The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 31: Transaction

"All these books on formations, I want them all. What treasures do you plan to trade for them? I don't have much here. How about a few hundred little Little Strong Gu?" Knowing that she was afraid of cockroaches, Long Xuan made a joke.

Di Xin gave him a annoyance look and said slowly, "As a rogue cultivator compared to those large Gu cultivation clans, my cultivation speed is much slower. I want to quickly become a Marrow cleansing stage Gu cultivator. Do you have any treasures that can accelerate my cultivation speed?"

Hearing her request, Long Xuan threw a Hundred Flowers Pill at her and said, "Would this Pill work?"

He was quite confident in the effect of the Hundred Flowers Pill on increasing spiritual power. To date, he had never seen a spirit-gathering stage pill with a more potent effect than the Hundred Flowers Pill.

Di Xin carefully examined the Hundred Flowers Pill up close and soon showed a look of surprise. She had never seen such an pill with such immense spiritual power before. It was much more potent than any other pill she had encountered, which made her extremely happy.

This type of pill was over three times more effective than similar pill. With continuous use, her cultivation speed would increase significantly.

With this pills aiding her cultivation, she was confident she could break through to the Marrow cleansing stage within a few years.

She didn't hide her joy, looking up at Long Xuan and said, "I consider myself well-informed, but this is the first time I've seen such an pills. I'll take it. How many elixirs do you want to exchange for my formation books?"

Long Xuan was completely confident in his pills, so he wasn't surprised at her agreement.

Considering that the laws of this world are not easily passed on and knowledge is the most expensive thing in this world, he was not stingy at all and simply raised five fingers, ready to offer five thousand Hundred Flowers Pills to buy all the formation books.

Don’t be startled by the large number of pills. Long Xuan had a nearly 100% success rate in pill-making, and the yield rate was also close to 100%.

While others might struggle to produce such a large quantity of pills, for someone with his exaggerated pill-making efficiency, five thousand pills were not difficult.

He was even preparing to create a larger pill cauldron to attempt mass-production methods for elixirs.

This meant throwing in dozens of times the materials into the cauldron at once, expecting to produce dozens of times the pills in one batch—thousands at a time.

This method would save him a lot of time in pill-making, allowing him to focus more on researching new formulas.

This idea was his own invention. No other alchemist dared to do this or even thought about it.

Given the low success rate of alchemy, who would dare to throw in dozens of portions of materials at once? If it failed, the loss would be enormous.

Moreover, alchemy strictly controlled the proportions and quantities of materials. A tiny deviation could ruin the batch.

Long Xuan’s approach was equivalent to altering the formula, increasing the complexity and reducing the success rate further. Only a bold person like him would dare to try it.

Of course, there wasn't such a large pill furnace in this world, so he had to learn crafting techniques to create one himself, which put this scary plan on hold temporarily.

Unexpectedly, when Di Xin saw him raise five fingers, she thought he meant five hundred pills. She was overjoyed, not expecting such high-quality pills to be available in such quantity, exceeding her expectations.

She would never think of the scary number of five thousand, even if she was beaten to death. Who could produce such a large amount of pills? It was absolutely impossible.

Feeling she got a great deal, Di Xin immediately shouted, "Deal! Five hundred pills!"

Afraid he might regret it, Long Xuan was dumbfounded.

They both misunderstood each other's wealth. Long Xuan didn’t explain, letting her misunderstand.

Since she misinterpreted, he let it be. He pretended to be afraid she might regret it and started taking out bottles of Hundred Flowers Pills.

Five hundred pills were a lot, and it took a while to take them all out.

Soon, the bottles filled the entire table. Di Xin checked and stored the pills in her storage bag, smiling broadly.

If she knew Long Xuan meant five thousand pills, she might not smile anymore and would regret it deeply.

The formation books were few and easy to carry. Long Xuan put them in his storage bag and quickly left, fearing she might change her mind.

"Wait!"

Di Xin suddenly called out, looking at his back. "I forgot to tell you, all the knowledge I have and the books you took are from a formation master and are not to be seen in public."

"The formations in those books are exclusive and easily recognized. If seen, it might cause great trouble."

Long Xuan turned back, glaring at her and said through gritted teeth, "Why didn’t you say so earlier? No wonder you sold them so cheaply."

He now understood why she didn’t mind sharing this knowledge. These formation books weren’t hers but stolen, so she didn’t mind passing them on.

Seeing she had put all the Hundred Flowers Pills in her storage bag and was smiling playfully, he knew there was no way to get them back.

Never mind, he thought. He planned to refine the formations to a micro-level and might even create his own.

Whatever formations he used, the final result would be unrecognizable to others.

Di Xin’s smile faltered, realizing the pills value. Did he not understand their worth?

Di Xin felt she had missed a huge opportunity.

"I forgot to tell you, my pills are also stolen. Don’t use them in front of others or trade them, or you’ll get into big trouble."

Long Xuan thought if Elder Long saw the Hundred Flowers Pills and recognized them from his partial formula, it would cause unnecessary trouble. So, he reminded Di Xin and left satisfied.

Di Xin glared at him before introducing her third treasure.

Time passed slowly. Long Xuan watched the table full of treasures, hoping for a good deal.

Di Xin left, and another rogue cultivator came. One after another, many came with countless treasures.

However, all treasures were exchanged at their true value, and Long Xuan never found a great deal.

Don’t take everyone for fools. No one would sell something without knowing its value. Getting a great deal here wasn’t easy.