Chapter 1853
Refinement Level 2
Moreover, according to him, the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect is skilled in alchemy.
Therefore, as long as Ling Pengyun pays his tribute on time every year, he can purchase at least thirty low-grade sixth-rank Gathering Yuan Pills and ten mid-grade sixth-rank Gathering Yuan Pills from the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect at 70% of the original price each year.
Special elixirs such as the Rejuvenation Pill can also be purchased.
Upon closer examination, if one could buy up the entire quota, the annual offering of thirty spirit crystals could be fully recouped, and one could even earn some extra.
In addition, sixth-grade pills are extremely hard to find outside, making them far less cost-effective than purchasing them from the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect.
Moreover, ordinary forces cannot purchase so many pills from the Sun Moon Immortal Sect.
Therefore, there are many benefits to becoming its subordinate.
"You can buy a large quantity of pills at 70% of the price, and you only need to pay 30 spirit stones per year?"
"How can such benefits be so great?"
"Thirty sixth-tier spirit crystals are required annually? How can that be so little?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
According to the information he learned from the Hunyuan lineage, the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect collects offerings based on the number and grade of sixth-order spiritual veins.
Logically speaking, a family that owns two low-grade sixth-order spiritual lands, Crimson Feather Hill and White Water Valley, should pay at least sixty spirit crystals as a salary each year.
Only the Hunyuan lineage, which is an affiliated force that only possesses a single low-grade sixth-order spiritual vein, only needs to pay thirty sixth-order spiritual crystals each year.
Secondly, although the Hunyuan lineage can purchase some high-grade pills from the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect every year, the quantity of those pills is generally small, and although there are discounts, the discount is only 90%, not 70%.
Upon closer examination, the benefits that the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect has given to the family are quite substantial.
In addition, although Ling Pengyun has strong aptitude, his cultivation speed is quite good even if he relies solely on spiritual energy.
However, it would be even better if one could obtain a sixth-grade or mid-grade Gathering Yuan Pill to assist in the process.
His cultivation speed could even be faster.
"I knew you would ask this, Fellow Daoist Lingxiao. The reason my sect gave you such great benefits is naturally because of your rare talent, and also to... win you over."
"After all, talents like you are extremely rare. With your abilities, you could probably even reach the late stage of the Void Refinement realm. Such individuals are few and far between even in our sect. Such talent is worth our sect's investment."
"Secondly, with the interdimensional war imminent, our sect wishes to seek the help of more extraordinary individuals like fellow Daoists."
"As long as you agree, everything is negotiable. Of course, my sect will not force you to participate in anything particularly dangerous."
“Fellow Daoist, the price you can pay for pills from our sect each year can be reduced to just 50%.”
"By the way, if you are unwilling, it is fine. The offerings and benefits provided by our sect will remain the same."
At this moment, after hearing Ling Pengyun's doubts, Liu Dongfang spoke frankly and without any pretense, and said with a smile.
Furthermore, the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect is not operating at a loss to gain publicity.
Although it sells pills at low prices, it has many high-level alchemists in charge, and those high-level alchemists have a particularly good success rate in refining pills.
Indirectly, even if they sold the pills at 40% of the original price, let alone 50%, they would still make a profit.
They just earn less.
However, if we can win over Ling Pengyun, everything will be fine.
Most importantly, don't give other top forces the opportunity to win over Ling Pengyun.
Secondly, the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect originally intended to invite Ling Pengyun to become a guest elder of the sect.
However, they all used their powerful detection methods to subtly discover that Ling Pengyun might not be a native cultivator of the Qingxia Realm.
Therefore, they temporarily abandoned the idea.
After all, they wouldn't dare risk inviting an unidentified 'outsider' into their sect; maintaining a subordinate relationship would be best.
'I see.'
'However, the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect is truly sophisticated, with incredibly deep and elaborate schemes.'
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun suddenly realized what was going on.
