Vol.3 – Chapter 17 – Five Element Symbol


"I wonder who came up with this ridiculous question…"

 

On Silver Sword Peak, Chu Liang muttered under his breath.

 

Famous alchemy masters in the world, more or less, all have their unique pill recipes, which are not shared with the outside world. The Dan Ding elders on Shu Mountain naturally have many unique pills of their own creation.

 

Green Pill is one of them.

 

The effect of this pill is not commonly used. It is used to increase the affinity of wood spiritual energy. After taking a top-grade Green Pill, one can even blend into the forest.

 

Except for a few special moments, no one needs it, nor does anyone prepare it in advance. If needed, it must be pre-ordered from the Dan Ding Hall.

 

However…

 

Considering the relationship between the Dan Ding Hall and Silver Sword Peak, this is clearly a blatant targeting.

 

Asking someone else to buy a Green Pill would definitely not work, because only he has reached this stage now. The other disciples of Shu Mountain are still studying the mysteries of the four pictures. The Dan Ding elder only needs to ban all Green Pill sales. This rarely used pill, as long as there is a demand in these few days, it must be Chu Liang's.

 

It's not that others are too slow, there is still some time before the Shu Mountain summit, each stage takes some time to just be right… Chu Liang is just too fast!

 

He still held a glimmer of hope and asked Sister Chen Su if she could help refine a Green Pill.

 

Chen Su showed a difficult expression, first saying that she couldn't refine a top-grade Green Pill, and only the Dan Ding elder and a few direct disciples in the entire Dan Ding Hall could refine it. And the Dan Ding elder had already issued a strict order that day, forbidding any disciple to make Green Pill in the near future.

 

It must be a few elders who came up with this idea together, aiming to punish his behavior of selling information for profit a while ago.

 

"Alas." Chu Liang sighed.

 

Who would want to sell if it wasn't for the sake of living?

 

He had been restrained before, but now that he was targeted, he might as well sell more thoroughly.

 

At noon that day, the Mountain God Sacrifice team gathered again on Silver Sword Peak.

 

"Big Brother! Have you solved another clue?" Shang Ziliang asked excitedly.

 

He now felt that he had indeed followed the right person. The disciples of Shu Mountain had been thinking hard for so many days without an answer. Chu Liang had made another breakthrough in just two days?

 

"Yes." Chu Liang nodded, "We can go sell the answer to the second stage now."

 

"Huh?" Everyone was surprised.

 

Still selling?

 

"Big Brother!" The first follower said anxiously: "This is the second stage, very close to the final answer, you can't sell it, right?"

 

Chu Liang smiled at him, "Very good, just keep this feeling."

 

……

 

In the afternoon, a piece of news spread on Shu Mountain. The people of Silver Sword Peak were going to sell the answer to the second stage clue again. This evening, the location is in Red Cotton City.

 

By the time evening came, hundreds of people had arrived at Red Cotton Peak, and saw Chu Liang had set up a high platform and stood on it.

 

"Fellow disciples." He saw that almost everyone had arrived, and then he spoke loudly on the stage: "After solving the second stage clue, after some deep thought, I made a decision that goes against our ancestors…"

 

"Big Brother! You can't sell it!" A figure suddenly rushed onto the stage and stopped him. It was the first follower, "This is the second stage, if you tell others, what if they happen to solve the next clue, won't they get the White Jade Liuli Cup before us?"

 

"So what? The disciples of Shu Mountain are all family, why should I divide between you and me!" Chu Liang shouted.

 

"No!" The first follower said: "I am in your team, I want to win, you can't sell!"

 

"Heh." Chu Liang sneered, "Can't sell? You won't let me sell, okay, then I won't sell."

 

"Really?" The first follower asked.

 

"I'll give it away for free! I'd like to see how you stop me! Someone, get him out of here!" Chu Liang waved his hand.

 

Lin Bei and Shang Ziliang immediately rushed up and carried the first follower off the stage.

 

The first follower was still kicking in the air and shouting: "You will regret it!"

 

This performance, no matter what, aroused everyone's interest.

 

Then they heard Chu Liang continue to say on the stage: "Today, I will give the second clue that I have solved to my fellow disciples for free!"

 

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the second follower came onto the stage holding a box of berries.

 

"This is the Dragon Breath Golden Pattern Berry, a special product of Silver Sword Peak. I believe that the disciples who often come to Red Cotton Peak are familiar with it and know it's a good thing. This box of three berries only sells for one sword coin, it has always been this price, everyone knows. The clue I'm giving away for free is in it!"

 

Chu Liang opened the berry box, took out a small copper talisman, and said: "We have prepared five types of characters, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and there is one in each box of berries. As long as you can collect the five elements characters, you can exchange for an answer!"

 

"Seven days later, we will distribute the clue answers uniformly. As long as you have the five elements characters, you can get one!"

