Chapter 237 |
Chapter 237 - The Treasure Hunt
Chen An has been traveling around during this period.
Of course, he wasn't really traveling, but rather purposefully searching for his target.
After finally coming out for a trip, Chen An hasn't forgotten his purpose, which is to search for Source Power.
The area near the Dan City is much more prosperous than other places, and naturally, there will be many exotic treasures gathered here.
The probability of finding substitutes for Jinling Stones here is much higher.
This is Chen An's current priority and most important matter at the moment.
However, obviously, what is important to Chen An may seem like just sightseeing to other people.
But the people around them don't object to it.
What child doesn't like to play all day and study every day!
Now, Chen An's current appearance seems more in line with his age.
In the eyes of the accompanying Changyue Sect cultivators, Chen An has also released his childish side during this time, which is also beneficial for his body and mind.
So they have no intention of stopping him, and even welcome it.
As for the things Chen An bought along the way?
These are trivial matters.
Not to mention Chen An, who is a real rich, but even people like Song Qi, their wealth is quite substantial as well.
After all, they are true direct disciples, who have status and position within the entire Changyue Sect.
For them, Spirit Stones are not lacking, any one of them can easily take out hundreds or thousands of Spirit Stones without any hesitation, which is nothing.
Although hundreds or thousands of Spirit Stones are not much for Chen An, for ordinary wandering cultivators, this is already a huge number.
Many wandering cultivators may not have this amount of Spirit Stones accumulated in their lifetime.
Chen An doesn't have any special hobbies, just as a Pill Master and Array Master, so he has a preference for things like pill formulas and array diagrams.
As for other things, there isn't much.
Oh, there is one more thing.
If the pill formulas and array diagrams are something Chen An collects out of his identity as a Pill Master and Array Master.
Then there is something that makes people a little strange.
During the sightseeing process, besides pill formulas and array diagrams, Chen An also occasionally collects seeds from various places.
These seeds are mostly seeds of spirit herbs and plants.
If it's the seeds of cherished spirit herbs, that's fine, after all, many of these seeds are good materials for refining pills, so it's normal for a Pill Master like Chen An to collect some to use as alchemy materials.
But what puzzled Song Qi and others was that many of the spirit herb seeds collected by Chen An were of ordinary quality and didn't have much use.
If he only bought a little of each, it would be fine, but Chen An bought a lot at once, and even actively asked people about planting methods.
This behavior is somewhat strange, to the point that Song Qi and others suspect whether Chen An is planning to learn about planting spirit plants and become a specialized spirit plant master in the future?
Given Chen An's past deeds, this doesn't seem impossible.
After all, if he has learned alchemy and array techniques, why not learn about spirit plant cultivation as well?
Moreover, learning about being an alchemist or an array master has similarities with being a spirit plant master.
Learning the system of being a spirit plant master after mastering these two seems to be simpler.
Song Qi and others speculated silently, but considering Chen An's past deeds, they didn't interfere much and just followed Chen An honestly, acting as payers and moving goods.
In fact, what Chen An is doing is not as complicated as others imagine.
It's purely about collecting.
As mentioned earlier, the environments of the Dust Realm and the Yuan Realm are different.
While the cultivation in both worlds is similar in general, the different environments have formed different systems and completely different spirit herbs and plants.
Chen An has suffered a lot before because of this.
If the spirit herbs and plants in the two worlds were the same, Chen An wouldn't have had to spend so much effort to find alternatives in this world and then take so long to recreate the pill formulas of the Dust Realm.
Some things weren't considered before, but now that he knows, he naturally has to learn from it.
With the White Tower in hand, Chen An can bring out some materials from this world.
And what Chen An prioritizes bringing out are the unique materials of this world.
Such as the unique spirit herbs and plants of this world.
Chen An plans to bring the seeds of spirit plants from this world to the Dust Realm and cultivate them there.
When the time comes, with these unique spirit plants, he can also make a fortune and establish his own unique style.
Some unique pill formulas unique to the Yuan Realm won't need to search for alternatives so laboriously in the future.
