My Master Knows It All-Chapter 1416 - 337_3

In the Immortal Cultivation world of the Eastern Province, every thousand years, the various Great Teachings and sects hold grand events, such as alchemy conferences, talisman-making conventions, formation refining gatherings, artifact refining exhibitions, and so on...

The locations for these events, however, are not hosted by the Great Teachings themselves but by the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.

Among the Great Teachings in the Eastern Province specializing in alchemy are the Holy Pill Sect and the Divine Pill Sect. Besides these, there are many sects proficient in alchemy, and others excel in artifact refining, talisman-making, or other specialties.

These sects and Great Teachings also sell their refined pills, talismans, and other items.

However, this is the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth period, where locating their mountain gates is relatively easy. Once the era ends, it becomes much harder to find the mountain gates of various Great Teachings.

If these Great Teachings wish to sell their refined pills and talismans, they need to do so in various cities.

But the Eastern Province is so vast that they cannot possibly establish a store solely for selling their pills, talismans, or other treasures in every single city.

Yet, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association has managed to achieve this. Indeed, they have opened Rare Treasures Pavilions in every city of the Eastern Province.

The Rare Treasures Pavilion doesn’t just sell pills, talismans, or Divine Weapons—they sell anything related to Immortal Cultivation.

Moreover, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association isn’t limited to the Eastern Province; they have a presence in every province within the Central Five Provinces, and regardless of the province, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association remains the largest commerce entity.

Thus, various Great Teachings and sects sell their refined pills, talismans, and other items to the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.

In Cao Zhen’s view, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association is essentially a colossal Immortal Cultivation supermarket, sourcing pills, Immortal Herbs, Divine Weapons, talismans, and more at wholesale prices and then reselling them at marked-up rates, pocketing the profit in between.

As for how much the markup or middleman profit is? That remains unknown.

Yet, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association produces nothing itself; it merely acts as a transporter. Nevertheless, it manages to establish shops in every city of the Central Five Provinces, and the potential profit is obvious.

If there were an internet, Cao Zhen joked he would post an ad saying "No Middleman Profits" to draw business away.

This year happens to be the time for the Rare Treasures Commerce Association’s alchemy conference.

Cao Zhen and Luo Zhen’s scheme centers around this alchemy conference.

"Anyway, I’ll be leading our people from the Dragon Chant Sect and heading out with Brother Wen Dan from the Holy Pill Sect to Wansheng City. You and Bi Yue should set out as soon as possible. Don’t delay."

Before departing, Luo Zhen reminded Cao Zhen once again.

Wansheng City, located at the heart of the Eastern Province, is the most prosperous city in the province. The Rare Treasures Commerce Association’s headquarters in the Eastern Province is situated here, and naturally, any grand event they hold takes place here. Moreover, with Wansheng City being centrally located, it’s convenient for all sects and Great Teachings to travel there.

Cao Zhen intended to delay his departure for a while to refine some pills for Little Yin the silver dragon. Additionally, he was waiting for Yi Sheng.

His disciple Yi Sheng, who was exceptionally skilled in alchemy, had been immersed in refining pills in the Hundred Peaks Sect while Cao Zhen wandered outside these past days.

Yi Sheng’s alchemy proficiency now even rivaled Cao Zhen’s.

Of course, this comparison was only in terms of alchemy proficiency.

There were many pills Yi Sheng couldn’t refine, and Cao Zhen had Zhang Daoling’s alchemy theories to guide him, making the pills he refined far superior to those Yi Sheng produced. Furthermore, because Yi Sheng lacked sufficient theoretical knowledge of the Alchemy Dao, he couldn’t refine pills as effortlessly and pioneeringly as Cao Zhen.

Nonetheless, Cao Zhen felt that, apart from himself, no one else in the Eastern Province during the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth could surpass his disciple Yi Sheng in alchemy.

With the Sacred Pill Conference coming up, Cao Zhen naturally wanted Yi Sheng to attend.

He calculated the timing of Yi Sheng’s arrival and the pills he needed to prepare for the silver dragon. However, after completing the pills and telling Little Yin he was leaving, the silver dragon suddenly coiled itself around him, shaking its body frantically.

Every day when Cao Zhen cultivated, Little Yin would perch nearby, inhaling the mist-like Qi flowing from Cao Zhen’s cultivation. Lately, the silver dragon’s appetite for this Qi had been increasing, consuming more and more each time.

To the silver dragon, Cao Zhen’s mist-like Qi was a supreme tonic. Upon hearing Cao Zhen’s departure, which meant it would lose its Qi source, the silver dragon naturally protested vehemently.

"What do you mean by this?" Cao Zhen, in front of Immortal Bi Yue, looked at the agitated Little Yin and said helplessly, "I’m not a member of the Dragon Chant Sect. I can’t stay here forever. I have to leave eventually—you can’t follow me out of the Dragon Chant Sect, can you?"

He wondered if he could coax the silver dragon into following him back, turning the Hundred Peaks Sect into a sect with a dragon.

He believed there was a significant chance the silver dragon might follow him.

The mist-like Qi Cao Zhen cultivated contained Chaos Qi, which was universally absorbable, making it beneficial for everyone.

In its current state, Little Yin couldn’t absorb other types of Qi without suffering severe consequences, but absorbing Chaos Qi posed no issues at all.

In fact, Chaos Qi and dragon Qi were the only two types of Qi the silver dragon could absorb—the former being universally adaptable, and the latter inherently compatible due to its dragon nature.