Chapter 131 Rare Water Spirit Pearl [5K]
Chu Dongyu's transaction was very quick. He quickly exchanged some rare treasures he needed and finally completed the transaction with satisfaction.
After Chu Dongyu, the second person to come on stage was also an old man who had completed his foundation building. His blood and energy had become somewhat weak, and it seemed that his life span was over 280 years old, making him an old cultivator who did not have much time left.
The old monk took out more than a dozen second-level treasures at once, and then he said directly: "Everyone, I want to buy longevity pills, longevity fruits, foundation-building pills, or the main ingredient of foundation-building pills, enlightenment flowers."
"If you have suitable treasures, you can come and make an offer."
Having said that, the eyes of the cultivators couldn't help but look towards the alchemists and spirit plant masters with some anticipation.
Ye Linyuan watched all this and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. For an old cultivator like this who was nearing the end of his life, the life-extending pill was the most important thing, followed by the foundation-building pill needed for family inheritance.
If he could take out a treasure like this, he would probably be able to sell it for an astonishingly high price.
"It seems that we need to purchase some second-level longevity fruit seeds as well."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his mind, but quickly suppressed the thought and continued to wait for the treasure he needed.
The barter meeting was still going on, and after trading for a long time, the old monk finally got a second-grade mid-quality longevity pill.
After taking this kind of longevity pill, one can extend one's life by about twenty years. For old monks who are nearing the end of their lifespan, it is an extremely rare item.
Because with an extra twenty years, the old cultivator's cultivation might be able to reach a further level. Even if he only breaks through to the realm of false elixir, he can extend his lifespan by about another three hundred years.
The so-called fake elixir realm is when a cultivator whose aptitude is not enough to break through the golden elixir realm succeeds by exhausting all his potential and condensing a golden elixir of the lowest quality.
The quality of this kind of golden elixir is poor, and it is impossible to make further progress in the future, so they are called fake elixir cultivators.
The strength of a fake dan cultivator far exceeds that of a foundation-building cultivator, but neither his lifespan nor his strength can compare to a golden dan cultivator. He can only live for about six hundred years, which is far behind a golden dan cultivator who can live for eight hundred years.
The fake Dan is also weaker in strength. Even if he is just an early Jindan cultivator, he can easily fight against the two fake Dans working together.
But even so, the realm of false elixir is what most foundation-building cultivators dream of, because it not only represents a longer lifespan, but also represents a strength far beyond the great perfection of foundation-building.
"This person has been able to extend his life by twenty years. From now on, the whole clan will probably have to work together to plan for the golden elixir opportunity."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Even if it is just to break through to the realm of fake pill, it is a big event for the Tianxing Sea. Regardless of whether this person can really succeed, in the next ten or twenty years, the attention of the Tianxing Sea will definitely be focused on this person.
"Ahem, now that I have achieved my goal, I will take my leave today."
The old Taoist took the longevity pill and swallowed it in front of everyone. Then he bowed to everyone with a flushed face and left immediately.
Ye Linyuan watched all this calmly, and then began to deduce this person's identity, and soon got a rough result.
"Tianmeng Islands, Han Immortal Clan."
"Is this person the Han Patriarch who took care of the Song Immortal Clan?"
Ye Linyuan's pupils condensed slightly, and he calculated for a moment with his fingers, but he vaguely saw something, and immediately said with a gloomy look: "It seems that the Song family is about to be robbed."
It can be predicted that in order to break through the realm of fake pills, this ancestor Han will definitely obtain resources at all costs.
The resources of the entire Tianmeng Islands will inevitably be exploited by the Han family. As for the grace left by the predecessor of the Song family, it is probably not an important matter compared to longevity and breakthrough.
After all, the Song family was once a well-known foundation-building immortal clan. The accumulated foundation is also a piece of fat meat for the Han family. Perhaps they can help ancestor Han buy a spiritual object to assist in the breakthrough.
"The calamity is coming, but unfortunately I can't help you at all."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then put the thought away and looked up at the platform.
The third person who went up to the platform was a young man with a vigorous appearance. He was tall and slender, and looked full of vigor, which formed a sharp contrast with that old ancestor Han.
