Purchasing Yellow Essence Fungus

"Young Master Chen, it's getting late, and things haven't been peaceful in the market lately. Why don't you stay at Hehuan Tower tonight and leave early tomorrow morning?" A Yao said.

It was already past midnight, and it was pitch black outside.

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss A Yao, but I have other matters to attend to, so I won't bother you any longer."

Song Wen stepped downstairs and quickly left the Blissful Union Spring Night Tower.

Instead of returning to his residence, he headed out of the market town, until he was hundreds of miles away, when he found a foothill and descended with his escape light.

He held the Storage Bag in one hand and rubbed his slightly weak lower back with the other.

The image of a dignified woman flashed through Song Wen's mind, and he thought to himself:

Women are indeed like withered bones after being adorned with rouge; the more beautiful they are, the more dangerous they become.

From now on, I need to stay away from women and the Hehuan Sect (a Blissful Union Sect); it's too terrifying.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the Spirit Stone in the Storage Bag, he transferred them to his storage ring and casually tossed the Storage Bag into a crevice in the rock.

Then, he activated the Spiritual Sense Black Hole to devour that mark.

Having done all this, Song Wen activated the Blood Escape Technique and disappeared.

In the backyard of the Blissful Union Spring Night Tower, there is a secret room.

A Yao stood bowing, and opposite her was the dignified woman.

"Master, that Young Master Chen has left."

At this moment, the dignified woman had reverted to her ethereal, otherworldly appearance and asked.

Is his surname Chen?

"That young man said his name was Chen Feihe, but whether that's his real name, I don't know."

The dignified woman nodded noncommittally.

Suddenly, her expression turned somewhat surprised.

The mark has disappeared!

Is he a disciple of some major sect? Does he have a Nascent Soul expert behind him, helping him remove the mark?

The next day, early morning.

Disguised as Yan Feng, Song Wen entered East Birch Market. There, he bought some spirit medicine needed to refine Profound Qi Pill, as well as some daily necessities, before returning to his residence.

Arrange everyday items where they should be, pretending that you frequently cook and brew tea.

Song Wen silently dug out a secret room in the basement of the room.

After setting up the <Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation> and the <Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation>, Song Wen began to attempt to refine the Profound Qi Pill.

Since he was disguised as a Late Qi Refinement Alchemist, it's somewhat hard to believe that he only knows Blood Qi Pill and Qi-Gathering Pill.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

After failing more than twenty times in refining the Profound Qi Pill, Song Wen shook his head helplessly.

He had already used up all the ingredients for the Profound Qi Pill.

The refining of the Profound Qi Pill was more difficult than he had imagined.

After closing his eyes and regulating his breathing for a moment, Song Wen took out the spirit medicine for refining the 'Bloodburst Pill'.

His cultivation level has increased dramatically, Foundation is slightly unstable, so it is not advisable for him to take pills to further enhance his cultivation level for the time being.

However, improving the 'Bloodburst Pill' is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

Planning ahead is essential for avoiding future problems.

Waiting until one's cultivation is stable before researching and improving the Bloodburst Pill would be like digging a well when one is already thirsty.

In Song Wen's possession, there was still one ordinary Yellow Essence Fungus; the rest were all obtained from the Su Clan's spiritual fields, carrying a peculiar and eerie vitality.

He first tried using ordinary Yellow Essence Fungus, smelting the spirit medicine, extracting the medicinal liquid, and blending the various medicinal liquids. Everything went smoothly.

Just as he was about to begin condensing the elixir, the medicinal liquid suddenly went out of control, and its potency rapidly diminished.

"Ugh! It's happening again."

Song Wen sighed softly.

Song Wen took out a Yellow Essence Fungus he had obtained from the Su Clan and continued his experiment.

When he melted down the Yellow Essence Fungus and extracted the medicinal liquid, a glimmer of life was also extracted.

When he mixed the Yellow Essence Fungus liquid with other auxiliary medicinal liquids, there was a 'bang' and the furnace exploded.

Song Wen was stunned. The explosion during the fusion of the medicinal liquid was completely unexpected.

Somewhat puzzled by the reason, Song Wen took out another Yellow Essence Fungus and continued to try.

