Vampire Cultivation Notes

"It's under construction, it's under construction, Fellow Daoist Dong, don't be in a hurry."

Li Jieqing had urged Huangchong several times, telling it to hurry up and build a few tall buildings and mansions.

He doesn't trust outsiders to set up things on the island.

"Island Master, how much Blood Bamboo Spirit Charcoal do we have left? I asked the charcoal manager outside, and he said at least seven thousand catties."

After Li Jieqing sat down in the thatched hut, Dong Liuzhi brought up the serious business he had come for.

Seven thousand catties of blood bamboo charcoal can be easily carried by two ox-horned zebras.

"Where did this manager come from outside?"

Li Jieqing was taken aback, but immediately understood that it was a self-proclaimed title given by the charcoal burners from the Yu family.

Putting that matter aside for the time being, Li Jieqing shook his head and said, "Last time, you only transported seven thousand catties of goods on your business trip. How could the island raise them so quickly? I remember there are only five thousand catties left in stock. Let's see how much is left after the fire is started outside. Let's split it evenly and sell it all to you to take with you."

"Really?" Dong Liuzhi suspected that Li Jieqing was trying to lower the price, so he said, "The fire of the Seven True Immortal City is about to be drawn out. Island Master, you should be careful that spirit charcoal will not be easy to sell in the future."

"The earth fire should naturally be used first by the Seven Immortals and their disciples. It would be too expensive for others to use, and none of them can compare to the charcoal from my family, which is easy to burn and use. It is unparalleled in alchemy and weapon crafting."

Li Jieqing laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to intimidate us. The Seven True Immortal City is thriving, and the number of cultivators will only increase. Spirit charcoal will always be able to be sold."

"It's true that only 5,000 jin are left; there's no reason for me to lie to you."

It's not that I don't want to sell, it's just that some of the spirit charcoal has been taken by Li Jieqing to refine pills, and I can't get it back.

It seems that in order to avoid suspicion from outsiders, Huang Chong might have to learn the craft of charcoal making?

Li Jieqing pondered to himself.

"Fine, five thousand catties it is."

Dong Liuzhi asked, "How many measures of Blood Bamboo Juice do you have? I won't hide it from you, Island Master. This stuff was offered to the disciples of the Upper Sect before, and it sold very well."

"One hundred and sixty boxes, totaling sixteen liters." Li Jieqing did not keep this.

"Still two spirit stones per liter?"

"make a deal."

This blood bamboo sap is more expensive than the morning dew picked from the heart of a two-hundred-year-old snow lotus sold at Wanbaoge back then, so what could Li Jieqing possibly be dissatisfied with?

Although the snow lotus is now in his hands.

After handing over the blood bamboo charcoal and bamboo sap, Dong Liuzhi asked, "Does the island lord have the skill to make some bamboo paper for sale? The Seven True Immortal City is booming now, and resources are needed everywhere. This blood bamboo paper also has some spiritual energy, and making it is like mining spirit stones."

Blood bamboo sap is useful, but when made into spirit paper, it is of low grade. Generally speaking, it can only be used to make low-grade talisman paper, and it is far from qualified to fold paper into soldiers like Master Jinwu did.

But just as Dong Liuzhi said, in this era of large-scale infrastructure construction for cultivation on Xiaoxin Island, even blood bamboo spirit paper is not hard to sell.

As long as it's made, it's a spirit stone.

...At least they sell much better than the spirit fish from the Snake Sea.

"Making joss paper... I really don't know how to do that."

Li Jieqing thought for a moment and then shook his head.

In fact, he has a production method, which comes from the selfless supply of Wanbaoge back then.

"Isn't that a coincidence?" Dong Liuzhi smiled and took out a yellowed book from his pocket.

"Island Master, this contains detailed records of the production methods for three types of spirit bamboo paper, including your family's blood bamboo."

"...How many spirit stones?"

