Qiu Zu: From an apprentice in a medicine shop to an immortal ancestor.

Chapter 195: Counting the Spoils! Earth-Grade [Yellow Sprout Purple Gold Furnace]

The golden page was as thin as a cicada's wing, appearing sturdy, yet soft as silk to the touch, with an excellent feel.

However, the edges of the golden page had irregular tears, as if torn from some immortal scripture or classic.

His consciousness sank into it.

He could faintly glimpse the content discussing the outer alchemy path.

As Qiu Zhen tried to see more, an invisible force intervened, and the words in the alchemical text seemed shrouded in mist, blurring instantly.

"Dan Yuanzi's divine sense seal!"

Qiu Zhen muttered to himself, then looked at the three corpses in the courtyard.

Just now, that alchemical formula had flown out from Dan Yuanzi's disciple.

To be precise, it was from the one who kidnapped Li Xing'er and refined the "Golden Core Avatar."

Qiu Zhen's mind raced, connecting the conversations of the three senior and junior brothers, and he had a faint guess in his heart:

"This fragment of alchemical text must be the formula for refining the [Yin-Yang Five Elements Golden Core]. Dan Yuanzi bestowed it upon his disciples, allowing them to refine Golden Core Avatar magic items themselves to enhance their protective divine powers."

At this thought, Qiu Zhen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

He had suddenly encountered "immortal destiny," and it was still a "fragment of alchemical text," so he thought it was the [Dragon Lord's Alchemical Text].

He got excited for nothing.

That [Yin-Yang Five Elements Golden Core] was also possessed by Dan Yuanzi's eldest disciple. Clearly, the fragment of alchemical text had long been bestowed upon the senior and junior brothers and had nothing to do with the [Dragon Lord's Alchemical Text] obtained by Liang Wei.

"That's right, how could Dan Yuanzi casually pass on treasures like the [Dragon Lord's Alchemical Text] to his disciples."

Qiu Zhen shook his head and casually put away the golden page.

With the "divine sense seal" of a Nascent Soul old monster, it was impossible to peek at it without a special incantation.

If he forcibly broke it, he might accidentally destroy the golden page of the alchemical text.

Qiu Zhen wasn't in a hurry. He also possessed Nascent Soul power and could slowly wear it down and refine it, eventually refining the old monster's divine sense.

After putting away the golden page, Qiu Zhen immediately began to take stock of his gains.

About an hour later.

After Qiu Zhen and Xiao Zaozi jointly tallied, they finally finished counting all the mountain-like spoils.

Speaking of which, without Bai Shu, this little housekeeper, Qiu Zhen always felt like something was missing.

Xiao Zaozi's attitude was good, repeatedly offering to help, but it was muddle-headed, and its good intentions only made things worse, creating more chaos.

Later on, Qiu Zhen basically did the tallying alone, while Xiao Zaozi was responsible for setting the mood.

After busying for a while, they finally finished the inventory.

There wasn't much silver, only a mere fifty thousand taels.

However, the other treasures were extremely astonishing.

Dan Yuanzi was a grandmaster of alchemy, reaching the pinnacle of achievement in the art of alchemy, and he was also skilled in outer alchemy immortal techniques. Precisely because of this, the most rewarding treasures from ransacking his lair were medicinal herbs.

One warehouse after another was filled with prepared medicinal herbs piled up like mountains, with an extremely astonishing number.

In the vast open space of the courtyard, medicine chests were stacked high, layer upon layer, making a spectacular sight.

Qiu Zhen, having been an apprentice at a medicine shop, was very skilled at identifying medicinal herbs.

After a rough count, he had a number in his mind.

The value of these medicinal herbs alone exceeded three hundred thousand taels of silver.

This did not include spiritual herbs and precious medicines.

There were one hundred and ten spiritual herbs and precious medicines alone.

Among them were ten hundred-year-old precious medicines with two spiritual rings, which were of considerable value.

In addition, there were various finished pills.

Disease-curing and injury-healing pills, essence-nourishing and Qi-replenishing pills, foundation-strengthening and essence-nurturing pills, a dazzling array that was dizzying to behold.

