85: Make a fortune

"What would I want with your Xuanhuang Sect?"

Yu Xuzi glanced at Venerable Gu Xuan.

The entire Sect combined wasn't enough for him to fight alone!

The Xuanhuang Sect, with its visibly bleak future, was of no use to Yu Xuzi.

"Ah?"

Venerable Gu Xuan froze for a moment, then immediately grew anxious, speaking up at once: "Don't say that, Senior! If there's anything you need us to do, just say the word!"

This was a powerful thigh to cling to!

It was a super-thigh far exceeding Venerable Gu Xuan's imagination; of course he wanted to hold on tight.

He wouldn't let go even if he died!

He called him 'Senior' with every breath, acting extremely solicitous, showing none of his previous sarcastic manner.

"Stop!"

Yu Xuzi glared at him, and Venerable Gu Xuan immediately fell silent.

Still wanted to cling to his thigh?

Back then, Qiu Dao from the Qingyuan Realm thought the same way, yet after settling the Karma, things went back to how they were supposed to be.

Yu Xuzi had a clear understanding of himself; he was naturally cold and detached, and the many emotions on his face were merely appearances.

No matter who it was, once they were of no use or benefit to him, Yu Xuzi would unhesitatingly choose to sever the Karma and cast them aside completely!

Qiu Dao of the Qingyuan Realm was like this.

Other Sects were like this.

The current Venerable Gu Xuan was still the same!

The Thick Earth Spirit Boat was already in his hands; there was nothing left in the entire Xuanhuang Sect that Yu Xuzi could fancy.

On the contrary, regarding Venerable Yun Miao whom he met at the very beginning, Yu Xuzi inexplicably had an intuition that this person possessed extraordinary Luck and a very decent character, and might achieve great things in the future.

He could maintain communication and observe him more in the future.

"Our transaction is complete. Fellow Daoist Gu Xuan, let us part ways here."

As the words fell, Yu Xuzi's figure vanished directly from the spot.

This transaction was just a way to test the waters.

It was used to verify whether his strategy of borrowing prestige, putting up a grand front, and making a fortune was reliable.

Next, he prepared to go all out!

He would sweep up the entire Daoist Legacies of the Fei Chen Realm and collect more Resources while he was at it.

And the price was merely transporting some Mortals.

He didn't even need to pay Spirit Stones!

A business with zero capital!

"Right, the dust-forgetting pill!"

Yu Xuzi slapped his forehead.

How could he have forgotten to calculate the cost of the dust-forgetting pills?

Although the dust-forgetting pill had a single function and was very easy to refine, being at the bottom tier among Second-Grade Medicinal Pills, its value was far lower than other Second-Grade pills used for cultivation; even a few peak First-Grade pills were more expensive than it.

One could be bought for about one or two hundred Spirit Stones.

But no matter how small the value, it was still a cost!

"Next time, I must add the cost of the dust-forgetting pills, and preferably quadruple or quintuple it, otherwise there's no profit to be made!"

...The broken Fei Chen Realm was precarious and in need of total reconstruction.

However, soon, a piece of news that touched the nerves of all surviving Cultivators and Sects was like a giant boulder thrown into a stagnant pond, instantly stirring up turbulent waves.

The news originated from the Xuanhuang Sect on Heaven Mountain.

First, it was said that a mysterious and exceptionally overbearing Dao Foundation Cultivator had arrived, with the Dao title Venerable Taiyin, and had forcibly exchanged Spirit Stones for the core True Law Legacies and Daoist scriptures of the Xuanhuang Sect.

This was originally just a regrettable but helpless matter; robbing things wasn't unusual.

At most, the background of that Venerable Taiyin was somewhat mysterious.

But subsequently, more unbelievable news about Venerable Taiyin came out one after another, quickly fermenting and shocking the entire Fei Chen Continent.

Originally, the population of the entire Fei Chen Continent was extremely sparse, and all major Sects were searching everywhere to save surviving Mortals; when the Xuanhuang Sect suddenly gained a hundred thousand Mortals, nearby cultivation forces naturally discovered it quickly.

And after this, Yu Xuzi's actions did not cease at all, so there was more and more news, spreading like wildfire.

"Where did you get so many young and strong Mortals?"

"I heard... it was that Venerable Taiyin who brought them from somewhere else."

"Somewhere else?"

"Legend has it they're from another world!"

*Hiss—*

"How is that possible? Is it true or false?"

"It should be true. We captured some of those Mortals and questioned them; they said they were subjects of some Great Shuo Dynasty. Where is there a Great Shuo Dynasty now? They couldn't have just appeared out of thin air, right?"

"So Heaven-Defying?"

"Sigh, I heard that Venerable Taiyin comes from some great power in the Upper Realm called the Yu Xu Palace, which is why he can bring Mortals from other worlds."

"The Upper Realm? Then it's not surprising."

The Fei Chen Cultivation World, having just experienced the demon calamity and the arrival of the Immortal Realm's envoy Young Lord, had already seen much of the world, so their level of acceptance regarding Yu Xuzi's appearance was quite high.

The entire Cultivation World was completely boiling!

Cultivation Techniques, Legacies, and Spirit Stone Resources were certainly precious, but in the face of the threat of the Sect's Legacy being severed, and the urgent need to rebuild mountain gates, restore the Mortal world, and continue the Daoist tradition, it seemed a price that could be accepted.

Other forces were buying Mortals by the hundred or two hundred thousand, and in a few years, they would be able to recover their Origin Qi; if you didn't buy, you would only be annexed by others in the future.

