Chapter 140 Rare Black Gold Mine [5K]
"Inferior quality golden elixir."
Looking at the golden elixir, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but whisper in his heart, and a hint of understanding appeared on his face.
There are three qualities of the Golden Elixir, namely, inferior, genuine and superior. Among these three grades of Golden Elixir, the inferior Golden Elixir is essentially a low-quality one.
Because when refining the Golden Pill, one furnace can often produce multiple Golden Pills. During the refining process, due to various reasons such as alchemy skills, materials, or luck, there are always some Golden Pills of lower quality.
These lower-quality golden elixirs can only increase the probability of breaking through the golden elixir by 20%, and will also affect the quality of the golden elixir. There is a high probability that only flawed golden elixirs can be formed, and the cultivation level can only remain at the level of fake elixir.
Therefore, most of the powerful people at the Golden Core level look down upon the inferior Golden Core, so they will only sell them to the Foundation Establishment cultivators, and will not use them as Golden Core seeds in their sect.
The quality of genuine golden elixir is relatively normal, and can generally increase the probability of breaking through the golden elixir by 20%, and will not reduce the quality of the golden elixir. It is basically difficult for this quality of golden elixir to be sold at the foundation-building level.
The high-quality golden elixir is quite different. Usually only a top-grade third-level alchemist can occasionally make it successfully, and it also requires the addition of additional second-level rare treasures to enhance the effect of the golden elixir.
It is said that after taking the finest golden elixir, even if it is an ordinary foundation-building great perfection, there is a 30% to 40% chance of cultivating a complete golden elixir, and it can even greatly improve the quality of the golden elixir.
Therefore, the finest golden elixir is extremely precious and will never appear in an exchange convention of this level. Once it appears in an exchange convention of the golden elixir level, it will be fought over by a large number of golden elixir masters.
Because once the fine golden elixir is handed over to a genius who has cultivated a superior foundation of Tao, it will definitely enhance his comprehension of the Tao seed, and thus greatly increase the probability of him cultivating the Tao seed and breaking through the golden elixir realm.
"A high-quality golden elixir is extremely rare. Even some great cultivators at the late stage of the golden elixir would be concerned about it. It only circulates among powerful golden elixir or Nascent Soul level forces."
"The genuine Jindan is also of extraordinary value. Most of them will only circulate among the forces at the Jindan level. If a few fake pills or top-level foundation-building ones are found by chance and can be used to refine the rare main medicine of Jindan, they may be able to make a plan."
"The inferior golden elixir is of lower quality and is just a worthless thing in the eyes of the truly powerful. Therefore, it can only circulate at the foundation-building and fake elixir levels."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart. He actually felt a little disdainful of this fake pill.
Of course, Ye Linyuan doesn’t care which kind of golden elixir it is, this is not the path he wants to take.
Because no matter which type of golden elixir is formed, it is essentially reducing the difficulty of breaking through the golden elixir, and it is a path that only the weak will choose.
A truly powerful person will always realize the truth on his own and create his own path of cultivation. He can break through the Golden Elixir realm without the help of Golden Elixir.
Ye Linyuan believed that as long as he could cultivate pseudo-supernatural powers one day and then absorb the rare and precious Taoist essence that matched the Taoist essence, he would be able to cultivate the superior golden elixir that was naturally formed. However, it was often difficult to cultivate the superior golden elixir by relying on external objects to reduce the difficulty of forming the elixir.
Fake elixir, golden elixir, and superior golden elixir, the potential differences between these three qualities of golden elixir are often huge.
Fake elixirs cannot make any progress in cultivation, and golden elixirs can hardly reach the level of Nascent Soul. Only superior golden elixirs can be considered true Nascent Soul seeds.
Of course, for the foundation-building cultivators, the inferior golden elixir is still a priceless treasure. In their eyes, it is far more precious than the third-level magic weapon.
After all, most of the cultivators who have established their foundation do not have sufficient foundation in Taoism, and the accumulated Taoism is simply not enough to produce any real minor supernatural powers. At best, they can only cultivate pseudo-supernatural powers and step into the realm of false elixir.
Even if they can only cultivate a fake elixir, their lifespan will increase to six hundred years, and their identity and status will transcend the foundation-building stage. This is already the greatest opportunity for them.
