Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Chapter 136 Trade Fair

"Our clan leader's condition is that a mid-grade third-tier pill formula can be exchanged for fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills."

Wen Changqing then spoke of the terms of the exchange.

A third-grade mid-level pill formula can be exchanged for fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills.

Based on the price of the Foundation Establishment Pill sold to the Wen siblings for 34,000 spirit stones, which is 510,000 spirit stones, a third-grade mid-level pill formula was traded.

Jiang Yun frowned. This price was quite expensive, even outrageous.

"Senior, this third-grade mid-level pill formula is not an ancient one," Wen Ruyu quickly explained when she saw Jiang Yun frowning.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's brows finally relaxed.

If it's not an ancient formula, then these conditions are more or less correct.

Because the medicinal materials in ancient prescriptions are hard to find, and the requirements for the age of the medicinal materials are extremely high.

Even if one has the recipe, it is very difficult to refine the pills.

Therefore, the value of the ancient prescriptions is far less than that of the improved prescriptions.

Back then, Jiang Yun could auction off an ancient formula for just three Foundation Building Pills in Qingyang Market.

This ancient formula is the Spirit Concentration Pill that Jiang Yun used to break through to become a quasi-third-level alchemist.

"Since it's not an ancient formula, I can agree to the condition of fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills."

Jiang Yun nodded and then asked, "What kind of pill is this third-grade mid-level pill formula, and what are its effects?"

"This pill is called the Spirit Transformation Pill. Its greatest effect is to refine spiritual power and enhance the purity of magical power," Wen Changqing explained.

"I understand." Jiang Yun nodded slightly and asked, "What about the other type of high-grade third-tier pill?"

"A third-grade superior pill formula, named the Profound Origin Demon-Suppressing Pill." Wen Changqing quickly replied, "This pill has a certain effect on suppressing inner demons. If it is paired with the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill, the inner demon tribulation during the Nascent Soul stage will not be a threat."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's expression shifted; it was actually a pill capable of combating inner demons.

When forming the Nascent Soul, one will face both Heavenly Tribulation and Inner Demon Tribulation at the same time as shattering the Core.

The Heavenly Tribulation and the Tribulation of Inner Demons are extremely dangerous, so many magical treasures and elixirs are needed to help overcome them.

Such high-level pills for combating inner demons are extremely precious.

Especially the renowned Spirit-Stabilizing Pill, which can calm the mind and soul, reduce the invasion of inner demons, and make the Nascent Soul formation process easier.

As Wen Changqing said, the Xuan Yuan Zhen Mo Dan can suppress a certain degree of inner demons, thus reducing the danger of inner demon tribulations.

The Spirit-Stabilizing Pill can also calm the mind and soul, reducing the invasion of inner demons. With the two pills combined, the inner demon tribulations during the Nascent Soul stage are not a threat.

"So it's a pill to combat inner demons." Jiang Yun nodded and asked, "But judging from its name, it requires a high-grade third-tier spiritual fruit, the Profound Origin Fruit, to refine this pill?"

"That's right. The Xuan Yuan Fruit is the most important and the hardest to find medicinal material for refining the Xuan Yuan Demon Suppressing Pill."

Wen Changqing took a sip of tea and said slowly, "However, compared to the Spirit Stabilizing Pill, the medicinal materials for refining the Profound Origin Demon Suppressing Pill are much easier to gather. My Wen family has more than a dozen Profound Origin Fruits."

Jiang Yun had no doubts about Wen Changqing's words.

Only sects like the Seven Great Sects can gather enough medicinal materials to refine the Spirit Stabilizing Pill.

As for the Profound Origin Demon-Suppressing Pill, it is of a lower grade than the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill. There is no doubt that a late-stage Core Formation Immortal Cultivation Family like the Wen Family can collect more than a dozen Profound Origin Fruits.

"I wonder what conditions the noble chieftain wishes to offer in exchange for this Profound Origin Demon-Suppressing Pill?"

