Chapter 95: Huge Harvest!

Half an hour later.

In a mountain cave.

“This flying dagger should be an extremely rare magical weapon.”

“No wonder its power is so astonishing, not only did it directly pierce through my magical shield, but it also broke through three layers of golden light protection!”

Lu Changsheng held a blood-red flying dagger with an ancient design and continuously examined it.

At that time, he felt that this flying dagger was not ordinary.

He suspected it might be an extremely rare magical weapon or some kind of treasure.

Now, after examining it, he was basically certain that it was an extremely rare magical weapon, with a probability of 80-90%.

An extremely rare magical weapon was worth over a thousand spirit stones.

However, Lu Changsheng didn’t plan to sell this flying dagger.

He thought of keeping it on him for self-defense.

It would also give him an additional attack method.

Although he had many talismans, he rarely used magical weapons in his daily life.

But having more methods at his disposal was naturally the best.

If he got new equipment in the future, he could sell it then. After all, magical weapons like this wouldn’t depreciate much.

Lu Changsheng continued to clean up the spoils of war.

“One, two, three…”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, these eight magical weapons should all be high-quality magical weapons, indeed, ‘to do a good job, one must first sharpen one’s tools’!”

“As a cultivator, one must have sufficient magical weapons and methods!”

“There are also these magical robes and boots, which seem to be medium-grade magical weapons, unfortunately, they were severely damaged by the Golden Talisman Brick attack.”

“This black cloud should also be an extremely rare magical weapon, and it’s a flying and defensive magical weapon combined.”

“Unfortunately, it’s also damaged, otherwise, I could have kept it for myself, I wonder how much it would sell for now.”

Lu Changsheng looked at these magical weapons, feeling both pain and joy.

After all, this harvest was really huge.

But seeing these magical weapons, many of which were damaged by the Golden Talisman Brick attack, causing their value to plummet, he couldn’t help but feel heartache.

For example, among the eight high-quality magical weapons, two were worn out, and three were damaged.

As for the magical robes and boots on the five people, they were almost broken beyond repair.

An hour later.

Lu Changsheng had finished cleaning up the five people’s storage bags.

There were a total of 639 spirit stones.

Two extremely rare magical weapons!

Eight high-quality magical weapons!

Thirteen medium-grade magical weapons!

Three flying magical weapons!

A set of array equipment!

Several Talisman!

Several Pills!

A pile of materials and miscellaneous items.

“I don’t know what level this array equipment is, or what formation it’s in, but it looks like at least a medium-grade array equipment.”

“I can find someone to appraise it at Jiulong Market, and if it’s not bad, I can keep it for myself.”

“These magical weapons, even though many are damaged and their prices have been greatly discounted, they’re still worth around 4,000-5,000 spirit stones.”

“Adding this array equipment, the pills, talisman, and materials, the total value is at least 6,000-7,000 spirit stones.”

Lu Changsheng looked at these things and his face was filled with joy.

He felt that the five evil men of the Kou clan must have killed many cultivators.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so wealthy.

After organizing the spoils of war, Lu Changsheng used a high-quality purification talisman to purify all the items, ensuring there were no problems.

At the same time, he destroyed some suspicious items he didn’t recognize and buried them in a hole.

“If I add the second-order beast taming inheritance, Profound Yin True Water, and the Heavenly Heart Lotus, two foundation-establishing spiritual objects, the total value of this harvest would exceed 10,000 spirit stones.”

“And the price I paid was just two strikes of the talisman treasure’s power, six extremely rare talisman, nineteen high-quality talisman, and twenty medium-grade talisman .”

“No wonder so many people become demonic beast hunters, killing and plundering is really addictive.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and couldn’t help but sigh.

At this moment, he even had the idea of making a living by hunting demonic beasts.

But as soon as the thought emerged, he directly extinguished it.

One should not get too close to the water’s edge, lest they get their shoes wet!

He just needed to live a stable life, get married, have children, and his future would be secure.