 

"Fellow disciples!"

 

"Opportunities are not to be missed, and time never comes again!"

 

At this time, the first follower suddenly rushed up again, "Your price, you are not making any money at all! And you are giving away clues, the berries you worked so hard to grow, you are going to lose money!"

 

Chu Liang pushed him away and said angrily, "Why are you here to bother again? Fine, you think the price is too low, then I'll cut it in half again! Everyone! During the seven-day event, one sword coin for two boxes of berries! That's half the usual price!"

 

At this point, even Lin Bei came up to persuade him, "Chu Liang, don't suffer such a big loss just because you're trying to compete with him."

 

"You guys don't need to worry!" Chu Liang raised his hand and declared, "I'm just being myself!"

 

……

 

Thanks to the large scale of the flower garden at Silver Sword Peak and the short production cycle, it could support such a large sales volume.

 

The large batch of berries packed on the first day were sold out in less than an hour. Chu Liang was almost drowned in the crowd. He raised his hands and promised to sell at the same price the next day before he was let go.

 

Because the golden pattern berries were in high demand when they were sold in the Red Cotton Market. Although they were not sold often, the market was always good.

 

This time, the price was greatly reduced, and clues were given for free.

 

It was a real bargain!

 

Even if there were relatively few people interested in the golden pattern berries, there were many people interested in the second stage clues.

 

The words of the follower reminded many people that if they got the answer to the second stage, they only needed to solve the last puzzle to possibly win the first place in the Mountain God Festival!

 

How glorious would it be to unexpectedly win the first place in the Mountain God Festival, which is held once every ten years?

 

One sword coin could buy one character and also come with six berries… and these six berries were usually worth two sword coins, it was really hard to refuse.

 

After selling continuously for three days, in addition to the initial driving force, there was another layer of motivation.

 

Collecting characters.

 

When a person has four characters of gold, wood, water, and fire, the desire for the earth character is extremely strong. A trend of exchanging five-element characters began on Shu Mountain, and the first thing people said when they went out in the morning was, "Do you have an earth character?"

 

If the five-element characters were evenly distributed, then theoretically each team only needed to buy five boxes of berries, and they could exchange with each other to collect them all.

 

But this time, the characters introduced by Silver Sword Peak seemed to have fewer fire characters and especially fewer earth characters, while the other three types of characters were many. The character that one person lacked, everyone lacked, so they could only go to open more boxes of berries.

 

The earth character became a hard currency, and some people even sold it privately at a high price.

 

It became a trend.

 

The heat wave that was set off was somewhat beyond Chu Liang's estimation. He had to urgently harvest black fur balls these days, open berry seeds, and add a large amount of plant spirit catalysts to barely supply.

 

……

 

"Ah, it's so annoying!" Jiang Yuebai frowned deeply, "Why can't I get the earth character, did you only put four types of characters? You swindler!"

 

Chu Liang absolutely denied: "How could it be? Maybe the five types of characters are not evenly distributed, and the earth characters are all at the back?"

 

Even Jiang Yuebai was caught up in this wave. She had opened dozens of berry boxes and hadn't gotten an earth character, so she was so angry that she punched Chu Liang.

 

"If Sister Jiang wants an earth character, I can give it to you directly." Chu Liang showed the generosity of being the behind-the-scenes black hand, "Even if it's the answer to the second clue, I can tell you directly."

 

"What's the point then?" Jiang Yuebai blinked, "How can I take your benefits for nothing?"

 

"Sister Jiang taught me divine powers and passed on the immortal law to me, and she never cared about these things. How can I care about a mere clue with you?" Chu Liang smiled.

 

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet." Speaking of this, Jiang Yuebai smiled, "How is your practice of Shrinking the Earth into Inches going?"

 

"Ah." Chu Liang shook his head and sighed, "I'm still too dull…"

 

Jiang Yuebai was about to comfort him.

 

But she heard Chu Liang continue to say: "I've been practicing for several days, but I can only use it within a distance of one zhang."

 

"……" Jiang Yuebai's smile suddenly disappeared.

 

After a while, Chu Liang saw that she hadn't spoken, and asked, "Sister Jiang? What's wrong?"

 

Jiang Yuebai hesitated for a moment, then shouted softly, "You scoundrel!"

 

Good morning.

 

Owing 45-1=44 chapters.

 

These two days, taking advantage of the only recommended reading, everyone also votes more, the ranking rushes up, strives to show more face. How a book performs, how long it can stay after the recommendation is quite crucial.

 

Then yesterday there was a reward event, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday these three days reward the alliance leader return four hundred, also want to rush the ranking. The rewards during the rebate event are not counted into the owed chapters, the original owed is enough, if continue to add, it will be even harder to pay back…

 

(End of the chapter)

 


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