Chapter 27 Market Trends, Planning and Foundation Building

Wei Zhong suppressed the impulse in his heart. His life was not given in vain, and he couldn't waste seven and a half years of his life in a place like this just because of a little curiosity.

"Well, but when you reach the late stage of Qi Refining, you may be able to spend fifteen years to experience the feeling of building a foundation, which will provide experience for future foundation building."

"Ugh!"

At this moment, Wei Zhong really wanted to take a few plants of 'Jadeite Ganoderma' out for some fun. He wondered if he would encounter some ignorant Tribulation Cultivator. If that happened, he could just use the Time Magic to scare the other party.

"No, no, I still have mines in my cave, so I don't need the money from Jie Xiu."

It has been ten years now, I wonder how the Qingmu Sect has developed the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.

And I don’t know whether the second true teaching was fed to the monster.

Wei Zhong considered himself not a person who held grudges, but since Lu Yibin had dug up his spiritual mine and had hunted him down in the past, he was not considered one of them.

It's time to go out and take a look at the situation and have a talk with Lao Ning.

During these ten years, Wei Zhong devoted himself to cultivation, and even the task of harvesting and selling the spiritual rice in the spiritual fields was handed over to the independent cultivators who accepted the task.

With Ning Cankun's connections, Wei Zhong was confident that no one would dare to covet his spirit stones.

After tidying up, Wei Zhong went out with two pots of wine.

"Hey, Brother Chu is a rare visitor."

Ning Cankun was surprised to see Wei Zhong coming to his house. This was the first time Wei Zhong had taken the initiative to visit him in the past ten years, so it was no wonder that he did this.

After taking the wine from Wei Zhong and some side dishes, the two began to chat.

"Brother, you have been devoted to cultivation these years, but you have gained a lot, right?"

Wei Zhong grabbed a spirit bean and put it in his mouth:
"Not much, just barely breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. There is still some distance to the eighth level of Qi Refining, but it is not far away."

Although Wei Zhong has fallen to the sixth level of Qi Refining due to the change of his cultivation method, Wei Zhong used the Taoism of Time to borrow a skin from the past, and it looks like he is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, but it is just an illusion and he does not have the power of the late stage of Qi Refining.

"I didn't expect that it only took me a dozen years to break through this level. This is much faster than the average cultivator. If I can maintain this progress, I can expect to build a foundation in my lifetime."

"The late stage of Qi Refining is so difficult!"

As if Wei Zhong's words had touched a sore spot, Ning Cankun seemed to have remembered something and held the wine glass in silence.

Wei Zhong clinked glasses with him before he realized:
"I've come all this way and found that Mingyue Market is much quieter. I don't know why."

Ning Cankun put away his emotions and said:
“My dear brother, you may not know that over the past ten years, thanks to the development of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range by our sect, our human cultivators have already established a firm foothold in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range in Mangyuan Prefecture.

Hunting monsters and searching for medicines is much safer than before, and the rich resources there have attracted many monks to go there.

Nowadays, the Mingyue Market is getting worse day by day.

Maybe one day I, an outer sect steward, won’t be needed anymore.”

"Brother Ning, you are joking. After all, there are only a few cultivators who dare to take risks. There are still many people who are willing to plant some spiritual fields to practice in peace. With you in charge, the spiritual fields of Qingmu Sect will be safe."

Wei Zhong's words were not nonsense, at least in his opinion.

In previous years when I was farming at the Yan family, I often had disputes with other spiritual farmers over spiritual fields.

During his time in Qingmu Sect, Ning Cankun, as the outer sect deacon, handled this matter very well.

"It's just relying on the power of the sect. Speaking of which, the prices of things in the cultivation world have dropped recently because of the incident in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

Especially for elixirs, the price of ordinary elixirs has dropped by 10% to 20%. Even the foundation-building elixirs that were rarely seen in the past can occasionally be seen at auctions."

"Oh?" Wei Zhong became interested. "I wonder what the price is?"

Ning Cankun drank a glass of wine and said:

"About 5,000 spirit stones. The highest price was 7,000 spirit stones, which was bought by the nearby foundation-building family, the Li family."

"This foundation-building pill is not much cheaper. The Li family paid such a high premium. Could it be that something unexpected happened in the family?"

