After the Skyfall

Chapter 443 Yin Yang Cauldron of Creation

Li Yi knew very well that it was not easy for him to come to this world of cultivation in the Dharma Ending Age. If he could not take away something valuable enough this time, he would definitely lose out. No matter what the magical instruments in the Duobao Tower were, as long as they could be used, he would buy them all.

After returning to the Golden Academy, he can sell these unused magical instruments in exchange for rare items and other necessary resources, thus killing two birds with one stone.

After having enough rare objects, Li Yi can increase the number of times he crosses the boundaries, come to this world a few more times, and then travel around the world with a few masters of Taoism to collect all the remaining cultivation resources in this world.

As long as he can earn enough this time, Li Yi will be able to soar to the sky from now on and will never be bound by shackles again.

At this moment, Li Yi and the bald Taoist were respectfully invited to a private room by the servants of Duobao Tower. Beautiful maids served them tea and brought them fruits.

"This is rare generosity from Shopkeeper Qian. I have been to Duobao Tower no less than twenty times, but I never knew there were private rooms on the third floor." The bald Taoist was eating fruits and drinking tea, feeling sad.

He felt that he had lived in vain for so many years in the Dao Court, and there was sadness everywhere.

It won't take a while.

Shopkeeper Qian brought a dozen servants and maids to the private room again. These servants and maids were holding trays on which were placed various magic weapons. These magic weapons were in good condition, with faint lights flowing on them. They were completely different from the ornaments on the shelves that had no spiritual energy at all.

"They are all top-grade magic weapons, a total of 108 pieces, including 20 offensive magic weapons and 20 defensive magic weapons." Shopkeeper Qian introduced with a smile.

The bald Taoist's eyelids jumped: "Good fellow, Shopkeeper Qian, you hid it very well. They are all top-grade magic tools, in perfect condition. How did you do it?"

Shopkeeper Qian said, "We have been doing business for a long time, so we have accumulated some inventory. However, we have almost closed down due to losses. We originally thought that we would buy Dharma instruments at low prices during the Dharma Ending Age, and then make a fortune after the Dharma Ending Age. However, the more we bought, the more we lost. Now we can hardly afford it."

He was also complaining bitterly at this moment.

If Duobaolou wasn't a wealthy and powerful family, it wouldn't be able to withstand such turmoil.

He originally wanted to buy at a low price, but he didn't know that there was no low price at all. In order to maintain these magic weapons, he had to scrap many low- and medium-quality magic weapons, and pick and choose, and only keep the best-quality magic weapons.

Li Yi then grabbed a magic weapon and injected the spiritual weapon into it. The magic weapon suddenly shone brightly. It was indeed a good product without any damage. He asked, "How much are these?"

"If Taiyi wants all of them, it will be counted as twenty spirit stones." Shopkeeper Qian said cautiously.

The bald Taoist priest immediately jumped up and said, "You black-hearted profiteer, you are robbing me. One spirit stone from Taiyi is worth ten ordinary spirit stones. The price of your top-grade magic weapon will never be more than one spirit stone. Now you are asking for dozens of times more. Do you still have a conscience?"

Shopkeeper Qian explained: "My store has been storing, managing, laboring, and storing space for many years. What's more, without my careful management, these magic tools would have become a pile of scrap metal long ago. Twenty spirit stones is already a fair price."

"Pooh." The bald Taoist took a sip of tea and spat it at Shopkeeper Qian.

"Master Tang, how can you spit while talking about business? The goods sold in our store are genuine and the prices are fair. We never cheat anyone." Shopkeeper Qian quickly dodged.

Li Yi stopped the bald Taoist priest at this moment and said, "Twenty is twenty. I'll take these things."

He was too lazy to bargain, so he took out twenty spirit stones from the storage magic tools and placed them on the table, then he directly put all the 108 top-grade magic tools into the Five Elements Bracelet.

Today's Li Yi has upgraded his weapons to new ones. His storage tools are all of Taoist level. There are five spaces inside, and each space is roughly estimated to be ten square kilometers. He no longer has to worry about insufficient space. In addition, he also has a purple gold gourd with a cave inside.

"Damn it, you, a black-hearted profiteer, got the upper hand." The bald Taoist said indignantly.

Shopkeeper Qian immediately smiled brightly. He felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. The magic tools he had bought at the bottom all these years were finally untied. Although he didn't make much money, it was a good thing to be able to break even.

Li Yi asked again at this moment: "Shopkeeper, what you sold just now were only magic weapons, what about Taoist weapons? Duobaolou has acquired magic weapons from the Taoist Court over the years, so there must be quite a few Taoist weapons."

At this moment, Shopkeeper Qian looked a little embarrassed. "To be honest, our shop does have some Taoist instruments, but the cost of maintaining them is too high, and our shop really can't afford to keep them, so many of them were slowly disposed of a few years ago. In addition, Taoist instruments are precious, and once they are slightly damaged, it is difficult to use them again. Otherwise, there is a risk of explosion when the spiritual energy is infused into them."

