Chapter 96: A huge harvest, hope for the second stage!
Half an hour later.
Inside a mountain cave.
“This flying knife should be a top-grade magic weapon.”
“No wonder its power is so terrifying. It not only pierced through my magic weapon shield directly but also broke through three layers of golden light cover!”
Lu Changsheng held a strangely shaped blood-colored flying knife in his hand, examining it repeatedly.
At the time, he felt that this flying knife was not simple.
He guessed that it might be a top-grade magic weapon or some kind of rare treasure.
Now, after examining it, he was basically certain that it was most likely a top-grade magic weapon.
A top-grade magic weapon is worth thousands of spirit stones.
However, Lu Changsheng did not intend to sell this flying knife.
He thought about keeping it on his person for self-defense.
He would also have another means of attack.
Although he had a lot of talismans, he usually didn’t use magic weapons much.
But it was naturally best to have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
When he got new equipment in the future, he could sell it at any time if he didn’t need it.
After all, magic weapons rarely depreciate in value.
Lu Changsheng continued to clean up the spoils of war.
“One, two, three…”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, these eight magic weapons should all be high-grade magic weapons. As the saying goes, a skilled worker must first sharpen his tools!”
“As a bandit cultivator, you must have enough magic weapons and means!”
“And these magic robes and magic boots, they look like they should all be mid-grade magic weapons, but unfortunately, they were severely damaged by the golden light brick attack.”
“This cloud of black mist should also be a top-grade magic weapon, right? And it’s a magic weapon that combines flight and defense.”
“It’s a pity that it’s also damaged, otherwise, I could have kept it for myself. I wonder how much money it can still be sold for now.”
Lu Changsheng looked at these magic weapons, feeling both pain and joy.
After all, this wave of harvest was really too rich.
But seeing that many of these magic weapons were damaged by the golden light brick attack, causing their value to be greatly reduced, he couldn’t help but feel heartache.
For example, among the eight high-grade magic weapons, two were worn and three were damaged.
As for the magic robes and magic boots on the five people, they were even more severely damaged, almost to the point of being scrapped.
A quarter of an hour later.
Lu Changsheng finished cleaning up the five people’s storage bags.
A total of six hundred and thirty-nine spirit stones.
Two top-grade magic weapons!
Eight high-grade magic weapons!
Thirteen mid-grade magic weapons!
Three flying magic weapons!
A set of array tools!
Several talismans!
Several elixirs!
A pile of materials and miscellaneous items.
“I don’t know what level this set of array tools is, or what kind of formation it is? But it looks like it’s at least a mid-grade array tool.”
“When I get to Nine Dragons Market, I can find someone to appraise it. If it’s good, I can keep it for myself.”
“Even if many of these magic weapons are damaged and their prices are greatly reduced, they should still be worth four or five thousand spirit stones.”
“In addition to this set of array tools, as well as these elixirs, talismans, and materials, the total value should be six or seven thousand spirit stones.”
Lu Changsheng looked at these things, his face full of joy.
He felt that these five Kou brothers must have a notorious reputation and have robbed and killed many cultivators.
Otherwise, they would never be so rich.
After sorting out the spoils of war, Lu Changsheng used a high-grade purification talisman to purify everything again, ensuring that there were no problems.
At the same time, he destroyed some unknown and suspicious items, digging a hole and burying them.
“If I add the acquired second-order beast control inheritance, the Xuan Yin True Water, and the Heavenly Heart Lotus, these two foundation-building spiritual objects, the total value of this harvest will exceed ten thousand spirit stones.”
“And the price I paid was only two attacks of the talisman treasure’s power, six top-grade talismans, nineteen high-grade talismans, and twenty mid-grade talismans.”
“No wonder so many people become bandit cultivators. Killing people and seizing treasures is really addictive.”
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, unable to help but sigh.
At this moment, he even had the idea of fishing for money.
However, the moment the idea germinated, it was directly extinguished by him.
If you walk by the river often, you’re bound to get your shoes wet!
As long as I marry a wife, take concubines, and have children in peace, the future is promising.
Why take the risk of doing such a thing?
It’s okay if I encounter this kind of thing.
It’s absolutely impossible to do it actively.
After all, once you have the first time, there will be countless times.
