Chapter 331

Chapter 331: Mysterious Treasures

The second-generation immortal from the Ten-Thousand Gu Sect was a young boy in purple clothing, appearing to be around fifteen or sixteen years old. However, his cultivation level was so high that it made Fang Lie look up to him.

He revealed a fan adorned with countless poison Gu, fanning it while cheerfully saying, "Our Ten-Thousand Gu Sect can add another Earth True Locust Banner! But I wonder, does the Mo Sect dare to add another Taiyi Divine Thunder Flying Tower!"

If the Mo Sect is the richest in the righteous sects, then the Ten-Thousand Gu Sect is undoubtedly the wealthiest in the demonic path. This sect possesses over a thousand Secret Realms, all dedicated to raising Gu insects. The number of poison Gu within the sect is simply countless. Furthermore, the variety of poison Gu is incredibly vast, with several unique new types being cultivated every year.

Half of these poison Gu can produce treasures. For example, the Earth True Locust can generate Essence of Earth Element, while Fire Spirit Peak can produce Fire Spirit Liquid, and other poison Gu are similar.

This leads the Ten-Thousand Gu Sect to have immense amounts of special treasures to sell, thereby earning a vast fortune, even rivaling the Mo Sect. However, whether the Mo Sect or the Ten-Thousand Gu Sect is wealthier is something no one can guess.

Though the Ten-Thousand Gu Sect has numerous treasures and an astonishing quantity, the profit from them is not very high, as they mainly consist of mid-to-low-tier products.

In contrast, the Mo Sect’s sold mechanical puppets and various treasure ships are items of immense value. For instance, the Taiyi Divine Thunder Flying Tower presented this time is indeed worth as much as a low-grade Eighth-rank treasure.

If it weren’t for the Black Tortoise Seal already having reached the peak of the Eighth-Rank High-Grade, and being nurtured for over a hundred thousand years with a slight chance to reach the Ninth-Rank, the Mo Sect would not have spent such a great price.

However, ten Seventh-Rank treasure ships were nearly the Mo Sect’s limit. These aren’t things that can be produced easily; just the materials alone could bankrupt a medium-sized sect. Moreover, it requires a Thunder Tribulation Immortal to oversee the process, leading over ten thousand cultivators and consuming a hundred years to refine just one ship.

Although the Taiyi Divine Thunder Flying Tower is not the main battle treasure ship of the Mo Sect, the stock is not plentiful, and many places require it. It is already at the limit to squeeze out ten ships, and adding another is simply impossible.

Both the Mo Sect and its opponents are clear about this, which is why that boy teased them so.

Immortal Qingxu, as the seller, disregarded this. He would give the items to whoever offered the most benefits. So, he calmly asked Mo Lanyun, "Miss Mo, Gu Master has made an offer; what’s your response?"

"Uh…" Mo Lanyun suddenly found herself in a difficult position. Giving another Seventh-Rank treasure ship was definitely not an option, as that would result in a huge loss for the Mo Sect. She also didn’t have the authority to make such a decision. However, she felt clueless about how to propose other conditions as a young girl.

Thus, Mo Lanyun turned her gaze to her protector, the one sent by her sect to assist her, Aunt Qing. Aunt Qing smiled slightly, remaining silent but making a gesture toward Fang Lie.

Mo Lanyun was surprised at first, but soon she understood and hurriedly asked, "Senior brother, what should we do? This item is very important to us, and it must not fall into the hands of the demonic path!"

Fang Lie stroked his chin and then spoke to Immortal Qingxu, "If I’m not mistaken, you are actually trying to gather resources for the younger generation of your sect, so you want to sell this item at a loss, right?"

"And what of it?" Immortal Qingxu replied nonchalantly, "My lifespan is limited, so it’s only natural to consider the future of the younger generation; that’s obvious!"

"Then that’s excellent!" Fang Lie laughed, "So our Mo Sect can offer you one hundred thousand Nascent Soul level spirit pills!"

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Immortal Qingxu’s eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Is this true?"

"Definitely false!" Without waiting for Fang Lie to respond, Gu Master shouted, "Nascent Soul level spirit pills take nearly half a year to refine a batch, and a batch yields only ten or so. One hundred thousand? How long would that take to produce? Even if the Mo Sect decides not to use them afterward, it would still require hundreds of years to create that many spirit pills. But even with that many alchemists, I haven’t heard that the Mo Sect owns enough spirit herbs!"

The so-called thousand-year spirit fields refer to super spirit fields established by major sects, with a total of a thousand plots. Each year, one plot is harvested, and after a thousand years, it yields spirit herbs with a thousand years of medicinal power, replanting anew to create a cycle producing thousand-year spirit herbs annually.

However, such spirit fields are hard to obtain, and nurturing them is skillful work. Not many ordinary sects can manage this, and many cannot even meet their own needs.

Even the Mo Sect is not skilled in this area, possessing only a few thousand-year fields, which are barely enough for their own use.

The only sect that has enough thousand-year fields to produce is the Xuan Sect, which even has ten-thousand-year and hundred-thousand-year fields! However, the Xuan Sect targets the high-end market, selling spirit pills mostly to cultivators above Thunder Tribulation Immortal, while not offering low-tier spirit pills at all.

