Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 2931: Chapter 53: Wang Shouzhe Convinces the Taoist Master with Reason (Part 2)

The prices of the other auxiliary materials for the Dao Yuan Pill are also quite high, but compared to the Void Dao Yuan Fruit, they don’t even count as a fraction.

”This Taoist Master indeed desires it.” Taoist Master Taichu seemed somewhat tempted, yet remained full of doubt, ”Although, due to the rarity of Dao Books, it’s impossible for one Dao Yuan Pill to produce a Taoist Master, if there is an appropriate candidate and resources, cultivating a mid-late stage Sacred Supreme is not out of reach. But Shouzhe, do you know why we at Primordial Taoist Palace can only grow and refine them ourselves?”

”Could it be that someone has already overpaid to purchase the Void Dao Yuan Fruit?” Wang Shouzhe spoke like this, but his expression remained unchanged, as if he had already anticipated it.

”Exactly.” Taoist Master Taichu nodded and said, ”A generally neutral Taoist Master from the North Shu God Continent cultivates the Tao of Sun, and his control over the Grand Tao of Fire has reached its pinnacle. Although he doesn’t possess a Primordial Tao Dan Furnace, he has Primordial Dao Fire, which makes his pill refining different from ordinary Taoist Masters. He has been purchasing various Rank 12 Primordial Dao materials throughout the years, and for the Void Dao Yuan Fruit, he offers sixty Chaos Spirit Stones or one Dao Yuan Pill plus twenty Chaos Spirit Stones.”

”Therefore, even if someone occasionally manages to obtain a Void Dao Yuan Fruit, it is more profitable to directly sell it to the Taoist Master Taiyang.” Taoist Master Taichu sighed and said, ”Thousands of years ago, a Sacred Race from our Eastern Dawn God Continent was fortunate enough to acquire one Void Dao Yuan Fruit and secretly sold it to Taoist Master Taiyang. This was unintentionally revealed, but there are many more clandestine sellers, which are completely unknowable.”

”Moreover, Taoist Master Taiyang even approached me, hoping to contract the production of Void Dao Yuan Fruits from the Primordial Taoist Palace, offering three Dao Pills for every two fruits. Such a proposition was tempting to many. Unfortunately, we cannot allow ourselves to be strangled.”

”Oh, then Taoist Master Taiyang’s success rate in refining Dao Yuan Pills must be steadily above two furnaces producing three pills, and occasionally even two furnaces producing four.” Wang Shouzhe nodded and remarked, ”With the predecessors’ previous pill completion rate, they would certainly not dare to bid for the raw materials.”

”Indeed, the more so, the more Dao Yuan Pills pass through Taoist Master Taiyang’s hands, and the pill completion rate naturally begins leaving us behind. Worst-case, his current completion rate might have stabilized at an average of two pills per furnace, just quietly making a fortune. These years, at the once-every-millennium black market, at least one Dao Yuan Pill appears for sale. This is most likely that old boy quietly unloading his stock.” Taoist Master Taichu’s old face was somewhat resentful, yet also seemed very envious and begrudging.

Previously he successfully refined three pills in a single furnace and felt immensely proud, but upon cooling down and reflecting, he knew it was merely luck.

With the Tree of Fortune and the Son of Fortune empowering, occasionally striking lucky is possible, but repeating it too often risks backlash from fortune, resulting in a loss outweighing the gain.

”Senior, do not be vexed. I think Taoist Master Taiyang’s talent in pill refining does not surpass yours, leveraging Dao Fire and more refining attempts, his completion rate is just so.” Wang Shouzhe ”comforted” by saying, ”If you had more opportunities to practice, not only stabilizing two pills per furnace, but even three or four might be possible.”

”Naturally, my talent in pill refining does indeed surpass that old boy. Such pity, such pity, for the chances to practice are far too few. If we were to compete with that old boy for Primordial Dao materials, there’s a risk he’d crush us with money, and then the price might rocket to over eighty Chaos Spirit Stones. Without caution, we could suffer a total loss.” Taoist Master Taichu seemed a bit dissatisfied but had no choice but to accept reality.

In the past, he was certain he couldn’t compete with Taoist Master Taiyang and was quite content with it, but now, he feels somewhat uncomfortable.

”If we indeed can’t compete, we can always increase our own production.” Wang Shouzhe ”suggested,” saying, ”The Eastern Dawn Royal Family and Divine King Mansion’s Rank 9 Spirit Veins, we can plant Void Dao Yuan Fruits on them completely, thus, more opportunities for esteemed senior to practice pill refining, and with our Wang family’s assistance, perhaps we can compete with Taoist Master Taiyang for the position of Pill God of the whole Human Race in the future.”

”Ignorant.” Taoist Master Taichu glared at him, his expression displeased, ”Rank 12 Dao Yuan Pills are just one type of Tao Pill, used to enhance the potential of younger generations. Some Rank 9 Spirit Veins need to be used to cultivate Rank 9 Dao rice and other Rank 12 Spiritual Medicines. For instance, the Life-and-Death Taoist Pill is useless to low-level cultivators, but Taoist Masters highly rely on it—if an unexpected serious injury occurs, at least it can be treated.”

”That indeed makes sense.” Wang Shouzhe, in a ”suddenly enlightened” manner, began to steer thinking, ”Given this, we must focus on acquiring additional Rank 9 Spirit Veins and improving planting efficiency.”

”Difficult, extremely difficult. Our Primordial Taoist Palace has four micro Rank 9 Spirit Veins, commonly referred to as Void Spirit Caves. Two of them were brought from the Immortal Alliance during the great migration, and the other two were accumulated over millions of years.”

”It shows that acquiring Rank 9 Spirit Veins is much harder than obtaining a Void Dao Yuan Fruit.” Taoist Master Taichu explained, ”Thus, each one is extremely precious, worth at least three or four hundred Chaos Spirit Stones, and unavailable on the market. They are much more expensive and rarer than Sacred Images.”

Wang Shouzhe also showed a solemn expression, ”For the development of the Eastern Dawn God Continent, we can only enhance planting efficiency.”