I played the world alone

Chapter 552: No One Wants This Thing Even If I Give It Away

At a specially set up teleportation array outside the market town, a faint golden light was flickering.

After the light faded, about a dozen figures appeared in the middle of the teleportation array.

There were old and young, male and female, but what was the same was that their aura was extremely astonishing!
In the ordinary world of immortal cultivation, they are probably all ancestors who founded their own sects and are respected and feared by others!

However, before they could react, the maintenance personnel of the teleportation array came forward and collected the fees one by one.

"Come on, come on, three low-grade spirit stones per person, hand them over one by one. Don't evade the ticket, otherwise you will be blacklisted..."

"We have a partnership with Elder Tianji of the Tianji Pavilion. If you dare to evade the ticket, you will not be able to escape even if you have a magical treasure to cover your tracks..."

Among the teleported crowd, Xiang Maoyu, with mixed feelings, took out the prepared spirit stone from his storage ring and handed it over as usual.

"Please take care of me when you return."

As he handed it over reluctantly, he said something politely to the toll collector.

The toll collector nodded, looking amiable: "Okay, okay, it's not easy for everyone right now. By the way, you all know the rules, right? You must gather at least ten people to set off each time. If you're too late and no one wants to go with you, you'll have to pay for ten people's worth of spirit stones yourself."

"Thank you for reminding!"

Xiang Maoyu clasped his fists in thanks.

But I still felt a little awkward. When I saw the other party go to other people to collect the money, I couldn't help but sigh.

After all, his strength is at the Mahayana stage, while the toll collector in front of him is only at the Golden Core stage.

If it were in the past, he would not even bother to look at the other person, because his own disciple was much stronger than him.

To him, he is no different from an ant. Even if the opponent dares to attack him, if he does not fight back, the opponent will be killed by the recoil.

However, here, he had to ask politely, even humbly, and it was impossible for him not to feel aggrieved.

It’s all because of the need to save spiritual energy, especially this kind of cross-border teleportation array which consumes an astonishing amount of spiritual energy!

Although the consumption has been very low after repeated optimizations, it is still a considerable expense for them.

It is only cost-effective to form a group like this, and save up for a period of time before making an occasional trip back and forth.

Fortunately, this situation is not uncommon. There are many people like him. The masters in the fusion stage and the Mahayana stage are all polite and do not have the airs of seniors at all.

It won't embarrass him.

He exhaled lightly: "No matter what, I have to find a way to earn more spiritual energy this time."

His grandson was preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and the amount of spiritual energy required was not a small amount.

I should have been able to break through a long time ago, but it was delayed due to lack of spiritual energy.

But now we have almost reached the limit. If we continue to suppress it, something serious might happen.

This was the first time he wished his grandson wasn't so talented, if he could be a little dumber and not learn so quickly...

But now we can only find a way to solve it.

He declined the invitations of several of his fellow practitioners and planned to go to a pawnshop that specialized in purchasing magic weapons and skills to check out the market prices.

"I still can't let go of my pride..."

"After all, we have to spend all our family assets this time..."

I touched the storage ring on my hand, and the more I thought about it, the more distressed I felt.

If this wasn't his biological grandson, the one he had finally gotten after thousands of years, he would never have paid so much.

What I didn’t expect was that the first treasure I took out got stuck.

"You won't accept it? Why? I spent a lot of top-grade spirit stones to get this recipe!"

He slapped the table and looked at the mercenary and mean face of the pawnshop owner in front of him, with a feeling of anger stuck in his chest.

If fighting wasn't strictly prohibited in the market, the person would be blacklisted forever and not allowed to trade. He really wanted to slap this profiteer to death!

A mere Nascent Soul Stage cultivator actually dares to find fault in front of a Mahayana Stage expert like me!
If I had just given this cunning villain a glance back then, he would have been wiped out!

The pawnshop owner, however, was fearless and calmly returned the jade slip containing the elixir recipe.

"My dear senior, this thing can implant spiritual roots in mortals. It is indeed very precious. I haven't seen it once in a small shop like mine in hundreds of years."

"Then why..."

"Because no one wants it even if I collect it." The boss pulled his mustache, looked a little regretful, and spread his hands helplessly, "If it was in the past when the spiritual energy was abundant, it would be fine. Maybe if I met someone with a predestined relationship, I could sell it for a high price."

"But now?"

"Everyone doesn't have enough spiritual energy for themselves. Those miraculous elixirs are used as heirlooms to save lives. How can they be used to refine elixirs that can help others grow spiritual roots?"

"Isn't this a pure waste? Moreover, one more person with spiritual roots means one more competitor for spiritual energy. Who would be stupid enough to do such a stupid thing that would do no good but harm themselves?"

"This..." Xiang Maoyu was also stumped by the question. He felt aggrieved and speechless.

He also knew that what the other party said was right.

If this thing meets someone in urgent need, it will be a life-saving treasure and is priceless. However, ordinary people cannot use it even if they know it is a good thing, so it is not worth the price at all.

It's even more not worth waiting until now.

Even if you give it away for free, there may not be anyone who wants it because they think it's a waste of storage space.

