The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 467 The Shop Opens for the First Time, Zhu Yu's Reckless Acts, and the Shock of the Real Persons (Please Subscribe)

Opening a shop is difficult for ordinary disciples, but for a Foundation Establishment Realm "Spirit Ruins Master" who is a potential shareholder of "Immortal Tomb Spirit Ruins," it's just a matter of a word.

Instead of opening a shop in the "Immortal Tomb Spirit Ruins", Zhu Yu opened "Possessing Demon Pets" and "House of All Things" in the "Trading Spirit Ruins" built by the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The shop wasn't located at the bottom level where he entered during his Qi cultivation, but rather at the top level of the Cloud Tree. There weren't many shops, but they weren't few either, and they sold a wide variety of things.

There were no lanterns or decorations.

Both shops opened at the same time.

With nothing else to do, Zhu Yu divided his attention into two groups to oversee the situation. Just as he was thinking about what goods to bring, a customer arrived.

The newcomer, sculpted from clouds and mist, was as thin as a rake, resembling a stick figure. Upon seeing the empty shop, he visibly paused, then jokingly asked Zhu Yu, who also looked like a stick figure, "Shopkeeper, are you perhaps selling air here?"

This was Zhu Yu's first time opening a shop. Upon hearing this, he was not annoyed at all, but rather found it quite amusing. He politely replied, "Please don't be offended, sir. This is my first time opening a shop, and I haven't decided what goods to register yet."

Before he could respond, he raised his hand and tapped lightly, and the clouds gathered, condensing into a table and chairs, as well as a book on one side. He invited him to sit down, and presented the book to the stick figure, saying, "All the goods that the shop is preparing to sell are in this book. If you find anything you like, you can discuss it further."

"Oh? Let me think about it first."

The stick figure became interested, opened the book, and saw a flat, round, brown seed with annotations below it.

[Silver Acacia Spiritual Food]

【Origin: Insect Kingdom】

[Note: Although it contains spiritual energy, its path is completely different, and its efficacy is less than one percent. It tastes delicious and is a novel food.]

"Spiritual food from the insect realm—"

The stick figure clearly knew about the "Insect World," glanced at Zhu Yu with surprise, and continued reading.

The pages of "spiritual food" amazed her, and she thought to herself, "This person is quite adept at business, actually managing to establish a foothold in the 'Insect Realm.' I wonder which true master they are—"

When she saw the words "White-tailed Pear, a divinely bestowed fruit" and its accompanying description, she immediately became restless, looking at Zhu Yu in astonishment and exclaiming in shock, "You also have a divinely bestowed fruit?!"

Anyone who has ever released the "Insect Realm" knows how precious the "Divine Fruit" is; using it as a catalyst, the efficacy of the refined elixir is increased by more than a hundredfold.

The natives of the "Insect Realm" sell their products to outsiders, but the prices are ridiculously high. In addition, the insects don't accept spirit stones. They require either "Life Stones," "Spirit Void Origin," or other origin items containing "Spirit Void Origin" to purchase them.

They want to earn "Life Stones" in the "Insect World".

It's hard to put into words.

Purchasing with "Spiritual Ruins Origin" is practically robbery—

"have."

Zhu Yu nodded slightly, but then shook his head, saying, "But the 'divine gift' is not yet mature and needs time to mature."

He paused, then added, "The 'Divine Fruit' can only be purchased with 'Spiritual Ruins Origin'."

The stick figure gleaned a deeper meaning from his words and asked in astonishment, "Senior brother, do you perhaps have some kind of collaboration with the natives of the 'Insect Realm'?"

Zhu Yu nodded without saying a word.

The stick figure glanced at him enviously, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "How many 'Spiritual Void Origin' are needed to order one?"

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The "White-tailed Pear Divine Fruit" has the effect of regenerating severed limbs. If it is used as a catalyst, it can be used to refine a life-saving elixir.

If it's not too expensive, she thinks she can buy one.

Zhu Yu checked his memories of being distracted.

