Chapter 31

The next day, near noon, the two arrived at Green Baicheng.

Green Baicheng is considered a medium-sized city in the south of Mangzhou, closest to Li Cheng.

The two had already inquired that the most famous herb merchant in Green Baicheng is Qianyun Hall.

So as soon as they arrived in Green Baicheng, Xia Daoming headed straight for the largest Qianyun Hall in the area.

In Green Baicheng, Xia Daoming naturally didn't need to deliberately restrain his force aura anymore.

And in order to make the other party not doubt his purchasing power, when Xia Daoming entered Qianyun Hall, he intentionally or unintentionally released his fifth-rank Great Wu Shi force aura.

In Green Baicheng, a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi can already be considered a good hand.

Xia Daoming intentionally or unintentionally released his Great Wu Shi force aura, which immediately alarmed the shopkeeper, who came out to receive him personally.

Xia Daoming got straight to the point and told the shopkeeper that he wanted the best elixirs for strengthening qi, blood, and force.

A big business came to the door, and the other party was a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi, which naturally made the shopkeeper happy. He hurriedly turned around and ordered the waiter a few words.

Soon the waiter brought two antique boxes over.

"This is the Qianyun Pill, our Qianyun Hall was founded and developed because of this pill. This pill is made from a variety of precious herbs and refined with secret methods. Not to mention for a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi, even for a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi, the first time it is taken, it has a significant nourishing effect. Of course, the price is not cheap, one hundred and twenty taels each." The shopkeeper opened a medicine box first, pointing to a pill the size of a longan, with a round and moist color, and boasted.

Xia Daoming had taken too many medicines now, and often asked Ji Wenyue for advice, so he was barely half an expert in identifying elixirs.

He picked up the Qianyun Pill and looked at it closely, and sniffed the aura with his nose, knowing that the medicinal effect of the first time it was taken was definitely not as good as the Ji Clan's Three-Origin Returning Blood Pill.

However, he had already developed a significant drug resistance to the Ji Clan's elixirs, so even if the medicinal power of this Qianyun Pill was not as good as the Three-Origin Returning Blood Pill, the effect of the first time it was taken would be better than the Three-Origin Returning Blood Pill he was taking now.

And the market price of the Three-Origin Returning Blood Pill is two hundred taels each, and the one Ji Wenyue gave him was "special supply" level, which would probably be three hundred taels each if sold.

Because of this, Xia Daoming felt that it was too wasteful to continue taking the Ji Clan's elixirs, so he would rather go on a long journey.

After all, you can eat soft rice, but you can't waste it, you still have to talk about long-term development.

"This elixir is just so-so, I want ten," Xia Daoming said.

"Ten!" The shopkeeper's voice drifted a little.

Ten pills is one thousand two hundred taels, definitely a big order!

"Why, don't you have them?" Xia Daoming raised his eyebrows slightly and said.

"Have, of course have!" The shopkeeper said hurriedly.

Xia Daoming nodded, his gaze falling on the other box.

The shopkeeper was very sensible and immediately opened the other box.

The elixir in this box was very small, only the size of a broad bean, with average quality and a somewhat messy aura.

"This pill is the Bai Yun Pill, which is one grade lower than the Qianyun Pill, but it also has a nourishing and strengthening effect for a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi, and the price is much more affordable, only ten taels each," the shopkeeper introduced.

"Forget about this one," Xia Daoming waved his hand without hesitation.

Just kidding, counting the windfall he made halfway and the elixirs he carried with him, he now has the equivalent of eighty thousand silver, definitely a wealthy man in Green Baicheng.

Usually, he takes elixirs worth more than one hundred taels, so how could this ten-tael Bai Yun Pill enter his eyes?

Seeing Xia Daoming reject it with disgust without even considering it, the shopkeeper was disappointed, but his heart moved slightly, and he said: "Our Qianyun Hall still has a town-shop herb, a three-hundred-year-old Fire-Scale Ginseng, which can be taken directly for nourishment."

"But this ginseng is very fierce in medicinal properties. Every time a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi takes a small section, the meridians of the whole body will feel like being cut by a knife, and it takes at least a month of rest to recover, and it can be taken again after three months."

"A sixth-rank Great Wu Shi will have a slightly better situation, but each time it also requires ten or eight days of rest, and it can be taken again after a month."

"Oh, the medicinal properties are so fierce! What is the price of this ginseng?" Xia Daoming was overjoyed upon hearing this, but asked with a frown on his face.

"Eight thousand taels!" The shopkeeper stretched out a palm.

"So expensive!" Xia Daoming frowned again.

"Relative to its medicinal effect, it is actually not expensive at all, it's just that the medicinal properties are too fierce," the shopkeeper said.

