Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Chapter 132 Obtaining the Lightning Talisman and Winning Hearts and Minds

Upon hearing that Jiang Yun was Wen Changqing's good friend and even a third-level alchemist, a hint of surprise appeared in Yang Yu's originally calm eyes.

His gaze instantly fell on Jiang Yun, and he asked, "May I ask what kind of elixir you wish to auction?"

Jiang Yun touched the storage bag and lowered his head to consider it.

The only third-tier pills he can currently refine are the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill, the Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pill, and the Glazed Vein Protecting Pill.

Among them, the Glazed Vein Protecting Pill has not been refined since arriving in the Qiankun Immortal Cultivation World.

I have stock of the other two types of third-tier pills, which I can put up for auction.

In addition, second-tier pills can also be auctioned off.

For example, premium Foundation Building Pills or Youth Preservation Pills.

"In that case, auction off three Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pills and three Youth Preservation Pills."

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After a moment's consideration, Jiang Yun quickly made a decision.

The Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill is a healing pill that can have a very significant healing effect even on a cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation who is seriously injured.

This will be helpful in establishing the reputation of Zhou's Pill Shop.

Another type of elixir auctioned was the Youth Preservation Elixir.

In the cultivation world, the Youth Preservation Pill is also known as the Age Stabilizing Pill, but few people are willing to waste thousand-year-old herbs to refine it.

If it were auctioned off, it would definitely be extremely profitable, even more so than Foundation Establishment Pills.

So, Jiang Yun took out two jade bottles.

He handed the two jade bottles to Yang Yu and said in a deep voice, "Manager Yang, these are the pills I want to auction."

As soon as the two jade bottles appeared, the Wen siblings' eyes fell on them.

Yang Yu then opened a jade bottle.

Instantly, a refreshing medicinal fragrance spread, invigorating everyone and making them feel comfortable all over.

"This feeling and the aroma of the medicine seem to be a healing elixir," Wen Ruyu murmured to herself.

The jade bottle that Yang Yu opened contained the Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill.

The medicinal fragrance emanating from the Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill soothed the Wen siblings, and they quickly determined that the pill was a healing elixir.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Yu had a thought and took out a Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pill, holding it between two fingers to examine and appraise it.

The appearance of the Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill was like water, with a layer of water mist constantly flowing on its surface.

This sight greatly surprised the Wen siblings and Yang Yu.

The elixir that can produce such a phenomenon must be no ordinary elixir.

"It is indeed a healing pill, and the pill's grade has reached the third grade, low quality."

"Furthermore, the appearance of this pill is unlike anything I have ever seen in my life; it is probably made according to some ancient formula."

As an appraiser, Yang Yu deals with all sorts of treasures every day.

He could naturally tell the type and grade of the pills at a glance.

He had never seen the Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill before, so he judged that it might be a pill made using an ancient formula.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, does this third-grade low-level healing pill have a name?" Yang Yu asked Jiang Yun immediately after appraising the pill.

"This pill is called the Myriad Spirits Jade Dew Pill. Its medicinal power is mild. If someone forcibly activates a forbidden technique, or suffers serious injury in a battle,..."

His cultivation level dropped.

Jiang Yun calmly and slowly explained, "Then taking this pill will not only heal your injuries, but also prevent any lingering health problems."

"What a fine pill!" Yang Yu exclaimed in praise upon hearing this, and then put it into his storage bag.

Afterwards, he opened another jade bottle and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Huh? This is—" Yang Yu scanned the area with his divine sense, looked up at Jiang Yun, and asked suspiciously, "Is this a Youth Preservation Pill?"

"Manager Yang has a good eye; it is indeed the Youth-Preserving Pill," Jiang Yun replied.

"This kind of pill is quite rare, because not many people are willing to use thousand-year-old herbs to refine a youth-preserving pill that is useless for cultivation," Yang Yu said with a smile. "You're quite willing to spend that much."

Jiang Yun smiled but remained silent.

"A Youth-Preserving Pill?" Wen Ruyu's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward to ask, "Senior Golden Eyes, may I take a look?"

Yang Yu smiled and nodded, then handed the Youth-Preserving Pill to Wen Ruyu for inspection.

"It really is a Youth Preservation Pill, and there are three of them!" Wen Ruyu examined them for a moment, then reluctantly returned the Youth Preservation Pills to Yang Yu.

As a woman, she valued her appearance extremely highly and naturally longed for this youth-preserving elixir.

"I must win one of the three Youth Preservation Pills on the day of the auction!" Wen Ruyu already had a plan in mind to bid for the Youth Preservation Pills.

Wen Changqing, who was standing nearby, saw his younger sister's actions clearly and couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

It looks like I'll have to spend a lot of spirit stones on my sister again.

On the other side, Yang Yu didn't say anything more. He put away the Youth-Preserving Pill and took out a VIP jade token from his storage bag, handing it to Jiang Yun.

"This is a VIP jade plaque for the Imperial Palace Auction, with a private room number on it."

