Chapter 319: Chapter 317: Five Elements Body (Request for Monthly Tickets)_1
"Not to buy, but to sell!"
Fang Xi smiled and casually beckoned.
Above his palm, a flash of blue light shimmered, and immediately a pitch-black bottle landed on the table: "What do you think of this pill?"
This was something he had found in the storage bag of a Demon Sect disciple, a pill he couldn’t appraise himself.
"Please wait a moment, senior..."
Manager Ying’s expression became somber, carefully removing the bottle stopper, and immediately a pungent scent hit his nose.
Following that, he tilted the pill bottle and out rolled a dark red pill.
This pill was dark in color, carrying a pungent scent.
Manager Ying recited a few incantations, and his eyes became covered in a layer of colorful light, as if he had practiced some kind of Spiritual Eye Skills.
After looking a few times, he took out a silver needle, gently pricking the surface of the pill, and then rubbed the silver needle on a jade plate.
Before long, a clear blood-red mark appeared on the jade plate.
"If the junior does not see wrongly, this pill is ’Blood Essence Pill’, a medicinal pill from the Demon Path, suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators to recover their magic power, and it even has some effect on Core Formation cultivators... However, to refine such a pill, not only several precious medicinal materials are required, but also the essence blood of a cultivator..."
Manager Ying said halfway and found it difficult to continue.
"Rest assured, these pills were simply obtained through my defeat of a few Demon Path cultivators..."
Fang Xi smiled, then produced another light-green medicine bottle: "Take a look at this one..."
"This is ’Demon Leaf Pill’, which can increase one’s cultivation..."
"This... This is not a pill, but the ’Three Day Worm’, which contains a powerful worm. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator who ingests it will undoubtedly die after the three-day period expires..."
"This kind of pill... Elder has not recognized it, but it should contain an ingredient called ’Triple Yin Grass’, suspected to be used by Demon Cultivators to amplify their Divine Consciousness..."
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Manager Ying looked at each of the pill bottles, his expression growing increasingly strange, even speculating in his mind, if this senior wasn’t a Demon Core Formation cultivator, he must have killed a Demon Core Formation one, otherwise where would all these high-grade medicinal pills come from?
If he knew that these pills were only a small part of what’s available, who knows what his reaction would be.
"In that case, thank you... I wonder, does Pill Furnace Store buy these kinds of pills?"
Fang Xi suddenly revealed a brilliant smile.
The pills he had brought out for appraisal were just one of many bottles each he had in his storage bag.
As for those truly precious pills, each was one pill per bottle; he felt that the manager’s discernment was limited and might not be able to recognize them.
And the remaining precious and unknown advanced pills left within the Saint’s Dongfu, Fang Xi had no intention of bringing them out.
"This... naturally we buy them, but our Pill Furnace Store is under the jurisdiction of Mixed Origin Sect, and we don’t have many Demon Cultivators. Therefore, about the price..."
Manager Ying wiped the sweat from his forehead and answered with a bitter smile, "If the senior wishes for a high price, you’ll have to go to the territory of Blood Sect, or look for someone from Green Leaf Commerce Association..."
"Never mind, a lower price will do..."
Fang Xi planned to alter his appearance and dispose of a portion of his assets at each market, casually waving his hand, "It’s not much anyway..."
"Alright, I will begin with the valuation now. This bottle of ’Blood Essence Pill’..."
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Half an hour later, Fang Xi left Pill Furnace Store, followed by Manager Ying, who was bowing deeply in farewell.
He casually threw out a medium-grade Spirit Stone to the cultivator who had been waiting to lead the way: "Next, go to Xue Family Old Store, then you can go back..."
Xue Family Old Store.
This store was hidden among many buildings, looking like an ordinary teahouse.
Only after Fang Xi entered did he discover it was another world entirely.
"I am Wen Lan, and I have seen senior!"
A middle-aged female cultivator in her thirties bowed in salutation, "May I know what kind of information the senior wishes to buy?"
Her cultivation was only at the peak of Qi Refining, yet she appeared even more composed than Manager Ying.
"I’ve heard... that this place is the most well-informed in the market?"
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, looking around without starting the transaction right away.
"It is just flattery from outsiders... However, indeed, our store has many of the latest reports from the Cultivation World."
Wen Lan replied softly with a slight smile.
"Hmm... I need the latest information about the major powers in Yuan Country. Besides that... I need to purchase some rare spirit materials. Has there been any news of a large-scale exchange event in Yuan Country recently?"
Fang Xi took a seat leisurely and asked.
"Information about the major powers in Yuan Country?"
Wen Lan seemed surprised, thinking this Core Formation cultivator appeared to be an outsider.
However, she immediately nodded, "There certainly is one. It was just updated last month. Allow me to retrieve it for you, Senior... As for the news of the major trade fairs, consider it a gift from our store to Senior. The largest trade fair that is about to open will undoubtedly be the Sky Mountain Big Auction at Hovering Mountain Market, a year from now."
Wen Lan entered the back room, and it was not long before she returned, cradling a tray topped with a white jade slip: "This contains intelligence on all the major forces in Yuan Country, and it requires only five hundred Spirit Stones. If Senior wishes for more detailed information on a specific power, that would require an additional fee..."
"Hmm."
Fang Xi grasped the jade slip and delved into it with his Divine Consciousness.
