Ordinary person: What to do with unused treasures? (On Zhuanzhuan)

Chapter 100 The mantis tries to catch the cicada, but I am the fisherman.

"How could I possibly blame you—"

"Fellow Daoist, have you come to our Shangwen Pavilion with something you wish to buy?"

The female shopkeeper's smile was captivating, but unconsciously, a hint of bloodlust crept into her eyes.

"I may be able to break through to the Pseudo-Core Realm soon, so I have come to your esteemed establishment to purchase a portion of Snow Spirit Water and a portion of Heavenly Fire Liquid!"

""

"Does your esteemed establishment possess such items?"

Qin Fang said lazily.

"Oh? Then congratulations, fellow Daoist!"

"Who knows, by the time we meet again, you will have achieved the Golden Core stage and become a Core Formation cultivator that everyone envies."

The female shopkeeper cupped her hands in greeting.

"As for Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, although these two spiritual items are precious, our pavilion happened to acquire some a few days ago, which should be enough to satisfy you, fellow Daoist."

"However, the price..."

The female shopkeeper's face lit up with joy. No matter what, it was another source of income coming her way, which was a good thing!

"The price is negotiable!"

"As long as the product is good, I can accept a slightly higher price."

Qin Fang immediately spoke, seemingly impatient.

"Fellow Daoist is joking~ Both of these auxiliary materials have their own prices, how can the prices be raised arbitrarily?"

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"Just trade at the original market price!"

The female shopkeeper clapped her hands and smiled.

After saying that, the female shopkeeper flipped her hand and took out a communication talisman. She pinched it a few times in front of Qin Fang, as if she was instructing someone.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment~"

"The Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid still need to be mixed from elsewhere —"

The female shopkeeper expressed her deepest apologies to Qin Fang.

"There's no rush!"

Qin Fang had a faint smile on his lips.

About half an hour later.

Qin Fang handed a storage bag to the female shopkeeper in front of him, and used his divine sense to examine the two auxiliary spiritual items.

These two items are almost the most famous Core Formation aids in the Chaotic Star Sea.

The names of these two auxiliary spirits reveal their general origins. Aside from requiring more effort and time, these two items are not difficult to obtain.

This is why you can definitely buy it as long as you are willing to spend spirit stones.

"Spirit stones are no problem."

"This humble woman would like to offer my best wishes for your attainment of the Golden Core stage!"

The female shopkeeper casually checked the number of spirit stones, then smiled and spoke to Qin Fang again.

"The money and goods are now settled—"

"Then I shall take my leave!"

A glint flashed in Qin Fang's eyes, and he immediately flipped his hand to take the item away and stood up.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, please wait!"

Now, the female shopkeeper was at a loss and became agitated.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't shortchange Manager Lei on these spirit stones at all!"

Qin Fang looked at the other party with extreme vigilance.

"Fellow Daoist Qin has misunderstood them."

"Since you have purchased Heavenly Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water, you must be quite confident in your ability to cultivate to the Pseudo-Core Realm!"

""

"This humble woman is kind to everyone, and it seems we've known each other for a long time—"

"Therefore, there are some things I really have to say."

"Fellow Daoist Qin!"

"If you ever manage to cultivate to the Pseudo-Core stage, please don't carelessly break through the Core Formation stage bottleneck!"

"With only these two spiritual items assisting us, the probability of success is estimated to be less than 20%."

Watching the woman in front of him continue to pretend, Qin Fang showed no impatience whatsoever.

Upon entering this second-floor pavilion, Qin Fang noticed an incredibly strong smell of blood emanating from the person, thanks to the unique nature of his cultivation technique.

He didn't take this matter too seriously. There were quite a few "demonic cultivators" like this in Tianxing City! He wasn't some kind of moral guardian and had no intention of calling for their deaths.

Unexpectedly, Qin Fang felt a slight sense of disgust but did not have any other thoughts—while the other party, for some unknown reason, had set his sights on him.

