had no great use for them; even if they obtained them, they could only sell them to the various shops in the market.

But they also knew that if they sold them to them, the price would definitely be suppressed by thirty percent. This could be considered a hidden rule of the major markets, and even they had no way around it.

But if they traded with an individual, it would be different.

Previously, they didn't know any Alchemists, but now it was different. The two sides had known each other for over half a year, had met many times, and had traded many times, so they understood each other quite well.

In Jinguang's view, no matter who this Fellow Li Daoyou was, whether he was a rogue cultivator or from a major force, the other party's ability was very strong.

Not only was he a third-tier high-grade Alchemist, but he was also a third-tier Talisman Master.

More importantly, the other party acted with grandeur, and they had never suffered a loss in several trades, so befriending such a master was the greatest fortune for them.

So, after exploring that cave dwelling, he immediately brought the harvest inside and returned to Fire Spirit City to find the former.

"Yes!"

"There are thirty-seven pill formulas in total, including fifteen first-tier, fourteen second-tier, seven third-tier, and one fourth-tier."

Jinguang took out another jade slip and handed it to Su Fan.

"Hmm! Huang Long Pill, Clear Origin Pill... Golden Origin Pill."

Su Fan looked at these pill formulas. Of course, this was just the beginning. Among these thirty-seven pill formulas, eighteen overlapped with what Su Fan already had.

The remaining nineteen were all things Su Fan did not have, including eight first-tier, eight second-tier, two third-tier, and finally the fourth-tier Golden Origin Pill, which Su Fan also did not have.

Seeing this, Su Fan was also overjoyed in his heart.

The first and second-tier ones held no attraction for him, but the third and fourth-tier ones—the Huang Long Pill was a third-tier low-grade spirit pill, also for refining mana, but it was effective for the early and middle stages of the Purple Mansion.

And the Clear Origin Pill was a spirit pill for healing wounds.

As for the Golden Origin Pill, it was a pill for Golden Core stage cultivators to refine mana, and its value was the most expensive.

The pill formulas for these spirit pills were of no small value. ===== CHAPTER 499 =====