229: Material procurement! Block!

He hoped it would be enough to push him to break through to the realm of the supreme Great Grandmaster!

At the Demon Devouring Coast, a figure leaped down from a ship; it was none other than Dugu Litian!

After traveling for some time, he had finally arrived at Danling State. Throughout the journey, he had encountered many sea beasts, but the strongest among them were only at the Soul Transformation stage.

With his current Undergoing Tribulation cultivation, crossing the Devouring Demon Sea was indeed not dangerous, provided he did not venture into its deepest parts.

Generally, the powerful demon beasts resided in the deepest parts of the Devouring Demon Sea and rarely came to the outer regions.

The last time Lu Hao was able to catch a Kunpeng, it was purely due to his own Luck and the attraction of his Magic Treasure.

Arriving in Danling State for the first time, Dugu Litian was a bit confused, like a headless fly.

The area of Danling State was many times larger than the Northern Wasteland State, and he had no idea where to search for his Master.

After much thought, he decided to first head to the most prosperous city in the region to make inquiries. If his Master had gained any fame here, he would likely be able to find some clues.

Having made up his mind, Dugu Litian set off and flew toward the center of the continent, beginning his journey to find Lu Hao.

Meanwhile, Shi Yi was leading one thousand Alchemists, mingling across the major domains!

She divided these people into nineteen teams, sending one team to each major domain, while she personally led a team to the most prosperous Danyang Ancient Region!

Besides her own team, Shi Yi had arranged for a trusted Cultivator in each of the other eighteen major domains, distributing a portion of the Top-Grade Spirit Stones to them.

The area of Danling State was far too vast for Shi Yi. If she waited until there was news before rushing over, she feared that the opportunity would have long since passed!

Therefore, in order to complete Lu Hao's task as quickly as possible, Shi Yi had to take a certain risk by handing the Spirit Stones to those below her, instructing them to buy whatever they saw, regardless of the price!

Thus, the group, carrying the list of required Materials and huge sums of Spirit Stones, began searching everywhere for the medicinal herbs Lu Hao needed!

The medicinal herbs required for the Tai Xu Nirvana Pill were simply too numerous; there were eighty-one in total!

Moreover, apart from a few that were sold on the market, the rest were ones Shi Yi had never even heard of, even though she had worked in a shop for some time.

However, this was understandable, as the Cultivators of Danling State had not refined a Nine-Rank Medicinal Pill for a very, very long time.

This had led to many Nine-Rank medicinal herbs losing their original utility and no longer circulating on the market.

Therefore, the process of purchasing the medicinal herbs was quite difficult.

However, this action by Lu Hao still attracted the attention of the Ancient Pill Sect.

After the previous incident involving Lu Hao, Dan Ding had no heart to guide Dan Xiaoya in Alchemy. He spent every day frowning, feeling extremely troubled!

After his master learned the full story, only a day later, he summoned him back into the secret chamber to instruct him on some matters.

The first instruction was to do everything in his power to stop Lu Hao from successfully refining the Nine-Rank Medicinal Pill!

Dan Ding was immediately troubled, not because of his relationship with Lu Hao—they were merely casual acquaintances with no deep bond.

At most, he had just appreciated him before. To Dan Ding, his master's order was certainly more important.

But what troubled him was that he didn't even know where Lu Hao was!

He was told to stop Lu Hao from refining a Nine-Rank Medicinal Pill? How was he supposed to stop him?

Besides, he couldn't just stop others from gaining insights into the Dao of Alchemy, could he? If he had that ability, would he need to go through all this trouble?

Therefore, for the past few days, Dan Ding had been worried about this matter, and the Cultivators he sent to inquire about Lu Hao's whereabouts had returned with no response.

Of course, he had also contacted the Sect Masters of the other two Sects to ask if they had given Lu Hao the Nine-Rank Pill Formula, and both of the other Sect Masters replied that they had not.

This answer had also put his mind at ease quite a bit.

No matter how brilliant and talented you are, if you don't have the Nine-Rank Pill Formula, let's see how you can refine a Nine-Rank Medicinal Pill!

Inside the Ancient Pill Sect, an Elder rushed in, cupped his hands, and said to Dan Ding:

"Sect Master! Our Sect's intelligence agency has discovered that a group of people has suddenly appeared on the market, carrying huge sums of Spirit Stones, and they are searching the world for all kinds of rare medicinal herbs!"

"What?!"

Dan Ding was already in a highly sensitive period. Now that a group of people had suddenly appeared to purchase rare medicinal herbs on a large scale, almost subconsciously, Dan Ding directed his suspicion toward Lu Hao!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Could he have obtained the Nine-Rank Pill Formula?

The Nine-Rank Pill Formula was incredibly precious; where on earth did he get it from?

Or perhaps he had not yet obtained the Pill Formula and was merely collecting medicinal herbs on a large scale in preparation for refining the Nine-Rank Medicinal Pill later?

Or perhaps he was overthinking it, and this matter had nothing to do with Lu Hao at all?

For a moment, all sorts of complex thoughts flooded Dan Ding's mind, making him somewhat irritable.

After a few breaths, Dan Ding said to the Elder with a serious expression:

"Third Elder, immediately send people to collect information on those who are purchasing the medicinal herbs! And do everything in your power to snatch the medicinal herbs before they do!"

"Remember, this time, spare no cost! You must not let the other party successfully purchase too many medicinal herbs!"

Dan Ding didn't know the truth for the time being. There was no other way, so he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. Regardless of whether it was Lu Hao making the purchases, he would block them all!

"This..."

Dan Ding's words shocked the Elder, and he asked in confusion:

"Sect Master, do you know the background of those people? What has happened that is worth us taking such action to block them?"

"Third Elder, it is better for you not to know about some things. You just need to do as I ask. Rest assured, I have been the Sect Master for so many years; would I harm the Sect?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Dan Ding say this, the Third Elder had nothing more to say. After acknowledging the order, he slowly retreated.

Once he was out of Dan Ding's sight, he silently complained:

"Our Ancient Pill Sect was once the strongest Sect in Danling State, but now we are third! Sect Master... are you really doing this for the good of our Ancient Pill Sect?"

When Shi Yi received Lu Hao's order, she immediately set off for the Danyang Ancient Region to begin procurement.

At first, she was very excited and thrilled!

The Danyang Ancient Region was truly worthy of being the most core major domain of Danling State; the completeness of the Alchemy Materials there simply exceeded her imagination!

On the very first day she arrived, she directly purchased three of the Materials on the list from various shops!

If they continued at this speed, she feared it wouldn't take half a year before they could purchase most of them.

Although the Cultivators in the other major domains did not find as much as Shi Yi, and many of the purchased Materials were duplicates, overall, everything was developing in a good direction!

After one week, Shi Yi and her group had already collected eighteen types of Materials!