Once you start, it’s equivalent to embarking on a road of no return.
Thinking that as a talisman master, my income is already the envy of countless cultivators.
But compared with the way bandit cultivators make money, there’s simply no comparison.
Having experienced this kind of money-making, how can I still calm down and work, earning spirit stones through labor?
At this moment, Lu Changsheng also roughly understood the thoughts of some cultivators who went to hunt monsters and enter dungeons and secret realms.
Having gotten used to this kind of quick money, without a skill or craft, it’s too difficult to live a stable life again!
“When I get to Nine Dragons Market, I’ll sell these things as soon as possible.”
“Then my second-order talismans and second-order puppets will be almost within reach.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes were shining, full of joy.
With second-order talismans and second-order puppets, he would have a certain degree of self-protection when facing foundation-building great cultivators!
Thinking of the youth’s return just now, and that he had to sell his stolen goods when he arrived at Nine Dragons Market, Lu Changsheng directly put on the Ever-Changing Mask, transforming into an ordinary youth with a dark complexion.
Then, he put on a gray robe, rode on the Iron Feather Eagle, and headed towards Nine Dragons Market.
“I feel like if I have the conditions, I should also get a better flying mount.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Iron Feather Eagle under his feet and thought to himself.
In the past, having a flying mount was naturally wonderful.
But now that his life has improved and his standards have risen, he feels that this Iron Feather Eagle is indeed lacking.
Besides traveling, it’s really not good in other aspects.
Just now, when he encountered danger, he had to use talismans to protect the Iron Feather Eagle.
If the power and movement were a little too great, the Iron Feather Eagle would be frightened and out of control.
If he encountered a chase, it would be difficult to escape with the Iron Feather Eagle.
“If I could draw a flying pet beast through the system, this problem would be solved directly.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
In his opinion, if he could draw a flying pet beast in the system, that would naturally be the best.
After all, the pets drawn by the system are probably of the heavenly bloodline.
“But even if I draw a flying pet beast, if it’s a cub, it won’t be easy to raise.”
“Moreover, pet beasts that are too rare and uncommon are a bit ostentatious to ride around, and people will easily remember them.”
Lu Changsheng thought of the Nine Nether Mastiff that he had been raising at home and shook his head slightly.
He felt that without strength, even if he had a rare pet beast, it would not be good to take it out casually.
Like the Nine Nether Mastiff that he had been keeping in the Lu family, it had been raised for nearly four years, and its appearance had already begun to show signs.
It is estimated that in another three to five years, one could tell at a glance that this was not an ordinary monster beast, and its bloodline grade was not low.
“At that time, I can only put the Nine Nether Mastiff in a spirit pet bag and carry it with me.”
“Or, as I thought before, find a mountain range, let it loose, and let it grow on its own.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
If he let it loose, the only thing he was worried about was that the Nine Nether Mastiff would encounter some danger.
After all, the Nine Nether Mastiff is now only in the early stage of the first order.
It can’t be said to be very strong.
Thinking of the second-order beast control inheritance he had just obtained, Lu Changsheng took out the jade slip and checked the contents.
See if there are any methods in it that would help the Nine Nether Mastiff grow.
“Purple Gold Rat, a high-level bloodline monster beast, usually uses metal spiritual materials and ‘Golden Spirit Rice’ in a seven-to-three ratio to prepare spiritual food. When advancing to the second order, ten pounds of gold ore, one demon rat crystal core…”
“Azure Scale Serpent, a high-level bloodline monster beast, soak snake eggs in a spiritual liquid mixed with ‘Azure Jade Liquid’, ‘Green Spirit Wood’, and first-order spiritual water, put them in a nest made of cold-attribute materials to hatch, and they can hatch in three months. Daily feeding…”
“Blazing Firebird, a high-level bloodline monster beast…”
This jade slip inheritance contains information about many monster beasts.
It introduces how to cultivate, tame, and train these monster beasts, cultivate them into spirit pets, and make them grow quickly.
At the end of the jade slip, there is also a “Beast Control Technique”.
It allows people to communicate with spirit pets and imprint a master-servant contract on them.
“Although there is no method for raising the Nine Nether Mastiff in this inheritance, judging from the cultivation of pet beasts on it, it is basically three points of training and seven points of eating!”