"As the saying goes, skill is worth more than a million spirit stones. This is the skill that can generate spirit stones. It's a flat price of only thirty-two spirit stones."

Dong Liuzhi chuckled and pushed the book over.

"Fellow Daoist Dong, thank you so much."

Li Jieqing accepted the yellowed book and agreed to the deal.

These businessmen are eloquent and adept at maneuvering.

Although Li Jieqing had a way of making spirit paper, he couldn't reveal it, which allowed Li Jieqing to take advantage of the situation.

Seeing that Li Jieqing had accepted the book, and realizing that he had obtained sixteen liters of blood bamboo juice for free, Dong Liuzhi said happily, "Island Master is generous. Perfect, the information you asked me about last time has also yielded some results."

"oh."

Li Jieqing stared intently at it.

"It's not just the island lord; because of the Foundation Establishment Pill, many people in the northern wilderness have asked me to inquire about it. I'm only telling you this to the island lord first."

Dong Liuzhi moved closer and said, "There has been no sign of Foundation Establishment Pills in the Seven True Immortal City yet, but through my interactions with the Seven True disciples who have shown up, I have found out something."

"To refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, there are two raw materials."

"It also requires a three-hundred-year-old snow lotus to protect the heart meridian, and a jade marrow fungus to strengthen the foundation and nourish the vital energy, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. In addition, there are two or three other main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill, but we don't know what they are."

Li Jieqing felt that Dong Liuzhi's words had probably been circulating in the north for quite some time.

However, he didn't mind. Instead, he felt a surge of excitement in his heart, and then sighed slightly on his face.

"Jade Marrow Fungus? I've cultivated on Little Xin Island for so many years, and I've never even heard of it."

"Who isn't?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Liuzhi suppressed his joy and sighed.

Foundation Establishment, ah! I've heard that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can enjoy a lifespan of 360 years, which is longer than the lifespan of a mortal dynasty.

How could this not be captivating?

"In conclusion, based on what you've seen and heard, it seems the Seven True Immortals of the Upper Sect are not planning to release Foundation Establishment Pills at the moment?"

After finishing the business, Li Jieqing suddenly asked.

For him now, earning these spirit stones is merely to maintain his persona and better conceal himself; it's not even half as important as the news brought by Dong Liuzhi.

Dong Liuzhi nodded, pointed south, but remained silent. The Seven True Heavens' power far surpassed that of the former Master Baozhou, so he dared not be disrespectful.

It will probably take several decades for the pioneers of the northern lands to die out, and for the survivors to have weakened and unable to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage before the Seven True Immortal Cities, which are now fully prosperous, will start to produce Foundation Establishment Pills.

……

"Three-hundred-year-old snow lotus, and jade marrow fungus."

Li Jieqing sent Dong Liuzhi off the island and pondered for a long time.

He didn't care about waiting for several decades, but he was worried that if the Foundation Establishment Pills didn't flow out by then, and were only consumed internally by the disciples and followers of the Seven Truths, or were only given to other forces in the Seven Truths Immortal City that had completely submitted and gained the trust of the Seven Truths, what would happen then?

Based on Li Jieqing's many years of experience in cultivating immortality, this is very likely.

The group of cultivators who opened up the northern lands only did some tiring cleaning work for the Seven True Ones. They received the benefits of the sacred land, but they probably did not gain their trust.

"Fine, I'll break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining first!"

Li Jieqing has no shortage of elixirs. The ginseng he planted years ago has been ripened for twenty years and has now reached the medicinal power of seven hundred years. The ginseng has grown to the size of a small tree and is more than enough to refine a top-grade Qi-nourishing pill. In recent years, he has even been trying to refine the legendary supreme Qi-nourishing pill.

Throughout Xiaoxin Island's history, there has never been an alchemist with more resources than Li Jieqing.

Even with a mixed spiritual root of five elements, the cultivation speed wouldn't be much slower with the supply of so many pills.

Li Jieqing had recently sensed that the moment of breakthrough was approaching.

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