First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 232: Money Manager's Dilemma

Currently, Shen Mo still has over 250 middle-grade spirit stones on him.

He has earned quite a bit!

But his expenses are also terrifying.

In these days alone, just the Heavenly Mandate [War] has consumed over ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

[Mingcha Zhongsheng] also requires the expenditure of spirit stones.

Previously, he purchased treasures such as the Golden Thunder Shatter Bead and the Demon Slaying Sword;

He bought demon beast flesh to feed the Spirit Storage Rats;

On the Tian Shan battlefield, there was no time to refine pills or talismans for sale, and even the leisure time to refine spirit pills was all used up...

And to purchase a middle-grade spirit technique from the sect's Immortal Arts Tower, it would cost at least three hundred middle-grade spirit stones.

As for middle-grade spirit techniques, Shen Mo doesn't even dare to think about it for now!

Unless he can make another big fortune like raiding the treasure vault of the Tian Shun Kingdom Garrison.

"Middle-grade spirit techniques are generally unaffordable for inner disciples!"

"Only someone like Li Zhong, who is at the peak of Gathering Qi, can grit their teeth and maybe buy a lower-grade spirit technique."

"For now, I'll focus on refining pills and talismans and earn another hundred middle-grade spirit stones."

The extra fifty spirit stones are naturally reserved for Heavenly Mandates such as [War] and [Mingcha Zhongsheng].

After pondering for a while, Shen Mo opened the Fate Plate page again.

His Heavenly Mandate points have increased to 145!

Most of them were obtained from climbing the Tian Shan Mountains and killing the Heavenly Demons.

"Although special Heavenly Mandates are useful, extracting or upgrading them to blue or purple levels requires a large amount of points!"

"And the gray, white, and green levels are not enough."

"For now... I won't extract them!"

Shen Mo not only didn't extract special Heavenly Mandates from the Heavenly Mandate Pool, he didn't even try to upgrade the basic Heavenly Mandates.

"Wait until I accumulate more and then try to promote!"

"So as not to fail every time like before."

Afterwards, Shen Mo examined the shortcomings in his cultivation and combat system, such as techniques and Immortal Arts.

He reorganized the many cultivation resources in his Qiankun Bag.

Then he took out the Fire Chi Pill Cauldron.

And started refining pills!

There is not enough time to refine pills on the Tian Shan battlefield.

Occasionally, he would take out some time to refine a few batches.

Therefore, the progress in alchemy is not considered great!

[Alchemy: Third Grade (730/6000)]

...

[Soul Nurturing Pill: Peak (MAX)]

[Suppressing Demon Pill: Peak (MAX)]

[Condensing Qi Pill: Entering the Room (105/1000)]

[Void Scattering Powder: Entering the Room (250/1000)]

[Tempering Bone Pill: Entering the Room (95/1000)]

...

[Expelling Evil Source Pill: Entering the Room (190/1000)]

[Flesh and White Bone Pill: Proficient (145/500)]

[Immortal Mushroom Marrow Pill: Proficient (125/500)]

[Mad Demon Devouring Heart Pill: Proficient (30/500)]

In the current situation, cultivators have a great demand for pills that can restore spiritual power and heal injuries, as well as spirit pills like the Suppressing Demon Pill.

Shen Mo had already considered this beforehand.

He focused on refining the Suppressing Demon Pill, Void Scattering Powder, Flesh and White Bone Pill, and Immortal Mushroom Marrow Pill, these four types of pills.

When passing through the Pill Domain, he also bought a lot of spirit plants and herbs.

Unfortunately, he did not obtain the recipe for the third-grade Void Scattering Pill.

Otherwise, even if it is a flawed product, it can still be sold for a good price due to its restraining effect on demonic contamination.

As the Netherfire entered the Fire Chi Cauldron, Shen Mo also focused his mind.

He concentrated on refining pills!

...

Half a month later.

Shen Mo divided the successfully refined pills into two batches and put them into the Qiankun Bag.

