I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

“Thirty thousand low rank spirit stones, or an equivalent amount of middle rank spirit stones.” He Fangwei stated the price.

Upon hearing this, Han Yi furrowed his brows.

Average middle grade artifacts are generally between one thousand to ten thousand low rank spirit stones, but this set of artifacts was asking for thirty thousand.

However, he soon understood. After all, this set of artifacts consisted of seven pieces. If they were sold separately, each one could be considered a middle grade artifact. With this price, each dagger would cost over four thousand spirit stones, which was indeed expensive.

But the more Han Yi looked, the more he liked it.

This set of artifacts was truly suitable for him.

Seven daggers, paired with his Shadowless Sword, this lineup would surely boost his combat strength significantly.

But the price…

With a helpless look, Han Yi glanced at the calm He Fangwei and said,

“Manager He, you’re really good at calculating. Last time, I sold a top-grade artifact to you and received a large sum of middle rank spirit stones. Now, you’re taking back three hundred middle rank spirit stones. Your business strategy is indeed impressive.”

After hearing Han Yi’s words, He Fangwei sincerely said,

“My friend, you’ve misunderstood me. This time, the Jiulong Merchant Group really didn’t profit from you. When I conduct business, 1 always speak the truth. 1 never cheat others.”

“I swear on the reputation of the Jiulong Merchant Group that there is no price markup here. You can rest assured.”

Han Yi didn’t fully believe it, but he didn’t haggle. Since He Fangwei had already said that the Jiulong Merchant Group didn’t make money this time, asking him to lower the price further would be like expressing direct mistrust. Han Yi wouldn’t put him in an embarrassing situation.

“Alright, 1’11 take this set of artifacts.” Han Yi gritted his teeth and said.

He Fangwei had anticipated this outcome, so he pushed the jade box holding the artifacts towards Han Yi. Han Yi waved his hand and stored it in his utility bag.

“By the way, Manager He, I’ve heard that the conflict between my sect and the Blood God Sect stopped.”

“But those mines occupied by the Blood God Sect haven’t been returned to my sect. Are there any hidden details in this matter?”

Han Yi asked in a low voice.

He was still hopeful, wanting to know a bit more intelligence. By understanding more about the inner and outer situation of his sect, it would be beneficial for making judgments in case of related issues in the future.

In any world, intelligence is also a resource – an intangible yet crucial resource.

He Fangwei sighed: “What kind of hidden details could there be? It’s just that the Tai Xu Sect did not step in, and the sect leader had no choice but to ask Daqian for help.”

“You probably don’t know that in addition to those mines occupied by the Blood God Sect, our sect also paid a large tribute of resources to the Daqian Immortal Country. This prompted Daqian to mediate and stop the Blood God Sect.”

“Otherwise, the consequences would be difficult to predict.”

He Fangwei’s final point resolved Han Yi’s doubt.

A moment later,

He left the Jiulong Merchant Group. His utility bag was lighter by two hundred fifty middle rank spirit stones and five thousand low rank spirit stones.

“It’s costly to come here, almost emptying out my savings, but this set of artifacts is definitely worth it.”

Han Yi felt a mix of pain and happiness.

He still had almost one hundred fifty middle rank spirit stones. However, when it came to low rank spirit stones, he only had several hundred left.

“According to my estimation, these one hundred fifty or so middle rank spirit stones should be enough for me to cultivate to the seventh stage of Qi Refinement.”

If used slowly and carefully, these one hundred fifty middle rank spirit stones should be enough for a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator to break through one stage.

But Han Yi used spirit stones to save time. Squeezing the spirit energy within the spirit stones was inevitably wasteful, and the amount wasted was quite high.

If others knew of his wastefulness, they would certainly scold him for squandering.

But he didn’t care.

This time, he didn’t return directly to Little Lingxu Peak, but went to Small Guanhai Peak instead. He looked for Chen Yujin and let her know he would be in seclusion and wouldn’t be able to supply pills for some time.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yujin didn’t press the matter.