The "Red Fire Ant" tribe sells "Divine Gift Fruits" to cultivators from other regions. The lower-grade "Divine Gift" of the Mountain Lord level is equivalent to one of the ten "Spiritual Ruins Origins," with the price doubling for each grade.

It is classified as "a divinely bestowed fruit of the white-tailed pear".

If priced according to the "Red Fire Ant" tribe, the price should be thirty-five "Spiritual Ruins Origin".

Zhu Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "Thirty 'Spiritual Ruins Origin'."

"really!"

The stick figure's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Senior brother, I'd like to reserve one—" Before he could finish, he changed his words, "I'd like to reserve three 'White-tailed Pear Divine Fruits.'"

As if afraid he would change his mind, he immediately took out three light blue water-attribute "Spiritual Ruins Origin" from his body and handed them to Zhu Yu.

"This is the deposit."

"Does it sell that well?"

Zhu Yu was taken aback by the stick figure's quick agreement. He glanced at the stick figure thoughtfully and asked, "Was the price set too low?"

Coming to his senses, he wasn't prepared to change the price.

The main reason is that one thirty "Spiritual Void Origin" is already a high level in his mind. After all, before the "White-tailed Pear God's Gift" is promoted to the Mountain Lord level, it can produce three hundred and sixty pieces a year, which is ten thousand "Spiritual Void Origin".

Meanwhile, the "White Tail Pear God-given" was promoted to the Mountain Lord level, and its spirit was divided to prepare to gently sort the fruit, allowing it to bear 720 fruits.

If you acquire all of them, you can sell them at the "Trading Ruins".

That is, 20,000 "Spiritual Ruins Origin".

That's already quite a lot.

of course.

The premise is that so many people buy it.

Zhu Yu suppressed his distracting thoughts and directly activated the "Trading Spirit Ruins" mark, signing a "contract" with it. Looking at the stick figure, who was clearly very happy with his gains, he smiled and said, "There are still many things in the shop. If you are not busy, you can continue to browse. Hmm, you can also take this book back to read—"

Judging from Zhu Yu's tone, the stick figure seemed to sense that there was something better to come. Instead of leaving immediately, he stuffed the contract into his body and flipped through the pages. He was stunned as soon as he turned to the first page.

【The "divine gift" of the Malus spectabilis】

[Mountain Lord Level]

Grade: Low Grade

[Benefits: Enhances body coordination and flexibility]

In the "Insect Realm," it enhances coordination and flexibility, but in other realms, it can be used as a catalyst to refine elixirs that strengthen the meridians.

For cultivators who value physical strength...

Its efficacy is not much less than that of the "White-tailed Pear God's Gift".

The stick figure paused for a moment, then asked, "Senior brother, how many 'Spiritual Void Origins' are contained in the 'Divinely Bestowed Fruit of the Western Begonia'?"

Zhu Yu casually replied, "Ten."

The stick figure fell silent again. She realized that this senior shop owner seemed unaware of the true value of the "divinely bestowed fruit," or rather, he didn't not know, but rather his understanding was somewhat flawed.

This price is normal in the "insect world".

But what he might not know is that buying "divine fruits" in the "Insect Realm" is not so easy, because those "native" insects will not sell to an outsider cultivator multiple times. If you buy too many, they will stop selling to you.

She didn't know about other places.

However, within the "Heavenly Dao Sect," the market price is 30% higher.

And there's no guarantee you'll be able to buy them.

The stick figure was tempted. Although she didn't specialize in physical fitness, having a stronger physique would only be beneficial. Moreover, even if she didn't take the medicine herself, she could still make a profit before others discovered the shop.

Just as she was about to pay the deposit, she suddenly remembered something, gave Zhu Yu a strange look, and turned to another page. The information recorded on it made her heart skip a beat.

【The Asparagus: A Gift from Heaven】

[Mountain Lord Level]

[Grade: Special Superior]

[Effect: Possesses a special Yang attribute, which can remove and purify negative injuries from the Yin side]

"really--"

"Is this senior brother some kind of old monster?"

