Nine Lives: Unbeatable Dragon Blood

Chapter 65 Make Preparations for War (2)

Lu Ping calculated the things in his storage bag. There were about 4,000 spiritual stones. He couldn't sell the spiritual herbs. He needed to learn alchemy, so these things would be used in the future. The spiritual materials for refining weapons had mostly been sold. He got most of them from Qiao Xipeng and his brother. The Magic Figures had also been mostly sold, and those at the Blood Refining stage were almost useless to him. With Divine Mentality Coercion, he could make high-grade and highest-grade Magic Figures at the Blood Refining stage, and 60% of the Magic Figures he made were highest-grade. The several sets of Early Warning Magic Figures and Landmine Magic Figures had been consigned to the auction. In addition, the remaining six bottles of thick blood elixirs at the Blood Refining stage and the several medium-grade magic weapons he didn't need had also been sent to the auction for cultivators at the Blood Refining stage.

Lu Ping had three bottles of muddy blood elixirs, but he was not willing to auction them. Although muddy blood elixirs had little effect on his cultivation, they were still useful. When he was short of elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage, they could be a little helpful.

At the time, Lu Ping finally knew why muddy blood elixirs at the Blood Refining stage were so scarce. The biggest reason might be that cultivators at the Blood Dissolving stage who failed to buy elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage bought muddy blood elixirs. Cultivators at the Blood Refining stage were never matches for cultivators at the Blood Dissolving stage in terms of getting elixirs.

Qiao Xipeng's three blood dissolving beads were the important reason why Lu Ping got the invitation. Otherwise, he would have to spend a sum of spiritual stones to buy an admission ticket to participate in the auction for cultivators at the Blood Dissolving stage.

Later, he would try to make Magic Figures at the Blood Dissolving stage. The Magic Figures at the Blood Dissolving stage were no longer classified according to their power. All of them had the same power, but the frequency of performing them was different. Magic Figures at the Blood Dissolving stage of high quality could send out three magic methods before being destroyed, but those of low quality would lose their magic power after sending out one magic method.

Lu Ping then came to the Elixirs Selling Pavilion in the market. Immortal Senior Li, the director of the Elixirs Selling Pavilion, had known Lu Ping for a long time. Seeing that Lu Ping had entered the Blood Dissolving stage, he looked surprised and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have made such progress. You've become an inner disciple of our sect at a young age. You are promising!"

Lu Ping said with a smile, "Thank you, Immortal Senior. I was just lucky."

Immortal Senior Li waved his hand and said, "Now that you have entered the Blood Dissolving stage, you and I should be peers. If you still call me Immortal Senior, I'll be embarrassed."

Lu Ping knew that he was not kidding, so he didn't reject Immortal Senior Li's advice but said, "I'm here for elixirs again."

Immortal Senior Li seemed to have expected that. He led Lu Ping into the back hall and said, "Although our Elixirs Selling Pavilion sells elixirs, what we sell in our storefront are just ordinary elixirs. We don't sell the elixirs for cultivating that are superior to thick blood elixirs in our storefront."

Lu Ping knew that Immortal Senior Li wanted to tell him some hidden rules of the True Spirit Sect, which were every big sect's unfair means to accumulate wealth. After all, it was not easy to support such a big sect and be fair to every disciple at the same time, so he said, "If you have anything to say, please say it. I'll keep my lips buttoned."

Immortal Senior Li nodded and said, "You are a regular customer of our store. I trust you. The elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage are naturally scarcer than advanced elixirs at the Blood Refining stage. Therefore, the elixirs are provided seasonally. One bottle, one season."

Lu Ping knew that elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage were scarce, but he was still quite surprised when he learned that it was so difficult to provide them. Immortal Senior Li ignored Lu Ping's surprised expression, probably because he had seen a lot of people have such an expression. Then he continued, "Moreover, due to the scarcity of spiritual herbs, the elixirs cannot be supplied in batches. We often refine elixirs only when the spiritual herbs for refining this kind of elixirs have been scraped together. So, the elixirs we provide are different in each season, and even the ten elixirs in a bottle are of different kinds."

