Chapter 253
Aside from the standard heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, not a single high-end combatant, like Erlang Shen, had made a move.
Something feels very wrong about all of this.
This war should be ended as soon as possible, yet the Heavenly Court gave off the bizarre feeling that they were deliberately dragging it out.
But Adam wasn’t a member of the Heavenly Court, so he didn’t know the inside story, he could only wonder about it while working hard to improve himself, he had to strive to survive in this chaotic world.
Adam sat in a teahouse, looking at the bustling crowds on the street outside, and took a sip of tea, a faint, salty sea breeze drifted into his nose.
His brows were furrowed in deep trouble, because he was broke.
To set up that grand formation, he had spent almost every last spirit stone he had, right now, he only had a pitiful amount necessary for basic survival.
But he desperately needed a massive amount of spirit stones to purchase supplies and a sturdy ship to go out to sea.
Going out to sea to find a suitable island was an incredibly time-consuming task, he couldn’t just pick any random island, it had to meet their specific needs.
He actually wanted to make a trip back to the Spirit-Forsaken Land first to fleece some more spirit stones out of it.
However, the spirit stones he had left weren’t even enough to set up a single teleportation formation.
Without the inherent spatial strength of a Saint, setting up a cross-world teleportation formation required a staggering amount of spirit stones.
"Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn’t have been so impulsive." Adam gulped down another mouthful of bitter tea.
"Handsome, just get a job! If you don’t have spirit stones, just go to work!" The faceless woman’s voice rang out right beside him, though her figure was nowhere to be seen.
"Work? Working is impossible, I will never work a day in this lifetime." Adam refused without a shred of hesitation.
What a joke, he was a Heaven and Earth Deity, after all, how could he stoop to doing manual labor for others?
Furthermore, the amount of spirit stones he needed was astronomical, if he worked for someone else, who knew how many years it would take to earn enough?
"Then, Handsome... I heard that in this Hundred Rivers City where a hundred rivers converge, there is a peerless beauty, how about you help me catch her and give me her face, and in return, I’ll sneak into the City Lord Manor’s vault and steal the spirit stones you need to go to sea?" The faceless woman’s voice was soft, alluring, and pleasant to hear.
But why were her words so utterly inhumane?
Oh, right, she isn’t a human, she’s a female ghost!
However, he truly didn’t have any good methods to make money, everything on him that could be sold had already been swapped for storage bags during his last transaction, he couldn’t possibly sell the Yellow Emperor’s Sword.
And the storage bags had to be saved for holding spirit stones when he eventually returned to the Spirit-Forsaken Land.
"How troubling!" Adam took another sip of bitter tea.
"Young Master! Young Master!" Suddenly, a dark, skinny girl ran into the teahouse from outside and rushed to Adam’s side.
"I’ve thought of a way!" Cecilia said excitedly.
"What way?" Adam asked, puzzled.
"Young Master, don’t you know alchemy? We can refine and sell medicinal pills!" Cecilia’s eyes lit up as she looked at Adam.
Adam froze for a moment, and then his eyes lit up brilliantly.
That’s right! How could I have forgotten about this?
He had never leaked the fact that he knew alchemy to the outside world, so no one would trace it back to him.
However, ordinary pills weren’t worth much.
While premium, high-grade pills were incredibly valuable, the raw materials required to make them were also astronomically expensive.
With the pitiful amount of spirit stones in his pockets, he couldn’t even afford the base ingredients for a good pill.
Although with his current cultivation realm he no longer needed tools like a medicine cauldron, having one would still make the process more convenient.
He certainly wasn’t worried that no one would buy the pills he refined.
I am a master of Alchemy!
In the past, even his defective, scrap pills had massive crowds fighting tooth and nail over them.
But if he wanted to earn a massive amount of spirit stones, the pills either had to be of unparalleled quality or produced in absurdly massive quantities.
The former required expensive materials, while the latter was a time-consuming grind.
Unless someone else provides the materials for me, and all I have to do is refine the pills!
"Cecilia, go ask around and find out where Hundred Rivers City’s Pill Pavilion is, I’m going to apply to be an alchemist!"
"Yes, Young Master!" Cecilia nodded and dashed back outside in a hurry.
Pill Pavilions generally recruited external alchemists all the time, because alchemists were so incredibly scarce, their salaries were phenomenally high, it was a level of wealth ordinary people couldn’t even fathom.
But for Adam, relying solely on a fixed salary still wouldn’t be enough, so he planned to negotiate for a hefty commission cut on the sales.
Very quickly, Cecilia returned.
"Young Master, I’ve asked around, Hundred Rivers City actually has several Pill Pavilions, but the largest and most famous one is called the Rosy Cloud Pill Pavilion, it is the biggest establishment in the city, and they are indeed currently recruiting externally."
"However, to enter the Pill Pavilion, one must pass their official assessment."
"Only alchemists who pass the test will be hired!"
"But if it’s the Young Master, you will definitely pass."
As she spoke, Cecilia relayed all the detailed information she had gathered about the Pill Pavilions in Hundred Rivers City to Adam.
Hearing this, Adam’s eyes lit up slightly, as long as they’re hiring, that’s perfect!
"Oh? Handsome, you actually know alchemy too?" The faceless woman’s voice rang out again.
She was genuinely surprised.
The number of things this guy knew how to do far exceeded her expectations, he was only at this young age, yet he was already at the Fourth Heaven of the Deity Realm.
That’s right, during this one month on the ferry, this guy had actually effortlessly advanced another realm!
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