Cooperating with Lin Dong

"Heh heh!"

Lin Fan gave a "profound and unfathomable" smile and said to Lin Dong, "As far as I know, your treasure can condense energy. I happen to need your help."

"Lin Fan Bro, what do you need me to do?"

Lin Dong asked.

"I obtained a batch of Yang Essence Stones. I want you to use your treasure to convert them into Yang Yuan Pills!"

Lin Fan raised a brow and tempted him, "Once it's done, I'm willing to pay you one thousand Yang Yuan Pills. With those pills, you'll be able to buy a large number of spiritual medicines. Wouldn't improving your cultivation become effortless?"

"What? You'll give me one thousand Yang Yuan Pills?"

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Lin Dong could not help but turn pale in shock.

Even the Lin Family of Qingyang Town did not have that many Yang Yuan Pills.

Let alone one thousand Yang Yuan Pills, they did not even have a hundred.

"Gulp!"

Lin Dong swallowed hard, his eyes burning as he looked at Lin Fan. "Lin Fan Bro, when do we start?"

The current Lin Dong was not the Martial Ancestor of the future. To him, one thousand Yang Yuan Pills was already an astronomical sum.

"The sooner, the better, of course!"

Lin Fan smiled. "But we need to find somewhere secluded, so we won't be disturbed."

"I know a place. Follow me, Lin Fan Bro."

As Lin Dong spoke, he opened the door and headed toward the Back Mountain Forest.

Seeing this, Lin Fan hurriedly followed.

Before long, the two stopped beside a cliff.

Pointing at it, Lin Dong said, "Lin Fan Bro, there's a hidden cave down below."

With that, he leaped forward, stepping on the rocks along the cliff face as he descended.

Soon, the two entered a cave.

Unlike the heat outside, the cave was exceptionally cool.

It was not very spacious. At its center was a stone pool filled with crystal-clear water.

This is where he obtained the Stone Talisman, isn't it?

Lin Fan turned his hand over, and a palm-sized Cyan Cloth Bag appeared in it.

The cloth bag looked rather extraordinary. A strange rune could vaguely be seen on it, occasionally flashing with an unusual gleam.

Seeing Lin Dong's gaze fixed on his Cosmos Sack, Lin Fan introduced it, "This is a low-grade Cosmos Sack. It's worth forty-eight Yang Essence Stones and is refined by talisman masters using materials such as Cosmos Wood. It contains its own space within."

Then, with a thought, a pile of pale-red stones appeared inside the cave.

The stones had no distinct edges or corners. They were pale red throughout and somewhat translucent, like red crystals.

Lin Fan handed three stones to Lin Dong. Lin Dong immediately felt warmth from them, as though he were holding stones that had been exposed to sunlight for a long time.

"So these are Yang Essence Stones?"

Just as Lin Dong curiously examined the Yang Essence Stones, rays of light immediately emerged from his palm and crisscrossed one another.

Under the illumination of those rays, the Yang Essence Stones began to dim at a visible rate.

In just a few breaths, the three Yang Essence Stones had turned into powder.

Yet at that moment, a fiery-red pill appeared in Lin Dong's hand.

"So this is a Yang Yuan Pill?"

Pinching the fiery-red pill, Lin Dong could feel the extremely abundant energy contained within it.

Seeing this, Lin Fan said with a smile, "Cousin Lin Dong, I'll have to trouble you from here on."

"Leave it to me, Lin Fan Bro!"

Lin Dong sat down on the ground, repeatedly picking up the Yang Essence Stones from the floor and placing them in his palm, using the Stone Talisman to extract them into Yang Yuan Pills.

As time passed, the pile of Yang Essence Stones beside him slowly dwindled, while the Yang Yuan Pills grew increasingly numerous.

That day, excluding meals and rest, Lin Dong worked for a total of eight hours. He processed 14,400 Yang Essence Stones, producing 4,800 Yang Yuan Pills.

Lying on the ground, Lin Dong said, "This kind of work is simply exhausting!"

He felt that such a monotonous life was even more grueling than cultivation.

"Already tired?"

Lin Fan shook his head.

In his previous life, he had been just another cog on an assembly line, working at least twelve hours every day.

Lin Fan put away 4,300 Yang Yuan Pills, then pointed at the remaining 500 and said to Lin Dong, "Cousin Lin Dong, these are your earnings for today!"

"So many Yang Yuan Pills!"

Looking at that small pile of Yang Yuan Pills, Lin Dong could not help but laugh. "Hahaha, I'm rich!"

But he quickly thought of a problem: he had nowhere to store all these Yang Yuan Pills.

In the end, Lin Dong could only say helplessly to Lin Fan, "Lin Fan Bro, help me keep these Yang Yuan Pills for now. Give them all to me together later!"

"Alright."

Lin Fan nodded and put away the Yang Yuan Pills before saying, "In a couple of days, I plan to visit Flame City. I'll buy you a Cosmos Sack then."

"Thank you, Lin Fan Bro!"

Lin Dong said gratefully.

If he truly had a Cosmos Sack, things would be much more convenient for him.

Less than a day and a half later.

All the Yang Essence Stones had been refined into Yang Yuan Pills by Lin Dong using the Stone Talisman.

Of them, Lin Fan obtained a total of 10,000 Yang Yuan Pills.

Lin Dong received 1,666 pills. The extra 666 pills were considered Lin Fan's tribute to this brother-in-law.

However, since Lin Dong did not have a Cosmos Sack, all of them were temporarily kept with Lin Fan.

At noon that day, Lin Fan arrived in Flame City once more.

However, he did not go directly to the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House. Instead, he first visited the Rare Goods Pavilion.

He needed to buy several Cosmos Sacks.

The Rare Goods Pavilion was an exceptionally grand and imposing building.

Past its entrance was a vast hall covering a great area.

The hall contained numerous counters, each displaying a dazzling array of goods.

These were no ordinary goods, but spiritual medicines, weapons, Demon Crystals, and even martial arts manuals.

"Young sir, may I ask what you need?"

A blue-clothed attendant asked with a broad smile.

Lin Fan said, "I need five low-grade Cosmos Sacks."

"Please follow me!"

The blue-clothed attendant led Lin Fan to the Cosmos Sack counter and pointed at the Cyan Cloth Bags atop it. "These are all low-grade Cosmos Sacks. Each costs forty-eight Yang Essence Stones."

Lin Fan took out twenty-four Yang Yuan Pills and handed them to him. "Give me five!"

The blue-clothed attendant accepted the Yang Yuan Pills and found that they were of exceptional quality.

"Sir, here are the Cosmos Sacks you requested."

After putting away the Yang Yuan Pills, the blue-clothed attendant took out five Cosmos Sacks and handed them to Lin Fan.

"Mm."

Lin Fan nodded, then left with the Cosmos Sacks.

"Take care, sir. We welcome your next visit."

The blue-clothed attendant escorted Lin Fan out of the Rare Goods Pavilion and said with a smile.

"Alright."

Lin Fan chuckled and turned to disappear into the crowd.

After changing into black clothes and putting on a Bamboo Hat with a black veil, Lin Fan finally entered the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House.