Chapter 155: Hundred Herb Pavilion

Hundred Herb Pavilion!

"Fellow Daoist Su, I have all the Gold Jade Ganoderma you need here, but for this century-old Ningyuan Grass, our shop truly does not have any."

"I suppose you are preparing to refine Po Yuan Pill? I never expected you to be a First-Grade High-Tier Alchemist. My apologies, my apologies."

A manager of the Hundred Herb Pavilion, upon meeting Su Fan in the attic on the second floor and exchanging pleasantries, was very surprised to learn of Su Fan's intentions.

"Shopkeeper Yan is joking. How could I possibly be capable of refining Po Yuan Pill? The Ningyuan Grass is also for my family's needs. Since I happened to be at Taihe Market and heard that the Hundred Herb Pavilion is the top spirit herb shop in Taihe Market, I just came to take a look."

Su Fan shook his head. Naturally, he would not expose himself; bringing up the family behind him was, firstly, to distance himself, and secondly, to intimidate the former.

After all, most Immortal Cultivators are aware that those capable of refining Po Yuan Pill are almost all Second-tier Mid Grade Alchemists; even Second-tier Low Grade Alchemists would likely struggle to break even.

Because of its specific nature, there is not much actual demand for Po Yuan Pill, so not many alchemists are willing to improve their success rate for it.

This has led to the situation where even many Second-tier Low Grade Alchemists rarely refine it.

Those who can break even or make a profit are only the Second-tier Mid Grade Alchemists; because of their alchemy skills, they do not fear refining it at a loss.

A Second-tier Mid Grade Alchemist has a higher status than some Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivators, and here in Taihe Market, they would be sought after by many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Su Fan brandishing this banner was also a small warning to the other party.

Clearly, this Shopkeeper Yan felt it, and his expression changed once again.

His face seemed even more enthusiastic.

"Fellow Daoist Su, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait. I do not have it here, but there should be some in other branches of the family."

A Second-tier Mid Grade Alchemist is worth their Yan family's efforts to win over.

As for whether Su Fan was lying, he felt it was unlikely. He was very certain that Su Fan was an alchemist, because he could smell a faint scent of smoke and the mellow fragrance of medicinal pills on the other party.

This is a scent that only exists on alchemists who have refined pills for a long time.

As for whether he is a First-Grade High-Tier Alchemist, no one can know, but thinking that the other party's family has a Second-tier Alchemist, even if he is not a First-Grade High-Tier, he is likely a First-tier Mid-grade.

As for the fact that the other party does not look old, so what? For those with talent, one cannot judge a person by their age.

"Then, may I ask how much time the manager needs?"

Hearing this, Su Fan felt a surge of joy in his heart. As one of the major spirit herb shops in Taihe Market, the Hundred Herb Pavilion naturally does not have only this one location; he assumed they would have it elsewhere.

The reason Su Fan chose the Hundred Herb Pavilion was precisely because the power behind them is not small, making it more likely they would possess Ningyuan Grass.

"At least three months. Fellow Daoist Su is also aware that century-old Ningyuan Grass is not like other spirit herbs; it is inherently scarce, and coupled with the fact that few people ask for it, naturally, there are even fewer people searching for and picking it."

Su Fan was naturally aware that if it were some other spirit herbs, they could likely be transferred easily, but this Ningyuan Grass is indeed rare.

Because the demand is low, naturally, fewer people go out to search for it.

"Three months is a duration I can afford to wait. In that case, I will have to trouble Shopkeeper Yan."

Su Fan smiled slightly.

"Haha! No problem."

Both of them smiled knowingly, and subsequently, Su Fan purchased some First-Grade High-Tier spirit herbs from this person.

Leaving the Hundred Herb Pavilion, Su Fan went to several other shops selling spirit herbs, and as expected, these shops did not have Ningyuan Grass; Su Fan even went to the Taihe Chamber of Commerce.

Unfortunately, he gained nothing, and as for the Sanxiuguangchang, it went without saying.

Century-old Ningyuan Grass is truly too rare; he could only wait for half a year.

But that is fine; in half a year, he could accumulate more Spirit Stones.

In one year, he earned quite a few Spirit Stones, because after being promoted to a First-Grade High-Tier Alchemist later, the profit from alchemy also increased significantly.

Over the course of a year, he had over a thousand Spirit Stones on him.

This was already the result of him exhausting his efforts to earn them.

For this, he almost exposed his identity.

However, over a thousand Spirit Stones is not much; a single stalk of century-old Ningyuan Grass costs over a hundred Spirit Stones.

Supplemented with other spirit herbs, a single furnace of Po Yuan Pill costs nearly two hundred Spirit Stones.

Su Fan was prepared for the difficulty of refining Po Yuan Pill; if it were an ordinary alchemist, they would likely not succeed without going through a dozen furnaces.

This is also why many Second-tier Alchemists are unwilling to attempt to refine it.

But Su Fan had no choice; there was simply no Po Yuan Pill in Taihe Market, so he had to refine it himself.

As for why he did not ask other Second-tier Alchemists to refine it, firstly, he did not know any; as a Qi Refining eighth-layer cultivator, how could he come into contact with Second-tier Alchemists?

Most Second-tier Alchemists are Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Secondly, he wanted to try refining it himself, as this could improve his alchemy; once he successfully refined Po Yuan Pill, it would be of great help for his breakthrough to Second-tier Alchemy.

Spending a certain amount of Spirit Stones was actually acceptable.

Three months might be a long time for a mortal, but for an Immortal Cultivator, it is nothing; many high-level Immortal Cultivators spend more than half a year in a single closed-door meditation.

Su Fan did not spend three months in closed-door meditation, but in the process of refining pills, making talismans, or contemplating the Array Inheritance, three months passed just like that.

Sure enough, that Shopkeeper Yan of the Hundred Herb Pavilion was very trustworthy; after more than two months, he sent him a message.

Su Fan obtained three stalks of century-old Ningyuan Grass from the other party, as well as numerous auxiliary spirit herbs.

Three stalks of Ningyuan Grass were only enough to refine three furnaces of Po Yuan Pill.

In order to refine Po Yuan Pill, Su Fan chose the best Earth Fire alchemy room, which cost eighty Spirit Stones per month.

It can be said to be extremely expensive.

But this alchemy room was indeed excellent; the unique alchemy furnace inside was at the peak level of First-Grade High-tier.

It was far better than the First-tier Mid-grade alchemy furnace Su Fan had bought from the market himself.

It was not that Su Fan did not want to buy a better alchemy furnace, but these furnaces are even more precious; there are not many First-tier Mid-grade ones, and their prices are above that of ordinary First-Grade High-tier Artifacts.

A First-Grade High-tier alchemy furnace even requires fifteen hundred Spirit Stones.

Ordinary people really cannot afford to use one.

Entering the alchemy room, Su Fan first refined a few furnaces of other First-Grade High-Tier spirit pills to warm up this alchemy furnace.

Refining a few furnaces of Qi Refining Powder, the success rate for each was a little over fifty percent, which still made Su Fan feel very happy inside.

This was a decent performance; he had hoped that out of these three furnaces, he would be able to succeed once, and even if it were only one pill, he would have been satisfied.

He did not need to use the Po Yuan Pill to earn Spirit Pills.

Some Spirit Pills really do not make money.

The Po Yuan Pill is one such type; it is difficult to refine, and the demand in the market is also low.