Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 137 Revealed
"Where are the other fellow Taoists?" Wanyan Fu asked.

Jun Lin naturally knew that his senior brother was asking about the leaders of the other three families, and replied:

"Senior Wang and Senior Miao have already entered the formation to investigate. As for Miss Shan and Senior Mo from the Red Flame Society, they are still waiting outside."

"You haven't forgotten me yet. Take me to have a look."

"Yes!"

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It took five years for the four Yuanying forces to break the puppet formation in the secret realm, obtain the inheritance and related resources, and reap great rewards.

As for those local and foreign cultivators from Luohe Prefecture who tried to get a piece of the pie in the outside world, they were unable to gain any benefit at all in this secret realm.

Instead, some people angered the sect's power and died on the spot, causing an uproar among the people.

And after the four major forces developed the secret realm, it was not open to independent cultivators, but was sealed off by the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter.

Such an overbearing act caused many casual practitioners to slander him privately.

After all, in Luohe Prefecture, it is a tradition to open the secret realm to all independent cultivators after it is developed.

This time there was an exception.

Although the monks in this palace were dissatisfied, no one stood up and expressed it clearly.

The Yuanying Sect is very powerful, and no one dares to be the first to stand out.

Wei Zhong had no interest in this and just practiced peacefully.

Half a year after Wanyan Fu left, Wei Zhong received an invitation from Shan Qin.

So he went to Yuelan City alone and met Shan Qin in person in Yunji Tower.

Sitting next to him was the Nascent Soul senior Miaoli Shan.

The three of them sat opposite each other, and Shan Qin asked first:
"I wonder what important matter Fellow Daoist Wei has that requires you to meet me in person?"

Wei Zhong straightened his expression and asked:

"Excuse me, Miss Shan, is there a market for top-grade Haoyuan Pills in Yunzhou City?"

"Top grade?" Shan Qin was a little surprised. "How much does Fellow Daoist Wei have?"

Wei Zhong thought for a while and took out his storage bag. Shan Qin took it and probed into it with his spiritual sense, showing surprise on his face:
"Were these all made by Fellow Daoist Wei himself?"

Wei Zhong nodded.

Shan Qin took a breath of cold air.

It's not that she has never seen the world. Shan Qin has seen countless things that are more valuable than these elixirs.

But I have never seen so many high-quality Haoyuan Pills piled together.

Looking up at Wei Zhong's surprised answer:
"No wonder Fellow Daoist Wei had to look for me. I'm afraid that these pills cannot be consumed with just your channels. This is still the case even if they are spread throughout Luohe Prefecture."

Miaoli Shan, who was standing by, took the storage bag and took a look at it. His expression froze as he looked at Wei Zhong with a strange look on his face.

So many high-quality elixirs were truly astonishing. Even though Miao Lishan was a knowledgeable Nascent Soul cultivator, he had never seen such a sight.

What's more, these pills were all made by a casual alchemist.

Hearing Wei Zhong ask:

"I wonder if the Chamber of Commerce can purchase these pills?"

Shan Qin nodded:

“Of course there is no problem. Although you have a lot of elixirs, they are still inferior to the consumption in Yunzhou City.

However, since it is a large-scale purchase, I am afraid the price will be slightly lower, Fellow Daoist Wei should be prepared. "

Yunzhou City is not only the base of the four major Nascent Soul forces, but also the residence of many Jindan sects and Jindan families.

The number of Jindan cultivators is far greater than that of Luohe Prefecture, and the number of elixirs required is also huge.

These pills of Wei Zhong could not be digested in Luohe Mansion, but in Yunzhou City they were just a slightly larger stone that caused some waves.

At the same time, Shan Qin's answer to lower the price did not surprise Wei Zhong. Wei Zhong had been prepared for this long before contacting the other party.

After thinking for a while, Wei Zhong added:
"I wonder if the Chamber of Commerce can exchange the spiritual stones for various spiritual objects? Especially the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine. I need this kind of high-level spiritual medicine to reach the fourth level."

Shan Qin and Miaoli Shan both fell into deep thought after hearing this. After some consideration, Shan Qin replied:

"You can exchange the spiritual stones for spiritual objects, but they are limited to those under ten thousand years old. As for the ten thousand year old spiritual medicine, I can make the decision and exchange two for you. If there are more, there is no way."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhong's face showed joy. He raised his hand and took out a jade slip, on which were engraved the types of spiritual objects he needed.

After Shan Qin took it, she scanned it with her spiritual sense and found that most of the items were in stock in the Chamber of Commerce, so she nodded:

"It will take some time for the spiritual medicine to turn around, anywhere from a few months to a year or two. Fellow Daoist Wei, please wait for a while."

Seeing this, Wei Zhong bowed and said:
"Thank you Miss Shan!"

The deal was done, and the three of them immediately began to chat.

"I wonder what the success rate is for Brother Wei to refine the Hao Yuan Pill into a top grade one?"

