45: Yuancixuan Mine and Liangyi Yuancixuan Light

East side hall.

As soon as he entered, Gu Changsheng saw more than a dozen Cultivators sitting in the hall.

Many of them had expectant eyes, clearly looking forward to this trade fair.

Gu Changsheng was also interested.

His Body Refining strength was comparable to a True Dan Cultivator, and he possessed three top-tier Evil Qi and two Heaven-grade Cultivation Methods. Breaking through to True Dan was a given.

However, his Five Elements Heaven Evasion Divine Light Cultivation still lacked many Spiritual Materials of the Five Elements attribute.

Especially the main ingredient—Five Elements Evil Qi.

'The main ingredient, Five Elements Evil Qi, is one thing; it must be refined using a secret technique from the Five Viscera Method, close to the five qi gathering tree.

As for the Spiritual Materials of the Five Elements attribute, I can take this opportunity to collect some…'

Gu Changsheng silently found a seat and sat down.

Seeing Gu Changsheng sit down, a hint of imperceptible disgust flashed in Lang Chaozi's eyes, then he smiled and walked to the front of the stage.

"All of you are Peak Foundation Building Realm Cultivators, with considerable wealth.

You might have unused Materials or Spiritual Artifacts, so it's a good opportunity to exchange them and fill each other's needs, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Today, I, Lang Chaozi, will start the ball rolling and find a lucky draw for everyone."

Saying that, Lang Chaozi took out a dark blue Magical Artifact conch from his in my arms. It had circles of blue wave patterns on it, and when held close to the ear, it faintly emitted the sound of tidal waves.

"This Spiritual Artifact is called the Sea Pattern Conch. It is made from a thirty-year-old sea pattern conch, supplemented by ten years of purification with kidney water from my Five Viscera Temple. When Black Qi is infused, it can enhance the power of water-type spells.

Which Fellow Daoist is interested? You can exchange it for Medicinal Pills that increase Cultivation, three taels of dried deep-sea jellyfish corpses, or other water-type Vicious Beast corpses."

As soon as these words came out, many Cultivators stirred.

There were clearly many Cultivators who practiced water-type Cultivation Methods.

"I'll offer a bottle of Essence Replenishing Pill..."

"Two bottles of Water Refining True Liquid..."

"I'll offer the corpse of a one-legged seahorse..."

There were many bidders, with Medicinal Pills that increased Cultivation being the most common.

Gu Changsheng just shook his head at the sight.

'This world is incredibly strange. It has extraordinary power, but no 'Spirit Stone'-like items to serve as currency for Cultivators.

Instead, there are many Medicinal Pills that advance Cultivation, acting as Spirit Stones.

That makes sense... The Alchemy methods in this world either involve extracting human organs for Alchemy, or throwing the entire body into the Pill Furnace.

How many Mortals there are... Human lives are as cheap as grass, harvested in waves, and soon grow back like weeds.

In the traditional sense, the method of refining Medicinal Pills from Heaven And Earth Treasure has become a side path.

Of course, this is also inextricably linked to the strange Cultivation Methods of this world...'

Ultimately, Lang Chaozi chose the Cultivator who offered the Essence Replenishing Pill as his trading partner.

The Essence Replenishing Pill requires extracting the Qi and blood of living beings, and cooking it with blood Evil Qi to form the pill.

Gu Changsheng glanced at the porcelain bottle containing the Essence Replenishing Pill. Even with the stopper sealed, a wisp of resentment and wailing still escaped.

It was clear it was refined from living people.

'That bottle of Essence Replenishing Pill would require at least a hundred Mortal lives...'

Gu Changsheng silently calculated the number.

As Lang Chaozi successfully made the first trade, the atmosphere of this small trade fair slowly warmed up.

Trades were made one after another.

Taking this opportunity, Gu Changsheng also took out unused Spiritual Fruits and Spiritual Materials, exchanging them for many Five Elements Spiritual Materials.

'Not bad... Besides the Five Elements Evil Qi, I still lack about 80% of the Spiritual Materials needed for the initial Cultivation of the Five Elements Heaven Evasion Divine Light.'

Just now, after half a round of exchanges, he had collected about 15% of the Five Elements Spiritual Materials.

After this, the Materials that Cultivators brought out for exchange gradually became less satisfactory, not catching his eye.

'...I overestimated this trade fair. No one is willing to take out Evil Qi or Divine Ability secret methods for exchange, just a bunch of junk.'

No wonder Gu Changsheng had high standards; he was simply too wealthy, far beyond what a Foundation Building Realm Cultivator could compare to.

Moreover, Evil Qi is related to condensing the True Core and is an item for achieving the Dao, so every Foundation Building Realm Cultivator naturally hid it away.

Only when their Lifespan was nearing its end and they knew that True Core was hopeless would they take it out for trade.

The Spiritual Artifacts brought out by ordinary Cultivators, even if of good quality, would be shattered with a single palm strike in front of Gu Changsheng's Body Refining Cultivation, which was comparable to a Magic Treasure.

Naturally, he didn't care for them.