Moreover, the spirit herbs required for Nascent Soul True Immortal level spirit pills overlap with higher-tier spirit pills. However, Nascent Soul True Immortal cultivators are evidently less significant than Thunder Tribulation Immortals or Fire Tribulation Immortals.

Thus, it is quite challenging for a Nascent Soul True Immortal to refine spirit pills; they must fight for spirit herbs from higher-tier cultivators and also seek specialized alchemists.

Basically, every sect faces a shortage of pills for Nascent Soul True Immortal cultivators.

Especially for those sects that lack strong foundations. For example, in Immortal Qingxu’s sect, there are hundreds of Nascent Soul True Immortals, but they only distribute a mere few hundred spirit pills to them. It truly is like using a cup of water to extinguish a cart of burning firewood.

If Fang Lie could really produce tens of thousands of spirit pills at once, it would greatly enhance the cultivation of these Immortals. Some of them, who are hitting a bottleneck, might even break through in a short time.

Once they upgrade to Wind Tribulation Immortal, they could start playing a significant role in supporting the sect’s overall agenda.

That’s why Immortal Qingxu was so excited. However, the people from Ten-Thousand Gu Sect clearly did not believe it and instead mocked Fang Lie with cold laughter.

Fang Lie had no desire to argue. He simply said, "Let’s write a contract. Deliver the spirit pills within three years; if not, you return the Black Tortoise Seal to us! By the way, here’s the list. We will only provide the spirit pills on this list, and nothing else too obscure."

As he spoke, Fang Lie threw over a Jade Slip containing a total of 98 kinds of spirit pills needed by Nascent Soul True Immortals.

When Immortal Qingxu received it and took a look, he was immediately filled with joy, exclaiming, "Good, good, good! These are all rare and excellent pills! However, 100,000 is too few; at least 200,000 is necessary!"

"Deal!" Fang Lie said with no unnecessary words, slamming the table to finalize the deal.

After all, he had the legendary Pill Furnace that produced thousands of spirit pills daily, so 200,000 pills would only take about half a year.

But this time, he was refining pills for the sect to help them seize the Black Tortoise Seal, which was of great significance, and the price of the spirit pills certainly couldn’t be undervalued.

In this way, Fang Lie sold his spirit pills while also gaining substantial contributions for the sect, achieving a double success!

In fact, the benefits didn’t end there; even Mo Lanyun was incredibly excited, looking at him with near-admiration.

What she originally thought would be an exceedingly difficult competition process was unexpectedly resolved by Fang Lie with just a few words. The Mo Sect now gained an eighth-rank top-grade treasure, significantly boosting the sect’s overall strength. Mo Lanyun also achieved a great feat!

Next, both parties signed the contract. The ten Taiyi Divine Thunder Flying Towers were handed over on the spot by Aunt Qing and Immortal Qingxu, and they were ready to depart from the dock of Penglai Sword Sect.

As for the spirit pills, they would need to wait a while. Immortal Qingxu needed some time to consider which spirit pills to select.

However, the Black Tortoise Seal was already in Mo Lanyun’s hands.

The Mo Sect had a great reputation, having sold countless mechanical puppets and treasure ships, and with excellent credibility, they definitely wouldn’t risk their reputation for merely a few spirit pills.

Therefore, Immortal Qingxu happily handed over the treasure to Mo Lanyun.

Mo Lanyun was so delighted that she almost jumped up, which made the Gu Master on the opposite side extremely angry.

Originally, the Gu Master had a prior agreement with the sect that as long as he bought back the Black Tortoise Seal, he would have the first right to use it. In other words, he was effectively using public funds to buy himself a treasure.

But unfortunately, he faced a strong opposition from Fang Lie. Although he had just thought about raising his bid, the allure of the spirit pills was too great, and Immortal Qingxu still chose Fang Lie.

Spirit pills suited for Nascent Soul True Immortals were already rare. Looking across the entire cultivation world, both righteous and demonic paths, it seemed only Fang Lie could provide such a quantity.

For the growth of the sect’s disciples, Immortal Qingxu naturally opted for the spirit pills.

Following that, Immortal Qingxu left satisfied, and Immortal Fire Cloud took the stage again.

"Ha ha, everyone, do not be discouraged! Although the eighth-rank treasures are no longer available, our mysterious treasures are not far behind. Now, let’s unveil the ultimate treasure of our Grand Banquet by the Sea and Sky!" said Immortal Fire Cloud, raising his hand to reveal a gray-white stone block about a foot long.

This item was long and shaped like a worm, being thicker in the middle and thinner at both ends, with many strange patterns on it that looked like bolts of lightning.

Its appearance was rather unimpressive, prompting everyone to use their divine sense to investigate.

However, as dozens of divine senses touched it, it suddenly erupted with bright blue lightning, shattering all the investigating senses to pieces.

When the divine senses were shattered, their owners also suffered misfortune. Many let out muffled grunts, holding their heads and crying out in pain.

And these people happened to be the highest-ranking Fire Tribulation Immortals, as they were the fastest to react.

Those like Fang Lie, who were a bit slower to respond, noticed the others being harmed and immediately ceased their investigations to avoid being taken in.

Nevertheless, none of those who got hurt were angry; instead, they all revealed delighted expressions. Despite the headache, they could not hide their excitement!