The stick figure gasped in shock.

The naiveté and stubbornness of the indigenous people of the "Insect World" are well-known.

How many years would it take to gain the recognition of the "insect world" natives? The effort and resources spent during that time must have been enormous.

Suppressing his shock, he continued reading.

When she saw the hyacinth and the queen bamboo fungus, she wasn't so shocked anymore. After catching her breath, she looked up at Zhu Yu, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Senior brother, are there any restrictions on purchasing 'divinely bestowed fruits'?"

Zhu Yu looked at him with surprise, then nodded and said, "Yes."

"really."

The stick figure sighed inwardly, knowing that cheap deals were hard to come by.

Before he could speak, Zhu Yu's voice came again.

"The ripening time of the 'God-given' fruit is not fixed, the waiting time is not fixed, and the number of ripe fruits also varies. Once it's sold out, it's gone."

The stick figure's recently extinguished flame instantly reignited, and he hurriedly said, "I wish to purchase the 'Heavenly Mushroom Divine Fruit'."

She gritted her teeth and said, "Ten."

"There are also three each of 'Malus spectabilis', 'Hyacinth', and 'Empress Bamboo Fungus'."

After speaking, he took out nineteen "Spiritual Void Origins" from his chest and presented them to Zhu Yu.

"Is this enough?"

Zhu Yu glanced at her in surprise, then without saying a word, raised his hand and conjured a "contract," imprinting it with his own divine soul aura before sending it to the stick figure.

"Thank you, senior brother."

The stick figure quickly examined it, immediately imprinted its divine essence on it, carefully stored it in its chest, and was overjoyed.

"We've struck it rich!"

She calculated that if she sold the pre-ordered divine fruits at a 30% markup, she could earn at least one hundred "Spiritual Void Origins".

.

As for whether they will be unsellable?

She wasn't worried at all; the "Insect World" divinely bestowed fruit was incredibly effective and would sell perfectly well.

The stick figure was already satisfied, but thinking that since he had already read it, he might as well finish reading it, he turned the pages of the book.

What came into her view was a dark red image of a bull-beast with a human body.

With just one glance, I felt a fierce aura rushing towards me, as if some primordial beast was about to burst out of the pages. An uncontrollable sense of dread welled up in my heart, and I wanted to run away.

Fortunately, the breath came and went quickly.

"hehe--"

The stick figure raised its head, gave Zhu Yu a dry smile, and only after calming down did it lower its head to look at the annotations below.

【Bloodflame Bull Demon "True Spirit Seed"】

Bloodline: "Sky-Treading Demon Bull"

[Note: It contains the bloodline of the "Netherworld" true spirit "Sky-Treading Demon Bull". It is violent and bloodthirsty. Upon reaching adulthood, it can break through to the second level. Its physical body is as hard as metal. It is good at hand combat and can injure the soul.]

[Note: Feeding these items is costly; please purchase with caution.]

[Note: This product will not remove the "Natal Spiritual Ruins" mark. Forcibly removing the mark will result in a backlash. Please purchase with caution.]

"True spirit—"

The stick figure stared blankly at the annotations. When he came to his senses, he swallowed hard and looked at Zhu Yu with shock in his eyes.

That's right!

This guy is definitely some old monster who works alone!

It works wonders!

An adult being comparable to a "Primordial Spirit True Lord".

There is only one possibility for Zhu Yu to sell the descendants of the "True Spirit": he has refined the bloodline of the "True Spirit" descendants into the "Life Spirit Ruins" relatives.

She roared inwardly.

"What a reckless madman—"

Everyone knows that the "True Spirit" is powerful, and its bloodline is scattered throughout the world. If one is willing, it is not difficult to find some subtle bloodlines.

To this day, very few dare to refine it into a "natal spirit realm" companion. In fact, the number of "spirit realm masters" who are killed by the "true spirit" for refining the "true spirit" bloodline is far greater than the number who successfully refine it.

