Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 224 - 17 Five-Element Talismans [Thanks to ’Troublesome Life Spits Slot’s’ Silver League]_1

Chapter 224: Chapter 17 Five-Element Talismans [Thanks to ’Troublesome Life Spits Slot’s’ Silver League]_1

"Who knows which bastard came up with this question..."

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

Famous Alchemy Masters in the world, to a greater or lesser degree, all have their unique pill recipes, which are not shared with outsiders. The Pill Furnace Elder on Shu Mountain naturally has quite a few of his own unique elixirs.

The Green Pill is one of them.

The effect of this elixir is not very common. It is used to enhance the affinity with the Wood Spiritual Energy. After taking a high-quality Green Pill, one can even blend into the forest and become one with it.

Aside from a few special moments, no one would need it, nor would anyone prepare it in advance. If one needs it, they would naturally have to pre-order from the Pill Furnace Hall.

However...

Considering the relationship between Pill Furnace Hall and Silver Sword Peak, this is an outright targeting.

Asking someone else to buy a Green Pill would definitely be impossible since only Chu Liang has reached this stage, with the other disciples of Shu Mountain still studying the mysteries of the four pictures. The Pill Furnace Elder simply needs to ban the sale of all Green Pills. This rarely used elixir, as long as there are demands these few days, it must be Chu Liang who wants it.

It’s not that others are too slow. There’s still some time before the Shu Mountain Peak Conference. Each stage consumes some time and is just right... Chu Liang is just too fast!

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

Chen Su showed a troubled expression, saying that she could not make the high-quality Green Pill; only the Pill Furnace Elder and a few closely taught disciples in the entire Pill Furnace Hall could. The Pill Furnace Elder had already issued a strict order that day, forbidding any disciple from making Green Pills in the next few days.

The idea must have come from several elders who wanted to punish him for selling information and profiting from it.

"Ah." Chu Liang sighed.

If it wasn’t for necessity, who would want to sell?

He had shown some restraint previously, but now that he’s already being targeted, he might as well sell more thoroughly.

At noon that day, the Mountain God Sacrifice Team gathered again at Silver Sword Peak.

"Big brother! Is it another clue that you’ve solved?" Shang Ziliang asked excitedly.

He now feels that he has indeed chosen the right person. After countless days of hard thinking on Shu Mountain without any answers, Chu Liang has another breakthrough in just two days?

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

"What?" Everyone was shocked.

Still selling?

"Big brother!" Henchman A urgently said: "This is the second stage! We’re very close to the final answer, aren’t we? We can’t sell it, right?"

Chu Liang smiled at him, "Good, just keep up with that feeling."

...

After an afternoon, word had spread across Shu Mountain that the people of Silver Sword Peak were selling the solution to the second stage clue. The location was at the Red Cotton Market in the evening.

By the time evening came, hundreds of people had arrived at Red Cotton Peak to see Chu Liang standing on a high platform.

"Fellow apprentices." Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, he stepped onto the stage and spoke loudly: "After unravelling the clue to the second stage, after much thought, I made a decision that goes against our ancestors’ wishes...."

"Big brother! Don’t sell it!" A figure suddenly dashed onto the platform and stopped him— it was Henchman A, "This is the second stage. If you tell others, and they happen to solve the next clue, won’t they get the White Jade glazed cup before us!"

"So what? All the disciples of Shu Mountain are family, why should I distinguish between you and me!" Chu Liang shouted.

"No!" Henchman A said: "I am in your team, I want to win, you can’t sell it!"

"Humph." Chu Liang gave a cold laugh, "Can’t sell? You don’t want me to sell, fine then, I won’t sell."

"Really?" Henchman A asked.

"I’ll give it away! I’d like to see you try and stop me! Someone, get him out!" Chu Liang waved his hand.

Lin Bei and Shang Ziliang rushed forward immediately and carried Henchman A off the stage.

Henchman A was kicking in the air and shouting loudly: "You will regret it!"

This spectacle, no matter how you look at it, succeeded in raising everyone’s interest.

They heard Chu Liang continue from the stage: "Today, I will give away the solution to the second clue to my fellow apprentices!"

With that, he waved his hand, and Henchman B walked onto the stage holding a box of berries.

"These are Dragon Breath Golden Prints Juice Fruit, a special product of Silver Sword Peak. I believe those of you who often visit Red Cotton Peak are familiar with it, knowing it’s a good thing. This box of three berries costs one Sword Coin, as always. Everyone knows that. The clue I’m giving away this time is inside!"

