Immortality Cultivation: Fellow Daoists, please live for two more episodes!

The Yin Po ore was delivered the next day.

Two black lacquered wooden boxes were placed at the entrance of Jucai Pavilion. The deliverymen from Wanjitang left without even entering the gate.

Strangely enough, ever since Zhou Youyuan reviewed the plan for Destiny No. 6 in the stone chamber yesterday, and then spent a long time talking business with Qin Jiu using Lin Qiusheng's usually quiet mouth, things have changed.

He actually disregarded the details of the deal itself.

As Zhou Youyuan watched Qiu Wu fiddling with the ore on the screen, a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

The innate Yin-Yang Dao foundation... is still in his own hands at the moment, and it's possible that it might secretly exert its influence on his judgment at any time.

His thoughts of doing business were instantly put aside, and he subconsciously closed his eyes and began to circulate the "Flowing Dawn Inner Illumination".

He found this internal illumination technique in a corner of an old shelf at Guichen Hall before he went into seclusion.

Because of its limited functionality, which only allows one to reflect their own image and excludes some methods of using the "Mars Guarding the Heart" technique, and its high price of nearly 3,000 points, it has been sitting unsold for many years.

But it was just right for him. Although three thousand points was almost a year's worth of food for an inner disciple without a master who paid three hundred a month, it was indeed a bit expensive for this cultivation technique.

But this actually reassured him. At Shuiyue, 99% of cheap items are scams, and while expensive items are guaranteed to be safe, the probability is much lower.

The true energy flowed out of his dantian, circulated through his meridians and into his internal organs, and circled along the edge of his sea of ​​consciousness. Only after ensuring that there was no spiritual energy left in his meridians that did not belong to him did his heart finally settle down a little.

"Nothing unusual means that Dao Foundation isn't secretly exerting its power..."

That being said, the effects of "Liu Xi Nei Zhao" also have their limits.

Strictly speaking, it doesn't actually see through the internal organs, but rather allows the true qi to circulate along the meridians and relies on the feedback of spiritual energy fluctuations to determine whether there is any external force interfering, thus achieving a coarse screening effect.

The advantage of doing it this way is that the coarse screening is quick, and the results can be obtained in just a few breaths after one round. The disadvantage is that the accuracy is limited, and it cannot detect the hidden skills of those above the Foundation Establishment level.

Therefore, when a Foundation Establishment cultivator is secretly making a move, "Liu Xi Nei Zhao" will not call the police, but will quietly give a "everything is normal" result as usual.

Having considered this, Zhou Youyuan had already made his judgment:

So, firstly, we can rule out that Daoji was exerting his power in secret. Then, could it be that he was really tired?

That being said, it also explains why I've been vaguely feeling like my judgment is declining lately.

After all, controlling an avatar without its own consciousness to interact with people, and constantly keeping in mind every move of the grand scheme of the destined person, Number Six, and still not daring to open the communication jade slip containing Chen Wendao in his sea of ​​consciousness...

With several things piling up at once, it's no wonder I'm exhausted.

But for some reason, he still had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Could it be that...

Put aside unfounded speculation, the lessons that need to be learned still need to be learned.

Zhou Youyuan manipulated Lin Qiusheng to stand up and walk to the back room. He opened the chest halfway and spoke to Qiu Wu, who was behind the counter using an abacus:

"Have you found out anything about this batch of goods?"

Perhaps we can glean some clues from the results of Qiu Wu's errands and inquiries over the past few days.

Besides, although Qiu Wu is mercenary, he is always reliable. Since he has taken on the job, the information he gathers must be quite substantial.

Sure enough, Qiu Wu didn't keep him waiting long. He pulled a thin booklet from under the counter and handed it to him.

Superior grade materials are used in the refining furnace to replenish Yin spirituality; mid-grade materials are used in alchemy to guide Yin into Yang; inferior grade materials are used to fill Yin energy in array formations...

