Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

Bai Xuanjing glanced at the items on the stall—talismans, pills, and various broken magical artifacts—and already understood what was going on.

The old man was unremarkable in appearance, but he must have been involved in robbery and plunder.

Aside from some cultivation techniques that appear to be items used by demonic cultivators, there are also some items that at a glance are clearly common items used by local cultivators of the Vast Ocean.

This old man isn't entirely a "demon-slaying and righteous" figure!

Moreover, it's unlikely that an old man, a mere Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator, could have collected so many supplies from the stall; there's probably a gang behind him.

Bai Xuanjing secretly became wary.

The Demon Sea is located south of the Vast Ocean. It is a sea area occupied by demonic cultivators, with numerous sects of all sizes, and their methods are all strange and bizarre.

The Liuyun Sect's attitude towards demonic cultivators has always been "kill them when necessary."

However, in recent centuries, the Flowing Cloud Sect has focused its energy on expansion, mainly eastward into the Scaled Demon Sea, and has become somewhat negligent in dealing with demonic cultivators.

Within the Guanmo Sea, there is no unified sect; various demonic cultivation sects stand side by side, regarding demonic cultivators of different lineages as resources for their cultivation.

The various sects of the demonic path were unable to unite as one, nor did they have the spare power to launch a large-scale invasion of the Vast Sea.

This led to a brief period of "peace and tranquility" between the Vast Ocean and the Demon Sea.

However, in the Inner Sea, the demonic cultivators still dared not show their faces.

However, the outer sea is far from the inner sea, and the jurisdiction set up by the Liuyun Sect is limited, so its control over the outer sea families is relatively weak.

These overseas families seem to be more inclined to obey orders than commands.

It's acceptable for the Liuyun Sect to collect annual tributes from families.

But to send these families from the outer seas to wipe out the demonic cultivators is a bit of a pipe dream.

At least as long as the demonic cultivators do not threaten the survival of the outer sea families, these outer sea families will not take the initiative to confront the demonic cultivators.

This has led to the frequent appearance of demonic cultivators in the outer seas, and even many local cultivators of the Vast Ocean have practiced demonic techniques.

After reviewing it, Bai Xuanjing gained some understanding of the Corpse Puppet Pill.

The function of the Corpse Puppet Pill is quite simple: it can be fed to the corpse of a demon beast, and then refined using a secret method to integrate the pill into the demon corpse.

In this way, the demon corpse can be turned into a puppet, and the cultivator can control the demon beast to do some things.

What is remarkable is that the demonic beasts refined by the Corpse Puppet Pill can retain their talents from their previous lives.

This made Bai Xuanjing's heart flutter.

However, there is one thing that is rather regrettable.

Although the Corpse Puppet Pill can refine the corpses of demonic beasts into puppets, once the corpse puppets are successfully refined, it will accelerate the decay of the demonic beast corpses.

Once the corpse puppet has decayed to a certain extent, it becomes completely useless.

The rate at which a corpse puppet decays is related to the cultivation level of the demon beast in its previous life.

A first-stage tier demon beast, once refined into a corpse puppet, will completely decay in about six months.

But ultimately, it is still a decent notebook on elixirs.

After all, a puppet is essentially a helper.

The more you forge, the greater your strength will be.

Most alchemists are relatively weak in combat, so this Corpse Puppet Pill is a good defensive measure for them.

However, such a formula is ultimately a demonic method.

It's fine to use it offshore.

If it is used in the Inner Sea and it is discovered that the person is a member of a family, it could easily be reported to the Liuyun Sect by someone with ulterior motives, causing the family to suffer the consequences.

Although everyone understands the principle of learning from the barbarians to control them.

However, the Liuyun Sect has always been extremely competitive in the face of disputes over the lineage of the Dao.

That's easy to understand.

A small opening can easily become a big hole.

Independent cultivators, on the other hand, do not have this concern.

However, rogue alchemists are quite rare.

It seems that the old man's scroll of pill notes won't sell well.