“How to make the spirit beast get the best growth with the least amount of money during the cultivation process.”
After reading the contents of this jade slip, Lu Changsheng was a little disappointed.
He wanted the beast control inheritance, not because he wanted to be a beast master.
How can his own taming compare to the system lottery?
He simply wanted to see if this kind of beast control inheritance would help with raising the Nine Nether Mastiff.
But after reading it, he came to this conclusion, and he was naturally a little disappointed.
Even if he didn’t look at the jade slip, he also knew that if the Nine Nether Mastiff ate monster beast meat every meal, it would grow faster than it is now.
“Should I really let the Nine Nether Mastiff loose?”
“Or you can try letting it loose for a period of time first and see how it goes.”
“Otherwise, it’s really too slow to just spend time growing like this.”
Thinking of his estimate that the Nine Nether Mastiff would grow to a second-order monster beast in a hundred years, Lu Changsheng was more inclined to let it loose.
After all, for the worst result of letting it loose, it’s just that the pet is gone.
Isn’t that unacceptable?
“When I have second-order talismans and second-order puppets, I can see if there is a place that is more suitable for letting the Nine Nether Mastiff loose.”
“Then also observe how the Nine Nether Mastiff’s survival ability is.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
A day later.
When approaching Nine Dragons Market, Lu Changsheng replaced the Iron Feather Eagle with a flying magic weapon.
Then, in a disguised appearance, he drove the flying magic weapon to Nine Dragons Market, obtained a temporary identity card, and entered the market.
He entered the city with this identity and appearance, naturally to facilitate the sale of stolen goods.
Needless to say, the spoils of war harvested from the Kou brothers belonged to things that could not be exposed to the light.
It may attract the attention of interested people.
So it’s better to be as cautious as possible.
The main thing is that Lu Changsheng wants to sell the things as soon as possible and exchange them for spirit stones.
Otherwise, selling the things in batches slowly over three to five years, or more than ten years, would be the safest thing to do.
But with spirit stones, he would be able to draw second-order talismans and manufacture second-order puppets.
With two more trump cards in hand, my ability to withstand risks will be greatly improved. Lu Changsheng felt that this bit of risk was acceptable.
After entering the city, Lu Changsheng easily arrived at a large magical artifact shop.
“This fellow Daoist, what kind of magical artifact are you looking to buy?”
A gracefully postured female shop assistant came forward.
“Is your manager here? I have some second-hand magical artifacts to sell.”
Lu Changsheng said expressionlessly.
Before long, the manager came forward with a smile to greet him. Lu Changsheng took out the magical artifacts he wanted to sell.
He didn’t take out all the magical artifacts at once.
He only took out the Black Cloud magical artifact, as well as two high-grade magical artifacts and the damaged magic robe and boots.
“Fellow Daoist, this top-grade magical artifact of yours is quite severely damaged. Not only the appearance, but the internal restrictions are also problematic, so this shop can only offer eight hundred and twenty spirit stones.”
“As for these two high-grade magical artifacts, the quality is acceptable, but there is also some wear and tear. This shop can offer seven hundred and sixty spirit stones.”
“As for these magic robes and boots, to be honest, the damage is really quite severe. They can only be recycled as waste materials. Let’s say two hundred and sixty spirit stones in total.”
This manager could also tell that these magical artifacts were clearly stolen goods, so he directly offered a low price.
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“A fixed price of two thousand two hundred spirit stones.”
Even if Lu Changsheng was in a hurry to sell, he couldn’t just accept whatever price they offered.
“Fellow Daoist, that price is really a bit high.”
“To be honest, the origin of these items of yours probably isn’t very good. If this shop wants to sell them, we’ll have to do a complete refurbishment.”
The manager put on a troubled expression.
“Farewell.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately made to leave.
“Two thousand spirit stones, Fellow Daoist, this is the highest price this humble shop can offer.”
“These kinds of magical artifacts aren’t easy to sell in other shops either, you won’t be able to get a high price.”
The manager came forward to persuade him.
“Alright, I’ll take the price you said.”
Lu Changsheng naturally understood this principle. Feeling that the price was acceptable, he didn’t waste any time.
