Since Zhao Siyao was in seclusion, Lu Changan did not visit this time.
After leaving Jinyun Valley.
Lu Changan did not return to Wuqi Mountain immediately.
He planned to visit surrounding cities and fairy cities to see if he could purchase some relatively low-cost materials.
The news about the sect's expedition was basically unknown to the middle and lower classes in the world of immortality cultivation.
Previously, even some senior officials were not sure.
At present, the growth rate of materials is not that exaggerated, and there is still some room for profit.
The first stop Lu Changan went to was "Wufengfang City" in the south of Jinyun Valley.
Back then, Lu Changan took Li Erqing to listen to music at the "Baixiang Immortal Tower" in Wufengfang City, including helping Zhao Siyao repair high-grade magical instruments.
The size of this city is relatively large compared to the fairy city.
Lu Changan uses the "Hundred Fantasy Mask" to assume the identity of an ordinary young man. On this basis, he slightly adjusts his disguise to create an additional layer of identity disguise.
Maintain the cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building, and receive VIP-level treatment in large stores in Wufengfang City.
After half a day.
Lu Changan scanned a batch of goods, mainly talismans, elixirs, and puppet materials.
The price increase for materials is not small, but not as high as for finished products.
The supply of various war preparation materials exceeds the demand, and they are also restricted by craftsmen, especially high-quality ones.
Prices are transmitted to materials with a slight lag.
When the news of the war is confirmed and materials become scarce, prices will definitely rise sharply.
During the period of sweeping goods, Lu Changan also visited the "Spiritual Medicine Pavilion" in Wufengfang City.
Back then, when he came to Wufengfang City for the first time, Lu Changan was secretly followed by the shopkeeper of the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, but was later frightened off by a message from his spiritual consciousness.
After all these years, the shopkeeper failed to advance to the foundation building stage and passed away long ago.
After inquiring, it was found that among his descendants, there were monks in the late stage of Qi Refining who worked as pharmacists in the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion.
Lu Changan's eyes are not that small.
There is no need to take revenge on his descendants or the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion for a trivial matter over time.
That's too much fuss.
After all, the shopkeeper back then just kept an eye on him and didn't take any action.
Half a day after Lu Changan left.
An interesting story came from Wufengfang City.
It is said that several of the precious medicinal materials stored in the Lingyao Pavilion were lost inexplicably, and the loss was huge, causing the owner to become furious.
There were extremely fine residues left at the scene, which were suspected to have been sneaked in and eaten by mysterious spiritual beasts.
…
Wufengfang City, two thousand miles away.
Lu Changan glanced at the spiritual pet bag while flying.
An orange-purple rat demon with a bulging belly was burping, stretching its limbs lazily, and lying in the spiritual pet bag.
Lu Changan smiled, the precious medicinal materials that the rock rat has eaten in the past few years are not as much as they eat in one day.
Ten days later.
Lu Changan arrived at Bauhinia Fairy City on the west side of Jinyun Valley.
This fairy city is close to the border of Liang State and has commercial contacts with the "Jing State" in the Western Regions.
The Jing Kingdom is just a small immortal cultivating country with poor spiritual resources. The most powerful immortal cultivating force is the Jindan Sect.
The country is branched by the Black Mist Mountains in the north and is located between the Chen State and the Liang State.
Although the location of Bauhinia Fairy City is remote, the value of materials is slightly higher than that of Wufengfang City.
Lu Changan speculated that since there were many powerful forces in the Immortal City, they had a keener sense of news.
The top executives of some chambers of commerce may have some information, but they may not dare to make big bets.
Once the war situation in the Feng Kingdom changes, or the top bosses in the Liang Kingdom give up their ideas and invest too much, they may lose everything.
After purchasing in Bauhinia Fairy City.
Commander Lu flew to the Liaoyuan Fairy City and stopped at Mu's house in Feiyue Lake on the way.
…
At Mu's house, Lu Changan met Li Erqing and Mu Bingyun.
After not seeing each other for many years, Mu Bingyun has matured a lot. She looks to be in her mid-twenties, and she has the confident demeanor of a family ancestor and a foundation-building female cultivator.
