Chapter 26

Back to the wooden hut.

Yu Zhangsheng had no idea he was being watched.

He took out the Gathering Qi Pills he had gotten from Luo Lesheng and fed the remaining few to Chi She Wang, gaining over 60 points of Essence in total.

Now, besides the fixed 135 points of Essence he got daily from feeding the spirit chickens, all his remaining Essence came from Chi She Wang.

And during this period, Chi She Wang's growth was also fast, nearing First Rank Sixth Level Middle Stage.

"Si ha si ha!"

Chi She Wang flicked its tail rapidly beside him, tempering its flesh and breathing in the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, but soon it lay down exhausted, not wanting to move.

"To further increase Chi She Wang's cultivation speed, I must continue to raise the racial limit. A Complete Body Red Tempered Snake needs 4988 points of Essence, 22 points less than before."

"This progress is negligible. No wonder many demonic beasts take over a decade to transform into a Complete Body. Without the system's help, I simply couldn't afford to nurture one."

Yu Zhangsheng withdrew his gaze from Chi She Wang and opened the Character Panel.

【Name: Yu Zhangsheng】

【Realm: Qi Refining Fourth Layer】

【Constitution: Spirit Beast Affinity】

【Arts: Changchun Gong Familiarity (5/10000), Lian Shen Gong Familiarity (2012/10000), Beast Taming Art Entry (15/1000), Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy Familiarity (1/10000)】

【Spells: Fireball Technique Mastery (5/10000), Wind Travel Technique Mastery (10/10000), Wood Shield Technique Mastery (15/10000), Rainmaking Technique Entry (10/100)】

【Skills: First Rank Spiritual Herb (5/1000), Second Rank Alchemy (6/50000)】

【Spirit Pet: Chi She Wang】

【Remaining Essence: 870】

This month he had added points to Lian Shen Gong, Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy, and Second Rank Alchemy, consuming four thousand Essence.

His Divine Sense had thus reached a terrifying two hundred and forty-plus meters, broader than Qi Refining Peak, equivalent to one quarter of a Foundation Establishment Divine Sense! And Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy and Lian Shen Gong were on another level; only Alchemy was special, as Second Rank to Third Rank required fifty thousand Essence! But his current progress in alchemy was already enough, and he didn't need to add points again in a short time.

If all went well, next month he could save enough Essence to let Chi She Wang transform again.

"But transforming it consecutively in just a few months—won't that draw too much attention?"

Thinking of this, Yu Zhangsheng secretly became vigilant.

He had chosen Chi She as his Spirit Pet, and Steward Wang of the Affairs Hall and Wei Lao of the Yushou Peak's Beast Garden both knew about it.

Transforming once every few months might be explained away by luck.

But twice, and even a fool would know something was wrong!

"Chi She Wang's current bloodline concentration is enough for it to cultivate to First Rank Peak. It's not too late to transform then; at most, its cultivation speed will be slower. I'm still young and have plenty of time!"

"I examine myself three times a day; I must act cautiously and not be too astonishing."

"Since Chi She Wang cannot transform in a short time, I can go buy another demonic beast to nurture. Thanks to the Divine Sense expansion from Lian Shen Gong, my Inner Landscape has already opened up to sixty square units, and contracting another Spirit Pet is no problem!"

Thinking of this, Yu Zhangsheng gave himself a thumbs-up for his cleverness.

Chi She Wang working hard alone was also lonely; having another companion to spur each other on would make them more competitive, not only keeping their fighting spirit but also reducing the attention from outside cultivators.

Decision made.

A few days later, after feeding the spirit chickens, he detoured to Yu Fang Market.

The Beast Garden of Yushou Peak was open to Yushou Peak disciples, and they could only go there when choosing their Initial Spirit Beast, with no fee charged.

But now Yu Zhangsheng was not yet an Outer Sect Disciple of Yushou Peak. To get a new spirit beast, he could only go to Wan Beast Tower.

However, he was a bit short on funds, so he had to first exchange the pills he had just refined for spirit stones. "Get lost, get lost, get lost! Take your lousy pills and get out!"

"With this quality, you still want to sell to us? Do you even know where this is? First Grade Medicine Hall! Not some street stall of a loose cultivator in the slums!"

