Chapter 106: Chapter 104: Murky Grotto Heaven Fragment
Su Qing had just walked out the door when he saw a man sitting on the stone bench outside.
"Song Zhining, what are you doing here?"
Su Qing said coldly.
"Su Qing, please don’t be offended."
"I just want to buy some Elixirs from you."
"Do you still have any Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pills?"
"I’m willing to buy your Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pills at the price of a Spirit Fruit."
Song Zhining had finally caught Su Qing coming out.
He had been waiting for about ten days. The man had finally left his residence.
’Can someone with a Qi Cultivation really stay in seclusion for that long?’
’Or did he use a lot of Fasting Pills?’
Song Zhining looked at Su Qing with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing asked, "The price of a Spirit Fruit... what’s it usually?"
"Brother Su, a Spirit Fruit generally costs over one hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
"Or over a thousand single-element Spirit Stones."
’What would I do with that many Spirit Stones...’
"Useless," Su Qing said, shaking his head.
Not wanting to deal with Song Zhining at all, he turned to leave Cold Extremity Peak.
"Wait, Brother Su! I genuinely want to buy them."
Song Zhining shouted.
"I’m not interested," Su Qing said, shaking his head. ’What’s the use of so many Spirit Stones? I’d rather he just trade a Spirit Fruit directly.’
After Su Qing had taken five of his evolved Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pills,
the sixth one already produced a resistance, and its effect was negligible.
Right now, Su Qing still had one evolved Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill on hand.
But he was unwilling to part with it.
’If a normal Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill is this sought-after, I can only imagine what a stir the evolved version would cause.’
’Even if I can’t take it myself, I can’t give it to anyone else.’
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「In the Marketplace.」
Two men walked side by side.
"Brother Su, please reconsider. I can trade other rare medicinal herbs with you too."
"As long as you have a Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill."
"Alright, alright. Five hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
"I’ll give you a different kind of Nourishing Yuan Pill. It’s also my last one."
Su Qing, having grown tired of his persistence, cut him off.
He did so because he had spotted a real treasure.
[Murky Grotto Heaven Fragment: A Grotto Heaven Fragment contaminated by some unknown power. It possesses minor spatial abilities and can generate Spiritual Qi, but all its abilities have vanished due to the contamination.]
This Grotto Heaven Fragment looked just like a black crystal.
Song Zhining fell silent. Five hundred thousand Spirit Stones was truly too much.
He himself only had about a hundred thousand Spirit Stones right now.
Su Qing was truly making an outrageous demand.
"I wonder, is what Brother Su says the truth?"
"Hmph. Just think about the difference between a five hundred Spirit Stone Nourishing Yuan Pill and a fifty Spirit Stone one."
Su Qing said no more.
He turned to the middle-aged uncle before him and said, "How many Spirit Stones for this crystal?"
"True Disciples," the stall owner said, having noticed the tokens tied to Su Qing and Song Zhining’s waists.
He didn’t dare to quote a high price.
"Five hundred Spirit Stones. Even a Tier One Middle Grade Magical Artifact can’t scratch this thing. It’s worth the price."
"Fine, I’ll take it."
Su Qing readily gave the stall owner five hundred Spirit Stones and bought the murky Grotto Heaven Fragment outright.
Su Qing’s casual manner and nonchalant gaze made the stall owner think this True Disciple was just buying something on a whim.
"Brother Su, give me a week. I’ll come find you as soon as I gather the Spirit Stones."
"Mm," Su Qing nodded.
Song Zhining vanished in a flash, disappearing from sight.
Su Qing was happy for the peace and quiet.
’That guy kept making offers, trying to chat me up and figure out if I could refine these Elixirs myself.’
Su Qing had simply ignored him.
’Five hundred thousand Spirit Stones for one pill.’
’To increase one’s Immortal Cultivation Talent by ten percent...’
’It seems worth it.’
Su Qing then went to an apothecary to buy some medicinal ingredients for Nourishing Yuan Pills.
And also ingredients for Qi Nourishing Pills.
Afterward, Su Qing headed to the Holy Book Pavilion.
The last time he was there, he saw a Cultivation Technique that could refine flames, but he didn’t buy it.
