Lu Deshui once again deployed even more personnel, beginning carpet searches outside the city, determined to find that young couple.

His previous purpose was revenge. This time it was to make their acquaintance, because reselling them for a two million profit absolutely proved those weren’t ordinary medicinal materials.

Moreover.

They were bought by the Realm Hall’s chief alchemist!

Who was this? An absolute expert in the pill field! If he appreciated them, it meant the medicinal materials had tremendous potential!

Because of his son, he earned two million. If possible, beat him up again to gain an opportunity to befriend the young friend.

Lu Deshui, who doted excessively on his son, had his character completely collapse.

Of course.

Feng Guichen was also searching.

At this moment, based on the very limited intelligence City Lord Lu provided, he sped through the wilderness at full cultivation, spiritual sense spreading madly, seeking that young couple.

This guy differed from other chief alchemists who might hold multiple positions at various great sects. He’d always preferred traveling the world alone, quite having the air of a hidden expert with deep accomplishments and fame. But today acting so flamboyantly showed how much he valued the medicinal material cultivator.

However.

Jun Changxiao and Hua Meigui had already returned to Eternal Sect, so the two were destined to rarely meet.

In the study.

Dogshit, having restored his original appearance, summoned Elder Wei and began carefully discussing the medicinal field’s subsequent development.

Selling two hundred thousand for three million was absolutely huge profit. As long as the seeds could mature in large batches, accumulating wealth in a short time wouldn’t be a problem.

Fortunately, Jun Changxiao didn’t know that the medicinal materials he sold to Lu Deshui let him resell them for another two million profit, or he’d definitely be angry enough to slam his forehead hard against the wall.

“Sect Leader.”

Elder Wei said: “Transforming several more flat areas around into medicinal fields, my Medicine Hall has no problems, but… we need more seeds.”

“I’ll handle it.”

Jun Changxiao decided to make a long trip this time, going to even more distant and larger cities to look around, then purchase large quantities of seeds.

Growing ordinary seeds into Profound-tier, wouldn’t higher grade seeds reach heaven?

The opportunity!

The opportunity to make big money!

Jun Changxiao had already decided the sect would first focus primarily on cultivating various medicinal materials. After accumulating sufficient funds, then attempt transformation—for instance, selling extremely profitable pills.

“The Upper Realm should also have cities primarily focused on medicinal materials, right?”

Taking out the previously purchased map, Jun Changxiao examined it carefully and soon confirmed a city called Wanbao City. According to the annotations, this was the largest trading center in the southeastern region, selling various heavenly treasures, earthly treasures, weapons, and equipment inside.

“Linyuan City is here, Wanbao City is…” Using his palm to simply measure on the map, Dogshit collapsed, saying: “Isn’t this separated by one hundred eight thousand li!”

Eternal Immortal Mountain was located in the Upper Realm’s southeast. Because it was in a remote area, the distance from major cities could completely be described in terms of how many Fallen Star Continents apart.

Jun Changxiao had just entered Pill Transformation Realm. Relying on self-powered flight would easily cause kidney deficiency, so even riding a flying sword to Wanbao City would probably require a very long time.

Simply put.

The business route for developing the sect already existed, but what most troubled Dogshit was the difficulty of travel.

“Sigh.”

Jun Changxiao shook his head, saying: “I can only use the Ancient Piercer Warship!”

When flight and flying swords couldn’t be used for transportation, he could only rely on this supreme treasure for long-distance travel.

Dogshit had never taken it out because with brand new heavenly dao order here, though the warship could fly, it necessarily required a higher energy source to drive it.

Sure enough.

When Jun Changxiao summoned the Ancient Piercer Warship and embedded profound stones in it to try driving it, though it could fly, just flying from above the sect out of Eternal Immortal Mountain already consumed considerable energy.

The System said: “From the speed and consumption just now, I’ve analyzed that for the host to reach Wanbao City using this object, it will require at least five hundred thousand profound stones.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao slumped at the bow.

