Chapter 904
Obtaining the Spiritual Object, Entering Seclusion to Refine the Puppet
Chapter 904 Obtaining the Spiritual Object, Entering Seclusion to Refine the Puppet
"Azure Silk Resilient Iron: 300 mid-grade spirit stones; [Xuan Yi Zi Dan Lun]: 500 mid-grade spirit stones; One set of Yuan Chen Treasure Talisman: 300 mid-grade spirit stones; One stone of Wu Tu Fragrant Rice Spirit Seeds: 600 mid-grade spirit stones."
Under the curious gaze of Yu Kuai, Yu Xi pondered for a moment and looked at Fang Yi.
"The Chamber of Commerce offers special discounts to disciples of Nascent Soul cultivators, allowing them to pay with low-grade spirit stones instead of mid-grade spirit stones."
However, this is only the first time such an opportunity has arisen.
He glanced at Li Wu Hui out of the corner of his eye, then explained, "The Great Yu is not like the Great Yun; low-grade spirit stones are much less useful to Core Formation cultivators."
In our Four Seas Merchant Guild, all spiritual treasures and materials of rank three and above are sold for payment in mid-grade spirit stones.
"A mid-grade spirit stone?"
Fang Yi seemed to be deep in thought, noting that the spiritual energy of the Great Cloud was scarce.
Only a few low-grade spirit stone veins remain within the territory. Mid-grade spirit stones are occasionally produced from low-grade veins, but these are also taken into the possession of the Grand Masters of various sects.
The quantity of mid-grade spirit stones is limited, so it is impossible to purchase third-tier spirit items.
He bowed respectfully and thanked them, showing no sign of embarrassment.
"Thank you very much for your understanding, Fellow Daoist Yu Xi."
"Does the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce offer a service to exchange low-grade spirit stones for mid-grade spirit stones? What is the exchange rate?"
The jade seal waved its hand to summon a talisman, its gaze sweeping over the numbers on the talisman before it spoke.
"According to the custom of the Great Yu Dynasty, one hundred low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one mid-grade spirit stone, but in reality, a mid-grade spirit stone can be used as a second-tier spirit item."
To exchange for a mid-grade spirit stone, the current exchange rate in the pavilion is 110 low-grade spirit stones for one mid-grade spirit stone.
As spirit stone veins are mined, the price of mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones will fluctuate by about 10%.
Furthermore, there is no limit to the exchange of mid-grade spirit stones for low-grade spirit stones, but there is a limit to the exchange of low-grade spirit stones for mid-grade spirit stones.
"Exchanging one hundred and ten low-grade spirit stones for one mid-grade spirit stone is reasonable."
Fang Yi remained calm. This had always been the way of the cultivation world; exchanging high-level spiritual items for low-level ones was simple.
Scarcity increases value; acquiring high-level spiritual items at a low price naturally requires paying a sufficient premium.
The exchange rate between mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is already considered fair, based on his experience cultivating at the Nether Spring Sect in his previous life.
One hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones are needed to exchange for one mid-grade spirit stone.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly turned his head and looked through the broken door of the side room at a thin, bamboo-like cultivator wearing a patchwork robe and holding a piece of porcelain with a chipped corner. He pushed open the door.
"Greetings, Brother Yu Xi." Gao Shanfu bowed slightly. This late-stage Core Formation cultivator, who should have been a dominant figure in his region, was instead cautiously trying to curry favor.
"I heard that you were searching for metal spirit objects. I received this news some time ago and went deep into the icy plains."
Finally, they hunted down a mid-grade, third-tier Ice-Armored Golden-Patterned Turtle and obtained a turtle pearl of the Xin Metal element that had been nurtured for three hundred years.
"Boo! Hah! Hah!"
He tapped the porcelain bowl in his palm lightly, his face showing flattery.
A gilded tortoise-shaped bead, about the size of a thumb, rose from the turbid waves at the bottom of the bowl, gleaming with a pearly luster, and floated forward.
"Brother Yu Xi, you may not know about the Seven Dust Bewitching Smoke Stone. I am grateful for your help."
"A third-grade superior Seven Dust Bewitching Smoke Stone?" Reaching out to remove the tortoise bead, the jade seal swept over Gao Shanfu, whose face was filled with anticipation.
He pondered for a moment, playing with the exceptionally tough tortoise bead, his mind racing.
Having received the tribute, one is naturally obligated to perform certain duties.
Otherwise, if his reputation is ruined, no one will seek him out next time, and he will be assessed by the Sihai Chamber of Commerce and judged as having poor business management skills.
