My Master Knows It All

214: Chapter 131 Hundred Peaks Convergence_2 214: Chapter 131 Hundred Peaks Convergence_2 Cao Zhen looked at piles of discarded materials all around, turned, and walked away, thinking that if he didn’t have free reign over the resources of the Hidden Dragon Observatory, he wouldn’t be able to bear Xiang Ziyu’s extravagance.

However, although Xiang Ziyu’s manufacturing was intense, the level of artifact refining improved quickly.

In just a few days, he had already broken through to the fifteenth level.

Cao Zhen then turned to his other disciples and said, “You shouldn’t always be refining here alone, you should also go to Vermilion Bird Peak and seek guidance.

Ling Xi, when you go to Vermilion Bird Peak, don’t be too low-key, you still need to show off your talisman-making skills.

And Yi Sheng, you should go to Vermilion Bird Peak as well, let them see the level of your pill refining.”

He and Yi Sheng had stayed in the Five-Element Pill Ground for so long, teaching Gu Chengyu to refine pills.

They couldn’t possibly just teach verbally; they had to refine the pills while teaching.

During this period, Yi Sheng even managed to produce several pills and improved her pill-refining level.

Chief Tu Zhuque had told him to let his disciples learn more about the Six Arts, so he sent the two strongest disciples in the Six Arts to Vermilion Bird Peak, allowing the people there to witness his disciples’ skill levels.

Once Ling Xi’s talisman-making skill and Yi Sheng’s pill-refining level become known, Four Treasures Peak will certainly attract more admirers.

“By the way, how have our Gathering Spirit Talismans been selling recently?” Cao Zhen asked Yi Sheng with concern, “How is the income situation?”

Yi Sheng looked at the spreadsheet that her master taught her to make and reported, “Our Gathering Spirit Talismans have rapidly dominated the market since we started selling them.

Now, in the Hundred Peaks Sect, almost no one besides our people is selling Gathering Spirit Talismans anymore.

Because our Gathering Spirit Talismans are of better quality yet more affordable, others can’t earn much by selling them.

Moreover, the materials we stockpiled before are now being sold off in large quantities, at double the price.”

“However, in my calculation these past few days, I’ve noticed that the people from the Taoist Institutions have been getting increasingly disobedient, secretly keeping more and more Gathering Spirit Talismans for themselves.”

“We’ll deal with those issues after the rearrangement of the Hundred Peaks.

We don’t have time to bother with them right now,” Cao Zhen didn’t have the energy to deal with these people for the moment and continued, “So, how many Spirit Stones do you think we can gather by the day before the rearrangement of the Hundred Peaks?”

Yi Sheng quickly began calculating, and after a moment, she looked up and answered, “Master, counting your own Spirit Stones, and after mortgaging our two Spirit Fields, Four Treasures Peak will have gathered at least three million two hundred thousand Spirit Stones before the rearrangement of the Hundred Peaks.”

“Three million two?!” Ling Xi, hearing the number his junior sister mentioned, was almost moved to tears.

That was a whole three million two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

There was a time when Four Treasures Peak couldn’t even gather three hundred Spirit Stones, and now they could easily produce three million two!

Cao Zhen, seeing Ling Xi’s excitement, also showed a smile.

Three million two Spirit Stones seemed like a lot, but without earning a few more sums from the gambling houses, it would be far from enough.

The materials of Hidden Dragon Observatory had already been almost entirely used up by him, and he still needed to refine Dragon and Tiger Golden Pills, the cost of these materials had to be borne by him.

Additionally, in the upcoming Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth, as the powerful practitioners begin to sleep, the world would become more chaotic, and he must refine more pills just in case.

Pills for healing wounds, Revival Pills for quickly recovering mana during fights, all these had to be refined.

If he didn’t earn a fortune from the gambling houses, these Spirit Stones would definitely not be enough.

After finishing the accounting, Yi Sheng followed Ling Xi down the mountain, heading straight for Vermilion Bird Peak.

Soon after the two had left, Elder Copper Dish arrived at Four Treasures Peak.

“Elder, what brings you here?” Cao Zhen looked at Elder Copper Dish in surprise; without any issues, Elder Copper Dish rarely went out.

Elder Copper Dish spoke slowly, “The Supreme Elder has entered his slumber.”

“What!” Cao Zhen’s face changed drastically, wasn’t there still three to four months to go?

The Supreme Elder had already entered his slumber now?

The number one person in the Hundred Peaks Sect was not the Sect Leader Bai Fengzi, but the Supreme Elder.

Now that the Supreme Elder was in slumber, Hundred Peaks Sect had lost its strongest combat force!

“The Sect Leader True Person might not hold out much longer either,” Elder Copper Dish said to Cao Zhen with deep sincerity, “I came to inform you of these matters so that you can be prepared in advance and speed up your cultivation.

After all, once the powerful ones go into slumber, no one knows what kind of danger Hundred Peaks Sect might encounter.

Though I’ve heard that Li Ke is your Dao companion, however strong Li Ke may be, she is ultimately one person.

She is also a disciple of Vermilion Bird Peak, not a disciple of Four Treasures Peak.

At a critical moment between Vermilion Bird Peak and Four Treasures Peak, she can only protect one—how will she choose?

Ultimately, one must rely on oneself.”

Cao Zhen nodded heavily and replied, “I understand, I will speed up my cultivation.”

After Elder Copper Dish had conveyed the latest news he knew about, the conversation took a turn, and he suddenly asked, “Another thing, I’ve come to find you about is the Hundred Peaks Contest.

How confident are you in the Hundred Peaks Contest, and what ranking do you think you can reach?

I have some Spirit Stones here, and I’m planning to place a bet on you.”

“Around the fifty-fifth rank, the limit for Four Treasures Peak is probably just to reach this rank.

Chief Tu once told me to push Four Treasures Peak into the Upper Fifty Peaks, but reaching the Upper Fifty Peaks is just too difficult.”