Chapter 19: Purchasing Spiritual Herbs

Inside the Hundred Treasures Pavilion!

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's request, the shop assistant of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion took Ye Qingxuan to the pill section.

On the light wall of the pill section, the prices of various pills were recorded, making it convenient for customers to watch at any time.

After Ye Qingxuan looked around, he focused on the prices of first-order pills.

Sure enough, as he expected, in the Xuantian Sect marketplace, the most expensive among first-order pills are those that assist cultivation, and they are the Spirit-Increasing Pills that Ye Qingxuan is familiar with.

The exchange price of Spirit-Increasing Pills in the Hall of All Things of the Xuantian Sect is ten contribution points each, while the price of purchasing with spirit stones in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion is twelve Lower Grade spirit stones each.

The price has increased by a full 20%!

Of course, as the internal currency of the sect, contribution points naturally allow sect disciples to trade privately using contribution points.

Therefore, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion can also exchange for pills using contribution points, and the price is the same as the sect's exchange price, which is ten contribution points each.

Looking at the Spirit-Increasing Pill, which has the highest price among first-order pills, Ye Qingxuan asked:

"Do you have the pill formula for first-order Spirit-Increasing Pills here?"

For a relatively special pill like the Spirit-Increasing Pill, the Ye family's alchemy inheritance does not have the relevant pill formula.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, the shop assistant beside Ye Qingxuan looked at him in surprise and said:

"Customer, yes. The first-order Spirit-Increasing Pill formula sells for 1,000 contribution points, or 1,200 Lower Grade spirit stones, and after purchase, a restriction must be set, and it must not be spread."

Ye Qingxuan heard this, nodded, and pondered in his mind.

He only had 100 contribution points left now, and his monthly salary was only 30 contribution points. If he wanted to gather 1,000 contribution points, without doing tasks, he would have to wait for more than two years at least.

After weighing for a moment, he finally chose to purchase with spirit stones.

"Give me a copy of the Spirit-Increasing Pill formula, I will pay with spirit stones."

For more than two years, Ye Qingxuan was confident that he could earn back the difference of these 200 spirit stones.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan choose to purchase, the shop assistant hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Ye Qingxuan only had the cultivation base of the early Qi Refining stage, he kindly advised:

"Customer, the refining difficulty of this Spirit-Increasing Pill is not low. If you are just learning alchemy and using it for practice, it is recommended to choose a pill with lower difficulty."

Facing the shop assistant's kind advice, Ye Qingxuan felt a sense of favor, but he had his own plans, so he could only refuse:

"No matter, thank you for your concern, brother."

The shop assistant is a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Although the age gap between the two cannot be seen on the surface, the other party should be older than him, so calling the other party "brother" is at least not wrong.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan insist, the shop assistant didn't say anything more, took the Spirit-Increasing Pill formula for Ye Qingxuan, and completed the transaction.

After taking the Spirit-Increasing Pill, Ye Qingxuan looked at the shop assistant and asked:

"Brother, how should I address you? Are you also a disciple of the Xuantian Sect?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan call himself "brother," the shop assistant became even more enthusiastic, and his tone was no longer so rigid:

"My name is Bai Wenyang, and I am an outer sect disciple of the Xuantian Sect."

Confirming that Bai Wenyang is also a Xuantian Sect disciple, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"This Xuantian Sect, although it is a sect, is more like a country. The disciples under its sect are simply everywhere in the Xuantian Sect."

Looking at Bai Wenyang, Ye Qingxuan smiled:

"Since that's the case, then Senior Brother should call me Junior Brother in the future! Hahahaha!"

"Then Senior Brother will respectfully obey, hahahaha!" Bai Wenyang also didn't refuse, but agreed with a smile.

Suddenly, the relationship between the two pulled much closer.

Subsequently, Ye Qingxuan continued to ask:

"Senior Brother, how many spirit stones is one portion of the spiritual herbs for this Spirit-Increasing Pill? Also, does the Hundred Treasures Pavilion collect Spirit-Increasing Pills?"

Through the exchange, Bai Wenyang had already guessed Ye Qingxuan's plan.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan so confident, he didn't speak to discourage Ye Qingxuan. Maybe Ye Qingxuan could really refine Spirit-Increasing Pills?

So Bai Wenyang introduced:

"Junior Brother, the spiritual herbs for this Spirit-Increasing Pill are ten Lower Grade spirit stones per portion. Senior Brother can make the decision to give you a 5% discount.

The acquisition price of Spirit-Increasing Pills, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion is uniformly nine Lower Grade spirit stones each. Senior Brother can't do anything about this."

Knowing the price of one portion of spiritual herbs for Spirit-Increasing Pills and the acquisition price of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Ye Qingxuan nodded secretly.

For one portion of spiritual herbs, as long as one Spirit-Increasing Pill is refined, Ye Qingxuan will almost break even.