"I don't want to hear so much. I just want to know how many intact Taoist artifacts are still in Duobao Tower. Don't take out the broken ones." Li Yi waved his hand to interrupt him.

Of course he knew that in the Dharma Ending Age, the cost of nurturing Taoist artifacts was too high. Even a powerful sect like the Tiandao Sect had to sacrifice three fairies in order to leave the Xuanhuang Seal. The Tianyi Sect was even more outrageous, using the imperial court as a formation and activating the Ten Directions Absolute Spirit Formation, using the remaining magic power of all the cultivators in the city to nourish the Tianyi Sword and the Tianyi Palace.

The purple gold gourd and the five elements bracelet in his hands, although not damaged, had greatly reduced their power and could only be used as storage devices. If he had obtained them a few years later, they would probably have been disabled.

Seeing that Li Yi was determined to buy, Shopkeeper Qian gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, there are only two intact Taoist artifacts left in our store. If you two want to see them, you can follow me to the storeroom. Treasures like these will consume a lot of mana, and I can't even take out those two artifacts now."

"Then what are you waiting for? Lead the way." said the bald Taoist.

"You two, please come this way." Shopkeeper Qian hurriedly put away the spirit stones, then took the opportunity to inhale a few breaths and recover some magic power to open the warehouse.

soon.

Li Yi and the bald Taoist followed Manager Qian to a warehouse in the backyard.

Rather than a warehouse, it is actually a black iron house.

The iron house is sealed, and runes are flashing on it.

"This is a low-grade magical instrument, and it is engraved with a soul-locking formation, and it has been running with minimal loss. It is a very sophisticated instrument-refining method." The bald Taoist's eyes moved slightly: "It has been so long since the Dharma Ending Age, and this iron house is still running? It shows that a lot of spiritual energy is sealed inside. No wonder Duobao Tower has so many intact magical instruments. If another twenty spirit stones are added, it is estimated that it will have no problem lasting another two hundred years."

"Master Tang, you're joking. It's true that the iron house can lock spirits, but the Taoist instruments inside are gold-devouring beasts. Duobao Tower really can't bear to see these two treasures fall to pieces, but they are difficult to preserve. They can only leave them here and leave it to fate." Shopkeeper Qian said with great heartache.

Over the years, he had seen countless precious Taoist instruments damaged, and whenever he thought about it, he couldn't sleep at night.

Although I want to sell it, who is willing to spend money to buy Taoist tools these days?

The big sects have their own inherited Taoist artifacts, and the small sects can't afford a Taoist artifact either, so they just throw it away.

As Manager Qian spoke, he opened the door of the warehouse.

But there was another door behind the door. After opening the first door, he signaled Li Yi and the bald Taoist to come in. He said he would close the door to prevent the loss of spiritual energy. After leaving, Qian would also absorb the spiritual energy that was scattered in the warehouse to ensure that no spiritual energy was wasted. "You are so stingy. You still expect the spiritual energy in your warehouse to give birth to you." The bald Taoist cursed.

Shopkeeper Qian just chuckled and didn't answer. After closing the door, he opened the door of the second warehouse.

At this moment, a light appeared before my eyes and a spiritual energy came towards me.

Although the spiritual energy is thin, there is still such a place in the Dharma-Ending Age, which can really be called a Feng Shui treasure land. If you stay here for a long time, even if it means a lot, at least your realm will not drop and your life will not be in danger.

"A reminder in advance, our store charges a fee for absorbing spiritual energy here." Shopkeeper Qian then said to the bald Taoist.

"I am not the kind of shameless person. Don't tarnish my reputation." The bald Taoist shouted with his neck stretched.

However, if Shopkeeper Qian hadn't reminded him, he would really like to take a few puffs secretly.

Fortunately, he still had some spirit stones given to him by Taiyi in his storage magic tool. Now he was considered a wealthy person in the Taoist court, and was much stronger than before.

Inside the warehouse, the source of the light came from a large cauldron. There was an illusory flame flickering inside the cauldron, which was magical and extraordinary.

"This, this is the inherited Taoist artifact of the Tianfa Sect, one of the three sects, the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron? How, how come this thing is in your Duobao Tower?" The bald Taoist opened his eyes wide in shock.

Shopkeeper Qian said, "I don't know either. It's just that one day an old Taoist priest who was about to die brought something to our store to sell. As for why that Taoist priest had the Taoist artifact inherited from the Tianfa Sect, I have no idea. After all, we open our doors to do business and recycle Taoist artifacts. Duobaolou never asks about the source of the goods."

"The Tianfa Sect, one of the three sects, had insight into the secrets of heaven when the Dharma Ending was approaching, and the entire sect fled to Tianwai Tian. So only the Tiandao Sect and the Tianyi Sect were left in the Taoist Court. Logically, their inherited Taoist instruments should have been taken away as well, and it is impossible for them to appear in the Taoist Court. Could it be that the spiritual energy in Tianwai Tian has also been exhausted?" The bald Taoist was scratching his head, puzzled.