This was especially true for those small and medium-sized Sects whose Legacies weren't top-tier, or who had already suffered heavy losses in the demon calamity and couldn't even protect their mountain gates.

lunar calendar Year 12, mid-April.

The Green Wood Sect, not far from the Tianshan Mountain Range, was Yu Xuzi's second trading partner.

Although they were a small School, they focused on cultivating spiritual plants and Spirit Medicines and refining Low Grade Medicinal Pills, and they happened to have the types of Daoist techniques Yu Xuzi lacked.

Their mountain gate was destroyed, their medicine gardens were ruined, and their Disciples were scattered.

Only a Sect Head at Peak Qi Refining and twenty to thirty Qi Refinement Stage Disciples remained, guarding a First-Grade High Grade Spiritual Vein contaminated by Devilish Qi, with almost no Mortals left; they had nearly reached the end of their rope.

But when Yu Xuzi came, hope arrived.

The Green Wood Sect offered up all their Cultivation Techniques, spiritual plant secret technique scriptures, and even added many precious Spirit Medicine seeds and their remaining three thousand Spirit Stones to trade for fifty thousand young and strong Mortals from Yu Xuzi.

This was their hope for passing on their Legacy.

Immediately after.

The Quicksand Faction, the Fire Refinement Sect, the Cold Moon Watch... various Sects, large and small, in difficult situations, including the overlord force Crimson Gold Sect, all began to try to actively contact that mysterious Venerable Taiyin.

Countless Cultivation Technique scriptures, Daoist Divine Abilities, and even Spirit Medicines, Spirit Stones, Spiritual Gold, and Spiritual Materials flowed continuously into Yu Xuzi's hands.

This time, he really made a huge profit.

However, in the face of such enormous benefits.

Even if that Venerable Taiyin's movements were unpredictable, often appearing as a Puppet during transactions while his true body hid in the shadows, and he was rumored to be a Disciple of a great power from the Upper Realm.

There were still those blinded by greed who intended to take a risk and set their sights on Yu Xuzi.

After all, in the final analysis, Venerable Taiyin was only in the Dao Foundation Realm, not the Mountains and Seas Young Lord who had descended from the Upper Realm before, and he did not possess overwhelming power.

Venerable Taiyin was mysterious during transactions, and few people knew his itinerary or what his true body looked like.

And this, in the eyes of those with ill intentions, precisely indicated that this person lacked the confidence to be open and aboveboard!

Covetousness was born from this.

But they were also destined to be destroyed by it.

lunar calendar Year 12, late July.

Central-southern Fei Chen Continent, the Tian Yin Sect mountain gate.

Amidst the charred ruins, over a hundred corpses lay on the ground.

They were all Disciples of the Tian Yin Sect who had attempted to surround and attack Yu Xuzi under the leadership of three Dao Foundation Ancestors.

The result was this.

The entire Sect was completely wiped out.

All Resources and scriptures fell into Yu Xuzi's hands, and even the Spiritual Vein beneath their feet was hollowed out.

"These three months have truly been a huge profit."

Yu Xuzi counted the Resources within his grotto-heaven, a smile inevitably appearing on his face.

There weren't many Spirit Stones, just over two hundred thousand.

But there were also several hundred Spirit Medicines, tens of thousands of catties of dozens of types of Spiritual Gold, eight Second-Grade middle and Low Grade Magical Artifacts, a large number of Second-Grade Talismans and Second-Grade Medicinal Pills, and other Resources.

Over ten Third-Grade True Laws capable of cultivating to Xuantai True Person, dozens of Second-Grade Cultivation Techniques, and over a thousand scriptures of First and Second-Grade Daoist secret techniques.

There were even six cultivation methods for Third-Grade Spells, two complete Third-Grade Artifact Refining Magic Treasure catalogs, one Third-Grade Alchemy catalog, a fragmented Third-Grade beast-taming Legacy, and so on.

Added all together, it was worth at least a million Spirit Stones.

And the price he paid was merely bringing several million Mortals to the Fei Chen Realm.

The cost was nearly zero.

Even including the dust-forgetting pills, the cost would definitely not exceed thirty thousand Spirit Stones!

Coming back to his senses, Yu Xuzi began to prepare to handle the aftermath of the Tian Yin Sect.

In a fit of rage, he had wiped out the entire Tian Yin Sect, but the transaction had naturally fallen through as well.

"The Tian Yin Sect is gone; what should I do with the two hundred thousand Mortals I brought this time?"

Yu Xuzi pondered carefully.

It was impossible to just leave them be.

Not out of mercy, but because these were all Spirit Stone Resources!

He had brought them over but hadn't sold them yet; how could he just ignore them?

Wouldn't that be letting others benefit for nothing?

"But this Fei Chen Realm has been pretty much scavenged clean; it seems like no more can be squeezed out."

After a moment, Yu Xuzi finally made a decision.

"Embracing Star, Soaring, go deliver a message for me."

Yu Xuzi took out a blank Jade Slip, carved a few sentences on it, and handed it to Embracing Star's claws.

The couple had already broken through to the Late Stage of the First-Grade, and as Wind-Chasing Golden Eagles with extremely fast flight speeds, as long as they didn't happen to run into a Dao Foundation Cultivator, their safety wouldn't be an issue.

Moreover, Yu Xuzi had also left Second-Grade Talismans on them as trump cards to facilitate their escape in moments of crisis.

"Ga-gu—??"

Embracing Star tilted its head and let out two soft cries, asking him who to deliver it to.

"Yun Miao Sect."

He intended to form a good karmic bond.