Gou Dao Changsheng: Starting from the Reincarnation of a Demon Cultivator

Chapter 434: Adding the stakes, laying the bait

One month later, in the alchemy room of Qingzhi Building.

A rich medicinal aroma filled the air, and a large bronze cauldron with one leg and one ear missing was wrapped in green, withered true fire.

As a section of wood covered with spiritual patterns fell into the cauldron, the spiritual liquid rolled and a pink spiritual paste slowly took shape.

Fang Yi pointed his finger, and a green thread flew out, turning into three, and poured the spiritual ointment into the jade bottle.

He glanced at the twelve bottles of second-grade mid-grade Five-Sakura Cold-Removing Ointment beside him, pondered for a moment, and put away three of them.

It's time to close the net
Fang Yi's eyes were deep and his aura was unfathomable.

"Mr. Gu, the rules will change starting this month.

Xia Zhengbai still gave him three bottles of Wuying Quhan Ointment, but Xia Zhengxuan's two bottles of Ling Ointment were not enough.

A green spiritual light fell, dividing the nine pink jade bottles into two parts, one large and one small, and suspended them in the air.

"There are nine bottles of Wuying Quhan Ointment left. You, Mr. Gu, will take six of them to Xiaoyuanling Xuanshen Pavilion.

Tell Heihun to use one bottle for the secret photo shoot and give the remaining five bottles to Xia Zhengxuan.

Qin Yu was asked to deliver the three bottles to Cangyuan Cave and hand them over to Xia Zhengbai.

Adding fuel to the conflict between the two brothers."

Gu Jiushang, with white hair and leaning on a wooden crutch, bowed, took the elixir and turned to leave.

Fang Yi nodded slightly when he saw this. Canghuo Wood and Xuanhen Bone were rare, and they required a high grade for themselves.

In Fengling Fairy City, there is only the lineage of Jiuqu Zhenren, with an orderly inheritance, and these two spiritual objects are stored in the treasury.

If Xia Zhengbai and Xia Zhengxuan don’t use true fire, how can they obtain spiritual materials on their own?

half year later.

In Cangyuan Mansion, winter plum blossoms are in full bloom, the fragrance of plum blossoms is everywhere, the water is gurgling, several figures are looming, and the atmosphere is solemn.

Master Xiang Shu's muffled voice rang out.

"Brother, this cannot go on any longer.

The amount of Wuying Cold-Relief Ointment Xia Zhengxuan received this month has increased.

Even before this we had withheld the ointment and kept it in our inventory.

But it can only last a year at most, and it’s not a long-term solution.”

"Does the poison master in Xiaoyuanling really have such a background?"

Xia Zhengbai pinched his eyebrows, feeling extremely annoyed.

With the help of the Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment, Xia Zhengxuan has already begun to recover and become a Foundation Establishment Master among the three teams of Wind Spirit Guards.

There are already three cultivators in the early stage of foundation building who have made their stance clear and have joined his army.

The three guard captains who were in the middle stage of foundation building were also shaken. If Xia Zhengxuan continued to win over the people's hearts.

In a year at most, you will be able to confront your own opponent head-on.

"The Five Flame Cherry Spirit Wood is at least a second-tier spirit wood. Where did Xiao Yuanling collect so many spirit wood heartwoods?

Besides selling it in Xiaoyuanling, can I still let that bastard who doesn't know the difference between seniority and juniority force himself on me?"

Xia Zhengbai was confused.

He has been operating in Fengling Fairy City for a long time and has taken the initiative. He has a solid relationship with all the mountain seekers and has laid out generous rewards.

In this way, they concentrated all their efforts on collecting the Five Flame Cherry Spirit Trees, maintained the output of three to five bottles of spiritual medicine per month, and suppressed the restless Xia Zhengxuan.

But within three months, they were countered, and even with the use of inventory, they were unable to maintain their winning streak.
Faced with the increasingly aggressive Xia Zhengxuan, Xia Zhengbai looked ugly and felt quite annoyed.

"Brother Xiang Shu, I will personally visit Qingzhi Tower tomorrow. There are two second-grade, top-grade Five Flame Sakura Spirit Wood Hearts in the treasury.

Instead, using it to refine spiritual ointment can solve the problem temporarily."

Xia Zhengbai felt helpless, as these two sections of Mu Xin were the last treasures in his hands.