In recent years, Mujia's development momentum has been good, and its industry has expanded steadily. It has opened several stores in Zhuye Mountain, Wufeng Mountain, and Huanglong Fairy City.
Regarding the reason for the increase in supplies, Lu Changan gave a hint to the two of them but did not elaborate.
Before leaving.
Mu Bingyun sent a message and wanted to talk to Lu Changan alone and ask for advice on cultivation and drawing talismans.
Lu Changan glanced at this female cultivator in a green skirt who was as graceful as jade, slender and graceful. Expectation, reverence, and a hint of hidden emotion filled her starry eyes.
Lu Changan refused Mu Bingyun's request to talk alone because he was busy.
By Feiyue Lake.
Mu Bingyun stood there, looking slightly disappointed, watching the man in white go away.
I think of a certain explanation given by Master before his death.
She lightly clenched her bare hands into fists, took a deep breath, and tried to muster up her courage, but immediately her face became distressed and confused again.
Li Erqing saw that lonely figure, which seemed to overlap with a certain figure in his memory.
He sighed in his heart: Even the two most outstanding and beautiful female cultivators of the Mu family could not keep that man's heart.
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After leaving Feiyue Lake, Lu Changan stopped by Zhuye Mountain to have a look.
The level of Zhuye Shanfang City is slightly lower, and it is no longer as prosperous as the first auction back then.
The Maple Leaf Huang family, the owner of Fangshi, now has two foundation-building monks.
The original foundation-building female cultivator "Huang Yingchun" and the late-stage foundation-building Taoist monk she relied on were said to be old and nearing the end of their lifespan.
The cooperative relationship between the two parties gradually faded.
The materials purchased by Lu Changan have high quality requirements, and they are not widely harvested in Zhuye Shanfang City.
One month later.
Lu Changan went to Liaoyuan Fairy City and Huanglong Fairy City one after another.
In the prairie fire fairy city, the price of materials was the highest, so Lu Changan reluctantly bought some talismans and high-grade materials for puppets.
In Huanglong Fairy City, in addition to ordinary parts and furs of monsters, other materials are also not cheap.
finally.
After completing the large purchase, Lu Changan returned to Wuqi Mountain.
During the procurement, Lu Changan did not use his own identity.
In fact, there are larger Fangshi and even Fairy City in the east, south and even north of the Black Mist Mountains in the Liang Kingdom.
As the prices of supplies continued to rise, Lu Changan followed the trend and only went to relatively nearby areas.
…
one year later.
Lu Changan, who was in Wuqi Mountain, received gossip from the outside world.
It is said that the immortal world of Liang Kingdom will fall into war.
There are different opinions on the specific reasons.
Among them, the most outrageous news is: Yan State's Wuya Palace has been defeated until Feng State surrendered, and in two years it will be Liang State's turn.
When the news of the war was known even to the maid Lan Rou, it had obviously spread widely throughout the country.
Some uninformed lower-level casual cultivators were frightened and followed the trend to purchase war preparation supplies.
Some unscrupulous merchants and shops claim that if they don’t buy it now, the price will double if there is a war.
As a result, combat readiness materials, which were already at a high level, have increased even further.
Materials that were originally lagging behind were reluctant to sell. In response, prices surged, in line with war preparation supplies.
In this regard, the three peak masters of Wuqi Mountain gathered together to discuss this.
Lu Changan and Ye Fei really made a lot of money.
Talismans and elixirs are both consumables in war.
"The growth rate of the formation is average, and I don't make as much as the other two of you."
Shi Manrong said with a gentle voice and a smile.
The formation is not a consumable, and the battlefield is not in the Liang Kingdom. It just increases a bit with certain materials.
"Haha, if the price of the formation increases significantly, that is definitely not a good thing! Fairy Master, it's better not to expect it."
Ye Fei had a drink and joked.
"When Mr. Lu earns the spirit stones, he is going to find Master Fairy to improve Xiaoguifeng's formation. At that time, I hope to give him a preferential price."