After all, the conflict between the two sects had ended for a while, and the price of pills in the sect had fallen in the past few days. The female cultivators on Small Guanhai Peak didn’t need pills as urgently.

“By the way, Brother Han, have you heard? The sect is going to initiate the Cave Heaven Trial soon.”

“This is the Cave Heaven Trial, an extremely rare opportunity. If you can enter the Cave Heaven, you will gain a lot.”

Chen Yujin stopped Han Yi and asked him a question that left him feeling a bit bewildered.

“Cave Heaven Trial?”

Seeing Han Yi’s expression, Chen Yujin felt somewhat disheartened.

“Oh, it seems you’re not aware. Well, last time 1 also told you about the friction between our sect and the Blood God Sect. Forget it then.”

This time, it was Han Yi who stopped Chen Yujin.

“Junior Sister Chen, why are you keeping me in suspense? Tell me, what is the Cave Heaven Trial?”

Chen Yujin felt helpless and shared the rumor she had heard.

A moment later, Han Yi, who had returned to Little Lingxu Peak, had an expression of deep thought on his face.

“Cave Heaven Trial.”

“It seems that the Xuandan Sect has also realized its combat power shortage and is trying to make amends.”

From Chen Yujin, Han Yi understood what the ‘Cave Heaven Trial’ was.

She heard from somewhere that the high ranks of the Xuandan Sect, after investing a large sum from the sect’s secret treasury, had leased partial usage rights to a Cave Heaven from the holy land of Yujing Mountain.

They then planned to select a number of disciples within the Xuandan Sect to cultivate there.

Apparently, the rules in Cave Heaven were different from those in the Cultivation World. Especially the Cave Heaven they leased; the disciples who entered it could be revived continuously.

Therefore.

They could improve their combat skills through continuous fighting within Cave Heaven.

Moreover.

To make the fight more effective, the Xuandan Sect had only leased partial usage rights. There were also disciples from the original Yujing Mountain holy land in the Cave Heaven.

So it was like the disciples from Yujing Mountain’s holy land were helping Xuandan Sect’s disciples in their cultivation.

Keep in mind that Yujing Mountain’s holy land is one of the two great holy lands in Daqian, with a Spirit Transformation Expert overseeing it. It is a superpower on par with the Daqian Immortal Country.

Each disciple from its holy land could be called a proud child of heaven in any other sect.

Letting such disciples assist in practice, the price paid by the Xuandan Sect, must not be low.

To be honest, Han Yi was slightly tempted.

His combat skills weren’t particularly outstanding.

The previous fights in Tianqing City relied on his ability to forcefully increase his combat power.

Simplified, if his abilities were worth ten, due to lack of skill, he could only utilise five of them, still needing improvement.

If his combat skills improved, and he can use all ten points of his abilities, that would be equivalent to doubling his combat power, which is quite terrifying.

He also considered this point, which was why he was tempted.

“Why not try it? I will go to the Inner Peak tomorrow to find out more.”

Han Yi made up his mind, then took out a medium-grade Spirit Stone and resumed cultivation.

Cultivation requires persistence.

The next day.

After Han Yi returned to the Inner Peak, he heard about an announcement being widely circulated within the sect.

The Cave Heaven Trial wasn’t just a rumor, it was really happening.

Unfortunately.

What disappointed Han Yi was that the announcement mentioned selecting disciples to go to Yujing Mountain’s holy land, but there were only a hundred spots.

Moreover, even though a detailed list hadn’t been released, the announcement clarified that the selected candidates had already been decided–all were Inner Peak disciples above the eighth level, most of them on the ninth level.

Along with regret, Han Yi also noticed a phrase in the announcement—that this was the first Cave Heaven Trial.

“Having the first trial implies there could be a second. It seems the Xuandan Sect intends to invest continuously, quite ambitious.”

This announcement by the sect gave Han Yi a deeper understanding of the so-called ‘Cave Heaven Trial’..