nyslfriends Chapter 116 Transaction [Updated 3/3]
Chapter 116 Transaction [Updated 3/3]
On the boundless wasteland, a gale howled, whipping up a sky full of yellow sand, turning the world a hazy yellow.
Numerous cultivators, like hyenas seeking food, wandered and roamed across this wasteland.
Holding various spiritual tools for excavation in their hands,
they bent over, closely watching the land beneath their feet, not missing any corner where spiritual plants might exist.
A middle-aged cultivator straightened up, and as he relaxed slightly, he noticed a figure entirely wrapped in black robes, looking somewhat unfamiliar, standing beside him.
Curious, he opened the conversation.
"Fellow cultivator, you haven't even brought any excavation tools. Could it be that this is your first time coming to this Yellow Dust Ancient Road?
Heh heh, although this place used to be an abandoned spiritual vein, there are still quite a few immature spiritual plants remaining.
But after so many years, those spiritual plants that were on the surface have already been completely dug up by people.
If you don't bring any spiritual tools and dig three feet into the ground, I'm afraid this trip will be a waste of time."
The black-robed figure had no intention of conversing with him,
and left the place with a flash.
This caused the middle-aged cultivator to mutter to himself for a while, but he quickly put the matter behind him.
After resting for a moment, he once again grabbed the hoe in his hand that was flashing with spiritual light, and began to cultivate even more diligently.
The black-robed figure vigilantly looked around,
and after confirming that it was safe, he returned to a hidden mine.
Inside, a man in a green robe with a sect emblem embroidered on his back sat cross-legged, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
After finishing his daily cultivation,
Li Lan slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance passing through them.
After learning that the black-robed spirit bean soldier had once again returned without success,
a trace of helplessness appeared on his face.
Since becoming a registered disciple of the Guangji Sect, this was already the seventh abandoned spiritual vein he had explored.
Li Lan realized that he had thought about the problem a little too simply before.
Using spirit bean soldiers to search for spiritual plants while the main body took the opportunity to seize the time to cultivate was certainly a good idea,
but the premise was that he had to be able to find spiritual plants.
Under the jurisdiction of this Guangji Sect,
all cultivation resources have been thoroughly exploited,
and situations like that of Immortal Trace Valley have never appeared again.
The abandoned spiritual veins here are truly worthless.
Not only is the spiritual energy extremely thin, but there are even as many registered disciples who have the same purpose as him, coming here to excavate spiritual plants, as there are hairs on an ox.
The probability of finding mature spiritual plants here is really about the same as him picking up a fifteen-year-old Azure Frost Moonflower in the wild again.
Not only is the Yellow Sand Ancient Road in this situation,
but almost all abandoned spiritual veins around Nineflower County City are like this.
It's no wonder that these registered disciples are so fond of picking spiritual plants.
After all,
this is already the simplest, easiest, and safest task they can find in the sect.
With so many competitors,
Li Lan was really unable to replicate the relaxed cultivation life he had in the outer regions of Immortal Trace Valley back then.
Helpless,
he had no choice but to shake his head and return home.
A ray of light streaked across the sky,
and Li Lan drove the flying boat back to Celestial Pivot Peak in Chongshan Domain.
The Celestial Pivot Pavilion here is where the Guangji Sect specifically distributes various sect tasks.
"Oh? Senior Brother Li, long time no see.
How is it? Has your recent mission been going smoothly?"
As soon as Li Lan landed, a voice full of laughter entered his ears.
He didn't even need to look to know that the person speaking was definitely that kid Qian Zibin.
After this guy joined the Guangji Sect with him and became a registered disciple,
he would usually wait on this Celestial Pivot Peak when he had nothing to do.
This is the entire Chongshan Domain,
the very few places where registered disciples have the opportunity to meet those formal disciples and inner elders.
Qian Zibin naturally knew that,
he couldn't get any benefits from trading with registered disciples,
at best, he could only befriend some disciples with potential.
To really get some benefits from the transaction,
he still had to focus on those formal disciples, direct disciples, and elders with higher realms and status.
"Not very smoothly. This sect mission of picking spiritual plants is really too difficult to complete. I don't plan to continue."
There was no need to hide this matter, Li Lan said directly.
He glanced at Qian Zibin, his eyes rolled, and then he had an idea in his mind.
"Junior Brother Qian, honestly speaking, how do you think Senior Brother has treated you?"