At this moment, a masked youth stood up and took out a gleaming silver Ore from his in arms. It was about the size of a fist, and black Profound Light flowed on its stony surface.

"A piece of yuan magnetic profound ore, weighing three jin and six liang, only for exchange for Evil Qi, or auxiliary Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasure that have a beneficial effect on breaking through to True Core.

Which Fellow Daoist is interested?"

The masked youth cupped his hands and said.

As soon as these words came out, it was as if a cat's tail had been stepped on, instantly drawing a lot of ridicule.

"yuan magnetic profound ore is indeed a rare treasure, commonly used in refining mountain- and seal-type Spiritual Artifacts.

But this piece in front of us is only three jin and six liang. What can it be used to refine? A steelyard weight?

To even dream of exchanging it for an item of Dao achievement is simply laughable!"

"Haha, I think it's good for refining embroidery needles, at least it's hard enough."

"This person's origin is unknown. He's probably a Loose Cultivator from some remote corner, who luckily embarked on the Cultivation path, doesn't know the market, and is talking nonsense."

The mocking words entered his ears. Even though the youth was masked, one could still feel his inner turmoil; at this moment, more than half of his body was trembling.

Just then, a clear voice echoed in the hall.

"Young friend, what do you think of this bottle of Evil Qi? Is it worthy enough to exchange for your yuan magnetic profound ore?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Gu Changsheng take out a clean porcelain bottle. The stopper was opened, and a wisp of blood Qi emerged, transforming into a faint Jiao Dragon phantom.

"jiaolong evil qi! It's actually this item.

This Evil Qi, among hundreds of types of Evil Qi, is enough to rank among the high-grade ones, right?"

"He's crazy, to even take this out for exchange, and for a useless piece of Ore..."

"Heh heh, if it were top-grade yuan magnetic profound ore, capable of refining a wisp of yuan magnetic profound evil, it would be worth a hundred times more.

But this is just a low-grade Ore, not even close to being good quality."

Hearing this, a wry smile appeared in Gu Changsheng's heart.

'Seems I was a bit too high-profile...'

There was no other way. The other party specified an item for achieving the Dao. Besides this bottle of jiaolong evil qi, he only had Black Mountain Qi, Human Evil, and Nine Nether Yellow Springs Evil, the three top-tier Evil Qi.

He couldn't possibly use one of those three for exchange, could he?

This bottle of jiaolong evil qi was casually refined from the Jiao Dragon Blood River when he first entered the Nether Passage.

If it weren't for that piece of yuan magnetic profound ore being something he absolutely had to have,

Gu Changsheng really wouldn't want to get involved.

"Ahem, everyone, jiaolong evil qi is refined from Jiao Dragon blood. Different types of Jiao Dragons yield different qualities of Evil Qi. This bottle of mine is barely mid-grade..."

Gu Changsheng explained.

In fact, the Qiantang River Jiao Dragon's quality was not low. It was born and nurtured by nature, formed by the combination of water veins and Dragon Qi.

If its essence blood were refined, there was a certain chance of obtaining high-grade jiaolong evil qi.

However, the Qiantang River Jiao Dragon Blood River was mixed with a large amount of river water, lowering its quality by quantity. Coupled with Gu Changsheng's casual refining, the quality was naturally not high.

Everyone squinted and found that it was indeed so, and immediately felt much better.

However, their gazes towards the masked youth were still a bit envious.

After all, no matter how poor the quality of the Evil Qi, one still had a chance to break through to True Dan with it, achieve the Immortal Master's wondrous method, and enjoy five hundred years of Lifespan.

After a smooth handover, the fist-sized yuan magnetic profound ore was clasped in Gu Changsheng's palm. A few breaths later, an imperceptible silver-gray Evil Qi flowed in his palm.

'As expected...'

Gu Changsheng glanced at it, showing a knowing expression.

yuan magnetic profound ore is different from magnetic Ore. The latter can only be used as a compass needle, while the former is a precious mineral that can be refined into Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts.

The most valuable is top-grade yuan magnetic profound ore. A few people who practice special metal-attribute Cultivation Methods can refine a top-tier Evil Qi—yuan magnetic profound evil.

And Gu Changsheng's Yuanshan Body Fusion Technique is even more abnormal; even low-grade yuan magnetic profound ore can still refine yuan magnetic profound evil.

At most, the quantity would be smaller.

'If there were more, enough to refine a bottle of yuan magnetic profound evil, there would be hope of cultivating the Two Forms Yuanci Mysterious Light Divine Ability...'

Suddenly, Gu Changsheng's face tightened, detecting a trace of hostility.

A glance from the corner of his eye met Shi Daoren's naked, burning gaze.

Greed was almost etched on his face.

'This fellow seems to have targeted me... Indeed, one should not flaunt wealth.

I still need to be low-key in the future... However, this Shi Daoren has a bad temper, is short of breath, and has weak kidneys; he looks like a short-lived ghost.

He'll die sooner or later.

Why not find an excuse, and I'll send him on his way earlier...'

Gu Changsheng sneered in his heart.