These finished pills, if placed on the market, could also be worth three to four hundred thousand taels of silver.

Roughly estimated, the finished pills and various medicinal herbs were probably worth more than one million taels of silver.

"As expected of a Nascent Soul old monster, his family fortune is abundant. Just casually ransacking his home yields a million taels of silver."

Qiu Zhen secretly sighed in his heart, then smoothly put the tallied finished pills and medicinal herbs into his storage space.

Besides these, the rest were miscellaneous items.

Daoist scriptures, alchemical books and classics, various alchemical formulas, alchemy tools such as alchemy furnaces, a dazzling array of items.

Since the [Miro Palace] had no further movements, these Daoist scriptures and alchemical books and classics were all ordinary items, with no immortal destiny.

However, their value was still not small.

Daoist scriptures, alchemical books and classics, and alchemical formulas were not lacking in his master's library. However, his master was not a cultivator, and there were not many books related to cultivation in his treasured library.

The Daoist scriptures and alchemical books and classics in Dan Yuanzi's mansion were much purer, with many books and classics involving cultivation matters.

Although there were no specific cultivation methods, no divine powers or spells, and no immortal destiny, they were "treasures" for Qiu Zhen.

These Daoist scriptures and alchemical books and classics could not only allow him to learn orthodox immortal alchemy but also be of great benefit to his inner alchemy cultivation.

"It's a pity that there is no other immortal destiny."

Qiu Zhen shook his head, feeling a bit regretful in addition to his excitement.

Clearly, Dan Yuanzi should also have storage treasures.

Apart from treasures like the immortal vine spiritual root, which were not easy to carry around, and the "fragment of alchemical text" bestowed upon his disciples, he must have carried all the other immortal technique inheritances and outer alchemy immortal technique inheritances with him.

With all the miscellaneous items gone, only the corpses of Dan Yuanzi's three disciples remained in the backyard.

He had already searched the corpses of the three.

They were very poor. Apart from some silver taels, he also found two cloth bags on Dan Yuanzi's second disciple and youngest disciple.

The two cloth bags contained black beans.

One had seventy-two beans, and the other had thirty-six beans.

The black beans were engraved with talismans, emitting a spiritual light, clearly being treasure beans and spirit beans that had been refined with magic, not ordinary items.

"Presumably, these are the magic beans in the spell [Scattering Beans into Soldiers]."

Qiu Zhen recalled the scene of Dan Yuanzi using [Scattering Beans into Soldiers] and immediately understood.

These must be protective magic items that Dan Yuanzi had bestowed upon his two disciples.

Unfortunately, they didn't have a chance to use them before dying under the [Heart Master Treasure Seal].

Qiu Zhen didn't have the [Scattering Beans into Soldiers] method, so the black beans were useless to him. He casually put away the treasures and focused his gaze on the three people.

In fact, the most valuable treasures of the three were the three themselves.

To be precise, it was the Foundation Establishment wonders within their bodies.

Foundation Establishment wonders were the path to cultivation for cultivators, the boat to cross the sea. Only one was needed; more were useless.

Heaven, Earth, and Human grade Foundation Establishment wonders, the higher the grade, the greater the potential.

Those with high-grade Foundation Establishment wonders generally looked down on low-grade Foundation Establishment wonders.

But Qiu Zhen was different.

Foundation Establishment wonders could bless his innate natal magic treasure, the [Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Divine Pearls], allowing him to further deduce divine powers.

For him, the more Foundation Establishment wonders, the better.

Moreover, the Foundation Establishment wonders of Yin God experts mostly sealed "demon generals."

One Foundation Establishment wonder was a large amount of spiritual essence.

For Qiu Zhen, apart from the immortal vine spiritual root, the Foundation Establishment wonders were the most useful to him in this ransacking of the Nascent Soul old monster's cave.

Qiu Zhen's eyes flashed with thunder runes, and with a hand seal, he pointed, and the flying talisman transformed into three bolts of lightning.

"Boom!"

The thunder light flashed.

Immediately afterward, raging thunder fire rolled, burning the three corpses.

Before long, the three disciples of the Nascent Soul old monster Dan Yuanzi turned into a pile of bone ash, burned to nothing.

