Chapter 184: Magic Treasures Without Consumption
Shuang Xiahua shook her head, “In reality, I’m just an ordinary student. I’ve learned some related knowledge, and the principle isn’t complicated. If you let professionals study it in the game for a while, with so much material, they’ll figure it out sooner or later.”
“Besides, it wasn’t me who discovered the wooden thread; it was a life player named Yu Lishan who gave it to me.”
Gu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, “A new player who entered the game with you?”
Shuang Xiahua nodded, “She probably learned some professional knowledge in reality too. When I was chatting with her, she noticed this spiritual material had the characteristic of stabilizing spiritual energy and asked me to try it. However, she wasn’t interested in this aspect and went to work for Boss Fan Guozhou.”
Gu Yunxi thought of Fan Guozhou, who was already showing signs of becoming the richest person in the game, and couldn’t help but feel a pang of envy, “Fan Guozhou’s business is getting bigger and bigger.”
Especially after merging with the Flying Sparrow Sect, the cultivation of spirit herbs by the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples was entirely handed over to Chen Miaomiao and Fan Guozhou.
Fan Guozhou directly took out a loan to contract more than half of the Flying Sparrow Sect’s spiritual fields.
Would a sect with such monopolistic tendencies be managed?
How would Song Jiulai manage it?
People have scientific cultivation methods, while other players are scattered individuals. Cultivating in bits and pieces is not as good as letting Fan Guozhou take it all.
Anyway, the other half was left open for new players to complete tasks.
She would forcefully intervene and invest in such actions to prevent Fan Guozhou from truly establishing a monopoly business in the game.
Fan Guozhou wasn’t working alone; he had partners like Zhou Nüzi and a large number of life players with good benefits and treatment under him.
Actually, Song Jiulai couldn’t manage this monopoly either. For example, if Fan Guozhou had money, he could implement this model on other sects’ territories, and Song Jiulai wouldn’t be able to intervene.
What she managed now was all within the territory she could control.
If Fan Guozhou could truly become such a capitalist in the cultivation world where the law of the jungle prevails and the strong prey on the weak, then he would be amazing.
Shuang Xiahua smiled, “There are still few players now, and our territory is small. Boss Fan has seized the first-mover advantage. The Thunder Stone Ore is now stable, and we will definitely need to use it in large quantities. Why don’t we take out a loan from the System? We can establish a special artifact refining workshop dedicated to researching magic treasures driven by Thunder Stone Ore.”
Artifact refining requires a large amount of spirit stones to support it.
It would definitely not be enough with just what they had on hand.
Gu Yunxi nodded, “Zhen Weida has gone home for a blind date. When he and another brother come online, I’ll ask them. I’ll go ask Big Shot Xue Yao for his opinion first.”
Shuang Xiahua thought for a moment and said, “If necessary, we should still have Boss Han and the others make a trip to the Netherworld Sect. I’ve read a secret record from the Cave Demon Valley in Yunzhou that mentions a Thunder Stone Ore vein near the Netherworld Sect. Tier 4 Thunder Stone Ore was found there, but it was only briefly mentioned, and it was from many years ago. We can only have Boss Han and the others go inquire.”
Gu Yunxi was surprised, “When did you see that? How come I haven’t read this secret record?”
Shuang Xiahua said, “You didn’t know? When Big Shot Miaomiao had that Foundation Establishment Stage local cultivator Tang Lingxiao sell spirit wine, she also had him buy various miscellaneous cultivation books from Liuxian City and bring them back. He brought back a batch of books a few days ago, including writings from both cultivators and mortals.”
Gu Yunxi gave a thumbs-up, “You guys are truly amazing at playing games. Then I’ll go find Big Shot Xue Yao.”
Shuang Xiahua nodded, “You go ahead. I’ll stabilize the Thunder Stone Ore a bit more.”
After Gu Yunxi and Shuang Xiahua finished their discussion, the System had already relayed the message to Song Jiulai verbatim.
The System also said, “Now these players have hit the lifeline of the artifact refining sects.”
Song Jiulai understood what it meant as soon as she thought about it.
Then she waved her hand, “It’s not too serious yet. High-tier Thunder Stone Ore is still relatively rare and cannot be supplied in large quantities.”
“But Tier 1 and Tier 2 Thunder Stone Ore can be found everywhere. Tier 2 Thunder Stone Ore should be enough to supply Profound Grade magic treasures. By then, your disciples will each have a Profound Grade magic treasure with no consumption, which will be enough for you to directly sweep through all nearby sects.”
Song Jiulai narrowed her eyes.
Indeed.
These players were indeed good at causing trouble and shocking people.
They could even research Thunder Stone Ore, which was a fatal blow to the artifact refining sects.
One magic treasure requires continuous consumption of spiritual energy, while the other does not require the cultivator’s spiritual energy.
One can imagine how disruptive the existence of the latter would be to the market.
Not to mention that Thunder Stone Ore can be used for more than just driving magic treasures.
Song Jiulai sighed faintly, “The item is good, but it can’t be known to others.”
Spirit fields could bring wealth along with the Flying Sparrow Sect, but this magic treasure could only be played with by the players themselves.
If other sects found out, the Longevity Sect would be finished.
How could such a heaven-defying item be mastered by your small sect?
Unless they discovered the secret of Thunder Stone Ore.
However, it hadn’t been discovered in so many years.
Stabilizing Thunder Stone Ore with wooden thread wasn’t difficult to find, but the wooden thread was soaked in poisoned blood. This poisoned blood was researched by Shuang Xiahua using chemical formulas. It would still be a bit difficult for sects in Yunzhou to figure out the principle…
And there’s a key point.
“I remember high-tier Thunder Stone Ore is very rare.”
Generally, spiritual materials can reach Tier 9. Tiers 7 and above are basically peerless treasures, and their acquisition difficulty is extremely high.
The highest she had learned about Thunder Stone Ore so far was Tier 6.
Tier 6 was not yet considered too heaven-defying.
After all, magic treasures above Saint Grade are unique, and obtaining each one is extremely difficult.
It was unlikely that players could research materials that could fuse with Thunder Stone Ore; they lacked the capital for that.
However, if they could stably obtain a batch of Tier 5 Thunder Stone Ore…
Song Jiulai imagined that scene and estimated it would be enough to attack Liuxian City at that time.
“It will also take time,” Song Jiulai calculated, “The spirit stone mine of the Flying Sparrow Sect is basically ours, but our sect still doesn’t have anyone who can stably refine Profound Grade magic treasures. Even Liang Xueyao makes mistakes. It will take at least until the next batch of players comes in to see how many are interested in artifact refining…”
Song Jiulai pondered for a while and suddenly remembered a key person, “By the way, what is Zhan Sheng doing?”
This was their sect’s only Gold Spiritual Root.
This super treasure.
In other sects, she would be cherished and protected.
But she could only be born into their poor sect.
And she couldn’t show any special treatment; at least, she, as the Sect Master, had to maintain fairness on the surface.
The System checked, “She’s been peeling demonic beast skins for a few days and is communicating with players and mortals everywhere. I think she wants to fully grasp the sect’s information.”
“Then let her.”
Song Jiulai smiled magnanimously, “As long as she can grow strong, she is the future hope of our sect!”
The System reminded, “That Zhai Xiaotian is also paying attention to her. He probably realized that Zhan Sheng is a Gold Spiritual Root.”
Song Jiulai narrowed her eyes.
Then she slapped her thigh, “This person is always so mysterious. When my strength is sufficient, I will definitely make Zhai Xiaotian honestly confess his origins!”
System: “So what now?”
Song Jiulai: “Pretend not to see it.”
“…”