At this time, Lu Ping was already stunned. When Immortal Senior Li finished speaking, he said, "So, it's so difficult to provide these elixirs. I can't wait to buy them. Please tell me the price."

Immortal senior Li said with a smile, "As you know, the price of ordinary elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage is generally about ten times the price of the thick blood elixirs, but the real situation is that ordinary elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage are often unavailable. Therefore, the price of each bottle of elixirs at the Blood Dissolving stage is set at about 1,200 spiritual stones. If you are an individual cultivator or a cultivator from other sects, the price will be 1,500 spiritual stones."

Lu Ping obediently handed over ten medium-grade spiritual stones and two hundred spiritual stones, but Immortal Senior Li said with a smile, "Because we have to make a list of the buyers in advance and then make overall arrangements, you need to pay a six-month deposit upfront this time!"

Lu Ping had no choice but to give him another 1,200 spiritual stones.

Lu Ping took over a bottle of poria cocos elixirs which was the same as the sect's allowance, and a copper medal from Immortal Senior Li. A large word "Dikun" was printed on the obverse side of the copper medal and a pattern of alchemy furnace was printed on the other side.

Immortal Senior Li explained, "This is your voucher for purchasing elixirs from our Elixirs Selling Pavilion. With this medal, you can buy elixirs on time in any Elixirs Selling Pavilion of our sect. I know you are familiar with Xu Zixian who works in the market of our academy, but you can't buy double elixirs like you did when you were at the Blood Refining stage. Elixirs above the Blood Dissolving stage are uniformly provided. After you register here, he will naturally know."

Lu Ping smiled embarrassedly. He indeed wanted to do that.

Lu Ping hesitated and said, "Senior, can I learn alchemy from the alchemist of our sect?"

Immortal Senior Li seemed to have known that Lu Ping would ask this. He sighed and said, "After I knew that the elixirs were so scarce, my first idea was also to learn alchemy, but I dispelled this idea in the end and took pains to find such a job in the Elixirs Selling Pavilion. What is the attribute of your Foundation Bloodline?"

Lu Ping actually had an understanding of the difficulties of learning alchemy long ago. He could only smile awkwardly and said, "My Foundation Bloodline is of water attribute."

Immortal Senior Li shook his head, "Alchemists have noble statuses. The rules of this profession are strict, and their refining skills are rigorous. If a cultivator wants to be an alchemist, the thing that comes first is the attribute of his Bloodline. The ideal Bloodline is of a dual attribute, wood attribute and fire attribute. The second ideal Bloodline is of wood attribute or fire attribute. Needless to say, cultivators need to control fire when they refine elixirs, so those with fire attribute naturally have an advantage. Cultivators of wood attribute can do better in controlling the medicinal properties of elixirs than cultivators of other attributes. In addition, the cultivator's comprehension, talent, whether he has a famous teacher's guidance are also very important. Before becoming an alchemist, he needs to have a lot of spiritual herbs to practice. This alone is a big expense. Therefore, every alchemist is very strict in choosing his student, and most of them only have one student. Once they choose a successor, they will do their best to train him."

Lu Ping was still unwilling to give up, "I still want to have a try. I wonder if I can get some experience of alchemy from the alchemist of our sect. It's okay even if it's just a few recipes of elixirs!"

Immortal Senior Li looked at Lu Ping and said, "Fine, you'll abandon this idea anyway. Even if there is the experience of alchemy, it is not advanced. There are recipes of elixirs, but they are not only about what spiritual herbs are needed for refining a certain kind of elixirs, but a detailed description about what spiritual herbs should be put in depending on the degree of heating during the alchemy process, the order of putting in these spiritual herbs, and when each kind of spiritual herbs will be put in, and so on. It is very tedious. So, each recipe is made into a disposable Magic Figure, which will be automatically destroyed after being read. Therefore, you need to purchase them with spiritual stones."

Lu Ping nodded and said, "I can pay for them. Thank you, senior."