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Chapter 599: Ice Marrow Pill
Chapter 599: Ice Marrow Pill
"I wonder if you could provide me with the specific time and location of the auction?" Lu Chen asked the gentle female cultivator proactively.
Having just arrived in Zhongzhou Liyang Realm, he was unfamiliar with the area and had limited access to high-level spirit herbs. So, he was naturally eager to seize this opportunity.
"There's still less than two years left. If you cultivate in seclusion and emerge then, it should be about time," the female cultivator replied with a smile.
"As for the location, it will be held at the headquarters of the Hailou Merchant Guild. There's a Nascent Soul True Lord guarding it, and with the headquarters' own defensive capabilities, the auction can be held without worry," she added.
"The headquarters of the Hailou Merchant Guild..." Lu Chen immediately recalled that when he first entered Liyang Realm, he had heard that the Hailou Merchant Guild possessed a treasure pavilion, a high-level magical artifact that could freely traverse various realms and housed countless treasures.
"The guild has certain requirements for participating cultivators in the auction. Your cultivation level must be at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, and you should have at least a thousand medium-grade spirit stones in financial resources," she continued.
"However, I believe that a cultivator as skilled in spirit herbs and pill refining as you, Fellow Lu, will surely meet these requirements without issue," she said confidently, referring to how Lu Chen had just earned over six hundred medium-grade spirit stones from selling twenty Foundation Establishment Pills, not to mention the hundreds more he had easily obtained from selling artifacts like the Qingwei Jade Lock.
"Thank you, Fellow Wen, for the reminder. I will definitely attend that grand auction as promised," Lu Chen smiled.
After leaving the Hailou Merchant Guild's branch, he wandered around the Star-Plucking Tower, stocking up on some basic cultivation resources that he would need for a while.
Back in his cave abode, over six hundred medium-grade spirit stones, each the size of a pigeon egg, appeared on the table, glowing with radiant spiritual energy.
"Pill refining can truly bring in a fortune if one's skill is sufficient," he couldn't help but marvel.
However, he was clear about his priorities. Cultivating his spiritual fields was his top priority, and being able to earn spirit stones through pill refining, which he could then use to purchase high-level spirit herbs, was already a great bonus.
As for the light groups, they could bring him all sorts of rare treasures, including more high-grade pill formulas and experience packages.
"I'll have to prepare thoroughly for the upcoming auction," he thought. "If I want to obtain fifth-grade or even sixth-grade spirit herbs, the spirit stones I have on hand right now might not be enough."
Renting the Cave of Thunderfire Mars had nearly depleted his entire fortune. Although he had sold some artifacts, pills, and materials, and had also acquired the old woman's storage bag from the medicinal garden, his wealth was not exactly abundant. He wasn't confident that he could secure a sixth-grade spirit herb just yet.
"I can consider selling some fifth-grade treasures that aren't of much use to me," Lu Chen thought.
He could part with one of the Nine Dragon Charts, one of the Nail Head Arrows, the Myriad Impurity Banner, or even the sixth-grade blood path cultivation technique, the Blood God Sect.
"With a sixth-grade technique, I'll have to be extra cautious and discreet to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble," he decided, planning to quietly sell off some of the light group treasures before the auction began.
The next morning, the layers of bamboo forests were shrouded in mist, resembling a celestial paradise. However, if one were to focus their senses, they would detect the hidden dangers lurking within.
Lu Chen arrived at his spirit fields and carefully inspected each spirit herb.
The Thunderburst Lotus and Green Spirit Branch he had planted earlier had already sprouted tender buds. One displayed a faint, barely visible lightning pattern on its pale white stem and leaves, while the other was vibrant and full of life, with many types of spiritual energy converging around its lush green foliage.
Six Five-Thunder Conjoined Petals spirit herbs were about to break through the soil, and in the surrounding area, the spirit soil emanated a balanced five-elemental thunderous aura.
Lu Chen felt a sense of satisfaction as he witnessed the changes in his numerous spirit herbs.
He entered the area where he cultivated many unorthodox spirit herbs, and as soon as he stepped into the formation, a surge of dense yin energy swept over him, washing over his body.
Eerie wails and angry roars filled his ears, along with the horrifying sound of chewing flesh. Out of the corner of his eye, Lu Chen caught a glimpse of a greenish-black infant shadow flashing by before disappearing into the nearby Sacred Infant Fruit mother plant, leaving only a vague greenish-black light group, as if mocking him for having an illusion.
"These two saplings are close to maturity, but as for the mother plant, you'd better obediently give birth to some offspring spirit seeds first before I consider nurturing you to maturity," Lu Chen said with a smile, gazing at the mother plant of the Sacred Infant Fruit and the two nearby saplings.
"The growth progress of these eighteen Coiling Hands is almost the same. At this rate, I estimate they will mature within a year or two."
Although the Coiling Hands were only third-grade spirit herbs, with eighteen of them entwined together, they seemed to share a life force, resulting in a much longer growth cycle compared to ordinary third-grade spirit herbs.
As Lu Chen inspected the Coiling Hands, he felt something unusual at his feet. Looking down, he saw the Blood Spirit Palm Shrub stealthily clinging to his calf, greedily absorbing the abundant qi and blood from his body.
The blood-red palm, resembling a fan, had viscous liquid slowly flowing through its reddish veins.
Lu Chen quickly took out a bottle of Flood Dragon Essence Blood to satisfy the needs of the Blood Spirit Palm Shrub, which was now in its maturity stage.
"It's almost ready to mature, too. When the time comes, I'll be able to harvest quite a few unorthodox treasure light groups again."
"Alas, I intended to follow the righteous path, but these light groups keep leading me to sinister things."
Lu Chen sighed, filled with mixed emotions.
Time flew by as he tended to his spiritual fields, and before he knew it, a year had passed.
During this period, Lu Chen spent most of his time quietly in his cave abode, occasionally making trips to the Star-Plucking Tower to restock his supplies and socializing with familiar cultivators like Lei Zheng if they invited him.
Lei Zheng turned out to be even more patient than Lu Chen had imagined, not rushing to have him cultivate the spirit seeds as he had expected.
In his spiritual fields, Lu Chen gazed at the Ice Fireflies covered in white frost and noticed that one of them had its translucent progress bar completely filled.
"Finally, one of them has matured. I wonder if it will grant a cultivation reward."
Back when he was still in Tianjian Sect, he had improved the second-grade Water Firefly into the third-grade Ice Firefly and then brought it to the Cave of Thunderfire Mars, carefully cultivating it for a long time. Now, it had finally matured.
As this involved his future cultivation realm, Lu Chen felt a rare sense of tension. Carefully, he plucked the third-grade Ice Firefly.
[Ice Firefly, Third-grade Spirit Herb, Improved from the Second-grade Water Firefly, Contains a Trace of Pure Ice-attributed Spiritual Power...]
Lu Chen briefly examined the detailed information about the Ice Firefly, his mind completely drawn to the white light group that silently emerged.
He rubbed his palms together and gently touched the surface of the light group. Instantly, the faintly flickering light group silently exploded, and countless tiny light specks condensed into a silver-white light ball shadow, instantly merging into his body.
A thought flashed through his mind.
[Harvested a Third-grade Ice Firefly, Obtained a Fourth-grade Treasure, Ice Marrow Pill.]
(End of Chapter)
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