Chapter 322

Su Li exchanged a glance with the woman, and the woman said, "Senior.... what is your problem?"

Yan Buji asked, "Do you know if there is someone named Su Xiangrong?"

"'Ancestor?' Su Li exclaimed."

The woman was stunned and said, "You are?"

"'I was entrusted to find her; I don't know where she is now.'"

Su Li looked at his mother; she had heard from her mother that the ancestor used to be the lord of Heart Moon Island, but she never expected this senior to be looking for the ancestor.

The woman had a strange look and said, "The ancestor used to be the lord of Heart Moon Island, but I heard he left several thousand years ago; we are all his collateral branches."

"'Left already.... fine. This pill can cure your ancient ice silkworm poison; then this poor Daoist will leave first.'"

Having said that, Yan Buji tossed down the pill and left.

Su Li took the pill and handed it over while looking at his mother, saying, "Mother, who exactly is this senior? Is he related to the ancestor?"

"'I don't know....'"

The woman took the pill and lightly smelled it; its strong fire qi made her feel a wave of comfort.

He could actually tell I was poisoned; he's no ordinary person....

But why... only at the Foundation Establishment Stage?

The woman remained silent for a long time, then swallowed the pill in one gulp.

"'Ah Li, help me guard the Dharma.'"

"'Yes, Mother.'"

When Yan Buji arrived at the Heart Moon Island market, the Dragon Pattern Furnace finally transmitted, 'I didn't expect not to find it; what a pity.'

"'I actually had expected this; being the island lord's descendant, he shouldn't be doing this poorly,' Yan Buji laughed."

"'Also.... well, buy that spiritual material.'"

"'Wait a moment, I'll go exchange some spiritual stones first.'"

Yan Buji walked into a pharmacy holding the pills refined by the Dragon Pattern Furnace, looked around, and said, 'Where is the proprietor?'

"'Yo, senior, you're back again? The spiritual stones you exchanged just now aren't enough?'"

"'Indeed not enough, exchange some more,' Yan Buji smiled."

The spiritual stones Yan Buji used to relieve the siege for Su Li's family were all obtained by exchanging pills refined by the Dragon Pattern Furnace.

The value of spiritual pills is high, especially some rare ones.

While I don't know how many formulas the Dragon Pattern Furnace masters, those who understand can tell at once the value of these spiritual pills.

"'Advancing Moon Daoist, you're back again.'"

Yan Buji smiled and took out a bottle of pills, saying, 'Ancient Spirit-Increasing Pill, have a look.'

The shopkeeper took the pill bottle, opened it and smelled, poured out a pill, examined it carefully, then nodded, 'Not bad, a third-tier spiritual pill, still made from an ancient formula, indeed rare.'

"'Not only that, this pill is at least twice as strong as the pills on the market aimed at the Lianqi Phase.'"

The shopkeeper chuckled, 'That's natural, but no matter how good, it's still just for Lianqi Phase cultivators; as for the price....'

After some haggling, a bottle of twelve third-tier spiritual pills sold for nearly seven thousand spiritual stones.

This price can be said to basically meet both sides' needs; the spiritual material used by the Dragon Pattern Furnace to refine the Ancient Spirit-Increasing Pill is merely first-tier spiritual material; if it weren't that Yan Buji currently has no need to accumulate spiritual power, otherwise he wouldn't sell this pill.

But precisely because of this, being able to sell this high-priced Ancient Spirit-Increasing Pill that is useless to oneself shows that the Dragon Pattern Furnace has brought spiritual pills to peak perfection, being able to refine a third-tier spiritual pill from first-tier spiritual material shows how heaven-defying the Dragon Pattern Furnace is.

And one doesn't even need to lift a finger; it's simply outrageous profit.

This is also why Yan Buji is willing to help the Dragon Pattern Furnace, but it's also impossible to rely solely on its pill refining to accumulate resources for himself; he must think of his own methods.