“Forget it, forget it.” He put the warship back in the spatial ring, saying: “I’ll just look for medicinal material seeds in nearby cities.”

“Sect Leader.”

Li Luoqiu walked in, saying: “According to scout reports, warriors from Linyuan City have been going out one after another.”

During this time in the Upper Realm, following the Sect Leader’s orders, the Fine Rain Hall had also begun operating. Many professional intelligence personnel had stationed in Mirror Water Town and Linyuan City, but restricted by the vast area, they couldn’t achieve precise coverage.

“Heh.”

Jun Changxiao smiled coldly, saying: “This City Lord Lu really won’t let things rest. Good thing I had the foresight to disguise and change my appearance in advance, otherwise I’d have attracted another troublesome issue.”

If Dogshit, who considered himself clever, knew that because he didn’t reveal his identity, he remained impossible for the Pill Hall’s chief alchemist to find, he’d definitely hug a pillar and weep singing: “If I could do it over, I’d use my real face!”

…

On a mountain peak that seemed both real and illusory.

The instant Jun Changxiao summoned the Ancient Piercer Warship, an elderly man with immortal bearing seated on a boulder opened his eyes, saying in surprise: “How could this old man’s warship be in the Upper Realm?”

“Not right, not right.”

“It was clearly buried in the Planar Battlefield. Even if obtained by someone with fate, it should be in the Lower Realm. Could the one who obtained it have already shattered the void and ascended here?”

The elder calmed his mind and began seeking the source. After finally locking onto the coordinates, he said in astonishment: “Isn’t this precisely the sect that previously forced their way up and was settled at Phoenix Roost Immortal Mountain?”

Just as he was about to continue investigating, the warship’s aura suddenly cut off.

The elder fell into brief silence, saying: “It seems this old man has some fate with these little fellows who came up. When there’s time, I can go take a look.”

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Just then, the space above the mountain peak seemed torn by some force, gradually gathering into a black human figure seemingly composed of heaven and earth attributes and laws.

Terrifying aura instantly spread, causing the entire space to tremble.

The elder’s white hair flew wildly as he frowned, saying: “Fighting again?”

“Kekeke.”

That black figure laughed eerily: “Tonggu Daoren, our strengths are evenly matched. Wanting to determine victory is truly too difficult. How about we change the game?”

It turned out the immortal-bearing elder seated on the boulder was actually Tonggu Zhenren, creator of the Ancient Piercer Warship. When this answer was revealed at this moment, as a reader don’t you have a sudden realization, an epiphany!

“What game?”

“I recently selected a disciple with special divine abilities and am fully cultivating him to become powerful. You recruit a disciple, then set a time…”

“Please!”

Tonggu Zhenren forcefully interrupted: “This kind of game where disciples represent masters to determine victory is already old-fashioned. Can’t we have some new tricks?”

“…”

The black figure roared: “Then just use rock-paper-scissors to determine victory!”

“Last time you lost thirty-five consecutive times to me and you still have the face to play?” Tonggu Zhenren said with utter disdain.

“I didn’t lose!”

The black figure said calmly: “We agreed on seventy-one rounds, thirty-six wins. You’re still short one round!”

“…”

Tonggu Zhenren was truly speechless.

Initially they agreed on best of three, which became best of five, best of seven…

All the way up to over seventy rounds, and finally seeing he really couldn’t win, left saying “we’ll fight another day” and departed.

“Seriously though.”

Tonggu Zhenren sighed: “This old man has never seen anyone as shameless as you.”

The black figure said: “Beyond the heavens there are heavens, beyond people there are people. Perhaps in the vast universe there truly exists an even more shameless existence, just that you haven’t encountered them.”

Tonggu Zhenren was too lazy to continue chatting with him, saying impatiently: “Let’s just do as you said earlier. This old man will go find a disciple and set a time to determine victory.”

“Certain?”

“Certain.”

“Kekeke!”

The black figure laughed eerily: “Then you’re definitely going to lose this time, because the disciple I recruited is a planar child who gathers ten thousand fortunes upon himself!”