Primordial Qi

"Elder Xia Ting, you are finally here. Have you found a buyer?" the old man said excitedly. He was a casual cultivator whose cultivation had reached the level of a celestial being. But at this moment, he seemed to have found a life-saving straw and was anxious to sell these treasures.

"His only grandson almost died, and he needs a lot of resources to keep him alive. The old guy couldn't bear to part with his child, so he went to the South China Sea some time ago and snatched these two pieces of earth fire. Now he is selling them here. If you buy them at a suitable price, you can give your sister a little benefit." Xia Ting transmitted the message and threw a coquettish glance at Gu Chenyu.

"Of course I found it. This young man is interested in your fire. Why don't you two talk about it?" Xia Ting said with a smile.

The old man hesitated for a moment, as a young boy probably didn't have many spirit stones, but he believed in the elders here, so he took out the light blue flame.

It seemed that the flame was unyielding and had a certain consciousness. It almost broke out of the old man's control and wanted to destroy itself along with the old man.

"With such a violent temper, it would be very risky to absorb it. Besides, he's already injured, so I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to make any further progress. If he doesn't absorb it for a while, this Qianhai Earth Core Flame will probably dissipate." Gu Chenyu said with a frown. He was actually quite satisfied in his heart, but he deliberately belittled it to avoid asking for too much.

"Don't be anxious, sir. I only sell this flame for 800,000 medium-grade spirit stones. Something happened at home and I'm in urgent need of spirit stones. I hope you can be kind." The old man's voice was a little soft. Such a dignified man actually ended up in such a situation.

Gu Chenyu almost nodded. He pretended to be hesitant, glanced at the smiling Xia Ting, and said, "In that case, I will accept the flame for Elder Xia's sake."

"Hehe, since the two of you have reached an agreement, let's just hand over the money and the goods." Xia Ting smiled, her eyes full of tenderness, and she held their hands and went to the trading desk.

Gu Chenyu, who obtained the Qianhai Earth Core Flame, always felt that something was wrong and felt a chill on his back.

"Sir, please wait a moment. This item is destined for you. We can also provide a place for you to retreat. You only need one top-grade spirit stone a day." Xia Ting blinked her eyes and said, "Not only that, you must be eager to subdue this fire. We also have elixirs and other items for direct sale that can help you absorb this fire."

A hint of hesitation flashed through Gu Chenyu's mind. This sounds like a good value for money deal.

"Then take me to see it."

We came to a place full of magic arrays. There was plenty of spiritual energy here. Every time we took a breath, we could feel the spiritual energy in our body being replenished. It was indeed a good place.

"There is a seventh-grade spirit gathering array here. The speed and efficiency of absorbing spirit energy are dozens of times faster than outside."

Hearing this, Gu Chenyu retreated cautiously. Can I experience this with just one top-grade spirit stone? What a joke.

"Elder Xia, please arrange an ordinary place for me to retreat. I can't afford the cost of this place." Gu Chenyu no longer felt embarrassed. He had Gu Qingxue's spirit stones and couldn't spend them carelessly because he had to return them to her.

"I only charge one high-grade spirit stone a day, and I don't cheat anyone." Xia Ting smiled, touched her hair, and said, "Two on the second day, four on the third day, and so on. I'm sure you won't find it expensive."

Gu Chenyu sneered in his heart. Damn it, within a month, I'm afraid I'll have to work here for the rest of my life, and I won't be able to pay it back for the rest of my life. His face remained expressionless, showing a hint of curiosity, and he asked, "Do you have any proof or something?"

Xia Ting covered her mouth and chuckled, but in her heart she thought the fish had taken the bait, "Go in with peace of mind, sir. I'll send someone to deliver the other auxiliary spiritual medicines."

"That's the best." Gu Chenyu nodded and entered the stone chamber.

A cultivator would be in seclusion for at least ten days or half a month, and when he comes out he would have a large amount of spirit stones.

Watching Xia Ting walking away with her hips twisted, Gu Chenyu felt amused in his heart. He then closed the door and took out the box that stored the Qianhai Earth Core Flame. The violent flame just lay quietly inside it.

After the restriction inside was released, the Qianhai Earth Core Flame seemed to come alive and fled madly.

"Come here." Gu Chenyu gathered the power in his hand and sucked it directly into his hand.

"Submit, and I will leave your consciousness intact. I will repair your damage, and when I am strong enough and no longer need you, I will set you free."

Gu Chenyu said indifferently. He directly summoned the Soul-Extinguishing Needle. Qianhai Earth Core Flame instantly dared not move. "Either I will wipe out your spiritual consciousness or I will forcefully absorb you. It doesn't matter if the effect is a little worse. The most important thing is that it works."

