93: Dragon Ginseng Grass, Incomplete Yaksha?

Five Elements Immortal City, Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion, third floor.

Upon entering the third floor, there were only a few Cultivators, with just five Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the spacious hall.

"I have intelligence to sell. Is there a Foundation Establishment Fellow Daoist to handle it?" Shi Chuan asked calmly.

"Replying to Senior, there is always a Foundation Establishment Senior stationed in the Pavilion year-round."

"Senior, please follow me."

The green-robed female Cultivator led Shi Chuan directly to a private room on the third floor. The female Cultivator waited outside, allowing Shi Chuan to enter alone.

Inside the room was a portly old man sitting quietly. In a corner of the room, a foot-tall purplish-red Spiritual Incense burned in a bronze censer.

As soon as he entered the room, Shi Chuan inhaled the fragrance emanating from the Spiritual Incense and immediately felt a sense of Divine Soul clarity, his Divine Soul feeling incredibly comfortable.

Spirit Nurturing Incense!

It was at least Low Grade Tier 2. This Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion truly had a grand style!

Being able to burn such a grade of Spiritual Incense in this room offered no small benefit to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Cultivation.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist."

"I am Deacon Cao of the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion. What do you have to sell, Fellow Daoist?"

Deacon Cao cupped his fists and bowed to Shi Chuan, asking politely.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, I have information regarding the Rogue Cultivator Chai Lang to sell. Furthermore, as far as I know, that Rogue Cultivator Chai Lang is also accompanied by a Core Formation Stage Yao Race remnant Divine Soul."

Shi Chuan spoke calmly, but Deacon Cao's expression shifted when he heard about the Core Formation Yao Race remnant Divine Soul.

The value of a Core Formation Yao Race remnant Divine Soul alone was already considerable.

A moment later, Shi Chuan sold the Rogue Cultivator Chai Lang's whereabouts for a high price of eight thousand Spirit Stones. During the process, Shi Chuan had used a Heavenly Dao oath to bind what he said.

Eight thousand Spirit Stones was already higher than Shi Chuan's expectation. After all, the intelligence he had obtained about the whereabouts was only an approximation.

"Fellow Daoist, does your esteemed Pavilion happen to have a five-hundred-year-old Dragon Ginseng Grass?" Shi Chuan asked nonchalantly.

"Oh?"

"This Fellow Daoist is quite well-informed. Our Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion indeed has a five-hundred-year-old Dragon Ginseng Grass. As for the price..."

In a flash, half an hour passed. Shi Chuan walked out of the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion with an empty Storage Pouch. Not only were his Spirit Stones spent, but he also owed ten thousand Spirit Stones under the alias of Han Li.

However, the several Tier 2 spiritual items in Shi Chuan's Storage Pouch also fulfilled his wishes.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion's strength was indeed impressive. They even had the Law Seed required for a Corpse Puppet to Breakthrough to Tier 2. Although it was incomplete, Shi Chuan could repair it.

Low Grade Corpse Puppet Yaksha Seed!

This was a Low Grade Yaksha Seed that Cultivators could condense only after advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage, using the Corpse Yin Skill and other Cultivation Techniques disseminated by the Yellow Springs Demon Sect.

In the Azure Cloud Mountain Range, due to the presence of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect's Dao lineage, the number of Yaksha Seeds was definitely higher than in other places.

Behind every Yaksha Seed was a Human Cultivator who had painstakingly advanced to Foundation Establishment by Cultivating the Corpse Yin Skill, only to find themselves refined into a Tier 2 Corpse Puppet.

This single, somewhat incomplete Corpse Puppet Yaksha Seed alone cost nearly twenty thousand Spirit Stones.

The value of the other spiritual items was even higher, with the total expenditure exceeding fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

In between, Shi Chuan had rummaged through Eternal Vine's incomplete memories, selling two Tier 2 Pill Formulas to gather some Spirit Stones.

However, Shi Chuan dared not sell too much. If he continued to sell tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, it would be too ostentatious for him as an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Continuing further might bring him trouble. Therefore, after hastily buying the necessary spiritual items, he left the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion.

