Immortality Cultivation: I Farm in the System Space

Moreover, Lin Jing couldn't possibly do nothing. He still needed to cultivate and refine the Energy Gathering Pills required for his own advancement. This too would take a considerable amount of time. Otherwise, given his Spirit Root Aptitude, one couldn't know when he would manage to break through. "It seems I still need to ask around." ...... The next day, Lin Jing once again sought out Ning Yue. He gleaned the information he wanted from her. Indeed, there was a way to resolve the issue of the time-consuming and exhausting nature of alchemy. The alchemy families, after countless years of development, each had their own heritage, and within this heritage, there were unique methods of alchemy. These alchemy methods could help alchemists enhance their efficiency in alchemy and reduce the energy expended during the process. Moreover, those ancient alchemy families, having continuously improved over numerous generations, possessed even more formidable alchemy methods. These could not only enhance the efficiency of alchemy but also increase the success rate during the process, and even the quality of elixirs produced was much higher than those crafted by other alchemists. Even in the distant Ancient Era, there were alchemy methods that could increase the success rate of producing Flawless Elixir Medicines. However, it was said that these alchemy methods had been lost, known only through fragments recorded in ancient texts. Thus, this was the biggest difference between the disciples of alchemy families and ordinary alchemists. However, alchemy methods were fundamental to an alchemy family and were not readily shared with outsiders. If a genuine alchemy method from an alchemy family were to appear in Fang Market, the market would likely uproar immediately. Especially for those alchemists in the market, who would undoubtedly try their best to acquire the alchemy method. Because many Second and even Third Grade Alchemists in the market lacked such methods. Take Elder Yu, for example, he was an independent alchemist who had elevated to a Third Grade Alchemist through his own efforts and a certain degree of alchemic talent. Like Elder Yu, there were two other alchemists in the market, not to mention the numerous Second Grade Alchemists. Given the rarity of alchemy methods, after hearing Ning Yue's explanation, Lin Jing could only sigh in resignation. ...... In the following month. Lin Jing practiced alchemy daily, sometimes refining one batch per day, sometimes two, and he spent the remaining time cultivating and seldom left home. Over the month, as Jiang had said, the prices surged, affecting not only the materials for elixir medicines but also the Spirit Rice and the Seven-Star Grass used in crafting talismans, which also saw significant price increases. Since the Zhang brothers were killed by Lin Jing, their house, due to nobody paying the rent, had been repossessed by the market authorities. The new resident was a middle-aged Talisman Master who had met Lin Jing several times, a very talkative person who always found something to chat about whenever they met. Just the other day, Lin Jing had run into him, and he had complained about the rising cost of Seven-Star Grass, coupled with the market's rent, making his life increasingly difficult. He openly expressed extreme envy of Lin Jing's identity as a Pill Master. Lin Jing could only smile without saying much. But this reminded Lin Jing that he still had a batch of Seven-Star Grass that he hadn't sold yet and that it was time to deal with it. Lin Jing decided that tonight he would make a trip to the black market to sell that batch of Seven-Star Grass along with the elixirs he had refined over the month. ...... Night. Lin Jing stepped out and headed towards the edge of Fang Market. There were many teleportation arrays leading to the black market, mostly hidden, and this time Lin Jing was going to one near the edge of Fang Market. Upon reaching the outskirts of Fang Market, Lin Jing entered an unnamed street. By this time, it was deep into the night, and the street was eerily quiet, completely deserted. Lin Jing arrived at the front of a shop at the end of the street and knocked three times on the door. After a while, the door opened and a man invited Lin Jing inside. Inside, the place was unexpectedly spacious and brightly lit, with many cultivators gathered, a mix of laughter and curses filled the air, bustling with activity. It turned out to be a gambling hall. Lin Jing did not linger in the gambling hall but instead crossed through to the backyard. In the gambling hall's backyard stood a three-story building, magnificent and lavishly decorated, with two large red lanterns hanging at the door. From the outside, one could see several cultivators, each embracing a fairly attractive young woman. It seemed that behind this gambling hall was likely a brothel. Lin Jing didn't enter the brothel but instead turned towards a deserted path nearby and walked in. About half an hour later, Lin Jing reached the end of the path where there was nothing but a rockery and a bamboo grove. He walked to the back of the rockery, into the dense part of the bamboo grove, stopped, and casually swept away the weeds and fallen leaves, revealing a corner of a formation. Lin Jing took out the black market token from his Storage Bag and placed it directly on the exposed formation. The formation lit up and activated. Lin Jing put away the black market token and then covered the exposed formation with fallen leaves again, waiting for teleportation to end. Soon, the light from the formation faded, Lin Jing vanished from the spot, and the bamboo grove plunged back into darkness. When he opened his eyes again, Lin Jing was deep in the forest, enveloped in darkness, navigating through his memory. Less than an hour later, Lin Jing saw bright lights ahead, signaling he had arrived at the black market. The exact location of this black market was unknown. Such a large area was encapsulated by a formation, unaffected by the raging beast tides as usual. Clearly, the power behind the black market was not simple. Lin Jing took out a hat from his Storage Bag and put it on his head as he walked towards the black market. After paying twenty lower-grade Spirit Stones, Lin Jing entered the black market. Indeed, the entry price to the black market had increased, but of course, twenty Spirit Stones were not much for those capable of entering here. The black market had rules. Sellers had to rent a stall, and private transactions were not allowed, else they would confiscate the black market token and expel the offender. This time, Lin Jing came to sell Elixir Medicine and Seven-Star Grass, so he too needed to rent a stall before he could begin selling. Next, Lin Jing spent 50 Spirit Stones to rent a very small stall and wrote on the sign in front: Selling various Elixir Medicines, Seven-Star Grass (Note: Flawless Elixirs for sale). Then, he took out a Pure Jade Box from his Storage Bag, inside of which was a Flawless Energy Gathering Pill placed on the stall as a display. After that, he sat there, waiting for customers. Although the black market was bustling, Lin Jing's stall was small and somewhat remote, so not many people came to inquire. However, he was not in a hurry since it was still early. About an hour later, Lin Jing opened for business and sold three superior-grade Gathering Yuan Pills, each for 70 Spirit Stones, earning a total of 210 Spirit Stones. Indeed, second-rank elixirs were incomparable to first-rank ones, just three pills could sell for so many Spirit Stones. And if he were to sell more supreme-grade, or even flawless-level elixirs. He could indeed make a fortune.