Originally, Meng Yuanhai had planned to use his breakthrough in medical skills to refine the second-grade, superior Five-Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment.

Now the situation forces us to use it as a material and downgrade it to refine the second-grade medium-quality Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment.

This Five Flame Cherry Spirit Tree is the most delicate and needs to be nourished by fire spiritual soil and replenished by earth energy to maintain its vitality.

But whether it is used to refine pills, make talismans, or to refine magical instruments, it is far inferior to the spiritual wood of the same level.

Such inferior spiritual wood is hardly collected in Fengling Fairy City.

The two pieces of Five Flame Cherry Spirit Wood left in his hands were only able to remain in the Jiuqu Treasury because of their grade reaching the upper grade of the second grade.

Thinking about what Fang Yi said to Lan Yuexuan half a year ago.

Xia Zhengbai hesitated for a moment, then took out a glass jade tablet with the word "Xia" engraved on it from his sleeve.

"Brother, tomorrow you will take my token and go to the treasury to claim a piece of Cang Huo Wood and a piece of Xuan Hen Bone.

Be careful with your actions and don’t let Xia Zhengxuan know, to avoid any complications.”

The next day.

In Fengling Fairy City, in the backyard of Qingzhi Tower, the waves are sparkling and the lotus flowers are swaying.

Fang Yi rolled up his sleeves and scattered the Qinghe Lingmi, teasing the Zhanyun Carp in the lotus pond.

"Master, Master Xia Zhengbai is here to visit."

The sound of hurried footsteps was heard, and Qin Yu, dressed in a black robe, walked in a hurry.

"Oh? Finally."

Fang Yi turned around with a calm expression. Judging from the time, Xia Zhengbai should not be able to hold on any longer.

Both parties provide their own Wuying Quhan ointment.

The news that Xia Zhengxuan was in charge of the Wind Spirit Guard had long been a hot topic among the foundation-building masters in the Immortal City.

Based on this calculation, if Xia Zhengbai doesn't take action now, he will never have the chance to do so.

"Yu'er, take Fellow Daoist Xia to the top floor of Qingzhi Building. I'll be there shortly."

"It's Master."

A quarter of an hour later, the top floor of Qingzhi Building was simple and elegant, with carved railings and jade bricks.

Fang Yi was wearing a Yimu robe and a green jade crown on his head. He sat at a sandalwood table, with a faint medicinal fragrance lingering around.

He took out a set of white jade tea set from the storage bag.

He rubbed his two fingers together, and a little real fire emerged from his fingertips, igniting the spiritual charcoal.

"Gulu.Gulu"

Steam curled up, the faint fragrance of tea lingered in the pavilion, and the melodious sound of stringed instruments emanated from outside Qingzhi Tower. The boiling spiritual spring flowed, brewing the tender green tea in the jade cup.

Fang Yi's lips curled slightly.

"Brother Xia, Brother Xiang Shu, it's been a while since you two came to my Qingzhi Tower.

Come and taste my skill in brewing spiritual tea to see if I have improved."

When Xia Zhengbai saw Fang Yi's happy expression, he felt a little annoyed for some reason.

He suppressed his thoughts, took the teacup, looked at the touch of tender green floating in the cup, and drank the spiritual tea in one gulp.

"Friend Fang, could you give a few more bottles of this month's Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment to Xia?
I'm willing to double the amount of spirit stones!"

Double the price can already triple the profit from refining the Five-Sakura Cold-Removing Ointment.

But Fang Yiren shook his head slightly and refused.

"Brother Xia, the ingredients you provided for refining the Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment have all been returned to you.

Fang usually collected spiritual wood and could only make one or two bottles of Five-cherry Cold-Removing Ointment in a month.

To be honest, Brother Dao, the ointment that is refined every month has been reserved long before it is released."

Aura flickered, and a scroll flew out, slowly unfolding in the air.

Pointing at the marks of Qingfeng, Honglu, Bagua plate, etc. on the scroll, Fang Yi was embarrassed.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to help my fellow Taoist.

Jing Shaohong, Xu Qingshe and Yan Youtai, these three senior brothers have been waiting for a long time.

The spiritual ointment you requested is enough for me to refine until after the New Year."

Fang Yi paused and spoke earnestly.

“Five Flame Cherry Spirit Wood is hard to come by. If there is any, it would be easy for me to make a furnace.

