Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Just the thought that the Conical Hat Guest was the owner of this Battle Armor and Exorcism Equipment made everyone, despite their envy, hesitant to approach any of it. Lin Xuankong had just killed Feng Zhushi, a Fifth Layer expert, in half a breath. Furthermore, his Pupil Technique had instantly controlled more than twenty Martial Cultivators. These displays of power left a deep psychological shadow on everyone present.

Yuan Butong glanced at the Exorcism Equipment, then at the Conical Hat Guest rummaging through the vehicles. Is this Elder Conical intending to kill all of us? he suddenly thought. Otherwise, why would he leave that tempting Exorcism Equipment and Battle Armor there? Could he be luring us to make a move and snatch them?

At this moment, Lin Xuankong, who was rummaging through the vehicles, opened one of the boxes and suddenly spoke, "The other vehicles are loaded with ingredients for the Nine Revolutions Qi Replenishing Soup, but this box is different. Sect Leader Yan, Sect Leader Yuan, do you recognize this herb?"

Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong looked at each other and walked over together. They looked into the box and saw it contained palm-sized herbs emitting a faint green mist. Instantly, their expressions changed, showing astonishment.

Yan Yunfei, somewhat excited, said, "Green mist curling, emerald green, twelve leaves, nine roots... this is Zhengyuan Grass! The Zhengyuan Grass that can detoxify Demon Poison! Consuming this Spirit Grass allows one to resist most Tier Five and below Demon Poisons for a period of time!"

Hearing this, Lin Xuankong's eyes lit up. He had heard Han Feiyan mention the valuable Zhengyuan Grass. Generally, Martial Cultivators intending to enter the Ba Mountain Secret Realm had to prepare at least two or three Zhengyuan Grass to neutralize Corpse Scorpion Venom. It was said that the usual price of this Zhengyuan Grass could reach twenty to thirty thousand taels each. Once Secret Realms like the Ba Mountain Secret Realm, Nine Nether Secret Realm, and Mang Mountain Secret Realm—all filled with highly poisonous Demons—opened, the price of Zhengyuan Grass would skyrocket. Sometimes, a single stalk could fetch forty thousand taels of silver.

Thinking of this, he rummaged through the box and found that there were actually fifty stalks of Zhengyuan Grass inside! Forty thousand taels of silver each, fifty of them... What would that be worth in silver?

Lin Xuankong immediately reached out and put all fifty stalks of Zhengyuan Grass into his Ghost Frog Pouch. Then he walked towards the other vehicles, using his Ghost Frog Pouch to gather the medicinal ingredients for the thirty carts of Qi Replenishing Soup.

While gathering, Lin Xuankong couldn't help but sigh. A few months ago, he had often fretted over a single ingredient for Qi Replenishing Soup. He had gotten up early and stayed up late selling baked cakes to earn money, all for just a few ingredients. And now, after only a few moments of battle, he had reaped such a large amount of medicinal ingredients!

Yan Yunfei watched this scene with a look of satisfaction. "Hundreds of thousands of portions of ingredients for Qi Replenishing Soup, and fifty stalks of Zhengyuan Grass! This time, even if the Feng Family, Guo Family, and Black Tiger Gang are the top powers in Great Marsh Prefecture, they will suffer a heavy blow!"

Yuan Butong, a Mid-grade Fifth Layer expert, looked at Lin Xuankong with extreme envy. He had joined Yan Yunfei to deal with the Feng Family and Guo Family caravan this time, not only because of his good relationship with Yan Yunfei but mainly to snatch some medicinal ingredients. However, he hadn't expected the Feng Family to be transporting thirty carts of medicinal ingredients, totaling hundreds of thousands of portions! But now, he could only watch as Elder Conical packed them away, cart by cart.

No, wait a minute! Yuan Butong's eyes flickered. Elder Conical has too many Ghost Frog Pouches! One, two, three, four... To pack all those ingredients, he used nine Ghost Frog Pouches? Those are Ghost Frog Pouches, not ordinary storage bags! How could he have so many? Even Feng Zhushi of the Feng Family only had one Ghost Frog Pouch!

At this moment, Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei, along with their thousand-plus disciples, watched with extremely complex expressions as the medicinal ingredients gradually disappeared.

When Lin Xuankong had filled all nine of his empty Ghost Frog Pouches, plus Feng Zhushi's Ghost Frog Pouch, the entire thirty cartloads of medicinal ingredients were perfectly packed away. Lin Xuankong then walked over to the pile of Exorcism Equipment, collecting all of it along with the four sets of Exorcism Armor.

Lin Xuankong looked at Yan Yunfei, Yuan Butong, and the others. "Here in Great Marsh Prefecture," he said, "there are few who dare to oppose the Guo Family, the Feng Family, and the Black Tiger Gang like I, the Conical Hat Guest, do! What are your plans for the future?"

Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong exchanged looks. Yan Yunfei cupped his hands and said, "This time, we owe Elder Conical our lives. Without your intervention, I fear all of our thousand-plus people would have perished here. Currently, among the three families' Martial Cultivators, some three to five hundred have escaped. News that Sect Leader Yuan and I led people to intercept the medicinal ingredients of the Black Tiger Gang, Feng Family, and Guo Family will likely spread throughout Great Marsh Prefecture within two days. We definitely can't stay in the Great Marsh Hundred Cities any longer! We plan to head to the border between Nanyuan Prefecture and Dongyang Prefecture. Although Demon Kings are causing trouble there, most cities are still under the governance of the Great Xia Dynasty. Also, recently, we two also plan to take a few Grand Chief Stewards from our sects to visit the Ba Mountain Secret Realm!"

At this moment, Yan Yunfei clearly admired Lin Xuankong greatly. Since they both considered the Feng Family and the Black Tiger Gang enemies, he wasn't too guarded with his information.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuankong pondered for a moment, then took out two cartloads of medicinal ingredients from his Ghost Frog Pouches. "The border between Nanyuan Prefecture and Dongyang Prefecture is constantly at war," he said, "making it harder to obtain medicinal ingredients. You are all hot-blooded men, worthy of being befriended by me, the Conical Hat Guest. Take these two cartloads of ingredients as a token of my respect for your passion and courage!"