Chapter 55: Procurement

After Ye Qingxuan placed his order via the disciple token,

the spirit herb seeds he needed for his mission, the alchemy furnace he exchanged for, and the materials for the talisman brush were delivered quickly.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan asked Bai Wenyang for a current price catalog of all materials in the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

With funds currently limited, Ye Qingxuan temporarily prepared to exchange only materials for refining Grade Two elixirs and mid-to-low grade magic treasures.

After checking the purchase and selling prices of the spirit herb portions required for refining various Grade Two elixirs, Ye Qingxuan calculated in his mind and quickly selected the spirit herbs needed for five types of Grade Two elixirs.

These five Grade Two elixirs included:

Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill, which assist in increasing cultivation at the Foundation Establishment realm.

Grade Two Grass-Return Pill, which heals injuries caused at the Foundation Establishment realm; Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill, which removes negative energy within the Foundation Establishment range; and Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill, which rapidly restores the spiritual power of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill has the same effect as the Grade One Spirit-Enhancing Pill: both increase the efficiency of the spiritual root in converting spiritual energy, but the Grade Two version is stronger and suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill can accelerate the fusion of spiritual powers, speeding up the condensation of spiritual power by Foundation Establishment cultivators and the rate at which spiritual power liquefies.

There are many other Grade Two elixirs with similar effects; Ye Qingxuan selected the five that were the most difficult to refine and offered the highest profits.

The current market prices for these five elixirs within the Xuantian Sect are: the spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill both cost 100 low-grade spirit stones per portion.

The spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill cost 230 low-grade spirit stones per portion, and those for Grade Two Grass-Return Pill cost 360 low-grade spirit stones per portion.

The spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill cost 800 low-grade spirit stones per portion.

Within the Xuantian Sect, the normal market prices for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill are both 100 low-grade spirit stones per pill.

Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill is 500 low-grade spirit stones per pill, Grade Two Grass-Return Pill is 800 low-grade spirit stones per pill, and Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill is 2000 low-grade spirit stones per pill.

In fact, these are the normal price levels for elixirs that assist in increasing cultivation, healing injuries, or restoring spiritual energy.

Previously, among Grade One elixirs within the Xuantian Sect, why was the Spirit-Enhancing Pill, which assists cultivation, the most expensive?

It was simply because low-grade spirit herbs were countless within the Xuantian Sect, and since Qi Refining disciples did not need to go out to gain experience, this created the previous market situation for Grade One elixirs.

However, the true market prices of various elixirs outside are generally such that elixirs assisting cultivation are the cheapest, while elixirs with other effects are universally more expensive.

Because elixirs assisting cultivation serve only a supportive role and contain very little energy, their prices are naturally low.

Whereas other elixirs for healing, restoring spiritual power, or removing alien energies must contain immense amounts of energy to achieve their corresponding effects, so their prices are naturally higher.

This is also why numerous cultivators outside can continuously consume supportive elixirs to cultivate and increase their cultivation base; otherwise, if the price of cultivation-assisting elixirs were high, the outside world would not be as stable as it is now.

As for low-grade elixirs that directly increase cultivation, they have basically been eliminated by the Di Xuan Realm.

Unless they are high-grade elixirs containing the world's source.

Otherwise, for other elixirs that directly increase cultivation, the massive energy, instead of being refined through the spiritual root to directly boost cultivation, produces spiritual power that cannot be fully controlled by the body, greatly limiting the upper limit of cultivation.

Therefore, in the current Di Xuan Realm, low-grade cultivators basically use only cultivation-assisting elixirs.

Only high-grade cultivators, who obtain spirit herbs containing the world's source, can refine elixirs that directly increase cultivation without side effects.

This is the same principle as the source feedback Ye Qingxuan received when his cave heaven and blessed land advanced, which could directly increase cultivation without side effects.

As for the acquisition prices of these Grade Two elixirs at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, they are discounted by thirty percent based on the market price! The reason for such a large price difference is that when opening a shop in the marketplace, the Xuantian Sect deducts twenty percent of the transaction amount as tax.

