Chapitre 241: Black Market Trading Fair
Translator: Cinder Translations
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On this day.
In the early morning.
As usual, Song Wen entered the Flowing Clouds Pharmacy and began trading for pills.
After completing the transaction, Ning Feng said, "Master Yan, the sect is currently recruiting alchemists. Are you interested in trying?"
Ning Feng was a disciple of the Beastmaster Sect, and the "sect" he referred to naturally meant the Beastmaster Sect.
Upon hearing this, Song Wen's expression showed some confusion. "The esteemed Beastmaster Sect would recruit alchemists from scattered cultivators?"
For a major sect like the Beastmaster Sect, alchemists are generally trained internally, and only true alchemical geniuses might join midway.
Alchemists hold many exclusive pill formulas, and if someone not raised by the sect were to join, it would be easy for them to leak these formulas, causing significant losses to the sect.
"Of course, not just anyone can join the Beastmaster Sect. There's a preliminary assessment, and the minimum requirement is to be a first-grade upper-level alchemist. You happen to meet the requirements, so why not give it a try?"
Song Wen pondered for a moment and replied, "Thank you for the information, Ning friend. I will consider it carefully."
After saying this, Song Wen turned to leave.
"Master Yan, please think it over. Joining the Beastmaster Sect would bring many benefits."
"If you're serious about joining the sect, remember to come to the pharmacy within three days to find me, and I'll recommend you for the sect's assessment."
"Of course, if you successfully join the sect, I will also receive a reward from the sect."
Ning Feng's voice came from behind.
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That night.
A round moon, like a jade plate, hung high in the night sky.
In a dense forest not far from the entrance of the Ghost Market in the mountain stream.
The mist swirled through the forest, and with the darkness of night, it was pitch black, yet over thirty foundation-building cultivators gathered there.
This was a small trading fair organized privately by a group of foundation-building scattered cultivators.
At this fair, many of the items traded were unsightly.
For example, techniques, spirit herbs, and magical tools obtained from robbing small cultivation factions; or ghostly and corpse-related materials needed for demonic practices.
The existence of this small trading fair was something Song Wen learned from the memories of the soul-searching technique he had obtained; it was held on the night of the full moon every month.
Song Wen had attended this trading fair several times and had purchased some ghostly and corpse-related materials each time, used for nurturing the Ghost King and the Silver Corpse.
At this moment, Song Wen sat cross-legged, wearing a ghostly mask.
In front of him lay a black cloth, on which rested a low-grade spirit tool flying sword; a jade box containing a Heavenly Spirit Fruit; and a jade slip recording a secret technique for corpse refining.
On the black cloth was also a wooden board, on which was written: "Buying Yellow Essence Mushroom, information on Longevity Technique Golden Core-level methods, and latest intelligence from the Corpse Demon Sect."
Most of the other cultivators at the trading fair were similar to Song Wen, displaying various treasures and waiting for others to choose while also writing their own needs on wooden boards.
As everyone awaited customers, they would also use their spiritual sense to explore the stalls of others, searching for items they needed.
Suddenly, a voice sounded in Song Wen's mind.
"Friend, how much do you want for your Heavenly Spirit Fruit?"
Song Wen used his spiritual sense to locate the source of the voice; it was a male cultivator wearing a bull-headed mask, about thirty meters away from him.
"Not for sale, only for exchange," Song Wen replied.
"But I don't have what you need," the bull-headed cultivator responded.
Song Wen pondered for a moment and sent a voice transmission.
"If you have the alchemical insights of a seventh-grade alchemist, I can exchange them."
He had been struggling to develop the Explosive Blood Pill, which he believed was due to his lack of alchemical experience. Most of his knowledge about alchemy came from the jade slip containing Rong Jingyun's insights.
During his participation in the alchemist exchange meeting, he realized that to advance further in alchemy, one must learn from many sources and draw upon the experiences and wisdom of others.
Staying isolated would only lead to stagnation, making it impossible to break through one's limitations.
Soon, the sound of footsteps approached, and the bull-headed cultivator arrived in front of Song Wen.
"Friend, a single Heavenly Spirit Fruit is not worth the alchemical insights of a seventh-grade alchemist."
Song Wen became intrigued, standing up to respond.
"If you have the alchemical insights of a seventh-grade alchemist, one Heavenly Spirit Fruit is not enough; I can add another. While the jade slip of a seventh-grade alchemist's insights is indeed precious, you can easily replicate it, making it essentially a no-cost transaction for you."
The bull-headed cultivator pondered for a moment, "Fine, I'll exchange with you. But I want to see the Heavenly Spirit Fruits first."
"Fair enough. I want to verify the authenticity of your alchemical insights too."
Song Wen flipped his hand, revealing a jade box. He opened a small gap in the box and presented it to the bull-headed cultivator.
The bull-headed cultivator used his spiritual sense to scan the jade box, nodding in satisfaction.
He produced a jade slip and handed it to Song Wen.
"This is my replicated jade slip, which contains some of the alchemical insights."
Song Wen put away the jade box and accepted the jade slip, using his spiritual sense to explore its contents.
Indeed, this jade slip contained the alchemical insights of a seventh-grade alchemist. However, this alchemist was likely a scattered cultivator and a demonic practitioner, with a rougher alchemical technique compared to Rong Jingyun.
The insights recorded in the jade slip were not without merit.
Perhaps because this demonic alchemist had never received proper guidance from a legitimate alchemist, many of his ideas were quite outlandish.
In particular, the jade slip documented an improved version of Explosive Blood Pill.
The Explosive Blood Pill is a commonly used pill for body-refining cultivators.
Due to long-term consumption of demonic beast essence blood for body refinement, some essence blood that cannot be refined will accumulate in the cultivator's body, leading to stagnation in their vitality over time.
The Explosive Blood Pill helps body-refining cultivators dissolve this accumulated demonic beast essence blood and expel it from their bodies.
For some unknown reason, this demonic alchemist had a sudden idea.
He sought to improve the Explosive Blood Pill to create a new pill to solve the problem of impure essence blood within demonic practitioners who had consumed large amounts of others' essence blood.
To enhance the Explosive Blood Pill, this demonic practitioner enslaved many body-refining cultivators to serve as medicinal slaves.
He also slaughtered numerous mortals to provide blood food for the slaves.
As for whether the final improved Explosive Blood Pill was successful, the jade slip in Song Wen's hand did not record that; it only documented a general process.
After carefully examining the content of the jade slip, Song Wen responded, "Friend, the insights in the jade slip seem genuine. I agree to this trade."
The bull-headed cultivator hurriedly pulled out a jade slip and handed it to Song Wen, which contained complete alchemical insights.
Song Wen also traded the two Heavenly Spirit Fruits to the other party.
After receiving the jade slip, Song Wen briefly checked its contents before putting it away.
He had already scanned the contents of the jade slip earlier, and everything seemed fine.
The demonic practitioner ultimately failed to develop the desired Explosive Blood Pill.
However, his improved version was indeed worth Song Wen's consideration.
Additionally, the jade slip contained more than a dozen formulas exclusively for demonic cultivators, which were absent in Rong Jingyun's insights, making it quite valuable.
(End of the Chapter)
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