Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds-Chapter 617 - 315, Goodbye Caiyun Fairy_2

"However... I cannot simply take this shop for free, Elder Chang. Please lease it to me at a friendly price..."

Caiyun Fairy amended the Spirit Pact's terms and handed it to Xu Xing.

The Spirit Pact stipulated: lease the shop for one hundred years, for a rent of one million Spirit Shells.

This price was two million less than the market price of three million Spirit Shells.

It was practically a steal.

"Elder Chang may not know, but I am renting this shop for my own Cultivation..."

Then, Caiyun Fairy pursed her lips and explained her reason for renting the shop.

This time, she had come to the Tiande Pawnshop to rent a shop not for the Pill Cauldron Sect, but for herself.

Like Xu Xing, Caiyun Fairy also recognized the business opportunities in the Five Mountain Market following the opening of the Louhai Secret Realm.

So that's how it is... Xu Xing nodded, his expression clearing. "I was puzzled before... With the strength of the Pill Cauldron Sect, they should have rented a suitable Pill Shop in the Five Mountain Market long ago. There would be no need for you, Fairy, to make this special trip. So that was the reason."

Caiyun Fairy choosing to rent the shop at a low price, rather than taking it for herself, clearly indicated her intention: she hoped Xu Xing would, out of consideration for their past "friendship," protect her for a time.

After one hundred years, their debts and grudges would be settled.

"However..." Xu Xing looked at Caiyun Fairy and voiced his doubt, "If the Pill Cauldron Sect already has a Pill Shop in the Five Mountain Market, I'm afraid you won't be able to compete by opening another one."

He had been cultivating for a long time. The reason his Dao of Pills was still at the Second-stage Pill Master level was due to the existence of the Pill Cauldron Sect in Nanyan Continent.

If he wanted any Pill, he could simply buy it directly from the Pill Cauldron Sect, without needing to refine it himself.

He had no need for low-level Pills.

As for high-level Pills, not only were the Pill recipes hard to find, but even the Spirit Materials were difficult to obtain.

Without Spirit Materials to refine Pills, no matter how much theory of the Dao of Pills one possessed, it was all castles in the air, unable to withstand practical application.

Previously, he had Dai Ji bid for a Fourth-stage Pill Cauldron at the Nine Kingdoms Exchange Meeting, merely as a precaution.

"The Pill Shops of the Pill Cauldron Sect only sell ordinary Pills. I happen to have two Secret medicines that I obtained by chance..."

"They are called the Blood Explosive Pill and the Spiritual Enhancement Pill," Caiyun Fairy explained.

Hearing this, Xu Xing immediately understood.

As their names suggested, these two Pills temporarily increased blood qi and enhanced Divine Sense, respectively. They were especially useful for exploring Secret Realms.

Caiyun Fairy dared to open a shop selling these two Secret medicines. She likely knew that the Pill Cauldron Sect's Pill Shops didn't sell similar types of Secret medicines. Alternatively, her two Secret medicines might have a price advantage, allowing her to easily achieve high sales volume.

"When I was in your Cave Mansion, Fairy, I recall you weren't a Fourth-stage Pill Master... Many of those who come to explore the Secret Realm this time are Nascent Soul Daoist Lords..."

Xu Xing pondered for a moment before asking this.

Third-stage Pills were useful for those with Dao Pills, but for Nascent Souls, they were merely a drop in the bucket.

"The reason these two Pills are considered Secret medicines is because they can be refined without needing a Fourth-stage Pill Master..."

Caiyun Fairy smiled gently.

"Since Elder Chang's shop is a Pawnshop, if any cultivators wish to exchange these two types of Spirit Materials, please keep an eye out and consider selling them to me..."

Then, Caiyun Fairy took out two Jade Slips and handed them to Xu Xing.

The Jade Slips contained images and descriptions of two types of Spirit Materials.

"Bloodline Vine and Burying God Flower..."

Xu Xing glanced at the names of the Spirit Materials, nodded, and committed them to memory.

He understood that these two Spirit Materials must be the main ingredients for refining the Blood Explosive Pill and the Spiritual Enhancement Pill.

As for the auxiliary materials, Caiyun Fairy would not seek to purchase them from him, in order to protect the Secret Pill recipes.

"If you have time, Elder Chang, you can come and visit me at my place..."

"After all, we will be neighbors for one hundred years."

Before leaving, Caiyun Fairy bowed to Xu Xing and smiled, her lips pursed.

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「Two years later」

Xu Xing's last reserved shop was also rented by a cultivator.

This cultivator's name was Ye Yan, from the Qianhuo Sect. He was not in the Nascent Soul Realm, but a Dao Pill Daoist.

From Ye Yan, Xu Xing learned that over the past ten years, Demon Island had been continuously selling Demonic Race descendants at various auctions and trade meetings of the Human Clan, totaling over one hundred individuals.

These Demonic Race descendants were not Pure-blood Descendants of Demon Kings, but merely some third-tier bloodline Demonic beasts.