Li Yi asked at this moment: "What is the use of this thing?"

The bald Taoist said: "Refine weapons, refine pills, and refine qi."

"Qi Refining?" Li Yi asked, "I understand the first two, but what does the third one mean?"

"People who practice Taoism have five kinds of qi in their chests. This tripod can help people refine the five kinds of qi in their chests, making your five kinds of qi more pure and increasing your magic power several times. Why is Tianfa Sect named Tianfa? It's because the magic power of Tianfa Sect's masters is several times that of people who practice Taoism at the same level. The same magic is twice as powerful in their hands. Fortunately, they didn't get Tiandao Sect's method of subduing dragons and tigers, otherwise no one in the Dao Court would be the opponent of Tianfa Sect." The bald Taoist said, "Compared with Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron, Daoqi Sect's Qiankun Cauldron and Tiandi Furnace seem mediocre."

"Wait, Taiyi, you have obtained the Dragon Subduing and Tiger Subduing Technique of the Tiandao Sect, and the Big and Small Ruyi Techniques of the Tianyi Sect. If you use the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron to refine the five energies in your chest, my God, I dare not imagine how powerful and terrifying your magic power will be when the three flowers on your head open in the future."

Then he realized something and looked at Li Yi in shock.

You should know that Li Yi himself has also cultivated twelve strands of heart fire energy, and his magic power itself is terrifyingly powerful.

If one day Li Yi could achieve enlightenment and combine the strengths of the three sects, it would truly be unprecedented.

At this time, Shopkeeper Qian said again: "Master Tang, don't be happy too soon. The Creation Fire in this cauldron is already in danger. If you want to refine Qi, even if you put it in a place with abundant spiritual energy, it will take some years to recover. If you wait until the Creation Fire is completely extinguished, then this Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron will be useless."

"I know, but it hasn't gone out yet," said the bald Taoist.

He had seen Li Yi's colorful stone. Once that thing was taken out, the Taoist tripod would be restored in no time.

"What is the other Taoist weapon?" Li Yi asked again.

The Taoist weapon that could be preserved together with the Taoist weapons inherited from the Tianfa Sect must also be extremely extraordinary. If it was not special, Duobao Tower would have given up on nurturing it and directly scrapped it.

Shopkeeper Qian smiled but said nothing: "If Taiyi wants to see the next Taoist weapon, he has to buy this one first."

Li Yi said, "Shopkeeper, please name a price."

Shopkeeper Qian stretched out a finger.

"One hundred spirit stones?"

The bald Taoist was stunned for a moment and almost wanted to curse again. The Heaven and Earth Furnace of his Taoist Sect was only worth half a spirit stone back then, but he never thought that Shopkeeper Qian wanted to make a thousand times the profit after reselling it.

Although the Heaven and Earth Furnace of the Daoqi Sect was somewhat damaged and its spirituality was not complete, the price difference was not that huge.

Shopkeeper Qian shook his head and said, "I just want an elixir. If Taiyi is willing to help me, I will offer you the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron, the inherited Taoist device of the Tianfa Sect."

Li Yi's eyes moved slightly, and then he smiled: "I see, you took a fancy to the longevity pill in my hand, and you are quite well-informed about the news of Duobao Tower."

"You bastard, you actually set your sights on the Taiyi Longevity Pill." The bald Taoist got anxious and kicked him.

Although Shopkeeper Qian was fat, he jumped up very flexibly at this moment, dodging the kick and landing directly next to the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron. He then said, "Taiyi, a person's love is more valuable than gold. If Taiyi disagrees with this deal, I can only regretfully extinguish this last Creation Fire. This fire was collected by the Taoist master of the Tianfa Sect in the land of Tianwai Tian. Once extinguished, there is no possibility of it being rekindled."

"You, a cunning businessman, are quite cunning. After recovering some of your magic power, you approached the Yin-Yang Creation Cauldron. Are you worried that we will kill people for the treasure? Once we make any move, immediately activate the Fire of Creation and burn down the house and people together." The bald Taoist narrowed his eyes and saw the intention of Shopkeeper Qian.

Shopkeeper Qian still had a amiable smile on his face: "Master Tang, you are joking. My Duobaolou is a place for legitimate business, not a black market."

The bald Taoist said: "Tai Yi's longevity pill can extend one's life by a hundred years. Although your tripod is precious, it is not worth that much."

"In barter, the key is to get what each party needs. There is no question of who suffers a loss or who gains an advantage. Taiyi has already inherited the legacy of two sects. This is the only thing missing. If it is not perfect, wouldn't it be a great regret in life?" said Shopkeeper Qian.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Your words make sense. We each take what we need. There is no question of who will suffer a loss or not. I'll give you the longevity pill."

Then he threw out a milky white pill, which contained abundant vitality and could prolong a person's lifespan.

There are plenty of these things in the world. It is worth exchanging them for a top-notch Taoist tool in this world of Taoism in the Dharma Ending Age. Moreover, it can assist in one's own practice, so it must not be missed.

(End of this chapter)