Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 78 – The price of pharmaceuticals has skyrocketed

The Three-tailed Fire Fox was enraged and immediately launched a deadly attack.

Three fist-sized flames rose from the tips of its three tails.

With a flick of its tail, the three flames shot out in different directions, surrounding Lin Jichen.

As the flames neared Lin Jichen, they suddenly expanded from their original size, turning into roaring infernos, attempting to engulf him.

Unfortunately for the Fire Fox, Lin Jichen was too fast; the flames couldn't touch him and he easily dodged them.

"Complimenting you on looking like a fox and you get upset? And you dare to burn me? You're asking for it!"

As Lin Jichen spoke, he had already moved behind the Fire Fox.

The speed difference was so great that the Fire Fox hadn't even noticed Lin Jichen's position before feeling a sharp pain on its rear end.

"-710!"

Screech!

The Fire Fox cried out in pain and, even angrier, launched another attack at Lin Jichen.

The small fox's figure darted around like a nimble shadow, pouncing towards Lin Jichen with its sharp claws aimed at his face.

However, at that moment, a roar came from behind the Fire Fox, and a paw smacked it back to the ground, slamming it heavily.

"-450!"

The Fire Fox turned its head to see a clumsy-looking little bear staring at it, drooling.

Lin Jichen laughed and said, "Panda Xiong, this is your meal. You haven't evolved to only eat plants yet, right? I remember Iron-Eating Beasts eat both meat and plants."

Panda Xiong let out a howl and pounced on the Fire Fox.

As an Iron-Eating Beast that hadn't evolved into a Panda yet, it was omnivorous, eating both meat and plants.

As long as it tasted good.

The Fire Fox, already no match for Lin Jichen, now had to face another bear enemy. Knowing it couldn't win, it quickly tried to escape.

But Panda Xiong, having been hungry for days, wasn't about to let its prey go and chased relentlessly.

However, Panda Xiong's speed was no match for the Fire Fox, which managed to escape into a cave.

Lin Jichen hadn't expected this and almost forgot that Panda Xiong, though strong in power and defense, was slow.

"You're really dumb, given a chance and you can't use it. Looks like you'll stay hungry," Lin Jichen mocked.

Panda Xiong raised its paw pitifully, scratching at the cave entrance, looking at Lin Jichen with hopeful eyes, hoping its master would help.

This was its only meal~

"Sigh, can't do anything about you, dumb bear."

Lin Jichen grumbled as he walked to the cave entrance and began taunting the Fire Fox inside.

But no matter how he mocked, even calling it a weasel's offspring, the Fire Fox wouldn't come out.

"Looks like it's preparing to endure hardship."

Realizing this method wouldn't work, Lin Jichen began searching around the cave.

He found the Fire Fox's other two dens.

Cunning Fox's Three Dens, so that's where the saying comes from.

Lin Jichen gathered some stones and sealed one of the dens tightly.

Then he found some dry wood, lit it with a torch, and placed it at the entrance of another den.

The smoke from the burning wood drifted into the den.

"Panda Xiong, guard this well. If it escapes again, you'll go hungry for another three days."

Hearing this, Panda Xiong perked up, watching the entrance intently.

Soon, the smoke forced the Fire Fox out of the den.

As soon as it emerged, Panda Xiong bit its neck tightly.

No matter how the Fire Fox struggled, even using its claws, it was futile.

Panda Xiong seemed determined, not letting go.

The Fire Fox's neck kept bleeding, whimpering for mercy, thinking, "Big brother, we have no grudges, why won't you let go?"

Panda Xiong was ruthless, not loosening its grip.

Eventually, the Fire Fox bled to death and was devoured by Panda Xiong in a few bites.

It also left behind a Soul Burial Mound.

Lin Jichen walked over and opened it, revealing a stream of spiritual energy and a secret manual.

[Spirit Grade Martial Arts Technique · Fire Fist]: Both fists carry flames, striking the opponent heavily, causing 350 base damage, with a brief knockback effect. The flames also penetrate the opponent's body, causing burn damage for 5 seconds.

Mana Cost: 300 points, Cooldown: 20 seconds.

...

[Fire Spiritual Energy]: Contains fire attribute spiritual energy, one of the six types of spiritual energy, 100% purity.

...

Not bad, this 100% pure fire spiritual energy is great, Lin Jichen thought with a smile, satisfied.

Next, Lin Jichen, along with Panda Xiong, traveled to different places with various spiritual energies.

They sought out the bosses within to seize the six types of spiritual energy.

As a result, Panda Xiong's cultivation increased significantly, reaching the bottleneck of the Early Foundation Establishment Realm.

Meanwhile, Lin Jichen successfully gathered all six types of spiritual energy over two days.

Water, Fire, Thunder, Earth, Wind, Wood, all six.

And each was 100% pure!

After two days and nights of effort, Lin Jichen finally returned to Fengqu City.

Now, he only needed one more treasure to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm!

In these two days, many guilds had already progressed halfway through the Corpse King Valley.

Halfway through, they discovered the path ahead was filled with corpse poison, making it impossible to proceed!

Someone mentioned seeing Corpse Poison Potions in the pharmacy, and everyone rushed to the main city to find them.

But upon entering the city, they found that all the Corpse Poison Potions in the pharmacies of the four states and four main cities were sold out.

Only a few thousand bottles made in the past two days were available, which was a drop in the bucket for the millions of players in the Secret Realm of Corpse King Valley.

Major guilds and studios began frantically searching for Corpse Poison Potions.

But in the early stages of the game, most players didn't have secondary professions, and Alchemy Masters were rare.

Even if there were Alchemy Masters, they didn't have the recipe for Corpse Poison Potions.

They couldn't make the potions themselves.

Guilds that managed to buy Corpse Poison Potions saw immediate progress, surpassing other guilds.

This made everyone else desperately crave the potions.

The market was flooded with requests for Corpse Poison Potions.

The price of Corpse Poison Potions skyrocketed from one Spirit Stone for two bottles to five Spirit Stones per bottle, yet they were still scarce.

Lin Jichen watched this unfold without worry.

He knew this wasn't the true value of Corpse Poison Potions.

But he could still enjoy some early profits.

He went to the auction house in Fengqu City and put up 500 bottles of Corpse Poison Potions for auction without setting a price, letting people bid for three hours.

Players could view the latest auction items from anywhere, so as soon as the potions were listed, countless players started bidding.

Three hours passed quickly, and after deducting the auction house fees, Lin Jichen earned over 4500 Spirit Stones.

That's equivalent to eight Spirit Stones per bottle, a sixteen-fold increase from his cost!

This kind of profit made Lin Jichen realize how easy it was to make money.

He then listed another 500 bottles for just one hour, and they were still snatched up, earning him over 4800 Spirit Stones.

Another 500 bottles...

After several experiments, Lin Jichen noticed the price starting to drop.

Clearly, people realized someone was hoarding and manipulating the market, so they decided to wait for prices to fall.

Lin Jichen was about to lower the price.

Just then, his phone rang outside the gaming pod, so he had to log off temporarily.

Meanwhile, other players anxiously watched the auction house, waiting for more potions, but none appeared, driving them crazy...

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