At this time, seeing the expressions of the crowd, Tianyan Sword Slave could not help but nod slightly, and then said: "There is only one Jindan, we will give priority to exchanging it for the second-level rare treasures. You can trade with various rare items, and the shortage can be supplemented by spirit stones."
When everyone present heard this, they all looked hesitant.
Second-level rare treasures are extremely valuable treasures. Strictly speaking, it is a loss to use them to exchange for an inferior golden elixir.
However, refining the golden elixir requires a third-level alchemist and several second-level rare treasures, which are beyond their ability.
Even if it is a second-rate golden elixir, it is still a seller's market for them, leaving them no room for bargaining.
Soon, one by one, the fake elixir cultivators and the cultivators who had completed the foundation building process began to bid, and almost everyone paid a huge price to make a bid.
Unfortunately, the second-level rare treasures are too scarce, and only some fake pill monks or a very small number of rare treasures can produce them.
"Only three fake alchemists were able to obtain a rare second-tier spiritual weapon. Among the foundation-building cultivators, only Han Tianchou brought a batch of auxiliary medicines for forming a golden elixir. He should be able to gather together most of the auxiliary medicines for forming a golden elixir. The value is not much different from that of a rare spiritual weapon."
After receiving everyone's offer, Tianyan Sword Slave immediately communicated with others in secret.
After hearing about these treasures, the man in the dark could not help but transmit a voice: "We have mastered the art of 'sacrificing swords'. As long as the sword masters have enough cultivation, the famous swords can be comparable to rare spiritual weapons or even magic weapons when they are unsealed.
"Although these three second-level rare spiritual weapons are precious, they are dispensable to us."
“And once a second powerful fake dan master appears in these fake dan families, they are likely to develop ambitions that they shouldn’t have.”
Tianyan Sword Slave nodded, and then said: "In this case, this Jindan will be given to Han Tianchou. If he can refine another furnace of Jindan, Xu Ri may be able to try to break through the Jindan realm."
The man in the dark frowned slightly, but still said: "Xu Ri has an arrogant personality, I'm afraid he may not be willing to break through by forming a golden elixir."
"He has already wasted sixty years in the process of building the foundation. If he cannot cultivate the golden elixir within sixty years, it will definitely affect the sword master's plan."
The Sky Flame Sword Slave spoke slowly, and after a long moment, his eyes showed a hint of coldness as he said, "No matter what, no one can stop the sword sacrifice."
"As for your arrogant temperament, how about the leader of the Seven Great Sword Masters? Were we not both the proud sword masters of our generation back then? Now we are nothing more than sword slaves?"
The existence in the dark was silent for a long time, and finally spoke slowly: "Give him another chance. Whether he can succeed depends on his plan and luck."
"The path to forming a golden elixir can be used as an alternative. Xuanpo and Minghuang both have good aptitude and cultivation. Isn't it possible for them to form a golden elixir?"
Tianyan Sword Slave did not say much, but the determination in his eyes slowly faded away.
A hundred years ago, he, the Sky Flame Sword Master, had unparalleled combat power and was the leader among all the brilliant sword masters. However, all his plans ultimately failed, and he could only waste time in the end and reach the realm of false elixir.
The realm of golden elixir is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The path to the highest level of golden elixir requires a person of extraordinary talent to have a glimmer of hope for success.
Finally, Patriarch Han got what he wanted and obtained this inferior golden elixir. He immediately left Tianxing Tower with great joy.
After Patriarch Han left, those fake pill and foundation-building cultivators did not chase him, because if they did so, it would be a slap in the face of the Tianxing Sword Sect.
After all, the Tianxing Sword Sect had just sold its golden elixir, and in the blink of an eye, someone killed people and robbed them of the treasure. What's the difference between this and slapping the face of the Tianxin Sword Sect?
If something like this happens, who would dare to purchase valuables at the Tianxing Fairy City Barter Conference?
Therefore, when Ancestor Han left, the Tianxing Sword Sect would definitely secretly send the Fake Dan Zhenren to escort him home.
As for after you return to the family, the Tianxing Sword Sect will not take care of you. After all, they are only responsible for ensuring your safe return home, and are not responsible for helping you to break through. Whether you can successfully break through depends on your own ability.
"After this person returns, he will probably start making plans and make final preparations to break through the Fake Pill Realm."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and a hint of understanding appeared in his eyes.
In fact, it is best to break through the false pill realm in Tianxing Immortal City, but Tianxing Immortal City is the territory of Tianxing Sword Sect after all.