He wouldn’t miss it this time.
The "Fire Nurturing Technique" was priced at 2,500 Spirit Stones.
This Cultivation Technique could be used to refine and nurture a type of flame.
"This is it," Su Qing said with a smile.
After quickly paying the Spirit Stones, a Cultivator in the Book Pavilion used a Jade Slip to transmit the technique to Su Qing.
[Fire Nurturing Technique: A Cultivation Technique for refining a flame, drawing it into the Dantian, and nurturing it. Its potential is low, as the nurtured flame can only be as strong as one’s own Cultivation, and it is very time-consuming.]
[Can be Synthesized]
Afterward,
Su Qing didn’t linger.
Currently, Su Qing still had over ten thousand Spirit Stones.
A more expensive Beast Fire.
Two hundred Spirit Stones for one Fire Seed.
Su Qing wanted to buy some to Synthesize.
’If I want to perform two ultimate Evolutions,’
’I’ll need at least sixteen thousand.’
Su Qing didn’t have that many Spirit Stones at the moment.
’Forget it. The flame isn’t a priority.’
It definitely wasn’t a priority.
’If I’m going to get a flame,’ Su Qing thought, ’I might as well get the best one.’
Even for a flame,
the same rule applied.
’I’ll have to Synthesize the Fire Nurturing Technique at least twice, I bet.’
Su Qing shook his head and decided against buying a Fire Seed.
Now that he had Evolution, Su Qing hadn’t paid much attention to his other Synthesis Talents.
Even though the other Synthesis Talents all had different effects.
Su Qing bought quite a few things.
The most important of which were the Alchemy ingredients.
He bought a thousand portions each of two different types of medicinal ingredients.
Su Qing wanted to Synthesize Elixirs that were beyond Top Grade.
This was true for both the Qi Nourishing Pills and the Nourishing Yuan Pills.
Su Qing wanted to try using Evolution on them at least once.
Especially the Nourishing Yuan Pill.
Su Qing still wanted to improve his aptitude.
Because it was a great help in cultivating his Five Elements Tribulation Body.
With a fifty percent improvement to his cultivation aptitude, aided by his Five Qi God Demon Body, he was already incredibly powerful.
Su Qing had to see for himself what kind of Elixir existed beyond Top Grade.
...
Alchemy.
It required a lot of time.
Su Qing was refining Elixirs from dawn till dusk.
First, it was a low-cost way to Synthesize high-quality Elixirs. Second, Su Qing simply didn’t have enough Spirit Stones to buy them.
Moreover, buying too many Elixirs at once would attract unwanted attention.
Alchemy was also very time-consuming.
At first, Su Qing followed the standard procedures for Alchemy.
But later on, he started refining several portions of ingredients at once.
This was to save time.
And so, Su Qing’s Alchemy session
lasted for two weeks.
Only then did he finally finish refining all the Elixirs.
Between the two types of Elixirs, he had made over twenty thousand pills in total.
"Time to go out."
Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, his Soul Cultivation was strong now, and with the help of his Chaotic Life Body, Su Qing didn’t collapse from exhaustion.
Because someone outside was waiting for him.
The moment he stepped out, Song Zhining saw Su Qing’s peculiar appearance.
He looked completely haggard.
"You’ve been waiting a while, huh? If you have the five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, this Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill is yours."
"If not, then please leave."
Su Qing said, holding up a Small Jade Bottle.
"Brother Su, of course I came for the Elixir you have."
"I’ve already gathered the five hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
"Please, take a look." Song Zhining took out several prepared Storage Rings and handed them to Su Qing.
"Brother Su, I can’t give you the Storage Rings themselves. I’d feel like I was taking a loss otherwise."
Su Qing nodded.
"Fair enough. Let me count it..."
After checking, Su Qing took out all five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
It was enough to pile them up and use as decoration.
"This bottle of Elixirs is yours." Su Qing tossed it to Song Zhining without hesitation.
Song Zhining caught it steadily.
"Thank you, Brother Su. I hope it has the effect I’m looking for."
"Mm," Su Qing nodded.
After getting the Elixir, Song Zhining left.
For the past while, the kid had been waiting here for an hour each day for Su Qing to come out.
His patience was impressive.
