Buying Everything and a New Building

Li Mingjie nodded and left the private room.

Immediately afterward, Duan Yang walked in.

"Sect Leader Li, just tell me what you need."

Duan Yang was beaming. He had made a huge profit this time.

Li Yunjing handed Duan Yang a list.

Duan Yang took the list and saw that it contained quite a few spiritual items.

After making a careful estimate in his head, Duan Yang found that the spiritual items Li Yunjing wanted to buy this time were worth a total of 803 low-grade Spirit Stones.

"A big order, a big order!" Both of Duan Yang's hands trembled slightly.

"Please wait a moment, Sect Leader Li. I'll bring you these spiritual items right away."

Duan Yang was so excited that even his voice trembled slightly.

Li Yunjing nodded, then picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"One thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, gone just like that." Li Yunjing could faintly feel his heart bleeding.

The thousand low-grade Spirit Stones he had just obtained

were almost all spent in one go.

But even a fortune spent would come back again.

What was spent was spent. Sooner or later, he could earn it back.

Now that he had bought everything he needed,

every building could be upgraded once.

At least the Spirit Stones were well spent.

Before long, Duan Yang brought over everything Li Yunjing needed.

Li Yunjing transferred everything into his Storage Bag.

Duan Yang then took out another bag.

"Sect Leader Li, these are the Spirit Stones left over. There are three hundred."

Li Yunjing frowned at once.

Duan Yang explained, "The shopkeeper rounded down and only charged you eight hundred. As for the extra hundred, the treasure you sold was so valuable that the shopkeeper added another hundred Spirit Stones. We couldn't let you suffer a loss, could we, Sect Leader Li?"

Li Yunjing nodded. "Thank your shopkeeper for me."

"Rest assured, I'll be sure to pass that along."

After putting away the three hundred low-grade Spirit Stones,

Li Yunjing left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with Duan Yang seeing him off.

At a window on the top floor of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion,

Li Mingjie stood beside a portly man.

"Master, do you think highly of him?"

Seeing that his master had been watching Li Yunjing the whole time, Li Mingjie asked out of curiosity.

The portly man smiled.

"Of course. As you know, I possess the Qi Observation Technique. Li Yunjing's fortune is boundless; he's certain to achieve great things someday.

While he is still a hidden dragon, we should befriend him if we can. We must not offend him."

Li Mingjie was startled.

Looking at Li Yunjing's receding figure,

Li Mingjie found it hard to believe.

Meanwhile, after leaving the Treasure Gathering Pavilion,

Li Yunjing planned to visit the poultry market.

The poultry market specialized in selling all kinds of birds.

To upgrade the Poultry Coop to lv3,

in addition to Parasol Spirit Wood, Demon Beast Essence Blood, and Mystic Pattern Spirit Iron,

he also needed to add another kind of bird.

Although the Treasure Gathering Pavilion sold a wide variety of goods,

it did not sell birds.

After all, with the poultry market there, it would not be right for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to poach its business.

There were also people above keeping it in check; they could not let the Treasure Gathering Pavilion do everything.

When Li Yunjing arrived at the poultry market, he saw many Rogue Cultivators hawking their wares at stalls on both sides of the street.

All kinds of birds were displayed at the stalls.

Li Yunjing looked around as he considered what kind of bird to buy.

The spirit chickens in the Poultry Coop were currently just ordinary spirit chickens.

Their value was unremarkable, though with the Poultry Coop's effects, they could lay quite a few spirit eggs each day.

Li Yunjing wanted to expand his flock of spirit chickens.

If he wanted the spirit eggs to hatch into chicks,

he would have to buy a rooster.

As he pondered this, a stall on his right caught his eye.

Out of the corner of his eye, Li Yunjing spotted a magnificent rooster.

The rooster had white feathers, and the comb atop its head looked like a string of pearls.

A pearl chicken, Li Yunjing thought.

When the stallholder saw Li Yunjing stop, he immediately began an enthusiastic introduction.

"Senior, I caught this pearl chicken on Hundred Miasma Mountain. Look, this pearl chicken..."

Li Yunjing gestured for the stallholder to be quiet.

He examined the pearl chicken carefully.

Then he looked at the stallholder. "How many Spirit Stones?"

"Eight!" the stallholder said.

Hearing this, Li Yunjing immediately took out eight low-grade Spirit Stones.

Then he took out his Beast Taming Bag and put the pearl chicken inside.

The pearl chicken was only at the middle phase of the first tier, and its strength was unremarkable.

But its meat was exceptionally delicious.

The major restaurants and eateries in Xunxian Town all paid high prices for pearl chickens.

A pearl chicken at the early phase of the first tier

could sell for five low-grade Spirit Stones.

