[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill":3,"chapter-martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-chapter-160":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1514151,1966,"Chapter 160 - 102: Pursuit","martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-chapter-160",160,"\u003Cp>\"How could Xu Yang have changed so much?\" Liu Qian shook her head as she watched his retreating figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing he did today seemed like something the Xu Yang she knew was capable of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Gui said, \"Maybe he’s just given up completely. The whole thing with the Alliance must have hit him hard. After it disbanded, I heard he never went back to the Sect. He was probably afraid to face anyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he could become a Pill Master, his situation would improve, but trying to become one with just a single Pill Formula... that’s just a pipe dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Liu Qian couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt. \"Were we a bit too harsh back then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She genuinely hadn’t known that Xu Yang never returned to the Sect after the Alliance disbanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Gui shook his head. \"We just made the right choice. If he can’t even handle this much, the Alliance would have abandoned him sooner or later anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the auction hall, those who knew Xu Yang all shook their heads, thinking he was delusional for believing he could become a Pill Master with just a single Pill Formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front row, Sun Jian looked at Ye Qiuling and smiled. \"Junior Sister Ye, don’t you think it’s a shame that the Blood Coagulation Pill Formula you worked so hard to complete was bought by someone who knows nothing about Alchemy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiuling shot Sun Jian a cool glance. \"I sold the Pill Formula for money. It doesn’t matter who bought it. If you think it’s such a shame, Sun Jian, why didn’t you bid on it yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jian shook his head. \"I’m not a Pill Master either. It would be a complete waste for me to buy it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qiuling said no more, but her eyes remained fixed on the back of the figure who had just left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Xu, why did you buy that useless Pill Formula?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Backstage at the auction, Zhou Yong was a bit stunned to see it was Xu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I thought Xu Yang was supposed to be a steady guy. How could he do something so outrageous? This is going to cause quite a stir.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, everyone would know that a Purple Sun Sect disciple named Xu Yang, who knew nothing about Alchemy, had bought a Pill Formula at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just for fun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang couldn’t be bothered to explain. He immediately took out the silver banknotes, paid, and smoothly obtained the Blood Coagulation Pill Formula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elegant script listed over a dozen medicinal herbs. Everything from the names and dosages to the required heat control was written out with perfect clarity. And yet, even with such a detailed formula, one still couldn’t refine the pill just by following the instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he finished reading it once, a faint light flickered before his eyes and a panel appeared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood Coagulation Pill (0\u002F200)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang’s heart leaped with joy. ’It’s just as I guessed. The panel can be used to master alchemy techniques.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Two hundred proficiency points... I get at least three points a day, and I use one to increase my lifespan. It’ll take fifty days to max out the Blood Coagulation Pill. That’s nearly two months, which isn’t too long.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the Pill Formula to Zhou Yong. \"See how much silver it would cost to buy all these herbs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yong took it and glanced over it. \"Master Xu, it would be about forty taels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang’s eyelid twitched. \"What about the Qi Replenishing Pill? Do you know the cost to refine one batch of those?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yong replied, \"The cost for a batch of Qi Replenishing Pills is under thirty taels. The Blood Coagulation Pill has never been as cost-effective. Otherwise, that Inner Sect Disciple from the Purple Sun Sect would never have sold the Pill Formula.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang asked again, \"Generally, how many pills can be refined in one batch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yong was left speechless. ’He doesn’t even know the basics, yet he dared to spend four hundred taels on a Blood Coagulation Pill Formula? I’d bet he’s never even heard of half the herbs listed on it. He’s a complete amateur who knows absolutely nothing.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That depends on the Pill Master’s skill. One batch can yield as few as five or six pills, or as many as ten or so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang nodded to himself. ’Even if the Blood Coagulation Pill is less cost-effective than the Qi Replenishing Pill, there’s still a profit to be made as long as one batch yields five or six pills.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I use the panel to max out the Pill Formula before I start refining, I should be able to get ten pills per batch.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion sell Pill Furnaces?\" Xu Yang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now that I have the Pill Formula, I need a Pill Furnace to go with it. As soon as the formula is maxed out, I can start practicing Alchemy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yong shook his head. \"No, Master Xu. Pill Furnaces are usually custom-made at a Weapon Refining Workshop. However, for a basic pill like the Blood Coagulation Pill, you don’t really need a proper furnace. You can just buy a copper pot to brew it in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of his finger, Xu Yang sent a piece of silver flying toward Zhou Yong. \"A reward for you. As expected of a clerk from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, you really know your stuff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unnatural expression flashed across Zhou Yong’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang didn’t notice his odd expression, simply taking the Pill Formula and turning to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he returned to the main auction hall, the event had concluded and people were starting to file out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the crowd out of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Xu Yang noticed some people leaving in a hurry—the ones who had won valuable items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Inner Sect Disciple Sun Jian looked wary, using a Lightweight Skill to depart immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this made Xu Yang cautious as well. ’Anyone attending an auction, whether they bought something or not, is bound to be carrying a large amount of silver. You’d be guaranteed a score just by picking someone at random to rob and kill.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And on top of that, I bought a \"useless\" Pill Formula. In the eyes of some, I must look like a rich, foolish lamb ripe for the slaughter. I can feel several gazes fixed on me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I think I’m being watched. I hope it’s just my imagination!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yang’s heart sank. ’Looks like I can’t stay in the city. I need to get back to the Purple Sun Sect.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, he plunged into the crowd, rapidly changing direction until he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looks like Xu Yang’s being followed. Should we help him?\" Qin Ze whispered to Liu Qian and the others beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xu Yang left, he had seen several figures quickly fall in behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Gui shook his head. \"He’s not part of the Alliance anymore. Don’t go meddling. The people who would make a move are all desperate outlaws. Don’t stir up trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyan Yang City was situated in the heart of the Yunling Mountain Range, a place where saints and sinners mingled. Aside from the local residents, it was filled with outsiders hunting for treasure—the kind of fearless desperadoes who would do anything for resources.\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-06T05:15:18.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","a9055071d43408843c57570cbc8b4bfbba50ab01fe4d9b718f8c29cd9b011d15","martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-chapter-161","martial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-chapter-159",206,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmartial-sage-from-the-vajra-skill-cover.jpg"]