Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

The spirit seed that Li Zhirui referred to was not actually that precious; on the contrary, it was rather useless.

The spirit seed was originally supposed to be at the level of a Xuanxian, but for some unknown reason, its outer shell was damaged, causing the precious spiritual energy within to leak out.

Even though it was later sealed by a secret technique, it only slowed down the rate at which the spiritual energy leaked out; it couldn't stop it at all.

In other words, this spirit seed may seem quite precious, but in reality, it is already on its last legs and is about to become a dead seed.

Logically speaking, no one should buy it.

However, Li Zhirui happens to possess a mysterious space, which gives him a high probability of reviving the spirit seed and allowing it to take root and sprout.

If he succeeds, he will obtain a Xuanxian-level spiritual object. Even if he fails in the end, his loss will not be much, just some spirit crystals.

"Two hundred spirit crystals." The stall owner hadn't expected that someone would actually buy the worthless spirit seed he had casually displayed, so he immediately set a relatively high price.

Of course, if it were a perfectly intact Xuanxian-level spirit seed, even ten times the price wouldn't be enough to capture it.

"Too expensive." But what can you do when this spirit seed is already a useless one?
Li Zhirui shook his head and said, "Thirty spirit crystals, or forget it."

"One hundred, this is at least a Xuanxian-level spirit seed..."

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't even want to spend ten spirit crystals."

Seeing that the stall owner was still hesitating, Li Zhirui turned around impatiently and was about to leave.

"Wait! I'll sell it for thirty spirit crystals..." Seeing that the other party wasn't bluffing, the stall owner quickly nodded in agreement.

After all, if you don't sell the spirit seed while it still has some value, it will become a complete waste once all its spiritual energy dissipates. It will be too much of a nuisance to even put in a spatial magic treasure. At least you can earn thirty spirit crystals.

Li Zhirui didn't have much either. He took out thirty spirit crystals and handed them to him, then casually sent the spirit seeds into his space for the demon spirits to take good care of them before continuing his stroll.

"Sir, please wait! Do you still want a damaged spirit seed that has lost its vitality?" The stall owner suddenly called out to him and then revealed his purpose.

"Oh?"

Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "Does Your Excellency possess a similar spirit seed?"

"This kind of trash..."

Suddenly realizing that the person in front of him wanted to buy the damaged spirit seeds, he didn't want to belittle him too much, so he changed his words and said, "Spirit seeds, I naturally don't have any extras."

"However, I have been in the Chamber of Commerce for thousands of years. I dare not say that I know everyone in detail, but I have many good friends. Among them, many people have accidentally obtained a few damaged spirit seeds, and some even have Taiyi-level spirit seeds."

"If you need, I can contact them, as long as you give me a small fee for your trouble."

The stall owner's smiling face made him look exactly like a cunning merchant.

“A Xuanxian-level spirit seed is worth thirty spirit crystals, while a Jinxian-level or Taiyi-level spirit seed is worth two hundred and five hundred spirit crystals respectively. If there is a Daluo-level spirit seed, it will be worth at least five thousand spirit crystals.”

Li Zhirui lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before giving his reply, saying, "As for the fee, it will be at least five hundred spirit crystals. If we obtain enough spirit seeds, this amount can be increased. How about I give you another seven days?"

"Okay! It's a deal!" The stall owner agreed without hesitation.

He understood the implication behind those words: the other party wouldn't care how many spirit crystals he used to buy the spirit seeds, but would only purchase them from him at the agreed-upon price.

If handled carefully, there could be considerable profits involved, perhaps even equivalent to how many spiritual items he sells here.

"I only want spirit seeds that haven't completely dissipated and still have vitality!" Li Zhirui reminded him, lest he end up with a large number of dead things that he would have to spend spirit crystals to buy.

"Of course! I'm an honest businessman, I would never do such a swindling thing," the stall owner said proudly.

He simply pursed his lips and didn't bother to say anything more.

"Then let's sign the contract."

With a mere thought, Li Zhirui produced a contract in his hand, radiating spiritual light and inscribed with cloud-script characters, containing the content of their earlier conversation.

And this, naturally, is a tactic employed by the Chaos Merchant Guild.

