34: Undercurrents

Nangong Yu sat on a chair, took out a seventh-grade Spirit Medicine, and placed it on the round table.

A red number on the round table flickered before settling down.

36000

Seeing this number, Nangong Yu's expression remained unchanged, and with a thought, he arrived in front of a shelf.

On the shelf was an identical Spirit Medicine, but its exchange price was 41000.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Yu raised an eyebrow, "So, if I sell it, I only get less than ninety percent of the purchase price, huh!"

He murmured, then tried with several other Spirit Medicines, Spiritual Materials, and Medicinal Pills.

The results were all roughly the same!

At this moment, he thought of something and took out a grotto-heaven pill, placing it on the round table.

The number flickered rapidly, quickly settling on "90".

Seeing this, Nangong Yu completely confirmed his conjecture: selling would incur a ten percent loss of points.

Nangong Yu pondered for a moment, then put all Spiritual Materials and Spirit Medicines of the third grade and above into one storage ring, and the rest into another storage ring.

He placed the miscellaneous storage ring on the round table, and a price quickly appeared on the table:

245682

Seeing this number, Nangong Yu didn't think much and directly chose to sell.

The storage ring, along with all the items inside, vanished simultaneously, and the points were credited in real-time.

At this moment, the starry sky subtly vibrated, and Nangong Yu noticed many more glazed shelves appearing in the starry sky.

He looked up and found that the highest-grade items were actually ninth-grade.

In other words, with the current Time-Space Merchant Guild, as long as he had enough points, buying Medicinal Pills to Cultivate to the Spirit Venerable Realm would be no problem at all.

Nangong Yu smiled faintly, waved his hand gently, and a light screen appeared before him.

[Time-Space Merchant Guild]

[Level: 2]

[Binder: Nangong Yu]

[Guild points: 1219114]

[Accumulated points: 1225314]

[Note: Spirit Stones and points are mutually exchangeable at equal value. Accumulate 1 billion points to unlock the third level, increasing by a thousandfold...]

...Nangong Yu smiled faintly, waved his hand to dispel the light screen, and summoned five Spiritual Artifacts to place on the round table.

The red number reappeared, flickering rapidly before quickly settling down.

238000

Seeing this number, Nangong Yu couldn't help but shake his head slightly, "I didn't expect them to be so worthless; five items aren't even half of a Star Moon Flute!"

He sighed, but without hesitation, he sold them directly.

These things were too low-grade and not very useful to him; there was no need to keep them!

It was better to exchange them for points and buy better ones when needed. Although more expensive, it was worth it!

After selling the five Spiritual Artifacts, Nangong Yu turned to look at the ten ancient texts on the white jade shelf.

"To prevent poison, one must first understand poison. Today, I'll start by learning the basics of the Dao of Poison!"

As Nangong Yu's words fell, the 'Basics of the Dao of Poison' flew out of the white jade shelf, transforming into countless characters that flew into his glabella.

A moment later, Nangong Yu had mastered the basics of the Dao of Poison, gaining a general understanding of poisons.

He smiled faintly, and his figure slowly vanished.

Nangong Yu's consciousness returned to his body. Seeing no one around, he casually took out two spirit nurturing pills and threw them into his mouth.

He found that the Grand Void Origin Returning Art's refining ability was terrifying. A spirit nurturing pill would be refined into his Spiritual Qi not long after entering his stomach.

Two spirit nurturing pills were likely within his tolerance, so he felt no discomfort!

However, one point left Nangong Yu slightly dissatisfied, or rather, uncomfortable.

That was, after a night of Cultivation and recovery, his original Spiritual Qi had almost recovered, but his grotto-heaven could still store Spiritual Qi, roughly double his current Spiritual Qi.

In other words, he needed to refine more Spiritual Qi from the outside world, or the Spiritual Qi provided by spirit nurturing pills, to fill his grotto-heaven before he could open a new one.

But this brought up a problem: the Spiritual Qi provided by spirit nurturing pills was somewhat weak. He had taken one spirit nurturing pill last night, but the Spiritual Qi gained now hadn't even filled one percent of the grotto-heaven!

This left him dissatisfied. Perhaps he should look for Medicinal Pills or treasures that could provide more Spiritual Qi.

Thinking this, Nangong Yu didn't act immediately but decided to consume all the spirit nurturing pills he had bought before doing anything else!

Before long, two spirit nurturing pills were refined, and he again took out three more spirit nurturing pills and threw them into his mouth.

Anyway, spirit nurturing pills were special-grade Medicinal Pills and had no pill toxins, so the impact wasn't significant.

Moreover, even if there were pill toxins, he believed the Grand Void Origin Returning Art wouldn't disappoint him. After all, weren't pill toxins also a special kind of energy?

The Grand Void Origin Returning Art was said to be able to refine all energy, so it was certainly no joke.

As for constantly taking Medicinal Pills leading to an unstable Foundation?

He seemed to feel no such situation, and in fact, felt his Foundation was incredibly stable!

Nangong Yu lay comfortably on the bed like this, occasionally popping three spirit nurturing pills.

Unbeknownst to him, outside, undercurrents were surging... In an unknown place within the Beichuan Empire.

Several figures sat in the darkness, all of them powerhouses in the Calamity Destruction Realm or even the Spirit Venerable Realm, judging by their auras.

"That bastard Nangong Aochen actually caused our Beichuan Empire such heavy losses. Even if he's dead, this old man will make him pay the price."

One of the dark figures spoke, his voice hoarse, his aura slightly unstable, and his tone filled with hatred.

"Hmph, what else do you want? The Netherworld Hall has already lost two assassins. Do you still want to send infiltrators? The Netherworld Hall has suffered considerable losses and will likely not let this rest. This is already the Netherworld Hall's business; you shouldn't interfere!"

Another dark figure spoke, their voice indistinguishable as male or female, but full of authority, causing the previous dark figure's body to tremble slightly and fall silent.

"Alright, now is not the time to consider this. We hear that the Qingyou Empire is making intense preparations, seemingly with intentions of a Northern Expedition. We should also get ready."

"What is there to prepare? If they really dare to start a national war, they will be the ones to die!"

"That's right, the Qingyou Empire is now besieged on all sides. They're probably just putting on a show and won't actually launch a Northern Expedition."

"What do you know? The Qingyou Empire is threatened by the other three Empires. Don't we, in the outer regions of Beichuan, also have two Empires eyeing us covetously?"

"Indeed, in my opinion, these Empires would love to swallow us whole if we both suffer heavy losses."

"Enough, this is the business of the Empire's decision-makers. We only need to focus on the battles between top-tier powerhouses!"

"Precisely. I came today to deliver His Majesty's decree: all reveredworship are to be prepared at all times, just in case!"

"I don't mind!"

"This Venerable One has nothing more to say. Just call me if there's a fight!"

...Unknown place.

"Damn it, what's going on?"

In a certain mist-shrouded valley, a cold, enraged voice suddenly erupted, stirring ripples in the surrounding mist.