I Have a Compass for Opportunity

"Haha, I knew you were loaded. I was even thinking of lending you some money, but looks like there’s no need." Fang Yu laughed heartily.

Last time, after Liou Yuan handed over the Stone Marrow of the Purifying Dark Demon to Fang Yu, Fang Yu promised to compensate him, and it turns out he still remembered.

Liou Yuan naturally expressed his gratitude and said it wasn’t necessary.

After exchanging these pleasantries, Liou Yuan hesitated a bit before asking Fang Yu about the news regarding the Wood Spiritual Qi.

He wanted to know if Five Extremes Mountain had any stock of "Wood Spiritual Qi."

"Wood Spiritual Qi?" Fang Yu’s voice noticeably rose as he laughed and cursed, "That stuff is incredibly rare, even more precious than Geng Metal Spiritual Qi. It takes a millennia-old Spiritual Wood to nurture it."

"Or a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator begins to gather it in early spring, one strand per year, one batch every ten years."

"Do you know the value of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator’s ten-year worth of contributions?"

Liou Yuan was mentally prepared, realizing that the "Longevity Scripture" had to be practiced no matter what, so he braced himself and said, "Please enlighten me, Mr. Yu."

Only then did Fang Yu leisurely report the price, "Five hundred. We only have one batch in stock at Five Extremes Mountain."

"Do you want it? Need me to help put in a request for it?"

The last sentence was clearly teasing.

Fang Yu was sure that Liou Yuan couldn’t come up with five hundred contribution points. Not to mention him, even Fang Yu at the Foundation Establishment level would struggle.

Sure enough, after hearing Fang Yu’s tone, Liou Yuan’s face twitched, and he replied with an awkward laugh, "No need, just casually asking."

"Why would you, who practice the ’Geng Metal Refining Form Skill,’ inquire about Wood Spiritual Qi? Don’t worry about it." Fang Yu laughed and cursed, then added, "I’ll go ahead and report your request for Geng Metal Spiritual Qi. We should have results in a couple of days. Come find me in three days and pay the contribution points."

"Alright, I won’t disturb you further, Mr. Yu." Liou Yuan politely disconnected the Spiritual Power infused into the Thousand Mile Ear.

With the conversation in the cave dwelling interrupted, it once again fell into silence.

Liou Yuan was left with a face full of worries, an expression that seemed both crying and laughing.

"Five hundred. The entry fee for the ’Longevity Scripture’ is too steep. The path of cultivation burns money!"

However, Liou Yuan quickly changed his expression, gritting his teeth and said, "Even if it’s expensive, I must buy it. Once I get the Geng Metal Spiritual Qi in a few days, I’ll start gathering funds."

"I still have some assets to sell for contribution points and Star Stones. If I scrape things together, I can barely manage to gather five hundred contribution points."

"If it’s still not enough, then I’ll find a way."

In order to quickly cultivate the ’Geng Metal Refining Form Skill’ and the ’Longevity Scripture,’ Liou Yuan was truly prepared to sell everything this time.

After calming down a bit, Liou Yuan took out Liou Zhen’s Thousand Mile Ear and roughly recounted his conversation with Fang Yu.

Then he informed Liou Zhen that he conveniently had money to purchase the Geng Metal Spiritual Qi, telling him not to worry.

Liou Zhen lived frugally, either in seclusion or on the path of receiving punishment, leaving no time to make money.

His assets might not even compare with Liou Yuan, who was always hustling for money as an Outer Sect disciple.

Knowing Liou Yuan had money, Liou Zhen naturally didn’t ask further questions.

The next day, Liou Yuan directly sought out Xie Miaobo, a guy with many channels, who he could quickly turn to for exchanging his Star Stones into contribution points.

Hearing it was a big deal for a thousand Star Stones, Xie Miaobo’s eyes sparkled, and the same day contacted the buyer, exchanging all of Liou Yuan’s thousand Star Stones for contribution points, amounting to three hundred and twenty contribution points.

Adding Liou Yuan’s existing three hundred, he now had six hundred and two contribution points at hand.

"One batch of Geng Metal Spiritual Qi is three hundred. After purchasing the Geng Metal Spiritual Qi, I only have three hundred and twenty left, still not enough to buy that Wood Spiritual Qi."

On the way back to the cave dwelling, Liou Yuan silently calculated his assets, involuntarily stopping, glancing towards his cave dwelling, then shifting his gaze towards the Artifact Refining Pavilion.

"To get Wood Spiritual Qi, I’ll have to turn this trip to Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing into cash."

This trip to Cyan Feather Gui Character Crossing had yielded substantial rewards for him.

Apart from not being able to sell the Longevity Scripture and the Storage Ring.

The fragments of the two Foundation Establishment Magical Artifacts and the Spirit Rhinoceros Flame Crystal could all be sold.

All three Spiritual Objects were Foundation Establishment level, likely fetching a good price.

Thinking this, Liou Yuan couldn’t wait any longer, using Treading Flowing Waves to head towards the Artifact Refining Pavilion.

He had two acquaintances at the Artifact Refining Pavilion, one was Qiu Ming’s brother, Qiu Can, and the other was Fan Xinxiao.

Qiu Can definitely couldn’t match Fan Xinxiao in the high skill of artifact refining, and his channels couldn’t compare either, so Liou Yuan directly went to the Artifact Refining Pavilion and knocked on Fan Xinxiao’s courtyard door.

"An esteemed guest arrives, apologies for not welcoming from afar!" With multiple interactions, Fan Xinxiao and Liou Yuan were considered acquaintances, warmly inviting him into the backyard and offering hot tea.

Liou Yuan was focused on the Wood Spiritual Qi, so he didn’t beat around the bush with Fan Xinxiao and directly took out the fragments of the two Foundation Establishment Magical Artifacts, placing them in front of Fan Xinxiao and stating his intention, "Mr. Fan, during this trip I found these two items. Could you help me take a look?"

Fan Xinxiao originally thought Liou Yuan was here again for artifact crafting.

After the last collaboration, Fan Xinxiao had quite a favorable impression of Liou Yuan, thinking this time he had to offer him a good price.

As soon as he saw the two fragments Liou Yuan brought out, his eyes lit up.

Being an Artifact Refiner himself, he could tell at a glance that these two Magical Artifacts were extraordinary. Even though they were broken and had passed through the ages, they still retained the vibrations of Foundation Establishment Magical Artifacts.