I Became A Cannon Fodder In A Female Protagonist Cultivation Novel

er there were so few alchemists.
It’s too hard! I’d already mastered the key point of alchemy, but I’d failed to refine the three furnaces of elixirs.
The third furnace even exploded!”

Fortunately, the alchemy furnace was a talisman tool, not a spiritual tool.
Otherwise, Fang Jinyu would have gone bankrupt today.

Fang Jinyu quickly asked, “Since Du Maner can refine elixirs on her own, why don’t you train her to become an alchemist?”

He was trying to change the topic.

Moreover, Fang Jinyu was also curious about it.
The elixir refining process was so complicated that even he failed repeatedly.
However, Du Maner could refine a furnace of elixirs on her own, which indicated that she had the talent for refining elixirs!

At the very least, she was above average.

The Foundation Establishment stage cultivator said regretfully, “Sigh.
She has five-element spiritual roots.
It was only by chance that she could reach rank 1 in the Qi Condensation stage.
Anyone else would have already broken through the Foundation Establishment stage.”

One’s cultivation aptitude was still the most crucial factor in cultivating.

The Foundation Establishment stage cultivator sighed again and said, “If she has four-element spiritual roots, we’ll try our best to train her since she has such talent.”

Fang Jinyu nodded and thought, “No wonder the sect had given up.”

Afterward, he went to find Du Maner and seriously asked for advice.

Perhaps because Fang Jinyu showed a good attitude, Du Maner told him everything she knew.
Fang Jinyu also confirmed that the senior brother from Mount Lingyao was telling the truth.

Du Maner was indeed proficient in alchemy.

After listening to her explanation, Fang Jinyu suddenly understood everything.

Fang Jinyu took out a ring and said, “Thank you so much, Martial Niece Du.
I’ll gift this talisman tool to you.”

It was one of the talisman tools he had used before.
It had two rings.

Despite being only a middle-tier talisman tool, it could increase the power of a spell cast.
It was a rare supplemental talisman tool.
It helped Fang Jinyu a lot when he was a disciple who ranked 9 in the Qi Condensation stage.

Initially, Fang Jinyu wanted to give it to Xin Qianqian since he had no use for it.
However, Xin Qianqian had both earth and wood attributes, so only one of the two rings was suitable for her.

As for the other one, he gifted Du Maner as a token of appreciation.

“It’s a middle-tier talisman tool.
Thank you so much, Martial Uncle!” Du Maner was shocked when she recognized the grade of the talisman tool, but uncontrollable joy soon filled her.

After all, she was only at rank 1 in the Qi Condensation stage, and a middle-tier talisman tool was something she could only come across by luck.

Fang Jinyu nodded and dismissed Du Maner.

He purchased more spirit herbs and then walked into the alchemy room.

However, two hours later, Fang Jinyu came out from the alchemy room again.

Meanwhile, he showed a gloomy expression.

Although he didn’t burn the furnace, he still failed.

“It’s too difficult!”

Hence, he prepared to purchase some more spirit herbs.
Meanwhile, Du Maner, who had been familiar with the talisman tool, came over.
When Du Maner saw the situation, she asked, “Martial Uncle, are you going to purchase spirit herbs?”

Fang Jinyu was speechless.

Although Du Maner asked him with a serious tone, Fang Jinyu felt that she was laughing at him.

However, he knew it was probably a psychological effect of his anger, so he nodded expressionlessly.

Du Maner immediately said, “Martial Uncle, although the herbs on each Mount Lingyao are sold at the same price, the spirit veins on each Mount Lingyao are different.
As a result, certain peaks can grow a large amount of some spirit herbs easily…”

Fang Jinyu immediately understood what Du Maner meant and asked, “Do you mean there’s a place where I can buy cheaper spirit herbs?”

After all, the more scarce an item was, the more expensive it was.
When there were too many spirit herbs, the price would drop.

Although the price was fixed to prevent cut-throat competition in the sect, there would always be people who could come up with other ways.

“It’s said there’s a dark market jointly created by several martial uncles.
You must buy at least a hundred portions of spirit herbs for each purchase.
However, the price would be much lower.
For example, a portion of spirit herbs costs ten spirit stones, so a hundred portions would cost a thousand.
However, one hundred portions only cost seven hundred spirit stones in the dark market.”

As soon as Du Maner finished speaking, Fang Jinyu was excited.
It would save him three hundred spirit stones!

When he first transmigrated here, the former Fang Jinyu had only saved 600 spirit stones, including the ones left by his parents.
It was equivalent to half of the total.

Fang Jinyu asked worriedly, “Where did you hear that from?” Although he believed that Du Maner wouldn’t lie to him, he was worried that Du Maner had been deceived.
After all, no Qi Condensation stage cultivator would dare to lie to a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

It would be possible since no Qi Condensation stage cultivator would have a psychological burden to lie to a cultivator who ranks 1 in the Qi Condensation stage and has five-element spiritual roots?

Du Maner answered, “I heard a few senior brothers who ranked 9 in the Qi Condensation stage mention it when I was invited to a gathering of the Mount Lingyao disciples.
They are disciples from other peaks who have the potential to break through the Foundation Establishment stage.”

Fang Jinyu was surprised and asked, “You can attend a gathering of disciples who ranked 9 in the Qi Condensation stage?” He remembered that the former Fang Jinyu had once wanted to participate in a gathering of the late-stage Qi Condensation stage disciples when he was ranked 5 in the Qi Condensation stage.
He was escorted out, though.

Du Maner smiled bitterly and said, “Maybe it’s because of my appearance.”

Fang Jinyu finally understood the situation.

Du Maner’s beauty allowed her to attend gatherings of any stage of disciples to make up the numbers.