One batch was of superior quality or above, and he planned to sell them to Qian, the shopkeeper of Baodan Pavilion, under the name of "Mo Shen."

The remaining pills were of ordinary to excellent quality.

Shen Mo planned to set up a stall to sell them, as their average quality would not attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Moreover, it would not tarnish the reputation of Mo Shen, the master alchemist!

Just as he left the Linjiang Sect, Shen Mo used the "Three Heads and Six Arms True Immortal Technique" to change his appearance and spiritual aura.

He also put on a black robe and a bamboo hat.

He walked slowly towards Jiyun Town!

...

Baodan Pavilion.

As soon as Qian saw Shen Mo, he warmly greeted him, saying, "Master Mo, we have been eagerly awaiting your arrival!"

"It has been a long time, Shopkeeper Qian," Shen Mo replied with a smile. "I have been in seclusion recently, so I haven't had the leisure to refine pills. Please bear with me!"

"No problem! No problem! As long as you, Master Mo, remember our little shop and are willing to sell the pills to me," Qian replied.

Qian led Shen Mo into a elegant room and served him spirit tea before starting the transaction.

Originally, Shen Mo thought that Qian would play some tricks, like pretending not to know that the price of the Demon Subduing Pill had risen and buying his pills at the old price.

But unexpectedly, this time Qian not only didn't play any tricks, but also gave him a share of the profit.

After the transaction was completed, while they were drinking tea, Qian's smile disappeared, and he began to sigh.

Shen Mo had just obtained over a hundred medium-grade spirit stones, so he was in a good mood.

Seeing Qian's appearance, he couldn't help but ask, "Shopkeeper Qian, what troubles you? You seem so worried."

"Ah!" Qian let out a heavy sigh and finished the tea in his cup. "Old friend Mo, since you are already familiar with me, I won't hide it from you."

"Soon, both Baodan Pavilion and Ascension Pill Store will be sold to someone else!"

"At that time, if you want to cooperate with me..."

"But I'm afraid I don't have the financial resources to buy the pills from you."

Shen Mo frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled. "Shopkeeper Qian, aren't you from the Qian Clan of the Former Immortal Race? And you have an elder in the Linjiang Sect."

"How did you end up selling your shops?"

When Qian said this, he naturally didn't mean simply changing locations and reopening elsewhere.

Instead, he meant selling Baodan Pavilion, Ascension Pill Store, and all the pills and resources within them as a package.

Qian smiled bitterly, "It's precisely because of my clan behind me and that elder from the Linjiang Sect that I am forced to sell these two shops. They are the result of half of my life's efforts."

It turned out that a large number of demons had emerged from underground in the Tianshan Mountains.

The five major immortal sects had mobilized the entire cultivation world of the Chiyan Kingdom.

The Qian Clan, which stood behind Qian, naturally couldn't escape the fate of going to battle.

The situation was not too intense at the moment.

But it could be predicted that once the demons invaded on a large scale, the scattered cultivators, immortal clans, and small sects in the cultivation world would all face a calamity.

Therefore, their clan members forced Qian to sell his assets to support the family and help the family's cultivators survive this difficult time.

It couldn't be said that they were short-sighted and cut off a major source of wealth for the family.

It was just that if the entire family were to be wiped out, what good would a long-term source of wealth do?

It would be better to sell everything and exchange it for personal strength.

So that they would have a greater chance of safely passing through the upcoming demonic calamity.

Unfortunately, Qian's elder from the Linjiang Sect had the same idea.

He also wanted to refine a powerful treasure, so he joined forces with the Qian Clan to force Qian to sell everything.

But whether it was Baodan Pavilion or Ascension Pill Store, they were all the result of Qian's hard work and painstaking accumulation.

His elder and clan members simply said, "Consider it a loan," and forced him to sell all his assets, and then take away the spirit stones he earned.

Such behavior was no different from robbery and plunder.

(End of this chapter)