Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 173: Chapter 103: Tier Two Top-Grade Spirit Medicine—You Don’t Want It? I Do!

”Daoist Lii has arrived!” Master Wenyang greeted Zhou Xun warmly upon his entrance,

then introduced him to everyone:

”This is Daoist Lii Feiyu, a cultivator from Yue Country, who happened to travel here!”

The other two were a black-faced man and an elder with white hair and beard, both were Fake Pill Cultivators, but Zhou Xun didn’t know them before.

Yue Country, is a cultivation country in the east of Xui Country, considerably more powerful than Xui Country.

”I am Qin Fang, nice to meet you, Daoist Lii!” The black-faced man cupped his hands in greeting.

”Daoist Qin is a Body Refining Cultivator, with formidable strength, not inferior to a True Pill Cultivator!” Daoist Wenyang added with a smile.

”Nice to meet you, Daoist Qin!” Zhou Xun returned the gesture!

The white-haired elder, however, sat on a stool, barely moving.

”This is Elder Song Zhimeng, a renowned Tier Three Alchemy Master from Fengg Country!”

”Nice to meet you, Elder Song!” Zhou Xun bowed slightly.

”Hmm!” the elder responded indifferently.

”Elder Song has a cold disposition, please don’t mind, Daoist Lii!” Master Wenyang explained awkwardly through voice transmission.

”No problem!” Zhou Xun replied.

He was merely here to exchange for some treasures, and paid no mind to the elder’s aloofness.

Besides, being a Tier Three Alchemy Master, Elder Song’s status was in no way inferior to that of a True Pill Cultivator. Such behavior was normal.

Then Zhou Xun sat next to Master Wenyang.

Before long, a dignified middle-aged man in a purple robe entered.

Upon his arrival, Master Wenyang and the other two stood up.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun also rose.

”Greetings, Senior/Daoist Master Profound Cyan!”

This person was another True Pill Cultivator of the Profound Cloud Sect.

Although Fake Pill Cultivators and True Pill Cultivators are in the Third Realm of Cultivation,

Fake Pill Cultivators only have half the Mana and Divine Sense of True Pill Cultivators, thus many True Pill Cultivators do not see Fake Pill Cultivators as peers of the same level.

Most Fake Pill Cultivators also often regard themselves as juniors.

However, Song Zhimeng, being a Tier Three Alchemy Master and from the Song Family, one of Fengg’s three major powers, did not fear the Profound Celestial Sect and thus addressed him as a fellow Daoist.

As for Qin Fang and Master Wenyang, both unaffiliated Fake Pill Cultivators lacked such confidence and had to consider themselves juniors.

”Qin Fang claims his strength is comparable to True Pill Cultivators, but judging by his earlier actions, that seems a bit exaggerated!” Zhou Xun thought to himself.

”No need for such formalities,” the middle-aged man glanced at everyone, laughed heartily, and didn’t mind Elder Song’s address.

Instead, he looked at Zhou Xun with a probing gaze.

”This fellow Daoist seems unfamiliar. Could you be a recently promoted peer?”

”Oh, this is Daoist Lii Feiyu from Yue Country. He’s traveled to our Fengyuan City, so I invited him to join our exchange meeting!”

Master Wenyang explained at this moment.

The middle-aged man nodded and found a place to sit.

An hour later, the entire fifth floor was filled, with over twenty people all above the Fake Pill Realm.

There were two True Pill Cultivators, besides Master Profound Cyan, the other was the Grand Elder of the Qingyu Sect—Master Tianyang.

”Since everyone is here, let’s start the exchange meeting!” Master Wenyang stood up and cupped his hands to the surroundings.

”The rules of this exchange meeting are the same as before, each Daoist may bring out their treasures. If anyone is interested, the two shall trade privately,”

”If multiple Daoists are interested in a treasure, the owner of the treasure decides whom to trade with!”

”Now, I’ll start things off!”

Master Wenyang chuckled, wiped his hand across his waist, and several spirit lights appeared on the table before him.

”Profound Iron Essence, it took me several years just to extract this piece, weighing seven taels and nine maces, for exchange of thirty thousand Spirit Stones!”

Master Wenyang picked up a completely black metallic material and spoke with a smile.

Profound Iron Essence is the essence extracted from Profound Iron by Third Realm cultivators using Pill Fire. Its extraction is time-consuming, and only Fake Pill Cultivators with stagnant cultivation would engage in such tasks.

The Profound Iron Essence can be used to forge some Low-Grade Magical Treasures.

It can also be added as an auxiliary material to Magical Artifacts, greatly enhancing their potency.

Zhou Xun had acquired a blue shield with a small amount of Profound Iron Essence when he killed Sunx Yuanqing, and its defense was extremely impressive.

It was among the top tier even amongst Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

”I was just in need of this for my puppet making, I’ll take this Iron Essence!”

A red-robed, white-haired, and youthful-faced old man got up, approached Master Wenyang, and took out several hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.

This person was one of the oldest Fake Pill Cultivators in Xui Country, nearly 450 years old, and extremely obsessed with the Path of Puppetry.

”Ah, it’s Daoist Brother Hu, please accept it!” Master Wenyang glanced at the spirit stones piled high like a small hill, confirmed their number, and then handed the Profound Iron Essence over to the red-robed elder with a smile.

The first trade was successfully completed, to everyone’s satisfaction.

After that, Master Wenyang brought out several rare Spirit Materials, exchanging them for nearly a hundred thousand Spirit Stones altogether.

”As expected of a Master Fake Pill, he’s indeed wealthy!” Zhou Xun exclaimed.

Currently, his storage bag held over eighty thousand Spirit Stones, which he thought was already ample wealth, but compared to a Fake Pill Cultivator, it paled in comparison!

Mind you, he had continuous fortuitous encounters, having wiped out numerous Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

After Master Wenyang, it was Qin Fang’s turn. He took out several Jade Boxes, and said somewhat embarrassedly:

”As you know, I’m a Body Refining Cultivator, and body refining is extremely costly, so I didn’t have many Treasures of Heaven and Earth left,”

”Here are four Tier Two Top-Grade Spirit Plants. If any Daoist is interested, just name your price,”

”If the price is right, I’ll sell them directly!”

”Old Qin, everyone here is at the Core Formation Stage. Bringing out a few Tier Two Spirit Medicines is not enough!”

”If it were rare Spirit Medicines like Wood Element Ginseng, which can be refined into Life-Extending Pills, that would be different,”

”But these are clearly common items. It’s a bit stingy of you,” chided a black-robed elder loudly with a hint of dissatisfaction.

”Wood Element Ginseng!”

Zhou Xun’s heart stirred.

From the spoils obtained from Sunx Yuanqing, Zhou Xun had acquired a Tier Two Top-Grade Wood Element Ginseng; due to its rarity, exceeding ordinary Spirit Medicines.

Zhou Xun had cultivated it to the Quasi-Third Tier but hadn’t absorbed it to enhance his Spiritual Root.

He planned to exchange it for a higher-tier Spirit Medicine at the opportune moment.

Upon hearing the black-robed elder’s words, it seemed he had underestimated its value. This Wood Element Ginseng was evidently very sought after among Fake Pill Cultivators.

After a brief consideration, Zhou Xun roughly guessed the reason.

Fake Pill Cultivators could not progress further, and their lifespan was forever limited to five hundred years.

Therefore, life-extending items were extremely precious to them.

It was their only method to increase their lifespan!

Tier Two Top-Grade Wood Element Ginseng can be refined into Tier Two Top-Grade Life-Extending Pills, which are quite effective, even for Fake Pill Cultivators.

And his own was already cultivated to Quasi-Third Tier.