Chapter 77: Upgrading Top-Grade Talismans and Pills
Wang Ergou speculated, "If you ask , this shop sells such amazing things. What kind of terrifying rare and precious materials must their organization be using to create them? They must have incredible resources."
Li Yun nodded in agreent. "I think they're using at least top-grade resources for everything. Nothing less."
Xu Ning really wanted to say, "Use what? All the resources we've invested in these past few months have gone into this lousy shop. I'm broke."
Even Luo Xiu and Zhou Lin had run out of resources these past few months, their supplies drained.
Xu Ning had even forgotten what the Qi Gathering Pill tasted like, causing his cultivation to stagnate for three months while he focused on the shop.
"But the shopkeeper looks like he's only at the second level of Qi Refining!" Xu Ning couldn't help but ask, playing innocent.
Wang Ergou explained, "Brother Xu Ning, what do you know! With a top-grade attack formation protecting him, even a Qi Refining Stage 2 cultivator and a Foundation Establishnt cultivator are no different inside. The formation does all the work."
"Haven't you heard? A few days ago, the Fallen Fla Sect ca to provoke them, and they were directly blasted out by the top-grade formation. They didn't stand a chance."
Li Yun nodded in agreent. "That's right, all you need to do is maintain the formation's operation. I could do that too with the right resources."
Wang Ergou added, "Besides, if they can produce these things, wouldn't they have powerful cultivators behind them protecting them? They're not fools."
Xu Ning nodded slowly, pretending to be impressed. "Wow, that's amazing. I had no idea."
As they were talking, Zhou Lin from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion stepped out and spoke, his voice carrying over the crowd. "The auction will now begin. Thank you for your patience."
He took out a jade box, opened it with a flourish, revealing a high-grade Dragon Blood Fruit inside, glowing with spiritual energy.
"One high-grade Dragon Blood Fruit, starting bid 1,000 spirit stones!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below fell silent, stunned.
After a long while, soone couldn't help but ask, "Shopkeeper, isn't it sold as a set? We thought it was a complete package."
Zhou Lin asked in surprise, his expression innocent, "Who told you it was sold as a set? I never said that."
After these words were spoken, the group of people outside thought carefully. It seed that they really hadn't said that, nor was it written on the sign hanging outside. They had assud.
However, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion was really cunning! They insisted on selling the items separately, even though they were supposed to be a complete set. This was just making things difficult for them! They were forcing people to compete.
In the end, they had no choice but to bid, unwilling to miss the opportunity.
Finally, the superior-grade Dragon Blood Fruit sold for four thousand spirit stones, a high price.
This was actually far beyond the normal price of a superior-grade spiritual herb, but the Dragon Blood Fruit was extrely rare and precious. The price was actually normal, even low compared to its true value.
Afterwards, Zhou Lin took out an ordinary spiritual herb and continued the auction, keeping the crowd engaged.
Xu Ning watched with little interest, his mind elsewhere. He said goodbye to Wang Ergou and Li Yun, who were watching with great interest, and left the market early.
After cultivating in the planting area until the afternoon, Wang Ergou and Li Yun returned and found Xu Ning, talking incessantly about what had happened that day. They were full of excitent.
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After all, this was the first ti they had seen such an auction, so they found it very novel. They described every detail.
Xu Ning nodded and responded throughout, feigning interest.
When it got dark, the two finally left, still buzzing with excitent.
Not long after returning to his thatched hut, the Yingying Monster flew in carrying a large package, dropping it on his bed.
This package was much larger than before, bulging with contents.
Inside were three storage bags; the two new ones were bought today. He was expanding.
It seed Xu Ning had requested too many resources this ti, so Luo Xiu had bought two more bags to hold everything.
Upon inspection, all three bags were indeed full of resources:
Ten Fire Thunder Talismans, a large quantity of talisman paper for upgrades,
One hundred Qi Gathering Pills, and a large quantity of spirit herbs for further refinent.
The items sold this ti at the auction had amounted to about 30,000 spirit stones. Purchasing these items had almost exhausted their resources. They had spent nearly everything.
The quantity was simply too large. The talisman paper alone was enough for Xu Ning to upgrade all ten Fire Thunder Talismans to the highest spirit-grade. It would take ti.
He also needed to upgrade all one hundred Qi Gathering Pills to the highest spirit-grade as well. It was a massive project.
