Chapter 85 Windfall
Chapter 85 Windfall
After registering at Lingyun Pavilion, Chen Yuan went straight to Yunju Mountain, where there were caves built in the market town, and rented a first-class cave.
As a disciple of Lingyun Sect, he only needs to spend twenty spirit stones to rent a house for a year, which is half the cost of a casual cultivator.
Chen Yuan came to the cave, activated the restriction, took out the storage bags of Huang Yundao and others, and began to sort out the spoils of this time.
Although Mo Jingchun took away the most precious talisman, he left all the other things to Chen Yuan, which brought him great benefits.
First of all, there are spirit stones, a total of more than 600 pieces.
Among them, more than 300 pieces belong to Huang Yundao, and the spirit stones of the other four people added together are barely equivalent to Huang Yundao's.
This is normal. Disciples of Lingyun Sect place great emphasis on doing good deeds, so they do not have many spirit stones on them.
The total amount of the five people was only slightly more than the spirit stones Chen Yuan got from Huang Yunshang.
There are six bottles of pills in total, and only one is the Yuhua Pill used for cultivation.
Among the five people, except for one Huang family member, the other four have already reached the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining. There is no further progress to be made, and cultivation is useless.
Of the other five bottles of pills, four are used for healing and detoxification.
The last bottle can restore mana, and it is exactly the same as the one Chen Yuan got from Huang Yunshang. There are three in total.
There were more than a dozen talismans, most of which were mid-grade talismans, there were only three high-grade talismans, and one top-grade talisman. Chen Yuan sorted them out a little and put them away.
Including these dozen or so talismans, the total number of talismans in his hands has exceeded fifty.
More than thirty of them are mid-grade talismans that can be cast instantly. If you don't hesitate to consume your mana to smash them, even three or two cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining will have to retreat.
The top-grade magic talismans are also very useful. Although they need three breaths of time to activate, using just one talisman is enough to suppress an ordinary cultivator of the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Top-grade talismans are a bit useless. They take a moment to activate and are not powerful enough. Chen Yuan rarely uses them in fights.
After the talismans are sorted out, there are some spiritual minerals, spiritual plants, and monster materials, all of which are used to refine magical instruments.
Chen Yuan knew nothing about weapon refining, so he put them in a storage bag and planned to go to the market tomorrow to sell them all.
In the end, there were still a bunch of magical weapons shining brightly on the table, which was Chen Yuan’s biggest gain on this trip.
The most precious things are naturally the two top-grade magic weapons in Huang Yundao's hands, a red round shield and a black iron ruler.
But after Chen Yuan injected his magic power and hastily refined them, he found that these were just two ordinary top-grade magic weapons, which were far inferior to the Dingguang Mirror.
It seems that Huang Yundao is not as favored as Huang Yunshang...
Chen Yuan shook his head and checked the remaining magic weapons again.
But except Huang Yundao, the other four people had top-grade magical weapons in their hands, a total of eight pieces, but the quality was quite ordinary and not up to Chen Yuan's standards.
The only good news is that the four of them have been practicing since childhood, and the top-grade magic weapons they use are not the Baiyun Sword, so they can be sold easily.
According to Mo Jingchun, only the disciples who entered the sect through the Ascension Conference can receive a White Cloud Magic Sword.
This is not because the sect is partial, but to enhance the strength of these independent disciples so that they can obtain more spiritual herbs in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.
Other disciples who joined the sect at a young age did not have this treatment.
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The next day, Chen Yuan came to Baoguang Pavilion again.
The young female cultivator who had delivered the message for him yesterday thought that he was here to visit Nie Ming, so she greeted him and immediately went to look for Nie Ming.
Chen Yuan stopped her and said:
"I am here to sell some materials for refining magical instruments. Fellow Daoist, there is no need to trouble Master Nie."
The female cultivator suddenly realized something and led Chen Yuan to a manager of Baoguang Pavilion.
The steward learned from the female cultivator that Chen Yuan was familiar with Nie Ming, so she did not bargain for him and accepted all the materials from him for three hundred spirit stones.
In order not to trouble two masters for one thing, Chen Yuan took out eight top-grade magic tools and sold them all to Baoguang Pavilion.
However, magical instruments are different from materials. Baoguang Pavilion purchased the materials for refining instruments for its own use. In addition, Chen Yuan and Nie Ming were acquainted, so the manager did not lower the price.
Baoguang Pavilion purchased the magic tools not for its own use but also for reselling, so the price of each magic tool was reduced by ten to twenty spirit stones.
Chen Yuan didn't care. If he sold them one by one, it would take a lot of time and energy.
After evaluation, these eight magic weapons were sold for a total of three thousand spirit stones.
After walking out of Baoguang Pavilion, Chen Yuan recalled that when he had just refined the Gathering Spirit Pill, in order to sell a few more spirit stones, he set up a stall on the street to sell it, and lost a lot of smiles. He couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Sure enough, a horse will not be fat without night grass, and a person will not be rich without windfall.
Times have changed, and he is no longer the casual cultivator who had just entered the world of immortal cultivation and had to live frugally.