"Hehe!" Xia Daoming curled his lips in a sneer and said: "Every time you can only take a small section, a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi has to rest for a month after taking it, and can only take it for the second time after three months. Which fifth-rank Wu Shi can afford this time?"

"What if an enemy comes to the door during this time? Should I tell him, I took a fierce medicine a while ago, wait for me to recover and then fight?"

"This..." The shopkeeper was speechless by Xia Daoming's squeezing.

In fact, this was exactly the case, otherwise, this precious herb that could be taken directly for nourishment would not have been kept until now, and would have been sold long ago, or taken by the proprietor himself.

"However, since the shopkeeper mentioned it, I really haven't seen this three-hundred-year-old Fire-Scale Ginseng, can you take it out for me to see?" Xia Daoming saw the situation and changed his tone.

The shopkeeper was old and refined, and seeing Xia Daoming wanted to see it, he immediately understood that this guy wanted to lower the price, not that he had no interest at all, so he was energized and went to get the Fire-Scale Ginseng himself.

This Fire-Scale Ginseng was thick and long like a baby's forearm, fiery red all over, as if flames were burning, and the shape was like a unicorn horn, with five node patterns on it.

As soon as the shopkeeper took out this Fire-Scale Ginseng, Xia Daoming felt a violent aura rushing toward his face, causing the qi and blood in his body to fluctuate slightly.

"The medicinal properties are indeed very fierce! This shopkeeper probably hasn't told the truth. Only my abnormal meridians would dare to have the idea of taking it. Otherwise, if it weren't a seventh-rank Great Wu Shi, no one would dare to take it." Xia Daoming narrowed his eyes, his thoughts turning.

"Respected guest, please look, this Fire-Scale Ginseng has five node patterns, each node pattern represents sixty years. Every time you take it, you need to take a whole section, a total of five times, otherwise the medicinal effect will be greatly reduced," the shopkeeper explained in detail.

Seeing the shopkeeper specifically explain the way of taking it, Xia Daoming knew that this old guy saw through his thoughts, so he simply stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Four thousand taels, I want this Fire-Scale Ginseng."

"Respected guest, you are joking, you are joking. This is a three-hundred-year-old Fire-Scale Ginseng. If it weren't for the fact that a seventh-rank Great Wu Shi of advanced age wouldn't dare to take it easily, and our Green Baicheng doesn't have a young seventh-rank Great Wu Shi, this Fire-Scale Ginseng wouldn't be left in our shop!" The shopkeeper was both pleasantly surprised and anxious upon hearing this.

What was pleasantly surprised was that Xia Daoming really had the idea of buying it.

What was anxious was that this price cutting was too ruthless.

"A young seventh-rank Great Wu Shi, that is a genius who has the hope of becoming a Grandmaster, even rarer than your Fire-Scale Ginseng. It's probably not easy for you to find such a buyer in Green Baicheng!" Xia Daoming said.

"Respected guest, that is the truth. Our proprietor originally planned to send this Fire-Scale Ginseng to a larger city for sale, but firstly, the road is long and there is a risk of being robbed; secondly, even if it arrives in a large city, we are unfamiliar with the place, and the target buyers must be local big figures. If they bully us, we can only admit defeat."

"So, the proprietor finally decided to keep it in the shop as a town-shop treasure. If a buyer happens to pass by and takes a fancy to it, even if it's cheaper, it's better than taking those risks. But what you said, four thousand taels, is really too much."

"To tell you the truth, if this three-hundred-year-old Fire-Scale Ginseng were sold in a large city, it would conservatively start at ten thousand taels. How about this, seven thousand five hundred taels, if you still don't agree, I can only ask our proprietor to come and talk to you personally," the shopkeeper said.

Xia Daoming agreed with the shopkeeper's words. For a genius disciple like Xu Shixiong, as long as he could improve his cultivation, what was ten thousand taels of silver?

However, although he had been making money fast these days, it was always good to save some.

Especially for this kind of "luxury goods," why not move your lips to save hundreds or thousands of taels?

So, agreeing was agreeing, Xia Daoming immediately asked the shopkeeper to invite the proprietor.

The proprietor soon came and entertained Xia Daoming enthusiastically.

After a friendly bargaining session, Xia Daoming finally paid eight thousand taels, including ten Qianyun Pills, which was equivalent to the ten Qianyun Pills being a gift.

After paying the money, Xia Daoming immediately took Liu Qiaolian and left the city, not staying in Green Baicheng for a moment.

Out of the city, the two rode their horses and galloped, and they didn't slow down until they were thirty or forty miles away from Green Baicheng.

They were outsiders, and they made a big deal of eight thousand taels. If they continued to stay in Green Baicheng, once the news spread, it was hard to guarantee that someone would be greedy.

Although Xia Daoming was confident in his strength, when traveling far away, it was naturally better to avoid trouble if he could.