82, Zi Zhu

  Several days later, Mo Tian Ge finished refining the dan.

  Of course. Those 700-800 portions of Dan Yao materials she hadn't used up yet, but after going through hundreds of times of alchemy experiments, she had already grasped the entire process and successfully refined about five or six pieces of finished products.

  Although the success rate of only 50% is low, it's normal considering she's a beginner. Even for a Dan-making master, the success rate of Dan-yao at the same level is only about 60%, and ordinary Dan-making masters can only reach a success rate of 30%. However, this result still made her feel depressed. No wonder the Ye family members are not good at Dan-making; if this score were to be placed in the sect, she would definitely be classified as having no talent.

  Knowing that her talent is not good, the goal of Mo Tian Ge is not high either. As long as she can reach the standard of a ordinary alchemist at 20-30% success rate, with her current basic understanding of alchemy, it's likely that after using up these 700-800 materials, she can achieve a 30% success rate in refining pills, and then she can go learn more difficult pill recipes.

  This Zhuben Dan is a relatively difficult pill to refine according to the Dan formula, with complex hand seals and precise control over the true fire of the dan Tian. It's not something that can be accomplished overnight.

  After recalculating the cost, Mo Tian Ge discovered that he was still being overly optimistic. This time, he only refined a very ordinary dan yao, just to get familiar with refining dan, and it had already consumed nearly two hundred ling stones. If he were to refine something even more difficult, the remaining three thousand plus ling stones would probably not be enough to buy materials. And at his current rate of successful refinement, selling the dan yao to buy materials for himself to continue refining was just a pipe dream.

  In addition, the materials for the Ben Dan itself are not cheap. Those two strains of purple and green fungi that are over 500 years old, together they would probably cost over a thousand spirit stones. Even if she was lucky enough to spend over three thousand spirit stones to reach the stage where she could refine the Ben Dan, she still wouldn't be able to afford the materials.

  After a headache, Mo Tian Ge suddenly reacted and couldn't help but laugh at herself for being overly anxious. She had just started learning to refine dan, and it would take several years before she could refine the Ben Dan. Anyway, she wouldn't have to work as hard as before to cultivate, and after earning some money, she would be able to earn enough. Besides, even if she got the Ben Dan, she wasn't sure if she could successfully build her foundation in one try. If she failed, she would still have to continue competing for the foundation dan ten years later...and if not, there was still another ten years...She was only twenty years old now. There were more than a hundred years left, what was there to be afraid of?

  As he thought of this, Mo Tian Ge escaped from his endless alchemy.

  It's less than half a month before the Tian Dao Zong Xian Tai Hui, and more and more people are coming to this mountain foot town. Fortunately, she rented a house a few days ago, otherwise, by now she could only go to a hostel.

  Walking on the main street, looking at the monks coming and going, Meng Tian Ge strolled along with the crowd. She is now a successful cultivator, has a solid foundation, and possesses wealth and material possessions, everything is going smoothly for her, except for the matter of her second uncle's impending death - but this was something she fundamentally had no power to change.

  The lifespan of a cultivator is related to their cultivation and maintenance. Among them, the most important thing is the realm of cultivation. The higher the cultivation, the longer the lifespan, and the promotion will increase the lifespan by at least 100 years. For example, the lifespan of a Qi-refining cultivator is between 100 and 200 years old. Before breaking through the fourth layer of Qi-refining, the lifespan of a cultivator usually only reaches what ordinary people call "long life" of over 100 years; but after breaking through the fourth layer of Qi-refining, one can live to be around 150 years old. If the cultivation is extremely deep and thick, reaching the peak of Qi-refining, one can basically live to be 200 years old. However, if one advances from Qi-refining to foundation-building, they can at least live an additional 100 years!

  Second Uncle was originally at the mid-stage of foundation building, if he took good care of himself, he could have lived for another fifty years at least. However, the injury he suffered a few years ago was too severe, now Second Uncle is only nearly three hundred years old and his lifespan is already coming to an end.