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Nineteen days later, in a slightly dim hall, a dozen monks wearing masks were sitting. They all had the cultivation base of the tenth level of Qi Refining, and some of them even reached the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining.
Everyone sat in a circle on mats with a small peach wood table in front of them.
Above the table in front of one of them hung a red round shield, about one foot in size, with a black bird with its wings spread high in the sky engraved on it, emitting a faint spiritual light.
The man looked around and said in a hoarse voice:
"The Black Bird Shield is a top-grade magical weapon. It is full of spirituality and can automatically protect its master. It contains a trace of the power of the Black Bird and can restrain fire magic. The price is 800 Spirit Stones."
As soon as the voice fell, someone spoke:
"I want this shield!"
Another person followed up and said:
"I'll offer 820 Spiritual Stones!"
The first bidder immediately followed up:
"Eight hundred and thirty spirit stones!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall became quiet.
The market price of a top-grade magic weapon is between eight hundred and nine hundred spirit stones.
This black bird shield can only restrain fire spells and its use is rather single. It can only be considered ordinary among the top-grade magic weapons. No matter how high the bid is, it would be somewhat not worth it.
The person who made the bid seemed to be in a very good mood when he saw that no one was bidding higher. He smiled and said:
"My fellow Taoist, since no one has made an offer, please leave this shield to me."
As he spoke, he took out a storage bag, raised his hand and slowly flew towards the owner of the Black Bird Shield.
The latter took the storage bag, scanned it with his spiritual sense to confirm the number of spirit stones, and lightly tapped it, and the Black Bird Shield flew in front of the person who made the bid.
The person who made the bid injected his spiritual power into it, examined it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and then put it away.
At this time, the person who sold the Black Bird Shield touched his storage bag again, took out a black iron ruler, and said:
"Heavy Mysterious Ruler, a top-grade magical weapon, weighs a thousand pounds, is very hard, is good at breaking hard shells and shields, and is very effective against turtles, crocodiles, and rhinoceros monsters. It costs eight hundred spirit stones."
"Eight hundred and twenty spirit stones!"
"Eight hundred and forty spirit stones!"
"Eight hundred and fifty spirit stones!"
The black iron ruler was much more popular than the red round shield. Its price increased all the way to eight hundred and ninety spirit stones and was bought by one person.
The person who bought the iron ruler laughed several times, stroked the ruler, and couldn't let it go.
A person who lost the bid snorted coldly, obviously very unwilling.
A monk who did not participate in the bidding looked at the person who sold the iron ruler and said with a wry smile:
"If you had taken out this iron ruler earlier, I wouldn't have used up all my spirit stones so early!"
There were a few other people who looked at the person who bought the iron ruler with envy on their faces.
It’s no wonder that they reacted so strongly. Not far from Lingyun Market, there is a boundless lake called Mingcang Lake, which is 1,500 miles in radius.
There are numerous islands in the lake, with many monsters living there. Most of the cultivators in the late stage of Qi training in Lingyun Market hunt monsters and look for spiritual herbs in the lake to exchange for spiritual stones to maintain their cultivation.
There are the most aquatic monsters in Mingcang Lake. The Chongxuan Ruler is good at breaking hard armor and shells and is very effective against these monsters, so it naturally becomes popular.
None of the magical instruments that appeared later at the trade fair caused as much scramble as the Chongxuan Ruler.
The man who sold the Xuanniao Shield and the Chongxuan Ruler, who had a lot of spirit stones, sat quietly on the cushion with his eyes closed, seemingly indifferent to the upcoming transaction.
Finally, the last monk sold his items, the trade fair ended, and everyone left the hall one after another.
Outside the hall is a garden. This trade fair was actually held in a cave on Yunju Mountain.
The man who sold the Xuanniao Shield and the Chongxuan Ruler, after leaving the cave, circled around Yunju Mountain for a few times, spread out his spiritual sense, and made sure that no one was following him. Then he took off his mask and changed into a robe.
This man was tall, with sword-like eyebrows, eyes like stars, and a clear and bright look. It was Chen Yuan.
After taking off his disguise, he walked around twice before returning to the cave he rented.
Following Nie Ming's instructions, Chen Yuan participated in the trade fair and sold both of the magic tools he got from Huang Yundao. The amount of spirit stones in his hand now exceeded five thousand, making him extremely wealthy.
At the trade fair just now, a top-grade magical weapon appeared that made Chen Yuan quite excited, but he did not make a move from beginning to end, just watched coldly.
This transaction was very secretive. He didn't know the identities of the people present, let alone whether anyone could recognize the origins of these two magical instruments.
Many of the cultivators in Lingyun Market are related to the Lingyun Sect.
If someone recognizes the Xuanniao Shield and the Chongxuan Ruler, they will most likely inform the Huang family of this in exchange for spirit stones.
If Chen Yuan sold the magic weapon and bought another one at the same time, he would be exposing his cards to the Huang family, which would be very unwise.
There are still more than four months before the Dingguang Mirror is repaired. He can take his time looking for the magic weapon and there is no need to rush.
(End of this chapter)