However, surprisingly, there were three strands of spiritual light above the bone ash, swirling around, suspended in the air, appearing very magical.

The three strands of spiritual light coalesced into a ball, with three objects inside.

A stalk of purple ganoderma, a piece of dog-head gold, and a miniature alchemy furnace.

Qiu Zhen glanced at the purple ganoderma and the dog-head gold, two rare items for foundation building, without paying much attention.

He had four rare items for foundation building alone, so he was considered knowledgeable and had excellent judgment.

Upon seeing these two rare items for foundation building, he immediately recognized that they were both human-grade rare items.

However, the alchemy furnace attracted his attention.

This alchemy furnace was cast entirely from spirit copper, standing on three legs, and engraved with intricate cloud patterns and thunder patterns.

It didn't resemble a real alchemy tool but rather a ritual object for worship, exquisite and luxurious.

"It's the first time I've seen a man-made artifact as a rare item for foundation building."

Qiu Zhen reached out and retrieved the "miniature alchemy furnace," holding it in his palm, carefully observing it, and feeling quite surprised.

Previously, the "rare items for foundation building" he had obtained were two tree hearts, a "withered yellow vine," and a "verdant spirit grass."

Like the "purple ganoderma" and "dog-head gold," they were ordinary objects from the mountains, nurtured and created by the natural world.

The "alchemy furnace" in front of him was unique, transformed from an old object refined by the human race.

Qiu Zhen was surprised, but he didn't think much about it and scanned it with his divine sense.

The three rare items for foundation building "咻" sound and transformed into streams of light, disappearing into his body.

In the spiritual platform of his sea of consciousness, the golden light of the Nascent Soul Dharma Body shone brightly, and the light of the Nascent Soul's wisdom began to refine the "Demon General" within the rare items for foundation building.

Before long.

Within the sea of consciousness, the three rare items for foundation building quietly floated in the air.

Beside them, there were three spirit crystals of different sizes.

The small spirit crystal contained about thirty clusters of standard spiritual energy essence.

The medium spirit crystal contained thirty-six clusters.

The large spirit crystal contained a full fifty clusters.

He obtained 116 clusters of spiritual energy essence all at once.

"A great profit."

A satisfied expression appeared on Qiu Zhen's face.

It must be said that as a master of "Qi Manipulation and Spirit Wandering," the demon suppressed by Dan Yuanzi's eldest disciple was very fierce, and the "spiritual energy essence" he contributed was the most, reaching an astonishing fifty clusters.

In order to kill Dan Yuanzi's eldest disciple, he burned thirty clusters of spiritual energy essence to enhance the Treasure Seal, and he earned it back in one go.

These days, the cultivators of the "Heart Master lineage" were exorcising demons for him, working hard, and he had accumulated a lot of spiritual energy essence.

In addition, tonight he sent flying talismans to the Daoist children and alchemical apprentices under Dan Yuanzi's command for "prison trials and evil examinations," giving them a chance of survival, and did not kill them all.

Unfortunately, the result was very disappointing to him.

More than twenty Daoist children and alchemical apprentices were full of evil deeds and deep sins, and many of them were entangled in demonic thoughts, belonging to the same ilk as Dan Yuanzi and his disciples.

In the end, all the Daoist children and apprentices died at the hands of the Heart Ape Divine General, contributing six strands of spiritual energy essence to him.

After blessing the Treasure Seal and irrigating the "Immortal Vine Spiritual Root," he still had forty clusters of spiritual energy essence left.

Now that he had obtained more than a hundred clusters of spiritual energy essence, his savings had reached an astonishing 156 clusters.

"I've never been so wealthy before!"

Qiu Zhen smiled.

He was originally worried that irrigating the Immortal Vine Spiritual Root would consume too much, and he wouldn't be able to afford it, which would affect his cultivation.

With the current harvest, he felt relaxed all over.

After taking stock of the spiritual energy essence, Qiu Zhen remembered something and focused his mind on the rare item for foundation building, the "alchemy furnace."

"Yellow Sprout Purple Gold Furnace!"