As long as one portion of spiritual herbs can refine two Spirit-Increasing Pills, he will make a big profit.

Making up his mind, Ye Qingxuan looked at Bai Wenyang and said:

"Then thank you, Senior Brother! Give Junior Brother 3,300 portions of Spirit-Increasing Pill spiritual herbs!"

"Okay, Junior Brother, please wait a moment!"

After speaking, Bai Wenyang walked into the counter.

While waiting for Bai Wenyang, Ye Qingxuan once again cast his gaze on the pill prices on the light wall.

Looking up, Ye Qingxuan found that for pills after the fourth order, the prices of various healing, spiritual energy recovery, and detoxification pills rose linearly.

It was almost close to the price of pills that increase cultivation speed.

Sensing this contrast, Ye Qingxuan was puzzled.

There doesn't seem to be any major war breaking out within the Xuantian Sect, right? Those healing, recovery, and detoxification pills are sold so expensively, will anyone buy them?

Just as Ye Qingxuan was puzzled, Bai Wenyang came out with a storage bag and handed it to Ye Qingxuan:

"Junior Brother, these are the spiritual herbs you want, and this storage bag is a gift from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion."

Ye Qingxuan took the storage bag and subconsciously asked the doubt in his heart about the change in pill prices:

"Senior Brother, why are the healing, recovery, and detoxification pills above the fourth order so expensive?"

This time, hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Bai Wenyang did not answer, but looked at Ye Qingxuan meaningfully and said:

"Junior Brother, what you should know, you will naturally know after your cultivation base improves."

Seeing Bai Wenyang being mysterious, Ye Qingxuan asked curiously:

"Then do you know, Senior Brother?"

"Senior Brother is only at the Foundation Establishment Realm now, so I don't know either!" Bai Wenyang answered seriously.

"Uh?"

Hearing Bai Wenyang's answer, Ye Qingxuan was full of black lines.

Seeing Bai Wenyang being mysterious, Ye Qingxuan thought he knew!

And that's it?

Couldn't help but roll his eyes at Bai Wenyang, Ye Qingxuan checked the Spirit-Increasing Pill spiritual herbs, took out a pile of spirit stones and placed them on the counter, and took the opportunity to exchange sound-transmission imprints with Bai Wenyang.

After the transaction was completed, Ye Qingxuan prepared to leave the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, so he bowed to Bai Wenyang:

"Thank you for your care this time, Senior Brother. Junior Brother will leave first!"

Hearing this, Bai Wenyang put away Ye Qingxuan's spirit stones and also bowed in response:

"Junior Brother, you're welcome. Then I wish Junior Brother success in refining Spirit-Increasing Pills soon!"

As a shop assistant of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Bai Wenyang also has certain business requirements, and acquiring Spirit-Increasing Pills is one of them.

However, he didn't hold much hope for his Junior Brother Ye Qingxuan, whom he had just met today.

After all, alchemy, if you don't have that talent, basically there's nothing to do.

He also tried it back then, but the result, let's not talk about it!

After some pleasantries with Bai Wenyang!

Ye Qingxuan left the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. Because his pockets were shy, he didn't linger in the marketplace, but left the marketplace through the teleportation array.

This trip cost him 75 Lower Grade spirit stones to purchase 30 portions of Qi-Inducing Pill materials, 1,200 Lower Grade spirit stones for the Spirit-Increasing Pill formula, and 3,300 portions of Spirit-Increasing Pill materials, which were discounted by 5%, costing 31,350 Lower Grade spirit stones.

A total of 32,625 Lower Grade spirit stones!

Now, Ye Qingxuan only has 375 spirit stones left in his storage ring.

If he doesn't go back and seize the time to study alchemy, he will go bankrupt.

However, on the way back, Ye Qingxuan stopped by the Handyman Courtyard to visit Ye Qingxiao.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingxiao was very happy and kept complaining to Ye Qingxuan that the restrictions on handyman disciples were too great.

There are certain handyman tasks every day, and he can't slip out to play at will.

Fortunately, Mo Tian is the manager of the Handyman Courtyard. For the sake of their ancestor Ye Zhaoyang, the tasks arranged for Ye Qingxiao are not difficult.

Even so, in the case where resources and cultivation time are not as good as Ye Qingxuan's, Ye Qingxiao's cultivation base still surpassed Ye Qingxuan's, reaching the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

Regarding this, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh:

"Sure enough, cultivation still depends on aptitude. Those who want to go against the heavens without aptitude are all daydreaming!"

Of course, except for himself!

After being stimulated by Ye Qingxiao's cultivation base, Ye Qingxuan prepared to return to his small courtyard to retreat and cultivate hard, and by the way, study alchemy to pave the way for the future development of the Blessed Land!

Before leaving, Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingxiao exchanged sound-transmission imprints!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====