A Loose Cultivator's Path to Longevity

”Leyuan, you can’t be so subjective about everything. It will affect your judgment,” Li Leqian said with a sigh.

If it weren’t for the Li Family’s current lack of worthy successors, he truly wouldn’t have wanted to hand the family over to his younger cousin. Leyuan’s intentions were always good, but he was just too stubborn.

Turning to look at Lü Zhong, he pondered for a moment.

”The Jade Sun Pill is incredibly valuable, and the Li Family has nothing of equal worth to trade for it. All I can offer is one ingot of Bright Moon Essence.”

’This is exactly what I came for!’

Lü Zhong had made this trip precisely because he’d heard the Li Family of Panshi Plateau possessed a piece of Bright Moon Essence.

That was why he had brought this Jade Sun Pill with him.

Even in the Southern Barbarian region, a Jade Sun Pill was a precious item.

In fact, any Tier Three Pill was bound to be precious.

After all, for the spirit medicines used in alchemy, the main ingredient had to be at least five hundred years old. Some of the more demanding recipes even required thousand-year-old spirit medicines.

’In the Southern Barbarian region, you couldn’t get a single ingot of Bright Moon Essence for even ten Jade Sun Pills, yet here in the Western Realm, it only takes one!’ On the surface, Lü Zhong remained perfectly calm, but inside, he was ecstatic beyond words.

’What a massive profit! If this isn’t a massive profit, what is?!’

Suppressing his excitement, he didn’t agree right away.

Li Leqian himself had admitted he didn’t think one ingot of Bright Moon Essence was enough for a Jade Sun Pill. He was expecting Lü Zhong to ask for more.

’Alright, you’re the one who asked for it.’

”Add another ten thousand Spirit Stones!”

”Done,” Li Leqian agreed instantly.

As if afraid Lü Zhong would go back on his word, he immediately took out a high-grade spirit stone.

Then, he had Li Leyuan fetch a jade box.

Inside lay a piece of Bright Moon Essence, white as the moon and emitting specks of spiritual light. The amount was just right—exactly one ingot.

With the exchange complete, Lü Zhong looked dissatisfied on the surface, but inwardly, he was overjoyed.

”Fellow Daoist, I wonder if you have any more items like this?” Having accepted the Jade Sun Pill, Li Leqian suddenly had an idea and asked cautiously.

”What, are you planning to rob me?” Lü Zhong shot him a sidelong glance.

What he really wanted to say was actually...

...this:

’Are you also planning to try killing a Core Formation expert despite your lower cultivation stage?’

”No, no, no! Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand! I just want to buy more. It’s rare to meet a great benefactor like you!” Li Leqian was sweating bullets; he wouldn’t actually do such a thing.

Although, for a fleeting moment, the thought had indeed crossed his mind.

’A great benefactor? Couldn’t you have picked a better word? It really sounds like you’re mocking me,’ Lü Zhong grumbled internally. But then he remembered the Bright Moon Essence he’d gotten from the Li Family and magnanimously forgave him.

’If I find a few more materials, I might be able to directly refine a Magical Treasure with a Third-Layer Prohibition.’

The quality of a Magical Treasure was also related to the spiritual materials used.

Using better spiritual materials would result in a more powerful Magical Treasure.

After a moment’s thought, Lü Zhong decided to sell some healing elixirs as well.

”I only have two bottles of Tier One Rejuvenation Pills. One hundred Spirit Stones per bottle. Want them?”

In the Southern Barbarian region, a bottle of Rejuvenation Pills cost only ten Spirit Stones.

He had marked it up tenfold.

”Yes, yes, yes!” Li Leqian hurriedly handed over a bag of Spirit Stones.

Spirit medicines were becoming rarer by the day, so it was good to stock up on Tier One Pills when possible.

Seeing how eager he was, Lü Zhong pretended to have second thoughts. He hesitated for a moment, enjoying the man’s nervous expression, before finally handing over the two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills and accepting the bag of two hundred Spirit Stones.

After leaving the Li Family’s residence and walking a good distance away, Lü Zhong couldn’t help but break into a smile.

’These Spirit Stones are way too easy to earn!’

But he hadn’t even been smiling for long when he habitually used his scene-reversal technique and suddenly discovered someone was tailing him.

’Huh? It’s not the Li Family!’

It was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.