Lu Changan felt relieved and said hello in advance.
The peak master of Wuqi Mountain has made a lot of money, but he can't hide it from anyone who cares.
The more you earn, the less you should skimp on protective measures.
Shi Xianzi's current formation attainments can already deploy a quasi-third-level formation.
"Young Daoist Lu is sincerely taking care of your business, and I can't help but wish for you."
Shi Manrong lightly lifted her hair and toasted a glass of spiritual wine. A touching light red appeared on her silver plate-like face.
Ye Fei glanced at Lu Changan and Shi Manrong.
I found that these two more senior peak leaders occasionally met their eyes and chatted happily.
More than thirty years have passed since my teacher Manrong lost his memory.
It was a "new acquaintance". Lu Changan's friendship with this woman deepened, and they had similar outlooks, so it was inevitable that they would like each other.
In recent years, Shi Manrong and he occasionally met in private. Compared with the previous dignified and reserved manner, Shi Manrong was a little more close and gentle.
However, Lu Changan remembered that after this woman came back from hunting the great demon in Huanglong Mountain, she once said that she had restored the incomplete memory fragments of the ancient ruins, and she did not mention this matter again in these years.
…
In the next two years, the information about the war became more and more accurate.
Because the top leaders of several major sects have reached a consensus and have begun to unite the forces of the seven major families, major fairy cities and chambers of commerce.
A year or two before the war was about to come to an end, Lu Changan went to various fairy cities and sold the accumulated materials one after another under different identities.
Give priority to materials of level 2 or below, followed by materials that have nothing to do with skills.
Finally, there are some old, second-level low-quality talismans and puppets.
Through war speculation, buying low and selling high, and refining and selling war necessities, Lu Changan made huge profits.
unconsciously.
He has accumulated more than 30,000 spiritual stones alone.
This does not include the batch of high-grade talismans and puppets that he has accumulated in his hands.
In the past few years, Lu Changan earned many spiritual stones and purchased materials for refining puppets.
Not counting some trump cards, Lu Changan's net worth exceeds that of many fake real people.
Take Xiang Jinglong as an example. After achieving the false elixir, he purchased all the magic weapons and spent them all in his life. Money was tight.
Secretly, Xiang Jinglong also occasionally guest-starred as a cultivator. Even so, the efficiency of earning spiritual stones was far less than that of Lu Changan.
Lu Changan made statistics and found that the talisman earned more spiritual stones than the puppet.
The main reason is that the puppet refining cycle is long, the price is high, and few monks can afford it.
And if you are not a puppet master, or your spiritual awareness is not outstanding, it will be difficult for you to unleash the true power of the puppet.
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This day.
The secret room of Xiaogui Peak.
"One hundred and twenty-six years old, six floors of foundation building."
Lu Changan opened his eyes as dark as ink, and slowly finished the exercise, his white clothes fluttering.
The total amount of Evergreen mana in the body has increased by 20 to 30% compared to the fifth level of foundation building.
Because it is not a small realm breakthrough, the quality of the mana is almost the same.
The power of using magic weapons or spells will not be significantly improved, which mainly affects long-term combat.
If you go one step further, break through the seventh level of foundation building, enter the later stage of foundation building, and become a major cultivator of the same level as the foundation building stage, your strength will make a qualitative leap.
Huchi!
The big blue turtle, nearly one foot and five feet wide, rubbed Lu Changan's breath and fawned over him affectionately.
Lu Changan understood its meaning.
After leaving the customs, he sat on the back of the black water turtle.
The black water turtle carried its owner and jumped out of the cave happily, showing off its power to the rock rat not far away.
The rock rat glanced at the big turtle with disdain, bared its teeth, and felt a little bit apprehensive.
Squeak!
It came to the big turtle in a standing posture, which was much taller than the black water turtle, and presented a letter in an anthropomorphic manner.
This is a letter sent by Zhang Tieshan.
The content of the letter made Lu Changan slightly moved.
"The Liang Kingdom sect has announced the expedition, and Jinyun Valley will send out the first batch of monks..."