The Celestial Race of Destiny: Starting with Farming and Fish Raising

Chapter 21 The Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle

"We purchase large quantities of raw materials for alchemy and weapon forging at fair prices. The Zhou family of Jin Su Mountain guarantees our reputation and treats everyone fairly, young and old."

"Zhou Family Shop, your best choice."

In the very center of Jin Su Shan Market stands the most magnificent building, "Zhou Family Shop," with its "GG" sign at the entrance as tall as a story.

It's very eye-catching.

Crimson Blood Yang Ginseng is also an alchemy material, and Su Qingyan decided to check the market price of this popular alchemy raw material on the "Official Immortal Cultivation Family of the Marketplace".

Upon entering Zhou's shop, a price list for purchasing raw materials for alchemy and weapon crafting, updated in real time, stands prominently inside the door.

Su Qingyan immediately spotted the Crimson Blood Yang Ginseng at the top of the price list.

15 spirit stones per plant, purchase price for individual plants.

Even a single plant can be harvested.

"The lowest price the vendors at the street stalls offer for buying Crimson Blood Yang Ginseng is 16 spirit stones per plant, the common price is 17 or 18 spirit stones per plant, and the highest price can reach 20 spirit stones per plant. However, such a high price is hard to come by. Only cultivators who urgently need this kind of spiritual medicine will offer 20 spirit stones per plant."

"Compared to this, the Zhou family's purchase price is the lowest."

"But the Zhou family's shop also has obvious advantages, namely that they have the reputation of the Zhou family of Jin Su Mountain as a guarantee. In most cases, they can ensure that the transaction information of the buyer or seller will not be leaked after the transaction is completed, and their personal safety is guaranteed."

Su Qingyan quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.

For someone like him who places particular emphasis on survival and stealthy development, safety is far more important than spirit stones or anything like that.

Not bothered by the difference in the purchase price of one or two spirit stones, Su Qingyan quickly found a shop assistant standing not far away and politely asked, "Fellow Daoist, I would like to sell some things and also buy some things."

"Could you prepare a cubicle for me?"

"I prefer a quiet trading environment."

"Also, my packhorse is tied up at the door, with two huge monster fangs hanging on either side of its back. Please have one or two people help me carry it in."

"No problem," the shop assistant said with a confident smile. "Those who choose our Zhou Family Shop are all cautious fellow Daoists."

"Since you trust the Zhou family, we naturally have to take your concerns into account."

After saying that, the shop assistant quickly arranged for two strong ordinary men to carry the tusks of the Mud-armored Wild Boar King from the packhorse into the private room, and then brought Su Qingyan in.

"The Zhou family's shop assistants didn't neglect me because of my low Qi Refining Level 1 cultivation. Their training in professional conduct is quite thorough," Su Qingyan thought to himself, praising the Zhou family's shop.

Then he took out the six and a half Crimson Blood Yang Ginseng from the bundle, pushed it in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "I would like to exchange for a small mountain-protecting formation to protect my own residence, some Crimson Yang Pills to improve my cultivation, and some spirit fish fry for breeding."

"By the way, your Zhou family should have some weapon refiners, right? What kind of magical artifacts could you possibly forge from these two Mud Armored Wild Boar Kings?"

The shop assistant didn't respond to Su Qingyan immediately. Instead, he spent a few minutes carefully examining the spiritual herbs and the two mud-armored wild boar king tusks that Su Qingyan had brought before speaking, "I can buy these six complete Crimson Blood Yang Ginsengs for 15 spirit stones each, but this half-grown Crimson Blood Yang Ginseng has severely dissipated its spiritual energy..."

"I can only offer 4 spirit stones to buy it."

"There are 94 spirit stones in total."

At this point, the shop assistant swallowed hard, paused for a moment, and then offered his suggestion: "It's true that our Zhou family has weapon refiners, but making an appointment is extremely troublesome."

"It will take at least a month to turn these two demonic beast fangs into magical artifacts, and the final product may not even meet your expectations."

"If you are willing to sell these two monster fangs to our shop, we can offer you 25 spirit stones as a purchase price."

"And your timing is perfect, fellow Daoist."

"Our Zhou family's weapon refiner just brought a set of extremely high-quality first-grade mid-level magic weapons to the shop a couple of days ago. I've brought them over for you to take a look."

"Hold on."

The shop assistant confidently walked out of the private room, then returned and took out a jade box the size of a pencil case from his pocket.

Upon opening it, 11 thin, yellowish-brown needles lay quietly inside, their surfaces shimmering with a faint glow, giving the immediate impression that they were not ordinary objects.

"This magical artifact is called the Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle, a mid-grade first-tier magical artifact. There are 11 needles in total, forming a set."

"When each Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle is used individually, it is a low-grade first-tier magic weapon. When all 11 Shadowless Earth Spirit Needles are used together in accordance with the incantation, it can unleash an effect greater than the sum of its parts, reaching the level of a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon. It is even more powerful than an ordinary mid-grade first-tier magic weapon, making it extremely formidable."

"Of course, that's not its most attractive feature."

"The reason why this set of magical artifacts is considered extremely rare is that, when used properly, it can give you the ability to defeat enemies of a higher level."

"The Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle is extremely 'insidious' to use. If it falls to the ground, it will automatically burrow into the soil. If you pretend to be outmatched and start to run away, and the enemy chases after you, you can activate the Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle to launch a surprise attack. The needle is engraved with 'corrosive Dao patterns.' Once it pierces the flesh, it will burrow into the bones like a living thing, specifically destroying the enemy's meridians and preventing the enemy from mobilizing their spiritual power."

"Even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would be crippled and rendered helpless if this happened, leaving them at your mercy."

"The only problem is that your current cultivation level is too low, and the spiritual energy reserves in your body are probably only enough to use the Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle at full power once."

"Of course, whether or not you want to buy it is up to you, fellow Daoist."

"If we don't buy it, this set of Shadowless Earth Spirit Needles will be bought by other fellow cultivators in less than two days."

"If you decide to buy, each Shadowless Earth Spirit Needle is priced at 10 spirit stones. I'll round down the price for the whole set to 105 spirit stones."

"As for the small-scale formation you mentioned, fellow Daoist..."

"How could our Zhou family possibly produce this kind of thing?"

"The art of array formations is notoriously profound. Our Zhou family has no related lineage. If we want to obtain this, we'll probably have to go to the Moon Shadow Sect."

Looking at the 11 Shadowless Earth Spirit Needles in the jade box, Su Qingyan pondered for a long time.

Although he disliked being sold things, he had to admit that this set of Shadowless Earth Spirit Needles really appealed to him.

Undoubtedly a divine weapon for scheming!

But it was really expensive, almost emptying all the belongings he had with him.

Upon seeing Su Qingyan's appearance, the experienced shop assistant immediately understood.

He knew the customer was interested, and if he added a little more leverage and offered a discount, the customer would definitely buy it. So he quickly said, "How about this, our Zhou family shop will offer a further discount."

"We can't provide the formation, but we can still give you the Crimson Sun Pill and the spirit fish seedlings you mentioned."

"The things you brought here total 115 spirit stones. We'll pack them up and take them with us. In return, we'll sell you this set of Shadowless Earth Spirit Needles, a mid-grade Crimson Sun Pill worth 15 spirit stones, and some information about wild spirit fish."

"What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

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