ragginovel Chapter 56 Money Encourages Cowards
Chapter 56 Money Encourages Cowards
The black market auction is completely different from the regular auction in Fu'an Market of the White Bone Sect.
It is not located within the jurisdiction of the sect.
Instead, it is a major town located more than 100 miles away – Longxi Town.
Xu Changqing simply told Chen Jie the exact location of the black market auction and the secret code required for entry.
The threshold for entering this black market auction is extremely high; it is not something that just any cultivator can participate in.
First of all,
Participants must be extremely wealthy!
Simply put, you must have a sufficient amount of spirit stones in your hand.
Black market auctions never accept impoverished, low-level cultivators.
Secondly,
A person with a solid background is also required to act as a guarantor and introduce you; both are indispensable.
Xu Changqing, as the manager of the Holy Pill Hall and an alchemist himself, had sufficient status and position.
He was already on the black market auction's invitation list.
However, after looking at the auction catalog, he found nothing he liked and lost interest in attending.
In Xu Changqing's eyes, the cultivator in front of him, who was using the alias Ning Que, also knew alchemy and had considerable potential.
More importantly,
The two had just completed a large transaction, and he knew that Chen Jie now had a lot of spirit stones and was financially well-off.
Since the other party urgently needs Yin wood.
He then took the opportunity to do Chen Jie a favor and directly recommended him to try his luck.
Thousand-year-old Yin wood is already a rare find in the world!
Whether used for alchemy, weapon crafting, inscription of array flags, cultivation of evil spirits, or for crafting soul-refining banners, it has excellent and miraculous effects.
Chen Jie was determined to upgrade the Soul Refining Banner using Yin Wood.
He was naturally unwilling to miss such a rare opportunity.
"Many thanks to Steward Xu for his kind recommendation! From now on, all the pills I refine will be sold to the Holy Pill Hall with priority."
Chen Jie made his promise with a solemn expression and a sincere tone.
Regardless of Xu Changqing's motives, he had already remembered the favor of this introduction.
Demonic cultivators have always been clear about their gratitude and grudges!
They do not follow worldly formalities and customs, but live and conduct themselves based solely on their own conscience.
Kindness must be repaid, and enmity must be avenged!
At this moment, Chen Jie had already made up his mind that he would try to sell all the Blood Fiend Pills he refined to the Holy Pill Hall in the future.
Xu Changqing simply smiled faintly upon hearing this and said nothing more.
For him, it was just a small favor, a simple act of kindness, not worth mentioning at all.
Subsequently,
Chen Jie then inquired in detail about the rules and regulations of the black market auction from Xu Changqing.
A moment later,
He accepted the bone-strengthening pill formula and accompanying materials given to him by the other party, then bowed and took his leave, turning around and leaving the Holy Pill Hall.
Chen Jie gained a lot from his trip to Fu'an Market.
Not only did they find out about the thousand-year-old Yin Wood, but they also successfully obtained the recipe for the Bone Strengthening Pill.
The most urgent matter at hand is to sell all the remaining Blood Fiend Pills to raise enough spirit stones to bid for the Thousand-Year Yin Wood.
After making up your mind,
Chen Jie then wandered around Fu'anfang City, looking for other acquisition channels.
After an hour of running around, he finally managed to convert all the Blood Fiend Pills into cash.
The spirit stones they ultimately received were 600 more than expected.
At this moment, he had a total of 14,300 low-grade spirit stones in his storage bag.
As the saying goes, money emboldens the timid.
With his pockets full of spirit stones, Chen Jie walked through the streets and alleys of the market with complete confidence, even if he didn't buy anything.
His gait was steady, but his mindset was completely different.
As night deepens, the night market in Fu'anfang becomes increasingly lively and bustling.
The square was densely packed with all kinds of stalls, offering a dazzling array of goods.
The cultivation tools, pills, materials, and talismans needed by cultivators are all readily available.
Some people loudly hawked their wares to attract customers, while others discreetly set up stalls in corners, deliberately creating an atmosphere for selling hidden stolen goods.
This place is a melting pot of all sorts of people, where the warmth of everyday life mingles with a chilling atmosphere.
As Chen Jie strolled leisurely through the market square, a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including nostalgia or reflection) inevitably arose in his heart.
Although the atmosphere here is chaotic, it has a strangely familiar feeling of being in a bustling market on Earth.
At the night market stalls, what attracted Chen Jie the most were all kinds of talismans.
Previously, his cultivation level was low and he was short of money, so he never dared to hope to buy talismans for self-defense.
