Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2488 Mixed joys and sorrows
The best news Qu Jianlei received from Baiqiao's visit was that Qianhuan Zhenzun had finally resolved the issue of the fifth-order spiritual vein.

The spiritual vein wasn't far from Lingyun Sect, and when Qianhuan participated in the competition in the name of Qu Zhenzun, it caused quite a bit of controversy.

Qianhuan has too many enemies in Houde, and none of them dare to reveal their identities—most Lingyun cultivators believe that he has already gone to another world.

With his secretive nature, it's very difficult for him to gain the trust of others. How many honest people dare to participate in the competition for the fifth-order spiritual vein?
Even if they know they can't win in a direct competition, they still have to come out and drive up the price... If I can't get it, you can't get it easily either.

In the end, Qianhuan contacted Jin Ge's avatar, asking if Lingyun Sect could step in.
At this moment, the fourth leader had just condensed the fake infant, and Baiqiao was also having a headache.

Failure to form a nascent soul is actually quite normal; the probability of failure is much higher than that of success.

Not to mention that it also created a fake infant, at least ensuring its life is safe and extending its lifespan by a thousand years.

However, Baiqiao knew that the Red Leaf Ridge team was different from other cultivation teams; they almost never failed to advance.

It is said that a female cultivator once successfully condensed her nascent soul while conquering another world—that was Zi Jiuxian.

Zi Jiuxian's Nascent Soul Formation was actually a natural progression. At that time, the team had just acquired a spiritual land, and she immediately went into seclusion to advance to the next level.

At that time, Qu Jianlei was busy, and Jia Shuiqing said that there was no rush to inform the boss, and that they would talk about it when he had time.

No one expected that Zi Jiuxian would successfully condense her nascent soul in just three months; her great-grandmother was almost speechless with astonishment.

"I... I haven't had time to inform the boss yet!"

There's no need to revisit the past. Anyway, when Zhenshan Fortress advanced, it only managed to condense a fake infant, which gave Baiqiao a bit of a headache.

He knew very well that Qu Jianlei wasn't very magnanimous—wouldn't he blame me for not protecting him properly?
He genuinely wanted to do Qu Jianlei a favor, so when he heard about the fifth-order spiritual vein, he took the initiative to step forward.

As mentioned earlier, Ling Yun possesses quite a few fifth-order spiritual veins, but he has hardly used some of them.

However, even the most powerful forces cannot go too far in their actions; they must always leave some room for other forces to survive.
At present, Houde and Lingyun rarely compete with other families for spiritual veins unless they have a good reason.

This time, it's no problem for Baiqiao to endorse Qianhuan—Lingyun can testify that Qu Zhenzun does indeed need a spiritual vein.

A single proof isn't enough, even if everyone knows that True Venerable Duo doesn't actually have a foundation like fifth-order spiritual veins.

Qu Zhenzun is currently waging war in another world. If you say you can represent Qu Zhenzun, then you really can represent him?

However, given Baiqiao's experience in handling affairs, how could he not have thought of this?
So he directly announced that Ling Yun could advance part of the cost of the fifth-order spiritual vein.

The main cost of acquiring the spiritual veins will still be borne by Qianhuan—surviving the human tribulation is an inevitable price to pay.

But he really couldn't afford to pay for everything, and Qu Jianlei had initially said he was willing to cover part of the cost.

Lingyun is willing to cover this expense, which is enough to prove that it is not fake news.

As I said before, as long as Ling Yun has a reason to make a move, no other family can really compete with him for the title of overlord.

Moreover, who in the larger forces of Houde doesn't know that Qu Zhenzun is difficult to deal with?

The price of this fifth-order spiritual vein has begun its dramatic decline.

Even if some forces are unwilling, they have no choice but to accept that their own True Lord is currently in another world!
Any force with even a modicum of ambition has already deployed its main resources to the other world, with the True Venerable of Great Virtue having already sent 60% of his forces!

Some of the other True Venerables were in seclusion or traveling, while others had urgent matters to attend to and could not leave.

Currently, the number of True Venerables in Houde has decreased significantly, and the order has also become chaotic.

As a result, prices fluctuated wildly in some transactions—with even the mainstay gone, who would dare to bid recklessly?

At this time, many prices in Houdejie underwent significant changes.

Especially resources that can only be obtained with the support of powerful figures; without those powerful figures around, who would dare to act recklessly?
Qianhuan has already negotiated the terms and secured the fifth-tier spiritual vein; the handover is currently underway.

However, as mentioned before, the big shots are all in another world, and there's no sign of them returning yet, so the transactions will have to be done slowly.

Since it's already a done deal, there's no rush.

Qu Jianlei was also a little dazed after hearing the news. A fifth-order spiritual vein... just like that, he got it?
“That’s not surprising,” Jin Ge saw his confusion. “Didn’t you say that when you are strong enough, you will be surrounded by good people?”

"No, that's not quite the right way to put it. The key is that nobody wants to experience the power of time."

Qu Jianlei put the matter out of his mind. "Have you found any information about that extraterrestrial True Venerable?"

This person's information is not only being investigated by Qu Jianlei, but also by the Lingyun Sect—does he really think the Houde Realm is easy to bully?

“I’m not entirely sure,” Baiqiao’s clone said, sounding a bit troubled. “There’s no one who matches up.”

