Chapter 205 Distributing Treasures, Complete Satisfaction

The third category of treasures was considerably more complex.

Within the Celestial Python Lake (Location), the group managed to harvest 3 fourth-tier spirit herbs, 20-1 third-tier spirit herbs, and as many as several 100 second-tier spirit herbs in 1 fell swoop.

The value of those second-level spirit herbs varied greatly, with each plant ranging from several 100 to several 1000 spirit stones. When combined, their total worth actually approached 1,000,000 spirit stones.

These third-rank spiritual herbs came with a staggering price tag. Among them, the most practical ones included 7 stalks of Cloud-Veined Fruit, 4 stalks of Purple Marrow Fruit, and 3 stalks of Mysterious Jade Ginseng (Spiritual Object). The most precious, however, were 1 stalk of Law Essence Mushroom and 2 stalks of Soul-Nourishing Blossom.

Among these precious herbs, the Cloudvein Fruit serves as 1 of the 2 primary ingredients for refining both the Violet Mist Cloudvein Elixir and the Cloudvein Creation Elixir. Its value typically hovers around 32,000 spirit stones, making it a relatively common third-tier spiritual herb.

The Mysterious Jade Ginseng (Spiritual Object) is a precious ingredient for refining the Mysterious Jade Pill (Spiritual Object), which can increase the spiritual power of a Foundation Establishment, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm) cultivator by 30 percent, making it exceptionally valuable as well.

The Violet Pith Fruit served as the primary ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pill (Spiritual Object). Lyra (Person Name) intended to consecutively refine 4 batches of Foundation Establishment Pill (Spiritual Object), which would be sold to the cultivation world of Border Province to recover spirit stones.

After breaking through to the Golden Core realm, she needed to acquire vast quantities of 5 Elements Qi to enhance her several Natal Magic Treasures.

To advance a fourth-tier lower-grade innate magic treasure to fourth-tier middle-grade, each 1 requires the consumption of 5 Elements Essence worth 500,000 spirit stones—this is by no means a small expenditure.

In truth, this was the reality of high-level cultivation. When a Nascent Soul cultivator sought to forge a fifth-tier magic treasure, it often required harnessing the elemental energies of an entire nation to accomplish the task.

In nations like the Chu Kingdom (Location), where 400,000 cultivators practiced arduously day and night, separating the 5 elemental energies during their cultivation, forging even a single low-grade 5-Element artifact would likely consume several decades of effort.

The Ji Clan, a prominent immortal lineage, held dominion over the lands of 6 kingdoms. Whenever a True Monarch required the refinement of high-grade magical treasures or found their reserves of 5 Elements essence insufficient, they would decree a suspension of all private transactions involving 5 Elements essence across the 6 kingdoms, affecting millions of cultivators under their rule.

After accounting for all the generated 5 Elements essence, each major clan would first allocate 80 percent to be sold to the Ji Clan. Any attempt to conceal even the slightest amount would be met with severe punishment.

This may seem strict, but in truth, the Ji Clan of Immortals protects the 6 nations of Ji Province, holding back both demonic cultivators and the Green Flood Dragon Demon Emperor (Demon Beast). Their ultimate goal is simply to secure strategic resources like the 5 Elements' Essence Qi.

Getting back to the main topic, aside from the 3 lower-grade tier-3 spirit herbs, the Soul-Nourishing Flower served as the primary ingredient for the mid-grade tier-3 Mind-Cultivating Pill. Eldrin (Person Name) decisively exchanged for 1, planning to use it in a few years—after further consolidation—to break through to the rank of mid-grade tier-3 alchemist.

The Law Origin Mushroom serves as the primary ingredient for the Dharma Essence Pill (Spiritual Object). Consuming this pill could extend the lifespan of a Purple Mansion cultivator by 30 years, leaving everyone present utterly captivated.

Lyra (Person Name) was rather generous. She glanced at Fayuan Zhi (Magical Herb) with a light laugh and said.

"When I break through to the Golden Core realm, my success rate for refining this Spirit-Realm Fungus should exceed 40 percent."

"Once the Dharma Essence Pill (Spiritual Object) has been successfully refined, you may seek me out again."

Xavier’s face also lit up with delight at the words. Lyra had only 2 Purple Mansion disciples under her tutelage. If there were any extras, he might just be able to exchange for 1 as well.

After distributing the spiritual herbs, Lyra (Person Name) retrieved the gains obtained from the subterranean water vein.

Within the underground water veins, the most precious treasures were naturally the 7 Profound Water Crystals (Spiritual Object). As per the prearranged compensation agreement, Lyra (Person Name) gave 2 of them to Xavier (Person Name).