However, he really didn't expect that the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect valued him so much, and was even willing to give him so many benefits.
In addition, the conditions of the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect are, after all, quite standard.
And he won't be forced to participate in dangerous activities.
After much deliberation, he agreed to assist the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect. "That's excellent."
Upon seeing this, Liu Dongfang's face lit up with even greater joy.
However, just to be on the safe side, he still took out a sixth-grade high-quality Yuan Soul Contract that the sect had prepared in advance, to maintain the authenticity of the agreement between the sect and Ling Pengyun.
Ling Pengyun was genuinely willing to help the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect, and with the Primordial Scripture in his sea of consciousness, he was not afraid of such soul-based techniques.
Therefore, he readily signed a Yuan Soul Contract with it.
As the contract was finalized, his relationship with Liu Dongfang deepened.
Afterwards, the two chatted warmly for a while, and he handed over the more than one hundred sixth-order spirit crystals he had accumulated in recent years, intending to ask him to help purchase a large number of sixth-order low and middle grade Gathering Yuan Pills, as well as a few Spirit Recovery Pills, White Jade Pills, and other such items from the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect, in order to deal with any special events that might occur.
In addition, although we don't usually need the Rejuvenation Pill and the Jade Pill, it's better to be safe than sorry, so it's good to have some extra.
"Fellow Daoist is truly wealthy. I never expected you to spend a hundred sixth-grade spirit crystals so readily."
"Don't worry about the pills; I'll send them over within half a month at most."
Liu Dongfang said with a smile.
Afterwards, he chatted briefly with Ling Pengyun before saying goodbye and leaving.
'That Fellow Daoist Liu is indeed very energetic, but judging from his appearance, he is capable and reliable.'
Ling Pengyun watched his departing figure and murmured to himself.
Immediately afterwards, he returned to Akabane Hill to continue his meditation.
……
But as time went on...
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Dongfang of the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect also delivered a large number of sixth-grade pills as promised.
Moreover, the quality of those pills was extremely good; they were indeed produced by the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect.
This put Ling Pengyun at ease.
Afterwards, he took the pills and went into seclusion.
Because it contains many cultivation pills such as the Gathering Yuan Pill, and those pills have relatively good effects.
His cultivation progressed extremely quickly, and he could even condense dozens of strands of Void Refinement Spiritual Power almost every month.
His previous accumulation was quite good, and he had already condensed more than 800 strands of Void Refining Spiritual Power Origin.
As a result, in just a few months, he gathered a thousand strands of Void Refinement Spiritual Power and reached the peak of the first level of Void Refinement.
For others, reaching this level of cultivation would mean hitting a bottleneck in their cultivation.
However, Ling Pengyun had after all condensed an extremely powerful Five Elements foundation, which was very solid.
Therefore, he did not encounter any bottlenecks and even directly entered the second level of the Void Refinement Realm.
His cultivation level also increased dramatically.
'This progress in cultivation is even faster than I expected.'
'The benefits of using resources to improve cultivation are indeed significant.'
'Moreover, upon closer examination, the benefits of becoming an affiliate of the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect are truly immense.'
Ling Pengyun felt his cultivation level surge and was extremely happy.
He also noticed that his strength had increased dramatically with this breakthrough.
It's even nearly 70% stronger than before.
Under such circumstances, he would not be afraid even if he encountered a mid-to-high-level Void Refinement stage expert.
'By the way, although the pills from the Sun and Moon Immortal Sect are cheap, my need for them is quite large, so I still need to work hard to earn spirit crystals.'
Ling Pengyun secretly made his plans.
Immediately afterwards, he realized that his cultivation had just broken through and it would be difficult to improve in a short time. In addition, he was looking for ways to earn spirit stones, and many of his natal spirit treasures had not yet been reforged to the sixth rank.
Therefore, he subsequently focused his main attention on comprehending the secrets of weapon crafting and spiritual plant inheritance. (End of Chapter)