"Show this token on the day of the auction, and someone will take you to the appropriate private room."

He handed the token to Jiang Yun, and knowing that it was Jiang Yun's first time visiting the Yu Xuan Palace, he added a word of explanation.

"Thank you." Jiang Yun took the jade pendant and glanced at it; it was engraved with the number eighty-four.

The jade pendant that Yang Yu just handed to the Wen siblings seemed to have the number 83 engraved on it.

In other words, the tokens for the private rooms were distributed in sequence.

On the day of the auction, Jiang Yun and the Wen siblings were still neighbors.

With the token obtained, the appraisal of the treasure was now complete.

All that's left is to patiently wait for the auction to begin.

Jiang Yun and the three Wen siblings did not linger and left the Yu Xuan Palace directly.

Walking down the street, Wen Ruyu hesitated, wanting to ask Jiang Yun several times if he still had any Youth Preservation Pills, as she wanted to buy one.

However, she knew the value of the Youth Preservation Pill; even if she used all her possessions, she couldn't afford it.

Wen Changqing observed all of this, sighed inwardly, and asked, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, do you have any more Youth Preservation Pills? I would like two."

Jiang Yun stopped and nodded, saying, "Yes."

He initially refined thirteen Youth Preservation Pills, auctioned off three of them, and still had ten Youth Preservation Pills on him.

"That's wonderful!" Wen Ruyu said, her face flushed. "Senior Zhou, how many spirit stones would two Youth Preservation Pills cost? Just name your price!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Changqing rolled his eyes at Wen Ruyu and said irritably, "So you're just going to name your price without paying any spirit stones, huh?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Ruyu quickly covered her mouth and glared at her brother.

Jiang Yun smiled and asked, "Does Fellow Daoist Wen still have any Thunder Escape Talismans on him?"

"You want to exchange the Youth Preservation Pill for the Thunder Escape Talisman?" Wen Changqing suddenly realized and quickly understood the purpose of Jiang Yun's question.

"That's right." Jiang Yun nodded.

"Things are valued for their rarity. The Youth Preservation Pill is extremely rare, and the value of a single Youth Preservation Pill is probably comparable to that of a mid-grade third-tier spiritual material."

Wen Changqing didn't want to take advantage of this, and said, "A mid-grade third-tier spiritual material can fetch more than 200,000 spirit stones at an auction."

"My Thunder Escape Talisman is far less valuable than the Youth Preservation Pill."

"It's alright." Jiang Yun waved his hand dismissively, "I hope Fellow Daoist Wen will take the pill formula to heart and try his best to get it from the family."

What Jiang Yun wants most right now are the recipes for mid-grade and high-grade third-tier pills.

Exchanging two Youth-Preserving Pills for two low-grade, third-tier Thunder Escape Talismans is a way of doing someone a favor.

As long as Wen Changqing helps him handle the pill formula matter, that's fine.

Perhaps, for the sake of the two Youth Preservation Pills, the Wen siblings will do their utmost to help him obtain the pill formula within the family.

"Alright!" Wen Changqing agreed, promising, "I will try my best to help you with the pill formula."

After saying that, he took out two low-grade third-tier lightning escape talismans and handed them to Jiang Yun.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun accepted the two Thunder Escape Talismans, and then took out two Youth Preservation Pills and handed them to the Wen siblings.

"With these two lightning escape talismans, even if surrounded by several mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, I can still save my life."

"As for one or two Core Formation cultivators, with my third-grade mid-level physical body and the Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation, they are not a concern."

In a normal one-on-one situation, Jiang Yun, with his mid-grade third-tier physical body and sword formation, has no need to fear mid-stage Core Formation cultivators and doesn't need to use lightning escape talismans.

However, if he were to be surrounded and attacked by several mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, he would be unable to withstand the attack.

In this way, these two low-grade third-tier lightning escape talismans are not entirely useless.

At least it can be used to escape when outnumbered and the situation is unfavorable, by summoning a lightning escape talisman.

After the transaction of the Youth-Preserving Pill and the Thunder Escape Talisman was completed, Wen Ruyu was all smiles.

She was quick-witted and snatched a youth-preserving pill from her brother Wen Changqing's hand, then immediately threw it into her mouth and swallowed it.

"Thank you so much, Senior Zhou! Thank you, brother!"

Wen Ruyu's eyes lit up after swallowing the Youth-Preserving Pill.

The thought of staying young and beautiful forever fills her with excitement.

Wen Changqing couldn't help but shake his head.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked toward the street where the shop was located.

Upon arriving at this street, the Wen siblings went to their family's talisman shop, while Jiang Yun entered Zhou's alchemy shop.

For the past fifteen years, he only visited Zhou's Dan Shop once every few years.

Now, fifteen years later, Zhou's Dan Shop's business is much better than before.

Although it doesn't have much of a reputation in Qixingfang, the shop still has a decent word-of-mouth, since the pills Jiang Yun sells are of very good quality.