Why take risks and do such things?

This kind of thing, if encountered, would be fine.

But to actively seek it out was absolutely impossible.

After all, once you started, you would be on a path of no return.

His income as a talisman master was already envied by many cultivators.

But compared to the demonic beast hunters’ way of making money, it was simply incomparable.

Having experienced this way of making money, how could he possibly calm down and work hard to earn spirit stones?

At this moment, Lu Changsheng also roughly understood the thoughts of those who hunted demonic beasts and explored secret realms.

It was too difficult for them to settle down and live a stable life after getting used to making quick money, without having a special skill or craft!

“I’ll handle these things as soon as I get to Jiulong Market.”

“Then my second-order talisman and second-order puppets will also be settled.”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes shone brightly, filled with joy.

With second-order talisman and second-order puppets, he would have some self-defense capabilities when facing foundation-establishing cultivators!

Thinking of the young man who had come and gone earlier, Lu Changsheng decided to sell his spoils at Jiulong Market. He directly put on the Hundred Transformation Mask, transforming into an ordinary young man with a dark complexion.

He then wore a gray long robe and rode his steel-feathered eagle towards Jiulong Market.

“I feel like I need to get a better flying mount if possible.”

Lu Changsheng looked at his steel-feathered eagle and thought to himself.

In the past, having a flying mount was naturally great.

But now, with his increased standards, he felt that this steel-feathered eagle was somewhat lacking.

Apart from traveling, it was not very useful in other aspects.

For example, earlier, when he encountered danger, he had to use a talisman to protect his steel-feathered eagle.

If the eagle was startled even slightly, it would lose control.

If he were to be pursued, relying on the steel-feathered eagle to escape would be difficult.

“If I could get a flying pet through the system, this problem would be directly solved.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

In his opinion, if he could get a flying pet through the system, that would be perfect.

After all, pets obtained through the system were likely to be of the heavenly bloodline.

“However, even if I got a flying pet, if it’s just a cub, it wouldn’t be easy to raise.”

“And, if the pet is too rare and unusual, riding it out in public would be too flashy and easy to remember.”

Lu Changsheng thought of the Nine Netherworld Hound he had been raising at home and slightly shook his head.

He felt that without sufficient power, even having a rare pet wouldn’t be easy to bring out.

Like the Nine Netherworld Hound he had been raising at the Lu Family, which had already shown signs of its true nature after nearly four years of cultivation.

He estimated that in another three to five years, it would be obvious that it wasn’t an ordinary demonic beast, with a bloodline that wasn’t low.

“I can only put the Nine Netherworld Hound in a spirit pet bag and carry it with me.”

“Or, as I thought before, find a mountain range and release it, letting it grow on its own.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

If he were to release it, his only concern would be that the Nine Netherworld Hound might encounter danger.

After all, the Nine Netherworld Hound currently only had the strength of a first-order initial-stage demonic beast.

And it wasn’t very strong.

Thinking of the second-order beast taming inheritance he had obtained earlier, Lu Changsheng took out the jade slip and viewed its contents.

He looked to see if there were any methods that could help the Nine Netherworld Hound grow.

“Zijin Mouse, high-bloodline demonic beast, uses gold-attribute spirit materials and ‘gold spirit rice’ in a 7:3 ratio to cultivate and upgrade to second-order, requiring 10 pounds of gold iron ore and one piece of demon mouse crystal nucleus.”

“Biqi Snake, high-bloodline demonic beast, soak snake eggs in a spirit liquid made from ‘biqi liquid’, ‘qingling wood’, and first-order spirit water, then place them in a cold-attribute material nest to incubate, and they will hatch in three months, with daily feeding…”

“Lihuo Bird, high-bloodline demonic beast.”

This jade slip inheritance contained a lot of information about demonic beasts.

It introduced how to cultivate, tame, and train these demonic beasts, and how to quickly raise them as spirit pets.