If you really need the Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment urgently, I heard that it's also sold in Xiaoyuanling. Given Daoist Xia's wealth, I think it shouldn't be a problem."

Xia Zhengbai frowned as he looked at the three marks of Qingfeng, Honglu and Bagua Plate.

Jing Shaohong’s master is Master Qingfeng, and his grandmaster is Master Guangsheng of Xuanyang Mountain.

As for Yan Youtai, he is even more troublesome, a second-level top-grade master of celestial secrets.

He is the disciple of the Jindan cultivator Tianque Zhenren, and his status is even higher than his own.

As for Xu Qingshe, a second-rank top-grade alchemist, he had a close relationship with Fang Yi, and he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

"These three are all from Fang Yi's school. Trouble!"

Xia Zhengbai wanted to use his power to coerce others and seize all the remaining elixirs in Qingzhi Tower.

But each of these three people in front of him is a difficult person.

Moreover, Fang Yi is not a brainless person. It is impossible for him to offend a fellow disciple of such status for the sake of spirit stones.

As for Xiaoyuanling?
Xia Zhengbai visited in person, and Master Xiang Shu also fought with one of the beautiful female cultivators who was in the late foundation-building stage and used a golden needle magic weapon.

Master Xiang Shu's cultivation foundation did not give him any advantage at all. He was at a disadvantage at the ghostly speed.

He sighed in his heart, knowing that the elixir in Qingzhi Tower was not for him.

He then glanced at the burly monk beside him, wearing bronze armor.

Master Xiang Shu understood what he meant, his face solemn, and he took out a jade box that sealed the soul from his sleeve.

He spoke in a humming voice.

“Pharmacist Fang, this is the recently collected Five Flame Sakura Spirit Tree Heart, it’s of the second-grade, upper-grade quality.

I'd like to trouble you to refine the Five-cherry Cold-Removing Ointment as quickly as possible using the method of downgrading. It only needs to be of the second-grade medium quality.

The more the better.”

Fang Yi waved his hand to take the jade box, and his magic power surged.

"Crack!"

The red warm yang energy rolled around, and in the box lay two thumb-sized pink wooden hearts with wood grain all over them.

"Two Five Flame Sakura Spirit Tree Hearts, complete in appearance and full of spiritual power."

Fang Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking in his heart.

In the past six months, the quality of the Five Flame Cherry Spirit Trees that Xia Zhengbai sent has become increasingly higher, and Master Xiang Shu's attitude has also become increasingly polite.

But this is the first time that Mu Xin has seen the second-grade top-grade Five Flame Sakura Spirit.

This is the last trump card in Xia Zhengbai's hand.

Fang Yi seemed to be lost in thought. He pinched the pink wooden heart with his slender fingers, and his magic power surged in and his spiritual consciousness poured in, carefully examining the quality.

After a while.

Under Xia Zhengbai's anxious gaze, Fang Yi spoke.

"Using the method of lowering medical skills, I am confident that I can refine these two spiritual herbs into six portions of Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment.

If your luck is good, you can refine three more doses of cold-relieving ointment, but this is also the limit."

"Okay! Thank you, Fellow Daoist Fang."

Xia Zhengbai breathed a sigh of relief.

Six portions of the second-grade, mid-quality Five-Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment, combined with the inventory he had, were enough to suppress Xia Zhengxuan for three years.

By then, the cultivators he sent to Xuanyang Mountain, Bishui Pavilion, Baigumen and other places to collect the Five Flame Cherry Spirit Wood had already returned.

In this way, Xia Zhengxuan's attempt to shake up the Fengling Guard will not cause any trouble.

Xia Zhengbai pondered for a moment.

He then took out from his sleeves a green and a purple jade box, each carved with the shadows of mountains and rivers, and placed them on the sandalwood table.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, I have given some thought to what you said earlier about refining the Five Cherry Cold-Removing Ointment.

I think it makes sense.

This is the Cang Huo Wood and Xuan Hen Bone that Daoyou needs."

Looking at the two jade boxes pushed in front of him, Fang Yi suppressed the joy in his heart and looked calm.

With a calm movement of his fingertips, two streams of magic power fell into the soul-sealing talisman on the box.

The apricot-yellow talisman spontaneously combusted without wind, and the jade box slowly opened.

"Second-grade, low-grade?" Fang Yi's eyes were deep, the meaning of which was difficult to interpret.

(End of this chapter)