nyslfriends Chapter 115: Eliminating Demons and Defending the Way [Updated 2/3]
Chapter 115: Eliminating Demons and Defending the Way [Updated 2/3]
Li Lan had been carefully observing the other party's expression.
The hint of disappointment on Qian Zibin's face naturally didn't escape his eyes.
Li Lan didn't dwell on the transaction itself,
but instead curiously asked:
"Fellow Daoist Qian seems somewhat disappointed?
I wonder, what grade of Breakthrough Pill were you originally expecting?"
Qian Zibin, upon hearing this, didn't hide anything,
and directly said:
"It's not exactly disappointment.
It's just that if Fellow Daoist had a mid-grade, or even a high-grade pill, the price would be many times higher.
This low-grade Breakthrough Pill is wonderful, but it only works for cultivators below the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
Fellow Daoist should know that in this Jiuhua County City, where geniuses gather,
the early and mid-stages of Qi Refining aren't much of a threshold, right?
This also leads to most cultivators not having as much demand for this low-grade Breakthrough Pill as they do for the other two grades.
Precisely because of this,
I say that this low-grade Breakthrough Pill simply won't fetch much of a price."
Li Lan immediately understood the value of this low-grade Breakthrough Pill in Jiuhua County City.
At the same time, he secretly felt somewhat troubled.
It seemed that relying on selling these low-grade Breakthrough Pills to cover his daily cultivation needs was out of the question.
Li Lan had calculated that
even to rent the smallest cave dwelling, it would cost at least ninety spirit stones or so.
Even without considering the cost of purchasing spiritual plants,
he would need to sell nearly twenty Breakthrough Pills to earn a chance to cultivate in a spirit stone cave dwelling.
To achieve this goal, he would have to spend a lot of time and effort in alchemy.
This would undoubtedly slow down his already slow cultivation speed.
This went against Li Lan's original intention.
After thinking for a while, he decisively dismissed this unrealistic idea.
Li Lan didn't have many good things he could openly take out for trade.
Besides this low-grade Breakthrough Pill, he only had the 'Artemisia Annua Sky Scorching Talisman' left.
Li Lan had personally witnessed the power of this item several times. Once it was taken out, it would undoubtedly fetch a high price.
But precisely because this talisman was very practical,
he was already short on supply for his own use, so how could he be willing to take it out for trade?
Li Lan pondered for a moment,
and sighed slightly.
Perhaps,
he could only do as before,
having the Spirit Bean Soldiers harvest spiritual plants, complete sect missions,
while he cultivated alone.
At this moment,
in the Chongshan Region, at the top of a towering mountain.
An old man with a celestial air, white hair and beard, stood with his hands behind his back,
looking at the sea of clouds in front of him, motionless like a clay sculpture.
Just then,
behind him, a respectful voice suddenly sounded.
"Elder Chi, this is the list of new registered disciples that has been sent. Please take a look."
Elder Chi's brow furrowed slightly.
"What's there to see in these insignificant registered disciples? Just pass them all."
After casually deciding the fate of tens of thousands of cultivators,
he turned around and asked about another matter.
"Have the new batch of disciples all been sent out? How is the situation in the outer sect?"
The voice respectfully said:
"Reporting to Elder Chi, the new batch of Foundation Establishment stage disciples have all departed for the various spiritual veins in the southern region of the county.
But the situation in the outer sect is currently not ideal.
Tao Yuan Mountain Range, Canglang Ridge, and other outer sect Daoist temples have all completely lost contact.
This disciple guesses that the spiritual veins in these places have probably fallen into the hands of those rogue cultivator families."
Elder Chi didn't say anything upon hearing this.
Only the worry between his brows deepened a bit.
The voice hesitated for a moment, then said hesitantly:
"Elder Chi, this disciple doesn't quite understand.
Our sect has successively sent out six batches of early-stage Foundation Establishment disciples, but they haven't had any effect. Why are you still determined to continue dispatching disciples to the southern region of the county?
Why not... simply let mid-stage, or even late-stage, Foundation Establishment elders go and completely resolve the trouble?
Those rogue cultivator families, like clowns, at most only have one or two early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators sitting in charge,
No matter how you look at it, they shouldn't be able to withstand the elders' sharpness."
Elder Chi sighed heavily.
"What you can think of, how could this teacher not think of it?
But your vision is too shallow, only seeing the superficial surface, and not seeing the deeper things.
If it were just these rabble, this teacher wouldn't have to worry so much.
Those rogue cultivator families are naturally easy to deal with, the real difficult thing to deal with is the mastermind behind them."
The voice was silent for a moment,
as if thinking about something.
But after a long while, he opened his mouth again, full of doubt:
"Elder Chi, this disciple still doesn't quite understand. Who is the mastermind you're referring to?"
Elder Chi faintly uttered three words.
"Human Emperor Hall."
The voice was obviously unprepared for this answer and was immediately shocked.
"Elder Chi, the Human Emperor Hall is the leader of the righteous path, shouldering the responsibility of maintaining fairness and justice,
They shouldn't sit idly by and watch the entire southern region of the county be plunged into misery, allowing those rogue cultivator families to run amok, right?"
Elder Chi sneered after hearing this.
"The leader of the righteous path? Heh, let's just say they are.
Not to mention just the southern region of the county, even if the entire Jiuhua County is flooded, as long as it doesn't drown them,
How could the Human Emperor Hall truly care?
I'm afraid that not only will they not care, but they will also add fuel to the fire and stir up trouble behind the scenes."
The voice seemed to have received a great shock,
and the tone was slightly trembling.
"Elder Chi, do you mean that the current situation is precisely what the Human Emperor Hall deliberately wants, and is happy to see?"
"Is there even a need to ask?
The reason why the southern region of the county is like this, in the final analysis, originated from a vigorous campaign to eliminate demons and defend the righteous path.
Heh, eliminate demons, eliminate demons. In this world of cultivation, there are only those who single-mindedly pursue longevity, but they only walk different paths. Where is there really a distinction between righteous and demonic?
Isn't it just that whoever the Human Emperor Hall says is demonic, that person is demonic?"
Elder Chi turned around and sighed deeply again.
"The current situation, on the surface, is that those rogue cultivator families have been oppressed for too long and want to reshuffle the cards.
But looking at the essence through the problem, it's still that our three major sects have inadvertently angered the Human Emperor Hall.
Two deacons have died unclearly in the southern region of the county one after another. This is completely disregarding the authority of the Human Emperor Hall.
Disciple, you must remember this well. In this world of cultivation, any cultivator can be killed,
but under unnecessary circumstances, it's best not to provoke those guys from the Human Emperor Hall.
If you don't listen, they can replace you with a more obedient famous sect at any time.
Now, I just don't know if the Human Emperor Hall is just taking the opportunity to knock us around a bit, or if they really have ideas about our three major sects."
The voice behind him had been shocked into silence.
He had never expected that this seemingly simple event would be so complicated in private.
Elder Chi looked at the sea of clouds in front of him, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or to his disciple.
"Mid and late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators are the foundation of my Guangji Sect's establishment. They are not easily cultivated and cannot be easily sent out to fill the Human Emperor Hall's appetite.
Let's just hand over all the early-stage Foundation Establishment disciples and weaken our own strength, hoping to quell the Human Emperor Hall's anger."