At the end of the jade slip, there was also a chapter on “Beast Taming Techniques”.

This allowed people to communicate with their spirit pets and imprint a master-servant contract on them.

“This inheritance doesn’t have any information on raising Nine Netherworld Hounds, but based on the cultivation methods for these pets, it’s basically three parts training and seven parts eating!”

“How to let the spiritual beast grow with the least amount of money and achieve the best growth during the cultivation process.”

After finishing reading the jade slip’s content, Lu Changsheng felt somewhat disappointed.

He wanted to inherit the beast-taming technique, not become a beast tamer himself.

Relying on himself to train, how could it compare to the system’s lottery?

He simply wanted to see if this beast-taming technique would be helpful for raising the Nine Netherworld Hound.

But after reading it, he came to such a conclusion, and naturally felt somewhat disappointed.

Even without reading the jade slip, he knew that if the Nine Netherworld Hound ate demonic beast meat every day, it would grow much faster than it was now.

“Why not just release the Nine Netherworld Hound?”

“Or try releasing it for a period of time to see the effect.”

“Otherwise, growing slowly like this every day is really too slow.”

Thinking about his plan for the Nine Netherworld Hound to grow to a second-rank demonic beast in a hundred years, Lu Changsheng was even more inclined towards releasing it.

After all, even if the worst outcome occurred and the pet was lost, it wasn’t unacceptable.

“I’ll wait until I have a second-rank alisman and a second-rank puppet, and then I can look for a suitable place to release the Nine Netherworld Hound.”

“Then I can also observe the Nine Netherworld Hound’s survival abilities.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

The next day.

As he approached Jiulong Market, Lu Changsheng exchanged his steel-feathered eagle for a flying magical weapon.

Then, with a disguised appearance, he rode the flying magical weapon to Jiulong Market, obtained a temporary identity card, and entered the city.

Naturally, he entered the city with this identity to facilitate the sale of his loot.

It didn’t need to be thought about; the spoils of war from the Five Evil men of the Kou Clan were things that couldn’t be seen in the light of day.

They might attract attention from people with ulterior motives.

So it was still better to be cautious.

Mainly, Lu Changsheng thought about selling the items quickly and exchanging them for spirit stones.

Otherwise, it would be best to divide the items into batches and sell them slowly over three to five years or ten years.

But with spirit stones, he would be able to create a second-rank talisman and manufacture a second-rank puppet.

He would have two more trump cards, and his ability to resist risks would greatly increase; Lu Changsheng felt that this risk was still acceptable.

After entering the city, Lu Changsheng familiarly came to a larger magical weapon shop.

“What magic weapon do you need to buy?” 

A female shop assistant with a beautiful figure approached.

“Is your shopkeeper here? I have second-hand magic weapons for sale.” 

Lu Changsheng said expressionlessly.

Before long, the shopkeeper laughed and came to receive him, and Lu Changsheng took out the magical weapons he wanted to sell.

He didn’t take out all the magical weapons at once.

He only took out the Black Cloud magical weapon, two high-quality magical weapons, and the damaged law robes and boots.

“Friend, this top-grade magical weapon of yours is severely damaged, not only on the outside but inside too, so our shop can only offer 820 spirit stones.”

“These two high-quality magical weapons are still in good condition, but they also have some wear and tear, so our shop can offer 760 spirit stones.”

“As for these law robes and boots, to be honest, they’re severely damaged and can only be recycled as scrap, so we can offer 260 spirit stones.”

The shopkeeper could also tell that these magical weapons were obviously stolen goods, so he directly offered a low price.

“I’ll give you a flat rate of 2,200 spirit stones.”

Lu Changsheng wouldn’t agree to whatever price the other party said, no matter how anxious he was to sell.

“Friend, this price is a bit too high.”

“To be honest, these things of yours probably have a questionable origin, and our shop will have to do a complete refurbishment to sell them.”

The shopkeeper made a difficult expression.

“Goodbye.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately pretended to leave.