  Since promotion is hopeless, wanting Second Uncle to live on, unless he eats the Longevity Pellet, each one increasing his lifespan by a hundred years. But that Longevity Pellet has not appeared for hundreds of years, and even if it did appear, who knows how many Yuan Ying cultivators would fight over it, and where would they get a turn?

  With a low mood, Xiao Tian Ge walked up the mountain road with the crowd. They were just small monks, those peerless spiritual elixirs, what share did they have, could only accept this fate.

  The mountain gate of Tiandao Sect, as expected, lives up to its reputation as the number one sect in Kunwu. The entire mountain gate is carved out of a single massive piece of spiritual jade, and when sunlight shines on it, it refracts into seven-colored rays, shining brightly with a kaleidoscope of colors. With clouds floating around it, it gives people a sense of being in an immortal realm.

  The song of the wild sky is unforgettable, no wonder the symbol of the Tian Dao sect is the immortal gate and auspicious cloud, once you've seen their mountain gate, it's hard not to remember this scene.

  Not a disciple of Tiandao Sect, the Xiantai Conference has not started yet. Naturally, he can't enter the mountain gate, just like all the sightseers, he took a stroll and then Mo Tian Ge went down the mountain and left.

  As for the Tian Dao Sect, she didn't have much envy. Even if the Yun Wu Sect was inferior to the Tian Dao Sect in many ways, a sect was just a sect after all. The only difference was that the Tian Dao Sect had better treatment. Of course, she wasn't ignoring the sect either. Although she had long planned to leave the Yun Wu Sect, her ultimate goal was simply to escape from worldly disputes and find a new sect to settle in. It wasn't for anything else, but because under a big tree, it's easier to take shelter from the storm, and there would be fewer troubles.

  Returning to Shanzu Town, thinking that the Buling Dan was gone, Mo Tian Ge also stepped into Baicao Hall.

  Inside Baicao Hall, the counter was still surrounded by people. Mo Tian Ge looked at the crowds and didn't want to squeeze in with them. Thinking that Bu Ling Dan wasn't anything good anyway, she could buy it somewhere else too. She was about to leave when she caught a glimpse of the old man who had sold her the material for the dan on that day, still sitting in the corner, waving at her. Hmm, was he calling out to her?

  As she stopped, the old man waved his hand with even more vigor.

  Mó Tiān Gē approached with a hint of doubt: "Are you calling me?"

  The old man smiled and nodded at her: "Of course. What brings you here today, fellow Taoist?"

  "He just bought some Soul Revival Pills."

  "Oh?" The old man took another close look at her, "Are you also here to attend the Sendai meeting?"

  The stranger in the sky didn't answer yes or no, and asked: "Fellow Taoist, is there something on your mind?"

  The old man smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Nothing, it's just that we also have a bit of a connection, suddenly seeing each other, I'm just saying hello. By the way, do you need anything, friend? You might as well tell me, maybe I can help."

  Mò Tiān Gē gave him a vigilant glance. She had only come to buy a Bǔ Líng Dān. To say the least, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, so why did this person seem like he wanted to get close to her?

  This old man was also a clever person. As soon as he saw her expression, he waved his hand: "Don't misunderstand, fellow Taoist. I just have some news that might be useful to you."

  What's wrong? Mo Tian Ge looked at him with a puzzled expression.

  The old man handed over a piece of animal skin paper with unknown origin, implying: "Fellow Taoist may be interested."

  Mò Tiān Gē took over the animal skin paper and saw a line of words written on top: Hu's Store Sales Invoice.

  She looked up and gazed at the old man in front of her, waiting for his explanation.

  The old man leaned in and said, "The Hu family is the largest immortal cultivation family of our Tiandao Sect. In this mountain foot town, apart from a few shops belonging to the sect, the Hu family has the most influence. This auction is actually used to deal with some high-quality goods inventory."

  "Since it's a top-quality item, how can it be in stock?"

