Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 755: Chapter 553: Mountain Spirit News, Trade Fair (Double Chapter Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Finding allies from other countries to explore a secret realm is indeed quite an unusual thing.

“I am also here for a secret realm, so a defensive magical treasure is indispensable. However, I can add another spirit material. Fellow Daoist, why not take a look at these Tier Three spirit materials and see if there’s anything you need!” The vendor opened his mouth once again.

This time, he again took out quite a few treasures from his storage bag, but none were directly placed in front of Ye Jingcheng.

Instead, he raised his hand beforehand, forming a simple spirit shield around him.

This spirit shield enclosed Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli inside, like a small room, making it impossible for outsiders to see inside.

With the spirit shield in place, the vendor finally felt at ease to spread out his spirit materials, revealing just a glimpse of his collection.

However, it was evident that he wanted to see Ye Jingcheng’s Tier Three defense treasure first.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng did not hesitate and took out a Tier Three Profound Mountain Shield treasure.

This treasure was acquired by slaying the Nine Rivers Ascendant, but it wasn’t very strong, only a Tier Three lower grade, and it had been damaged. Ye Haicheng helped him repair it.

During the repairs, some characteristics of the treasure were altered, making it unrecognizable.

The power was also enhanced, making it a rather commendable Tier Three lower grade defense treasure.

“Not bad, Fellow Daoist, you can choose now!” The vendor gestured and then revealed five or six spirit materials.

Among these spirit materials, there was Tier Three Profound Yuan Red Gold, Tier Three Thunder-Attracting Wood, Tier Three Glazed Gold, and Tier Three Jade Transformation Fruit.

Ye Jingcheng needed all these treasures; the former was another kind of spirit material for Stone Square, and the other three were also invaluable.

The Jade Transformation Fruit could be refined into a Jade Transformation Pill, which had the effect of enhancing Purple Mansion cultivation.

“Fellow Daoist, let’s exchange for this Tier Three Profound Yuan Red Gold then!” Ye Jingcheng ultimately chose the Stone Square.

With this Tier Three Profound Yuan Red Gold, there wasn’t much left to complete the Tier Three Stone Square.

“For this Profound Yuan Red Gold, you also need to add five thousand spirit stones; this red gold is not small, weighing three jin.” The vendor added.

Ye Jingcheng nodded, said nothing, handed over the shield treasure to the other party, and took the Taiqian Origin Stone and Profound Yuan Red Gold.

He then took out five thousand spirit stones.

“Fellow Daoist, are you still selling the remaining spirit materials?” Ye Jingcheng inquired again.

“Not selling, but can be exchanged for a Tier Three defense treasure!” The vendor responded again.

“To be honest, I encountered an inheritance cave mansion and am currently recruiting people. If Fellow Daoist is interested, once this grand marriage event ends, I will gather people.” After speaking, the vendor sat down again, took out a piece of Tier Three Thunder-Attracting Wood, and placed it back in its original position, with cultivation still showing as Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

But Ye Jingcheng knew that this cultivator’s cultivation was Late Stage of Purple Mansion.

Also, the other party had hidden intentions, disguising as Foundation Establishment to recruit Purple Mansion cultivators, who were naturally Early Stage or Middle Stage of Purple Mansion.

However, the Mountain Spirit was indeed very tempting, but he wasn’t going to believe empty words completely. After a cupped-hand salute, Ye Jingcheng left.

Although those spirit materials were needed, they weren’t too rare. Ye Jingcheng naturally wouldn’t offer any more defense treasures.

Otherwise, it would make him appear too wealthy.

This obviously didn’t fit with his identity.

One defensive treasure was fine, though; the fact that he had the Zhang Family refine artifacts for him wasn’t known by many, but those with intentions could certainly guess.

After all, he had once been to the Zhang Family’s courtyard.

That’s why Ye Jingcheng agreed to the exchange.

Another exchange would just cause more speculation; defense treasures are different from ordinary attack treasures, even senior Purple Mansion cultivators don’t have many.

“What do I call you?” Nearing the end, Ye Jingcheng also asked.

“My surname is Jun, just call me Jun Daoist.” The vendor replied directly.

This surname wasn’t common, but Ye Jingcheng didn’t think there’d be a Purple Mansion cultivator with such a surname.

But he didn’t say much, as it’s entirely possible for someone to hide both their cultivation and surname, especially as he wasn’t a cultivator from the Yan Kingdom.