Jiang Yun accepted all pill formulas of the third-order mid-grade and third-order high-grade level without hesitation, and immediately inquired about the conditions for exchanging them with Wen Changqing.

Moreover, this Xuan Yuan Demon Suppressing Pill can be of some use when forming the Nascent Soul stage.

Jiang Yun has cultivated the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Pill Shattering Technique. If he completes the pill shattering three times, he can increase the probability of forming a Nascent Soul to 100%.

At that time, you will only need to deal with the heavenly tribulation and the inner demon tribulation.

Therefore, the formula for the Xuan Yuan Demon-Suppressing Pill would naturally be of great use to Jiang Yun.

"Five high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills," Wen Changqing said. "In addition, once you are confident in refining the Profound Origin Demon Suppressing Pill, you need to refine three batches of Profound Origin Demon Suppressing Pills for my Wen family."

Jiang Yun pondered for a moment and said, "If the Wen family provides the medicinal materials for these three batches of Xuan Yuan Demon-Suppressing Pills, I can agree to this condition."

"That's natural," Wen Changqing said with a smile. "When you hire someone to refine pills, why would you expect the alchemist to gather all the medicinal herbs?"

"Okay, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Jiang Yun poured Wen Changqing a full cup of tea, then took out fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills and five premium Foundation Establishment Pills.

"This is a jade slip that records two elixir formulas."

Wen Changqing seemed to have expected Jiang Yun to take out so many Foundation Establishment Pills in one go.

He took the jade slips containing the two elixir formulas and traded them with Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun received the jade slip containing the elixir formula and immediately began to examine it.

After confirming that there was no problem with the prescription, he resumed his casual conversation with the Wen siblings.

"This transaction is a different matter," Wen Changqing said with a smile. "The previous transaction of one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills will proceed as scheduled."

Half an hour later, the Wen siblings bid farewell and left Jiang Yun's cave.

"I need one more mid-grade third-tier pill formula to start my attempt to become a mid-grade third-tier alchemist, including the Concentration Pill and the Spirit Transformation Pill."

"However, the prerequisite is that you need to obtain a third-tier alchemy inheritance."

"For the next period of time, focus on refining your flying sword and keep a close eye on the alchemy shop and the auction."

For Jiang Yun, obtaining these two elixir formulas today came at a very low cost.

After all, the cost of refining the so-called Foundation Establishment Pill was extremely low.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun couldn't help but feel happy.

He left the cave and headed to Zhou's alchemy shop.

Zhou's Alchemy Shop has just changed its storefront and is still recruiting apprentices for alchemy.

Once he finishes recruiting alchemy apprentices, Jiang Yun can focus on tempering his flying sword.

Since Jiang Yun put up the sign recruiting apprentices for Zhou's Alchemy Shop, people have been coming to visit one after another, wanting to become apprentices in alchemy at Zhou's Alchemy Shop.

Chi Kehuan strictly followed Jiang Yun's requirements, having them refine Earth Element Pills for assessment.

Whoever refines the best quality Earth Element Pill will become the alchemy apprentice at Zhou's Pill Shop.

Of course, there are more positions available for alchemy apprentices this time, so the assessment criteria can be relaxed a bit.

Before we knew it, three months had passed in a flash.

Over the course of three months, a total of eighty-four qualified cultivators came to participate in the assessment.

Ultimately, after Jiang Yun's selection, four alchemy apprentices were chosen.

The four individuals consisted of two men and two women, all under the age of thirty, and all were first-tier high-grade alchemists.

At this moment, Jiang Yun stood in the backyard of the Danpu Pavilion, his gaze sweeping over the four alchemy apprentices in front of him.

"From this day forward, you will all be alchemy apprentices at Zhou's Pill Shop, and Chi Kehuan will be your senior sister."

Jiang Yun looked at Chi Kehuan standing on the other side and introduced Chi Kehuan to the new alchemy apprentice.