Qin Fang's divine sense was enhanced by the Great Evolution Technique he had acquired from Senior Brother Lin! His divine sense was far beyond what ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators could match.

It could even be said that Qin Fang, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, possessed a spiritual sense that was comparable to that of some cultivators in the early Core Formation stage!

In this way, the woman in front of him secretly communicated with another person upstairs several times. During each communication, the other person's gaze would seem to fall on him.

Judging from the intensity of the divine sense coming from upstairs, it's probably someone who just recently formed their core!

There are indeed supernatural powers in the world that can increase one's spiritual power, such as the Great Evolution Technique. However, most cultivators do not have this ability, or rather, they do not have the leisure to cultivate a technique that does not help their cultivation much and consumes a lot of energy.

The reason Qin Fang and Han Li cultivated was because they had much easier access to cultivation resources than the average person.

And there's something even more important!

That's because the cultivation method is relatively simple.

Han Li's spiritual root aptitude is not very good, and he usually finds it extremely difficult to cultivate a spell. However, he seems to have a good talent for the Great Evolution Technique, and his advancement speed is very fast.

What about Qin Fang?

Although he realized during the process of cultivating the Great Evolution Technique that he did not seem to have any talent in this area, and even his senior brother Lin, who was only a mediocre practitioner, seemed to be inferior.

It's utterly ordinary! Based on Senior Brother Lin's understanding of the Great Evolution Technique, someone with Qin Fang's comprehension—he'll probably only be able to cultivate this technique to the peak of the third level before he dies, with a slight chance of reaching the fourth level.

In other words, if Qin Fang could only reach the level of "refining his heart in the mortal world" in his entire life, that would be the best outcome.

However~

Qin Fang also has his own unique advantage! That is, as long as his cultivation is high enough in the future, he will have the opportunity to directly trade away the Great Evolution Divine Lord's Great Evolution Technique.

After that, as time goes by, those insights will gradually transform into Qin Fang's own, eventually reaching the same level as the Great Evolution Divine Lord!

"Manager Lei, you might as well speak frankly!"

Qin Fang frowned and stood still.

"Hehe~"

"Does fellow Daoist know about the Dust-Subduing Pill?"

The female shopkeeper, surnamed Lei, spoke, and then resumed her aloof demeanor.

Just as I expected~

It wasn't a waste of my energy!

"Fellow Daoist, do you possess the renowned Dust-Subduing Pill?"

Qin Fang cooperated.

"right----"

"I don't need to elaborate on the effects of this elixir, do I?"

The woman surnamed Lei originally thought that Qin Fang did not know about the Dust-Reducing Pill, and had prepared other words to explain to Qin Fang.

After all, only by fully demonstrating the effects of the Dust-Reducing Pill to this Fellow Daoist Qin can we possibly trick him, right?

"This pill is so precious that even though you've come to buy Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, you haven't asked about it yet."

"About a year ago, by sheer chance, this pavilion did indeed obtain a Dust-Reducing Pill~"

Immediately, the female shopkeeper surnamed Lei offered a bait.

"Manager Lei, please stop beating around the bush!"

"What price must I pay for this precious pill before your esteemed organization will agree to make a move?"

Qin Fang looked restless.

"Since Fellow Daoist Qin has put it that way, then this humble woman naturally has no need to hide anything any longer!"

"If you are willing to help our sect accomplish one task, we will give you the Dust-Clearing Pill without taking a single penny!"

"That's what the female shopkeeper, surnamed Lei, said."

After drinking half a cup of tea, Qin Fang walked out of the shop with a frown.

Qin Fang, who looked preoccupied, flew away towards the cave after unleashing his escape light. His worries vanished instantly, like snow meeting the blazing sun, and were replaced by a cold, faint smile.

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"Hmph~"

"The cargo escort is probably a pretense; they might really be after my body."

"What these guys probably need most is—a cultivator like me, born with powerful blood and qi?"