Qiu Zhen recognized the gold inscriptions on the alchemy furnace and read them out softly, becoming interested.

Fifty clusters of spiritual energy essence came from this [Yellow Sprout Purple Gold Furnace].

It was not difficult to see that the "alchemy furnace" was the rare item for foundation building of Dan Yuanzi's eldest disciple, that master of the [Qi Manipulation and Spirit Wandering] realm.

Qiu Zhen's divine sense swept around, and the Nascent Soul Dharma Body radiated wisdom, constantly analyzing.

Before long, a hint of excitement appeared on his face:

"It seems to have much stronger spirituality than other rare items for foundation building. This is a earth-grade rare item for foundation building."

Qiu Zhen revealed joy, but he was not surprised.

Dan Yuanzi's eldest disciple was a top Yin spirit master of the [Qi Manipulation and Spirit Wandering] realm. To be able to cultivate to this level, human-grade rare items for foundation building were not enough, and only "earth-grade" rare items for foundation building could suppress the fierce demon.

Good stuff!

Qiu Zhen was satisfied.

With one more earth-grade rare item for foundation building, his deductions and insights would surely be easier in the future.

"Finally finished taking stock."

Qiu Zhen couldn't help but stretch his body.

The last time he took stock was when he was an apprentice in the pharmacy.

Although it was hard work, the harvest made him very satisfied.

He finally had some wealth.

After taking stock of all kinds of harvests, Qiu Zhen remembered something and finally took out two more items.

The Yin-Yang Five Elements Golden Pill and a page of the incomplete Pill Book.

"This [Yin-Yang Five Elements Golden Pill] and my [Crimson Emperor Golden Pill] belong to the same type of treasure. I can't tell who is superior, but the other party obviously has corresponding spells and divine powers to drive the [Golden Pill Avatar]. With this Golden Pill, the spells and divine powers will go a step further."

Qiu Zhen couldn't help but recall the scene of fighting against the other party, and became more and more interested in the [Incomplete Pill Book].

Presumably, there is a magic formula in this [Incomplete Pill Book].

Immediately, Qiu Zhen became interested and began to refine the old monster's divine sense in the [Incomplete Pill Book]. — —

The next day.

Qiu Zhen spent the whole night refining the [Incomplete Pill Book].

It's just a pity that the old monster's divine sense was strong, and he didn't dare to be too rough, so the progress was touching.

He was not in a hurry about this.

After finishing his morning class meditation, Qiu Zhen went to the backyard first and irrigated the Immortal Vine Spiritual Root with three clusters of spiritual energy essence.

Perhaps it was because it had "taken root" and was nourished by spiritual energy essence, although it was not as good as "Golden Spring" irrigation, and the divine light was misty, the overall vitality was still vigorous, and it could be considered a successful "transplant".

Seeing this scene, Qiu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

This was his exclusive magic weapon in the future, and there must be no mistakes.

After looking at the "Immortal Vine Spiritual Root," Qiu Zhen was planning to take a look at Bai Zhu, but at this moment, he seemed to sense something, and a smile appeared on his face.

His figure flashed.

Before long, he appeared in the Qiu family's backyard outside the valley.

"Little brother, you're out. It's just right, we have guests at home."

"I know."

Qiu Zhen smiled and walked towards the main room.

The person who came was none other than Uncle Li and Li Xing'er.

"Uncle Li, has Xing'er been found?"

"That's right, she has been found."

In the main room, Uncle Li saw Qiu Zhen, and his originally worried face showed a happy smile:

"The mountain patrol martial artists found Xing'er last night. I heard that a master saved Xing'er. It's really the Bodhisattva's blessing!"

After saying that, Uncle Li grinned:

"As soon as I found Xing'er, I came to Qiu Family Village to let you know."

Qiu Zhen smiled:

"It's good that she was found. I didn't help much."

Uncle Li was an honest man and was very grateful to Qiu Zhen for asking Medicine King Valley to help find her. He brought a fat grass carp.

Qiu Zhen saved Xing'er in order to repay the predestined relationship in the dark, and he left without taking credit or fame.

However, Uncle Li's gratitude made him very satisfied.

It was not a waste of his efforts.