Qian Zibin thought seriously and said:
"Very well. Senior Brother Li has treated Junior Brother well in these three months.
Not to mention anything else, just the price of that low-grade Breakthrough Pill hasn't made Junior Brother suffer too much.
Honestly, Junior Brother, I also admire Senior Brother from the bottom of my heart."
Seeing this situation, Li Lan said with a smile:
"It's good that you little brat still have some conscience.
Junior Brother Qian, I have a deal here that is beneficial to you. Do you want to do it?"
"Oh?"
As soon as Qian Zibin heard the word "deal," he immediately became interested.
"I wonder what Senior Brother Li is referring to?"
Li Lan cleared his throat and said unhurriedly,
"Although Senior Brother has the level of a third-grade low-rank alchemist, I have been troubled by not having a pill formula to practice with.
As a disciple of the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce, Junior Brother Qian, you should have many pill formulas that can be used in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, right?
Why don't we, the two of us, Senior Brother and Junior Brother, cooperate and complement each other's shortcomings?
You provide the pill formula, and I will refine pills for you for free.
As for the materials required for refining pills, you don't need to ask, I, Senior Brother, will be fully responsible for them.
This deal is clearly benefiting you, how about it?"
Qian Zibin pondered for a moment, then frowned:
"For cultivators, the value of a pill formula far exceeds the pill itself.
Senior Brother Li, you will obtain a complete pill formula without paying any price, and also increase your experience in refining pills.
But I have to lose a pill formula for nothing, as well as pills that are far less valuable than the pill formula.
Senior Brother Li, this deal is not very reasonable.
How about this, you pay spirit stones, and Junior Brother, I will suffer a little loss and sell you the pill formula cheaply.
Then I will be responsible for providing all the pill refining materials, and Senior Brother, you will be responsible for refining the pills. How about we split the profits 50-50 after the pills are made?
If not, Junior Brother will suffer a little more loss, you provide that low-grade Breakthrough Pill formula, and Junior Brother, I will be responsible for providing all the pill refining materials, and provide them to Senior Brother for free after the pills are refined, how about it?"
Li Lan laughed heartily and said:
"Junior Brother Qian is joking. Senior Brother, I can't even complete this sect mission, so where would I get the spirit stones to buy this pill formula?
As for the second deal, that's impossible. How could Senior Brother bear to let Junior Brother suffer a loss? Isn't that clearly slapping Senior Brother in the face?
If I really had that low-grade Breakthrough Pill formula, based on our relationship as Senior Brother and Junior Brother, I would have traded it to you at a discount long ago. Why would I wait until now?"
After speaking,
Li Lan changed the topic and stopped mentioning the deal,
and instead talked about another matter.
"Junior Brother Qian, Senior Brother, I haven't been able to complete the sect mission recently, and I'm really a little shy in my pocket.
As a disciple of the Qian Clan Chamber of Commerce, Junior Brother, you must have some spirit stone surplus in your bag, right?
Junior Brother Qian, could you lend Senior Brother some to tide me over? In the future, when Senior Brother completes the sect mission, I will definitely repay you double."
Qian Zibin spread his hands and said helplessly:
"Senior Brother Li, you know my situation. I am an illegitimate child of the Qian Clan, and I am not valued in the clan, so I came to this Guangji Sect and became a registered disciple.
The purpose is to broaden some connections so that I can gain a foothold in the Nineflower County merchant world in the future.
Junior Brother, I came out empty-handed this time, and I haven't even dared to accept a decent sect mission yet, so where would I get the spirit stones to lend out?
Why doesn't Senior Brother reconsider Junior Brother's suggestion and gather some spirit stones to purchase some pill formulas from the clan through me?
Junior Brother, I am responsible for providing all the spiritual plant materials. After the pills are made, you and I will split the profits 50-50, making a big profit, wouldn't that be wonderful?"
The smile on Li Lan's face did not diminish,
but he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
This kid really deserves to be from a merchant family, and he really deserves to be named Qian.
Although he is young, he is not only knowledgeable, but also exceptionally clear-headed and shrewd.
Li Lan inexplicably began to miss Miao Chenfeng.
They are both merchants,
in comparison, Senior Brother Miao is more practical.
Li Lan secretly made up his mind,
that he would think carefully later about how to try to contact Senior Brother Miao of Peach Spring Mountain Range without exposing his own situation.