"You can keep this for yourself." The pawnshop owner was talking when he suddenly remembered something. "Oh, by the way, I heard that there was a new stall in the market this morning that was buying this special recipe."

"If you're interested, you can go look for it. I don't know if it's still there. I don't think the price would be that high, but at least it's better than nothing, right?"

The pawnshop owner waved his hand and said, "Anyway, I don't accept any."

After a moment, Xiang Maoyu walked out of the pawnshop worriedly, intending to look for the stall the other party mentioned.

The spirit stones I got in exchange now are too few, and there is still a lot left.

He had already prepared for the worst, and would agree to pay as long as the other party offered a slightly higher price.

At least……

At least it should be higher than the fare here, right?

...Lu Chen was sitting behind the stall, looking at the passers-by with some boredom, and also accepting their strange looks.

He was the only one in the stall now, and Huoyu said he was going to meet an old friend, so he left temporarily.

After waiting here for more than three hours, no suitable customers came.

It's not that no one is interested. Occasionally, a few people would try to ask if they accept other pill recipes.

However, Lu Chen didn't intend to waste time on these things, so he shook his head and refused.

"Huoyu should be back soon. How about I hire someone to help me look after the stall? If anyone comes to sell the recipe, please leave your contact information..."

Lu Chen was thinking about it when he suddenly noticed an old man standing in front of the stall with a frown on his face, as if he was troubled. He wandered left and right for a while, as if he wanted to talk to him but was hesitant.

He took a look.

Although this man looks like an ordinary old man, he is in good spirits, has a restrained aura, and has unfathomable strength.

"The real strength should be stronger than mine... Is he in the Mahayana stage?"

Lu Chen was a little surprised but not much.

Because anyone who can reach the Zero Realm must be very powerful.

Apart from the natives, most of them are at least in the Fusion Stage, and the Mahayana Stage can be seen everywhere.

"Senior," he took the initiative to say, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he reminded, "I don't accept ordinary pill recipes."

The old man said sternly, "Of course I can read. What I want to ask is, do you really accept the recipe for the spiritual root cultivation pill from mortals?"

He pointed to the sign.

Lu Chen immediately became interested: "Senior, is this true?"

"What if there is?"

"I'll take it, as long as the price is right."

"it is good."

The old man fumbled around and handed a jade slip to him: "Take a look, does it meet your requirements?"

Lu Chen took it and skillfully probed his spiritual sense into it to take a look.

"It really is……"

He was pleasantly surprised.

Today's efforts were not wasted

According to the introduction, this is a recipe that can be used with the help of various precious medicinal materials to help mortals grow the five most common low-quality spiritual roots.

It is basically the lowest type, barely reaching the threshold of cultivating immortals, but don't even think about achieving any high level of achievement.

But having and not having is the difference from 0 to 1, which is enough!
However, the recipe in this jade slip is obviously not complete. Some of the medicinal ingredients and the required amounts have been blocked as a measure to prevent plagiarism.

Lu Chen raised his head, met the old man's intense gaze, and nodded slightly: "Yes, it is the recipe I want, I'll take it. May I know what your name is, Senior?"

The old man seemed to be relieved and regained his solemn look: "My last name is Xiang."

"Senior Xiang, how much do you want for this recipe?"

Xiang Maoyu thought about it and raised three fingers.

Lu Chen was startled, then tried to ask: "Three mid-grade spirit stones?"

He felt a little guilty when he asked this question.

There is no doubt about the preciousness of this thing. The fact that he couldn't find it after asking everywhere here today is enough to show it.

He himself has no shortage of spiritual energy, and can make as many spiritual stones as he wants.

Isn't this just like getting something for nothing?

However, considering what Huoyu said, I can't be taken advantage of no matter what, I have to at least lower the price.

As for his psychological price, he felt that three high-quality spirit stones were not impossible.

If it’s more expensive, you have to wait for Huoyu to come back and discuss it properly, so as not to be treated like a fish.

However, what Lu Chen didn't expect was that Xiang Maoyu in front of him was even more guilty than him.

He raised three fingers to try to earn some money for his trip home, so three low-grade spirit stones would be enough.

However, when the other party said this, he was stunned.

"Three...medium quality?"

Good guy.

He nodded his agreement almost immediately.

"it is good!"

Having said that, as if afraid that Lu Chen would go back on his word, he immediately pulled him to sign.

Lu Chen didn't expect him to be so excited. He realized it later and smiled bitterly: "Did I bid too high?"

Although I feel like I lost a little, I did buy a good thing, so it’s not a big deal.

After the transaction was completed, the money was exchanged for the goods, and Lu Chen carefully checked the complete pill formula again.

From his perspective as a master alchemist, there is no problem. He can just go back and try refining a furnace to see the effect.

However, compared with his joy, Xiang Maoyu felt a little embarrassed.

As the saying goes, people should respect their reputation and trees should have bark. It really made him feel guilty for an old senior in the Mahayana stage to take advantage of the younger generation.

After thinking for a while, he took out a jade slip from the storage ring and handed it to Lu Chen.

"Since the recipe for the spiritual root planting pill has been sold, this recipe can be considered a matching one, so I will give it to you as a gift."

(End of this chapter)