Chapter 245: Planting (Patreon)

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After successfully auctioning off the Small Breakthrough Realm Pill, they proceeded to auction some other items, interspersing the few remaining Jade Marrow Mushrooms among them and selling them as well.

Two 400-year-old Jade Marrow Mushrooms were auctioned off at satisfyingly high prices that pleased Wang Hong. Each one was sold for over two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

The remaining Large Breakthrough Realm Pill was reserved for the grand finale of the auction, causing countless cultivators to vie for it. Many had come specifically for this item.

The Large Breakthrough Realm Pill not only broke through bottlenecks but was also particularly attractive to those seeking to form their Golden Cores.

Even if its effects were subtle, the psychological impact alone was enough to incite fierce competition.

Amidst the bidding frenzy of numerous cultivators, the Large Breakthrough Realm Pill was eventually sold for the staggering price of five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

With that, the auction concluded successfully.

Wang Hong leveraged the influence of Qingxu Tower, not only selling the Jade Marrow Mushrooms but also diverting a lot of attention and making a considerable profit in the process.

In total, Wang Hong garnered over one million Spirit Stones from this auction, along with refining materials worth more than one million Spirit Stones. It was a bountiful harvest indeed.

In the past, he wouldn't have dared to casually part with so many items for fear of attracting envy. However, the situation had changed. He had become a small force to be reckoned with in Boundary City.

Officially, including Wang Hong himself, they now had five Foundation Building cultivators and a second-tier Demonic Beast. That was no longer considered weak.

Furthermore, they had recently wiped out all six members of the Beast Spirit Sect, including a late Foundation Building cultivator, leaving a lingering sense of their might.

Anyone who wished to target them would have to think twice.

Wang Hong and Wu Dayong spent an entire day dividing the wealth they had acquired.

Wang Hong used the newly obtained one million plus Spirit Stones to expand the Space by ten acres.

With this addition, the Space's land now totaled one hundred and thirty-five acres, and the time flow inside had reached a hundred and sixty-four times that of the outside world.

He planned to use these ten extra acres to cultivate high-tier Spiritual Objects. These objects had longer growth periods, required more Space, and would be of use when he eventually reached the Golden Core stage.

Condensing a Golden Core was undoubtedly a daunting task. On average, it took thousands of cultivators to produce a single Golden Core cultivator.

Even for prominent sects like the six major sects, which had strong foundations, it still took several hundred Foundation Building cultivators to cultivate a Golden Core cultivator.

However, Wang Hong had great confidence in condensing a Golden Core because he had the Space.

While others had to exhaust their wealth or even risk their lives for a Breakthrough Realm Pill, he could consume several Nourishing Essence Pills in a single day.

While others required a month or more of labor for a Nourishing Essence Pill, he could consume several in a day.

While others could only use a rare Spiritual Herb once, he could cultivate vast quantities of them in his Space.

All he needed to do was diligently cultivate, and if that still couldn't help him condense a Golden Core, he might as well just headbutt a wall and call it quits.

Currently, there were only three types of third-tier Spiritual Herbs in his Space.

One of them was the Ink Jade Spirit Lotus, obtained from a secret realm years ago. It had now grown over a dozen flowers and produced two lotus pods, although they had yet to mature.

To encourage the Ink Jade Spirit Lotus to reproduce more, Wang Hong had refrained from eating its Lotus Roots for quite some time.

However, he had collected some of its petals, along with those of other second-tier Spirit Blossoms, to brew a small quantity of Spirit Wine.
Moreover, there was another third-tier Spiritual Fruit, the Dragon Scale Fruit, which he had also obtained from a secret realm. He had been cultivating it in the Space for hundreds of years, but it had only grown into a small tree about a person's height, showing no signs of flowering or bearing fruit.

Another third-tier Spiritual Fruit tree was the recently acquired Jade Ginseng Fruit tree. It wasn't very tall, and it had some immature fruits hanging from its branches.

In the Space, there was also a peculiar Spirit Plant that Wang Hong had obtained from a young cultivator's Storage Bag during a trial in a secret realm. Even in his Qi Cultivation stage, Wang Hong couldn't damage this strange plant with his Spiritual Weapon.

After planting it in the Space, hundreds of years had passed, and this plant had just started to sprout. It had grown two tender leaves with natural Runes on them. Despite Wang Hong's current Rune proficiency, he couldn't decipher the meaning of the Runes on the leaves.

For now, he could only watch and wait to see how this unique Spirit Plant would develop.

After completing all these tasks, Wang Hong flew to a small grove within the Space, where many thick, straight trees grew. These trees were entirely black and had a metallic sheen.

These were the Golden Ironwood trees. Golden Ironwood trees under eight hundred years old were black, and those above eight hundred years gradually turned golden yellow.

Wang Hong wielded a Flying Sword and struck one of the Golden Ironwood trees with all his might, but it only went half an inch deep. He had expected this; his own Long Spear had been crafted from over five hundred years old Golden Ironwood, and that piece of spirit wood was even tougher than these three hundred-year-old ones.

Wang Hong spent over a day cutting down nine Golden Ironwood trees within the Space. He took these trees out of the Space, stored them in a Storage Bag, and then left.

He went directly to the Thousand Crafts Pavilion, where the store employees had already learned to recognize him.

"Hello, Alchemist Wang! How can we assist you today?" A store employee greeted Wang Hong warmly as he entered.

"I'm looking for your shopkeeper Mo. Could you please inform him?" Wang Hong requested.

The employee promptly led Wang Hong to a private room and then excused himself.

"Haha! Alchemist Wang, what an honor it is to have you visit and grace our humble establishment!" Shopkeeper Mo, upon entering, greeted Wang Hong with a hearty laugh. He then warmly prepared tea and served it.

Mo was aware of the recent Qingxu Tower auction. He knew that Wang Hong had earned a significant amount of refining materials from it and likely intended to commission some crafting work.

If Wang Hong hadn't come, Mo was contemplating paying him a visit to discuss business. With so many refining materials, it was undoubtedly a lucrative opportunity.

Now that the fat fish had come to him voluntarily, how could Mo not be delighted?

"Shopkeeper Mo, you're too kind. I've come this time to discuss a substantial business venture I'd like to entrust to your esteemed establishment," Wang Hong said as he took a sip of tea.

"Oh! I'm eager to hear more about this venture," Mo replied, his eyes narrowing with anticipation. It seemed that good fortune had come knocking on his door.

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