Patriarch's Talk
Long Wanli looked at Long Xuan as he walked in, a look of appreciation on his face, and smiled, "Sit down, this is home, no need to be so formal."
Long Xuan sat down opposite him casually and asked with concern, "Patriarch, should we do something about Long Qilin? If he keeps causing trouble like this, the family will go bankrupt."
"Hehe! Don't worry about him. Winning the championship is definitely out of the question, but building a high-cost house might not be a loss."
"The better the building materials of the house built by the Thatch Gu, the farther the teleportation distance will be. His High-Grade Spirit Stone cottage will make a lot of money in the future," Long Wanli said with a smile.
Long Xuan understood; it seemed the Lineage had accepted his proposal and was preparing to launch a message delivery and escort business.
To conduct these businesses, you need a lot of high-quality houses.
Don't mistakenly believe that the Thatch Gu is a Low-Grade Gu Insect with a very high cost-performance ratio and is very cheap to produce.
It's only cheap itself; the houses it builds are anything but cheap, and might even be more expensive than supreme-grade Gu worm.
No wonder so many lunatics have appeared in the Lineage lately; Long Xuan has found the reason. So, the better the house is built, the more money is likely to be made.
At that moment, a crazy idea popped into his head: why not cut down the Fire Dragon Fruit Tree and use it to build a house for the Thatch Gu? He would live a life of luxury that way.
Long Wanli looked at Long Xuan and sighed, "You've already reached the Marrow Cleansing Stage, haven't you? Breaking through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage with the Ten Extremity Physique is truly no easy feat."
"Once you break through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage, at least half of the Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu cultivators in our Lineage will be no match for you. Our clan has gained another minor expert."
Long Wanli smiled with satisfaction and then said, "The Thatch Gu you developed is quite good, worth 100 million contribution points. Here is Contribution Token worth 100 million; keep it safe."
Long Wanli placed the Contribution Token on the table and then slowly pushed it in front of Long Xuan.
Long Xuan calmly put away the Contribution Token. At present, one hundred million was just a small goal for him, and this number no longer excited him.
"Now that you have broken through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage, the Lineage should reward you with a cave abode. Unfortunately, there have been too many geniuses breaking through to the Marrow Cleansing Stage recently, and all the good cave abode have been taken."
"You'll just have to make do for now. You can move in when a better cave abode becomes available. Don't worry, the Lineage will definitely reserve one for you first."
Long Wanli smiled and spread a huge map on the table, slowly unfolding it. He then said, "The areas marked with an 'X' are all occupied territories. You can only make your choice in the areas near the edge."
Long Xuan nodded. He had already chosen his cave abode dwelling. Apart from the mountain peak with the Spirit Spring, he had no interest in the other peaks.
Without hesitation, he decisively drew a large X on the map for the largest mountain peak.
Seeing that Long Xuan made his choice so quickly, Long Wanli was slightly taken aback, and then frowned after seeing his choice.
He just said he wanted a spot on the side, but this spot is way too far to the side!
That spot was just there to make up the numbers. If the paper wasn't so big and it didn't look empty without something drawn on it, that piece of land wouldn't have been drawn on the map at all.
Almost no one in the Lineage would choose this position, partly because the spiritual energy is too scarce.
On the other hand, it's too far from the Lineage, almost outside the Long Family's territory. Even at the fastest speed of the Marrow Cleansing Stage, it would probably take several days to travel back and forth. If this place were attacked by Devil Cultivator, the Lineage wouldn't have time to come to the rescue.
Long Xuan is now a promising Gu in the Lineage and a key person to be protected by the Lineage. He really doesn't want Long Xuan to choose such a dangerous position.
"You didn't choose that place just because it was the biggest, did you? That's completely unnecessary. Your Formation Disk can't possibly cover that much area. No matter how large the area is, it's not yours to defend."
Long Xuan said, "Rather than choosing a mountain peak on the edge, where the distance or proximity doesn't make much difference, I might as well choose the largest one so I can plant more spirit medicine. Clan leader, there's no need to persuade me; my mind is made up."
Long Wanli ultimately didn't try to persuade him further. After putting away the map on the table, he said, "Taking care of such a large Medicine Garden might take up a lot of your cultivation time. Should the Lineage assign you some menial tasks?"
The secret of the Spirit Spring is of utmost importance, so Long Xuan dared not bring anyone else up the mountain. Besides, his clone was more than enough to do the hard work, so he quickly refused, saying, "We don't need it for now. No one has ever lived at that location before, and I would need to spend a lot of time rearranging the formation."
"I'll keep a bunch of handymen for now, just to keep them on hand. When I really need manpower, I can choose the handymen then."
Long Wanli nodded. Long Xuan's explanation was reasonable, and he ultimately had no doubts.
The two then discussed the formula for the Raincoat Gu Recipe. The reason Long Wanli had summoned Long Xuan today was actually to learn from him.
The one who tied the knot must untie it. Since the Lineage wants to figure out how the Thatch Gu can carry people, they should naturally ask the creator of the Gu Recipe for his opinion first.
Long Xuan naturally answered all questions without reservation. His creation of Gu Recipe was no longer based on guesswork; he had accumulated rich experience and knowledge. It was no exaggeration to say that in terms of experience in creating Gu Recipe, no one in the Far Western Lands could compare to him.
He had a lot of valuable knowledge about Gu Insect, and Long Wanli benefited greatly from listening to him. He secretly labeled Long Xuan as a genius who was good at creating his own Gu Recipe.
