Who's Making All This Money?
[The last complete piece of information you obtained before the Black-Clad Leader's remnant soul dissipated was a Cultivation Method.]
[The Spirit Refining Technique]
[A Cultivation Method specifically designed to refine and strengthen one's Divine Sense!]
[This is precisely the source of the Black-Clad Leader's confidence in seizing bodies.]
[You are overjoyed.]
[Making a fortune!]
[As a transmigrator, you know all too well the benefits of having a strong Divine Sense.]
[Alchemy requires Divine Sense.]
[Controlling Fire Crows also requires Divine Sense.]
[Even later, when forging the Star River Myriad Blades, 10,800 flying blades, without a powerful Divine Sense, the mere thought required to control them would drive a person insane.]
Even with the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction, without a specific cultivation Cultivation Method for Divine Sense, there would likely be many limitations.
[This Cultivation Method has come at just the right time.]
Unfortunately, the Black-Clad Leader seemed to be afraid of being targeted by the Dark Hall again, so this remnant soul deliberately erased all memories related to the Dark Hall.
This Dark Hall is truly terrifying!
[Next, it's time to actually take stock of the spoils.]
[Probing with Divine Sense, the Storage Ring, now unobstructed, revealed its entire interior space.]
[You probably thought that a minor leader of a large organization in the Upper Domain would be rolling in money, right?]
[When you saw the result, you almost couldn't hold back your laughter.]
[The Spirit Stones in this Storage Ring, when piled up, were actually less than those in the Household Ancestor Zhao's possession.]
[You were a little skeptical, so you looked it over carefully again.]
[Still the same amount.]
You Wuyan for a moment.
[No.]
[A mere low-level leader of the Dark Hall in the Upper Domain Realm, at the peak of the Nascent Soul Perfection, doing this kind of dirty and tiring work, and all he has on him is this little bit of money?]
Who got all that money?
[Why are they taking such a huge cut?]
[Or does the Dark Hall also outsource its operations?]
[You suddenly realize that it's not entirely incomprehensible that the Black-Clad Leader wants to run away.]
Fortunately, although there weren't many Spirit Stones, the materials for Artifact Refining were piled up into a small mountain.
[You glanced at it, and wow, there are even materials for "Star River Myriad Blades".]
[Although it's not much, it will at least save you a lot of trouble.]
[Besides the materials, there were also several Jade Slip slips in the corner.]
[Upon examining them one by one, you find that most are insidious and vicious Cultivation Method, which are not suited to your style.]
[Until you pick up the last Jade Slip.]
[As-If-Original Seal]
[Your heart skipped a beat.]
[The function of this Cultivation Method is very simple: to confuse the secrets of Heavenly Secrets and conceal traces.]
[It can erase the traces and clues left behind by the individual in certain events, making it difficult for investigators to pinpoint their location.]
[The more you look at it, the more familiar it seems.]
[Isn't this just a Concealment Cultivation Method those people in the Dark Hall use to clean up their messes after doing the dirty work?]
No wonder the Dark Hall could be hidden so deeply.
This is really good stuff!
[With this, things will be much easier to do in the future.]
[I didn't get many Spirit Stones, but I did get a useful Cultivation Method and much-needed materials.]
Overall, this was a huge profit.
[You retrieved the Jade Slip inscribed with "Star River Myriad Blades".]
The "Star River Myriad Blades" technique can be divided into three stages.
[The beginner-level Hundred-Blade Ring only requires 108 flying blades to form.]
[The intermediate-level Thousand-Blade River requires 1080 flying blades.]
[A high-level Myriad-Blade Star River requires 10,800.]
At this moment, you are filled with boundless ambition.
[With the assets of two Nascent Soul Perfection stage cultivators at your disposal, you feel you could buy the entire Alchemy Hall.]
[You decide to first check out the prices at the Thousand Mechanisms Sect's treasury.]
[You flew proudly and confidently towards the "Myriad Treasures Hall Thousand Mechanisms Sect.]
[There are two Bronze Mechanism Puppets at the entrance to the Myriad Treasures Hall.]
[The puppets were two zhang tall, with Array Patterns on their chests glowing a dark red light, and each held a giant axe.]
[You hand over the token of the Guest Elder, and after the disciple on duty verifies it, he respectfully invites you inside.]
[The interior of the hall Grotto-Heaven.]
[Various materials, Law Treasure, Pills are neatly categorized, a dazzling array that almost blinds you.]
[With the materials list for the Star River Myriad Blades, you went directly to the counter responsible for material exchange.]
You cleared your throat, adopted the air of a third- Golden Core Stage Third-Grade Alchemist, and handed over the list.
"Could you please take a look at these materials for me? How many Spirit Stones do they require? Does the sect have any in stock?"
The Deacon behind the counter took the list, glanced at it, and his expression turned somewhat strange.
He looked up at you, then looked down at the list.
Finally, he looked at you with the eyes of someone looking at a sucker.
"Elder Lu, are you sure... you want to exchange for all the materials on the list?"
You nodded, your expression calm.
Yes, all of them.
The disciple in Deacon took a deep breath.
He placed the list on a jade plate.
[The jade plate flashed, and a light screen unfolded before him, displaying rapidly scrolling numbers.]
[After a moment, the numbers stopped.]
[The Deacon looked up and announced a number that would make even your Golden Core tremble.]
You remained silent.
[You originally thought that, with the life savings of two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, you were at least a tycoon in the cultivation world.]
[As it turned out, reality taught you a lesson.]
With this little money, you can't even buy half of the materials on the list.
[Seeing your expression was off, the Deacon added insult to injury.]
"Furthermore, Elder Lu, these core materials on the list, such as 'Void Iron Essence' and 'Stardust Crystal,' are strategic resources of the sect."
"And 'Sha Soul Crystals' are only produced in the White Tiger Domain."
"These can only be exchanged using Sect Contribution Points."
Your eyelid twitched.
[The Spirit Stone trade has already crippled you.]
[Now another internal currency has emerged.]
[When you were at the Greenwood Sect, Spirit Stones could be exchanged for all resources.]
[Now that you've arrived at the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, are you, a dignified Guest Elder, destined to become a mere laborer for the sect again?]
[As expected, Big Company like the Thousand Mechanisms Sect is completely different from a makeshift operation like the Greenwood Sect Wood Sect.]
[However, this gameplay is too unfriendly to newbies like you.]
[Deacon that you remained silent, the butler kindly offered another reminder.]
"Furthermore, the sect's treasury currently only has one-third of the materials needed for the 'Hundred-Blade Ring' in stock."
"It is absolutely impossible to forge the 'Myriad-Blade Star River'."
"This is also why no one has forged the Star River Myriad Blades for hundreds of years."
[One-third of the material used in the "Hundred-Blade Ring"?]
A thought struck you.
[This quantity of materials is meaningless to the other members of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect who want to forge the Star River Myriad Blades.]
[But it's different for you.]
[You continued to ask,]
"How many Contribution Points are needed to exchange for one-third of the materials for the 'Hundred-Blade Ring'?"
[The Deacon, seeing that you were still persistent, grew somewhat impatient, but still carefully performed a calculation for you.]
"I've calculated it for you; this part of the materials will require approximately three thousand Contribution Points."