Chapter 487: Chapter 409: Transaction_2
Before becoming a Heavenly Venerate, Chen Jichuan would likely choose to sell the Holy Artifacts he had obtained in the Immortal Gate World.
This served as an excellent long-term channel for Yu Ming Immortal Court to gain Holy Artifacts.
Shanhua Venerable was also willing to spend more Spirit Crystals for this purpose.
"Even twenty Holy Artifacts would only require spending a few hundred to a thousand Fang Yuan Crystals at most."
Yu Ming Immortal Court was extremely wealthy and truly didn’t mind such small expenses.
In contrast, the resources on the side of the ’Silver Alliance’ were comparatively tighter.
If more Holy Artifacts could be obtained from Chen Jichuan to arm the Legends of the ’Silver Alliance,’ it would greatly contribute to the alliance’s growth and better development.
Such a good opportunity shouldn’t be lost over a few Spirit Crystals.
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"Daoist, how would you like to pay this hundred and fifty Fang Yuan Crystals?"
After preliminarily reaching an agreement, Shanhua Venerable became even more amicable and inquired.
If it were all paid in Spirit Crystals, Yu Ming Immortal Court could easily mobilize them.
However, for an Upper Immortal like Chen Jichuan, many treasures would be far more suitable than Spirit Crystals. If this hundred and fifty Fang Yuan Crystals were to be offset by various cultivation resources, it would require an enormous collection of items, and Yu Ming Immortal Court would need some time to gather them together.
"One hundred thirty Fang Yuan Crystals will all be exchanged for the items on this list."
Chen Jichuan did not hold back with Shanhua Venerable and handed over a pre-prepared list.
The list detailed various resources, including Pills, extraordinary objects, and Treasure Medicines, which were enough for Chen Jichuan to break through in the advancement of the ’Qi Origin Technique’ to the External Realm.
It also included the ’Purple Pure Spirit Mechanism’ and ’Red Muddy Profound Mechanism’ required for practicing the ’Dayan Divination Method.’
The ’Dayan Divination Method’ was already a Divine Skill; Chen Jichuan had spent over two thousand years cultivating it in the Chongming Realm, progressing slowly due to constraints of time and resources.
"Tuota Venerable, through a fortunate encounter, obtained a Divine Skill but spent fifty thousand years painstakingly cultivating it, still stuck at the First Realm."
Divine Skills were incredibly difficult to cultivate, requiring time, resources, and aptitude — each indispensable. Chen Jichuan could only strive to put more effort into slowly making progress.
"You’ve already listed everything out?"
Shanhua Venerable smiled wryly upon receiving the Jade Scroll after glancing casually: "It’s too much. Based on your list, not to mention one hundred thirty Fang Yuan Crystals, even three to five times that amount wouldn’t suffice."
According to market value, the items listed on the scroll would sum up to at least around eight hundred Fang Yuan Crystals.
This was excessive.
Chen Jichuan clearly didn’t have enough Spirit Crystals for this transaction.
"I am aware."
"The items on this list can be gathered sequentially in order of importance by the Venerable, starting with those equivalent in value to one hundred thirty Fang Yuan Crystals. The rest can be left for the next transaction."
Chen Jichuan smiled at Shanhua Venerable and continued, "For those items later in the list that cannot be purchased this time, I would trouble you to prepare them in advance as well; it will make things more convenient for next time."
This was their first trade together.
The resources procured this time were already sufficient to allow Chen Jichuan to swiftly break through to the External Realm, including several resources required for the Inner Realm stage.
After attempting this breakthrough, he intended to repeatedly refine his current cultivation through ’Derivation,’ aiming to integrate his four mastered techniques to avoid dispersion of focus.
After becoming an Upper Immortal, Chen Jichuan increasingly felt time slipping away.
Cultivation.
Magic Skills.
Alchemy.
Artifact Refining.
All these areas had reached new heights of complexity, making it exceedingly difficult to master multiple disciplines simultaneously.
Take Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and talisman making for example.
Chen Jichuan had already reached the Third-order back in the Starry Sky World.
But upon ascending to Upper Immortal status in the Chongming Spirit Realm, even after two thousand years, he remained at the Third-order.
Time was insufficient.
Finances were challenging to support.
The difficulty of refinement had greatly increased.
All these were influencing factors.
Two thousand years of Upper Immortal cultivation had been enough for Chen Jichuan to deeply realize its tribulations.
This time, he intended to thoroughly organize himself.
Chen Jichuan collected his thoughts and spoke to Shanhua Venerable: "I still have two Holy Artifacts on hand. I’ll likely need to trouble the Venerable with them in the future."
"Two more Holy Artifacts?"
Shanhua Venerable’s eyes brightened, her lips curving into a smile. "You’re always welcome."
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"There are twenty Fang Yuan Crystals remaining."
Shanhua Venerable was mentally keeping track of the Spirit Crystals owed by Chen Jichuan.