Afterwards, the two completed the transaction.
Just as Lu Changsheng left the shop, the manager narrowed his eyes, stroked his chin and said: “This Black Blood Cloud should be the magical artifact of the eldest of the Five Fiends of Kou. It has actually fallen into this person’s hands, could it be…”
“However, what does this have to do with me? If the Five Fiends of Kou all fall into this person’s hands, I’m afraid only a Foundation Establishment cultivator can take down this person.”
“But this news can be worth quite a bit of money.”
The manager smiled and shook his head, then leisurely returned upstairs.
After Lu Changsheng left this shop, he immediately found an inn and checked the spirit stones he had just obtained.
“As expected, as long as there’s a little more profit, there will be a ‘black eats black’ scheme.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the three spirit stones under the high-grade purification talisman, where faint black smoke appeared.
Clearly, they had been tampered with.
This was only what the purification talisman detected, and it was unknown if there were any other problems.
However, Lu Changsheng didn’t care. He changed his appearance, put on a new set of clothes, and went directly to the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.
As long as he spent all these spirit stones, he wouldn’t have to worry about any problems.
“This fellow Daoist, what are you looking for? Would you like this humble servant to introduce you?”
As soon as Lu Changsheng walked into the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild, a beautiful female cultivator wearing a cheongsam greeted him with a smile.
“I need a top-grade magical artifact talisman brush.”
Lu Changsheng said directly.
Hearing this, the female cultivator was slightly stunned, her eyes lit up, and the smile on her face became even brighter.
“Fellow Daoist, please sit!”
She immediately invited Lu Changsheng to sit down, and poured tea.
Then, squatting down to the side, she stretched her cheongsam tight, outlining her graceful figure.
“For your convenience, our merchant guild has drawn up some precious magical artifacts into picture books, so that you, our guest, can view, understand, choose, and compare them.”
“If you like something, this humble servant will then fetch the real thing.”
“Fellow Daoist, take a look at this Crimson Radiance Talisman Brush. This is the best-selling top-grade talisman brush in our Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator smiled and took out an antique jade book, turned to the talisman brush page, and pointed to a talisman brush on it.
A three-dimensional image of a crimson talisman brush immediately appeared on the jade book.
There was also relevant introductory information next to it.
Crimson Radiance Talisman Brush: The brush tip is made of the neck hair of a second-order demonic beast, the Emerald-Eyed Golden Lion, and the brush handle is refined from a mixture of Sky Azure Wood and Crimson Gold Essence.
Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.
He had been to the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild once before.
He knew that this merchant guild could become bigger and stronger, not only because it was backed by the Azure Cloud Sect.
In terms of shopping experience, service, and goods, it was indeed very well done.
He looked at the price of this talisman brush.
One thousand six hundred spirit stones.
He couldn’t help but click his tongue in his heart.
Thinking that he had previously obtained a middle-grade magical artifact talisman brush at cost price in the Lu family’s talisman shop, spending only 70% of the original price.
And the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild’s profit was probably only higher than buying from his own talisman shop.
But there was no way, the Lu family’s talisman shop didn’t have a top-grade magical artifact talisman brush.
Even if there was a top-grade talisman brush for sale, he couldn’t very well buy it at his own shop.
“Sigh, expensive is expensive.”
“After all, once you have this thing, you can use it for a long time, and you’ll be able to earn it back sooner or later.”
Lu Changsheng sighed slightly in his heart.
He knew that this kind of money couldn’t be saved.
Buying from other shops might be cheaper, but it would waste time, be troublesome, and there might not even be any in stock.
If he wanted convenience and speed, he could only spend more money to buy it here at the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.
But buying things here at least had a guarantee, and he wouldn’t encounter any problems.
He flipped through the jade book a few times.
He saw several other kinds of top-grade talisman brushes.
The cheapest was one thousand four hundred spirit stones, and the most expensive was two thousand spirit stones.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng had the female cultivator bring him five different top-grade talisman brushes to take a look at.
After briefly playing with them, Lu Changsheng still chose the Crimson Radiance Talisman Brush for one thousand six hundred spirit stones.
“You should also have materials for drawing second-order talismans here, right?”
Lu Changsheng continued to ask.