In addition, their conversation just now will never be heard by outsiders; this is also a mechanism to protect both the buyer and the seller.

The stall owner carefully examined it once, and only after confirming that there were no problems did he leave his own trace of his presence on it.

hum-

The spirit paper suddenly burst forth with spiritual light, signifying the establishment of the contract between the two. It then split into three parts, each falling into the hands of one of them. The last part was taken into the Chaos Merchant Guild, to serve as proof should any future conflicts arise.

"Then we look forward to your methods!"

After saying that, Li Zhirui turned and left.

"Hmph! I'll see if I can drain you dry!"

Hearing this, the stall owner was very unconvinced and determined to fully utilize his skills.

He immediately stopped setting up his stall and headed towards a certain place.

……

Li Zhirui had no interest in continuing to wander around and decided to find an inn to stay in first.

"Ninth Brother, that transaction you just made wasn't cheap. Do you have that many spirit crystals to spare?" Qing Si, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked with some curiosity.

"No."

Li Zhirui admitted it directly, after all, he had only recently entered the void and it was impossible for him to obtain many spirit crystals.

The spirit crystals he had previously used to purchase those spiritual items were all earned from a senior using the purification law, and he had spent almost all of them.

Judging from that person's posture, he's probably going to get a lot of spirit seeds, which is a huge amount of spirit crystals!

"what?!"

Qing Si's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Ninth Brother, you don't have that many spirit crystals at all, how could you dare to agree to this deal?"

"You should understand the principle that opportunities are fleeting and once lost, they will never come again."

If those spirit seeds were intact, there would be almost no chance that they would fall into Li Zhirui's hands.

“But if you can’t come up with that amount of spirit crystals to complete the transaction, according to the contract, you will be burdened with a huge debt with extremely high interest, which may take tens of thousands of years to repay!” Qing Si said anxiously.

"Do not worry."

He said confidently, "Although I don't have many spirit crystals right now, since I dared to agree, I am confident that I can get that many spirit crystals within seven days."

Qing Si didn't quite believe it, because in his opinion, although Li Zhirui had some skills, he was definitely not that powerful.

"I've been hiding some secrets from you that concern my life, but now I can let you know them."

Qing Si could understand this, but he still didn't believe that with the little secret he was hiding, he could earn a large number of spirit crystals in just seven days. However, since they were on the street, it wasn't convenient for him to ask in detail, so he could only remain silent.

Not long after, the two entered an inn and booked an ordinary room, thus using up the last of Li Zhirui's spirit crystals.

Upon entering the room, the first thing to do was to set up an array to isolate and shield the outside world.

Then he abruptly disappeared with the Azure Rhinoceros.

"here it is?"

When the light returned to Qing Si's eyes, it was surprised to find itself in a world where a large number of rare spiritual creatures were cultivated.

"This place is my greatest secret, a mysterious space that has accompanied my cultivation and growth."

After Li Zhirui told him about the space's greatest power, Qing Si's first reaction was that it was impossible—how could such a heaven-defying place exist?!

Simply by investing spirit stones, one can accelerate the growth rate of spirit creatures.

But after he demonstrated it to him in person, he had no choice but to believe it.

“Even if you sell all these spiritual items, Ninth Brother, it’s impossible to raise such a large sum of spirit crystals.”

Although there are quite a few of these spiritual items, their grades are too low to be sold in the void. Only a few types of Celestial Immortal-grade spiritual items are worth some spirit crystals.

"Who said I was going to sell spirit items?"

Li Zhirui looked at Qing Si with some surprise and said, "You've been by my side for so many years, don't you know that I am a Grandmaster of Alchemy at the Celestial Immortal level?"

"Of course I know, but even if they were all Celestial Immortal-grade pills, it wouldn't make up for the loss of spirit crystals."

He offered no further explanation, only saying, "Just watch what I've got."

Before he finished speaking, he summoned his alchemy furnace and began refining pills.

The entire process was smooth and beautiful, with a subtle Taoist charm emerging from it, clearly demonstrating a level of consummate skill.

Unbeknownst to them, Qing Si was completely mesmerized by what they were seeing.

When this batch of pills was successfully refined, there were as many as seven pills, and all of them were of good quality.