Having left the door and wandered all the way from the market, Yan Buji found that the price of spiritual materials fluctuated greatly, including some fourth- and fifth-tier spiritual materials, many of which differed from what he had seen in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, unless they were extremely precious spiritual materials.

"'Fourth-tier spiritual materials sell for only three thousand spiritual stones—really cheap. Fifth-tier spiritual materials have just exceeded ten thousand; are the resources of the Dongxing Sea Region really that abundant?' Yan Buji was greatly surprised."

If it were in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, even ordinary fourth-tier spiritual materials would likely sell for over ten thousand spiritual stones.

On the other hand, Yan Buji noticed someone selling Gu worms here, and the price of these Gu worms is outrageously high.

"'How can this water-avoiding Gu worm cost three thousand spiritual stones? It's only a first-tier Gu worm—you....'"

"'Buy it if you want, otherwise don't.'"

Yan Buji glanced a few times and still felt uncertain about the Dongxing Sea Region's cultivation market.

Gu worms are not uncommon in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, as various places there produce some Gu worms, which after being caught are put up for sale in the market.

Even though few cultivators know how to breed and command Gu worms, the market always has a certain share, so the price is not as outrageously inflated as in the Dongxing Sea Region.

One could even say that, since the Gu worm path is not an orthodox righteous path, cultivators in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, unless they specialize in the Gu worm path, generally pay little attention to Gu worms and merely use them as an esoteric technique.

So even if the Gu worm's transformation level is high, its value can even be lower than some spiritual materials, just like the Mantis Gu worm that Yan Buji previously obtained from opening source stone; a third-tier Gu worm and a third-tier spiritual material are about the same price.

Among these reasons, some Gu worms also require comparable strength to use; for most cultivators, the value provided by Gu worms is inferior to that of Accumulation Devices, so they would rather spend large amounts of resources to refine and assemble Accumulation Devices than buy a single Gu worm.

However, for Yan Buji, refining Accumulation Devices is very time-consuming; unless he finds a fire vein location to shorten the time needed to refine the accumulation, it cannot serve as his means of gathering resources.

Just selling Accumulation Device components, their value is hard to assess, so Yan Buji abandoned that idea.

However, just as the Gu worm stall was booming, cultivators in the Dongxing Sea Region seem to be very enthusiastic about Gu worms.

Yan Buji made a few inquiries and learned that the Dongxing Sea Region lacks the conditions for Gu worms to grow; Gu worms are a specialty of the Nan Ting Mountain Region, and it is very difficult to cultivate them outside the other four regions.

Moreover, the reason cultivators here are enthusiastic about Gu worms is that some Gu worms, when faced with complex marine conditions, actually work better than Accumulation Devices—for example, the water-avoiding Gu worm.

The water-avoiding Gu worm does not fail due to huge waves or submarine currents, but for an ordinary cultivator, making a dedicated water-avoiding Accumulation Device is too troublesome; it's more convenient to just buy a water-avoiding Gu worm.

"'So, Dongxing cultivators value the single, stable effect of Gu worms....' Yan Buji pondered for a moment and shook his head."

"'Forget it, this isn't suitable for him.'"

Yan Buji has little experience in breeding Gu worms, and trial-and-error also carries a cost, much like refining Accumulation Devices.

The key time cost is also not small, so Yan Buji thought it over and decided not to start from Gu worms.

Mainly, Yan Buji simply has too few resources at hand; unless he uses the Dragon Pattern Furnace to package himself as a formidable alchemist, it is hard to gather sufficient resources in a short time.

But doing so will consume the little affection he has with the Dragon Pattern Furnace.

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"Senior, how about you teach me alchemy?"

"Oh? You interested?"

"Saying I'm not interested is false, but right now I really can't find anything to do, so please, senior, teach me."

"Hahaha, good, good, good, then let's start from the most basics." the Dragon Pattern Furnace laughed.