Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 304

Chapter 304 Abundant Harvest, Mid-Stage Xuan Turtle (Seeking Further Subscriptions)

The ninth test was a mid-grade third-tier magic pill, extremely difficult to refine.

Even for other alchemists ,

even a high-grade third-tier alchemist, success on the first try would be difficult.

Although Qi Yao wasn’t an alchemist, she had encountered many and frequently observed pill refining.

She judged that the difficulty of refining this magic pill was no less than that of an ordinary high-grade third-tier pill.

Yet Li Chang’an succeeded on his first attempt, his expression relaxed, seemingly without any pressure.

How could she not be surprised?

“Fellow Daoist Li, could you perhaps be a high-grade third-tier alchemist?”

“Fellow Daoist Qi misunderstands. My alchemy skills stop at mid-grade third-tier; I haven’t received any further inheritance.”

Li Chang’an smiled as he dropped the pill into the hole, offering no further explanation.

With a soft sound, the underground palace trembled, and the traps in front separated again.

This time,

what appeared before everyone

was not a passage, but a narrow secret chamber.

The chamber was simply furnished, containing only a jade table and a few green lamps.

The remains of the senior lay cross-legged behind the jade table, his storage bag resting on it.

Li Chang’an manipulated his puppet forward, bowing deeply.

“Thank you for leaving behind your legacy, senior.”

He used the puppet to retrieve the storage bag, finding no restrictions and opening it directly.

Inside

were some relatively rare third-tier alchemy materials.

Besides that, there were two jade slips.

A flash of light appeared in Li Chang’an’s hand, and he retrieved the two jade slips.

He extended two strands of divine sense, entering each jade slip to examine its contents.

The first jade slip contained a third-tier high-grade alchemy legacy!

At the end of the legacy

were more than ten extremely precious ancient pill formulas, most of which had been lost to the current cultivation world.

“Blood-Heavy Pill!”

Li Chang’an’s eyes brightened; he had seen the purpose of his trip.

The Blood-Heavy Pill formula was within.

In addition,

Li Chang’an also saw another familiar pill.

“Purple Spirit Pill!”

This pill could help early-stage Golden Core cultivators break through to the mid-stage Golden Core realm, with considerable effectiveness.

However, the formula for this pill was held by the Zixia Sect, and no one in the entire Southern Region knew how to refine it.

Li Chang’an never expected that he would have the fortune to obtain the formula for this pill.

He examined it carefully.

“The treasures needed to refine this Purple Spirit Pill, all added together, would cost at most ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones.”

“Moreover, these treasures are relatively common and not difficult to find.”

“But the price of a single Purple Spirit Pill, conservatively estimated, is over one hundred and fifty thousand mid-grade spirit stones…”

Back then, after the Purple Dawn Saintess bestowed this pill upon Li Chang’an,

many Golden Core cultivators sent him telepathic messages, wanting to buy it.

The prices they offered were all quite astonishing.

A Golden Core cultivator from the Xiao family of Dan Valley offered one hundred and fifty thousand mid-grade spirit stones and indicated that they could continue to negotiate.

“The path of pill refining is indeed extremely profitable; this is indeed a good opportunity to make a fortune.”

Li Chang’an vaguely saw a road paved with spirit stones.

Breaking through to the Golden Core stage is extremely difficult; the vast majority of Golden Core cultivators, even if they condense a True Core, will be trapped in the early Golden Core stage for their entire lives.

For a single breakthrough opportunity, they were willing to pay countless treasures.

Of course,

Li Chang’an dared not compete with the Zixia Sect for business.

This kind of pill could only be sold secretly.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be sold in the Southern Region. There are quite a few cultivators in the entire Zhao Kingdom’s cultivation world who are stuck at the early Golden Core stage.”

Li Chang’an thought about it and felt that this was feasible.

Fortunately, Luo Qiantong’s information network had been established, and he could help spread the news of selling the Purple Spirit Pill.

