Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant-Chapter 556 - 17 Xuanwu Market_3

Chapter 556 -17 Xuanwu Market_3

Kong Yao shook his head, “That’s not a fair comparison. Minister Cui’s recipe is exceptional. The Gray Capybara and the Knife Wasp, both class II spirit beasts, are highly prolific. Importantly, cultivators at the Golden Core stage can use it throughout their development period. The effect may not be very apparent, but it certainly contributes to the sect.”

“This recipe is undoubtedly Minister Cui’s most outstanding achievement so far. Since crafting it, he hasn’t produced anything comparable. Hence, being lucky can be quite crucial sometimes…”

Upon hearing Kong Yao’s words, Wang Ba couldn’t help but express his admiration and exclaim.

Managing to develop Jade Gel recipe demonstrated Cui Daqi’s extensive expertise in spirit food. However, despite this, he could never replicate his past success, evidently due to an element of luck.

“I can’t rely on luck… I should stick to my original plan.”

Wang Ba pondered.

The two of them continued to converse about spirit food for a while. Then Kong Yao took him to the store in front to check out various kinds of spirit food.

The signature spirit food at Shuixi Peak store was ‘Duck Oil Juice’.

It aids in the quick conversion of spiritual energy, thereby indirectly hastening cultivation speed.

At a cost of more than thirty middle-grade spirit stones, the demand was higher than the supply.

Kong Yao specially packed a few portions for Wang Ba to take home.

Seeing this, Wang Ba felt awkward taking it for free and promptly reciprocated with a few bottles of Spirit Chicken Essence.

Afterward, without further delay, Wang Ba headed straight towards the Myriad Cave.

As he flew in through the vortex, he felt just like when he had first arrived at the Myriad Library. All around him were various kinds of elixirs, magic tools, etc.

However, he didn’t see any class IV magic treasures or spirit beasts here.

With a thought, Wang Ba bowed respectfully and loudly called out,

“Spirit of the Treasury, please show yourself!”

He suddenly saw a yellow-skin gourd materialize out of thin air in front of his eyes.

Upon spotting Wang Ba, the gourd expressed in a human-like voice,

“Little cultivator, what would you like to exchange?”

The voice sounded childish.

Although found it amusing, Wang Ba didn’t underestimate the gourd. Possessing such spiritual wisdom, the spirit of the treasury surely is at least class IV.

Being respectful, he said, “Junior wishes to learn about spirit food.”

“Spirit food?”

The yellow-skin gourd slightly swayed, and a child-like voice came from within,

“Alright!”

Before the voice stopped.

Row upon row of shelves holding bottles of spirit food rapidly rushed from a distance and appeared in front of Wang Ba in a blink.

He couldn’t see the end at a glance.

“What kind of spirit food do you want?”

The yellow-skin gourd asked again.

Wang Ba had an idea, taking out bottles of class I Spirit Chicken Essence, class II Spirit Chicken Essence, and class I and II Spirit Turtle Essence from his storage ring.

“I wonder, spirit, do you have these types of spirit food?”

The mouth of the yellow-skin gourd suddenly opened, sucking in all four spirit food bottles.

Wang Ba didn’t even have time to react.

In a short while, the four bottles were spat back out.

The yellow-skin gourd swayed slightly, and a child-like voice came out,

“None of them.”

Wang Ba wasn’t too surprised. After thinking for a while, he asked, “Do you have any class I spirit food?”

“None.”

A slightly impatient child-like voice came from the yellow-skin gourd.

This wasn’t unexpected for Wang Ba.

Due to the high purchasing power of merit, it meant that the treasury rarely kept items of low grade or value.

He asked again,

“What’s the cheapest spirit food available?”

The yellow-skin gourd slightly swayed, and consecutive standard porcelain bottles commonly seen in the Spirit Food Department flew out from a shelf.

But they didn’t fall into Wang Ba’s hands.

“Fruit Essence, class II spirit food, suitable for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment competitors, three bottles for one merit point.”

“Spirit Fish Essence…Immortal Tree Juice…”

The yellow-skin gourd introduced each in turn.

Upon hearing these names, Wang Ba was taken aback.

The Spirit Food Department had just recently finished refining the Spirit Fish Essence, so he was quite familiar with these spirit foods.

They are all basic class II spirit foods with very single-minded effects, mainly aimed at allowing Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment competitors to refine smoothly.

Compared with the Spirit Chicken Essence refined from class II top-grade Spirit Chickens, their effects are vastly inferior.

Not to mention anything else, just the spiritual energy contained within them varies by about three to four times.

Additionally, Spirit Chicken Essence has other effects.

“One portion of Spirit Chicken Essence probably worth at least five or six bottles of Fruit Essence…”

Wang Ba quickly estimated in his heart.

“By this calculation, one portion of Spirit Chicken Essence in the Myriad Cave is worth at least two merit points… No wonder the female cultivator named Gu Wen, looking as if she had made a great fortune, secured the Spirit Chicken Essence worth eight merit points with just two; it indeed was a huge bargain.”

“Given this, the actual value ratio of merit to spirit stones might not be one merit point equal to one upper grade Spirit Stone, as I had previously thought. One merit point probably costs about twenty to thirty middle-grade Spirit Stones.”

“Of course, since merit can buy some unique rare treasures from the Myriad Cave, in this sense, the value of merit is far beyond comparison with Spirit Stones.”

In simple terms, judging solely from the market price of spirit food, one merit point is similar to twenty or thirty middle-grade Spirit Stones. However, as merit can also be used to exchange other rare resources, the price of merit is much higher than twenty or thirty Spirit Stones. Hence, among cultivators, the use of spirit stones is usually prioritized over merit, given the circumstances.

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Although this is somewhat complicated and roundabout, it roughly encapsulates the idea.