"However..."

"No matter how much he planned, that Core Formation demonic cultivator probably never imagined that he had already been exposed, and even less likely that he would actually obtain a Dust-Clearing Pill—"

"hey-hey!"

"Who told you to target me! In that case, I'll take it upon myself."

"The mantis stalks the cicada? Hah—I'm neither a cicada nor a sparrow! I'm just a fisherman passing by!"

"I'll just grab the Dust-Clearing Pill and leave when the time comes—"

Qin Fang chuckled and headed towards a pill pavilion. He had come out of town intending to buy some pill formulas to refine spirit pills.

Originally, it should have been said all at once in that shop.

While pill formulas might be incredibly precious resources in the Tiannan region, in the Chaotic Star Sea, you can find almost any shop and buy the pill formula you want—it's extremely convenient.

Even the most inconspicuous little shops might sell Nascent Soul stage pill formulas—let alone Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stage pill formulas.

The reason why the Chaotic Star Sea is in this state is, of course, related to the large number of monsters in its outer sea.

This is also related to the fact that the Star Palace never intended to impose restrictions, and in addition, the Chaotic Star Sea is mostly composed of islands, which gradually formed this unique environment.

— Half a day later.

After purchasing most of the materials and dozens of pill formulas on jade slips, Qin Fang returned to the cave dwelling rented by Nangong Wan.

Upon returning to his cave, Qin Fang went straight to the alchemy room without lingering!

Ten days later.

Qin Fang slowly dispersed the earth fire drawn by the formation and carefully took out several pills from the cauldron.

"Phew~"

"Finally, we succeeded!"

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"If I fail again, I'm afraid I'll have to start to doubt whether I have any talent for alchemy."

"I even had the idea of ​​taking these demon cores to Han Li and asking him to help me refine pills."

Qin Fang visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Refining elixirs is the most important auxiliary method for cultivators. In most cases, unless it is an extremely special elixir, they will ask a master alchemist for help. Otherwise, the higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the more they tend to refine elixirs themselves.

Like Nangong Wan, although she didn't have much experience in alchemy, she never thought of asking someone to help her with alchemy. Instead, she took great risks and bought all kinds of materials and formulas early on, intending to refine the pills on her own.

Nangong Wan's situation is not an isolated case. Just like in the original timeline, Han Li had only recently established his foundation when he returned from purchasing formations in Yuanwu Kingdom, where he encountered Lei Wanhe from within the sect.

Lei Wanhe later purchased several centuries-old spiritual herbs from Han Li, intending to refine them into pills for his own consumption.

Only during the Qi Refining stage, when lifespan is limited and the resources available for cultivation are extremely scarce, will cultivators focus all their attention on cultivation and not be interested in alchemy.

Only a few cultivators who have no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage will attempt it.

Once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, most cultivators, once they have collected spiritual herbs and elixirs, will choose to refine their own pills.

This way, you can avoid your secrets being exposed!

Secondly, alchemy is a skill that can be mastered through practice, and its difficulty is not as high as one might imagine.

The main reason why many high-level cultivators don't achieve much in the art of alchemy throughout their lives is that they haven't refined enough pills!

Without enough raw materials to squander, it's impossible to increase one's alchemy proficiency.

Fortunately, most cultivators, even those who have reached the Nascent Soul stage and are old monsters standing at the pinnacle of the human realm, do not suffer from the blissful trouble of "insufficient alchemy experience"!

Most high-level cultivators may not have many opportunities in their entire lives to take the right elixirs or medicines for themselves.

Don't you see, even Nangong Wan, with her Heavenly Spiritual Root—

Why did she serve Qin Fang so diligently for so many years, doing almost anything he asked of her?

Why?!

Because of a high-level demon core!

"what?"

Just as Qin Fang stored the elixir in a medicine bottle, he suddenly noticed that a sound transmission talisman had passed through the restrictions and appeared in the alchemy room.