Although it was somewhat risky, it was worth a try.

Li Chang’an desperately needed spirit stones.

Although he had gained a lot, the path of body refinement and the Evergreen Vine were two bottomless pits that devoured resources and could never be filled.

Right now, he only had a little over 200,000 mid-grade spirit stones left in his storage bag.

“Besides this Purple Spirit Pill, other pills are also good, such as the Earth Cloud Yellow Sand Pill and the Seven-Colored Dream Cloud Pill… They all have special effects, and ordinary Golden Core cultivators can hardly buy them anywhere.”

Li Chang’an pondered seriously.

The growth rate of the Evergreen Vine was getting slower and slower.

Originally, he was worried that even when he cultivated to the peak of the Golden Core stage, he still wouldn’t be able to upgrade his spiritual root to the Heavenly Spirit Root.

Now, with these rare pills to earn resources, the Evergreen Vine’s growth rate will definitely increase significantly.

“After returning, I’ll quickly raise my alchemy skills to the upper third rank,”

Li Chang’an decided.

He copied the contents of the jade slip and tossed it to Qi Yao.

The two had already agreed to split the spoils equally.

Although Li Chang’an had passed the entire underground palace’s trials alone, Qi Yao and the others had provided clues and locations.

“Fellow Daoist Li, what’s in the second jade slip?”

Qi Yao’s eyes brightened with curiosity as she looked at the jade slip.

Li Chang’an replied, “It contains some words left by this senior.”

Without hesitation, he copied this jade slip as well.

The contents of the jade slip were not much.

This senior had left his life story in it.

He was a rogue cultivator who loved alchemy, but unfortunately, his talent in alchemy was too poor. Although he sought out masters everywhere to learn, his alchemy skills only barely reached the second rank.

Originally, he thought he would never have a high level of alchemy attainment in his life.

But, by chance,

he obtained a recording stone.

In that memory stone, he saw a scene of a senior named “Dan Chengzi” answering questions for his disciple.

Although he listened with a hazy understanding, grasping only a superficial part, his alchemy skills improved significantly.

From then on,

he devoted his entire life to tracing the footsteps of the senior Dan Chengzi in the vast world of cultivation.

However, he gained little.

On his deathbed, he left words of regret in a jade slip:

“Alas, if I could have become a disciple of senior Dan Chengzi, I might have gone further in the path of alchemy. Unfortunately… I am separated from senior Dan Chengzi by countless years; I fear he has already passed away.”

He regretted being born too late, unable to live in the same era as senior Dan Chengzi.

But Li Chang’an knew very well

that senior was still alive and well!

He wondered what realm Dan Chengzi had reached now, perhaps already close to the legendary path of immortality.

Li Chang’an also wanted to become his disciple, but he didn’t know where he was.

“If fate allows, perhaps I can meet this senior again in the future.”

Li Chang’an composed himself and didn’t mention this to the others.

After a while,

they left the underground palace and returned to Changqing Mountain.

Qi Yao and Guo Zesheng had achieved their goal in coming to the Southern Region.

A few days later,

the two bid farewell and returned to the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty in the Central Region, carrying their inheritance.

Jiang Muyu remained on Changqing Mountain, unchanged from before.

In the days that followed,

Li Chang’an sometimes practiced alchemy and sometimes dismantled the materials of the underground palace.

…

Cultivation knows no time, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three years,

Li Chang’an completed the dismantling of the entire underground palace.

He used the materials he obtained to create four mid-grade third-tier puppets to guard the four directions of Changqing Immortal City.

He had already taught the puppet control methods to the heads of the four families at the foot of the mountain.

In the future, even if he was not there, Changqing Immortal City could use formations and puppets to deal with powerful enemies in the Golden Core stage.

In addition,

Li Chang’an’s alchemy skills had officially broken through to the high-grade third-tier.