Then he saw that Li Zhirui did not put the pill into the jade bottle to seal it, but held it in his hand, and a white light emanated from it and disappeared into the pill.

Before long, he saw wisps of black energy flying out of the pill, and the quality of the pill changed, becoming even more precious.

Then, under Qing Si's dumbfounded gaze, a top-grade Celestial Elixir was freshly produced!
This significantly increased the value of the elixir.

"What...what...what's going on!?"

He watched the whole process. Li Zhirui's every move was normal. How could he suddenly turn a mid-grade pill into a top-grade pill?
"The Law of Purification".

After saying that, Li Zhirui immediately began making the second batch of pills.

Only Qing Si was left standing aside, suddenly realizing what had happened.

"Perhaps, we can really get Ninth Brother to complete that deal."

He couldn't offer any help with this matter; he could only watch from the sidelines.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side.

After the stall owner left, he began to make contacts everywhere, hoping to collect a large number of precious spirit seeds.

With his efforts, he soon successfully collected dozens of severely damaged spirit seeds of various ranks, earning a couple hundred spirit crystals so easily, which made him very happy and encouraged.

They became even more eager and concerned about this matter.

Moreover, after only a few days, he no longer needed to travel around contacting others, because the news of his acquisition of the damaged spirit seeds had spread far and wide, and many creatures in the commercial world knew about it.

Then, those among them who had damaged spirit seeds were sold directly to him.

Although the value was not high, only a dozen or so spirit crystals, they were still quite happy to be able to make use of the waste.

However, some people also had their eyes on the stall owner, wanting to know the reason why he was so blatantly buying up damaged spirit seeds.

Some even suspect that he possesses a secret technique that can revitalize damaged spiritual seeds and allow them to take root and sprout!
Although this rumor sounds outrageous, the world is vast and full of wonders, so perhaps such a method really does exist?

When Li Zhirui made this deal with him, he was even willing to pay several hundred spirit crystals as a fee for his trouble. This was because he was new to the area and had no acquaintances in the Chamber of Commerce, so it was impossible for him to purchase spirit seeds on a large scale.

Secondly, such public appearances would attract many ill-intentioned glances. Although there was no danger in trading within the Chamber of Commerce, and he didn't have to worry about leaving any hidden dangers for himself, he still didn't want to expose himself to the public.

After all, although the void is vast and you may never encounter it in your entire life, what if you do?
He would likely face a protracted manhunt, which would be detrimental to his cultivation.

"With so many spirit seeds, I wonder if that kid can come up with enough spirit crystals to trade for them?"

After counting the spirit seeds in his hand, the stall owner suddenly felt a little worried.

Although the contract contains corresponding punishments, the spirit crystals cannot be produced in a short time; he had to pay for them himself!

……

There is no rotation of the sun and moon in the void, but in the Wanbao Hall, there are artificial suns and moons high in the sky, so there is a clear division of time.

In a sense, the Wanbao Hall should be considered a world, but it lacks the laws that a world should have, so it can only be considered a space expanded using magic methods within a magical artifact.

With only half a day left until the seven-day agreement between Li Zhirui and the stall owner, he finally finished refining pills and returned to his room in the inn from the spatial dimension.

"Let's go sell the pills we've worked so hard to refine these past few days. The spirit crystals we get should be enough to complete this transaction."

"Good." Qing Si was also full of confidence, because he had personally witnessed Li Zhirui's extraordinary achievements in alchemy over the past few days!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that such an exaggerated method existed, capable of elevating any grade of pill to the highest grade.

The two pushed open the door and quickly entered a shop operated by the Chaos Merchant Guild.

"Esteemed guests, what kind of pills do you need? I dare not say that our shop has everything, but we do have a wide variety. We have all the common Celestial Immortal-level pills, and the prices are reasonable."

Even a lowly employee of the Chaos Merchant Guild possesses such strong self-confidence and immense pride in the guild.

"We're not here to buy pills, we're here to sell pills," Li Zhirui stated, revealing their purpose.

"So you're an alchemist, sir?! But as long as your pills pass the appraiser's evaluation, our shop will buy them at a reasonable price."

"Esteemed guests, please follow me."

With that, he led the way. (End of Chapter)