After confirming the elixirs he intended to refine, Ye Qingxuan calculated his spirit stones, totaling 43,575 low-grade spirit stones.

Due to his meager funds, Ye Qingxuan temporarily prepared to purchase: 20 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill, 20 portions for Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill, 20 portions for Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill, 20 portions for Grade Two Grass-Return Pill, and 30 portions for Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill. The profit margin for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill is the highest, but for refining a single batch of elixirs, Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill yields more spirit stones.

Moreover, the primary current use of Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill is to remove demonic qi at the Foundation Establishment realm in the foreign battlefield, so demand is high; it is Ye Qingxuan's main elixir for accumulating capital in the early stages.

Grade Two elixirs offer no supportive effect for Ye Qingxuan; he chose to purchase spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill and Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill merely to practice and master the refining of these two types of elixirs.

Once capital is accumulated, it will be time for Ye Qingxuan to enter the Grade Three market.

With the remaining three thousand-plus spirit stones, Ye Qingxuan planned to purchase Grade One spirit minerals and spirit materials used for refining mid-to-low grade magic treasures, preparing to delve into artifact forging.

After confirming the supplies to be purchased, Ye Qingxuan sent the order list to Bai Wenyang via the disciple token.

Subsequently, he instructed the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, to take his entire fortune of 43,575 low-grade spirit stones to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to trade with Bai Wenyang.

Bai Wenyang, who was at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, looked at the list sent by Ye Qingxuan, particularly the spirit minerals and spirit materials at the end required for refining mid-to-low grade magic treasures, and muttered:

"Is my junior brother Ye planning to delve into artifact forging as well?"

He did not believe that his junior brother Ye, whose alchemy talent was astonishing, could also smoothly enter the path of artifact forging.

Shaking his head slightly, Bai Wenyang stopped thinking about it and went to the warehouse to prepare the goods for Ye Qingxuan.

Although it took some time, the process went very smoothly, and that same evening, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu returned with the purchased materials.

The next day, Ye Qingxuan began refining Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill.

Since Ye Qingxuan had already reached the Purple Mansion realm, and having now fully mastered his Immortal Soul with his consciousness merged into the essence, qi, and spirit source, his comprehension had risen another level.

Therefore, his first attempt at refining Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill succeeded smoothly.

The first batch yielded 3 pills, the second batch yielded 5 pills, and the third batch yielded 7 pills. Ye Qingxuan was now using a supreme-grade magic treasure alchemy furnace, which was more than sufficient for refining Grade Two elixirs.

However, the higher the elixir grade, the more energy it contains; not only does the refining difficulty increase, but the number of pills produced per batch also gradually decreases.

Even with Ye Qingxuan's godlike comprehension and his control over spiritual power and spiritual sense, he could ultimately only stabilize the output of Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill at 9 pills per batch.

This output is basically the maximum limit for one portion of spirit herbs.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan spent less than a month refining all the spirit herbs for the five types of elixirs into pills.

From 20 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Enhancing Pill, Ye Qingxuan produced a total of 168 pills.

From 20 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill, Ye Qingxuan produced a total of 172 pills.

From 20 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill, Ye Qingxuan produced a total of 135 pills.

From 20 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Grass-Return Pill, Ye Qingxuan produced a total of 132 pills.

From 30 portions of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill, Ye Qingxuan produced a total of 175 pills.

The reason the total number of pills produced for Grade Two Spirit-Restoring Pill, Grade Two Grass-Return Pill, and Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill was so low is mainly because these three elixirs contain too much energy.

For one portion of spirit herbs for Grade Two Spirit-Fusing Pill and Grade Two Grass-Return Pill, Ye Qingxuan could only stabilize the output at 7 pills per batch.

For Grade Two Spirit-Cleansing Pill, Ye Qingxuan could only stabilize the output at 6 pills per batch.

(End of Chapter)