On this day, he spent 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones to buy materials for refining the Purple Spirit Pill and attempted to refine it on third-tier earth fire.

Soon, a rich aroma of elixir wafted from the furnace.

“Come!”

Li Chang’an waved his hand, and a purple pill flew out, landing in his palm.

This pill was of exceptionally high quality, even better than the one Zi Xi had bestowed upon him.

If given to cultivators who had been stuck in the early Golden Core stage for many years, such as Wang Xuanjian of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, it would likely allow them to break through to the mid-Golden Core stage on the spot.

For the next few months,

Li Chang’an continuously purchased materials to refine Purple Spirit Pills and quietly sold the finished products through various channels.

No one knew he had refined them.

The Golden Core cultivators who bought the pills were also very cautious, not publicizing the matter, and secretly consuming them.

Almost all of these pills were bought by the Golden Core forces of the Southern Region.

As a result,

in just a few months, the strength of the entire Southern Region rose significantly.

Liang Chang, Wang Xuanjian, Jin Huan, and others all broke through to the mid-Golden Core stage, all tacitly agreeing without publicizing it.

However,

the group secretly discussed the matter once at the Qingyun Sect.

“Gentlemen, who do you think sold these Purple Spirit Pills? Could it be the Purple Cloud Sect?”

“The Purple Cloud Sect wasn’t this generous before; they were very protective of all cultivation resources, refusing to sell even for a large sum of spirit stones.”

“But things are different now…”

they speculated.

The Purple Cloud Sect might want to formally intervene in the war between the two regions, but they can’t find a suitable excuse.

The death of True Person Shi Hu last time was probably a test by the Purple Cloud Sect.

And this time, the Purple Cloud Sect’s elevation of the overall strength of the Southern Region’s cultivation world is mostly to put pressure on the Western Region, forcing the Yellow Sand Sect to take the lead.

This guess was reasonable and well-founded.

So much so that Li Chang’an felt there was no problem.

“Hmm, it should be the Purple Cloud Sect’s doing,”

he nodded, echoing from the side.

No one present knew that

Li Chang’an’s storage bag already contained over two million mid-grade spirit stones, which even converted to high-grade spirit stones amounted to over twenty thousand.

For the next six months,

Li Chang’an’s presence was felt throughout the entire Zhao Kingdom’s cultivation world.

He used various identities to travel between the five major cultivation domains—East, South, West, North, and Central—purchasing large quantities of treasures for cultivating Evergreen Vine, spending spirit stones like water.

In addition, some spirit stones were used for body tempering.

He spared no expense in refining large quantities of Blood-Heavy Pills and prepared countless restorative spiritual medicines and treasures for the two Flood Dragon Kings.

Before completing the third stage of body tempering, Li Chang’an had already collected four portions of essence blood.

“It feels good to be rich,”

he smiled, in high spirits.

After having a large amount of essence blood extracted, the two Flood Dragon Kings’ auras did not weaken; instead, they increased.

Li Chang’an fed them far too many treasures. The two dragon kings didn’t reject

this lifestyle

; in fact, they secretly looked forward to Li Chang’an’s next blood extraction.

Even if they just lay there doing nothing, their cultivation was increasing much faster than before when they were diligently cultivating.

The other demon kings of the Hundred Beasts Sect were envious.

The snake king asked in distress, “Senior Li, is my snake blood really useless?”

“It’s somewhat useful, but not much,”

Li Chang’an said casually.

Although he also needed the blood essence of other third-tier demon beasts, the Hundred Beasts Sect’s treasury had plenty, and there was no need to extract from the other demon kings for the time being.

Although he had many treasures for nurturing demon beasts, he couldn’t waste them, as Little Black and Big Yellow still needed them.

A month later.

On Changqing Mountain, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly fluctuated.

The surrounding spiritual energy frantically converged towards Changqing Mountain, forming a vortex of spiritual energy.

