Chapter 38: 【Fabricating Identity, Monster-Hunting Alchemist】 (Seeking collection, seeking...)

However, although he had already reached Foundation Establishment, he could not reveal it.

Currently, the cultivation level he displayed externally was only the early seventh layer of the Qi Refining realm.

Even this was already very fast.

He, Cheng Tongru, was just an ordinary four-Spirit-Root disciple with no background and no talent; reaching Foundation Establishment before the age of one hundred was already a great thing, but if he reached Foundation Establishment at fifty-something, it would definitely attract many people to investigate.

If it invited trouble, it was truly unnecessary.

When returning to the sect, he displayed a cultivation level of only the fourth layer of Qi Refining; now twelve years had passed, and he had broken through three layers in a row, reaching the seventh layer of the Qi Refining realm, which was already a performance of extremely smooth cultivation.

This point could be explained by his identity as a Spirit Plant Master; others could just think about it and associate it with this.

Everything should still be based on stability; although the identity of an inner disciple would help him investigate the causes of death of the other few Lu family inner disciples, he could not be anxious.

Now that he had entered the Foundation Establishment realm, his demand for resources was even greater; he needed to create a fake identity to obtain the resources he needed in the market, as he could not expose himself within the sect.

Thinking of this, he planned it out well.

Three days later, a big man with muscles all over his body and a tall stature pushed a large cart into the market.

On this large cart was the corpse of a second-layer Foundation Establishment monster beast, the "Golden Thread Fire Snake"; there were many wounds on the corpse, and the pungent smell of blood attracted many people to look.

Some people subconsciously wanted to curse, but upon sensing the aura of the monster beast's flesh and blood, they shut their mouths.

A cultivator capable of killing a Foundation Establishment monster beast is not someone just anyone can provoke.

The big man pushing the cart chose a stall to stop and shouted loudly:

"Selling monster beast meat, one spirit stone for five catties of meat. Discounts for buying more; purchase starts from ten catties, 5% off for over fifty catties, 10% off for over two hundred catties, limited to five hundred catties per person, first come, first served!"

Monster beast flesh and blood are great supplements, containing rich spirit Qi, but their spirit Qi is mixed; the flesh and blood of Qi Refining monster beasts are cheaper than spirit rice, and the flesh and blood of Foundation Establishment monster beasts generally cost about one low-grade spirit stone for five catties of meat.

But monster beast meat is not common; after all, most cultivators will not actively go to hunt monster beasts. Cultivators seek longevity, go deep into the forest, and walk on the edge of death, which runs counter to the path of cultivators.

Therefore, in reality, there is a lot of room for the price of monster beast meat to rise.

If one is willing to spend time, selling it at a value 20% higher is also possible.

This big man selling it so cheaply immediately attracted many people; some people were surprised after looking at the quality:

"This monster beast flesh and blood has rich spirit Qi and is even still warm; it has been dead for no more than half a day, it is indeed top-grade."

The big man smiled:

"This is natural; I, Guan, have just arrived at this precious land, and of course, I won't smash my own signboard with the first order."

Someone asked upon hearing this:

"What signboard do you have?"

The big man immediately took out a large flag from his storage bag, with a few words written on the flag surface.

"Monster-Hunting Alchemist"

"Does this mean you are also an alchemist?"

The big man looked at the person and said with a smile:

"Of course, I, Guan Yu, walk the world relying on two crafts: one is monster hunting, that is, hunting monster beasts, and the other is alchemy. After this monster beast is sold, I will buy a shop here and specialize in taking on private alchemy jobs. If you have any needs, you are welcome to come and take care of my business!"

Everyone was amazed; they didn't expect this person to look physically strong, like a body cultivator, but also understand alchemy.

In their view, alchemists should be the kind of elegant people with immortal bones; it was the first time they had seen an alchemist who looked so violent!

However, this did not prevent them from opening their mouths to flatter him.

The big man seemed to be happy with the flattery, waved his hand, and gave another discount; everyone, no matter how much they bought, got 10% off, but it was still limited to five hundred catties per person.

Upon hearing this, how could they let go of this opportunity to take advantage? They immediately placed orders to buy.

This giant python was only two thousand three hundred catties, and it was quickly divided up; even the python gallbladder, python tendons, python bones, and other things were all bought up.

Just as he was about to close the stall, a team of people wearing the outer disciple uniforms of the Ziyao Immortal Sect walked over.

The leader saluted and said:

"Senior, sorry to disturb you. According to the market rules, if you set up a stall here, you need to pay a stall fee, one spirit stone per day. What do you think?"

This person was polite, mainly because he saw the identity of Guan Yu as a Foundation Establishment True Person; if it were a Qi Refining cultivator, it would not have been so easy to talk to.

Guan Yu waved his hand and smiled:

"It is because I am new here and didn't say hello in advance. How about this, all the remaining things will be handed over to the Immortal Sect here as a token of my sincerity."

The remaining things included more than forty catties of snake meat, some scales, and snake bones; although they were just some scraps, they were parts of a Foundation Establishment monster beast, and the total value was more than twenty spirit stones.

Saying it was handed over to the Immortal Sect, in reality, it fell into the pockets of these patrolmen.

Everyone knew it well.

They were naturally overjoyed upon hearing this, and the leader, Liao Zhihan, said:

"Many thanks, Senior! Senior, you are new here; do you not have a place to stay yet? Why don't you let the junior arrange it?"

"Oh? If it doesn't affect your work, then I will trouble you,"

Guan Yu said with a smile.

The one selling monster beast meat was naturally Lu Chengtong.

He transformed into Guan Yu, and after a lot of tossing, he became famous, implemented his new identity, and even bought a shop and a small courtyard in a corner of the market, which was considered settled.

He had carefully thought about the arrangement of this identity.

First, he needed to leave a deep impression on people so that no one would associate him with that person.

The identity of an alchemist had to be highlighted; otherwise, selling pills or purchasing medicinal herbs would not seem very reasonable. Exposing it actively would save others from investigating further.

At the same time, he also needed an identity that would allow him to "reasonably disappear" for a period of time.

The profession of a monster hunter was not bad.

This industry is highly profitable; it doesn't open for three years, but once it opens, it eats for three years.

Hunting a Foundation Establishment monster beast, even the lowest level, selling its flesh, fur, bones, etc., usually yields a value of no less than eight hundred spirit stones; two of them can steadily be exchanged for a mid-grade Dharma artifact of good quality.

But this industry is very dangerous; from finding the monster beast to the final hunt, there is a risk of being killed at any time.

Moreover, it often takes a long time.

Because a prey is not so easy to select; one must have sufficient certainty and it must be "worth acting on" before one can truly act.

Otherwise, one will either lose more than one gains or capsize in the gutter and die!

Lu Chengtong was able to kill this Golden Thread Fire Snake entirely due to the power of his supernatural power.

Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, under the blessing of the 【Fractal Phantom】 supernatural power, erupted with extremely strong power, killing this snake in one move!

Its body was damaged by multiple impacts, and its divine soul was instantly scattered, which allowed Lu Chengtong to obtain a relatively complete snake body and sell it for quite a few spirit stones.

Selling spirit stones was just incidental; this identity was established, and later purchasing alchemy and cultivation resources would have a foundation.

Next, he would continue to practice peacefully.

This practice lasted for eighteen years, and someone was about to impact the Golden Core realm! ===== CHAPTER 39 =====