Chapter 253: Netherworld Illusion (1/2)
”This is the three lifetime stone and carefree grass! My team and I risked our lives to snatch it!”
”100,000 spirit stones, right? I saw the reward list!”
That person was very agitated. His eyes quickly scanned his things and Shopkeeper Jiang's face.
He was trying his best to read Shopkeeper Jiang's expression.
It could be seen that he did not have much confidence in the things he brought.
Jiang Li could clearly see the uneasiness on his face.
From his clothes, he was undoubtedly a rogue cultivator. He wanted to become rich overnight, but he was afraid of hearing a rejection from the shopkeeper.
That was why he had such an expression.
When Shopkeeper Jiang saw the few rocks on the table, the little anticipation in his eyes completely disappeared.
However, as a businessman, he still sat down and picked up his tools to carefully inspect them.
The rogue cultivator's heart beat extremely fast until Shopkeeper Jiang finally put down his tools and told him the result.
”I'm sorry, these aren't three lifetime stones. They're just a few ordinary rocks that are tainted with Yin qi. We won't accept them.”
”These few stalks of grass are indeed carefree grass. However, the harvesting and preservation methods are too crude. They have already dried up completely. The quality is very poor.”
”With the current market price, if you're willing to accept 80 spirit stones, you can sell these carefree grass. If you're not, you can go to another place and ask.”
As soon as the manager finished speaking, he pushed the few rocks and spiritual herbs forward and paid no further attention to the rogue cultivator, and he returned to greet Jiang Li.
The cultivator's expression immediately turned gray. He stood on the spot, his lips turning pale as bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down.
In the end, he took the 80 spirit stones and left.
Jiang Li used appraisal to scan the goods. Shopkeeper Jiang was indeed not lying. The evaluation he gave was very accurate.
However, carefree grass?
He recalled the spider lily he had bought in the Nightless City.
At that time, the cultivators who brought the spider lily came from other places in the Eastern Region.
He did not expect to find the carefree grass as soon as he arrived in the Eastern Region's Phoenix Sun City.
From what he heard, there was a given reward of 100,000 spirit stones for finding them. There was probably more to the matter.
”Manager, what's the matter with the three lifetime stone and carefree grass?”
To Jiang Li, the carefree grass was much more important than ordinary cultivators.
With the help of the Yin Burial Coffin and the Nine Nether Wood, Jiang Li could create a yin qi environment that was very similar to the Netherworld.
Coupled with the corpses and ghost soldiers, he could easily reproduce the Netherworld plants on a large scale.
The spider lilies that were already blooming everywhere in the coffin were the best proof.
Just the spider lily alone had already given him quite a bit of help. If he could obtain the carefree grass as well…
With these two factors combined, his Yin Burial Coffin and the Soul Burial Ghost Soldiers would be greatly strengthened.
”Sir, this is not a secret. A few days ago, someone discovered that some strange overlapping illusions had appeared in the Ghost King Desolate Ground.”
”Some items were found and taken out. Sir, you should have guessed it. Those things are the spider lily, carefree grass and the three lifetime stone.”
”When these three things are combined, the illusion realm is very likely to be connected to the legendary Netherworld.”
”That is the key place to control the cycle of life and death in ancient times. If we can obtain a little inheritance there, it would be really impressive.”
”Therefore, the Ghost King Desolate Ground has been bustling recently.”
Wasn't this lively? Even Jiang Li could not help but be tempted when he heard this and wanted to explore the illusion realm.
In the Netherworld, the main body of the Nine Nether Wood was still hidden there.
Jiang Li continued to ask, ”Then what about the 100,000 spirit stones reward that cultivator mentioned earlier?”
Manager Jiang appeared to be much more patient in front of a rich customer like him. He explained without any annoyance.
”That's because the location where the Netherworld Illusion appeared was very unstable and it did not exist for long. To enter it, one basically had to rely on luck.”
”However, later on, someone discovered that the three lifetime stone that was brought out of the illusionary realm could actually lead to the creation of the illusion. With more three lifetime stones, one could maintain the stability of the illusionary realm for a long time.”
”For the sake of the possible inheritance in the Netherworld, a large faction offered a high price to purchase the three lifetime stones.”
”The reward of 100,000 low-grade spirit stones is true.”
So that was it.
To the Eastern Region, a hundred thousand spirit stones was indeed nothing to the forces backed by cultivators of the Soul Formation realm or even higher.
The expenditure of Jiang Li's purchase of spirit pills this time was no less than a million. To those mighty figures, there was utterly no need to hesitate to use these spirit stones to exchange for the opportunity to advance further on the path to immortality.
”Thank you for answering my questions, Manager Jiang.”
”In addition, I'm also a little interested in this carefree grass. If there's fresh carefree grass next time, please help me keep it. This is my communication talisman. Thank you in advance.”
Manager Jiang received Jiang Li's communication talisman and did not reject it. However, Jiang Li's request was still somewhat beyond his expectations.
”Oh? Even if fresh carefree grass is properly preserved, it can't survive for long. Typically, only spiritual plant masters want to try and nurture them.”
”Sir, are you also a spiritual plant master?”
Now, there were many cultivators who were proficient in this aspect in the Eastern Region who wanted to cultivate the spider lily and carefree grass.
However, maintaining survival was already extremely difficult, and no one had ever been able to reproduce them.
”I'm not a spiritual plant master. I just want to do some research.”
Jiang Li slightly revealed his pure Wood-Yin spiritual qi, causing the other party to be very surprised.
He was so generous to be able to take out so many spirit stones. Furthermore, the spiritual qi was also so pure, so it was obvious that his cultivation method was extremely brilliant and he had used many spirit stones, spirit pills, and spiritual herbs.
He was already certain in his heart that Jiang Li definitely had a powerful force behind him.
There was no harm in interacting with such guests.
”Dear guests, you are very capable. If you can successfully grow the carefree grass, our Medicine King Pavilion will purchase it in bulk.”
”In addition, the Divine Judgment Hall is also buying the dew on the carefree grass. Moreover, the price is not cheap. If you succeed, you can establish a relationship with them.”
Jiang Li nodded. The carefree dew, one of the specialties of the Netherworld, was recorded in the Nine Nether Dao Scripture. It was said to be the main ingredient of the legendary Meng Po's soup. He did not know why the Divine Judgment Hall wanted to purchase it.
After putting away all the medicinal pills, Jiang Li and Yan Hong walked around the dozen or so spirit pill shops under the guidance of Da Chuan.
In general, they were all similar.
Apart from some exquisite medicinal pills labeled by certain masters, the prices were basically more stable and there were not many differences.
In these shops, Jiang Li bought some medicinal pills that the Medicine King Pavilion did not have. After buying a few detailed maps of the Eastern Region, he left Phoenix Sun City.
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High in the sky outside Phoenix Sun City.
”Jiang Li, why are you flying so slowly this time?”
On the way back, they were still stepping on the two wooden swords.
However, compared to the lightning speed when he came, when he returned, the wooden sword under his feet continued to fly at a leisurely pace.
His speed was not much different from an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.
It was far from Jiang Li's usual speed.