With a few more pleasantries exchanged, Ye Jingcheng left the vendor’s stall, and as the Spirit Barrier Array was removed, everything in the market returned to normal.

People came and went, constantly inquiring about prices.

Some stalls even had queues, which was a rare sight.

At that moment, Ye Jingcheng didn’t expect there to be so many cultivators here, so he too began browsing in earnest.

During this, he did manage to purchase several valuable spirit medicine materials.

However, he didn’t encounter any more precious Tier Three Stone or Wooden Square materials.

Very soon, Ye Jingcheng met up with Ye Jing Hu, Ye Jing Li and others, who had also made several purchases. Among them, Ye Qingwen had bought a spirit beast egg for a thousand spirit stones, a Firebird Spirit Egg.

Ye Jingcheng took a glance; capable of advancing twice, though not particularly great, it was a fair purchase for a thousand spirit stones.

Seeing the cultivators here, Ye Jingcheng suddenly had an idea.

“Brother Liu, how about setting up a stall here as well? I’ll give you some Tier Three Purple Spirit Pills and Tier Three Purple Soul Pills to exchange for the spirit materials listed in this Jade Talisman!” Ye Jingcheng handed over a Jade Talisman to Ye Jingli.

The spirit materials listed inside were the ones missing from the Tier Three Wooden and Stone Squares.

Using Tier Three Spirit Pills for exchanges was naturally a good deal.

This could also spread the word, possibly leading cultivators to bring treasures for exchange in the future.

He hadn’t thought of this before but wouldn’t miss the opportunity now.

Ye Jingli nodded eagerly.

Though he was a Middle Stage Foundation Establishment and an artifact refiner, the Ye Family’s refusal to sell magical artifacts left him with little outlet. Now, with Ye Jingcheng’s suggestion, he could set up shop with Tier Three Spirit Pills and some artifacts to exchange for the materials he needed.

He just acquired the materials for a Four-Colored Bone Fire Bead and could gather the other spiritual materials to refine a more powerful Disposable Bone Fire Bead.

Ye Jingli wasted no time setting up a stall in the Foundation Establishment area.

Stalls here charged fifty spirit stones per day, quite a lot, explaining why few Qi Cultivation cultivators set up stalls, as they couldn’t afford the stall fee of fifty spirit stones.

Ye Jingli mimicked the earlier cultivator, placing a Tier Three Spirit Pill to one side and displaying Tier Two artifacts.

These were his artisanal creations over the years, some premium pieces for trading.

Other, ordinary artifacts he offered for sale outright for spirit stones, considering the upcoming large auction he wished to attend as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Gathering spirit stones seemed apt now.

“Anyone want to help out? If not, follow me back to the store!” Ye Jingcheng announced after scanning the scene.

Unexpectedly, Ye Jing Hu and Ye Qingfeng opted to stay, while only Ye Qingwen chose to accompany Ye Jingcheng back.

Clearly, the rest wanted to peruse the Street Vendor Square longer for suitable spirit beasts.

Ye Jingcheng chuckled and shook his head without further comment, remembering his own youthful days were no better than these clansmen.

Thus, he took Ye Qingwen along with a few others back to the market to continue alchemy.

…

In the blink of an eye, five days passed. In Ye Jingcheng’s room, firelight flickered, and the Red Flame Fox panted heavily, evidently weary from five days of alchemy.

Yet the results were gratifying; before Ye Jingcheng lay several pill bottles.

Each bottle held at least five or six spirit pills, with some containing over a dozen.

Most of the pills were Jade Soul Pills and Tier Two Cyan Essence Pills, with a small number of Golden Quenching Pills.

The former enhanced the divine soul, while the latter strengthened the body, covering nearly all the spirit pill types Foundation Establishment cultivators need.

The last furnace even made some Tier Two Purple Miasma Pills, useful against toxic mists and poisons, a relatively common Tier Two antitoxic pill.

After feeding two Profound Flame Pills to the Red Flame Fox, Ye Jingcheng stepped out of his courtyard.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to continue refining.

Rather, his Sound Transmission Talisman finally lit up.

With three days remaining until the grand marriage, the first Purple Mansion trading meeting had emerged.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t a transmission from any other Purple Mansion Clan nor from those who purchased his spirit pills; it was an invitation from the vendor who set up a stall earlier.