“2,000 spirit stones, friend, this is the highest price our small shop can offer.”

“Such magical weapons are hard to sell at other shops, and they can’t offer a high price either.”

The shopkeeper came forward to persuade him.

“Alright, I’ll take the price you said.”

Lu Changsheng naturally understood this logic and felt that the price was acceptable, so he didn’t haggle.

The two of them completed the transaction.

Just as Lu Changsheng was about to leave, the shopkeeper’s eyes narrowed, and he stroked his chin and said, “This Black Cloud magical weapon should be the magical weapon of the eldest of the Kou Clan’s Five Evil men, and it’s now in this person’s hands…”

“But this has nothing to do with me. If all the Kou Clan’s Five Evil men fell into this person’s hands, I’m afraid only a Foundation Establishment cultivator can take him down.”

“This news is also worth a lot of money.”

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, then leisurely returned to the upper floor.

After leaving the shop, Lu Changsheng immediately found an inn and checked the spirit stones he had just obtained.

“It’s true that as long as there’s a bit of profit, there will be people who will try to cheat.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the three spirit stones that had a faint black smoke under the high-quality purification talisman.

It was clear that someone had tampered with them.

This was only what the purification Talisman had detected, and there might be other problems that weren’t known.

However, Lu Changsheng didn’t care; he changed his appearance, put on a new set of  clothes, and directly headed to the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall.

As long as he used up all these spirit stones, he wouldn’t have to worry about any problems.

“Do you need to look at something, friend? Do you want me to introduce it to you?” 

Lu Changsheng had just entered the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall when a beautiful female cultivator in a cheongsam smiled and came forward to receive him.

“I need a top-grade magical weapon and talisman pen.”

Lu Changsheng said directly.

Upon hearing this, the female cultivator’s eyes lit up, and her smile grew even more radiant.

“Please sit down, friend!”

She immediately invited Lu Changsheng to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.

Then, she knelt down beside him, tightening her cheongsam to accentuate her curvaceous figure.

“For your convenience, our commercial hall has compiled a catalog of precious magical weapons, making it easier for you to browse and compare.”

“If you’re interested, I’ll retrieve the actual item for you.”

“Take a look at this Red Radiance Talisman pen, it’s the best top-grade Talisman pen we have at Blue Cloud Commercial Hall.”

The female cultivator smiled and took out an ancient, ornate jade catalog, flipping to the page with the Talisman pen and pointing to it.

The catalog immediately displayed a 3D image of a red Talisman pen, along with related introduction information.

Red Radiance Talisman Pen: The pen tip is made from the neck hair of a second-rank demonic beast, the Azure-Eyed Golden Lion, and the pen body is crafted from a mixture of Heavenly Blue Wood and Red Gold Essence.

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.

He had visited Blue Cloud Commercial Hall before and knew that this commercial hall was able to thrive not only because of its backing by the Blue Cloud Sect.

In terms of shopping experience, service, and product quality, they indeed did a great job.

He glanced at the price of the Talisman pen.

1,600 spirit stones.

He couldn’t help but gasp inwardly.

He thought about how he had previously bought a medium-grade magical weapons and talisman pen at a discounted price of 70% of the original price at the Lu Family Spirit Talisman Shop.

And Blue Cloud Commercial Hall’s profit margin was likely to be even higher than his own Spirit Talisman Shop.

However, he had no choice; the Lu Family Spirit Talisman Shop didn’t have top-grade magical weapons and talisman pens.

Even if they did, he wouldn’t be able to buy it at his own shop.

“Ah, it’s expensive, but so be it.”

“After all, this thing will last for a long time, and I’ll eventually be able to earn it back.”

Lu Changsheng sighed inwardly, knowing that he couldn’t save money on this.

Going to other shops might be cheaper, but it would waste time, be troublesome, and there was no guarantee of availability.

He flipped through the catalog, looking at a few other top-grade Talisman pens.