After Shi Chuan exited the Immortal Pavilion's main gate, he walked a hundred feet in a few steps, disappearing into the crowd a few breaths later. His aura was concealed, and the Qi Refining Cultivators in the crowd wouldn't notice him at all.

...

Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion, third floor.

"Corpse Puppet Yaksha Seed?"

"Could this person be a remnant of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect?" Cao Xian sat in the room, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

"Spiritual items totaling over sixty thousand Spirit Stones. If he truly is a remnant of the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, then this fish is no small catch."

"Forget it. The Jiao Demon Sect and Purple Cloud Sect's bounties are ridiculously low. It's not worth offending a Foundation Establishment Stage Fellow Daoist for a few thousand Spirit Stones."

Cao Xian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, giving up.

Moreover, if he were to truly reveal this person's information for the bounty, once the Pavilion's Law Enforcement Hall found out, he would no longer be able to remain in the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion strictly kept the information of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators they received confidential. If it were leaked and the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion's reputation was ruined, Cao Xian did not want to bear the consequences.

When the unfamiliar Foundation Establishment Cultivator left, Cao Xian also handed over a bronze token from the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion. Cultivators with this bronze token received a ten percent discount on any purchases within the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion.

This required spending over fifty thousand Spirit Stones in the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion and also a certain level of Cultivation.

This bronze token was also a defensive Magical Artifact, capable of withstanding one attack from an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

...

After Shi Chuan left the Ten Thousand Treasures Immortal Pavilion, he changed several aliases in Wangxian Square and sold Tier 2 Pill Formulas multiple times in other relatively large shops.

He acquired over twenty thousand more Spirit Stones.

However, these Tier 2 Pill Formulas couldn't be sold many times; they were a one-time transaction. Shi Chuan had only managed to extract four complete Tier 2 Pill Formulas from Eternal Vine's incomplete memories.

Now, they had all been sold once. He could only go to smaller shops to sell them again.

With his identity as an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the shop owners dared not have any wild thoughts.

With Spirit Stones in hand, Shi Chuan headed straight to the Immortal Cave rental office in the inner city.

To Shi Chuan's surprise, this Immortal Cave rental location, in addition to Tier 3 Spiritual Veins, also had a Tier 2 High Grade Evil Cave. This Evil Cave was mostly rented out by Demonic Cultivators, who used it to gather Evil Qi for refining treasures or for refining puppets.

And this Tier 2 High Grade Evil Cave Immortal Cave was exactly what Shi Chuan needed.

Moreover, this Tier 2 High Grade Evil Cave had only been available for rent for the past half-month. Previously, it had been controlled year-round by a high-ranking Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivator within the Immortal City.

About half a month ago, that high-ranking Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivator seemed to have failed in refining a puppet and hastily withdrew from the rented Immortal Cave, which Shi Chuan happened to catch.

The person guarding the Immortal Cave rental office was a white-haired old man, at Level 10 Qi Refining. The old Cultivator was already very old, with Death Qi gradually appearing.

"I want to rent that Tier 2 Evil Cave."

"For a period of three months." Shi Chuan readily paid the Spirit Stones, totaling nine hundred Spirit Stones.

A monthly fee of three hundred Spirit Stones was a price that ordinary Cultivator Families could not afford. Only Foundation Establishment Cultivators who needed an Evil Cave could produce it.

The white-haired Qi Refining old man respectfully bowed to Shi Chuan and handed him the Evil Cave's Formation token.

Subsequently, Shi Chuan, without any hesitation, headed straight for the Evil Cave.

A moment later, inside the Tier 2 Evil Cave, the dense and eerie Evil Mist was incredibly thick, with visibility far worse than that of the Corpse Refining Cave back then. Resentment Qi and Evil Qi intertwined, making it feel like an extremely cold ice cave.

Boom!

The next moment, the Demonic Fiend Vine within Shi Chuan's body began to grow excited, emitting an immense suction force that enveloped a radius of over ten feet, forming a visible vortex of Evil Qi that began to greedily devour the Evil Qi within the cave.