Chapter 172: Chapter 172

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

During this period, the flames of war on the border were unceasing. People from Dajin Country and Gray Wolf Kingdom were competing for various cultivation resources on the border, stockpiling strategic supplies, and preparing for an imminent decisive battle.

During this time, Zhao Letian and his team had carried out several missions outside the city, but they were all small-scale battles, hardly worth mentioning.

After a month of cultivation, Zhao Letian's cultivation level had risen from the minor achievement stage of True Martial Third Realm to the peak of True Martial Third Realm, on the verge of breaking through to the True Martial Fourth Realm and entering the ranks of the Middle Stage True Martial practitioners.

In the Spiritual Beast Bag he carried, the hundreds of demon beast mantises at the peak of Primordial Martial ninth stage had long since awakened, and all had advanced to the Martial Realm. Especially the one with the fierce flame blade, which, due to his no-expense-spared feeding of a large number of elixirs, had its cultivation elevated to the peak of True Martial Second Realm and was ready to break through to True Martial Third Realm at any moment.

Additionally, the batch of Qingluo Wine he had brewed was also a success, and the effect was even better than he had expected, particularly when taken together with the "Nine Heavy Mysterious Armor Technique," which significantly enhanced Physical Strength. Long-term consumption would be hugely beneficial.

Such wine, if sold in War King City, would definitely fetch a price much higher than the thousand-year-old cellars of Fengyue Building, but Zhao Letian had no intention of selling it. He merely distributed a flask to each member of his squad.

For those like Liu Wei who didn't care for drinking, it didn't matter much, just that they could clearly feel that the Qingluo Wine was somewhat better than the wine from Fengyue Building. However, Qin Hai, who had a penchant for drinking, could tell right away that the taste of the Qingluo Wine was many times better than the thousand-year-old cellars of Fengyue Building, indeed worthy of being called a premier fine wine.

Moreover, it's worth mentioning that everyone, through their diligent cultivation over this period, had also improved their cultivation levels, especially Liu Wei and the Star Sea Five Tigers who all advanced to True Martial Second Realm, Lu Yao had reached the Peak of True Martial Fourth Realm and could breakthrough to the True Martial Fifth Realm at any moment. Jiang Xuemei had also advanced to the Martial Realm, and both Qin Hai and Jiang Fan had made progress as well.

"It's time to go out for a trip. I can now concoct first-grade seventh-tier elixirs. The medicinal herbs I bought before are too low-grade. I must get some higher-grade ones to continue to enhance my Alchemy Skill," Zhao Letian thought, promptly got ready, and left his residence.

During this month, besides devoting time to cultivation, Zhao Letian also spent time learning the path of alchemy, deepening his Alchemy Skill quite a bit. In fact, due to frequent manipulation of the flame, he also inadvertently grasped the First Layer of Fire Force, which greatly enhanced his strength.

Before leaving the military camp, to be cautious, Zhao Letian used the Disguise Technique to transform into a burly bearded soldier in armor, then mounted his flying sword and turned into a streak of sword light, heading straight for the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion hovering above War King City.

Having offended the Wang family, Nie Family, and even the Duel Arena's Chen Family, he had to be extra careful.

The pyramid-shaped floating fortress, Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, continued to quietly hover in the high sky, concealed by a glowing protective barrier.

The streak of sword light Zhao Letian transformed into passed through the glowing protective barrier, and suddenly a vast space opened up before his eyes.

Zhao Letian looked around and thought to himself that the number of people visiting the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion today was several times more than the last time he had come.

However, this was normal. With a great battle imminent, everyone in the city had to prepare for the future. Before the onset of the battle, it was always right to stockpile more cultivation resources and to enhance their strength as much as possible.

Without any hesitation, Zhao Letian went straight to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and began to raid the shops on each level, buying any medicinal ingredients of sufficient quality without a second thought. Visit Мy Virtuаl Librаry Еmpirе (МV-LЕМР-YR) fоr mоrе.

He was different from ordinary alchemists. Other alchemists could only purchase ingredients according to their limited elixir recipes, and buying any other ingredients was useless. But for him, he had an infinite number of elixir recipes in his inherited memories, which meant he could use almost any alchemy ingredient, so there was no need to be picky.

This time, because the medicinal ingredients he was purchasing were of a higher grade, Zhao Letian spent a total of 100,000 Mid-Grade Essence Stones to gather all the necessary ingredients.

Luckily, after the recent battles, he had over 100,000 Mid-Grade Essence Stones on him, along with a large number of Spiritual Artifacts, elixirs, and other cultivation resources. Therefore, even after purchasing the ingredients, he still had tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Essence Stones left, and together with other resources, he remained extremely wealthy.

"After using these ingredients, my alchemy skill should be enough to reach the level of a Second Grade Alchemist. Then I will be able to concoct a fire attribute Second Grade Elixir similar to the True Yang Pill to cure Big Tiger and their father. However, to concoct that kind of elixir, I still lack a few special ingredients. I have already scoured the entire Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion just now and have not found those ingredients. It seems I'll have to find another way," Zhao Letian pondered.

On each level of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, there were many shops, most of which were run by the pavilion itself, but some were rented out to others.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Letian rented a shop with a good location and displayed some Spiritual Artifacts, elixirs, and other cultivation resources from his storage ring that he didn't need. He also took out some First Grade Seventh Stage elixirs he had concocted and a pot of Qingluo Wine.

He didn't intend to earn Primordial Stones by selling his self-made elixirs and Qingluo Wine, but wanted to see how much his own productions were truly worth. At the same time, he could use these precious items to attract more customers.

"First Grade Seventh Stage elixirs? And they're for enhancing cultivation levels? My god, am I seeing this right?"

"Such precious elixirs that are priceless on the market, they're actually appearing here?"

"Quick, go home and get Primordial Stones. We must buy these elixirs. Otherwise, once this opportunity is missed, there may not be another chance."

Before long, the elixirs in Zhao Letian's shop had attracted many customers to watch. Those who knew they couldn't afford the precious elixirs directly spent a lot of Primordial Stones to buy the lower-grade elixirs Zheng Letian was selling. Meanwhile, the Spiritual Artifacts and other objects he displayed were quickly snapped up by the crowd. But the Qingluo Wine, on the other hand, was left unasked-for.

"How do you sell these cultivation-enhancing First Grade Seventh Stage elixirs? No matter the cost, I'll buy them all."

A well-off High-level True Martial Realm expert asked eagerly, staring at those First Grade Seventh Stage elixirs.

"I'm not selling these elixirs; I'm only exchanging them for some medicinal ingredients," Zhao Letian said, shaking his head, and wrote down the names of a few precious medicinal ingredients on a piece of beast hide.