"The Seven Dust Bewitching Smoke Stone is truly a spiritual object, even rarer than spiritual objects of the five elements. If it weren't for its rarity, Fellow Daoist Gao wouldn't have searched for it for a hundred years without success."
Recalling the network of connections he controlled, Yu Xi was confident and composed.
"The Seven Dusts and Smoke Stones will be delivered to Huitong Mall within two months."
Fellow Daoist, just prepare your spirit stones.
"Thank you, Brother Yu Xi!" Gao Shanfu said with delight, bowing repeatedly in gratitude.
His gaze swept over the table of spiritual dishes, ignoring Fang Yi, and then he wisely retreated.
"I'll go ahead first, so I won't disturb you from enjoying your fish sashimi."
"kindness"
Yu Xi nodded and pushed the tortoise-shaped pearl in front of Li Wu Hui with an elegant demeanor.
"Junior sister needs the assistance of metal-attribute spiritual objects to refine her natal magic weapon. This tortoise bead is a rare type of Xin metal, which can harmonize the rigidity of metal spiritual objects."
A precious pearl for a beautiful woman, junior sister, please accept it.
"Brother Yu Xi is still as generous as ever." Li Wu Hui covered her mouth and chuckled, her slender hand pinching the tortoise bead, feeling the tough metal within it.
Her smile grew even more radiant, like a lotus emerging from clear water, or a datura flower blooming in the darkness, pure yet alluring, captivating all hearts.
"Then I will accept it without regret."
"Gurgle."
The fisherman, with his protruding belly, stared in fascination, his Adam's apple bobbing unconsciously, and a burning sensation rising in his lower abdomen.
The aroma of grains wafted from the bamboo basket at his waist, filling his nostrils. He was jolted awake, and a deep sense of apprehension filled his eyes.
"Haha, Brother Yu Xi, I'm going to cook some spiritual dishes, so I'll take my leave now."
With a wave of his sleeve, Master Yu Kuai walked toward the kitchen, muttering to himself.
'This Fairy Wu Hui truly lives up to her reputation as a True Person of the Su Nu Sect, who is listed among the most beautiful women. Her every move exudes natural charm.'
If one were to be bewitched in this way during a magical duel, even a slight delay could have unimaginable consequences.
Yu Xi turned his gaze away from his beloved and onto Fang Yi.
Which lineages will you choose, fellow Daoist?
"This"
Fang Yi pondered for a moment, then patted his storage bag and a jade slip shot out, his divine sense recording it.
A moment later, the jade simplified into a beam of light and floated toward the jade seal.
"Fellow Daoist, these are the spiritual items I prepared. I wonder how many spirit stones they are worth." "More than 70% of them are the flesh and blood of demonic beasts, and most of them are of the ice attribute?" Yu Xi probed the jade slip with his divine sense, and an abacus magic weapon with an ironwood frame and glass beads as counting rods slid out from his sleeve.
He fiddled with the counting rods with his index finger, occasionally checking with Fang Yi the grade of the demon beast's flesh and the price of the spiritual item.
For a moment, even Li Wu Hui was set aside, and he focused intently on calculating the value and how much profit he could extract.
Fifteen minutes later.
"Snapped!"
As the last glass counting rod fell, the imperial seal exhaled a breath of stale air.
"Four skeletons of third-tier demon kings, each with a demon core, although their fur has been plucked and more than half of their essence and blood extracted."
"The flaws don't detract from the overall excellence; I never expected that Sect Leader Qingyangzi would bring such a fine item."
"170,000 low-grade spirit stones"
He paused for a moment and offered a relatively fair figure.
Having cultivated himself since joining the Chamber of Commerce, Master Yuxi naturally knows that one should not compete with the poor for petty gains, lest it damage harmony.
Gao Shanfu, who just advanced to the late stage of Core Formation, is a hero among rogue cultivators.
This great master had been in the Golden Venerable Tower's side room for a full quarter of an hour, yet he still hadn't discovered Fang Yi's true abilities, treating him only as an ordinary Core Formation level 5 cultivator.
'The emergence of True Immortals from this impoverished place of Xuan Yang Mountain seems to have exceeded expectations. Even that junior at the second level of Core Formation had a hidden trump card.'
He muttered to himself, but didn't delve into it further.
"Seventeen thousand low-grade spirit stones?"
Fang Yi nodded slightly. The Sihai Chamber of Commerce lived up to its reputation for integrity.
"I would like to trouble Fellow Daoist Yu Xi to fetch the [Xuan Yi Zi Dan Lun] and the Wu Tu Xiang Dao spiritual seed, along with these two spiritual items worth 1,100 spirit stones."
