Chapter 231: Completing the Five Elements

If there’s a treasure land for Core Formation, that would naturally be even better.

“I’ll leave it to you, Eldest Senior Sister,” Lin Jing thanked her.

The situation with the Fire Scale Dragon should have been told to Eldest Senior Sister by Senior Brother Ouyang.

After all, as a Golden Core, Senior Brother Ouyang being chased by a Foundation Establishment fire dragon must have left a huge shadow.

Lin Jing smiled.

Xu Qingyao also smiled slightly.

In fact, from the moment she indicated she would come with Ouyang Hao, she had already made up her mind to take Lin Jing away.

Lin Jing didn’t want to go to the Demon Court, but it was only because he was worried about being exposed.

So as long as she solved this problem, Lin Jing would no longer have that concern.

As for Lin Jing, she had great use for him; not to mention his Alchemy attainments, just his title as the Ancient Kingdom’s number one Prodigy was enough to prove his terrifying strength.

Even if some of his methods couldn’t be used, Xu Qingyao felt that he would be more than enough to deal with the followers cultivated by the other two Saintesses.

Before leaving with Eldest Senior Sister Xu Qingyao, Lin Jing had one more thing to do.

He arrived at the Qingming Chamber of Commerce, and after requesting an audience, he was immediately invited to the attic by Venerable Lingquan.

“Little friend, oh little friend, why didn’t you say earlier that your Master is the Demon Court’s Alchemy Venerable?” Venerable Lingquan gave a bitter smile.

If Lin Jing had said so earlier, none of this would have happened.

He was almost scared into senility by the Demon Emperor’s might.

Qingzhou is not like the Ancient Kingdom—within the Ancient Kingdom, the Human Race is the sole dominant force, with no Yao Beast powers, only wild Yao Beasts for humans to hunt.

As soon as the Beast Taming Sect showed a trend of demon luck exceeding human luck, it was immediately ordered to be sealed and reformed—all to ensure the prosperity of the human way and the national fortune of the Human Race in the Ancient Kingdom!

Qingzhou is different; the Human Race is gathered within the Sixteen Circuits of Qingzhou, but outside the Sixteen Circuits, there are numerous Yao Beast powers. Human powers and Yao Beast powers together make up the vast expanse of Qingzhou.

In fact, looking at it as a whole, in Qingzhou, the strength of the Yao Beast powers is far greater than that of the Human Race powers.

In Qingzhou, the only Human Race power with a Dao Inquiry Stage powerhouse is the Tongtian Pagoda.

But near Qingzhou, there are as many as three Yao Beast powers with Demon Emperors comparable to the Dao Inquiry Stage!

Therefore, when facing some powerful Yao Beast powers, the cultivation Sects of Qingzhou are far from having the same aggressive attitude of total eradication as in the Ancient Kingdom.

Even a leader of Human Race Alchemy powers like the Tongtian Pagoda has many Yao Beast Disciples and cooperates with many Yao Beast tribes.

Had he known Lin Jing came from the Demon Court, Venerable Lingquan would never have helped the Taixuan Sect post a wanted notice and bring trouble upon himself.

“Senior Lingquan, please don’t mind. I am about to leave with the Saintess. This is the Gluttony Pill I owe you.” Lin Jing smiled and returned the owed pill. Although nearly a year had passed inside the hourglass, very little time had passed in the outside world, so naturally, no interest had accrued.

“Besides this, I have one more thing I’d like to ask Senior Lingquan’s help with.”

“Little friend, feel free to speak,” Venerable Lingquan said.

Lin Jing took out several Storage Pouches: “These are Storage Pouches from Taixuan Sect Disciples, and Storage Pouches from two other Cultivators who died in the Immortal Cave—I’ve already taken the Spirit Stones inside. What’s left is a pile of Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, and various miscellaneous resources—please help me process them, Senior Lingquan, and convert them all into Spirit Stones.”

Venerable Lingquan gave a dry cough. Handling stolen goods, huh…

Normally there would be no problem, but now he was quite curious as to which powers’ Disciples those other Storage Pouches belonged to.

