Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1415: Chapter 897: Exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills for Contribution Points

Just after viewing a few of the spiritual materials ahead, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t resist the urge to pocket them all.

Rongxin Wood and Purple Sandalwood Heart Wood can both be used to refine the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, while Thunder Pattern Locust Wood can be used to refine the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

He suppressed the impulse to make a decision immediately and continued browsing through the information of other spiritual materials. The more he looked, the more delighted he became, even nurturing the thought of looting the treasure trove.

After a long time, he reluctantly looked up and said to the elder in front of him, "Senior, I want the Rongxin Wood."

The heart crystal of the millennia-old rejuvenating Purple Banyan Tree contains the "Essence of Banyan," which can accelerate the nurturing speed of the Artifact Spirit within a Spiritual Artifact.

Yang Zhenshan wishes to refine the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, which is only a Lifebound Magical Treasure and has not yet reached the level of a Spiritual Artifact. However, this does not stop him from having expectations for the future of the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

Using Rongxin Wood as the primary material could quickly help the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron upgrade into a Spiritual Artifact, a temptation that is immensely significant for Yang Zhenshan.

Moreover, the millennia-old rejuvenating Purple Banyan is a Spirit Tree with vigorous vitality. Using it to refine the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron can also enhance the treasure cauldron’s recovery and healing functions.

"Hmm, Rongxin Wood, third-rank top-grade spiritual material." The elder merely lifted his eyelids for a glance and waved his hand to fetch a purple crystal stone the size of a washbasin.

As soon as the purple crystal stone appeared, Yang Zhenshan felt a strong vitality.

Indeed, it’s Rongxin Wood; the vitality contained within it surpasses all Spiritual Objects Yang Zhenshan had seen before.

"Pack it up! You may leave!"

Yang Zhenshan quickly stored away the Rongxin Wood, stood up and bowed in thanks, "Thank you, Senior!"

...

Coming out of the treasure trove, Yang Zhenshan was filled with joy.

"It looks like you have gained quite a lot!" Zhongli Xiayi said with a smile, noticing his expression.

"Haha, many thanks to you, Immortal!" Yang Zhenshan bowed again in gratitude.

Zhongli Xiayi waved her hand, "If you want to thank me, then refine more elixirs for the Ten Thousand Treasures Store!"

"No problem!"

Yang Zhenshan said without hesitation.

The two left the treasure trove side by side, and Zhongli Xiayi introduced various facilities at the Ten Thousand Treasures Store before finally escorting him back to the mansion he had just been assigned.

It was a very average courtyard house, but the concentration of Spiritual Energy in this dwelling was significantly higher than the one he shared with Yun Xiao.

Yang Zhenshan briefly tidied up the mansion, then took out his Identity Token and activated the Communication Array on it.

The Identity Token from the Ten Thousand Treasures Store not only represents identity but also has many functions like communication, recording, positioning, etc.

The Array on the token can connect to the Wanxiang Building to receive the task directory published by Wanxiang Building.

As a Ninth Grade Guest Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Store, specialized in Alchemy, Wanxiang Building would recommend some alchemy tasks to him.

Looking at the task listings, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t help but once again marvel at the financial power of the Ten Thousand Treasures Store.

Each task listed above involves refining Second-Order Pills, often in quantities of several hundred to a thousand.

Different pills have different requirements for pill-forming rates.

For example, the Foundation Establishment Pill requires a pill-forming rate of over forty percent for Yang Zhenshan to profit.

The Illusion God Pill must have a pill-forming rate above thirty percent, the Gathering Spirit Pill above sixty percent.

The Demon Essence Pill is quite special, needing a pill-forming rate of around thirty percent to be profitable.

In the Ten Thousand Treasures Store, alchemy is not supported by materials provided by the store; you have to use contribution points to buy the materials, then refine them into pills to exchange for contribution points.

This means you can directly use the pills to exchange for contribution points, regardless of where the materials used to refine the pills originated from.

Yang Zhenshan calculated quietly and found that the contribution points from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion could be linked to Spirit Stones, with one contribution point roughly equivalent to ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones, or a thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Regarding the contribution points needed to exchange materials, it’s roughly twenty percent lower than the market price.

And when exchanging pills for contribution points, it’s similarly twenty percent below the market price.

There seems to be a profit margin here; if you use contribution points to buy materials from the Ten Thousand Treasures Store and sell them outside, you could earn a twenty percent profit.

However, the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has long been prepared for this kind of fleece-gathering behavior.

Any materials exchanged from the Ten Thousand Treasures Store must be delivered back to the store as sufficient pills to meet the pill-forming rate requirements previously stated.

For instance, for the Foundation Establishment Pill, if you exchanged ten sets of materials, you must deliver four low-grade Foundation Establishment Pills back to the store.

This incoming and outgoing exchange would leave your contribution points unchanged, essentially wasting time and effort.

But if your pill-forming rate exceeds forty percent, or you refine Mid-grade or Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, then you can amass a great amount of contribution points.

As Yang Zhenshan looked at the information displayed on the token, his eyes grew increasingly bright.

"Damn, I think I’ve found a way to make a fortune!"

The pill-forming rate requirement for Foundation Establishment Pills is only forty percent!

And what is his pill-forming rate for Foundation Establishment Pills?

He hasn’t refined Foundation Establishment Pills in a while, so his pill-forming rate might have decreased somewhat, but it should still be over fifty percent.

More importantly, he can refine Mid-grade and Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

Besides, he has more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills in his possession; originally, he was reluctant to sell them, as gathering materials for Foundation Establishment Pills is quite troublesome, especially the core of the Green Profound Fruit, which is hard to acquire even by purchase.

But things are different now, with the Ten Thousand Treasures Store channel, he can obtain a large quantity of Green Profound Fruit cores.