Another explosion occurred when the medicinal liquid was being mixed.

Song Wen frowned slightly: The Yellow Essence Fungus cultivated by the Su Clan seems unsuitable for Alchemy due to its inherent vitality.

"It seems I'll need to buy some regular Yellow Essence Fungus."

Two hours later.

Song Wen searched through most of the spirit medicine and Rogue Cultivator stalls in the market, but failed to buy a single Yellow Essence Fungus. However, he did spend over a thousand Profound Qi Pill Spirit Stone to buy the ingredients for a hundred Xuanqi Pills.

Stepping out of the market town, Song Wen headed towards the Mountain Ravine Ghost Market.

Midnight (11 PM - 1 AM)

Song Wen entered the largest spirit medicine in the Ghost Market.

"Fellow Daoist, what kind of spirit medicine would you like to buy?" asked a middle-aged male cultivator at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

"Do you have any Yellow Essence Fungus for sale?" Song Wen asked.

The middle-aged male cultivator glanced around and, seeing that no one else was in the shop, lowered his voice and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, you've come to the right place. In the entire Ghost Market, only I have a long-term supply of Yellow Essence Fungus. How many years old of Yellow Essence Fungus do you need?"

Song Wen did not question what the other party said.

He had just visited other spirit medicine in the Ghost Market, but none of them sold Yellow Essence Fungus. However, he managed to buy a thirty-year-old Yellow Essence Fungus from a Rogue Cultivator had set up a stall, for one hundred and fifty Spirit Stone.

This Yellow Essence Fungus was found by Rogue Cultivator in the wild by a rogue cultivator, and it cannot be supplied in a long time to meet Song Wen's needs.

"Any medicine that has been used for more than 20 years is acceptable."

After saying that, Song Wen added, "The more the better."

The male cultivator said, "I happen to have five Yellow Essence Fungus here, all forty years old."

"How many Spirit Stones?" Song Wen asked.

"Three hundred Spirit Stone per plant," the male cultivator quoted.

Song Wen frowned slightly. "Fellow Daoist, isn't your price a bit too high?"

Song Wen thought a reasonable price would be around two hundred Spirit Stone.

Upon hearing this, the male cultivator did not reply verbally, but instead used telepathy.

"Fellow Daoist, to be honest, the Yellow Essence Fungus here are all purchased from the Beast Taming Sect at a high price, and only ten are produced each month, so the price is naturally not cheap."

Song Wen said, "Could I take a look at Yellow Essence Fungus? No problem, I'll take them all."

The male cultivator's eyes lit up, and a jade box over two feet long appeared in his hand. He opened the jade box a crack and handed it to Song Wen.

Song Wen looked up and saw five Yellow Essence Fungus neatly arranged in the jade box.

After confirming that Yellow Essence Fungus was alright, Song Wen raised his hand, and a pile of Spirit Stone stones appeared out of thin air, hovering in mid-air.

The number of Spirit Stone was exactly 1,500.

The male cultivator hurriedly used his spiritual power to catch the Spirit Stone and put it into the Storage Bag at his waist.

After Song Wen put the jade box away, he asked a question.

"Fellow Daoist, when will the next batch of Yellow Essence Fungus arrive? I want them all, at the same price."

The male cultivator looked troubled. "Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid that won't work. A regular customer has pre-ordered six of them, and I can only provide you with a maximum of four per month. Of the five I just sold you, one was left over from last month."

Song Wen said, "When will the Yellow Essence Fungus arrive? I'll come to pick it up then."

Male Daoist practitioners, "On the night of the first month of each lunar calendar."

Song Wen nodded, turned and left the spirit medicine.

Four Yellow Essence Fungus per month were not enough for Song Wen.

He is currently working on the recipe for the Bloodburst Pill Yellow Essence Fungus. Even if he only starts the furnace every two days, he still needs fifteen Yellow Essence Fungus plants.

However, unable to purchase more Yellow Essence Fungus, Song Wen had no other choice.

Song Wen bought some more herbs for the Beast Brocade Pill, sold a batch of Crimson Blood Spirit Crystal, and after obtaining 50,000 Spirit Stone, he changed his appearance and went into the shop that sold information.