Wei Zhong concealed his own strength a little, stretched out three fingers, and said: "Thirty percent."

Shan Qin looked at Miaoli Shan beside him, who answered:
“Currently, among the third-level alchemists in our Chamber of Commerce, no one has such a high success rate.

Only the fourth-level masters in the association can reach such a level."

There was an extraordinary surprise in his words.

Shan Qin was also slightly stunned and said with a smile:
"Friend Wei is still very wealthy."

According to the 30% success rate of pill success, we can know how much spiritual medicine Wei Zhong used to refine these pills.

If such a huge number of spiritual medicines were exchanged for spiritual stones, I wonder how many cultivators would be jealous. Even those families that have been in the Jindan stage for many years have only this much in their assets.

"Ahem, I just made a lot of money in recent years. Collecting these spiritual medicines has cost me all my fortune, and I am waiting for the Chamber of Commerce to make up for it!"

"Ha ha······"

The two girls did not try to find out whether what Wei Zhong said was true or not, but just asked him indirectly how long it would take to enter the fourth level.

The answer was that one or two more thousand-year-old elixirs would be enough to accomplish the task.

Wei Zhong told them about his attempt to refine a fourth-level elixir and how he almost succeeded. Hearing that he almost succeeded in refining a fourth-level blood ginseng pill, the two of them felt very regretful.

In order to support this statement, Wei Zhong even took out the inferior pill that he had failed to refine for the two to appreciate.

Shan Qin and Miaoli Shan were not professional alchemists, so they naturally could not tell the temperature of the waste pill, so they asked Wei Zhong:
"Fellow Daoist Wei, can you please leave this pill with the two of us and take it to the alchemist in the meeting to have a look?"

Wei Zhong did not refuse this proposal, as it was an excellent opportunity to enhance his own reputation and status.

"You can do anything!"

After the three of them chatted for a while, Wei Zhong said goodbye and left.

Shan Qin and Miaoli Shan sat by the window, looking thoughtful.

"Aunt Miao, do you think what Wei Zhong said is true or false?" Shan Qin asked.

The latter replied:

“It’s probably true. Although Wei Zhong is cautious, he is a smart man.

After you gave him the fourth-level alchemist inheritance, he knew that this was an opportunity.

Not only did he say that he would reach the fourth level within ten years, he also took out so many high-quality Haoyuan Pills and fourth-level waste pills to support his statement.

There is no reason to lie.”

Shan Qin also nodded.

"If Wei Zhong can really become a fourth-level alchemist, he can also be my assistant."

Shan Qin sighed, with a hint of sadness on her face.

It seems that the internal situation of Yunji Chamber of Commerce is not as harmonious as it seems, and it is full of struggles.

Even Shan Qin, the eldest daughter of the Chamber of Commerce president, cannot avoid this.

"I heard that Wei Zhong is also good at refining weapons. Qin'er, why don't you give him a fourth-level refining inheritance?
Maybe I can even hire a fourth-level weapon refiner." Shan Qin pondered for a moment:

"This is also possible, but we should wait until the dust settles on the fourth-level alchemist. Otherwise, we won't be able to find a fourth-level weapon refiner, and we will also lose a fourth-level alchemist."

During the conversation, both of them were impressed by Wei Zhongbai's extraordinary talent in art, and he could achieve such achievements in two fields.

"It's just that his cultivation aptitude is a little poor. With low-grade spiritual roots and a medium-grade spiritual body, he can only stop at the stage of forming a pill at best, and it's hard to even hope for the Nascent Soul stage. His life span of six hundred years is not as good as the thousand-year life span of the Nascent Soul. What's more, he is also middle-aged when he is in the stage of forming a pill."

There was a hint of regret in Miaoli Shan's words.

Several hundred years of forming a Dan is just a fragment of the development process for a Nascent Soul force like the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

It is difficult to have a fundamental impact on it.

"It is enough for you to help me for a few hundred years, how dare I ask for more.

Besides, as long as I enter the Nascent Soul stage, those dissatisfied factions will naturally submit to me."

"Qin'er, just know what's going on."

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Wei Zhong left without realizing that the two were regretting themselves.

Otherwise, you must say in your heart:
"My talent is already infinite, so why should I bother with the mere Nascent Soul stage?"

Sitting in the spirit boat, Wei Zhong began to think about the pros and cons of looking for Shan Qin to sell the elixir.

'Providing a large number of high-level elixirs and a fourth-level waste elixir is enough to prove that one's own alchemy skills are indeed only one step away from the fourth level.

Maybe it can attract more investment.

After the other party sent me various spiritual objects, especially the thousand-year-old elixir, I naturally told him that I had been promoted to a fourth-rank alchemist.

There is a high probability that your position in the club will change greatly after this.

You can obtain fourth-tier resources, and even some rare inheritances will be announced to you.

For example, the secret realm that had just been mined.

The combination of puppets and formations can significantly improve combat power.