Li Chang’an used the power of an array to shield the celestial phenomenon, and it was not discovered by outsiders.

“The celestial phenomena are stable; I should be able to break through smoothly.”

His deep eyes fell upon the spirit lake on Evergreen Mountain.

The cause of this extraordinary celestial phenomenon was the Xuan Shui Turtle lying by the lake.

Several hours later,

the Xuan Shui Turtle completed its advancement, becoming a mid-stage third-tier demon beast.

Overjoyed, it transformed into a stream of light and arrived before Li Chang’an.

“Thank you, Master!”

Breakthroughs for third-tier demon beasts are usually measured in centuries.

Many demon beasts may never break through in their entire lives, such as the Zhou family’s old demon king, the Water Abyss Turtle.

Before he took control of the Zhou family, for nearly a thousand years, its strength remained at the early stage of the third tier, unable to advance further.

The reason the Xuan Shui Turtle was able to break through so quickly was thanks to the numerous treasures Li Chang’an had given it.

“You’re welcome. Cultivate diligently; your cultivation is my cultivation. I’m still counting on you to advance to the fourth tier.”

Li Chang’an patted its head and laughed.

“Little Black, if you can advance to the fourth rank, I won’t have to worry about that old codger, True Monarch Huangsha.”

“Don’t worry, Master, I will definitely not slack off!”

The Xuan Shui Turtle was well aware of Li Chang’an’s situation and cultivated extremely diligently.

Although True Monarch Huangsha had signed a spiritual contract with Jiang Xuanyuan, the contract’s constraints were not strong; he only needed to endure a slight backlash to break it. The reason

he no longer personally intervened was because he felt it unnecessary to suffer backlash for a junior like Li Chang’an.

Therefore,

he only dispatched his disciples.

After True Man Shi Hu’s death, the task of dealing with Li Chang’an fell to his other disciple, Wei Xu.

Wei Xu was one of the Holy Sons of the Huangsha Sect, possessing formidable strength.

However, after leaving the Huangsha Sect, he did not directly attack Li Chang’an but instead confronted Holy Maiden Zi Xi.

For the past few years,

the two sides had been locked in a standoff outside a spirit mine within the Thousand Lakes Secret Realm.

Li Chang’an had heard that many valuable items had been unearthed deep within that spirit mine.

“Fortunately, Zi Xi shielded me, otherwise I would have had to go through the trouble of dealing with Wei Xu.”

He didn’t have much interest in the treasures in the spirit mine; he only hoped that the two would continue their standoff and not disturb his cultivation.

Of course,

Liu Feiyan of Yuanyang Valley didn’t think so.

She had urged Wei Xu dozens of times, but Wei Xu always made excuses to avoid it.

Over the years, the Golden Core cultivators of Yuanyang Valley, controlled by Li Chang’an, could often hear Liu Feiyan’s angry voice.

“The feud between Yuanyang Valley and the Hundred Beasts Sect should be expanded.”

Li Chang’an had controlled most of the Golden Core cultivators from both sides through the Wood Seed Technique.

Due to his deliberate provocation,

the atmosphere between the two sects became increasingly tense, and there were many conflicts between their disciples, gradually approaching the situation before the outbreak of the Western Region Civil War.

But Li Chang’an felt it wasn’t enough; he needed to add fuel to the fire.

…

Six months later.

In a market town in the Western Region.

Li Chang’an, controlling the puppets of Qianyan Zhenren and Fan Wenlong, clashed again.

Before this, he had used a Purple Spirit Pill to help True Person Qianyan successfully break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Fan Wenlong, however, remained only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Under Li Chang’an’s deliberate control, Fan Wenlong suffered a crushing defeat in this battle, sustaining severe injuries and fleeing to Mandarin Duck Valley.

His younger brother, Fan Wenhu, also a Golden Core True Person, was killed by True Person Qianyan to buy him a chance to escape.

The news shook the entire Western Regions.