Just cultivate the original spirit herbs from the Yuan Realm and use them for alchemy.
It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
In fact, Chen An has been doing similar things before.
It's just that when he was in Changyue Sect, he could only collect limited things, and his preferences were not so obvious.
His quirks are now so apparent because of the bustling city of Dan City outside, which is completely incomparable to the limited things he could collect in Changyue Sect.
So his preferences are now so clearly exposed.
In the past, Chen An's quirks were actually well hidden, and few people knew about them.
Apart from a few close friends like Song Qi and Liu He who knew a little, even the elders of Changyue Sect only had a general idea.
During this process, Chen An also noticed something strange.
Chen An wasn't a top student in his past life, but he was a surfer on the internet, and he also had a basic understanding of biological knowledge.
From the process of biological evolution, if the two worlds had no communication at all, then even if the environments of the worlds were roughly similar, the species that evolved should not be completely identical.
Even the same species, after a long period of isolation, would gradually evolve and eventually become two species with reproductive isolation.
But in the Yuan Realm and the Dust Realm, Chen An could find many identical spirit herb species.
Although there may be some differences in names due to the different worlds, they are indeed the same thing.
While the two worlds have completely different varieties of spirit herbs, there are also quite a few spirit herb beasts that are the same in both worlds.
And in terms of the cultivation system, there also seem to be many similarities between the Yuan Realm and the Dust Realm.
For example, the system of cultivators, from Qi Refining to Golden Core, the names are almost identical to those in the Dust Realm.
Although there are some changes in details, overall, the changes are not too great.
All these traces seem to point to the same result.
The Dust Realm and the Yuan Realm, like the Great Beam World and the Dust Realm, may have had connections in the distant past, and even had long-term exchanges with each other, which is why they have formed the current results.
It's just that for some reason in the future, the connection between the Dust Realm and the Yuan Realm was severed, leading to the current situation.
No, there is even a possibility.
The connection between these two worlds may not have been severed, but it is not known to others.
This possibility also exists.
Chen An pondered in his heart, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
But no matter how many thoughts were in his mind, his actions did not slow down, still moving forward resolutely, without any sign of fatigue.
This is certain.
Even now, Chen An is a Nascent Soul cultivator.
With the cultivation of a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could he feel tired because of something like shopping?
Not to mention Chen An, even Song Qi and the others beside him didn't feel tired, and they were full of energy all the way, looking very spirited.
By the looks of it, the prosperity of Dan City has a great attraction for them.
They have seen many interesting sights along the way, so naturally, they didn't feel tired.
Chen An continued forward.
After wandering around for several days, Chen An finally found his target.
It was an old street with vendors everywhere.
Compared to the neat shops and streets outside, the vendors in this place seemed chaotic, with no set layout in place, they just stood wherever it seemed suitable.
This place is also a special place in Dan City.
Most of the vendors who set up stalls here are nearby wandering cultivators who can't afford a permanent shop, so they have to come here temporarily to set up a stall.
In terms of the quality of the items, it may not be better than outside, but due to the large number of people, there are also many rare and unique items that can't be seen outside.
Chen An came to this place clearly looking for treasures.
During this period, the essence of Dan City has been explored by him for the most part, but he hasn't found anything to his liking.
He had no choice but to come to such a place to see if he could find any surprises.
He walked with interest, looking around at the sights and turning back from time to time.
Finally, at a certain place, he had a detailed feeling.
It was a very weak feeling, in a relatively remote place, Chen An directly walked over and found something there.
It was a piece of green crystal, in the shape of a prism, like a crystal, very special and beautiful in both shape and color.
"What is this?"
As Chen An walked past here, he picked up the item in front of the vendor without hiding his interest in it.
While picking up something good is nice, at Chen An's level, there is no need to hide anything.
Anyway, he's only left with spirit stones, which is nothing compared to the spiritual items sold by a wandering cultivator, so there is no situation where he can't afford it.
"This is a Land Crystal produced in a rare place in the Northern Region, only a few spiritual lands produce it."
Seeing Chen An's unhidden interest, the owner of the stall in front of him immediately smiled.
(This chapter is complete)