Chapter 18: Hundred Treasures Pavilion

In front of the stall, Hong Miaomiao smiled sweetly and said to Ye Qingxuan:

"So junior brother wants to refine Qi-Inducing Pills?"

"The herbs for Qi-Inducing Pills in the market are basically three low-grade spirit stones per portion. Senior sister can give you a discount! How about twenty-five low-grade spirit stones for ten portions of Qi-Inducing Pill herbs?"

Hearing the price, Ye Qingxuan calculated silently.

One portion of Qi-Inducing Pill herbs normally yields five to ten Qi-Inducing Pills, and the market price for one Qi-Inducing Pill is one low-grade spirit stone.

There is profit, but not much.

The main reason is that the difficulty of refining Qi-Inducing Pills is too low, and the materials are very common and cheap, so the price of Qi-Inducing Pills has been driven down.

However, he was only using them for practice, so he did not care about profit in the early stages.

The herbs on this stall were very fresh, and the price was not expensive, so he did not plan to ask for prices at other stalls. Thus, Ye Qingxuan spoke:

"Give me thirty portions of Qi-Inducing Pill materials!"

"Okay, junior brother!"

Not hearing the title "senior sister" from Ye Qingxuan's mouth again, Hong Miaomiao called out "junior brother" heavily with some unhappiness, as if reminding Ye Qingxuan of something!

Ye Qingxuan seemed not to react on the surface, but a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.

After handing Hong Miaomiao seventy-five low-grade spirit stones, Ye Qingxuan took the herbs and looked at them, finding they seemed to have been dug up not long ago.

So Ye Qingxuan asked curiously:

"Senior sister, where did these herbs come from? They are so fresh?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's address, Hong Miaomiao happily squinted her eyes and thought to herself:

"I don't want to say where the herbs came from, but he called me senior sister! So conflicted!"

Seeing Hong Miaomiao squinting and dazing, Ye Qingxuan felt somewhat puzzled and called out softly:

"Senior sister? Senior sister? Are you okay!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's voice, Hong Miaomiao instantly came to her senses, her face slightly flushed with embarrassment, but she still responded:

"Hey! Junior brother, senior sister is fine!"

Then she glanced around sneakily, and after confirming no one was paying attention to this side, she waved at Ye Qingxuan.

Ye Qingxuan blinked, walked to Hong Miaomiao's front with curiosity.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan approach, Hong Miaomiao leaned close to his ear and whispered:

"These herbs! I collected them on some small peaks in the Xuantian Mountain Range. Senior sister is only telling you one person, so don't tell anyone else!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan immediately widened his eyes.

"This is allowed? Isn't this just shearing the sect's sheep?"

Ye Qingxuan thought to himself, and his gaze toward Hong Miaomiao became strange.

Hong Miaomiao noticed Ye Qingxuan's gaze and quickly argued:

"The sect has no rule prohibiting me from picking spiritual herbs in the Xuantian Mountain Range! Besides, the sect has set up prohibitions or stationed disciples at the true resource points in the Xuantian Mountain Range.

The rest are resources the sect looks down on. What's wrong with senior sister making waste use of them? Hehehe!"

Speaking the last part, Hong Miaomiao could not help but become proud.

Her lips curled up slightly; there were not many people as smart as her.

Hearing Hong Miaomiao's words, Ye Qingxuan was momentarily speechless. Thinking of the many peaks near the Fortune Cultivation Institute, Ye Qingxuan felt a bit restless in his heart.

However, after glancing at the herbs on Hong Miaomiao's stall, Ye Qingxuan calmed down slightly.

Most of these materials barely reached the threshold of spiritual herbs, and their value was not great. Specifically seeking out these spiritual herbs would be a loss for him.

After putting away the spiritual herbs Hong Miaomiao gave him, Ye Qingxuan clasped his hands in thanks:

"Thank you, senior sister, for telling me. Junior brother has other matters, so I will leave first."

Seeing Ye Qingxuan preparing to leave, Hong Miaomiao hurriedly called him back:

"Hey, junior brother, how about we exchange sound-transmission marks? If you need spiritual herbs in the future, you can find senior sister!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan thought for a moment and agreed:

"Okay, senior sister!"

It caused him no loss anyway, and he might be able to use it at some point in the future.

After the two took out their disciple tokens and exchanged sound-transmission marks, Hong Miaomiao happily introduced herself:

"Junior brother, senior sister's name is Hong Miaomiao, remember? But you can only call me senior sister, not my name!"

Saying this, Hong Miaomiao waved her delicate fist, as if threatening Ye Qingxuan.

Seeing Hong Miaomiao, whose nature was like a child, Ye Qingxuan could not help but smile and nodded:

"Okay, senior sister! Then junior brother will leave first! Farewell!"

After speaking, Ye Qingxuan left Hong Miaomiao's stall and walked toward the depths of the market.

The materials for the Qi-Inducing Pills for practice had been bought, but the materials for other pills were not yet secured.

Since he had come to the market with difficulty, he naturally could not only purchase herbs for one type of pill.

However, Ye Qingxuan had not yet decided which pills to refine.

His initial capital was limited; to accumulate resources quickly, he could only choose to refine pills with high profit.

As for the difficulty of refining? Over these years, Ye Qingxuan was very confident in his own comprehension.

It was just, which pill had a larger profit margin?

In the family's alchemy inheritance, although there were many first-grade formulas, most had overlapping effects.

The four main pills Ye Qingxuan had in mind as candidates were:

First-grade Detoxification Pill: Can detoxify most poisons at the Qi Refining realm level.

First-grade Qi-Replenishing Pill: Can accelerate the spiritual power recovery speed of Qi Refining cultivators.

First-Grade Grass Rejuvenation Pill: can treat injuries caused at the Qi Refining realm level.

First-Grade Qi Gathering Pill: can increase a Qi Refining cultivator's spiritual energy absorption speed by fifty percent, only slightly better than the Qi Induction Pill!

However, Ye Qingxuan was not satisfied with these four types of pills.

Most Qi Refining disciples of the Xuantian Sect are responsible for sect missions; except for those who specifically apply to go out and temper themselves, others do not have many opportunities for fierce combat.

Therefore, the market for First-Grade Poison-Neutralizing Pills, Qi-Replenishing Pills, and Grass Rejuvenation Pills within the Xuantian Sect is not large.

Although the effect of the Qi Gathering Pill is better than that of the Qi Induction Pill, the improvement is limited, and the profit margin is not great.

As he was pondering, Ye Qingxuan was suddenly attracted by a shop that came into view.

"Hundred Treasures Pavilion?"

Seeing the shop's signboard, Ye Qingxuan's eyes lit up.

The Hundred Treasures Pavilion covers an area of about three hundred square meters and has a total of five floors.

After Ye Qingxuan entered, he found that the internal space was about ten times larger than what could be seen from the outside.

It was obvious that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion had a space formation set up to expand the interior space of the shop.

There were many people inside. As soon as Ye Qingxuan entered the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, a shopkeeper wearing the pavilion's uniform came forward with a smile and asked:

"Esteemed guest, what do you need?"

Although he was merely a shopkeeper, he possessed a Foundation Establishment cultivation base, yet his attitude toward Ye Qingxuan, who was only at the Qi Refining realm, remained extremely respectful.

This greatly increased Ye Qingxuan's goodwill toward the Hundred Treasures Pavilion he had just encountered!

Thus, Ye Qingxuan also smiled and said:

"Hello, I would like to learn about pills."