Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 26 The Frenzied Sale of Scriptures
Putting aside his curiosity, the old man's expression became slightly more serious. He looked at the black-robed man in front of him and said, "This cultivation technique is quite good. I wonder what level of scripture it is?"

"The scriptures in the Four Extremes Secret Realm are complete and intact," Li Yao replied.

The old man pondered for a moment, then said, "If what you say is true, then my Five Elements Pavilion is willing to offer seven thousand catties of source."

“Eight thousand catties.” Li Yao countered. He now knew that the scriptures were a golden goose for these forces, so he had no worries when negotiating the price. He wasn’t even worried about whether the Five Elements Pavilion would agree.

The Holy City is home to almost all the forces in the Big Dipper Starfield. If you don't want it, I'll just go to another force.

Sure enough, after Li Yao bargained, the old man hesitated for only a moment before nodding and saying, "Deal."

As the pricing was finalized, the door opened again, and a woman with a graceful figure and striking appearance walked in, carrying a tray in her slender, fair hands, on which sat a pure white jade bottle.

The old man pointed to the jade bottle and said, "You can check it first."

Without any hesitation, Li Yao picked up the jade bottle and began to examine it with his divine sense.

The quantity of eight thousand catties of source material was correct, but Li Yao was somewhat disappointed because these sources were not very pure.

Compared to the source energy in his body, it is inferior in both concentration and purity, probably only about 70%.

However, Li Yao was not surprised by this, and had even expected it beforehand.

If the market is divided into levels, then the Holy Land and the Ancient Families are at the first level, and they mainly use Pure Source when trading with each other.

The next level down is for small and medium-sized sects and families, which use sources of lower quality, such as those that are only 70% pure. These are the most common sources on the market.

There is another type, which contains many impurities, and the essence and purity it contains are estimated to be less than 50% of that of a pure source. This type of source circulates among weak, independent cultivators.

"Fellow Daoist, is the number of sources correct?" the old man asked when he saw Li Yao remain silent.

"I trust the reputation of the Five Elements Pavilion," Li Yao replied in a low voice.

The girl who had been silent for a while fell even more silent. She was speechless. They had already investigated, and now they still said they trusted the reputation of the Five Elements Pavilion.

After putting the jade bottle away, Li Yao explained the rest of the scriptures to the old man.

Of course, the name of the technique was no longer Green Wood Technique, but was renamed Divine Wood Technique by him.

After obtaining all the scriptures, the old man nodded in satisfaction. Even after just a quick glance, he could still tell that the scriptures were indeed excellent, belonging to the superior level in the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

"Fellow Daoist should understand the rules of this industry. Once the transaction of this scripture is completed, it cannot be traded again within the next year."

Li Yao was slightly taken aback. He really didn't know about this rule, but it didn't matter. He didn't have much else on him, except for the scriptures, which he could never sell.

Actually, this rule makes sense when you think about it. After all, someone just bought it, and you immediately sell the scripture to all the other factions. How can they make a profit?

"Don't worry, I just want to earn some resources, I don't want to provoke the Five Elements Palace." Li Yao said, then turned and left the room.

……

After leaving the Five Elements Pavilion, Li Yao smiled from behind the black iron mask. He was incredibly excited; if the setting weren't so inappropriate, he would have burst out laughing.

The Heavenly Book consumes far too many resources, which has always been a headache for Li Yao.

Now that the path of selling cultivation techniques has been successfully established, the issue of the source has finally been resolved, at least in the short term.

Although the source he currently possesses is somewhat inferior to pure source, the sheer quantity makes up for it. With just one scroll of scripture, he has already obtained eight thousand catties of source. Even if it is only seventy percent pure source, it is still equivalent to more than five thousand catties of pure source.

"As expected, being honest and law-abiding won't make you rich. If you rely solely on the meager resources from the Yao Guang Holy Land each month, your cultivation progress will be much slower."

He came to the world of Shrouding the Heavens, but he did not intend to follow the path of seeking immortality through shortcuts; time was of utmost preciousness to Li Yao.

Based on the timeline, Ye Fan and his group will arrive in the Beidou Star Region in a few years at most.

In other words, the path to immortality will open in just over two hundred years. When that happens, the Dark Supreme will be born, rivers of blood will flow, and billions of lives will become food.

Li Yao did not want to become just another mouthful of food; he wanted to control his own destiny, so great strength was essential.

With these eight thousand catties of resources, he could then accumulate profits in the shortest possible time and sell the scriptures as quickly as possible.

After making his fortune, he immediately stopped and settled down to enjoy what he had gained.

Li Yao made his plans, and then he came to a restaurant. It was also established by a major power, and both the environment and the security were excellent.

The restaurant's private rooms can even largely isolate one's aura, allowing Li Yao to safely recharge the Heavenly Book.

As the source was rapidly consumed, the profound meanings of the scriptures were quickly pushed forward and renewed, and Li Yao's understanding of the Great Dao was also rapidly improving.

Initially, Li Yao didn't feel a significant difference after reading just one scripture, but after reading two, three... ten scriptures, his understanding of the Great Dao became quite evident.

Although these scriptures from the Four Extremes Secret Realms are utterly insignificant compared to the Yao Guang Emperor Scripture, their explanations of the Great Dao still impressed Li Yao.

As dusk fell, night enveloped the earth.

The eight thousand catties of source were quickly depleted, and fifty-five chapters of the scriptures in the Heavenly Book were deduced.

……

The next day, as the golden sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating the room, Li Yao got out of bed, left the restaurant, and began his operations, moving among the various holy lands, aristocratic families, and major religions that had established their forces in the Holy City.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of major powers, he was very restrained when releasing scriptures, only releasing one or two scrolls at a time.

Even so, the source energy within him was increasing rapidly, and soon it directly broke through the 200,000 jin mark.

This is an absolute fortune; even if it were replaced with the same amount of pure source material, it would be worth as much as 140,000 jin.

All he had to give up was 8,000 catties of raw materials, and the profit was so terrifying that it was astonishing.

Even now, he has only sold half of the scriptures, with more than twenty still unsold.

If they were all sold, the profit would be even higher.

But things didn't go smoothly, and eventually, some setbacks occurred.

Such a reckless move, even though Li Yao was being very careful, still attracted the attention of some people.

The sudden appearance of a large number of scriptures at the level of the Four Extremes Mystic Realm in the Holy City, and the fact that they were completely unfamiliar and had never appeared before, made it hard not to attract attention.

(End of this chapter)