novelraw Chapter 594 - 593: Rear-ended Yourself?
Chapter 594 - 593: Rear-ended Yourself?
The Market at Golden Chicken River was in a panic.
This distinguished gentleman has been wandering around the market for quite a while now; the auction house is closed, and the lurking demon cultivators have been caught. What else does he want to do?
However, the market administered by him was infiltrated by demon cultivators, and he hadn’t noticed at all. If the Demon Realm Alliance pursued this, he would have to take some responsibility. To save his own life, he had no choice but to offer the booklet with a smile.
"Cloud Grocery Store..." There are countless shops in the Golden Chicken River Market. Qu Luming finally turned to this unremarkable shop, and following his gaze backward, his pupils constricted—Jiang Mr.!
Interesting! Truly interesting!
His curiosity was fully aroused. He laughed heartily twice, handed the booklet to the market supervisor, and then disappeared without a trace.
"What kind of grocery store? What’s happening?" The other party was utterly bewildered.
There are numerous grocery stores in the market, and he doesn’t know what that gentleman is searching for or why he’s laughing. He is anxious, hoping there won’t be trouble that could ruin this lucrative position he worked hard to get!
The next second, Qu Luming’s figure appeared before the tightly closed door of the Cloud Grocery Store.
The Golden Chicken River Market has a lower level and average specifications, unlike the Dream Dragon Island Market, which operates around the clock. During the day, wooden towers linked by corridors are drenched in white mist, with laughter occasionally heard from guests at inns and restaurants.
He first touched the exquisite wooden door and window, ensuring there was no unusual feeling, and then gathered strength in his index finger, poking straight ahead.
"Boom!"
After the muffled explosion, the seemingly ordinary door and window remained intact, identical to the situation at the Golden Carp Lake Market!
"What is your background? And why open a shop in this busy market?" Qu Luming knocked on the door, waited for a moment without any movement, and then disappeared again.
When the sky was getting dark, he finally clarified that in Cyan Fish Mountain, Golden Carp Lake, Wo Hu Temple, and Golden Chicken River, there was such a grocery store that occasionally sold elixir without opening its doors.
The more he investigated, the more curious he became about Jiang Mr., whom he had met once, with a vague feeling that perhaps this encounter was a rare opportunity!
In the Golden Carp Lake Market, Du Yiyun was frightened for a long time before confirming that the Demon Envoy had indeed left, allowing him to survive under the protection of the Demon God. As his anxieties eased, his back was drenched in cold sweat.
Unexpectedly, feigning calmness had exhausted too much energy. As soon as he returned to the shop intending to rest, visitors came one after another.
"Du Head Shopkeeper, you’re really tight-lipped! We’ve known each other for years, but you never hinted at having connections in the Demon Realm Alliance!"
"Really, if the Demon Envoy hadn’t visited today, we’d never imagine that our little market has such a dignitary!"
"Is the Demon Envoy a hometown friend of Du Shopkeeper?"
"Du Shopkeeper, we usually get along well. If there’s a chance for advancement, please watch over your brothers..."
...
Du Yiyun was dumbfounded and took a while to react. Oh right, the Demon Envoy extended him such extraordinary courtesy, speaking of elixir gifts and invitations in front of many people!
Though this favor was likely because of the Jade Dew Mountain fire, feeling sorry for the Bat Demon’s miserable escape, he casually formed a good karma. If the other party found out he’s the demon cultivator they were searching for... What if he attracted more attention from the Demon Envoy?
Du Yiyun’s calves cramped with anxiety, contemplating hurriedly preparing sacrifices for the Demon God to inform him properly after narrowly escaping.
Meanwhile, back at the shop, after worrying for a while, ensuring the Demon Envoy hadn’t returned or that there wasn’t anyone nosing around the grocery store, Hou Ze quickly pulled out the Communication Stone to convey messages to the neighbor lad.
"Today was really dangerous!" He whispered, "Who knows what tricks the Demon Envoy used? How did he know someone ordered an incense burner here and knew he stepped on a silver fish! Fortunately, he only discovered that much. However, if he found out about our numerous transactions and contact information, it would be big trouble!"
Leng Yutang, upon hearing this, also sweated for the life-saving benefactor, quietly advising, "Make sure to recount every detail to avoid missing any, and warn Jiang Mr. not to visit the market lately."
Thus, Jiang Yuan, who was racking up points in the mysterious cave, preparing to redeem a Spirit Medicine Package worth 300,000 points, suddenly received the "bad news."
"What the heck? Does this mean I helped Du Yiyun escape, and now Qu Luming is targeting me?" He never expected that the situation would take such a massive turn and bring trouble to himself.
However, with recent inventory depletion resulting in a shortage of spirit medicine, causing the manufacture of elixir to stumble, he could only occasionally sell devil core and leftovers from cooking on the stove. Those items fetch higher prices at Wo Hu Temple Market, and there are no plans to sell at the Golden Carp Lake Market lately; he simply won’t go for now.
He’ll collect enough points to redeem the Spirit Medicine Package, check how many principal herbs there are, and prepare two furnaces of elixir for sale at the Golden Chicken River Market to rejuvenate the account.
With the full moon approaching, the side mission at Carefree City can soon be pushed forward.
Brushing in the mysterious cave, whether chopping trees, mowing wild grass, monster fighting, or stone mining can accumulate different value points for redeeming items. However, the problem is, although the Clear Wind Bright Moon Sword helps fight monsters without fear of stealthy attacks leading to death, it does not contribute to points!
