In the marketplace managed by the Spirit Creek Sect, Steward Sun, who is responsible for selling elixirs, has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. Her name is Sun Yufeng, and she appears to be around twenty-two or twenty-three years old. Her charming demeanor carries a hint of laziness, always giving the impression that she has just woken up.
Behind the tiger mask, a smile appeared on Guo Feilong's face as he looked at Sun Yufeng, who had just sat down across from him, with the same affection one might have for their own daughter.
Thirty-five years ago, he had a very good friend among the outer disciples of the Spirit Creek Sect. This friend formed a Daoist partnership with a beautiful female outer disciple, and they had a little girl with a high-quality medium spiritual root.
That little girl was none other than the current Steward Sun Yufeng sitting across from him.
Before she turned fifteen, Sun Yufeng was like a child he watched grow up, constantly clinging to him, calling him "Uncle Guo" incessantly, and pestering him to tell her stories.
Since Sun Yufeng became an inner disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect, Guo Feilong saw her less and less. After she was taken as a disciple by an elder skilled in alchemy, this was only the second time he had seen her in the past ten years.
The little child who once wore open-crotch pants now not only had the qualifications to challenge the Foundation Establishment stage with her ninth-level Qi Refining but had also become a steward responsible for the local marketplace business of the Spirit Creek Sect's elixir shop. Time truly flies.
As Guo Feilong was lost in his memories, Sun Yufeng, with her beautiful appearance and always slightly lazy demeanor, spoke up, "The Spirit Creek Sect is willing to cooperate with any alchemist. The purchase price for elixirs will be 85% of the selling price, and our Spirit Creek Sect will only earn a small profit.
Alchemists cooperating with our Spirit Creek Sect will also enjoy a 10% discount when purchasing spirit herbs and spirit medicines from our shops, saving you 10% on alchemy costs.
If you are a mid-to-high-level alchemist capable of refining elixirs for Foundation Establishment and Golden Elixir stage cultivators, you will become a guest alchemist of our Spirit Creek Sect.
The mid-to-high-level elixirs you refine will be purchased at the highest possible price.
Purchasing spirit herbs and other alchemy materials from the Spirit Creek Sect will enjoy a discount of 15% to 20%.
If you refine some special elixirs, the Spirit Creek Sect will also help you find the alchemy materials.
Our purchase price for elixirs may not be the highest, but we can provide the lowest prices for spirit herbs and medicines.
If, within ten years, you bring us profits equivalent to a low-quality spirit stone, even a low-level alchemist can become a guest alchemist of our Spirit Creek Sect."
Guo Feilong, who had been an outer disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect for a hundred years, naturally knew what Sun Yufeng was saying. The reason he chose to cooperate with the Spirit Creek Sect was:
First, the Spirit Creek Sect is the local overlord, the master of war over the territories of more than a dozen countries, and will not harbor greedy or murderous intentions toward its partners, ensuring safety.
Second, he wanted to become a guest alchemist of the Spirit Creek Sect, planning to purchase alchemy spirit herbs and medicines at low prices in the future, and the Spirit Creek Sect could likely acquire spirit herbs and medicines unavailable elsewhere.
Third, having been an outer disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect for a hundred years, he still had feelings for the sect. If the Spirit Creek Sect were a country, he would be one of its common folk, naturally hoping for his country to grow stronger.
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Fourth, his fiefdom, Yellow Rock Town, was given by the Spirit Creek Sect, and his family lived on the sect's land. In the future, if his descendants had high-quality spiritual roots, he would still send them to the Spirit Creek Sect.
Fifth, in the cultivation world, for low-level cultivators, divine powers and spells are relatively easy to obtain. But once reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, acquiring divine powers and spells becomes extremely difficult. Possessing a powerful divine power or spell, one could easily fight three or four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of the same level simultaneously.
Although the Spirit Creek Sect may not be significant in the vast cultivation world, it is definitely a top hegemonic cultivation force within a million-mile radius in this region.
Guo Feilong did not remove the tiger mask from his face but deliberately rasped his voice and said, "Agreed."
After speaking, he took out a large porcelain bottle from the storage bag at his waist, which contained 200 first-grade cultivation elixirs.
Sun Yufeng scanned the number of elixirs in the porcelain bottle with her divine sense and said, "First-grade cultivation elixirs are sold at three low-quality spirit stones each at the shop counter. Two hundred elixirs total 600 low-quality spirit stones. At 80% purchase price, that comes to 480 low-quality spirit stones. By the way, what is the elegant name of the alchemist friend? I'll make you an identity token."
An elegant name is akin to a pen name for a novel author. Guo Feilong casually replied, "Wuhen."