He took the Storage Pouches, scanned them with his Divine Sense, and his heart skipped a beat.

“So many specialties from near the East Sea, and even a Sea Race Magic Treasure, a Trident… Little friend, did you also kill a Sea Race Genius?”

“So many Thunderbolt Beads, and Magic Treasures branded with the Lei clan emblem… Is this Storage Pouch from a Prodigy of the Lei family of Martial Emperor City?”

“Can you handle it?” Lin Jing asked.

Venerable Lingquan took a deep breath. “I suppose so. The Sea Race lives on islands in the four seas—East, South, West, and North—”

“They rarely come to the mainland. Martial Emperor City is located to the west of the Ancient Kingdom, while Qingzhou is to the east. The geographical distance is extremely far,”

“So the risk in handling them is very small.”

“Convert it all into Spirit Stones?” Although these two clans were not simple, Lin Jing had the backing of the Demon Court and seemed to be highly valued by the Demon Court Saintess, so Venerable Lingquan didn’t say more.

“Yes, convert them to Spirit Stones, and then please use those Spirit Stones to help me purchase three types of plants, Senior Lingquan.”

Lin Jing was originally quite short on Spirit Stones, but after obtaining the Storage Pouches of these three people, he suddenly became wealthy again.

This speed of making money didn’t seem much slower than Alchemy.

No wonder there are so many Loose Cultivators who enjoy killing and looting; even in the Ancient Kingdom with its laws, it’s impossible to completely suppress.

“Second-grade plant, Earth Spirit Ginseng.”

“Second-grade plant, Dehydration Narcissus.”

“Second-grade plant, Earth Devouring Tree.”

“One hundred copies of each, plus seeds.”

Venerable Lingquan said, “No problem.”

After agreeing, Venerable Lingquan felt strange, wondering what Lin Jing was buying these plants for. Alchemy?

These three plants all have one thing in common: they are dual-attribute plants of Earth and Wood.

Earth Spirit Ginseng can strengthen an unstable Foundation and solidify the thickness of true essence; it is also a top-grade resource for Cultivators with earth-attribute Physiques or Cultivation Techniques.

Dehydration Narcissus is a poisonous plant that grows in desert regions. It is shaped like a palm, covered in sharp needles, and carries a lethal poison. Once touched, a living being will rapidly dehydrate and die.

Earth Devouring Tree is a Fierce Plant that absorbs underground nutrients at an extremely fast speed, turning a vast area centered around itself into a wasteland.

An Earth Devouring Tree that has absorbed a large amount of nutrients, aside from growing very quickly and eventually becoming tall and large, is utterly useless. Its flowers, fruit, and bark are as tough as the ground, have no nutritional value, and are complete waste.

Venerable Lingquan couldn’t understand why Lin Jing wanted large quantities of these three plants. Aside from Earth Spirit Ginseng, the other two didn’t seem to be Alchemy Materials; he had never heard of any pill requiring Dehydration Narcissus or Earth Devouring Tree—

A short while later.

Lin Jing left, planning to wait for the Qingming Chamber of Commerce to prepare the items before setting off with Eldest Senior Sister.

He purchased these three types of plants naturally for the Pine Leaf Squirrel.

To research the Transformation Pill, the Pine Leaf Squirrel must first form a core. Only after it has formed a core will it have the ability to synthesize third-grade Shapeshifting Grass.

And as for satisfying the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Five Elements Core Formation—using metal, wood, water, fire, and earth plant organ Materials—Lin Jing was still missing the last one!

Now, he was looking for suitable earth-attribute Materials for the Pine Leaf Squirrel to synthesize an earth-element organ. These three Spiritual Plants were all things the Ancient Kingdom lacked. Having learned from previous experience, Lin Jing specifically chose two types of poisonous and Fierce Plants that looked promising to see what could be synthesized.

Only a day later, Venerable Lingquan had everything ready for Lin Jing. As he headed towards the Third Holy Maiden’s palace cave with Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Brother Ouyang, the Pine Leaf Squirrel also began to show its skills in the Beast Taming Space, starting to synthesize the three different earth-wood Spiritual Plants!!!

“Ai! Ai! Zhi!”