Items that can be redeemed are refreshed at midnight every day; recently, they were mostly unsatisfying materials, occasionally swapping one or two to stash for emergencies. Today suddenly there was a spirit medicine package available, containing precious herbs for elixir making. Jiang Yuan thought he might strive harder to get his hands on it.
In this way, the Alchemy Room won’t sit idle; the elixirs crafted can be sold, and the account balance can breakthrough ten million spirit stones. Isn’t that delightful?
He was busy until 11:55 PM; accompanied by the sound effects of clinking gold coins, he finally accumulated three hundred thousand points right on time. Quickly teleporting to the store to click exchange!
[Exchange successful, click to open and randomly receive no less than ten rare herbs]
He rubbed his hands with a breath of air, hoping for some good fortune to acquire urgently needed spirit medicines, such as the primary herb for crafting a sixth-grade Spirit Core Pill—Immortal Luo Grass.
Each upgrade in elixir grade significantly enhances its effectiveness, and the duration of efficacy is also extended.
When the Alchemy Room is at a low level, gathering a batch of spirit medicine can only refine one elixir; after upgrading the workshop, a batch can produce five, ten, and almost doubling in quantity until it caps at ninety-nine pills for one batch.
Various grades of elixirs require different quality and quantities of herbs.
Comparing, crafting higher-grade elixirs is more cost-effective.
Sometimes, with a similar consumption of ordinary spirit medicines, adding a rare primary herb can yield advanced elixirs. Selling one can fetch the price of a full batch of low-level elixirs. Naturally, considering the pros and cons, it’s wise to reserve a large amount of ordinary spirit medicine to pair with rare primary herbs.
Otherwise, without some planning, one might hastily refine all into low-level elixirs. When rare primary herbs are obtained, there’d be a long period of accumulation. Even Yun Shu purchasing herbs in Cloud City is affected by season, yield, market, and other factors; how could it be possible to conveniently purchase any needed herb?
Overall, what rare herbs this spirit medicine package can unveil directly relates to whether there will be substantial income from elixirs soon. Without it, the only option is using Immortal Jade exchange services to invest money.
[Earth Sun Lotus +1]
In his sight, the bulging medicine package opened, emitting a golden glow, then a rare herb flew out, with its thumbnail showing a golden lotus flower.
"New herb, never seen it before..." Jiang Yuan pondered and confirmed that there is no current pill formula to use it. Better toss it in the warehouse to gather dust, might come in handy someday.
[Immortal Luo Grass +3]
The second herb that flew out had a thumbnail of ethereal yellow-green celestial grass, his mouth immediately curved into a smile—lucky day indeed! This completes a batch of sixth-grade Spirit Core Pills!
[Wheat Ears Fruit +2]
The third rare herb was even more to his liking—the ingredient for crafting Resurrection Talismans heavily requires it, plus it can also be used to craft Longevity Pills.
Directly receiving two, combined with the stockpile, if he just had sufficient Life Stones, only one missing Silver-Foot Snow Nether Worm to refine two Resurrection Talismans!
For Jiang Yuan, currently unafraid in attack power, ample spirit stones to spend, tasks progressing steadily, living fulfilling days without haste, and a lifespan over five thousand years to indulge, what could be more important than the Resurrection Talisman?
With Resurrection Talismans in hand, isn’t it possible to live wildly as one pleases!
After placing these two herbs in the storage bag, he immediately decided that tomorrow morning, as long as the Bronze Compass shows no mining prohibition, he’d delve into the third layer of the World Tree Mine Cave! Until gathering enough Life Stones before attending to other things!
The remaining five spirit medicines were also quite good, falling into the category of useful even if not immediately applicable—store for future use.
After organizing the storage bag, Jiang Yuan just prepared to take a tour of the Mist Ridge dungeon, helping Qingfeng slay monsters and collect toxic mushrooms, coinciding with midnight when Mysterious Cave products refreshed.
Then, a uniquely styled item immediately caught his eye.
[Are you frustrated with wasting a lot of time watering your fields?]
Jiang Yuan clicked open the details, nodding in agreement upon reading the first sentence. Nowadays, with increasing farmland, watering is indeed a significant issue. Personally doing it wastes time, asking Xiaobai to help doesn’t earn farming skill experience; it’s quite vexing.
[While utilizing external help can indeed save time and physical strength, it doesn’t provide farming skill experience, thus hindering skill progress and upgrades.]
He nodded in agreement again, couldn’t be more accurate!
[Occasionally, the painstakingly cultivated spirit field might be raided, gnawed or destroyed by wildlife. And just when it’s about to mature, it ends in disaster, making one frustrated and distressed.]
Indeed! Jiang Yuan deeply experienced this; formerly, losing ordinary farmland now and then didn’t matter, as his yield was plentiful. Those crows, birds, and squirrels could eat what they want without concern.
But now, with farmland levels rising, each plot embodies considerable effort, and a single magical seed is costly; any damage brings great heartbreak.
Additionally, there’s the herb garden, laboriously watered day after day; nearly a year and a half growing only to be ruined upon ripening, which is infuriating even to imagine!
Previously, he found the diary of the senior "Ya," mentioning that making scarecrows could protect farmland, but he never obtained the blueprint, and his attempts at making two were entirely ineffective, presumably requiring system items.
[From now on, congratulations on obtaining a farming divine artifact: automatic sprinkler! Every morning at six o’clock, it automatically waters and repels crop-stealing wildlife, ensuring that crops within a 10x10 area are not water-deficient or lost. Moreover, after daily watering, half of the farming experience is gained...]