I already have a good skill in refining weapons, combined with Ling Ziwei's formation...

With this technique in hand, your ability to protect yourself will be further enhanced.'

This time, Wei Zhong did not ask for the inheritance in exchange because he doubted that his own identity and status had not reached such a level.

The Yunji Chamber of Commerce sealed off the secret realm, which must be because the inheritance therein is too deeply involved, and it is very likely that a Divine Transformation cultivator is involved.

Wei Zhong's current level is most likely just a little bit lacking.

This can be seen from the fact that the two women did not mention the secret realm at all during their conversation just now.

"The resources have been finalized. All that remains is training and waiting."

Wei Zhong drove the flying boat back to Qingbo Island and did not encounter any robbers blocking the way.

Long before the four sects broke into the secret realm, most of the foreign cultivators from Luohe Prefecture had left.

The remaining people can't cause any trouble at all.

Moreover, Wei Zhong's flying boat is extremely fast. It is obviously a top-grade third-level magical weapon. Few Jindan cultivators can stop such a spiritual boat.

'As your strength continues to improve, the chances of encountering a robbery cultivator are getting smaller and smaller!'

Wei Zhong sighed and returned to Ling Island.

There is no need to say more when practicing in seclusion.

After two years of waiting, the various spiritual objects promised by Shan Qin were finally delivered.

Especially the two thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, which were stuck at the end. It must have taken a lot of effort for the other party to operate this fourth-level spiritual material for Wei Zhong.

This batch of spiritual objects not only contains the spiritual medicines Wei Zhong needs for alchemy, but also a large number of spiritual objects for cultivation, such as high-level water spiritual objects, various precious materials for refining equipment, etc.

It greatly supplemented Wei Zhong’s inventory.

In the cave, Wei Zhong held a root-shaped spiritual medicine and murmured:

"Qingxuan root is the spiritual plant that grows with the root system of the ten thousand year old spiritual medicine. It is rare and extremely precious."

The elixir provided by Shan Qin only had this short piece, enough for refining the elixir ten times.

"But it is enough. Ten furnaces of Dixuan Dan should be enough to complete one furnace."

Wei Zhong opened the furnace and prepared to make the elixir.

The process of making Dixuan Dan and Xueshen Dan is roughly the same, with only some differences in some details.

Therefore, Wei Zhong was able to refine it with ease.

After the fifth furnace, two lower-grade Earthly Profound Pills were produced.

Different from the bright red color of the Blood Ginseng Pill, the Earth Profound Pill is jade-colored, with silver spiritual patterns on the milky white.

It looks very extraordinary.

"A fourth-tier healing elixir, targeted at Nascent Soul cultivators, can repair their spiritual bodies. For Core Forming cultivators below it, it has an extraordinary medicinal effect, capable of resurrecting flesh and reviving bones. It is an excellent life-saving elixir."

With this pill in hand, Wei Zhong's survivability is greatly increased.

After putting it away carefully, Wei Zhong continued to make the elixir.

This time, the third furnace produced two pills of the same low-grade quality.

There were only two elixirs left, so Wei Zhong did not continue refining them.

There was no guarantee that he would succeed again in refining the elixir twice, so Wei Zhong put the elixir away for later use.

"Four Earth Profound Pills are enough for my own use. But if I want to use them to break into the Nascent Soul cultivators, they are still a little insufficient.

However, once I reveal my identity as a fourth-level alchemist, there will be Nascent Soul cultivators coming to me and offering spiritual medicines for me to refine.”

Wei Zhong took out one of the spiritual medicines and put it in a jade bottle.

After leaving the cave, he held a talisman and passed it into the retreat room nearby.

Later, Ling Ziwei came out of seclusion, with a bit of doubt on her face:
"I wonder what's the matter, my husband?"

Wei Zhong waved his hand, and the jade bottle flew into Ling Ziwei's hands.

"This is the Dixuan Pill, a life-saving pill I prepared for you."

The latter held the jade bottle and thought for a moment, then was shocked:

"Fourth-level elixir?"

"Exactly."

Ling Ziwei's pretty face couldn't hide the shock:
"Could this elixir be my husband?"

"Yes, I made it myself."

Ling Ziwei took a breath of cold air.

"My husband is already a fourth-level alchemist?"

Ling Ziwei couldn't believe this was reality for a moment, and her face still had a slight blush left over from the surprise.

Seeing that he was still standing there in a daze, Wei Zhong came to him, held him in his arms, and said softly:

"With this life-saving elixir in hand, I can feel more at ease when you go out."

Ling Ziwei naturally knew that this pill was precious. She looked up at Wei Zhong with tenderness in her eyes.

Wei Zhong smiled and pinched her cheek, then asked, "How is Ling'er's practice going?"

"It's not far from the middle stage of foundation building that my husband requires. It will probably take about two years."

Wei Zhong nodded. This progress was almost the same as he had expected.

(End of this chapter)