The fall of a Golden Core True Person was always a major event.

“True Person Qianyan actually killed Fan Wenhu?”

“This is troublesome. Are Mandarin Duck Valley and the Hundred Beasts Sect about to go to war again?”

Various forces in the Western Regions were filled with worry.

Recently, on the battlefield between the two regions, the pressure on the Western Region has increased dramatically due to Li Chang’an’s superior strength in the Southern Region.

The Southern Region has already recovered a considerable amount of lost territory.

Right now, the Western Region should be united, but this unexpected event has occurred.

Inside the Hundred Beasts Sect,

the Hundred Beasts Elder summoned everyone and the Demon Kings for a meeting.

He glanced at True Person Qianyan and sighed, “Qianyan, you acted impulsively this time. You shouldn’t have killed Fan Wenhu.”

Li Chang’an, controlling True Person Qianyan, calmly replied,

“The deaths of my Daoist partner and disciple are inextricably linked to Fan Wenlong. I only killed his brother; how can that be considered impulsive?” “

While that’s true, the war between the two regions is unstable right now; we should prioritize the overall situation.” “

That’s a misconception!”

Li Chang’an retorted to the Hundred Beasts Elder without changing his expression.

“We cultivators cultivate freedom and ease. If we hesitate and are timid, what kind of immortality are we cultivating? Can we abandon everything for the sake of the greater good?”

“This…”

The Hundred Beasts Elder remained silent for a moment.

He had to admit that Li Chang’an’s words made a lot of sense.

But cultivators are also human; how many can truly be carefree and act without considering the consequences?

…

Meanwhile,

deep within the Mandarin Duck Valley, in a secret chamber,

many Golden Core cultivators of the Mandarin Duck Valley fell silent.

A moment earlier,

they all wore angry expressions, declaring their intention to reignite the war against the Hundred Beasts Sect.

The dozen or so Golden Core cultivators controlled by Li Chang’an were quite indignant.

But Liu Feiyan forcefully suppressed everyone’s emotions, only saying, “The overall situation is paramount; we cannot easily engage in internal strife. Right now, we should focus on the war between the two regions. At least we must kill Li Chang’an first, and then resolve the internal affairs of the Western Regions.”

Even now, she still hadn’t forgotten to deal with Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an couldn’t help but wonder.

How much did Fan Wei, whom he had killed, hold in Liu Feiyan’s heart?

Did True Monarch Huangsha know about the relationship between the two?

He could only think about it now.

Only after killing Liu Feiyan and taking her soul could he slowly interrogate her.

…

In the days that followed…

Due to the attitudes of Elder Baishou and Liu Feiyan, both sects remained rational and did not resume the war.

The silence was eerily quiet.

However,

beneath this quiet, a turbulent undercurrent was barely concealed.

“If a few more Golden Core cultivators die on both sides, it should be about enough.”

“But it’s still not safe enough. I’m afraid Liu Feiyan has a treasure for escape. It’s best to first advance the Fiend Soul to the late third tier to make the Netherworld Fiend Domain more stable.”

Over the years, Li Chang’an had been buying souls on a large scale.

The number of souls in his Soul Banner had exceeded 3.5 million, but it was still far from the 5 million required by the artifact spirit.

Li Chang’an had learned

that the near-fourth-tier divination master of the Yin Soul Sect possessed over 2 million souls.

In addition, he also had several demonic treasures needed for the Soul Banner to advance to the upper third tier.

He had been using divination to search for Li Fan’s whereabouts for years.

“As long as I kill him, I can gather the necessary souls for the Soul Banner.”

Li Chang’an secretly set his sights on this divination master.

This old thing has been searching for him for so many years; it’s time to show up and give him a surprise.

Just as he was thinking this

, he suddenly sensed something and looked up at the sky.

“Why is this old thing trying to trick me again? Does he really have such a long lifespan?”

(End of Chapter)