Eternal Life: I Can Harvest Demon Beast Talents

When a person dies, their influence begins to fade. It's an irreversible process.

Once the memories others have of them disappear, they are well and truly "dead."

Clearly, now was a good time to offload the stolen goods.

"Shopkeeper, does your shop buy Tier Two Artifacts?"

The burly, dark-faced man Lin Changheng had disguised himself as knocked on the door and asked directly, a bamboo hat concealing his features.

"We do! We do! Of course we do!" the Shopkeeper said, immediately stopping what he was doing and moving to stand behind the counter.

His eyes lit up with joy. Clearly, a Tier Two Artifact was worth more, and the profit from reselling it would be even greater.

"A Tier Two Lower Grade Attacking Spiritual Artifact, with slight signs of use. What's the typical price?"

Lin Changheng didn't immediately take the item out to show it. Instead, he inquired about the price first.

After all, he was fencing stolen goods. The more he revealed, the greater the risk. He would only show the item and discuss the details if the price was right.

"We'll buy it for sixty percent of the standard retail price."

The Shopkeeper mused for a moment before smilingly offering a buyout price.

That would be three thousand six hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

"That's far too low..." the dark-faced man Lin Changheng was disguised as said, his dissatisfaction clear.

"Go a little higher, and it's yours. Otherwise, I'd rather keep it for myself than take such a paltry sum of Spirit Stones!"

"This..." The declaration made the Shopkeeper hesitate.

Seeing this, Lin Changheng said no more and turned to leave.

"Fellow Daoist, wait! Please wait! We can talk about the price! We can talk!"

The Shopkeeper gritted his teeth and quickly called out to stop Lin Changheng. After all, some profit was better than no profit. Besides, there was no way he could make a small profit on a Tier Two Lower Grade Attacking Spiritual Artifact!

The only question was whether he would earn a lot or a great deal.

"Then let's see some of that sincerity you're talking about, Shopkeeper!"

Lin Changheng stopped and said with a humorless smile.

"Four thousand Spirit Stones! How about four thousand? I can't go any higher. And the condition of the Spiritual Artifact had better not be too far from what you've claimed, Fellow Daoist!"

The Shopkeeper named his price.

Lin Changheng heard the offer. It was about sixty to seventy percent of the retail price. He knew that even if he went to a few more shops, he wouldn't get much more.

He nodded in agreement. With a flip of his hand, he produced the long spiritual blade and tossed it onto the counter.

CLANG! The sound made the Shopkeeper jump.

Still, he quickly began to examine it closely, using a Copper Mirror-like Authentication Spiritual Artifact to aid his inspection. A moment later, he looked up with a smile. "Fellow Daoist, you are indeed an honest man. The item is just as you described."

With that word of praise, he immediately counted out and handed over forty Middle Grade Spirit Stones, not Lower Grade ones.

"The Shopkeeper is quite a character himself."

Lin Changheng replied with a smile of his own.

This was because forty Middle Grade Spirit Stones were worth a premium of one or two hundred over four thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

'He really knows how to do business!'

This gesture of giving a little extra beyond the agreed price left a very good impression.

Afterward, Lin Changheng changed his appearance again and visited another similar shop. There, he sold the other item he had obtained from Senior Brother Feng: an Upper Grade Masterpiece Defensive Magical Artifact.

He received five hundred and fifty Lower Grade Spirit Stones for it—sixty-one percent of its value. The shop gave him a slightly better deal, but he didn't have the same bargaining power as he did with the Tier Two Spiritual Artifact.

Now, in terms of Spirit Stones alone and after deducting his expenses, Lin Changheng had over fifty thousand!

And that was just his "liquid assets," not including the value of his various resources, Talismans, Artifacts, and other items.

...

「Over the next month.」

Aside from his daily Cultivation and Alchemy, Lin Changheng focused on two things.

First, he delved into the Pill Formula for the Spirit Communication Pill provided by the Immortal City. He worked on deducing substitute Medicinal Materials that would ensure the overall Medicinal Properties remained compatible, removing any volatile conflicts to prevent the pill furnace from exploding.

Lin Changheng was quite motivated in this endeavor.

It wasn't just the promise of obtaining the Cyan Rain Mist Toad's Essence Blood that drove him. Lin Changheng suddenly realized something else: 'If I succeed, won't I have the complete, accurate Pill Formula for myself?'

'I'd only be missing the specific Refining Method.'

'In the future, I might have a chance to obtain the rest. Or, I could try to imitate and deduce it myself, based on the Pill Formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Refining Techniques for Spirit Beast pills. There's a decent chance of success.'

'If I really pull it off, while I couldn't sell it in Floating Immortal City, I could make a fortune in another place.'

'Then, with both the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Spirit Communication Pill in my arsenal, my financial power—the first and foremost of the four great cultivation resources: wealth, companionship, technique, and location—will skyrocket, fueling the growth of my strength!'

...

Second, Lin Changheng used his various connections, asking for an introduction to a Tier Two Upper Grade Talisman Master in the Immortal City.

He never expected that after asking around, all roads would lead back to his neighbor, Lü Tong.

'Him again!'

'First, he took me to Artifact Master Guo to commission an artifact. Then, he brought that Brewer surnamed Yue to visit...'

Lin Changheng couldn't help but be amazed. 'This Mr. Lü, this Lü Tong, he's a real social butterfly in the Immortal City. His network is even more extensive than mine.'

'And he manages to know all these people without possessing any single high-demand Skill of his own... I have to admit, the man has some real charisma and social tact.'

Given this, Lin Changheng felt he could no longer refuse Lü Tong's help. He stated directly that if he was short one portion of Celestial Crystal Spirit Lotus for his next group Alchemy session, he would notify him.

Lü Tong was instantly overjoyed, his round face beaming with delight.

Everyone in the Immortal City knew that Alchemist Lin never made promises lightly. Once he gave his word, he always followed through, without fail.

Furthermore, Alchemist Lin was extremely cautious and reserved with his promises, making them incredibly rare. It had gotten to the point where his name had become synonymous with the phrase "a promise worth its weight in gold!"

People believed that securing a promise from Alchemist Lin was as good as having the matter settled and the item in hand.

It might sound absurd, but this was the reputation Lin Changheng had built over two decades, day by day, deed by deed.

A reputation so difficult to build could collapse in an instant.

That was why Lü Tong was so overjoyed.