"The Taoist of Heavenly Silkworm, Liu Xuanheng."
Looking at this person, Ye Linyuan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he roughly recognized this person's origin.
This Taoist Tiancan is the current patriarch of the Lingsang Liu family. Legend has it that he is not only extremely talented, but also good at cultivating spiritual silkworms. He is a second-class top-grade spiritual insect master.
What is rare is that Taoist Tiancan is in his prime and may have the potential to achieve the golden elixir in the future.
At this time, Taoist Tiancan took out a large amount of spiritual silk and rare treasures with a flick of his sleeves, and then said with a smile: "Everyone, I will not force you to exchange the goods. You can trade these silks with spiritual stones."
Upon seeing this, Ye Linyuan decisively bought three taels of second-grade low-quality spiritual silk from him, which cost him a total of six hundred spirit stones.
After buying the spiritual silk, Ye Linyuan achieved half of the purpose of this trip. He then bought three pieces of second-grade low-grade spiritual wood at the barter conference, spending a total of one thousand spiritual stones.
There were more than 400 spirit stones left. Ye Linyuan looked for a long time but didn't see anything good. In the end, he used all of them to buy a second-level spirit seed.
These second-level spiritual seeds are called "Refining Marrow Flowers" and are the main ingredients of a second-level body-refining elixir called "Refining Marrow Pill".
The resources consumed by physical training are several times more than magic power, so during the Qi Refining Stage, even though Ye Linyuan had advanced physical training techniques, he never forcibly pursued physical training.
But now that he has broken through the foundation-building stage, his lifespan and resources have become much more abundant, and Ye Linyuan is ready to start picking up his body refining skills.
After all, his magic power is too strong, and it is expected that his cultivation speed will not be too fast in the future. It is better to take this opportunity to pick up his physical cultivation and further improve his comprehensive means.
After buying these treasures, Ye Linyuan used up all the spirit stones and treasures in his hands.
So he didn't waste any time and left the barter conference directly, preparing to return to the Qinghe Islands.
But just as he was about to leave, Ye Linyuan thought about it and decided to go to Song's Pharmacy.
"Senior Ye."
Seeing Ye Linyuan coming back so soon, Song Qingming was a little confused, but he still offered Ye Linyuan a cup of the best spiritual tea.
Ye Linyuan looked at the tea, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "In the next twenty years, try not to return to the Tianmeng Islands."
"Why?"
Song Qingming was a little confused and couldn't help but ask with a bit of worry.
Ye Linyuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "At today's exchange meeting, your Tianmeng Islands' Han Patriarch bought a longevity pill, which is estimated to extend his life by another twenty years."
"really?"
When Song Qingming heard this, his expression changed slightly.
He was surprised at first, but soon came to his senses and couldn't help asking, "You came to see me, could it be?"
"It has only been a dozen years since Taoist Han broke through to the Perfect Foundation Establishment Stage. His life span is already short, so it stands to reason that he cannot reach the Core Forming Stage."
Ye Linyuan took a sip of the tea, and then said, "But now that his life span has been extended by twenty years, he still has more than thirty years of life left. Even if his magic power cannot be completely perfected during this period, he can still try to reach the realm of false pills."
"The realm of fake pills..."
Song Qingming was silent. As a member of the Song family, he had a deep understanding of the Han family.
Hundreds of years ago, the Song family was the overlord of the Tianmeng Islands. At that time, the Song family had five great foundation-building cultivators, including one who was in the late foundation-building stage.
Later, because of a dispute, the Song family lost three foundation-building cultivators, and the young generation of talents was almost extinct. Another foundation-building cultivator also passed away soon after, leaving only the old ancestor in the late foundation-building stage to support the family.
Seeing that there was no one to take over, the late Foundation Establishment cultivator could only recruit a son-in-law from the outside world, and finally chose Ancestor Han who had no background at all.
At that time, Ancestor Han had learned all the true teachings of the Song family, and also obtained most of the background of the Song family. He cultivated smoothly all the way to the middle stage of foundation building.
But after Patriarch Song passed away, Patriarch Han directly left the Song family and established a new Han clan of immortals, while the Song clan fell and became a Qi-cultivating clan of immortals.