"Where's the location?" Qingkong arrived just in time. "Those old fogies in the sect, they should at least lend a hand, right?"

Baiqiao gave him a cold look. "You'll become an old hag sooner or later. Let's see how you contribute then."

Qu Jianlei really couldn't get a word in edgewise on this topic. "How much did Ling Yun cover for me?"

“It’s currently one hundred Ji Ling,” Bai Qiao said casually, “The actual payment is fifty… which can be deducted from the support fund!”

"No need to deduct it, just return it directly," Qu Jianlei said calmly. "A hundred or so yuan is nothing."

In fact, before he returned to the Empire, even a single piece of Extreme Spirit was a matter of life and death.

But after decades of development in this other world, it's really nothing to him anymore.

He still didn't have enough rare resources, but problems that could be solved with spirit stones weren't really problems.

“Extreme Spirit…the price has gone up,” Baiqiao said with a strange expression. “It’s now eight or nine thousand to one.”

In terms of the amount of spiritual energy contained, the exchange ratio between top-grade spiritual energy and high-grade spiritual stones is one to one hundred to one hundred and twenty.

However, given the rarity of Extreme Spirits, the exchange rate in the Thick Virtue Realm is one to eight hundred or even one thousand.

However, in reality, the price on the black market can reach two or three thousand, and it is not for sale.

This is an extremely expensive resource, and the key point is that this commodity is basically monopolized by the True Lord.

It's not that they want to monopolize it, but the Extreme Spirit is something that can be replaced by the Upper Spirit in normal times, but for many things when leaving the body, the Extreme Spirit is required.

But now it's suddenly jumped to eight or nine thousand, which makes me feel... "Is someone speculating on this?"

Qu Jianlei is really familiar with this kind of thing.

Fortunately, the cultivation world is not a world with an excess of capital, otherwise powerful forces could easily control capital.

Strictly speaking, the surplus of capital is due to a deviation in the anchor, but in the world of cultivation, there is no such thing as capital.

In the cultivation world, spirit stones are the basic currency, a necessity for cultivators, just like food is for ordinary people.

Grain has never been an anchor for currency; it has only been speculated on or sold off cheaply.

This topic is too complex to discuss in detail, but the current situation of Exusiai is clearly not right.

Baiqiao looked at him with a strange expression. "This matter... you're asking me?"

"What's with that expression?" Qu Jianlei frowned slightly, then suddenly realized, "You think... I did it?"

“The wind is strong and it’s getting in my eyes,” Baiqiao replied calmly. “This is not the work of Houdejie. We have always been simple and honest.”

"I'm very honest and simple, okay?" Qu Jianlei was furious upon hearing this. "Have I ever done anything unethical?"

“Of course I trust you,” Baiqiao said, seemingly unconcerned. “But haven’t you had any suspicions?”

"I have no guesses whatsoever," Qu Jianlei refused to take the blame. "I don't know much about other realms either."

Baiqiao glanced around and then nodded slightly. "That's true. This kind of realm doesn't count as the cultivation realm."

"Stop playing this 'hermaphrodite' trick on me, okay?" Qu Jianlei was truly exasperated.

But the next moment, he realized, "You suspect that I was sent by another cultivation world to deal with the Houde Realm?"

"Great virtue carries all things, why fear others' attacks?" Venerable Baiqiao smiled nonchalantly, "The Haoran Sect could not have originated from here."

Qu Jianlei frowned and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the other party's logic.

He shook his head helplessly, "If I were from another cultivation world, why would I reveal the location of this other world?"

There's no such logic in the world. It's one thing for the Asura world to be mediocre, but if the Tree Clan world were to be given away, which great world wouldn't want to fight over it?

“Yes,” Baiqiao nodded, a hint of doubt appearing on his face. “I knew it couldn’t be you.”

"After all, you're someone Ling Yun is supporting, which is why he helped you pay for the fifth-tier spiritual vein. But... who else could it be but you?"

“I said you…” Qu Jianlei touched his forehead in distress, realizing that the other person had clearly not read “An Actor Prepares”.

Ling Yun, who used to never show his emotions, actually revealed such an obvious expression?

It's no wonder that it's so difficult for true masters to deceive each other. Being able to keep one's emotions hidden is the normal reaction; otherwise, it will backfire.

However, he still took the opportunity to ask, "What's the logic behind the price increase of Exusiai?"

"How would I know?" Baiqiao shook his head. "Perhaps they felt that conquering other worlds consumed too much spiritual energy?"

Qu Jianlei felt that this reason was not very sufficient, but that was not his original intention. "Then which realms do you suspect?"

Baiqiao wouldn't answer that question. He shook his head. "Qingning is so familiar with you, do you even know which realm he comes from?"

For cultivators of high virtue, the situation in other cultivation realms remains largely a mystery.

This is different from the cultivators in Cangwu, who are not qualified to know about the upper realm, while the former's information is blocked.

The flow of goods between realms involves huge monopoly profits, which goes without saying.

Furthermore, past examples have shown that the interconnection of borders can lead to numerous security risks.

This would greatly affect the social order of the realm and even trigger a realm war between cultivation realms.

Therefore, the attitude of cultivators in the Realm of Profound Virtue towards other realms is: if others don't speak, I won't ask.