Sovereign to Immortality

Chapter 875 – Tianji (continued)

The low grade Spirit Stage Pill Furnace was extremely good in terms of quality, but within a month, it had been used before, and then the blood that was left at the bottom of the furnace, although it had been cleaned, was still discovered by Yang Junshan. This made him have a bad premonition, the origin of this pill furnace was unknown.

Thinking about it, Yang Junshan put down the pill furnace in his hand, his gaze landing on the middle grade Spirit Stage pill furnace.

Compared to the intact low-grade Spiritual Tier Pill Furnace, the body of this medium-grade Spiritual Tier Pill Furnace had numerous marks left by the hacking and chiseling of blades. It was obvious that this furnace had been hit by more than one type of magical equipment before, but fortunately, the inside of the furnace was not damaged.

Yang Junshan used his hand to feel the surface of the cauldron, and he could almost be sure that this cauldron had been forcibly sliced apart by a high levelled magic treasure. (TL: UUUUUUUUUABUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU))

As long as the pill furnace was not completely broken, then the quality of the pill furnace would not be affected. At most, the furnace would only be slightly weaker, but this could not be made up for. As for the part where the cauldron was used, it was only missing a cauldron, so this pill furnace did not seem to be complete.

Yang Junshan helplessly looked towards the highest quality high grade spirit rank pill furnace. Maybe it was because it had the best quality, but it looked like the furnace itself was preserved extremely well.

However, after his previous observations of the two pill furnaces, Yang Junshan did not believe that only the Spiritual Tier High Rank pill furnace was completely undamaged.

This fact made Yang Junshan a little satisfied, as he did not look like he was doing business at all. This also allowed Yang Junshan to have a certain understanding of the style of this Heavenly Worm Workshop, but also gave him a certain understanding of the background of this Heavenly Worm Workshop.

Yang Junshan simply extended his hand and held onto the half man-sized pill furnace. Although this pill furnace looked like it was half a man’s height, it was actually no less than a few thousand jin in weight. However, he was holding onto it with one hand.

The black clothed cultivator glanced at Yang Junshan but did not say anything. His entire body was covered by black clothing and it was impossible to see how he looked like.

However, Yang Junshan finally realised the problem when his palm made contact with the pill furnace. If the previous two pill furnaces had their own flaws, but did not have much of an impact on pill refining, then this seemingly intact high grade Spirit Stage Pill Furnace was a complete scam.

As mentioned before, although there were several scratches on the exterior of the pill furnace, it did not cause any damage to the pill furnace’s spirit markings. However, while the surface of the pill furnace appeared to be completely undamaged, the spirit markings on the inside of the furnace were completely destroyed.

Without the support of spirit tattoos, when a cultivator was controlling a magic treasure, his spiritual energy could not be effectively used. The power of a magic treasure could be measured in ten steps, and even though the high grade spirit rank pill furnace could still be used to concoct pills, its quality was at most comparable tigh grade magic pill furnace.

If it was said that the Spiritual Tier Middle Tier pill furnace only suffered from external injuries, then the high Tier Pill Furnace was a complete internal injury. Furthermore, it was an internal injury that could not be cured.

Yang Junshan muttered: “There are only these three pill furnaces, do you have any other pill furnaces to choose from?”

The black clothed cultivator remained motionless, but his voice was still cold. “You can wait!”

“So how long?”

“I don’t know!”

“May I ask the price?”

“No bargaining!”

“Then, what is the value of a low-grade Spiritual Tier Pill Furnace?”

“Fifty crystal bricks!”

“What? Fifty crystal bricks?”

Yang Junshan gasped, not because the pill furnace was too expensive, but because it was too cheap. A low grade Spirit Stage Pill Furnace would normally be at least 80 crystal bricks, and this was with someone willing to accept crystal bricks.

This low grade pill furnace was the most well-preserved of the three, but there was human blood spilled inside it, which was hard for some germaphrodisiacs to accept. In the beginning, Yang Junshan suspected that this pill furnace came from an unorthodox origin, but after inspecting all three pill furnaces, Yang Junshan was sure that every single one of them were stolen goods. The Heaven Arts Workshop was basically a way to sell stolen goods, no wonder no one dared to reveal their true appearance here, and guide child was warning him to “pick something he shouldn’t have”.

This was also the reason why these pill furnaces could be sold at such a low price. Furthermore, they could be bought with crystal bricks, so there was no need to worry about losing money.

If the news were to leak out because they bought stolen goods from here and the person who lost them came looking for them, the knot between the enemies and them would be too unjust.

Luckily, he had been careful before he had entered the Heavenly Arts Sect. He had slightly changed his appearance so as to not reveal his identity.

