Chapter 184: Spirit Stone Vein

Chapter 184: Spirit Stone Vein

After Wang Hong left, Hu Jin erected a large sign at the entrance with the words: "Highly Purchasing Demonic Beast Corpses."

It didn't take long for passing cultivators to notice, and some of them entered, inquiring about the details. Upon receiving accurate information, groups of them headed towards the Boundary Mountain Range to collect Demonic Beast corpses.

When Wang Hong found Hu Jin again a month later, Hu Jin had helped him amass a large pile of Demonic Beast corpses. Due to the naturally large size of Demonic Beasts and their low market value, the pile wasn't worth even five thousand Spirit Stones.

Hu Jin still felt a bit uneasy, fearing that Wang Hong might deceive him somewhere.

As the shopkeeper and not the owner, he couldn't bear significant losses.

Wang Hong retained the initial five thousand Spirit Stones as a deposit and then paid with two Nourishing Essence Pills and several thousand Spirit Stones.

After receiving these Spirit Stones, Hu Jin gained some confidence and decided to expand the purchasing scale.

The loose cultivators who had previously gone to the mountain to collect corpses, having tasted the benefits, enthusiastically prepared once again to head towards the Boundary Mountain Range.

In the following months, Wang Hong's gains kept growing.

However, Demonic Beast corpses in the Boundary Mountain Range were ultimately limited. What seemed abundant in normal circumstances was because they were left unwanted on the mountain, creating an illusion of abundance.

Suddenly, many small Demonic Beasts living in the Boundary Mountain Range, relying on eating the corpses, found their food source taken away by humans.

These Demonic Beasts were left hungry, howling through the night, silently resenting the humans who stole their food.

Wang Hong refined the demon-hunting tree seeds he had obtained into Essence Core Pills. The quantity was vast, more than he could use for a while.

He sent a Transmission Talisman, summoning Zhang Chunfeng. Many of the demon corpses were collected with Zhang Chunfeng's help, so it was only fair to share some with him.

If the information is true, there will undoubtedly be fierce competition, and who knows how many will lose their lives in the process.

"Be cautious. The Demon Clan is mostly physically powerful and prefers close combat. You better find a Spiritual Weapon suitable for close combat," Wang Hong advised, knowing that Zhang Chunfeng, like himself, lacked a suitable Spiritual Weapon for close combat.

"I've made some progress on that recently. I exchanged for two refining tool materials and plan to ask a refining tool master for assistance in refinement," Zhang Chunfeng replied.

Zhang Chunfeng had good luck, obtaining two ore materials each weighing over ten thousand pounds in a recent Foundation Building cultivators' exchange meeting. Rumor had it that these were spoils from the Demon Clan; as they weren't skilled in refining tools, a demonic beast wielded these heavy ores to attack.

"That's good. If you run short of Spirit Stones, let me know."

"Sure, thanks."

After seeing Zhang Chunfeng off, Wang Hong continued with his Alchemy. Refining this batch of Essence Core Pills further honed his Alchemy skills.

Refining thirty portions of materials in one furnace, his Pill Success Rate had reached nearly forty percent. During his time in Jin'an City, consistently offering a forty percent Pill Success Rate had boosted his reputation.

Now, more cultivators sought him out for Pill refinement, and he accepted all who came.

Most cultivators usually requested refinement for one or two furnaces, producing two or three Pills. Those like the cultivator who asked for forty portions of Nourishing Essence Pills were a rare few. That cultivator seemed too embarrassed to show his face after being scared off.

For common second-tier Pills, Wang Hong couldn't be bothered to refine them individually. He collected the materials and gave a few Pills directly from his reserve when needed. It might seem like he was operating at a loss, but after deducting Alchemy fees, he wasn't actually losing much just earning a bit less in Pills.

He wasn't short of Pills at the moment, and saving time was more crucial. With experience accumulation, his Pill Success Rate would continue to improve.

If someone brought him a Spiritual Herb he didn't possess, he would diligently refine it one by one. In this method, his Pill Success Rate had long surpassed fifty percent, allowing him to retain a few extra Pills for himself.

His true intention in doing this was to attract more people seeking Pill refinement, giving him the chance to encounter rarer Spiritual Herbs.

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