243: Purchase of prohibited items

That way, I could steadily reap the benefits without suffering any of the downsides!

Thinking about it this way, my Spirit Treasure thousand soul banner and Spirit Treasure blood soul jar... the souls inside them would be in jeopardy!

If I were to devour them myself, I would certainly need a large number of Ghost Generals.

Does this mean I have to go out and kill people everywhere again?

Or perhaps I should just devour Spirit Medicine!

After all, I possess the supreme grade transparent soul-locking grass.

This is a supreme grade Spirit Medicine at the Golden Core Stage level.

Even if 100 stalks aren't enough to advance my Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Stage, I can just devour 1,000, or even 10,000.

I can't kill that many Golden Core Stage Cultivators, but I can infinitely replicate this kind of Spirit Medicine, right?

I refuse to believe I can't advance my Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Stage!

In the end, Gu Changan made up his mind and decided to adopt a three-pronged approach.

First, establish his own faction to collect intelligence, gather information, and handle matters within his capabilities.

The second is to collect corpses of Nascent Soul Cultivators to Cultivate Nascent Soul Stage combat power.

He likely won't need this method himself, but he can sell or resell them!

If he possessed Nascent Soul Stage combat power, he might even be able to trade for other items when dealing with others.

The third and most important point is to focus on devouring the supreme grade transparent soul-locking grass, striving to raise his Divine Soul power to the Nascent Soul Stage level.

Then, he would truly see the clouds part and the sun shine.

Gu Changan did not intend to Cultivate for the time being.

The two most important tasks were establishing a faction and acquiring the necessary items for doing so.

The only channel for this was Tianbao City.

No other place had the authority of Tianbao City.

Gu Changan immediately put away his Spirit Treasure blood soul tower and released a top-grade magical artifact flying boat.

He propelled the flying boat and flew toward Tianbao City in the north.

This trip would also be a perfect opportunity for revenge; he still had a vivid memory of the Golden Core Stage Shopkeeper from the Treasure Pavilion!

I wonder, if I assume his appearance and go around peddling core formation pills, what consequences will he face?

However, if he were to establish a faction, he couldn't use that man's appearance.

It wouldn't be good if things came to light later and implicated the faction he had built.

Gu Changan thought for a moment.

Since he needed to establish a faction, he could create a separate disguise.

It had to be both handsome and imposing, and it needed a resounding name.

Di Shitian? Di Potian? Di Batian! This one is good!

Gu Changan then sculpted his face based on the name Di Batian.

It was incredibly handsome and imposing!

After finishing the facial sculpting, Gu Changan switched back to his usual disguise.

After all, he was going to Tianbao City to buy supplies, and being too conspicuous wouldn't be good.

Arriving at Tianbao City once again, Gu Changan felt a bit emotional looking at the familiar scene.

He had lived here for two years before, but most of that time was spent inside his Immortal Cave.

Now that he had finally stepped into the Golden Core Stage, returning here gave him a bit more confidence.

Gu Changan walked straight into Tianbao City through the South Gate, and the two guards at the entrance almost lost their composure.

It was the same captain and deputy captain as before.

The deputy captain hurriedly asked, "What's going on now?"

"Why does everyone like to disguise themselves?"

"Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators disguising themselves as Golden Core Stage Cultivators!"

"Is it fun for Golden Core Stage Cultivators to disguise themselves as Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators?"

The Golden Core Stage captain listened to his words and silently glanced at Gu Changan's retreating back.

"Stop talking!"

"You just need to know that no matter who it is, just don't provoke them!"

"These people are all devious old foxes!"

Gu Changan did not know that the Great Formation of Tianbao City had sold him out once again.

After entering the city, Gu Changan planned to resolve the matter of purchasing supplies first.

For items like soul lamps, Tokens, and masks, if he bought ordinary ones, they might not have any connection after being upgraded.

Since he wanted to establish a faction, he definitely needed his own faction name and emblem.

Therefore, there was no need to buy ordinary ones; he should go directly to an Artifact Refining workshop to have them customized.

The emblems that came with such customized items would definitely follow a unified template when upgraded to top-grade.

So, the only thing left to buy was the Restriction.

Since the customization involved controlling people, Righteous Path shops would likely not sell such things openly.

He would have to go to the shops in the southeast direction, within the territory of the Blood Killing Alliance.

Gu Changan wandered into a Cultivation Technique shop.

After entering, he saw an old man with a goat beard resting his hands on the counter.

Gu Changan swept his Divine Sense and discovered that the man had the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment Early-stage Cultivator.

It seemed he was just a shopkeeper guarding the door; after all, someone with such cultivation couldn't obtain a shop like this.

Gu Changan got straight to the point: "Do you have any Restrictions for controlling people?"

"Any Cultivation Technique will do!"

The old man with the goat beard sized up Gu Changan and found that he couldn't penetrate his cultivation with his Divine Sense.

Slightly startled, he quickly lowered his posture and smiled, "We do!"

"We have a soul Seal here!"

"The price is 30,000 Spirit Stones!"

As he spoke, he swept his right hand across the table, and a Jade Slip appeared.

Gu Changan reached out and beckoned, and the Jade Slip flew into his hand.

He swept it with his Divine Sense and found that it really contained a Cultivation Technique, starting with the soul Seal.

However, the subsequent parts were locked by a Restriction.

Gu Changan nodded, beckoned, and a storage bag appeared on the table.

The old man with the goat beard hurriedly took the Jade Slip and removed the Restriction.

Then, he respectfully handed it over.

Gu Changan put away the Jade Slip and turned to leave.

This matter was considered resolved.

However, he had to carefully consider customizing the Sect soul lamps, Tokens, and masks.

First of all, he couldn't go to large Artifact Refining workshops.

These places might keep records of the things they refined.

If a faction suddenly appeared on the market in the future and the items they used happened to be the templates they had created, wouldn't that be interesting?

A Nascent Soul Cultivator might be able to deduce something from this point.

Then he could only go to small workshops!

Gu Changan walked straight into the back alleys.

The alleys were also lined with shops, but business was not as good as on the front street.

Although messy, it could be considered clean.

Gu Changan stopped at a corner.

Inside an open shop not far ahead, there was a huge Artifact Refining furnace sitting in the middle.

Next to it, a Middle-aged Cultivator was busy working!

This was the target Gu Changan was looking for.

Gu Changan walked straight up and leaned against the door. "Fellow Daoist, do you accept custom orders here?"

The Middle-aged Cultivator was busy working, but when he heard a customer, he hurriedly turned around.

His face showed joy. "Fellow Daoist, come in!"

"The place is a bit simple!"

"My hospitality is a bit lacking!"

"What would you like to customize, Fellow Daoist?"

"Let me say this first!"

"My craftsmanship is limited, and I can only take on tasks for Foundation Establishment Early-stage items."

"For example, things like low-grade magical artifacts!"

"If it's Medium Grade Magical Artifacts or above, please find someone else with higher skills!"

Gu Changan listened carefully and found this guy to be quite honest!

He didn't exaggerate or try to be mysterious!

He just nodded and said, "Low Grade is sufficient!"

However, he then thought, for something like a soul lamp, can a Low Grade one have such a great effect?