Fortunately, Ancestor Han still remembered the old friendship and did not take action against the Song family. At least he allowed the Song clan to retain some of the foundation-building clan's heritage.
But Ye Linyuan felt that the fact that Patriarch Han originally had no foundation or background, but was able to cultivate to the perfect state of foundation building might be directly related to the hundreds of years of heritage of the Song family.
What was truly left to the Song family should be only a small part of the foundation. Otherwise, how could he, a mere casual cultivator, cultivate to the perfect state of foundation building?
Now that Ancestor Han has taken the longevity elixir, he will most likely be able to reach the fake elixir realm in a few years, but relying solely on their own foundation may not be enough.
As a newly-promoted immortal clan, the Han family has only been established for less than three decades, and is considered a top-notch foundation-building immortal clan with a relatively shallow foundation. Currently, there are only two foundation-building cultivators in the clan.
Looting the Tianmeng Islands, or even attacking the Song Immortal Clan, is probably the easiest way for them to achieve their goal. Song Qingming also thought of this, and immediately showed an extremely painful expression and said: "Senior Ye, please save my Song family."
"Sorry, there's nothing I can do."
Ye Linyuan shook his head, feeling regretful.
After all, Patriarch Han had already completed the foundation-building stage. With his current level of cultivation, he had no ability to stop it.
At this moment, Ye Linyuan roughly understood the reason why Song Qingming's luck was so bleak. Being born in a top Qi-training immortal clan was considered good luck, but being born in a Qi-training family that was about to die would be a terrible disaster.
If he is not careful, Song Qingming might be in danger of death. Even if he can escape this time, without the support of his family in the future, the difficulty of breaking through the foundation will probably increase greatly.
Even if they stay in this Tianxing Fairy City, without the Song family, and without the source of elixirs and spiritual medicines, the shops here may not even be able to pay the rent, and will end up closing down sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan sighed and said, "You can stay in Tianxing Immortal City to protect yourself. If you send a message back immediately, you may be able to retain some of your family heritage."
"If you retain the land but lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land."
"Before the Han family takes action, you should immediately evacuate as many of your clansmen as possible."
Song Qingming was extremely anxious. After hesitating for a while, he knelt down in front of Ye Linyuan and said, "Senior Ye, please save our Song family. This is the lives of hundreds of people in our Song family."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Seeing this, Song Qingming gritted his teeth and said, "Senior, I know I can't let you do it for nothing, but my Song family has a treasure that I think you need."
"As long as you rescue them, I will give this treasure to you, Senior."
"Oh?"
Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and then he asked, "What is it?"
"Water Spirit Pearl." Song Qingming spoke slowly, and finally said with a decisive look: "Second-level rare water spirit pearl."
Ye Linyuan was slightly stunned, and couldn't help showing a hint of surprise.
The moment he heard this, Ye Linyuan had already figured out the cause and effect.
It turns out that hundreds of years ago, the Song family's immortal clan declined because they tried to seize the rare water spirit pearl.
This is the top secret of the Song family. Only the two most core people in each generation know about it. Song Qingming only knew about it because of his identity as the young master of the Song family.
This rare water spirit bead is also the last legacy left by the Song family's ancestor, and it serves as the hope for the family's future rise.
If one day, a person who has reached the great perfection of foundation building appears in the Song family, this item can be traded for an opportunity to form a golden core. If the Song family were not in danger now, Song Qingming would never have leaked such secrets.
Knowing this, Ye Linyuan said, "The second-level rare water spirit bead is what I need most."
"If I can finally obtain this item, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. I will try my best to rescue your Song family members, and I will also find you a foundation-building opportunity as a reward in the future."
Upon hearing this, Song Qingming breathed a sigh of relief.
Once the Song family is destroyed, the second-level rare water spirit bead may not be able to be kept. It is considered good to be able to exchange it for the lives of all the Song family members, plus an opportunity to build a foundation.
Thinking of this, Song Qingming immediately said: "In this case, I would like to thank you very much."
"Ah."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "Then Ancestor Han left before me, I can't delay any longer, you follow me to your Song family first, and we can talk about other things after we rescue the people."
