Apart from that, he also refined some explosive Qi elixirs and small reversion elixirs in case of emergency.
"By the way, have you finished optimizing the Foundation Building Elixir's recipe?"
At the thought of this, Cheng Xu hurriedly opened the recipe for the Foundation Building elixir.
The results of the data optimization did not disappoint him. Originally, there were 17 precious materials, and five of them had been optimized into common medicinal materials, but there was a certain age requirement.
The main point was that two out of the three rare materials had been directly optimized.
Even though the two optimized materials were precious, there was still a chance to obtain them.
"Black Water Ganoderma, Thousand-year-old Snow Ginseng?"
With his current financial situation, it would not be realistic to spend money on these two materials.
However, he wasn't in a hurry. After all, there was still a long way to go before he could reach the Foundation Building stage. Instead of struggling over how to get these two materials, he might as well find a way to collect more alchemy data and see if he could further optimize the Foundation Building elixir formula.
After leaving the quiet room, he found a place to rent a stall.
It was strange that ever since he bought the Qi-gathering elixir from him, the female fellow Daoist named Yue Wanling had not appeared again.
In this man-eat-man world, the little girl was likely to have met with a mishap.
Cheng Xu couldn't help but feel a little emotional at the thought of this.
He placed the sign with the words "middle-grade Qi-gathering elixir" to the side, instantly attracting a large number of cultivators who came forward to ask for its price.
The price of 80 spirit stones per pack caused many cultivators to hesitate. On the contrary, the remaining three packets that were sold for 70 spirit stones last time sold faster.
Only then did Cheng Xu realize that the cultivators in Yuntai Mountain's market had limited spending power.
"A middle-grade Qi-gathering elixir?" A luxuriously dressed bald young man came to the front of the stall in surprise. "Fellow Daoist, did you refined them yourself? "
"Is there a problem?" Cheng Xu asked in return.
"No, I just didn't expect such an excellent alchemist to be hiding in this small market." The bald young man opened a pack of Qi-gathering elixirs and studied them for a while. He looked at Cheng Xu with even more surprise. "Wow, this color is really amazing!"
Cheng Xu sized him up with a look of bewilderment. Based on what he said, it was obvious that he was a fellow peer.
"May I ask which great itinerant immortal is your master, Fellow Daoist?" The bald youth suddenly asked.
"I'm just an itinerant cultivator without any master. Are you buying or not, Fellow Daoist?" Cheng Xu asked impatiently.
"You don't have a master? Don't tell me you're self-taught?" the bald youth was shocked.
"Is there a problem?"
The bald young man gasped in shock. "To be able to learn alchemy by yourself to this extent, you must be quite talented in the Dao of alchemy. Would you be interested in joining the Medicine Immortal Valley?"
"So you're from the Medicine Immortal Valley, Fellow Daoist!" Cheng Xu was secretly surprised.
The Medicine Immortal Valley was also considered a famous sect in mini South Heaven. It was not large in scale and produced many alchemists. Although its overall strength was not great, its status in mini South Heaven was only second to the Yunzhong sect and a few other major sects.
"So, do you want to consider it? With your talent, it would be a pity if you didn't come to the Medicine Immortal Valley," the bald youth continued to try to win him over.
As a pretty boy who had just been expelled from the sect, Cheng Xu didn't really want to join a sect.
However, with the Medicine Immortal Valley's foundation, there must be a lot of precious alchemy books and records. He could really use some data right now.
"I can consider it, but I have to make it clear that I was originally a disciple of the Yunzhong sect. I was expelled from the sect because of some matters. Do you dare to take me in?" Cheng Xu said hesitantly.
"Yunzhong sect?" The bald young man was obviously stunned. "Fellow Daoist, are you Senior Hu's brilliant disciple?"
"..." The corners of Cheng Xu's mouth twitched. I was only an outer sect disciple before.