Talismans are expensive and are disposable items.
In his previous view, it was extremely poor value for money.
But now that he has more money, his thinking has completely changed.
For cultivators at the lower levels, talismans are the most cost-effective and fastest-acting weapons for self-defense and killing enemies.
After careful selection and comparison, Chen Jie made a decisive move and purchased a large number of practical talismans.
The first type is the Wind Blade Talisman.
This talisman seals a complete wind blade technique, whose power is comparable to a full-force attack from a cultivator at the fifth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
Although fighting alone cannot harm a late-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator.
However, once their numbers are combined and their attacks become dense, they can still pose a fatal threat to late-stage cultivators, with considerable destructive power.
A single Wind Blade Talisman costs five low-grade spirit stones. The stall owner had twenty in total. Chen Jie was too lazy to haggle and bought them all at a discounted price of eighty low-grade spirit stones.
Twenty wind blade talismans were activated simultaneously, and wind blades swept across a range of thirty feet, leaving nothing but barren land.
The second type is the Fire Crow Talisman.
Its power surpasses even the Wind Blade Talisman, and it seals the Fire Crow Technique within, making its strike comparable to the full-force burst of a seventh-level Qi Condensation cultivator.
Even a cultivator at the fifth level of the Qi Condensation Realm can be instantly killed with a single Fire Crow Talisman.
Although its power is not as great as the Blood Fiend Talisman that Chen Jie bought last time, its price is extremely affordable, costing only sixty spirit stones per talisman.
It costs only one-tenth the price of the Blood Fiend Talisman, making it extremely cost-effective.
Chen Jie acquired all five remaining Fire Crow Talismans from the stall owner, spending a total of three hundred spirit stones.
The last type is the Thick Earth Talisman, a unique defensive talisman.
The Internal Sealing Thick Earth Body Protection Technique costs one hundred spirit stones per sheet, and Chen Jie directly purchased two sheets.
Once the Thick Earth Talisman is activated, a thick, earth-yellow protective shield will form on the body's surface.
It can form a double defensive enhancement with the red phosphorus soft armor on his body, enough to withstand the full force of a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
The process of making talismans is extremely complicated!
Not only does it require the inscription of a precise array, but it also requires the cultivator's own magical power to continuously reinforce it!
Ordinary cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage are simply unable to refine it; the threshold is much higher than that of alchemy.
Twenty Wind Blade Talismans, five Fire Crow Talismans, and two Thick Earth Talismans!
The entire set cost a total of six hundred spirit stones.
This expense is an astronomical figure that ordinary low-level cultivators would never even dare to dream of.
After wandering around the market square a few more times and confirming that there was no need to buy any more supplies, Chen Jie went straight to the Fu'anfang Market Archway.
This time,
He made no probing or roundabout moves, nor did he feint.
Instead, they directly spent five low-grade spirit stones to activate the market teleportation array.
Om-!
The teleportation array surged with spiritual light, and a dazzling white light enveloped the entire body.
After a while,
Chen Jie had already arrived at a market town west of the White Bone Sect.
This place is the closest to Longxi Town, making it the most convenient place to travel.
After leaving the market archway, Chen Jie did not rush to leave, but waited quietly outside the exit for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
He secretly observed his surroundings and repeatedly confirmed that no one was following him before he was finally at ease.
Now that he has a huge amount of spirit stones in his storage bag, he cannot afford to be careless.
Staying at a guesthouse in Fangshi is relatively safe.
Even if someone harbors ill intentions, they would never dare to openly cause trouble and plunder within the market area.
To be on the safe side,
Chen Jie found a nearby inn to stay in, rested for the night, and waited for the auction the next day.
The next day at noon, he made all the necessary preparations for his trip and set off for Longxi Town to attend the black market auction that evening.
He took out a delicate little bottle from his storage bag, unscrewed the cap, and a faint fragrance of herbs and plants slowly wafted out.
This is a scent-masking potion personally prepared by Chen Jie according to the secret recipe in the autobiography of "The Evil Cultivator Ancestor".
After applying it all over the body, it can perfectly conceal one's cultivation aura.
The divine senses of cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm will be interfered with by the medicinal energy, making it impossible for them to lock onto and track his movements.
The preparation process for this medicine is not complicated, but the required materials are numerous and varied.
Fortunately, the Fu'an Market had a full range of stalls, offering all kinds of medicinal herbs and animal bone powder.
That's how he was able to gather all the materials and successfully refine it, saving him a lot of trouble.