"Greetings, Senior Sister."

Upon hearing this, the four of them obediently bowed to Chi Kehuan.

"By becoming alchemy apprentices at my Zhou Family Pill Shop, you can be considered to have become my disciples," Jiang Yun said in a deep voice. "Work hard at the pill shop, and you will surely have opportunities and good fortune in the future."

The four men kowtowed in unison and said, "We will remember this."

Xin Jiangyun nodded slightly, and the light fell on the four people in turn.

The first person is named Song Fan. He is twenty-six years old this year, with the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining. He is a first-grade high-quality alchemist. His ancestors once produced a third-grade alchemist, but the family gradually declined later.

The second person was named Rao Fang, twenty-five years old, with an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivation level, and came from a Foundation Establishment cultivation family in the outer market of Canglan Immortal City.

The third person is named Zhu Jie, 29 years old, with a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivation. He is a rogue cultivator who makes a living by refining low-level pills in various markets of Canglan Immortal City.

The fourth person is named Shang Jinyun, 27 years old, with a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivation. Like Rao Fang, she comes from a Foundation Establishment cultivation family in the outer market of Canglan Immortal City.

All four of them are first-tier high-grade alchemists.

Their alchemy aptitude was acceptable to Jiang Yun.

Moreover, Jiang Yun knew their background very well.

To this day, Zhou's Alchemy Shop has a total of five alchemy apprentices.

"Chi Kehuan, take them to familiarize themselves with the rules of the alchemy shop and explain to them what they need to do."

"After you've finished explaining everything, you should focus on refining the Golden Essence Pill."

"Once you refine the Golden Essence Pill, I will bestow upon you the Foundation Establishment Pill and accept you as my formal disciple."

Jiang Yun's mention of the Foundation Establishment Pill and accepting Chi Kehuan as a formal disciple was naturally a deliberate statement intended for the four newly arrived alchemy apprentices to hear.

"Your disciple obeys!"

Upon hearing this, Chi Kehuan became excited and hurriedly knelt down to pay her respects.

The four new alchemy apprentices were greatly surprised when they saw this, and their eyes became burning with desire.

As expected of a senior alchemist and a third-tier alchemist, he can casually give Foundation Establishment Pills to his alchemy apprentices.

If I can become a formal disciple in the future, I can at least become a second-grade high-level alchemist!

"Come with me."

After bowing, Chi Kehuan led the four people to work in the alchemy shop, giving them some important instructions.

Jiang Yun then abandoned his duties and returned to his cave.

Now that his apprenticeship in alchemy has come to an end, he has begun to work on tempering his flying sword.

A single Rank 3 low-grade Gengjin scale can be used to temper two flying swords, upgrading them from Rank 2 top-grade to Rank 3 low-grade.

Soon, two months later.

A piece of Gengjin scale was completely refined and integrated into the flying sword, thus elevating both flying swords to the third-tier low-grade level.

"If it takes two months to forge two flying swords, then it only takes one month to forge one flying sword."

"It only takes three years to temper thirty-six flying swords. The Golden Core True Fire is indeed very useful."

"Back then, in the Xuan Yang Secret Realm, it took a full nine years to temper the flying sword with Foundation Establishment True Fire."

Seeing this, Jiang Yun took out the second piece of Gengjin scale and began to temper it.

He originally planned to temper his flying sword during his spare time while trying to become a third-tier alchemist, but unfortunately he had not yet obtained the third-tier alchemy inheritance.

It now appears that it would only take three years to refine a flying sword each month.

It would be better to complete the tempering of all thirty-six flying swords in one go.

Thus, Jiang Yun patiently focused on tempering his flying sword in the cave.

Before they knew it, two and a half years had passed.

Jiang Yun has refined a total of thirty flying swords.

On this day, Chi Kehuan used a communication device to inform him of an important matter.

"Master, the large-scale auction held every three years will begin next month."