"Outer sect disciple? Such an excellent alchemist seedling was actually thrown out into the outer sect. No wonder the Yunzhong sect's alchemy level has been unable to develop." The bald young man continued, "However, the Medicine Immortal Valley has always been on good terms with the Yunzhong sect. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to take in a disciple who has been expelled from the Yunzhong sect."
Hearing this, Cheng Xu could not help but feel embarrassed.
Damn it, this Yunzhong sect had done him a lot of harm!
Even the Medicine Immortal Valley couldn't take him in, let alone the other sects.
In other words, unless he left mini Southern Heaven and went somewhere else, he would forever be an itinerant cultivator.
The more Cheng Xu thought about it, the angrier he became, and his hatred for the Yunzhong sect was directly raised to the max.
"By the way, what crime have you committed?"
The bald youth was not stupid. Being expelled from the sect was definitely not a small matter.
"I accidentally saw Elder Hu's granddaughter taking a bath."
"..."
The bald youth's expression was strange, and his eyes widened. "Just because of this small matter, you got expelled from the sect? That shouldn't be the case. Oh right ~ you were only an outer sect disciple."
Cheng Xu was silent.
"Alright, I understand the situation." The bald young man pondered for a moment and nodded. "I'll find an opportunity to talk to my master and see if he can accept you into the Medicine Immortal Valley."
With that, he bought a pack of mid-grade Qi-gathering elixir and left in a hurry.
Meanwhile, Cheng Xu stood in front of the stall, exuding resentment towards the Yunzhong sect.
It just so happened that at this moment, a female disciple of the Yunzhong sect, who was at the late stage of the Qi refinement realm, walked over.
The woman had a gentle temperament, and her black hair was loosely tied behind her back. Holding her tulle dress up with her hand, she bent down slightly, and picked up a pack of mid-quality Qi-gathering elixirs from the stall. Her tone was timid. "May I ask... How many spirit stones does a pack of these cost?"
"A hundred spirit stones!"
Cheng Xu would get angry whenever he saw the disciples of the Yunzhong sect, and the female disciples were no exception.
Moreover, he didn't know this female inner sect disciple of the Yunzhong sect, so he guessed that she was probably the child of one of the elders.
The young girl's brows slightly furrowed as she hesitantly asked, "Fellow Daoist, how many do you have?"
"There's still about 30 packs left."
"Then give me 30 packs." The young girl didn't even think about it. She was obviously rich.
While Cheng Xu was dumbfounded, his expression immediately changed. He had no choice. He couldn't turn down spirit stones!
"By the way, why do you want so many Qi-gathering elixirs?" Cheng Xu's eyes were filled with doubt. "And fairy, you are an inner sect disciple of the Yunzhong sect. You shouldn't need an ordinary medicine like the Qi-gathering elixir, right?"
The young girl smiled. "I've been raising a cute rabbit recently. I'm getting some Qi-gathering elixirs as a snack for it."
With that, she flicked her sleeve and took out a pile of neatly arranged spirit stones from her storage bag. There were a total of 3000 of them.
"..."
Cheng Xu was stunned.
She bought so many middle-grade Qi-gathering elixirs just for her pet.
Sure enough, no matter which world it was, the difference between the rich and the poor was the same.
After he recovered from his stiffness, he handed over 30 packs of Qi-gathering elixirs. "Please keep it well, Fairy."
At this moment, a cold female voice came from the crowd not far away. "Ci'er, don't be playful.
"Yes, Master."
The young girl replied and then obediently ran to the beautiful woman with a cold temperament.
Cheng Xu had been in the Yunzhong sect for more than two years, so he could tell the identity of the beautiful woman at a glance from the way she was dressed. It was because the robe was unique to the inner sect elders, and given the pattern of it, he reckoned that she was probably not an ordinary elder.
"Strange, why are there so many sect disciples today?"
After watching the master and disciple walk away, Cheng Xu finally came back to his senses. He carefully observed the passing crowd and found many disciples from various major sects, most of whom were wearing the waist token of an inner sect disciple.
