Chapter 26: Can't afford it

He Pingsheng looked in the direction pointed out by the Qi Condensation Stage third layer disciple and indeed saw the staircase entrance in a corner of the main hall.

"Thank you, junior brother!"

He Pingsheng bowed in thanks and walked towards the staircase.

Stepped on the stairs and walked to the second floor.

First, he entered a room.

An old man dressed in gray robes sat in the room; he couldn't see the old man's cultivation.

But the old man's sharp gaze swept over He Pingsheng and said: "Fourth layer... is this your first time here?"

He Pingsheng said respectfully: "Yes, the junior is here for the first time!"

"No need to address me like that!" The gray-robed old man waved his hand and said: "You are Qi Condensation Stage fourth layer, I am Qi Condensation Stage ninth layer. Although there is some gap, generally speaking, we are both in the Qi Condensation Stage, so you can call me senior brother from now on!"

"I can't afford the title of 'senior'!"

"Yes, senior brother!" He Pingsheng hurriedly changed his address.

The gray-robed old man said: "Go in!"

This hurdle was considered passed.

He Pingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to the gray-robed old man again very politely, and then turned and walked into the hall on the second floor.

The second floor was the same size as the first.

Only here, there was no bustling of the first floor.

Only a dozen disciples were moving back and forth among various shelves.

"This junior brother..." A disciple at the Qi Condensation Stage fifth layer came to He Pingsheng, smiled slightly, and said: "Are you here to buy items?"

"Please follow me!"

He Pingsheng said: "No... little brother is here for the first time, I'll just take a look around!"

"Fine!" The person said: "Then you can look around as you please. If there are items you are satisfied with, you can buy them; the prices are marked under each item!"

He Pingsheng thanked him and then wandered around this large second floor by himself.

On the second floor, there were other cultivators, but not many.

For He Pingsheng, it would be best to buy some waste pills at a very low price, then strengthen their quality with the Treasure Basin, and finally use them.

But he also knew this was wishful thinking.

Because it was impossible for the Changyi Pavilion to sell waste pills.

Then low-tier Qi-Gathering Pills!

Hope the price isn't too outrageous!

He Pingsheng searched along the shelves and soon came to the 【Pill Shelf】.

A huge shelf filled with various pills.

Qi-Gathering Pills, Jin Gu Dan, Foundation-Cultivating Pills, Marrow-Cleansing Pills, Grain Bigu Pills!

And so on...

Among them, the most numerous were Grain Bigu Pills.

He Pingsheng took a look; one batch of Grain Bigu Pills was priced at 800 contribution points.

And one batch was twelve pills.

Grain Bigu Pills cannot assist in cultivation.

But they have one advantage, which is Grain Bigu (abstaining from grain).

Qi Condensation Stage disciples have to take care of miscellaneous tasks like eating and drinking while practicing, so they cannot focus on cultivation. If they have Grain Bigu Pills, they can avoid these miscellaneous tasks.

Swallowing one Grain Bigu Pill can allow a person to not need to eat or drink for a month.

One batch of Grain Bigu Pills can support a cultivator's usage for a year.

But looking at this price, He Pingsheng indicated he couldn't afford it.

Too expensive.

He only had a little over a thousand contribution points in total.

Let's look at the rest.

Low-tier Qi-Gathering Pills!

This stuff is much more expensive than Grain Bigu Pills.

Because it is a pill used for cultivation and can improve cultivation, it cannot be compared to vulgar things like Grain Bigu Pills.

This thing isn't sold by the 【batch】, but by the pill.

One low-tier Qi-Gathering Pill requires two low-tier spirit stones.

So, they don't want contribution points, only spirit stones.

This...

He Pingsheng wanted to buy some Qi-Gathering Pills, but unfortunately, he didn't have spirit stones either.

Of course, as a disciple of a "cultivation family," He Pingsheng couldn't possibly not know what spirit stones were.

Spirit stones are a special kind of stone, each low-tier spirit stone is about the size of a jujube, divided into five different attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, containing different five-element spiritual energy inside.

This thing can assist in cultivation and can be used as an energy supply source for arrays.

Of course, it can also be used as an energy source for some flight-type magic treasures.

Because of its wide range of uses, it has become the universal currency in the cultivation world.

He Pingsheng had also seen this thing; after his parents died, there were dozens of them at home, which were later snatched away by those people of unknown identity.

Not a single one left.

"Senior brother..." He Pingsheng saw the guide senior brother and asked: "How many contribution points can exchange for one spirit stone?"

"Hehe..." The disciple dressed in green robes smiled and said: "Junior brother doesn't know, contribution points and spirit stones cannot be freely exchanged!"

"Some items only need contribution points, but some precious items must be bought with spirit stones!"

"Understand?"

"Understand!" He Pingsheng wasn't stupid; he understood immediately.

He Pingsheng continued to watch the shelves.

Qi-Gathering Pill, low-tier, two spirit stones can buy one.

Jin Gu Dan, low-tier, one spirit stone per pill.

Marrow-Cleansing Pill, low-tier, five spirit stones per pill!

These pills all need spirit stones.

He Pingsheng's gaze turned, and he saw some herbs near the shelf.

【Seven-Leaf Spiritual Grass】 ten plants: one spirit stone.

【Spiritual Apricot】 ten pieces, two spirit stones.

【Immortal Bamboo Shoot】 ten pieces, one spirit stone.

【Zhu Guo】 ten pieces, three spirit stones.

He Pingsheng's eyes narrowed.

Seven-Leaf Spiritual Grass, Zhu Guo, Immortal Bamboo Shoot, and Spiritual Apricot, these four kinds of spiritual herbs are first-tier spiritual herbs, and these four kinds of spiritual herbs together form the refining material for 【Qi-Gathering Pill】.

That is to say, the above spiritual herbs are the material quantity for ten batches of 【Qi-Gathering Pills】.

Buying them only requires seven spirit stones.

If all ten batches are refined successfully, even if they are all low-tier, there would be one hundred and twenty pills.

One pill is worth two spirit stones, that's two hundred and forty spirit stones.

*Sss sss sss... *

Compared to the seven spirit stones for materials, a premium of more than thirty times?

Of course!

The success rate of alchemy is very low; for some alchemists, often ten portions of materials can only refine one batch of pills.

Then these twelve pills can also be sold for twenty-four spirit stones.

Calculated this way, the premium is also more than three times.

However, alchemy is not that simple.

Besides buying materials, you also need an alchemy furnace, alchemy prescriptions, and fire, etc.

Ordinary outer sect disciples have no chance to walk into the alchemy room to refine pills.

And if you refine pills at home, the success rate will drop by more than ten times.

So, He Pingsheng instantly gave up the idea of selling materials to refine pills.

The key is, he doesn't have spirit stones either.

He Pingsheng shook his head and left the shelf selling pills.

Let's go turn around elsewhere.

【Beginner Flying Sword】: first-tier magic treasure, selling price sixty spirit stones.

【Cyan Wood Shield】: first-tier magic treasure, can defend against spell attacks from cultivators of the same level after being supported, selling price one hundred and thirty spirit stones.

【Ice Needle Talisman】: first-tier talisman, can summon ice needles after use, equivalent to a full-strength blow from a Qi Condensation Stage seventh layer, selling price sixty spirit stones.

Really good stuff.

Unfortunately, can't afford it!

Really can't afford it. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====