Chapter 232: Green Pill Valley's Xuan Yunzi, Duan Feng goes into death seclusion

"Senior, these are the Rising Dragon Pills you wanted."

Looking at the dense array of jade bottles in front of him, Luo Chen nodded with satisfaction.

"How many spirit stones?"

The maid swallowed her saliva, carefully and flatteringly saying: "Five hundred and fifty spirit stones per bottle, ten bottles in total, thank you for your patronage, five thousand five hundred spirit stones."

Luo Chen's brows twisted.

"Isn't it five hundred per bottle?"

Seeing his displeasure, the maid was terrified.

"The price has risen recently; the market situation is like this, I hope Senior will forgive me."

Luo Chen wouldn't get angry at a maid.

What he was displeased about was that everything was rising in price now.

2nd-tier pills were already expensive, and they were essential for daily cultivation.

It seemed like only fifty more per bottle.

But long-term purchases would mean spending thousands or tens of thousands more spirit stones.

Even if he was wealthier than ordinary loose cultivators, he couldn't withstand such consumption!

Suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, Luo Chen said patiently: "I'm buying in bulk; doesn't your shop have corresponding discount measures?"

Hearing this, the maid's eyes lit up.

The terror faded, and enthusiasm was born.

"I was just about to introduce that to Senior!"

"In our Green Pill Valley, anyone who spends over ten thousand spirit stones at once can be promoted to a distinguished Nine-Pattern Customer."

"Nine-Pattern Customers can enjoy a 5% discount every time they buy pills. If living in the Xiancheng, they can also enjoy free pill delivery service."

Only a 5% discount?

Luo Chen cursed the Green Pill Valley for being stingy, but his hands were very nimble.

"Then add twenty-five more bottles of Rising Dragon Pills for me, and give me the discount according to the Nine-Pattern Customer standard!"

The maid was stunned.

She hurriedly explained: "For the first purchase, there is no discount; it's only for the second..."

As she spoke, she couldn't continue.

Facing Luo Chen's calm and deep gaze, she lowered her head.

"Senior, please wait a moment; the quantity of pills you want is too large, I have to go to the pill warehouse to retrieve them."

After she left, Luo Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

It was indeed an industry of a great sect.

Even though they were already engaging in those discount measures, they still remained high and mighty, unable to lower their faces.

A 5% discount—are you trying to send away a beggar?

Moreover, their employees weren't trained well either.

At first, they didn't proactively promote the VIP system, and in subsequent exchanges, they didn't know how to be flexible.

By comparison.

The group of female cultivators in the Gold Hall of the Luo Tian Society were much more outstanding under Gu Caiyi's training.

While Luo Chen was waiting.

A young figure walked up to the counter.

"Fellow Daoist Luo Chen?"

Luo Chen looked over in confusion.

The other party smiled slightly and first took out a jade plate, on which were nine cloud patterns similar to the Green Pill Valley's sect logo.

"This is your Nine-Pattern VIP card; inject your spiritual sense imprint, and from now on, you can use this card to enjoy discounts."

"Additionally, this jade plate involves spiritual sense sound transmission. If it's inconvenient to go out, you can transmit sound for thousands of miles, and we will send people to deliver pills to your door."

Luo Chen said "hmm" and put the jade plate into his bosom.

However, looking at the other party's face, there was still a trace of confusion.

The person didn't mind and introduced himself immediately: "I am He Yun, from the He family of the Green Pill Valley's Yuxuan; everyone is kind enough to give me the Daoist name Xuan Yunzi."

Just like in the martial arts world, only top experts have nicknames.

In the cultivation world, only those who have achieved excellence in a certain aspect, or those who are powerful, are qualified to be given a Daoist name.

Luo Chen's Daoist name, Danchenzi, was actually not true to its name at the beginning.

It was just that Mi Shuhua had forcibly given it to him in order to open up the Jade Marrow Pill market.

Daoist names like Peach Blossom Superior or Food Fragrance Master are truly well-deserved!

Now, the person in front of him actually possessed a Daoist name.

It could be seen that he... um, was in alchemy. The rich pill aura lingering all over his body was enough to show that he had quite an attainment in the Dao of Alchemy!

Luo Chen put away his confused expression and nodded to the other party.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Yunzi."

Xuan Yunzi smiled slightly and looked Luo Chen up and down.

"Fellow Daoist is so young, yet you buy so many pills in bulk; I have a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Luo Chen twitched his mouth, speechless.

You don't even know if you should say it, so what are you saying?

Of course, on the surface, he still made an appearance of listening attentively.

"Fellow Daoist, please speak directly!"

"Pills are good, but don't rely on them too much. Otherwise, when forming the Core, there will definitely be residual toxins!"

Luo Chen laughed.

"Luo thanks Fellow Daoist for your kindness. It's just strange, you sell pills for the Green Pill Valley, yet you say this; it really caught me off guard."

Xuan Yunzi was stunned, then also laughed out loud.

"I don't know why, but seeing Fellow Daoist Luo, I feel an extra sense of closeness."

"Thank you, thank you!"

During the conversation between the two, the maid had already retrieved a sufficient amount of Rising Dragon Pills.

Added together with the previous ones, they were all given a 5% discount.

A total of eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty-seven spirit stones; Xuan Yunzi took the initiative to wipe out the eighty-seven spirit stone fraction.

As for the talk about no discount for the first purchase, it was never mentioned again.

After putting away the pills, Luo Chen didn't leave directly.

Instead, he asked curiously: "I wonder if your shop has medium-grade or high-grade Rising Dragon Pills for sale?"

Xuan Yunzi looked at Luo Chen, thinking in his heart that the other party had indeed listened to his words.