She naturally hoped Chen Jichuan would spend all his Spirit Crystals with her, enabling her to conduct two trades — essentially profiting twice, which was rather advantageous.
The assortment of resources Chen Jichuan mentioned, while valuable, were readily available in Yu Ming Immortal Court and also sold within the Chongming Realm.
Whether the profits came from Chen Jichuan or someone else didn’t matter; business was business.
"Ten Fang Yuan Crystals will be paid directly."
"As for the last ten Fang Yuan Crystals, I plan to purchase several Forbidden Curse spells from the ’Silver Alliance.’"
Chen Jichuan’s need for Spirit Crystals wasn’t particularly high, but they were essential for regular cultivation and replenishment of mana, and being prepared always left one at an advantage.
For instance, in this Immortal Gate World, despite his vast mana reserves, mana here was akin to water without a source—it needed constant replenishing with Pills or Spirit Crystals.
Pills were too extravagant; for non-combat situations, Spirit Crystals sufficed for daily use.
Ten Fang Yuan Crystals for emergencies.
The remaining ten Fang Yuan Crystals were reserved for this world’s Forbidden Curses.
"Ten Fang Yuan Crystals?"
"Several Forbidden Curses?"
Shanhua Venerable shook her head and said, "In the Immortal Gate World, Level 4 Magic is equivalent to Chongming Realm’s Super-level Techniques—its value, too, is comparable. Ordinary Level 4 Magic typically costs several hundred Primordial Stones. However, as for Level 5 Forbidden Curses..."
"What about Forbidden Curse?"
Chen Jichuan asked, looking at Shanhua Venerable.
Shanhua Venerable explained, "The ’Silver Alliance,’ after forty thousand years of existence, currently possesses merely four Forbidden Curses. Each one is absolutely prohibited from dissemination. Unless presented with a Divine Artifact or equally priceless treasure, they absolutely will not be shared."
"Forbidden Curses are that significant?"
Chen Jichuan knew Forbidden Curses were incredible, and that knowledge monopolization was intense on the Divine Throne Continent, but this still exceeded his expectations.
As Shanhua Venerable mentioned, the ’Silver Alliance,’ despite being established for forty thousand years and fortified by Heavenly Venerate Immortal Venerable-level powers comparable to Immortal beings, still possessed only four Forbidden Curses.
This was far too few.
"What are Forbidden Curses?"
"They represent the pinnacle of magical attainment. If an Ordinary Legend comprehends one, they are considered half-step Immortal, merely awaiting the construction of their Throne to formally ascend to Kinghood."
"It is the ultimate path to Immortality for them—their greatest secret. Every Immortal would never easily share their Forbidden Curse, not even with their most beloved offspring or closest disciples."
Shanhua Venerable smiled bitterly, "Among the four existing Forbidden Curses within the ’Silver Alliance,’ two were left behind by two Immortals cultivated by the alliance across forty thousand years. The other two were discovered in ancient ruins entirely by happenstance."
Forbidden Curses were extraordinarily private.
Even an organization as lofty as the ’Silver Alliance’ possessed only four.
"Then I’ll let it go."
After hearing this, Chen Jichuan did not insist and opted for a less troublesome alternative: "Level 4 Magic?"
"That’s doable."
Shanhua Venerable nodded but added, "However, only a dungeon copy can be provided, strictly for personal cultivation."
Level 4 Magic was also incredibly valuable.
On the Divine Throne Continent, only the esteemed Immortals, who deeply comprehended the essence of Magic, could inscribe Level 4 Magic onto Magic Sheepskin Scrolls for others to learn.
Original versions could be passed down to multiple people.
Copy versions, by contrast, were single-use consumables. Strike the Magic Sheepskin Scroll in hand once, the Magic is learned, but the scroll itself turns to ash.
Shanhua Venerable took care to avoid misinterpretation, explaining, "Cultivating Magic demands various magical materials, and the wider a Magic is disseminated, the rarer and costlier its corresponding materials become. Thus, major organizations exercise stringent control over Magic, especially Advanced Magic. The price difference between original Magic scrolls and copy scrolls is staggering."
Shanhua Venerable continued, "If Daoist is merely learning out of personal interest, purchasing Level 4 Magic as a copy from the ’Silver Alliance’ could be cheaper. On the other hand, if it’s for a native Legend, even if the Magic and its copy are identical, the price multiplies tenfold."
Shanhua Venerable assumed that a cultivator of Immortal Dao like Chen Jichuan could not achieve Immortal status. No matter how many Level 4 Magic skills he mastered, he would not have the ability to teach others.
But for native Legends, if they were fortunate enough to become Immortals, they could freely pass down Level 4 Magic thereafter.
The price disparity was as expected.
Yet Chen Jichuan possessed Artifact Refining, rendering the process of Magic transmission virtually independent of Magic Scrolls. Whatever he learned could be imparted to others in equal measure.
Shanhua Venerable was bound to face significant losses on this deal.
"Understood."
"No problem."
Chen Jichuan was empathetic and agreed directly after hearing the details.
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