Besides the effects of the Corpse Puppet Pill, Bai Xuanjing was surprised to find that the introduction to the Corpse Puppet Pill mentioned that there were corresponding refining methods for each level from first to second.

The only difference is the materials required.

This means that as long as you have demon beast materials and corresponding alchemy materials, you can even refine demon beast corpse puppets that are equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators!

However, the scroll of pill refining notes in his hand only contained the refining methods for first-grade low-rank corpse puppet pills and first-grade mid-rank corpse puppet pills.

It's likely because the old man's "demon-slaying and righteous" cultivator had a limited status within the Corpse Puppet Sect.

Bai Xuanjing pondered for a moment and then had an idea.

"This Corpse Puppet Pill seems to have some use, but it's too expensive."

A typical first-tier mid-grade pill manual can fetch 250 low-grade spirit stones at a random cultivator's stall, and that's already quite rare. Your bid of 320 low-grade spirit stones is far too expensive!

Bai Xuanjing spoke in a hoarse voice, without any politeness.

The old man chuckled, not embarrassed at all, and instead said, "Fellow Daoist must also be knowledgeable about elixirs."

This scroll of Corpse Puppet Pill manual contains the refining methods for both low-grade and mid-grade first-order pills.

Furthermore, it thoughtfully includes the method for crafting corpse puppets. The price must be for two sets of pill manuals plus the method for crafting corpse puppets, which explains the high price…”

Bai Xuanjing scoffed, "What use is a low-grade first-tier corpse puppet pill, only good for refining a few early-stage first-tier demonic beasts?"

"To be honest, I don't even really care about this mid-grade Corpse Puppet Pill. If it weren't for the fact that I need it to make some defensive items for my juniors, I wouldn't even glance at your pill manual."

"How about this, you can sell me the notes on mid-grade first-tier pills separately!"

Upon hearing this, the old man gave Bai Xuanjing a deep look.

Because of the Hidden Spirit Cloak, he couldn't tell how powerful Bai Xuanjing was at all.

But respect the clothes first, then respect the person.

The fact that Bai Xuanjing can use the Concealing Spirit Cloak indicates that he is no ordinary person and is very likely a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Coupled with what Bai Xuanjing said, Lao Zhang became even more certain of his guess.

So he grinned and said, "Fellow Daoist is joking. The contents of this elixir manual are all written and engraved in Daoist script."

If it is divided rashly, this manuscript will be ruined, and even a Foundation Establishment cultivator can only do it with the help of a magic array...

"How about I transcribe the contents of this pill manual using the script of our Vast Ocean... I'm just afraid you won't accept it!" The old man said with a mischievous smile.

Bai Xuanjing gave a soft hum.

Dao script is a peculiar script, a special symbol used to write various cultivation methods. It is said to be the script of ancient immortals, close to the original meaning of the Great Dao.

If what the old man said is true, and it is translated into Hao Ran Hai's everyday language, the meaning will be completely different.

The Daoist texts, which can be studied for a few months, may require decades to master, while ordinary texts may take decades.

After saying that, the old man chuckled to himself, "Just kidding!"

He then said, "Fellow Daoist is a discerning and respectable person. It's not very meaningful to haggle like that little cultivator just now."

"Let's be frank. How many low-grade spirit stones do you think would be appropriate for me to charge for this scroll of pill-making notes?"

Bai Xuanjing pretended to ponder for a moment, and then said, "I didn't bring many spirit stones with me on this trip, so I can only give you two hundred and thirty low-grade spirit stones."

However, I just bought a few bottles of pills, so I can give you two extra bottles of first-grade, low-level healing pills, the Yellow Jade Pill.

Huang Yu Dan is a first-grade low-level healing pill mainly produced by the Bai family.

In the vicinity of the Canghuang Islands, it is naturally a household name.

However, the types of Qi-refining pills developed in different sea areas are different, and they also have different names.

The cultivators here may not have heard of Huang Yudan.

Therefore, Bai Xuanjing explained the effects of the elixir in more detail.