"This auction is being hosted by the Qingyang Sect."

A year ago, Chi Kehuan had already refined the Golden Essence Pill. Jiang Yun officially accepted her as a disciple and bestowed upon her a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill.

In front of the four new alchemy apprentices, Jiang Yun accepted Chi Kehuan as his disciple and bestowed upon her a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill on the spot.

Seeing this, the four new apprentices were filled with envy, and their enthusiasm grew even stronger.

Later, Chi Kehuan successfully established his foundation by consuming a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill, which made them even more envious.

Currently, Chi Kehuan is considered Jiang Yun's top alchemy disciple, possessing the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"I see."

Upon learning this news, Jiang Yun had no choice but to suspend the tempering of his flying sword and prepare to attend the auction.

These large-scale auctions are held every three years, and are hosted in rotation by the Qingyang Sect, Qianduan Mountain, and Yuxuan Sect.

Three years ago, Jiang Yun participated in a large-scale auction held by the Yu Xuan Sect.

Now, three years have passed, and it's Qingyang Sect's turn to hold such a large-scale auction.

"The previous six months were spent refining the pills, which meant that the time to temper the flying sword was only two and a half years."

"There are still six flying swords that haven't been fully tempered yet, so I'll go to the auction first."

"However, I don't have many spirit stones left after bidding for spirit materials and purchasing medicinal herbs."

Jiang Yun took out his storage bag and counted all the spirit stones.

Previously, there were 180,000 spirit stones remaining. In three years, the alchemy shop earned 60,000 spirit stones and sold Foundation Establishment Pills to the Wen siblings for 100,000 spirit stones.

All things considered, Jiang Yun only had 340,000 spirit stones left.

"Three hundred and forty thousand spirit stones. With this amount of spirit stones, I can only bid on one mid-grade third-tier spirit material. I need to auction off some pills."

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun left his cave and visited the cave of the Wen siblings next door, inviting them to attend the Qingyang Sect's auction together.

Although the auction will be held next month, if you want to consign treasures for auction, you need to send them to Qingyang Tower in advance.

Upon receiving the invitation, the Wen siblings immediately accompanied Jiang Yun to Qingyang Tower.

This time, the Wen siblings put up for auction again, along with three second-tier high-grade talismans.

The treasures Jiang Yun took out for auction were the same as those in the last auction: three Youth-Preserving Pills and three Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pills.

These pills are enough to fetch 1.3 million spirit stones at auction.

These spirit stones, combined with the 340,000 spirit stones they already possessed, totaled 1,640,000 spirit stones, barely enough to bid on some treasures at the auction.

After delivering the treasure to Qingyang Tower, Jiang Yun patiently waited for the auction to begin.

Soon, a large-scale auction hosted by the Qingyang Sect was held at the Qingyang Tower in Qixingfang.

Jiang Yun and the Wen siblings each entered a private room to wait for the auction to begin.

At the auction, Jiang Yun only wants two things.

One is the third-order alchemy inheritance, and the other is naturally the third-order mid-grade alchemy formula.

Unfortunately, not a single third-tier alchemy inheritance or third-tier mid-grade pill formula appeared throughout the entire auction.

Jiang Yun remained silent and did not bid on any of the treasures.

His three Youth-Preserving Pills and three Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pills were eventually auctioned off for a total of 1.33 million spirit stones.

After deducting the 5% consignment fee, I received 1,265,000 spirit stones.

Jiang Yun now possesses as many as 1.6 million spirit stones.

"No third-order alchemy inheritance or third-order mid-grade pill formula has appeared."

Jiang Yun sighed softly. Seeing that the auction was coming to an end, he prepared to leave the venue early.

However, the next moment, after auctioning off the last treasure, the auctioneer of Qingyang Tower immediately said, "There will be a trade fair here later. Fellow Daoists who are interested are welcome to stay and take a look."

"A trade fair?" Jiang Yun had a sudden thought and decided to stay and participate in the trade fair.