And the higher a pearl chicken's cultivation, the more delicious its meat.

Eight Spirit Stones was a reasonable price for a pearl chicken at the middle phase of the first tier.

That was also the price it would fetch at the major restaurants and eateries.

The stallholder thought Li Yunjing had bought it to eat himself.

But Li Yunjing wanted the pearl chicken to mate with his three hens

so they could produce more pearl chickens.

That way, the spirit chicken eggs produced by the Poultry Coop in the future

could be used to hatch pearl chickens as well as eaten.

Their value would increase considerably.

Having bought the pearl chicken, Li Yunjing still needed to buy another kind of bird.

After browsing for a while, Li Yunjing saw two crane demons as tall as a person.

Both crane demons had green heads and silver backs, with sharp claws and beaks that looked like metal.

These were Green-Headed Cranes, a Demon Beast that was not particularly common.

Green-Headed Cranes flew very fast.

And once fully grown, they could become very large.

Carrying two or three people on their backs was no problem.

Some sects raised Green-Headed Cranes

to use as transportation for their disciples.

Li Yunjing had the same idea.

After speaking with the stallholder,

Li Yunjing bought the two Green-Headed Cranes for a total of thirty-two low-grade Spirit Stones.

The two Green-Headed Cranes were not yet fully grown,

and their cultivation was at the early phase of the first tier.

But one was male and the other female.

They could mate and produce offspring.

That was why the price was somewhat higher.

Li Yunjing accepted the price.

Having bought everything he needed,

he had more or less accomplished what he had come to Xunxian Town to do.

Li Yunjing planned to return.

After applying a Breeze Talisman,

Li Yunjing headed back to the Luozhen Sect.

When he returned to the Luozhen Sect, Zhang Hongzhi and the other two old men were resting.

The three stood up at once when they saw Li Yunjing.

"Sect Leader Li, the cave abode you requested is complete."

Zhang Hongzhi walked over and told Li Yunjing.

Li Yunjing's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked Zhang Hongzhi to take him to see it.

They arrived in front of the cave abode the three had built.

It was called a cave abode, but it was actually an imposing-looking large house.

Just inside the house was a spacious courtyard.

Li Yunjing had specifically requested it.

Beyond the courtyard was the main hall.

Past the main hall was another large courtyard.

On either side of this courtyard was a medicine field,

which could be used to grow spirit medicines.

Past the second courtyard were the bedchambers.

Besides the bedchambers, the study and cultivation room were also on this side.

After looking around, Li Yunjing was very satisfied.

Just then, a notification box popped up before his eyes.

[New building detected. Add it to the upgradable buildings?]

Li Yunjing was stunned for a moment, then wild with joy.

As long as a new building was constructed, it could be added to the upgradable buildings.

There were no other requirements.

This was wonderful!

Though wild with joy, Li Yunjing showed nothing on his face.

He silently answered yes.

Soon, the cave abode's basic information appeared before Li Yunjing.

[Sect Leader's Cave Abode (lv0)]

[lv1 spiritual effects: Spirit Plant maturation time -20%, Spiritual Qi concentration +20%, recovery speed while meditating here +10%.]

[Upgrade requirements: Mid-Stage Qi Refining cultivation, low-grade Spirit Stones ×20]

The upgrade requirements were very simple.

Li Yunjing could upgrade the cave abode to lv1 right away.

But Zhang Hongzhi and the others were still there.

Li Yunjing could only wait for the time being.

"Three seniors, your craftsmanship is quite good."

Li Yunjing praised them with a smile.

"How many Spirit Stones do I owe you in total? Please name your price, seniors."

Hearing this, Zhang Hongzhi exchanged glances with his two old companions.

"Sect Leader Li, you only need to give us two hundred low-grade Spirit Stones."

Li Yunjing nodded slightly.

The price Zhang Hongzhi had named was very fair.

The earlier repairs to the Alchemy Chamber had cost seventy-five low-grade Spirit Stones for materials and labor.

The repairs to the cultivation room had cost less.

There had only been material costs, totaling twenty-five low-grade Spirit Stones.

That meant building the cave abode had cost exactly one hundred.

That was already quite good.

If Li Yunjing bought the materials himself and then hired people to build it,

it would cost far more than a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones.

Zhang Hongzhi and the others surely had connections of their own

that allowed them to buy some building materials wholesale at low prices.

They could also profit from the difference.

But even so, it would surely be much cheaper than if Li Yunjing bought the materials himself.

Li Yunjing took out two hundred low-grade Spirit Stones and handed them to Zhang Hongzhi.

Zhang Hongzhi accepted them and said to Li Yunjing with a smile:

"Sect Leader Li, if you have any business in the future, please keep us in mind."