Inside the shop, Chi Kehuan saw Jiang Yun and quickly bowed, saying, "Senior."

Jiang Yun looked around and realized that the batch of pills he had refined fifteen years ago was almost sold out.

Currently, the shop only has twenty or thirty Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pills.

The other two types of pills, the Golden Essence Pill for improving cultivation and the Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill for breaking through bottlenecks, have all been sold out.

"Bring me the ledgers so I can take a look."

After looking around, Jiang Yun ordered Chi Kehuan to bring the account book.

Chi Kehuan immediately accepted the order, took out the account book, and handed it to Jiang Yun for review.

For the past fifteen years, Chi Kehuan has diligently managed the shop without any ulterior motives and has gotten along very well with Wen Ruyu.

This made Jiang Yun quite satisfied with her performance.

"Senior, the batch of pills you refined, especially the Golden Essence Pill and the Purple Gold Barrier-Breaking Pill, were very popular and have all been sold."

"The Yin-Yang Cloud and Rain Pill occasionally attracts customers, but only half of it has been sold in the past fifteen years."

"In addition, there are many guests who ask the senior to refine pills and exchange for high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills."

"However, the senior was not satisfied with the compensation they offered, and has politely declined it in accordance with the senior's request."

While Jiang Yun was checking the account books, Chi Kehuan stood beside him and carefully explained.

As Chi Kehuan said, many guests have indeed come to Jiang Yun's door over the years, requesting him to refine pills and exchange them for high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, the rewards offered by these guests did not meet Jiang Yun's expectations, so Jiang Yun ordered Chi Kehuan to politely decline them all.

Jiang Yun wanted various high-level pill formulas, as well as spiritual materials.

The guest offered him spirit stones to refine pills, but that wasn't enough to impress him, especially since the pills were only second-tier.

Jiang Yun flipped through the ledgers and began to count and calculate all the spirit stones.

Over the course of fifteen years, he earned 1.53 million spirit stones from the Wen siblings.

The pills sold in the shop earned a total of 370,000 spirit stones.

Adding to the original 120,000 spirit stones, Jiang Yun now has 2.02 million spirit stones.

If it weren't for paying rent for the alchemy shop and cave dwelling, and refining the last five portions of the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill, Jiang Yun would have far more than 2.02 million spirit stones in his possession.

"Two million two hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones. I hope I can bid on some good items at this Core Formation auction."

Jiang Yun closed the ledger, handed it to Chi Kehuan, and then lowered his head to ponder.

"The storefront of Zhou's Pill Shop is still too small. We need to rent a large storefront after this auction."

"In addition, we need to recruit some more alchemy apprentices, train trusted confidants, and entrust these confidants with the refining of low-level pills, which will then be sold in shops."

If Zhou's Pill Shop wants to grow bigger and stronger, it would be too much of a waste of cultivation time for Jiang Yun to manage it alone.

He planned to only refine high-grade pills in the future, while leaving the refinement and sale of low-grade pills to his trusted confidants.

This way, you can cultivate at the same time and earn spirit stones.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun casually asked, "How's your comprehension of the Fire-Wood Pill Technique going?"

"Reporting to Senior, I have already grasped the essence, but I haven't started refining second-tier pills yet," Chi Kehuan quickly replied.

"Hmm, her alchemy talent is passable." Jiang Yun nodded slightly and took out a jade slip, tossing it to Chi Kehuan.

"This is the recipe for a second-grade low-level Golden Essence Pill. If you can refine the Golden Essence Pill, you will be in charge of refining and selling all the Golden Essence Pills in the Zhou family's pill shop from now on."

After saying that, Jiang Yun pinched his index and middle fingers together, and a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill appeared between them.

"You have done very well these past fifteen years. As an apprentice of my Zhou family's alchemy shop, I will naturally not treat you unfairly."

"Once you refine the Golden Essence Pill, this premium Foundation Establishment Pill will be yours."

"With your cultivation aptitude, a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill, plus a third-tier spiritual vein, should be enough for you to successfully break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

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Fifteen years have passed, and Chi Kehuan has already raised her cultivation to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

What she wants most right now is the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Jiang Yun's decision to take out the Foundation Establishment Pill at this time can be seen as a way to win people's hearts.

However, after observing for the past fifteen years, Jiang Yun discovered that Chi Kehuan was indeed of good character and had a great talent for alchemy.

With proper training, he might become a third-tier alchemist in the future.

Chi Kehuan reached out and took the jade slip containing the elixir formula. Upon hearing Jiang Yun's words, she trembled with excitement.

"Thank you, senior. If you have any instructions, I will do my utmost to fulfill them."

She immediately knelt down and respectfully kowtowed three times to Jiang Yun to show her loyalty.

For the past fifteen years, she has spent every day in the alchemy shop, with only evenings for cultivation and studying alchemy techniques.

I thought life would continue like this, but fate took a turn today.