Now he was already thinking about switching to taking Rising Dragon Pills of a higher grade.

It was a pity.

"Sorry, the Green Pill Valley never directly sells high-grade pills; this is the rule from above, and I am powerless to change it."

Luo Chen sighed. "That is truly a pity."

Looking carefully at Luo Chen, his attire, and his demeanor.

Xuan Yunzi thought for a moment and took out an invitation card printed with nine cloud patterns from his storage bag.

"Fellow Daoist looks like a person of considerable wealth."

"The next large auction in Tianlan Xiancheng is hosted jointly by our Green Pill Valley and the Ice Wave Palace; with this invitation, Fellow Daoist can participate without verifying your assets."

Luo Chen was surprised.

He flipped through the invitation.

After reading it, he saw that it already recorded the names of many rare treasures.

Even magic treasures were listed.

And there were even more specialty products from the Green Pill Valley and the Ice Wave Palace.

High-grade Rising Dragon Pills were clearly listed!

Treasuring it, Luo Chen said: "I will definitely attend!"

When leaving the shop, Luo Chen couldn't help but look back.

Xuan Yunzi stood at the counter, as if sensing something, turned his head, and smiled at him again.

Shaking his head, Luo Chen walked onto the street.

"Strange, how can a person have both vitality and death intent, and so prominently!"

Muttering, Luo Chen walked for a while and turned into another shop.

Food Fragrance Pavilion!

"One box of Fierce God Incense, ten bottles of Hundred Flower Dew!"

Luo Chen entered the shop, attracting many gazes.

It had nothing to do with his Foundation Establishment realm.

It was because he was a male cultivator.

And in the Food Fragrance Pavilion, most were female cultivators, and the number of male cultivators was very small.

However, a customer is a customer.

Soon, a maid came up to serve him specifically.

Fierce God Incense, one of the three incenses, a 2nd-tier spirit incense, cheaper than pills.

But a box of twelve sticks still cost nearly three hundred spirit stones.

When paying these spirit stones, Luo Chen felt quite a pinch.

Because he wasn't sure if Fierce God Incense was still useful to him.

The calming incense commonly used in the Qi Refining stage currently had negligible effects.

He had to choose another spirit incense, otherwise, the proficiency of the "Ethyl Wood Medicine King Sutra" would be brushed too slowly.

As for the Hundred Flower Dew, he bought it without hesitation.

Firstly, because it was cheap.

As the sweet flavor among the four flavors, and the flagship product of the Hundred Flowers Palace, this thing had a particularly large output.

It goes for volume, not price.

Secondly...

This item is one of the three main materials for refining Jade Dew Pills.

The three main materials for Jade Dew Pills are Blue Smoke Jade, Lingting Fragrant Grass, and Hundred Flower Dew.

He had the Luo Tian Society frantically purchase the first two.

And he chose to buy the remaining main material himself.

While convenient, it also ensured that the pill formula materials were preserved as much as possible and wouldn't leak out too severely.

Although even if it leaked, ordinary people wouldn't be able to refine it.

But keeping a little is a little.

This is the alchemist's lifeline!

Don't let people see it if you can, and even if someone sees it, don't let them figure out the specific dimensions.

Before going "home," Luo Chen first went to Duan Feng's place for a visit.

The other party was making final preparations before Foundation Establishment.

Next, he would attempt to break through to Foundation Establishment in one go.

The time could be three to five days, or it could be one or two months.

Like Luo Chen's case, a Foundation Establishment time of a full year was extremely rare.

This was related to Luo Chen having prepared five portions of Foundation Establishment spirit medicine back then.

Moreover, the 2nd-tier spirit land environment of Xiaohuan Mountain wasn't natural; it was man-made, and he had spent a lot of time refilling the spirit stones needed for the formation.

By comparison, Duan Feng didn't have these problems.

In order to increase Duan Feng's success rate of Foundation Establishment as much as possible.

Luo Chen didn't mind the trouble and personally explained the key points of Foundation Establishment to him again.

Even!

Under Duan Feng's somewhat unnatural expression, Luo Chen personally injected a wisp of pure spiritual power into his body to simulate the process of spiritual energy surging and washing the whole body's meridians when the dantian turns into a sea.

During this process, he naturally restrained himself.

Duan Feng experienced it with full concentration.

Finally, he said "thank you" to Luo Chen with an extremely complex mood.

"No need to thank me!"

"Usually you call me President, but in private, you and I are still buddies who walked out of the same courtyard."

"I also hope you succeed in Foundation Establishment!"

"The Great Dao is long; if I were the only one walking alone, it would be too lonely. Not just you, I also hope Qin Liangchen, Caiyi, and the others can succeed in Foundation Establishment."

Luo Chen waved his hand and said these words.

Sincere and genuine, absolutely not fake!

Duan Feng was truly moved.

He handed the control method for entering and leaving the cave dwelling to Luo Chen.

"In a month, if I haven't come out, it means I failed Foundation Establishment."

"Either severely injured or dead."

"By then, you come and collect my corpse!"

Watching the stone door fall, the concealment formation activated, and clouds and mist grew.

Luo Chen whispered: "He should succeed!"

He asked himself, he wasn't some star of ill omen, and even had a bit of good fortune.

Most of the people around him were healthy and safe.

On the contrary, his enemies often met with misfortune.

In this situation, he didn't want to do the "collecting the corpse" act.

"I still want to hear that long whistle of breaking through the barrier!"

Flicking his sleeves, turning around.

Floating clouds rose, and in the cave dwelling, a beautiful ghost had been waiting for a long time.

"Master, you're back!"

End of chapter ===== CHAPTER 233 =====