After he finished speaking, Ye Linyuan did not delay and directly grabbed Song Qingming. Then he turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the air. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the void.
After leaving the Tianxing Continent, Ye Linyuan immediately took the risk of taking out the Green Jade Sky-Breaking Boat, then turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the air.
As a rare spiritual weapon specially designed for flying, the Qingyu Sky-breaking Boat is extremely fast. When fully driven, it can fly 100,000 miles a day, which is almost comparable to the speed of a Jindan cultivator.
The only drawback is that for cultivators in the early stages of foundation building, the mana consumption of this treasure is too great.
Ye Linyuan set up the Qingyu Sky-breaking Boat and flew dozens of miles in the blink of an eye. It only took him one day to reach the Tianmeng Islands.
According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, at the normal speed of a person who has reached the great perfection of foundation building, it would take about three days of flying to arrive.
"There's still enough time."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then went directly to the Song family’s Taoist temple.
The Song clan is indeed a powerful clan that once established its foundation. Although it has fallen into decline now, it still has three cultivators who have reached the pinnacle of Qi training.
Among them, the one who had reached the great perfection of Qi training was the current leader of the Song family of immortals.
However, this clan leader is already over a hundred years old, and it seems that he will never be able to reach the foundation-building stage in this lifetime.
"Father."
After arriving at the Song family, Song Qingming went directly to the back mountain and found the Song clan leader who was practicing in seclusion.
The Song clan leader was surprised when he saw Song Qingming coming back: "Qingming, why did you come back so suddenly?"
"I came back with Senior Ye."
Song Qingming introduced Ye Linyuan to him, and then anxiously explained to him the whole story.
The Song clan leader's face suddenly changed after hearing this. He said ferociously, "That old thief Han was originally the son-in-law of our Song family. He was able to build his foundation only with the support of our Song family. But what has he done all these years?"
"Set up another family, seize our Song family's spiritual veins and fields, and take away the heritage accumulated by our Song ancestors for more than 400 years."
"They also suspected that we had left some resources untouched for them. In recent years, they have even gone further, doubling the tax on our Song family. Various exorbitant levies and taxes have become increasingly severe."
"Now that he wants to break through to the Jindan realm, he will definitely attack my Song family first."
The Song clan leader's face was filled with despair. He couldn't help but look at Ye Linyuan and said, "Thank you for your advice, senior. I am grateful to you on behalf of the Song clan."
Ye Linyuan did not answer, but just said: "I help you not only because of my friendship with Song Qingming, but also because of the rare treasures he promised."
"I see."
The head of the Song family gave a wry smile, then came to a cold pond in the back mountain and carefully took out a buried wooden box from the bottom of the pond.
He opened the buried wooden box and saw a light blue spirit bead inside with a hidden spirit talisman attached to it.
"Second-level rare treasure - Water Spirit Pearl."
Ye Linyuan spoke slowly, revealing a rare hint of excitement.
The Song clan leader closed the wooden box, then sighed and said, "Thinking back to the days when our Song clan was so prosperous, it has completely fallen because of this spiritual bead."
"Our ancestors would rather die than expose this item, leaving it as a foundation for a comeback."
"But we, the descendants, are unfilial. Now that our family is about to perish, we still cannot use this treasure."
At this point, the Song clan leader looked at Ye Linyuan and said, "Senior, now that you have obtained this item, please do not forget our agreement today."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "It's still too early after the foundation building, but I am still somewhat confident of the opportunity to build the foundation."
"When he refines the foundation-building pill one day, Song Qingming will definitely get a share."
The head of the Song family immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The person in front of him was a genius who had cultivated a superior Taoist foundation. It was indeed not difficult for him to obtain the foundation-building pill.
He believed that as long as Song Qingming could break through the foundation building stage, the Song family would surely rise again in the future. At that time, they might be able to return to the Tianmeng Islands and take back everything that belonged to the Song family in the past.
Thinking of this, the head of the Song family pushed the wooden box to Ye Linyuan, and then said with a serious expression.
"In this case, please save the lives of my entire clan."
(End of this chapter)