He then cast a glance at the assembly and declared, "Of the remaining 5 Profound Water Crystals (Spiritual Object), 1 shall be reserved for my disciple, Liu Rumeng (Person Name)."

"Here are the remaining 4. You may exchange them as you wish."

Among the crowd, Percival exchanged nothing else, using all his contribution points solely to acquire 2 Profound Water Crystals.

Clearly, the Pan family had declined to such an extent that it stirred Percival's vile intention to gamble on their downfall.

This time, Percival encountered a remarkable opportunity, obtaining 2 Profound Water Crystals. These held significant potential to help the family produce another Zi Fu realm cultivator—enough to completely reverse the declining fortunes of the Pan Immortal Clan.

Eldrin took 1 of the remaining 2 Eldrin, intending to refine the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss, while the 2 from the Xu family exchanged for the final 1.

Yang Yuanhe did not contend for the Profound Water Crystal (Spiritual Object). His mind was already calculating—with 2 Profound Water Crystals (Spiritual Object) in possession, he deemed it sufficient to nurture a single Purple Mansion.

Cultivating more Purple Palaces would only dilute his authority and resources. After all, his cultivation was merely at the Purple Palace, Early Stage. If others surpassed him later, he might struggle to maintain authority over the younger generation of the clan.

He was a cultivator with dual spiritual roots of metal and water, so he seized this opportunity to exchange for several water-attributed third-grade treasures nurtured within the water vein, using them to enhance his cultivation.

The third-grade treasures nurtured within the water vein numbered over a dozen. Eldrin exchanged for 3 portions of Clear Spirit True Water in 1 go.

This Clear Spirit Water is a unique Tier-3 treasure that aids in cultivating ocular techniques. The reason Eldrin had been unable to practice the Jade Spirit Eyes technique obtained from Deng Yuanwu was precisely due to the absence of this precious substance.

Cultivating the Jade Spirit Eye Divine Ability does not require the essence of the 5 elements, but rather demands the assistance of this third-order true water. These 3 portions of Clear Spirit True Water are nearly as valuable as 3 pieces of third-grade precious gold.

By now, Eldrin had exchanged for several Grade-3 treasures in total.

The treasures included a Purple Blood Pagoda (Magic Treasure) of upper-third grade, 1 Profound Water Crystal (Spiritual Object), a Soul-Nourishing Flower, and this very Clear Spirit Truewater.

Lyra obtained the most precious several Grade-4 treasures. As compensation, she distributed all the low-tier materials—Grade-2 spirit herbs, demon beast cores, pelts, and the like—among the group.

The Chen Clan had rendered immense meritorious service, and the treasures allocated to them were exceedingly abundant. They received over 20-some stalks each of Qingyuan Mushrooms and Poyuan Fruits alone, while the remaining second-order spiritual herbs numbered over a 100 in total.

Eldrin intended to transplant all viable spirit herbs into the herb garden for cultivation. With careful tending, the Chen Clan's Foundation Establishment cultivators would face no significant bottlenecks in their cultivation for the next 1 100 years.

Additionally, within the Meridian Water Vein dwelled a medium-sized colony of Cyan Spirit Clams. These spirit clams thrived by absorbing Meridian Water Qi, nurturing precious spirit pearls within their shells.

These Cyan Spirit Clams range from first to third tier, and the pearls they produce can be refined into pills that enhance 1's cultivation. They are the most significant yield from the Ren Shui Earth Vein.

Although this Spirit Clam Pearl is the essence of the clam, and cannot compare to spiritual peaches like the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root), it can still greatly accelerate a cultivator's cultivation speed.

Eldrin spared no merit points to secure the lion's share of these spirit pearls, obtaining as many as 200 second-grade pearls and a full 7 third-grade pearls.

After refinement, a single second-grade pearl could increase a Foundation Establishment cultivator's cultivation speed by 50 percent. Each pearl would maintain its effect for 10 years, making them truly precious treasures.

Each of these treasures can save a cultivator 5 years of cultivation time. The more diligently 1 trains, the greater the effects they yield, so each piece is valued at around 800 spirit stones.

At present, these full 2 100 second-order spirit pearls were almost equivalent to 160,000 spirit stones, enough to significantly boost the cultivation speed of the clan's cultivators.

The 7 Third-Level Spirit Orbs offered even more versatile applications. The old clan leader planned to procure a batch of Third-Level silkworm threads to integrate them into the Crimson-Gold Banner of the 3 Treasures (Magic Treasure), thereby further enhancing the power of this set of formation banners.