By contracting these third-tier bloodline Demonic beasts, cultivators would be eligible to go to Demon Island and enter the Louhai Secret Realm.

These Yao Saints on Demon Island really know how to do business...

Hearing this, Xu Xing secretly clicked his tongue, admiring the Demonic Race's business acumen.

With this hunger marketing strategy, the Demonic Race would undoubtedly siphon off a vast amount of wealth from the Human Clan.

And the price they paid was merely a Secret Realm that the Demonic Race had already thoroughly explored.

To the Demonic Race, the Louhai Secret Realm was like a chicken rib—of little value, yet a slight pity to discard.

Cultivation knows no passage of time.

In the fifteenth year of the Five Mountain Market's opening, spatial fluctuations gradually appeared above Demon Island. In the eastern sky, a hovering sea surface manifested.

On this sea surface, numerous pavilions stood tall amidst precious flowers and rare herbs, with many exotic birds and beasts frolicking about.

Is this the Louhai Secret Realm?

Staying in the Tiande Pawnshop, Xu Xing raised his head, extended his Divine Sense outside the room, and carefully examined the scene.

There was still some time before the Louhai Secret Realm would open.

Demon Island had not announced the specific time, but Human Cultivators predicted it would be within the next twenty years.

Therefore, Xu Xing estimated that the current appearance of the Louhai Secret Realm was merely a hunger marketing tactic by the Demonic Race to attract Human Cultivators.

"Ao Yuniang, are there any records of this Louhai Secret Realm from ancient times?"

Xu Xing raised his hand, captured an image and a wisp of aura from the Louhai Secret Realm, and injected it into the Painting Scroll floating in the air.

Occasionally, Ao Yuniang's remnant soul would float out. She nodded her elegant head and said, "Decades ago, when Xu Daoist asked me what this Louhai Secret Realm was, I wasn't sure. However, at this moment, I am certain that this Louhai Secret Realm must be the Xiaohai Dragon Palace from ancient times."

"The Xiaohai Dragon King was my uncle. It seems that over the years, the Xiaohai Dragon Palace has also been swallowed by history," she sighed softly.

"Oh? Hearing you say that, if this Louhai Secret Realm is the Xiaohai Dragon Palace, then the Dragon Ancestor's Shed Skin in the Dragon Palace is the Shed Skin of your uncle, the Xiaohai Dragon King?" Xu Xing asked in surprise.

"It might be my uncle's Shed Skin, or it could be the Shed Skin of my uncle's Third Prince. The Third Prince Xiaohai was also famous in ancient times and was considered to possess Banished Immortal qualifications..."

Ao Yuniang shook her head and then recounted another piece of history regarding the Xiaohai Dragon Palace.

Talented individuals emerge in every generation.

Not all Dragon Clan members in the Dragon Palace were content to rest on past laurels; Dragon Clan Prides of Heaven emerged in every era.

The Third Prince Xiaohai was the Dragon Clan's Pride of Heaven of his time, gaining fame throughout the world and joining one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects, the Reincarnation Fairy Gate.

"According to my observations, the Dragon Clan's aura is still dense in this Louhai Secret Realm. Those Demonic Race members probably haven't taken the Dragon Ancestor's Shed Skin yet. If I enter, I have a sixty percent chance of retrieving the Shed Skin for Xu Daoist..." Ao Yuniang added.

Since they had come to the Louhai Secret Realm, she believed Xu Xing likely wanted to do more than just some business.

"The Louhai Secret Realm is under the watch of Yao Saints, making it too dangerous. Retrieving the Dragon Ancestor's Shed Skin is easy, but taking it away will not be simple..."

"We'll observe first. When a suitable opportunity arises, we will enter the Louhai Secret Realm together."

Xu Xing shook his head, revealing his plan.

He was capable of fighting a Nascent Soul Saint Monarch.

But if there were multiple Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs, given his current Cultivation, he couldn't be entirely sure of escaping unscathed.

Taking such a risk once was enough.

Doing so repeatedly would be courting death. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Furthermore, he didn't know what benefits the Dragon Ancestor's Shed Skin could bring him. Risking all his accumulations over the years and making enemies for an unknown item was not a wise move.

Having offended the Flying Feather Immortal Palace of East Huangzhou, he could still hide in Nanyan Continent.

But if he offended the Yao Saints of Nanyan Continent, where could he possibly hide?

"Xu Daoist is prudent." Ao Yuniang's face showed admiration. She glanced at Xu Xing before returning to the Painting Scroll.

At this moment, a powerful voice came from outside the shop: "In eighteen years, the Louhai Secret Realm will open. Those who have formed a pact with our Demonic Race descendants may enter the Secret Realm."

As the words fell, various Escaping Lights flared up above Demon Island, heading in all directions.

In eighteen years?

Xu Xing heard this timeframe, thought for a moment, then went to the neighboring shop and wrote the four large characters 'Tiande Array Shop' on the Plaque.