  The old man smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, you don't know that there are too many kinds of spiritual herbs and objects in this world. Some things may be very rare and of the highest quality, but they may not be wanted by anyone for a long time. A large shop, if it has been open for a long time, will inevitably accumulate many such high-quality goods. If they want to sell them, it's not good to directly put them on the counter, and even if they do, the counter can't hold that much. If they don't sell, they will tie up a lot of assets in the store. Therefore, some large shops will clear out their inventory every 30 or 50 years and hold a sales event, where all the goods for sale will be put out for people to choose from. However, since there are so many high-quality goods on the ground, only extraordinary cultivators who have been carefully selected can enter the sales event, not ordinary cultivators."

  The last sentence surprised Mo Tian Ge: "If so, why did you tell me, fellow Taoist?"

  The old man glanced at her and smiled slyly: "Because I see that you, fellow Taoist, have a good family background, conduct yourself with great stability, and your cultivation is also quite decent. It should be enough to qualify for this auction."

  "Oh?" Mo Tian Ge raised an eyebrow. "Fellow Taoist, who are you to decide the qualifications for the auction?"

  The old man narrowed his eyes and smiled, looking rather pleased with himself: "Although I'm not a high-ranking cultivator, I am a member of the Hu family. Every cultivator in the Hu family has the right to recommend one or two people to attend the auction."

  "So that's how it is." No wonder this old man's cultivation level was so low, but his affairs were quite good, turns out he had a powerful backer.

  Seeing her nodding but not responding, the old man blinked his green bean eyes: "Brother, don't you want to go? There's a good chance of picking up some bargains in there."

  The stranger looked at the animal skin paper again, and slowly looked at the old man: "Fellow Taoist recommends someone to go in, what's the benefit?"

  The old man was taken aback, then stroking his beard, smiled with a hint of cunning: "That's right, if the guest buys something, the recommender can get one percent of the profit. Although it's not much, it's still a labor fee."

  Mo Tian Ge knew at a glance that the old man was not telling the truth, and there must be more benefits than what he said. It's just that she didn't bother to expose this small matter, and continued to slowly flip through the sales slips.

  Looking at her like this, the old man was somewhat anxious and couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to go, fellow Taoist?"

  Mo Tian Ge looked over all the items for sale and laughed: "I'll just go take a look around, it's not like I have to buy anything."

  Upon hearing her words, the old man relaxed and nodded with a smile: "You just need to pay two spirit stones as the entrance fee and you're in."

  "Two pieces of Ling Stone?"

  The old man smiled slyly and said, "Don't say you can't afford it, I still have some discerning eyesight. Although you don't look very rich, you should have some wealth and property. Besides, with so many top-grade goods, even if you just want to take a look, two spirit stones aren't expensive, are they?"

  This old man is a shrewd and astute person. Mo Tian Ge smiled and nodded, "Alright, thank you. I don't know when this sale will take place, what's the situation?"

  The old man heard this and took out a wooden token and handed it over.

  The stranger handed over a token, its material was ordinary, one side had the word "Hu" engraved on it, and the other side had the numbers "125".

  The old man said, "This number is your number, and at the time, there may be gifts given away. Also, when buying things, it's only valid if you have a token in hand, so you must not lose it. When the sale ends, the Hu family will naturally take it back."

  Mo Tian Ge nodded slightly.

  The old man continued: "Tomorrow night at the hour of xu is the time for the sale, at that time, fellow Taoist will come to the back door of Qingfeng Pavilion not far from here, and there will naturally be someone to meet you."

  "As for the form of buying and selling, it is free to purchase, first come first served, fellow Taoists don't have to worry about conflicting with others."

  The stranger's song was quite satisfactory, and he lifted the beast skin paper in his hand: "I'll keep this one, may I?"

  The old man smiled: "Of course, since you want to go, I will naturally give it to you, but please don't spread it around."

  "It's natural. Then I'll take my leave first."

  The old man made a "please" gesture: "Please help yourself."

  With a final bow, Mo Tian Ge left the store.

  As she walked on the road, she raised her hand with the paper and smiled. In this list of goods, there was an item that read "a few hundred years old purple bamboo shoots".

  Thanks to the sleepy mouse classmate for casting a pink vote, although the score has been dismal all along, but still very happy. Working hard for update votes.