Sun Yufeng took out a token from her storage bag, activated a small formation on it with mystic power, wrote the name "Wuhen," and handed it over.
Then she said, "Alchemist Wuhen, just drip a drop of your lifeblood essence on it, and you will become a cooperating alchemist with our Spirit Creek Sect. From now on, at any Spirit Creek Sect elixir shop, you can enjoy the benefits associated with this token."
Guo Feilong used mystic power to force a drop of lifeblood essence from his fingertip and let it fall onto the token. In the next instant, the formation on the token absorbed the drop of lifeblood essence, and from then on, only he could use this token; it would be useless to anyone else.
With 480 low-quality spirit stones and the Spirit Creek Sect's cooperating alchemist token in hand, Guo Feilong descended from the second floor to the first-floor hall and found the female servant disciple at the second level of Qi Refining who had previously led him upstairs.
"I want to buy 100 sets of spirit herbs and medicines for refining third-grade cultivation elixirs."
He handed over the token he had just received.
The female servant disciple at the second level of Qi Refining quickly retrieved 100 sets of spirit herbs and medicines for refining third-grade cultivation elixirs from a storage bag behind the counter.
She calculated aloud, "One set of spirit herbs and medicines for refining third-grade cultivation elixirs costs 24 low-quality spirit stones. A hundred sets cost 2400 low-quality spirit stones. With a 10% discount, that's 2160 low-quality spirit stones."
Guo Feilong took out 2160 low-quality spirit stones from his storage bag, handed them over, and stored the token and 100 sets of third-grade cultivation elixirs in his storage bag before leaving the Spirit Creek Sect's elixir shop in the marketplace.
Xiaoye Village is 8000 miles from Yellow Rock Town, and at his flying speed, a round trip would take eight days.
Guo Feilong did not intend to waste time on the road, so he rented a room at the inn in the defense tower of Xiaoye Village for one low-quality spirit stone per day.
The room was not large, about thirty square meters, without a window. Once the door was closed, it was completely isolated from outside noise.
The entire inn was converted from a top-grade defensive spiritual instrument guard tower, making it extremely safe.
Buzz!
Guo Feilong patted his storage bag, and a beam of light flew out, revealing a low-quality alchemy furnace on the floor of the room.
Next, he began refining third-grade cultivation elixirs.
In this cultivation world, first, second, and third-grade cultivation elixirs are used by Qi Refining stage cultivators. Fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade cultivation elixirs are used by Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. Seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade cultivation elixirs are used by Golden Elixir stage cultivators.
Those who can refine first, second, and third-grade elixirs are low-level alchemists. Those who can refine fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade elixirs are mid-level alchemists. Those who can refine seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade elixirs are high-level alchemists.
The status of an alchemist is very high. If a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining can refine fourth-grade elixirs, they can enjoy the treatment of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator in any cultivation force and will be warmly welcomed.
When refining the first batch of third-grade cultivation elixirs, Guo Feilong used two auspicious clouds. The result was six successful pills and four waste pills.
The market price for a third-grade cultivation elixir is 12 low-quality spirit stones each. Two pills, or 24 low-quality spirit stones, is the cost of alchemy. This batch earned him 48 low-quality spirit stones. Even selling them at 80% to the Spirit Creek Sect, he could still earn 39 low-quality spirit stones.
When refining the second batch of third-grade cultivation elixirs, Guo Feilong used three auspicious clouds, resulting in a full batch of ten pills.
Ten third-grade cultivation elixirs have a total value of 120 low-quality spirit stones. At an 80% purchase price, that's 96 low-quality spirit stones. After subtracting the 24 low-quality spirit stones cost, this batch earned him 72 low-quality spirit stones.
Using three auspicious clouds to refine third-grade cultivation elixirs does not always result in a full batch; sometimes, there are nine pills, but never less than eight.
Time flew by.
Eight days later, he finished refining 100 sets of third-grade cultivation elixirs, yielding a total of 923 third-grade cultivation elixirs.
Guo Feilong returned to the Spirit Creek Sect's elixir shop.
At that time, there were several customers in the hall of the Spirit Creek Sect's elixir shop buying elixirs. Not wanting others to know how many elixirs he was selling, Guo Feilong told the female servant disciple there that he wanted to go to the second floor.
In a room on the second floor, Guo Feilong took out all 923 third-grade cultivation elixirs.
923 third-grade cultivation elixirs were no small number, and the female servant disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect immediately looked at him with respect.
She calculated aloud, "One third-grade cultivation elixir is 12 low-quality spirit stones. A total of 923 elixirs is low-quality spirit stones. At an 80% purchase price, that's a total of 8860 low-quality spirit stones."