However, the fake elixir cultivators are already an unstable factor for the Tianxing Sword Sect. The Tianxing Sword Sect has been merciful enough by not preventing them from breaking through, and naturally, it will not easily protect them from breaking through.
Because once they prevent these cultivators from breaking through the fake pill, it will inevitably cause the foundation-building cultivators under their command to feel that the path is hopeless and then leave the entire Tianxing Sea, which will greatly affect the tax revenue of the Tianxing Sword Sect and the income of the Tianxing Immortal City.
However, encouraging or helping these cultivators to break through the false elixir would pose a subtle threat to the Tianxing Sword Sect, because the false elixir immortal clan, with an orderly inheritance, has a chance of cultivating a golden elixir master under a stable environment and sufficient opportunities.
Generally speaking, unless one has sufficient connections and signs a contract to join the Tianxing Sword Sect and serve it, the Tianxing Sword Sect will neither prevent nor support its forces from breaking through the fake elixir.
Being able to break through successfully is these people's good fortune; failing to break through or being blocked by others is due to these people's lack of opportunity and destiny.
"This person has broken through the false elixir, and I'm afraid he will be a threat sooner or later." "Unfortunately, with my current strength, I don't have the ability to stop him. I can only wait for him to form an elixir and see if I can find an opportunity."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and then turned his thoughts to the barter conference.
After that day, the Flame Sword Slave sold his Golden Elixir, he did not stay long and left the barter conference in a hurry. Upon seeing this, the other fake elixir cultivators all came up to the stage and took out their treasures to trade.
Among these traded treasures, there are ordinary second-level spiritual objects, foundation-building pills, second-level top-grade spiritual weapons, and various rare elixirs.
Ye Linyuan had limited resources and many treasures were useless to him, but he did buy a special second-level spiritual weapon, a mother-and-child lamp.
This is a special second-level low-grade spiritual weapon. It has no attack or special effects, but after this treasure is deployed, it can greatly increase the probability of a woman conceiving a child, and can even slightly increase the probability of the emergence of spiritual roots.
Although the probability of increasing the appearance of spiritual roots is very low, simply increasing the probability of conceiving offspring is already quite useful.
Now, after forty-five years of development, the number of mortals in the Ye family has increased from less than two hundred to about three thousand, and the number of cultivators has reached more than sixty.
But compared to the foundation-building families, this number of mortals and cultivators is still too scarce.
Looking across the Tianxing Sea, which foundation-building family doesn’t have hundreds of thousands of mortals and hundreds of Qi-cultivating monks?
Although Ye Linyuan practiced a hundred arts of cultivation, his own energy was very limited. From now on, he could only leave the first-level elixirs, pills, magic tools and various resources to his clansmen.
Many of the Ye family's formations and industries also require a large number of Qi-cultivating cultivators to operate.
In this case, buying a second-level spiritual weapon, the mother-and-child lamp, and quickly increasing the number of mortals and cultivators in the family can also speed up the development of the Ye family.
After buying the mother-and-child lamps, Shui Hanqing, Zhou Yuwan, Chu Lingxi and others also exchanged for spiritual weapons and flying swords that best suited their spiritual roots. The purpose of their coming here this time was achieved.
For a long time afterwards, Ye Linyuan did not continue to purchase rare treasures.
It’s not that there are no treasures. There are simply too many treasures of the foundation-building cultivators in the field, but every one that catches his eye is of great value.
However, he was now short of resources. Of the more than one thousand Xuanyuan Pills he had left, except for a part that was left for everyone to practice, the rest were basically exchanged for various spiritual medicine seeds and materials for cultivating spiritual medicine in this barter conference.
"Spiritual stones and rare treasures are never enough."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, watching as those cultivators in the late stage of foundation building gradually stepped down, and it was the turn of those cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building.
After a long time, an acquaintance in a Taoist robe came up to the stage, took out a dazzling golden ore and said, "Everyone, I will exchange this rare spiritual ore for a magic weapon suitable for capturing rare monsters."
"It's him?"
The moment he saw this person, Ye Linyuan's brows couldn't help but frown slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. It turned out that this person was Taoist Wuyun.
Back then, Taoist Wuyun helped Jiuqu Linghe to fight against Minghuang Jianzi, but was eventually half killed by Minghuang Jianzi's sword. Now, more than 30 years have passed, and he has barely recovered from most of his injuries.