Wei Zhong asked while stroking the cup.

"I heard that the Li family's ancestor is nearing the end of his life."

"No wonder. If the Li family can't produce another foundation-building person, it will be difficult."

"Who says it's not true? Without the foundation-building cultivator who is the backbone of the family, this family will have a big piece of fat meat. I don't know how many people are eyeing it covetously."

Ning Cankun took a bite of the spirit beast meat, and it was obvious that he was not surprised by such things. As an outer sect deacon of Qingmu Sect, he had seen countless foundation-building families perish and be reborn.

"Brother, are you planning to be a spiritual farmer forever?" Wei Zhong paused for a moment while holding the wine glass.

"That's probably it. Work hard to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and then see if there is a chance to build a foundation. If you can't succeed, go home and leave a legacy for the family."

Looking at the wine glass handed over by Ning Cankun, the two clinked their glasses and drank it all.

"In my opinion, Brother Chu, instead of continuing to farm, you should find a job in Qingmu Sect. Doesn't the true disciple owe you a favor? Just use it."

Wei Zhong just held the cup and said nothing.

Ning Cankun sighed, knowing that the brother in front of him had not given up the idea of building a foundation.

"Good luck to you, fellow Taoist!"

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After leaving Ning Cankun, Wei Zhong began to wander around the market town.

After all, what he said just now was only his one-sided statement, and Wei Zhong still needed to confirm it himself.

After asking around, I found that most of the elixirs in the market are indeed much cheaper than before.

Take the top-grade Qi-nourishing Pill that Wei Zhong often used for cultivation. The price of a bottle dropped from two hundred lower-grade spirit stones to one hundred and sixty lower-grade spirit stones.

There are discounts for buying more.

Wei Zhong regretted seeing the stock cut in half so much. If he had known, he would not have bought a lot so early.

Although the few spirit stones he lost were just a drop in the bucket compared to the spirit mines in his cave, a spirit stone is still a spirit stone.

In his previous life, the frugal Wei Zhong had never suffered such an injustice.

"Hey, shopkeeper, give me three bottles of top-grade Qi-nourishing Pills."

Based on his previous life experience, Wei Zhong understood that he had to increase his holdings at this time.

He then changed his identity and went to several other stores to buy a few more bottles.

In this way, what I need for my subsequent practice will be almost complete.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any 300-year-old 'Jadeite Ganoderma'?"

Feeling the ninth level of Qi Refining cultivation of the mysterious monk in front of him, the shopkeeper did not dare to neglect him.

He quickly replied:
"'Jadeite Ganoderma'? This old Taoist's shop doesn't have it in stock. If you are not in a hurry, there will be a batch of goods shipped from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range in three months. You can come and have a look then."

Wei Zhong thought to himself that times have indeed changed, even the main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Pill, 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma', is no longer rare.

"I wonder what the price is?"

"The market price is two thousand spirit stones. If you really want it, you can pay a deposit first and then pay the balance. Then the 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma' will be yours. There are many people in this market who are eyeing the 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma' like you."

At this moment, Wei Zhong didn't even realize how expensive this 'Jadeite Ganoderma' was.

Looking back, he realized that he was no longer a small cultivator who relied on spiritual fields for a living, but that his family owned mines and was extremely wealthy.

Naturally, my mentality has changed unconsciously.

"No, I have to change it. How can a spiritual farmer like me behave like this?"

Wei Zhong suddenly became embarrassed:

"Can it be cheaper?"

The shop owner's expression remained unchanged:

"Fellow Daoist, this is already a fair price."

Wei Zhong scratched his beard in embarrassment:
"Let me think about it again."

Then he left the shop under the watchful eyes of the shopkeeper.

A faint voice saying "poor bastard" came from behind, and was heard by Wei Zhong, who had extraordinary spiritual perception.

With Wei Zhong's cultivation, he naturally did not take the words of the little shopkeeper seriously.

After some inquiries, he at least understood that it was not unusual for him to take out the 'Jadeite Ganoderma' at this moment.

"Well, when I have perfected my Qi Refining, I will take out the 'Jade Marrow Ganoderma' and ask someone to make an elixir for me."

(End of this chapter)

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