In his confusion, he asked the stall owner next to him, "May I ask what important occasion is it today, Senior? Why are there suddenly so many disciples from major sects in the market?"
"Eh, my young friend, you don't know?" The stall owner next to him was an old man at the peak of the Qi refining stage, "Today is Daoist Master Yuntai's annual Yuntai Mountain Trading Convention. At this time every year, many experts will come over to this convention."
"I see."
In his memory, there seemed to be such a trading convention, but it had nothing to do with low-level cultivators like them.
The so-called trading convention should be a trade fair for cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage. It was only held once a year, so it was probably a prominent event.
If he could participate in it, wouldn't he be able to obtain higher level cultivation techniques and data?
At the thought of this, Cheng Xu's breathing quickened. "May I ask how I can participate in this trading convention?"
"Just spend a hundred spirit stones to enter." The old man laughed casually. "But the items in the venue are not things that ordinary people can afford. Their prices are easily in the range of thousands or tens of thousands of spirit stones. If you are just curious, you can spend a hundred spirit stones to go in for an eyeopener to broaden your horizons."
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior."
Cheng Xu's eyes lit up with excitement. He immediately closed his stall and rushed in the direction of the venue.
He had thought that it would be difficult to enter such a high-end event, but it only cost a hundred spirit stones to enter.
It was a little expensive, but to Cheng Xu, he could easily make up for it by reading a martial arts manual or something.
"By the way, upgrade your graphics card first to speed up the reading speed so as not to arouse the suspicion of the big bosses."
As he spoke, he found a corner with no one around and spent 1,000 spiritual stones to upgrade his graphics card to Level 2.
The moment the upgrade was successful, his mind went into a daze.
When he woke up, the world in front of him seemed to have become several times clearer. He could even see the specks of dust floating in the air clearly.
Clearly, upgrading the graphics card could not only improve the reading speed, but also improve one's visual sense.
"I still have 4,300 spirit stones left. Should I upgrade the other configurations?"
He had sold 45 bags of mid-grade Qi-gathering elixirs in one go. In addition to the three bags of Qi-gathering elixirs he had left, he had earned a total of 5,130 spiritual stones, which was just enough to upgrade all his remaining hardware.
After a moment's hesitation, Cheng Xu decisively chose to upgrade the configuration.
After all, he was only here for a free experience so there was no way he would spend any money.
Therefore, he spent 3,000 spirit stones to upgrade his CPU, internal storage, and network card. Only the sound card had not been upgraded.
Firstly, he didn't know what the sound card was for, and secondly, he still had to save some spirit stones for the next time he refined pills.
At the same time that the three major hardware upgrades were successful, Cheng Xu had also undergone groundbreaking changes.
How should he describe it?
It was as if his feet had left the ground, and his intelligence had occupied the high ground again.
It was to the extent that his perception of the world had undergone some kind of inexplicable change, and he exuded a smooth vibe from the inside out.
Cultivation Computer:
[ Motherboard: Cheng Xu (later stage of Qi refining stage) ]
[ CPU: spiritual sense (single core 1.6GHz) ]
[ Memory: perception (256MB) ]
[Hard drive: sea of consciousness (512MB) ]
[ Graphics card: integrated 2.0 (1024MB) ]
[ Sound Card: Integrated 1.0 ]
[ Network card: integrated 2.0 (20Mbps) ]
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"The big shots of the trade fair, are you prepared to let me take advantage for nothing?"
The corners of Cheng Xu's mouth curled up into an evil smile as he followed the sect disciples in the crowd to the venue that was isolated by an array formation.
At the entrance of the formation, two Foundation Building realm cultivators were collecting money so hard that their hands were about to cramp up.
Cheng Xu stepped forward and handed over a hundred spirit stones before successfully entering the venue.
As far as the eye could see, there was an upscale air of nobility everywhere.