"You can also feel my talent. Your spiritual consciousness is not weak, which is enough to show that cultivation is not easy. Now that you are not entrusted with the body of a cultivator, you will dissipate sooner or later. Follow me, and one day in the future I will set you free." Gu Chenyu said firmly. He summoned the remaining fire in his body for it to absorb and make up for some of its injuries.

Qianhai's Earth Core Flame sensed that what Gu Chenyu said was true, and began to become quiet. It continued to condense, and the flame that originally filled the entire room eventually turned into a small lump, only the size of a palm.

Gu Chenyu swallowed it directly, and the light blue flame instantly spread throughout his body, and he seemed to be swallowed by the flame.

"Refining."

The flame was gentle, and he already had experience in absorbing flames. With the cooperation of the Qianhai Earth Core Flame which had spiritual consciousness, he absorbed it very smoothly.

In addition to the golden elixir floating in the dantian, the flame also began to surround the golden elixir and turned into a ring.

"call."

Gu Chenyu exhaled a breath, which could be said to be a breath of fire. It took him only two hours to absorb the Qianhai Earth Core Flame and it became a part of his body.

Two streams of flames spurted out of his nostrils. Gu Chenyu burped and felt that the fire spiritual power in his body had been greatly replenished.

Not long after the absorption was completed, there was a knock on the door. It was Xia Ting who came. She was holding two wooden boxes in her hands, which contained sixth-level elixirs that had the effect of suppressing fire.

"Sir, I brought two boxes of flame suppressing medicine. Can you please open the door and check it out?"

Xia Ting's voice came, Gu Chenyu retracted the flame in his hand and walked out leisurely.

"Huh? Why did you come just now?" Gu Chenyu said with a smile. Two flames were suspended beside him. They were the Qianhai Earth Core Flame.

"Young Master, you absorbed it so quickly?" Xia Ting's beautiful eyes were a little surprised. She was also a cultivator at the Venerable Realm. It should take her seven or eight days to absorb a flame plus these resources. She was still thinking about making some extra money.

"Alas, feel this flame, it's at most fifth level. I have a fire attribute spiritual root, so naturally I can absorb this flame which is not even as good as fifth level very quickly." There was some complacency in Gu Chenyu's tone, but more of it was regret. Fifth level earth fire was not worth so many spirit stones.

"Don't be discouraged, sir. I will contact you if I find a flame of good quality." Xia Ting was not angry. She looked like she was thinking about the guests wholeheartedly. Gu Chenyu felt a little reluctant. She was taking advantage of other people's resources for free. She was embarrassed to accept a top-grade spirit stone, so she just used it for free.

"Okay, let's contact each other later." Gu Chenyu took out the sound transmission jade pendant and recorded her jade slip information on it.

"Sir, is there anything else you would like to see?" Xia Ting asked with a smile, wanting to continue selling her product.

"Do you have the raw materials and recipe for a third-grade elixir?" asked Gu Chenyu.

"Of course we have it. Wait a moment, I will arrange it." Xia Ting said with a smile, but in fact she was crying in her heart. She just earned an extra commission and lost a lot.

After a while, Xia Ting brought up a lot of things, including four pill recipes and three storage bags containing the materials for refining the pill recipes, and a total of three thousand medium-grade spirit stones.

Gu Chenyu counted the money openly and left.

Looking at Gu Chenyu going away, she stamped her feet. She didn't get anything in return. This guy was really a stingy person.

"Hehe, dear sister, it looks like things are not going well for you."

A laugh came from behind, Xia Ting turned around suddenly, and saw a graceful and mature woman wearing a veil walking towards her. Her long white legs were exposed, which made people imagine a lot.

"Hey, Sister Bai Lian." Xia Ting couldn't help but act coquettishly. She was frustrated on the first day and felt more or less defeated.

"You are so naughty. Instead of being a good young lady, why do you come out to join in the fun?" Bai Lian touched Xia Ting's hair with a doting look on his face.

"Hmph, it's all because of that stingy guy. I thought I made a profit, but I didn't expect to spend so much time and effort to get such a small amount of spirit stones." Xia Ting threw herself into Bai Lian's arms and said angrily.

"Alright, alright, this is not your job. Practice well, and when you enter the Heavenly Man Realm in the future, you will be assigned a branch to manage. You will be busy then." Bai Lian knocked on Xia Ting's head, and the two girls started playing around.

Gu Chenyu naturally didn't know about this scene, he didn't even know whether Xia Ting's real name was it. He only knew that he had made a big profit inexplicably.