Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 37: The Greed of the Lu Family's Spending

"5,000 low-grade spirit stones?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Sui furrowed his brows.

To be honest, this was already quite expensive for a widely circulated inheritance.

Normally, one could buy such an inheritance for three to four thousand low-grade spirit stones.

After all, not all cultivators could become alchemists, so sometimes alchemist inheritances couldn't be sold.

But he had no other way to obtain an alchemist inheritance, so even if the price was a bit high, he had to accept it.

At this moment, the shopkeeper Lu Ming seemed to sense Zhou Sui's hesitation and said, "Perhaps you think this inheritance is expensive, but the first-tier alchemist inheritance from my Treasure Pavilion is absolutely the most complete and worth every penny. If you buy it elsewhere, the price might be cheaper, but there will be many flaws."

"Oh, is that so? Let me take a look. If it's genuine, then I'll buy it."

Zhou Sui raised an eyebrow.

"Rest assured, my Treasure Pavilion has a good reputation in Misty Cloud City. We would never deceive a fellow cultivator."

Shopkeeper Lu Ming patted his chest and immediately instructed his subordinates to bring a jade slip.

"Hmm?!"

Zhou Sui picked it up and used his spiritual sense to take a look. He found that he could only see part of the content, as most of it was obscured by restrictions. It was probably a measure taken by Treasure Pavilion to prevent other cultivators from taking the contents of the jade slip for free.

In this way, Treasure Pavilion would suffer heavy losses.

But indeed, as the other party said, this alchemist inheritance was incredibly complete.

Even though he had never come into contact with an alchemist inheritance, he was clear about this.

"It seems that you haven't deceived me. In that case, I'll take this first-tier alchemist inheritance."

Zhou Sui didn't hesitate and said straightforwardly.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist is truly decisive. I guess you also want to become an alchemist if you're asking for an alchemist inheritance."

"In that case, if you want to refine pills, you'll definitely need a Law Weapon pill cauldron. It only costs 3,000 low-grade spirit stones."

"Besides the pill cauldron, our shop also has many pill formulas at low prices, which can also be sold to Fellow Daoist."

"If Fellow Daoist wants to practice, you can also buy some spirit medicines from our shop."

Shopkeeper Lu Ming smiled and promoted his products.

What?!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Sui's face turned green. He also knew why alchemists were so rare in Misty Cloud City. It might not be to the extent of being extremely scarce, but it was definitely very rare.

He hadn't even started yet, and he had already spent over ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.

If it weren't for wealthy cultivators, who could embark on the path of an alchemist?

It was likely that even before starting, ordinary cultivators would be left penniless.

No wonder alchemists ranked first among the four major cultivation techniques of talismans, artifacts, formations, and alchemy. This was purely a profession that required spending a lot of money, which was outrageous.

But since he had chosen this path, he could only grit his teeth and continue.

So Zhou Sui spent 12,000 low-grade spirit stones to purchase a first-tier low-grade Law Weapon pill cauldron, a first-tier alchemist inheritance, five spirit medicines, and over ten ordinary pill formulas.

Fortunately, he had sold spirit wine and earned over a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to afford these things at all.

After buying these things, Zhou Sui didn't say a word and quickly left Treasure Pavilion.

..........

However, Zhou Sui's actions have caught the attention of the people from Treasure Pavilion.

"Shopkeeper, this kid actually spent over ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to purchase a first-tier alchemist inheritance? How can he be so rich?" A member of the Lu family was very surprised.

Even though he was in the Lu family, he only earned a few thousand low-grade spirit stones in a year.

After all, the Lu family had a large business, but they also had many descendants, so there wasn't much to go around.

For him, Zhou Sui was simply a rich person, much wealthier than himself.

"If I'm not mistaken, this kid should be an independent cultivator who obtained some stroke of luck and made a fortune, which is why he can afford to spend so much." The shopkeeper, Lu Ming, revealed a cold glint in his eyes.

"Independent cultivator? Shopkeeper, how do you know that he is an independent cultivator?" The Lu family member asked in confusion.

"Stupid, if he were a disciple of a sect or a member of a family, how could he not have the inheritance of a first-tier alchemist? He wouldn't need spirit stones to obtain it." The shopkeeper, Lu Ming, said impatiently.

"Only independent cultivators, without any inheritance, would have to spend a large amount of spirit stones to purchase knowledge of an inheritance."

"That's right. If that's the case, then if we rob this independent cultivator, won't we make a big profit?" Upon hearing this, the Lu family member's eyes lit up with excitement. "Judging from his appearance, the twelve thousand low-grade spirit stones he spent doesn't seem to be his entire fortune. There might be more spirit stones left. If we can successfully rob him, we will definitely benefit."

He was already filled with greed and murderous intent.

"Not only that, this kid is so wealthy, he might have obtained the inheritance and entire fortune of a Foundation Building cultivator. If we can kill this guy, our gains will be even greater than we can imagine."

"Heh heh, just an independent cultivator, yet he possesses so much wealth. It's simply a path to death."

"His cultivation is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, not worth mentioning."

"Now, all of you immediately follow him, mobilize several experts at the seventh and eighth levels of Qi Refining, and when this kid is alone, take action, kill him and take his treasures. I want the spirit stones and the goods."

Lu Ming clenched his fist.

To be honest, he didn't originally have the intention to kill and rob.

But recently, the Lu family had been in turmoil. The patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Hongran, was about to pass away, and the vast Lu family industry had to hand over more than half to the Immortal Mist Sect in order to save the lives of the Lu family members.

And so far, there hadn't been any new Foundation Building cultivators born in the Lu family.

Previously, in order to have a Foundation Building cultivator born in the Lu family, they had already exhausted a large amount of money to purchase Foundation Building Pills.

Unfortunately, those few descendants of the Lu family were too useless. Even with the Foundation Building Pills, they still failed to advance, resulting in heavy losses for the Lu family and a gloomy atmosphere throughout the entire clan.

If they continued like this, the Lu family would be completely finished.

So, for the sake of the family, they needed to come up with various means to gather money and try to raise enough funds to buy Foundation Building Pills again.

Recently, Misty Cloud City has seen so many rogue cultivators and so many cases of murder, among which the Lu family was involved.

It can be said that for the sake of continuing the family, the Lu family has become desperate.

"Yes, shopkeeper."

The Lu family member was very excited because if this robbery could be successful, he would get a share of the profits, at least gaining several thousand low-grade spirit stones.

You should know that it took him a whole year to earn that much before.

But now, with just one robbery, he could obtain it. It was simply an overnight fortune.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Immediately, three experts at the seventh level of Qi Refining and one at the eighth level of Qi Refining from the Lu family set off, tracking Zhou Sui's aura, attempting to find his whereabouts and seize all the wealth of this independent cultivator.

(End of this chapter)