The two talked for an unknown amount of time, until it got dark, before Long Xuan finally emerged from the pavilion.
Seeing that the Long Qilin outside was still staring wide-eyed at the Thatch Gu building a house, he shook his head helplessly. This child was hopeless.
Long Xuan ultimately didn't disturb him and left as quickly as possible.
He's completely obsessed. Is watching the Thatch Gu build houses really that addictive? How utterly pointless!
Long Xuan was speechless with frustration. He had completely forgotten that in his previous life, when he was studying Bagworm, he was even more obsessed with Bagworm building houses than with Long Qilin.
After leaving the patriarch's residence, Long Xuan headed straight for the Treasure Repository.
To avoid any unforeseen complications and the possibility of someone swapping the Supreme-Grade Metal Spirit Stone and the Supreme-Grade Fire Spirit Stone, he decided to exchange the two Top-Grade Spirit Stone that very day.
Not only are there Top-Grade Spirit Stone, but there are also too many precious materials needed to set up the Five-Element Reversal Grand Formation. Since he has enough contribution points on hand, he decided to collect the other materials as well.
However, this would mean that half of the Treasure Repository would be empty. Don't underestimate the enormous wealth a contribution of one hundred million to the Long Family; this puts him in a difficult position...
Meanwhile, Long Xuan, having spent half a month sweeping through the market, finally headed straight for Di Xin's residence.
That's right, the Long Xuan who was currently looting the Long Family's Treasure Repository was naturally Flame Clone, and even the patriarch didn't see through it.
After all, emptying the Long Family's Treasure Repository was too high-profile, so he decided to leave it to his clone. He would never appear in the Long Family again.
For the past two weeks, his main body has been frantically buying up materials for refining the Five-Element Reversal Grand Formation in the market, browsing stalls, attending auctions and trade fairs, spending money like water. His mountain of Spirit Stone has shrunk at a visible rate.
However, even after half a month, he still couldn't find any trace of the Top-Grade Spirit Stone.
There wasn't a single Top-Grade Spirit Stone in the entire market, and even the Qian Clan Merchant Association couldn't find a single one, which shows just how rare Top-Grade Spirit Stone Top-Grade Spirit Stone.
At this point, Long Xuan could only place his hopes on Di Xin, so he frantically raided all the gambling stone shops of various Lineage.
Recalling her first transaction with Di Xin, she was very interested in the elixirs that could enhance spiritual power. So she had the rabbit and her clone refine a large number of elixirs before confidently heading towards Di Xin's residence.
It's worth mentioning that his clones copied everything about him, including his five elements attributes. Therefore, all of his clones can refine pills and use the Divine Ice Flame, and can control flames even without fire elemental power.
After replicating the original body's alchemy experience, each clone also had a very high success rate in alchemy.
Therefore, Long Xuan is a major producer of pills.
As soon as he arrived at Di Xin's residence, Di Xin took the initiative to come out to greet him.
"Are you really not afraid of death? You dare to run into my formation! Or are you so arrogant that you don't even take my formation seriously?" Di Xin said rudely as soon as they met.
"This is my affirmation of your character. I believe you would never commit murder and robbery. Let's go inside and talk."
Long Xuan acted as if he were one of the guests, walking straight inside and treating the Vicious Formation as if it were nothing.
Once we found the table and chairs, we sat down directly.
When Di Xin saw the powerful aura of the Marrow Cleansing Stage emanating from him, he was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Di Xin had also broken through. With the formidable combat power of the Ten Extremity Physique, it was no wonder that Di Xin was not afraid of him.
She slowly walked over and sat down opposite Long Xuan.
However, when she saw Long Xuan looking around her Medicine Garden with his thieving eyes, she was immediately speechless.
Is this person going to wreak havoc on my Medicine Garden Medicine Garden again? Last time, he practically plundered it all, and it took a long time to repair it. Di Xin was on high alert.
"Speak! What do you want this time? I don't do business for less than a billion," Di Xin asked directly.
Long Xuan reluctantly withdrew his gaze. Di Xin had actually restocked again. He saw many rare spirit medicine that made him envious, and he couldn't help but want to possess them.
These rare spirit medicine are almost extinct; they are practically impossible to find on the market.
"Then I'll get straight to the point. I want Top-Grade Spirit Stone. Do you have any?" Long Xuan asked, looking into her eyes.
Di Xin is now his last hope. If even she doesn't have Top-Grade Spirit Stone, then his task of setting up the Five-Element Reversal Grand Formation will be indefinitely suspended, and the Five-Element Reversal Grand Formation will not be completed in the short term.
Without the protection of this Vicious Formation, he felt no sense of security guarding the Spirit Spring. This matter absolutely could not be delayed. Long Xuan looked at her with expectant eyes.
After taking a sip of tea, Di Xin said, "I have a Supreme-Grade Earth Spirit Stone and a top- Supreme-Grade Water Spirit Stone. Which one do you want?"
Upon hearing this, Long Xuan's eyes lit up. As expected, she was a little rich girl. She had two Top-Grade Spirit Stone that were not available in the entire market. Di Xin had not disappointed him.
"I want them all!" Long Xuan said impatiently.
At the same time, he placed a book in front of Di Xin and asked again, "How much of the material in this book can you produce?"
Despite his frantic scavenging of the market over the past two weeks, spending almost all his Spirit Stone, he still hadn't collected a considerable amount of materials.
He could trade a portion of the Treasure Pavilion from the Long Family using contribution points, but for the rest, he could only obtain them from Di Xin.