However, many cultivators that entered and exited the Immortal palace knew that it was here, and were not afraid of attracting jealousy or hatred because of this. Without even thinking about it, one could tell that the background behind the Heavenly Arts Tower was shockingly huge, to the extent that the Heavenly Dipper, Supreme Force cultivators, and the powers backing them were not willing to provoke it.

After figuring out the reason, Yang Junshan became more cautious in his heart, but since he was already here, Yang Junshan did not plan to return empty-handed. He continued to ask: “Then what about this middle grade Spirit Stage Pill Furnace?”

As for that high grade Spirit Ranked Pill Furnace, Yang Junshan was not even interested in asking for its price.

“Eighty crystal bricks!” The black-clothed cultivator’s reply was as succinct as ever.

“Deal!”

Under normal circumstances, eighty crystal bricks would not even be able to buy a mid grade Spirit Ranked treasure, but being able to buy a pill furnace that was slightly damaged but had little effect on the refining process, Yang Junshan naturally had nothing to hesitate, furthermore, with his current value, he did not care about the eighty crystal bricks, as for the reason why this pill furnace came from a bad place, Yang Junshan thought that Adept Tai Gang would not be able to buy a mid grade spirit treasure, not to mention which power would easily take out their own pill furnace to show them to others.

Yang Junshan happily handed the case with the crystal bricks to the black clothed cultivator, and then asked: “What about the three Pill Fires?”

The black clothed cultivator seemed to be in a better mood now that he had completed a transaction. He spoke a little more and said, “A hundred crystal bricks at one hundred fire, one hundred and twenty crystal bricks at one hundred and fifty years, and three hundred and five hundred crystal bricks at three hundred.”

The quality of a pill fire was much higher than that of a pill furnace. Compared till furnace, a good pill fire seed could sometimes improve the pill refining skills of a pill refiner greatly, even surpassing the pill furnace itself.

The quality of a pill’s fire largely depended on the quality of its nurturing. Under normal circumstances, the longer it was nurtured, the higher its quality would be, but this was not absolute, there were some pill refiners who could only concoct spirit pills for their entire life, and the pill fire in their hands had been nurturing for two hundred years, but they might not be able to concoct treasure pills all of a sudden. Some pill refiners in the sect used fire as the inheritance and also used fire as the main ingredient in concocting pills.

Thus, Pill Fire’s selection was usually more rigorous than pill furnaces, and it was also more picky towards cultivators.

Looking at the three Pill Fire, Yang Junshan had a headache. He had heard Peng Shitong, Apothecary Kong and the others mention this before, but he knew that it was one thing, letting him choose one was another. How could he know which of the three Pill Fire was more suitable to concoct the pills the Yang Family cultivators needed.

Just as Yang Junshan was looking at the three fireflies in front of him, a voice suddenly came from the black clothed cultivator, “The most expensive is the best!”

This time, he was able to see that Yun Che was conflicted and actually warned him. This caused Yang Junshan to be greatly surprised, and he even suspected that this fellow did not wish him to buy the most expensive one.

Yang Junshan raised his head to look at the black clad cultivator, only to see that he was still ignoring him. If not for the clear voice just now, he would have suspected that he had heard wrongly.

A hundred crystal bricks from a hundred years of Pill Fire, and a hundred and fifty years of it, were still only a hundred and twenty crystal bricks. But three hundred years of being on fire had suddenly risen to five hundred crystal bricks.

Yang Junshan clenched his teeth, and finally chose to believe the black clothed cultivator’s reminder. Although the five hundred crystal bricks made him feel a little pained, he was still able to come out. He decided to make a bet and said: “Then I’ll take these three hundred years of Pill Fire.”

The black robed cultivator waved his hand and collected all of the items besides the three hundred year old flame fireflies. Then, he took out a gray cloth bag and put it away, allowing the firefly to enter the bag.

The black robed cultivator threw the sack over and said, “This is great, I’ll give it to you as a gift!”

Yang Junshan could tell that although the quality of the bag was not high, it waype of item that could store specific items. After receiving the bag, he cupped his hands and said “Thank you”.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave the workshop, the black clothed cultivator’s voice could be heard again, “Don’t forget to look at the map in the evening!”

Yang Junshan’s heart skipped a beat and he immediately turned around. He saw the Heavenly Arts Workshop’s tattered wooden door clanging shut, once again concealing everything inside.

Yang Junshan reached out to touch the wrinkled cloth silk in his chest and thought, could it be that this cloth silk that was spenhousand crystal coins to buy from the guide child was some kind of map, and that the black clothed cultivator only warned him when he chose Pill Fire because he discovered the map on his body?

Then, what secrets were hidden behind the map? Could it be that it was related to the Celestial Arts Workshop as well?