And even if the refining is successful.

Each time a follower with the bloodline of the "True Spirit" is born, it will attract a wisp of the "True Spirit's" gaze. If many followers with the bloodline are born, it may even attract the "True Spirit's" true form.

all in all.

It's true that the "True Spirit" bloodline's followers are powerful, but they risk their lives for them.

It's better if the "True Spirit" can't be seen; if it can, even if the Ancestor were to be resurrected, he probably wouldn't dare to provoke it.

of course.

The future depends on whether that "true spirit" is still alive.

Thinking of this, the stick figure's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out instinctively, "How many 'Spiritual Ruins Origins'?"

Zhu Yu glanced at him and said calmly, "One hundred thousand 'Spiritual Ruins Origin' and ten thousand jin of 'Five Elements Essence'."

"You can't break the rules, or you'll have to bear the consequences."

"Would you like to buy this? No need to pre-order, it's in stock—"

"hiss--"

The stick figure gasped, waving his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I was just asking, just asking."

After saying that, she lost interest in continuing to look through the book, put it away, stood up, clasped her hands in greeting, and quickly left the shop.

"Tsk, isn't 100,000 'Spiritual Ruins Origin' a bit too many—"

Watching the stick figure run away in fright, Zhu Yu stroked his chin, but after thinking about it, he decided not to lower the price.

The nurturing of the "Bloodflame Bull Demon" alone requires 10,000 strands of "Spiritual Void Origin" and 1,000 catties of "Five Elements Essence," and it also needs to be nurtured for half a year.

Even at ten times the price, it's already very cheap.

If the price is lowered, wouldn't that be a disgrace to "True Spirit"?

"Once we construct the third 'Natal Spirit Ruins,' should we use the bloodline of the 'Purifying White Fox' to nurture our followers? Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing's 'Naga Serpent' bloodline seems quite good, as does 'Xiao Yu's' bloodline—"

Zhu Yu thought about it intermittently.

the other side.

As the stick figure left the shop, a thought flickered in his mind, and a chat panel displaying the words "Heavenly Dao Sect" slowly unfolded before him. After a quick glance at the group chat, he eagerly typed:

[Master Hanyan: Fellow senior brothers and sisters, guess what I saw! —]

Without waiting for a response, the message "Bloodflame Bull Demon" was sent.

Then it was written:

[Hanyan Zhenren: I found a newly opened shop in the "Trading Market" and just wanted to go in and take a look, but I unexpectedly encountered a "big shot"!]

He actually sold "Netherworld" True Spirit Seeds and their followers!

My sister sensed the presence; it's definitely real! —】

The words fell.

Several messages popped up in succession.

[True Man Zhuiyun: Junior Sister Hanyan, are you sure you didn't sense anything wrong?]

[Master Hanyan: Absolutely authentic!]

[True Master Zhuiyun: As expected of our senior, fearless of death, we prepare to pay our respects.]

[Dead Soul Master: As expected of our senior, fearless of death, we prepare to pay our respects.]

[Master Jinpeng: As expected of our senior, fearless of death, we prepare to pay our respects.]

[Real Person Lianhua: Junior Sister Hanyan, are you really selling them? How much? What's the price? --]

[Master Hanyan: Truly! Ten thousand strands of "Spiritual Ruins Origin," and ten thousand catties of "Five Elements Essence."]

[Lianhua Zhenren: I want it—but I can't afford it!]

[Master Hanyan: I want it—but I can't afford it!]

[Master Jinpeng: I want it—but I can't afford it!]

[Bai Ze Zhenren: I dare not accept this, but I can afford it!]

【Loving Flower Immortal: ————】

【————】

"You Yao Chong" store.

Zhu Yu, who was displaying goods using clouds, seemed to sense something. With a slight thought, an information panel appeared.

[Master Huiyue: Did you sell the "Bloodflame Bull Demon" to me, Junior Brother?]

Before Zhu Yu could reply, another message appeared.

[Huiyue Zhenren: Give me one, let's try something new.]