27: Research on the consumption of treasure energy

The fat man was stunned upon hearing this: "Fellow Daoist has such fine interests!"

A moment later, the fat man brought a copy of the "Qi Concealment Art" and completed the transaction.

Fat man: "I see that Fellow Daoist Di is quite generous!"

"Next time you come to the Treasure Pavilion, you can look for me again!"

"If you need anything, I'll give you whatever discounts I can!"

Gu Changan pretended to be serious: "Really?"

"Then I thank you, Fellow Daoist!"

"Can you help me broaden my horizons?"

The fat man became happy upon hearing this; this guy was so easy to fool!

"Fellow Daoist Di, just say the word. I will tell you everything I know!"

Gu Changan organized his words: "I heard that the Treasure Pavilion has foundation establishment pills for sale?"

"I wonder what the price is?"

The fat man wiped the cold sweat from his face: "Fellow Daoist, don't talk nonsense!"

"There's no such thing. As far as I know, foundation establishment pills only appear at auctions!"

"And every time, the amount is pitifully small!"

"Even if someone buys a foundation establishment pill, it's through the Deacons above!"

"We people below simply don't know!"

Gu Changan smiled slightly: "Fellow Daoist, don't mind me. I also just heard it through hearsay!"

"Since there are no foundation establishment pills, just pretend I didn't ask!"

Gu Changan began to ponder. If even foundation establishment pills were controlled so tightly, then world maps and regional maps would be even more so.

Not to mention various Spiritual Plants; only by refining them into Medicinal Pills could the maximum profit be realized.

The Treasure Pavilion clearly wouldn't let go of this portion of profit.

So, buying Spiritual Plants directly would be useless other than being ripped off.

He had the treasure gathering basin; what Medicinal Pill could he not duplicate?

Therefore, he temporarily gave up the idea of buying maps and Spirit Medicines!

Gu Changan cupped his hands in a salute, preparing to leave.

"Fellow Daoist, remember me if there are any good things in the future, okay?"

The fat man thought for a moment and reached into his Storage Pouch to take out a token.

"Fellow Daoist Di, don't be in such a hurry to leave!"

"In two days, the Wenxing Grand Ceremony will end."

"On the final day, the Treasure Pavilion will hold an auction!"

"You can enter by just paying 10 Spirit Stones."

"However, I happen to have a token here that can save you those 10 Spirit Stones!"

"If Fellow Daoist Di wants to come and take a look, you can!"

Gu Changan hurriedly thanked him and took the token.

"Then, many thanks, Fellow Daoist. I will definitely come to broaden my horizons then!"

Gu Changan turned to leave, his heart feeling conflicted again.

This shopping trip had completely consumed his Orange Treasure Qi.

There were still two days left, and the Treasure Qi absorbed by the treasure gathering basin wouldn't be enough to duplicate much.

He wouldn't consider yellow treasure aura.

Then he could only find a way through the Crimson Treasure sources.

There were currently many Crimson Treasure Artifacts, but they could only duplicate items from the Qi Refinement Stage.

If he wanted to show off his skills at the auction and bid on other things...

He would have to sell a large number of Qi Refining Stage items.

For Spirit Medicines, he only had blood lingzhi. Selling one or two was fine, but a large amount would arouse suspicion.

As for Cultivation Techniques, duplicating them for sale was practically aiding the enemy.

The dozens of Magical Artifacts he had stored were still being kept to generate Treasure Qi!

However, those Magical Artifact fragments could be dealt with; over the past two days, he noticed that Magical Artifact fragments don't seem to be able to generate Treasure Qi!

Then he could only sell Talismans.

He would sell a large number of Talismans then to recover some funds!

Gu Changan left the Treasure Pavilion feeling refreshed, and as expected, a tail was following him.

Most likely, they saw him go to the second floor and thought he might have some good stuff!

Gu Changan didn't bother with him, planning to spend these two days taking pills to level up.

Gu Changan went through the trouble of switching to another Inn.

After carefully checking and finding no one, he began to study his Treasure Qi consumption issues.

Take Crimson Treasure Qi as an example: if duplicating a Yellow Rank Low Grade Talisman consumed one wisp of Treasure Qi...

Then a Yellow Rank Medium Grade Talisman would consume 3 wisps.

A Yellow Rank High Grade Talisman would consume 9 wisps.

A yellow rank supreme grade Talisman would consume 27 wisps.

Roughly 30 wisps. In other words, duplicating a yellow rank supreme grade treasure, or upgrading a treasure to yellow rank supreme grade, consumed about 30 wisps of Crimson Treasure Qi.

By the same logic, Orange Treasure Qi should be the same.

He had about 30 Magical Artifacts, producing 30 wisps of Orange Treasure Qi daily, which was just enough to perform one duplication of a top-tier Foundation Establishment Stage treasure.

Or he could upgrade a Foundation Establishment Stage treasure once!

He had about six Golden Core Stage treasures, which could produce 6 wisps of yellow treasure aura daily!

This meant it would take five days to perform one duplication or upgrade of a top-tier Golden Core Stage treasure!

If he only duplicated the lowest-level treasures of each stage, he could do it every day!

It seemed he would need to focus on Foundation Establishment Stage and Golden Core Stage treasures for a long time to come.

Not a single one should be missed.

Gu Changan began to think about the auction in two days.

Because of the treasure gathering basin, he didn't have any spare treasures on him; every single one was useful.

So how was he going to get Spirit Stones for the auction?

He had about 1,200 stones on him, plus some miscellaneous treasures.

Gu Changan was very conflicted now. Based on the prices at the Treasure Pavilion, a Cultivation Technique cost 200 Spirit Stones.

Then at an auction, it would start at at least a thousand Spirit Stones.

If he encountered some strange or rare treasures, they might cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

Where was he going to get that many Spirit Stones?

Even if he duplicated Talismans, a Yellow Rank Low Grade one sold for one Spirit Stone, Medium Grade for three, High Grade for nine, and yellow rank supreme grade for 30.

To prepare 5,000 Spirit Stones for the auction, he would need about 200 yellow rank supreme grade Talismans!

This was the biggest problem. A Loose Cultivator at the 3rd layer of Qi Refining, let alone bringing out 200 yellow rank supreme grade Talismans...

Even bringing out 10 yellow rank supreme grade Talismans would attract attention!

If he duplicated Golden Core Stage treasures to sell, he didn't have any good options either.

The blood-colored small flag, "Blood Refining Star Pivot Technique", and "Star Pivot Grand Array" he seized earlier were all items from the Blood Fiend Alliance.

As soon as they appeared at the auction, they would immediately attract the attention of the Blood Fiend Alliance.

The two golden core corpse remains probably wouldn't fetch a high price unless Cultivators who made Refined Corpses were interested.

Moreover, once others saw two golden core corpse remains, they would surely assume there were two Golden Core Stage Treasure Troves!

They would certainly follow the clues to dig up the Cultivation Techniques and other treasures of these two Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

Finally, only the Golden Core Dharma Robe was left to sell, but a defensive Magic Treasure, especially a robe type, would definitely auction for an astronomical price.

He might bring trouble upon himself!

Gu Changan felt a bit of a headache and decided to forget it.

To be safe, he would stick to the 1,200 Spirit Stone budget.

If it exceeded that, he wouldn't be greedy.

He currently lacked the ability to protect himself, so he could only keep a low profile for now.

After consuming two top-grade qi gathering pills, two days passed.

The flying boats of the Tianji Pavilion had arrived in Wenxing City one after another.

And the Treasure Pavilion's auction began at noon!