These three items are all for common use and are generally sold according to grade. Top-grade items go to boutique counters with high prices and small quantities, medium-grade items go to alchemist shops and are sold by weight, and low-grade items go to material sheds and are sold by package.

However, regardless of the type, their effects are only so-so, so in the past, these things didn't sell well and weren't very easy to sell.

Even so, Qiu Wu wrote a separate note on a new line on the last page of the booklet.

When a magical artifact is upgraded, its protective core remains intact, making it a valuable item for those who need magical artifacts.

but……

In Shuiyue, magical artifacts are replaced incredibly quickly. After all, many people die, and once the old owner dies, the artifact loses its spirit. Maintaining a magical artifact is nowhere near as convenient as simply replacing it with a new one.

Therefore, the protective function of Yin Po ore is not worth much in Shuiyue.

Why would Qin Jiu become a distributor for this product?

Judging from the market situation in Shuiyue, there are only two possibilities for such a large quantity of Yinpo ore to be offered for resale.

The first possibility is that this batch of goods is indeed of dubious origin. As a prestigious establishment with the backing of a Foundation Establishment True Person, Wanjitang selling goods of dubious origin is tantamount to handing over leverage to the Fujiao Society. They could find a newly opened small shop to act as a middleman...

But this thing isn't very profitable.

Zhou Youyuan actually had another guess in his mind.

When Zhao Donglai died that day, although the Foundation Establishment cultivator behind Jiang Yuheng did not personally take action, another female cultivator did.

With a single sword strike, the autumn air filled the sky, and where the blade swept, not even a drop of blood was shed.

During his three-month seclusion, he read through the general treatise on foundation building, and went through the descriptions of various foundation building methods in his mind. The scene that day was very similar to a certain foundation building method.

【Beginning of Autumn】, the Autumn Killing Sword can erase all traces of the opponent's existence from the perspective of cause and effect.

It is powerful, but it also has great drawbacks. After mastering the skill, one must maintain it once every hundred years, dispersing one's sword intent into all the weapons before returning it to one.

During this period, the sword intent holder dispersed her strength, which was also her most vulnerable moment.

For Shuiyue's living conditions, this was an intolerable taboo.

Is it possible that this batch of ore contains the sword intent emanating from that person?

Zhou Youyuan wasn't just guessing randomly.

Jiang Yuheng is in the Fujiao Society, and the Foundation Establishment expert behind Jiang Yuheng is most likely the person behind the Fujiao Society. Correspondingly, that person's enemy is naturally the person behind the Wanji Hall.

Combining this with his previous speculations about this method, after ruling out the impossible, what remains is the possible.

So this wasn't about illegitimate acquisition at all; it was clearly a scheme to prevent the other party from undermining their operations. They were using his small workshop as a front, but actually carrying out their own scheme...

Damn it, it's just a batch of broken ore, yet it actually managed to get a Foundation Establishment cultivator to take action!

Sure enough, Shuiyue is a terrible place with pitfalls everywhere.

If he hadn't possessed the light screen of the Death Record and witnessed the scene of autumn's chill filling the sky, he might have unwittingly accepted the sales contract and become a discarded pawn in the secret struggle between the two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Seeing that Lin Qiusheng had been staring at the booklet for a while without saying a word, Qiu Wu poked half his head out from behind the counter: "Brother Qiusheng? What have you figured out?"

Zhou Youyuan manipulated Lin Qiusheng to take another look at the ore in front of him. The dark pebbles were stacked in the wooden box, one after another, quietly.

"It's alright, I'll keep my stall open as usual."

Qiu Wu responded, put away the booklet, and picked up the box to leave.

Now is not the time to turn against Foundation Establishment cultivators. Some things are best kept in mind, or we can take precautions and do some underhanded things behind the scenes.

What needs to be done still needs to be done.

Thinking of this, Zhou Youyuan once again manipulated Lin Qiusheng to greet Qiu Wu, who had just reached the door:

"Qiu Wu, wait, listen to me, before you ship this batch of goods, you must first..."