Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 63: Monster Hunting Conference
Chen Qiantuo dared not neglect it at all, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Grandmaster, the matter has been almost done."

"We have followed your instructions and have already started purchasing elixirs and talismans. We are about to organize a new monster hunting convention."

Chen Biqi nodded slightly, indicating that she was quite satisfied with Chen Qiantuo's answer.

Chen Biqi listened to Chen Qiantuo's report, nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.

He slowly said, "Very good. This Monster Hunting Conference is very important to us. As long as it ends successfully, I will be able to collect enough Gu materials for refining the Green Scale Gu."

There was a sharp light flashing in Chen Biqi's eyes, as if he had already seen the scene after the Green Scale Gu was refined.

He went on to say, "Once I have the Green Scale Gu in my hand, my strength will surely increase greatly. At that time, we only need to wait for the right opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Wang family. I want to let the world know that it's time for Jiaozhou to change!"

"Green scale Gu?"

Ji Chang stared at the picture in his mind, a look of doubt appearing on his face.

He didn't know much about this poisonous insect, but looking at Chen Biqi's appearance, this poisonous insect seemed to be a powerful second-level poisonous insect.

However, Ji Chang was soon attracted by another piece of news.

Monster Hunting Conference!

The Monster Hunting Conference is a monster hunting activity organized by the immortal cultivation families in Jiaozhou.

Every few years, one or several immortal cultivation families would join forces to form an organization.

It originated from the regulations of the Jiaozhou Wang family on its affiliated families, which aimed to regularly clear out the monsters outside the Shiwan Mountains to ensure the safety of mortal cities.

At the same time, this is also a means for the Wang family to consume the strength of the cultivators from the Qi-refining families under their command.

For the Wang family, every time the Qi-refining families under their command hold a monster hunting conference, they will earn a considerable amount of income.

Because according to the regulations, after the conference, the Wang family will take 50% of the monster hunting harvest.

This highly profitable business undoubtedly made the Wang family's position in Jiaozhou more stable.

But for those Qi-refining families, organizing monster hunting activities is a necessary yet difficult task.

They often form alliances with other families to ensure that the strength of their own family is not overly weakened.

At the same time, they will also lure the monster hunters among the independent cultivators to participate in order to increase the strength of the monster hunting team, and transfer their own losses to the independent cultivators.

Against this background, a complex exploitative relationship formed in Jiaozhou's immortal cultivation world.

As the ruler of Jiaozhou, the Wang family exploited many other Qi-refining families, and these Qi-refining families, in order to maintain their own status and strength, exploited those independent cultivators.

This situation has lasted for a long time in Jiaozhou and has become a cycle that is difficult to break.

Even though the independent cultivators tried their best and risked their lives to participate in the monster hunting conference, they could usually only get 30% of the harvest.

Such a distribution ratio is undoubtedly extremely unfair to the independent cultivators.

However, the cruel reality forced these casual cultivators to accept such conditions.

Because after each monster hunting conference, the monsters outside the Ten Thousand Mountains would basically be slaughtered.

This means that if they want to continue making a living by hunting monsters, they must go deeper into the more dangerous and sinister Shiwan Mountains.

The monsters there are more powerful, including some second- and third-level monsters. The difficulty and risk of hunting them will increase exponentially.

Faced with such a dilemma, many independent cultivators have no choice but to compromise.

They either choose to become worshippers or followers of various Qi-refining families, working for these families in exchange for a stable income and a relatively safe living environment.

Or they can choose to change careers and do other things, such as practicing other skills, or doing some hard labor, to get through this difficult period.

However, it is generally impossible for a casual cultivator with the skills of cultivating immortals to become a monster hunter.

Most of the monster hunters are monks who do not have any skills in cultivating immortals.

Therefore, they either become worshippers or followers of various Qi-refining families, or become robbers who block roads and rob people.

The monster hunting conferences organized by Qi-refining families were a rare opportunity for independent cultivators. Independent cultivators who performed well at the conferences had the chance to be selected into the family as worshippers.

Unlike guest officials, worshippers often only need to have outstanding abilities and do not have to be craftsmen who are proficient in a certain art of cultivating immortals.

"It turns out that the sales of elixirs have increased during this period because the Chen family wants to organize a monster hunting conference."

Ji Chang nodded thoughtfully.

In order to prepare for the Monster Hunting Conference, the Chen family naturally needed to purchase a large number of elixirs and talismans to reduce the damage to the family's monks, which led to a surge in elixir sales on the market.

This is not much different from his previous guess.

"However, the Chen family actually wants to rely on the Monster Hunting Conference to collect materials for refining Gu worms."

Ji Chang frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.

According to his guess, the Green Scale Gu is a second-level Gu worm, and the Gu materials needed to refine it must naturally be second-level spiritual creatures or demon beasts.

However, the Monster Hunting Conference mainly targets the first-level monsters outside the Ten Thousand Mountains. The grades of these monsters are far from meeting the requirements for refining second-level poisonous insects.

Use a first-level monster to refine a second-level poisonous insect?

This is almost impossible.

However, there are exceptions.

He recalled that in the Qi Refining Chapter of the "Five Poison Fragments" that he had practiced, there was a method of refining first-grade snake poison by relying on a large number of low-grade spirit snakes.

Although this method requires a large number of spirit snakes, it can make up for the lack of first-level spirit snakes to a certain extent.

Of course, the snake poison refined in this way is not complete and often has various drawbacks and defects.

Perhaps, there is a similar method in the foundation-building chapter of "The Fragments of the Five Poisons" that Chen Biqi has mastered, which can rely on a large number of first-level spirit snakes to refine second-level snake poison.

Although doing so would involve great risks and hidden dangers, for Chen Biqi who urgently needs to increase his strength to resist the Wang family, this may be his only choice.

Ji Chang shook his head slightly and withdrew his thoughts.

It doesn’t matter, he is not a cultivator from the Chen family.

For him, it doesn’t matter what the Chen family wants to do. What matters is how he can take advantage of the situation and gain the greatest benefit for himself.

For example, now, the Monster Hunting Conference is about to be held, which is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Ji Chang.

At this time, the demand for elixirs will surge.

Whether it is a cultivation family like the Chen family, or those independent cultivators who go to participate in the monster hunting conference, they all need a large amount of elixirs to heal and recover.

Ji Chang decided to take the opportunity to raise the price of the pills and make a fortune.

Of course, he also knew that he couldn't be too greedy. As for those immortal cultivation families, he had to take their power and influence into consideration and couldn't raise the price too much, so as not to cause their dissatisfaction and resentment.

He even had to lower the price slightly because of the large purchase volume.

However, for those independent cultivators who went to participate in the Monster Hunting Conference, the situation was completely different.

They often don't have much choice but to accept the market price.

As long as the quality of your pills is good enough and the price is not too expensive, you will be able to win the favor of these casual cultivators.

"During this period of time, I should focus on refining pills."

Ji Chang's alchemy level has now reached a bottleneck.

According to his master, Master Mo Dan, it would take more than a year.

But according to Ji Chang's estimation, as long as he works a little harder, he should be able to successfully become a mid-level alchemist within a year.

(End of this chapter)