Chu Liang opened the berry box and took out a tiny copper talisman. "We have prepared five characters - Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each box of berries has one inside. Collect all Five-Element talismans, and you can exchange them for an answer!"

"In seven days, we will release the clues answer. Everyone who has the Five-Element talismans can claim a copy!"

"My dears!"

"Opportunity knocking, time not waiting!"

At this moment, Henchman A suddenly rushed up, "This already isn’t profitable! Giving away clues will make your hard-grown berries lose money!"

Chu Liang shoved him aside, angrily retorted, "Why are you being bothersome again? Alright then, you think the price is low? Then I will drop it by half! My dear fellows! During these seven days, two boxes of berries for a single Sword Coin! Even lower than usual prices!"

Even Lin Bei stepped in to advise, "Chu Liang, don’t let your competition with him result in such a loss."

"You guys don’t need to interfere!" Chu Liang waved his hand, declaring loudly, "I am just being me!"

...

Thankfully the current size of Silver Sword Peak’s garden is large enough and the production cycle short enough to support such massive sales.

All the berries boxed on the first day sold out within an hour. Chu Liang was almost swamped by the crowd. He held up his hands promising that he would sell at the same price the next day. Only then was he able to leave.

Because previously when the Gold Pattern Berries were sold in the Red Cotton Market, they were always in high demand. Though not sold frequently, their market performance was consistently good.

Now they were being heavily discounted, with the clues thrown in as a bonus.

What a steal!

Even if not many people were interested in the Gold Pattern Berries, many are interested in the clues for the second stage.

Henchman A’s words reminded many people that if they could get the answers for the second stage, they would only need to solve the final puzzle to possibly win first place in the Mountain God Sacrifice!

How glorious would it be to unexpectedly win first place in the once-every-decade Mountain God Sacrifice?

One Sword Coin could buy one talisman and it comes with six berries. These six berries would usually cost two Sword Coins. It’s hard to resist such a deal.

After three days of continuous sales, besides the initial driving force, a new motivating factor arose-

Collecting the talismans.

When someone owns four of the Five-Element talismans, their desire for the earth character talisman is extremely strong. On Shu Mountain, a trend of trading Five-Element Talismans began. In the morning, everyone’s first question when going out was, "Does anyone have an Earth talisman?"

If these talismans were evenly distributed, theoretically, each team only needs to buy five boxes of berries and exchange with each other to collect all the talismans.

But it seemed like the talismans from Silver Sword Peak this time had fewer fire and earth talismans, with an abundance of the other three types. The talisman someone lacked was usually the same talisman everyone else lacked as well, forcing them to keep opening more berry boxes.

The Earth talisman became a hot commodity. Some people even privately sold it at a very high price.

It was a sweeping trend.

The frenzy this set off even exceeded Chu Liang’s estimations. He had to urgently harvest Black Fur Balls, gather berry seeds, and use a large amount of grass and wood spirits to stimulate growth in order to barely meet the demand.

...

"Oh, it’s so annoying!" Jiang Yuebai frowned deeply. "Why can’t I get the Earth talisman? Are you sure you didn’t just put in four types of talismans? You swindler!"

Chu Liang utterly refused to admit it: "How could that be? Perhaps the five types of talismans are distributed unevenly, and the Earth talismans are all at the end?"

This frenzy even extended to Jiang Yuebai. She had already opened dozens of berry boxes but didn’t get any Earth talisman, causing her to pound Chu Liang with her fists.

"If Senior Sister Jiang wants an Earth talisman, I can just give it to you directly." Chu Liang showed his magnanimity as the mastermind behind the scenes. "Even the answer to the second clue, I can tell you directly."

"What’s the fun in that?" Jiang Yuebai blinked, "How can I accept your favor for nothing?"

"Senior Sister Jiang taught me Divine Skills, passed on the Immortal Law to me. You didn’t care about any of these. How can I care about a single clue with you?" Chu Liang said with a smile.

"By the way, I haven’t asked you yet," referring to this, Jiang Yuebai smiled. "How is your Shrinkage practice going?"

"Sigh." Chu Liang shook his head and sighed. "I’m really just mediocre after all..."

Jiang Yuebai was about to comfort him with a few words.

But she heard Chu Liang continue: "I practiced for several days, but I can only use it within a ten feet distance."

"..." Jiang Yuebai’s smile suddenly disappeared.

After a long while, seeing that she didn’t speak, Chu Liang asked: "Senior Sister Jiang? What’s wrong?"

Jiang Yuebai hesitated, and then scolded him: "You scoundrel!"