Soon, the basic situation of Yuan Country came to life one by one in his mind:
"The Cultivation World of Yuan Country is immensely vast, and it boasts three Nascent Soul powers! One is the longstanding overlord, Mixed Origin Sect, whose depths are immeasurable... The second is the ’Green Leaf Commerce Association,’ a powerhouse that spans across Yuan Country and several neighboring nations, rumored to have Nascent Soul level backers... Lastly, there’s the newly rising Blood Sect! The sect is located in the southeast of Yuan Country and seemingly has connivances with the Demon Path’s major clans in neighboring ’Jiang Country’..."
"It seems that even in a large Cultivation World, Transcendent Gods are rare... Nascent Soul old monsters are indeed the crucial players who can sway the tides of the Cultivation World."
"Within the jade slip, it is specifically noted that after the last major battle, both the Nascent Soul cultivators of Mixed Origin Sect and Blood Sect seemed to have been injured in mutual defeat..."
This jade slip also contained a rough map of Yuan Country, with Core Formation forces numbering over a hundred, which served to significantly broaden Fang Xi’s horizons.
And he found the ’Hovering Mountain’ as well.
This place was situated in the heart of Yuan Country, possessed a fourth-grade low-level Spiritual Vein, and was repeatedly contested by the Blood Sect and Mixed Origin Sect.
After a subsequent major battle, the two sects signed a peace treaty, thereby withdrawing from the area altogether. Instead, it was the Green Leaf Commerce Association that took advantage of the situation and established a market that possessed quite the grandeur.
Lately, to boost its reputation, it has been frequently organizing various trade fairs and auctions, attracting many Individual Cultivators.
’Both parties withdrawing and inviting a third impartial force into the buffer zone... It seems they truly no longer wish to fight.’
Fang Xi couldn’t help nodding as he read: "My arrival has brought peace to Yuan Country once again..."
Of course, he had the sense to keep his distance from the three Nascent Soul powers.
Nonetheless, he read their introductions in great detail, especially that of the Mixed Origin Sect.
’The Ancestral Founder of the Sect of Mixed Origin Sect... awakened with a ’Five Elements Body,’ condensed a Nascent Soul after only two hundred years of cultivation, and even broke through to the latter stages of the Nascent Soul, becoming renowned for a time... But failing to become a Transcendent God, they ultimately settled into Sitting and Transforming...’
’Five Elements Body, such a Spirit Body is said to stem even beyond the Wood Spirit Physique by a margin, but awakening it is extremely difficult... It’s said that it not only requires the cultivator’s own Five spirit roots of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth to be completely balanced, but also for each to be of high quality before awakening this type of Spirit Body...’
’However, once awakened, not only does it surpass the cultivation speed of a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root, but it also possesses several great Divine Skills, which are incredibly convenient during battle...’
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Fang Xi swiftly browsed through, and immediately following the three great Nascent Soul forces were the various Golden Core powers.
Among the top-ranking ones, there were sects with Core Formation late-stage cultivators, warranting Fang Xi to take a few extra glances.
And at the end, he also saw the name ’Star Pointing Sect.’
"This introduction isn’t bad..."
After a while, Fang Xi put down the jade slip and looked at Wen Lan, who was tasting tea, and smiled as he handed over five medium-grade Spirit Stones, "By the way, this place is called Xue Family Old Store, so why does Sir have the surname Wen?"
"My husband’s family bears the surname Xue..." Wen Lan paused, then casually replied.
She looked at Fang Xi and smiled again, "Does Senior have any other queries or need to purchase more detailed intelligence?"
"No need... Other than that, I do have one more question. Have you ever heard of ’Resented Spirit Trace’?"
Fang Xi’s eyes flashed as he asked.
"Resented Spirit Trace? I have not heard of it..." Wen Lan shook her head, truly puzzled: "What is it?"
"Just a little curiosity..." Fang Xi shook his head, feeling a slight regret as he prepared to leave.
But then Wen Lan suddenly spoke up, "If I’m not mistaken, Senior must be an Individual Cultivator who hasn’t joined any major power, right?"
"What about it? You want to recruit me?" Fang Xi stopped in his tracks, looking at Wen Lan with a smile that was not quite a smile.
"The force where I belong, though it may not compare to Mixed Origin Sect, is unmatched in Yuan Country in terms of intelligence and alertness..." Wen Lan confidently asserted.
"Oh, may I know which power that is?"
Fang Xi looked at the woman with interest.
"Before Senior joins, please forgive this junior for being unable to reveal it," Wen Lan replied, her smile dimming.
"Then what benefits are there after joining?" Fang Xi thought for a moment, "Do you have any Infant Condensing Spiritual Objects?"
Wen Lan’s expression halted, "Naturally... there are none."
"Then forget it..."
Fang Xi smiled and turned to leave.
Wen Lan was so frustrated she almost stamped her foot, "Infant Condensing Spiritual Objects? Such audacity... A mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator... Even the Blood Sect’s Supreme Elder only succeeded in Infant Condensing because he was covertly supported by the Demon Path in Jiang Country..."
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"With regard to wealth, resources, cultivation methods, and heritage... I am already self-sufficient and in need of nothing more. Apart from Infant Condensing Spiritual Objects, there indeed seems little that could pique my interest."
"There’s still some time before the Sky Mountain Big Auction. It’s just the right time to head that way and slowly offload my loot at the markets. Most of those Demon Path materials and pills are of no use to me anymore..."
"Besides, it’s also a good opportunity to inquire about the Resented Spirit Trace. However... it feels like I need to venture into Demon Path territories to more easily gather information on it."
Fang Xi walked out of the market, maintaining his ordinary facial features, and turned into a streak of blue light swiftly disappearing into the distance, accompanied by the respectful send-off of the gatekeeping cultivator...