When he came here at this time, he took out a rare treasure at once. It was said to be an extremely rare "rare black gold mine".
This rare black gold mine can not only be used to refine rare magical instruments, but can also be used to help certain cultivators who mainly practice gold-attributed techniques to cultivate a superior foundation for the Tao. As soon as it appeared, it immediately caused shock among the foundation-building cultivators present.
Immediately, several foundation-building monks showed expressions of excitement and sent messages to Taoist Wuyun, asking for an exchange.
"This rare black gold ore is quite valuable. Not only can it help me to cultivate my Gengjin Needle, but the extra ore may also help the golden-backed giant ape cultivate a rare bloodline."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart and couldn't help showing a hint of excitement.
So he did not hesitate and then sent a message to Taoist Wu Yun: "Fellow Taoist Wu Yun, I will exchange this item with the Soul Binding Net. What do you think?"
"Xinghu Ye Clan, so you are Fellow Daoist Ye. I have heard of your great name for a long time."
The Wuyun Sanren glanced at Ye Linyuan, and couldn't help showing a trace of surprise, then shook his head and replied: "I have a lot of black gold ore, and I want to exchange it for a mid-grade spiritual weapon. I'm afraid the Soul Binding Net is still a little short."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "You want to exchange for a medium-grade demon-trapping item, I think you want to capture the five-colored black snail, how about we cooperate?"
Wu Yun San Ren was slightly stunned, and then he said: "Cooperation?"
"Yes." Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "If you want to break through the middle stage of foundation building, you need to kill the five-colored black snail, but I heard that it escaped to the black dragon demon domain, I am afraid it will not be so easy to catch it back."
"If you and I work together, the possibility of catching him back will definitely increase greatly."
Taoist Wu Yun's pupils narrowed slightly, and then he said in surprise: "Although there is no grudge between you and me, you also helped Ming Huang kill the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane. Why are you helping me now?"
"Then why did you help Qing He?"
Ye Linyuan smiled, and a hint of indifference appeared on his face.
Taoist Wu Yun also nodded, then sighed and said, "Yes, you and I are people with the same fate. If we can't help each other, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to achieve enlightenment in the future."
Knowing this, Taoist Wu Yun said, "I can cooperate with you. I will exchange this rare black gold mine with you."
After saying that, he used the rare black gold ore to exchange the Soul Binding Net from Ye Linyuan.
After completing the replacement, Ye Linyuan asked, "When do we start?"
"No hurry." Taoist Wu Yun smiled slightly, and then said, "When the time comes, I will naturally inform you."
"..."
Having obtained the rare black gold mine, Ye Linyuan's trip had completely fulfilled his wish.
He did not waste any more time and went straight back to Xinghu Island. He found the golden-backed giant ape who was practicing in seclusion, and took out the rare black gold mine.
The cultivation level of this golden-backed giant ape has already reached the great perfection of Qi training for many years. Logically speaking, it should have been honed enough to try to build a foundation.
It’s just that Ye Linyuan had extremely high expectations for him, hoping that he would be promoted to become a rare spiritual beast, the King Kong Giant Ape, so he had never allowed him to break through the foundation-building stage.
Originally, Ye Linyuan was going to wait a few more years until his cultivation broke through the middle stage of foundation building, and then see if he could fight back to the Heikui Islands and get the black gold vein, and then help the golden-backed giant ape to upgrade to a rare bloodline.
This time, Ye Linyuan retrieved the rare black gold mine, so he didn't have to take the risk of attacking the Heikui Islands for the time being.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan took out the black gold ore, then looked at the golden-backed giant ape and said, "Your chance has come."
"Squeak squeak!"
The moment the golden-backed giant ape saw the ore, it screamed twice in excitement, obviously feeling extremely surprised.
The golden-backed giant ape nodded excitedly, staring at the black gold ore eagerly.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan said, "With your unique skills, you can slowly refine this rare black gold ore. When you are able to refine the rare black gold ore, it will be the day when you transform into a rare spirit beast."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan cut off a small piece of rare black gold ore, and then left most of the ore to the golden-backed giant ape.
For Ye Linyuan, the Gengjinzhen spell is extremely subtle and only requires a tiny portion of the Tao to successfully enter the Tao. This small piece should be enough.
PS: The next chapter will be later.
(End of this chapter)