The cheapest one was 1,400 spirit stones, and the most expensive one was 2,000 spirit stones.

After briefly examining them, Lu Changsheng still chose the 1,600 spirit stone Red Radiance Talisman pen.

“Do you have materials for crafting a second-rank talisman here?”

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

Now that he had spirit stones, he might as well buy everything at once.

“Of course we do.”

“In this market, we have everything you need, friend.”

“If we don’t have it, you won’t find it anywhere else.”

The female cultivator smiled confidently and said, “We have all the materials for crafting a second-rank talisman.”

She took out another jade catalog, which listed various materials for crafting second-rank talismans.

The materials for second-rank talismans were much more complex than those for first-rank talismans.

Different talismans required corresponding attribute demonic beast skins and spirit materials to make the talisman paper and ink.

Otherwise, it would affect the success rate of crafting the Talisman.

Lu Changsheng looked at the materials listed in the catalog.

There weren’t many options to choose from.

The materials were sold in packs of ten.

Lu Changsheng bought thirty packs.

He spent a total of 780 spirit stones.

That meant the average cost of crafting a second-rank talisman was 26 spirit stones per piece.

This didn’t even include the cost of the Talisman pen’s wear and tear.

However, he had no choice; the materials for second-rank talismans were rare and hard to find elsewhere, and collecting them himself would be too troublesome.

To make things convenient and quick, he could only spend more money to buy them at Blue Cloud Commercial Hall.

At least, buying from them came with a guarantee, and he wouldn’t encounter any problems.

“Friend, the total comes out to 2,380 spirit stones.”

The female cultivator smiled and said.

After saying that, she paused and said in a sweet voice, “Friend, since you’re buying materials for a second-rank talisman, I assume you have some achievements in the talisman path.”

“Do you have any interest in becoming a valued customer of our Blue Cloud Commercial Hall?”

“If you’re willing to become our valued customer, you’ll enjoy internal prices when buying from us in the future.”

“And if you need any materials, we’ll be happy to help you collect them.”

The female cultivator’s voice was sweet and charming as she spoke.

“Oh?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, “I’m not sure what you mean by ‘having some achievements’.”

“As far as making talismans is concerned, you need to be able to stably craft high-quality first-rank talismans.”

The female cultivator smiled and said.

“I’m not sure about the benefits of being a valued customer.”

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

“If you’re interested, I can call our manager to discuss the details with you.”

The female cultivator’s eyes lit up slightly.

“No need to discuss it further, I was just asking casually.”

“I can currently craft high-quality talismans, but it’s still very difficult.”

“I’m buying these second-rank materials to see if I can use them to draw a high-quality talisman stably.”

Lu Changsheng immediately waved his hand and said,

“I’m still in disguise, how can I possibly become a guest elder at the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall?”

“To become a guest elder here, I must verify my identity information.”

“Once my identity is detected, my identity information as a first-rank talisman master will be exposed.”

“Ah, if friend is interested, we at the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall welcome you at any time~”

The female cultivator dressed in cheongsam didn’t mind and said with a smile on her face. 

“Okay.”

Lu Changsheng then paid the spirit stones, took the Talisman pen and Talisman materials, and walked out of the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall.

“Alas, the money comes quickly, and it’s spent quickly too.”

Lu Changsheng thought about his recent expenses, and his heart ached secretly.

He had never spent so much money before.

In the past, when he first arrived at the Lu Family, he only had two spirit stones a month.

Now, after this round of expenses, he had spent over two thousand spirit stones, which was equivalent to the amount he could earn in a hundred years.

“Next, I’ll handle the remaining magical weapons and materials, and see if I can buy all the materials needed to craft a second-rank puppet.”

Lu Changsheng let out a light sigh, repeated his previous actions, and busied himself.

He sold all the magical weapons, useless pills, and materials to the shops.

Then, after getting the money, he went directly to the Blue Cloud Commercial Hall to spend it and buy the materials he needed.