Just as Yu Zhangsheng arrived at the medicine hall, he saw a Blue-Clad Attendant driving out a loose cultivator.

Facing such treatment, the other party resentfully flicked his sleeve and left without a word.

Such scenes were not uncommon, because First Grade Medicine Hall was one of the top medicine halls in Yu Fang Market. Pills sold to them fetched a much higher price than selling at one's own stall.

Pills at loose cultivator stalls were cheap, but the quality was poor, and if one had bad luck, eating them might cause diarrhea. So cultivators with money would always choose the guaranteed medicine hall first.

"Wanting to sell pills without even looking at what kind of goods you are."

The Blue-Clad Attendant spat at the dejected figure's back, then, upon seeing Yu Zhangsheng, immediately changed his expression.

"Immortal Master, please come in quickly. I don't know what you wish to buy this time?"

The Blue-Clad Attendant was so polite to Yu Zhangsheng for no other reason than that he had visited before, and his disguised realm was Qi Refining Peak!

So having strength was very important, even if it was false strength! "Selling pills, Gathering Qi Pills."

From under Yu Zhangsheng's mask came a hoarse voice.

"Selling pills requires our boss to personally inspect the quality. Please come this way."

The Blue-Clad Attendant smiled obsequiously and led him to the counter, where he met a refined and cultured middle-aged man.

This boss was named Xi Wenyou, from Haoyue City's Xi Family outside the Yunwu Mountain Range. His own strength was at Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and he had some connections with certain disciples within Wanxiang Sect.

The shops on this inner street more or less had connections; they were the fruits of the family's operation for hundreds of years.

A Qi Refining family like the Yu Clan, which had only been established for less than two hundred years, was far weaker. In Haoyue City, they were at best second-rate and had no capital to interfere in Yu Fang Market.

"Shopkeeper Xi, these are Gathering Qi Pills refined in recent days. I don't know what their value is?"

Yu Zhangsheng did not show weakness to him, after all, the Divine Sense of Qi Refining Eighth Layer still couldn't see through his disguise.

Xi Wenyou opened the medicine bottle, poured them onto a white cloth, and took a look, immediately looking somewhat astonished.

"All with one pill pattern?"

He raised his head, stared at Yu Zhangsheng, and immediately smiled: "Dao Friend, what remarkable skill! The attendant said you only bought the Gathering Qi Pill formula a few days ago, and yet you can already refine so many pills with pill patterns."

At the same time, he quickly calculated in his mind.

Three batches of materials, fifteen pills; presumably two batches succeeded, and both were one-pill-pattern pills. His alchemy technique was at least First Rank Peak level, or a Second-Rank Alchemist!

Thinking this, Xi Wenyou's expression became much more enthusiastic, and he said: "The purchase price for a bottle of six Gathering Qi Pills is twenty-one spirit stones. However, Dao Friend's pills have one pill pattern and are of excellent quality. I can make the decision to offer seventy-five low-grade spirit stones."

This price was within Yu Zhangsheng's expectations: an average of five low-grade spirit stones per Gathering Qi Pill, while ordinary Gathering Qi pills sold by loose cultivators went for four low-grade spirit stones each; with one extra pill pattern, the price rose by twenty-five percent.

Of course, if he wanted to earn more, he could set up a stall, but loose cultivators had little purchasing power and loved to haggle, and he might not sell them in several days, so it was better to deal directly here at First Grade Medicine Hall.

Thus Yu Zhangsheng nodded and agreed: "Let's do that, and prepare three more sets of materials for me."

"Good." Xi Wenyou exchanged a glance with the Blue-Clad Attendant beside him, who immediately went to fetch the materials.

He then took out sixty-five low-grade spirit stones and handed them to Yu Zhangsheng.

"These are Dao Friend's spirit stones."

Yu Zhangsheng accepted them, slightly surprised, because three sets of materials cost twelve low-grade spirit stones, and after deducting that there should be sixty-three, but the other party had given two extra.

Xi Wenyou smiled: "I rounded it off, as a small token of goodwill."

"I wonder if Dao Friend would consider becoming a Guest Alchemist of our First Grade Medicine Hall, and enter into deeper cooperation with us?"

(Chapter End)