Even this might not be enough. He might need to purchase more after selling the remaining spirit herbs from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. The demand was high.
Xu Ning then began upgrading, working through the night. Soon, after feeding all the materials, he had upgraded seven Fire Thunder Talismans and thirty highest-grade Qi Gathering Pills.
He placed three Fire Thunder Talismans and ten highest-grade Qi Gathering Pills into the storage bag for distribution.
Two of the top-grade Fire and Thunder Talismans were for Zhou Lin, as managing the shop was quite dangerous and he needed so protection. It was a necessary precaution.
The remaining talisman was for Luo Xiu as a trump card. He was now operating behind the scenes, and although not in great danger, it was still necessary to prepare so life-saving asures for him. Otherwise, there would be no one to rely on if things went wrong.
Five top-grade Qi Gathering Pills were given to each person, to help them advance their cultivation.
Besides these, there was also an antidote and a new poison pill.
The antidote was for the previous poison pill they had taken. The new poison pill was recently concocted by Xu Ning using upgraded spiritual herbs, far more potent.
The previous poison was made with mortal herbs, and Xu Ning was worried that Luo Xiu and the others might be able to resist or neutralize it once their cultivation level increased. He needed to update it.
Therefore, just in case, Xu Ning concocted a new poison using spiritual herbs that would be harder to counter.
Actually, Xu Ning knew that even without the poison pill, Luo Xiu and the others wouldn't leave. They had been well treated.
But for the sake of caution, Xu Ning didn't want to gamble with people's hearts. Trust was built on mutual benefit and security.
After packing everything up, Xu Ning handed the package to Yingying Monster.
The owl-shaped creature, carrying the heavy package, flew out the window and disappeared into the night, heading for Luo Xiu's cave.
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anwhile, Luo Xiu was nearly driven mad with anxiety. His commission was gone again—over 30,000 spirit stones, all used to buy resources for his senior. He hadn't received his usual 10% commission for over three months! He was getting impatient.
However, Luo Xiu didn't consider running away. Not only was he poisoned, but he was also deeply wary of his senior's strength. The man was clearly powerful.
Putting everything else aside, the senior's ability to provide so many high-quality resources suggested he was no ordinary cultivator. He had deep backing.
Luo Xiu gritted his teeth. "Never mind, my senior has never treated unfairly before. This ti he probably needs a lot of resources to formulate a big plan. I'll be patient."
He'd wait, and once his senior had dealt with whatever he was planning, he would naturally consider his loyal followers.
Just then, the familiar owl flew over, landed in front of Luo Xiu, and dropped a package with a soft thud.
Luo Xiu quickly opened it and imdiately gaped in shock, his eyes widening.
Holy crap, what was this?! Top-grade Fire and Thunder Talismans, top-grade Qi Gathering Pills—his senior's actions were indeed terrifying. He had never seen such things.
Luo Xiu imdiately picked up the letter and began to read, his hands trembling slightly.
"There is an antidote and a poison in the package. The antidote can completely cure the previous poison, and the poison is a new one I've made."
"If you want to leave, take the antidote and you can go freely. You can also take the items with you as paynt for the past few months. No hard feelings."
"Take both the antidote and the poison at the sa ti, and continue to serve . If you choose to continue serving , send the other two antidotes and poison, as well as two Fire Thunder Talismans and five Qi Gathering Pills to Zhou Lin. You can keep the rest for yourself. The choice is yours."
After reading the contents of the letter, Luo Xiu did not hesitate. He directly grabbed an antidote and a poison and swallowed them without a second thought.
"Leave? How could I possibly leave! Only an idiot would leave! I'm going to continue working for my senior, like a devoted servant!" Luo Xiu muttered to himself, his face resolute.
Putting everything else aside, his senior had given him a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill for cultivation! Such things were priceless.
What does a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill an? Let's put it this way! Even the personal disciples of the Tianbao Sect's sect master couldn't afford to use them for cultivation because there weren't enough. They were incredibly rare.
And what about him now? He was even more extravagant than the Tianbao Sect master's personal disciples! He had access to things they could only dream of.
If he left, even after decades of being a rogue cultivator, he still wouldn't be able to afford a single top-grade Qi Gathering Pill. Even if he earned enough spirit stones, he still wouldn't be able to buy one. They weren't sold openly. He would be a fool to leave.
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