Now that he had spirit stones, he would naturally buy everything at once.
“Of course we do.”
“In this market, the things you want, Fellow Daoist, are all sold in my Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.”
“If my Azure Cloud Merchant Guild doesn’t have it, then other places definitely won’t have it either.”
The female cultivator said with a smile, her tone full of confidence.
She took out another jade book, which contained the materials for various second-order talismans for sale.
Second-order talisman materials were much more complicated than first-order talisman materials.
To draw different talismans, you also needed talisman paper and spiritual ink made of the fur and spiritual materials of corresponding attribute demonic beasts.
Otherwise, it would affect the success rate of the talisman.
Lu Changsheng looked at the second-order materials in the jade book.
There weren’t many options to choose from.
Materials were sold in sets of ten.
Lu Changsheng bought thirty sets.
It cost a total of seven hundred and eighty spirit stones.
Which meant that, on average, the cost of drawing each second-order talisman was twenty-six spirit stones.
This didn’t even include the price of talisman brush wear and tear.
But there was no way, second-order talisman materials were relatively scarce, and they weren’t easy to buy in other places. It was very troublesome to collect them himself.
If he wanted convenience and speed, he could only spend more money to buy them here at the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.
But buying things here at least had a guarantee, and he wouldn’t encounter any problems.
“Fellow Daoist, it’s a total of two thousand three hundred and eighty spirit stones.”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator said with a smile.
After speaking, she paused, and her voice became even sweeter: “Fellow Daoist is buying second-order talisman materials, so you must have some attainments in the Dao of Talismans.”
“Would Fellow Daoist be interested in becoming a guest elder of my Azure Cloud Merchant Guild?”
“If you are willing to become a guest elder of my Azure Cloud Merchant Guild, you will have internal prices when buying items from our Azure Cloud Merchant Guild in the future.”
“Furthermore, if you need any materials, our Azure Cloud Merchant Guild can also help you collect them.”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator said sweetly.
“Oh?”
Hearing this, Lu Changsheng raised his eyebrows and said: “I wonder what the specific standard of ‘some attainments’ you are referring to is?”
“In terms of talisman-making, you need to be able to stably draw top-grade first-order talismans.”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator said with a smile.
“I wonder what the treatment for this guest elder is like?”
Lu Changsheng continued to ask.
“If Fellow Daoist is interested, I will immediately ask the manager to discuss it with you in detail.”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator’s eyes lit up slightly.
“There’s no need for a detailed discussion, I’m just asking casually.”
“Although I can draw top-grade talismans now, it’s very difficult.”
“Buying second-order materials is just to see if I can use the materials to stably draw top-grade talismans.”
Lu Changsheng immediately waved his hand and said.
He was still disguised now, how could he come to the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild to be a guest elder?
If he wanted to become a guest elder here, he would definitely have to verify his identity information.
Once his identity was verified, his identity information and his first-order top-level talisman master skills couldn’t be explained.
“Alright~ If Fellow Daoist is interested, our Azure Cloud Merchant Guild welcomes you at any time~”
The cheongsam-clad female cultivator didn’t care, and still said with a smile.
“Mm.”
Immediately, Lu Changsheng paid the spirit stones, took the talisman brush and talisman materials, and walked out of the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild.
“Sigh, this money comes quickly, but it’s also spent quickly.”
Lu Changsheng felt a faint pain in his heart when he thought of this wave of consumption.
He had never spent so much money before.
Back then, when he had just arrived at the Lu family, he only had two spirit stones a month.
Now, a wave of consumption of more than two thousand spirit stones was enough money to earn in a hundred years back then.
“Next, I’ll deal with the remaining magical artifacts and materials, and see if I can buy all the materials needed to create a second-order puppet.”
Lu Changsheng took a light breath, repeated the previous operation, and was busy non-stop.
He sold the harvested magical artifacts, useless pills, and materials to the shops at a low price.
Then, after getting the money, he went directly to the Azure Cloud Merchant Guild to spend it and buy the materials he needed.
PS: I went to bed a little late yesterday and got up early again, which led to confusion in the morning. I only recovered after my afternoon nap, but I still have a bit of a headache. There will be no second chapter today, sorry.