In addition, I request a set of Five Elements Core Formation Spiritual Items, and the remaining spirit stones to be exchanged for second-tier escape technique talismans.
"Fellow Daoist, do you not need the Azure Silk Resilient Heart Iron, this precious material for the Puppet Dao?"
Yu Xi's expression was strange. He had been in the ancient city since the battle of the Xuan Yang Mountain Ice Plains Demon Tide, and he didn't know much about the specifics.
As a fellow disciple and friend of Hu Yuzhao, he happened to be one of them. The puppet covered in bone armor was highly praised by the Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect.
"I'll trouble you to prepare the spiritual items and the inheritance first, fellow Daoist." Fang Yi smiled gently and didn't say anything more.
The Green Silk Resilient Iron is extremely useful for puppet masters who are skilled in puppetry.
However, as the head of Xuan Yang Mountain, he absolutely cannot act in this way. Privately using the sect's spiritual stones would be enough to completely destroy the reputation he had cultivated over the past two hundred years.
"Then we shall do as you say, fellow Daoist."
Fifteen minutes later, at the Golden Pavilion.
Fang Yi looked at the several spiritual objects on the wooden table, a satisfied expression on his face.
On the left, five-colored spiritual light—green, white, black, red, and yellow—rotated and entwined around the five-colored Five Elements Pearl, the spiritual object that had formed the elixir.
With these five Core Formation spiritual items, plus the spiritual items in the sect's secret vault, it is enough to fulfill the promise made during the demon tide.
At the very center is a medicinal cauldron covered with cinnabar patterns. Two of its three legs are broken, and the cauldron is covered with cracks. The five tiny characters of "Xuan Yi Zi Dan Lun" are surrounded by the fragrance of medicine, seemingly exuding the aura of history.
On the right is a stone of Wutu fragrant rice spirit seeds packaged in a spirit seed bag, and a stack of second-tier talismans in a spirit-sealing jade box.
"good."
A jade talisman fell, indicating that Master Jingze of the Chamber of Commerce had already completed the handover of the spiritual item, and the jade seal would no longer be delayed.
"Farewell, Master Fang"
"Until we meet again, and I hope you'll earn more spirit stones and never be so poor again, fellow Daoist."
The lingering sound faded away, and a streak of pale blue light flowed as the jade seal stepped out of the room.
"Fellow Taoist, don't be anxious."
Above the door of the private room, slender branches grow and weave, transforming into a net with each breath, blocking the path of the jade seal.
"What do you mean by this, fellow Daoist?"
"The transaction within the sect is complete. I still have some resources left, so I'll exchange them for some spiritual items to practice my skills."
Fang Yi waved his sleeve, releasing his magical power.
A bulging storage bag embroidered with the phantom of a Pixiu fell to the ground, its opening slightly ajar, from which a waterfall of low-grade spirit stones, each the size of a thumb, gushed forth.
In just a few breaths, it piled up into a small mountain, and it kept growing taller.
Then, amidst Li Wu Hui's bewilderment, Qin Yu's surprise, and Yu Xi's slightly widened pupils, he continued to speak.
"There are 100,000 low-grade spirit stones in the storage bag. I'll use them to purchase Azure Silk Resilient Iron from you, and the remaining 70,000 spirit stones will be exchanged for puppet-related materials."
"One hundred thousand spirit stones?"
Yu Xi frowned slightly, then relaxed, and took out a decree to toss to Fang Yi.
"I'll take 30% of these 100,000 low-grade spirit stones as a deposit. The remaining 70,000 spirit stones, please keep them, Master Fang Yi."
"I'll pay the balance once the puppet spirit arrives."
"Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Yu Xi," Fang Yi said, expressing his gratitude.
"I'm giving Fellow Daoist Wu Hui face. If Fellow Daoist Fang wants to do someone a favor, do it to her." Yu Xi shook his head slightly and left.
The bright moon hangs in the west.
The ancient city of Huitong was still bustling with activity. The spiritual veins of the vast ice plains were being upgraded, attracting many cultivators to come here in search of opportunities.
On the observation deck of the magnificent ship, with its carved railings and jade-like facade, Fang Yi nodded slightly.
He waved his hand and tossed a gilded decree to the Jade Seal disciple in exchange for a storage bag filled with seals, then returned to his cave abode on the ship.
"By borrowing Li Wu Hui's influence, the spiritual materials needed to craft the puppet have finally been prepared."
"boom!"
A three-zhang-tall puppet with piercing eyes and a white forehead descended, enveloped in true fire from the Five Poisons Cauldron.
"Imperial Decree: Refine!"
(End of this chapter)