Chapter 36: Six Hundred Spirit Stones in Hand

The cold wind was biting.

Fortunately, He Pingsheng was a cultivator; as the fire-attribute spiritual power in his body circulated, a warm current naturally conducted through his whole body.

Even with the heavy snow and strong wind, he didn't feel cold anymore.

An hour later, the paper crane landed directly at the entrance of the Mount Matou market.

He Pingsheng didn't care about the one or two activations of the paper crane, so he put it away directly.

He didn't stop his feet and walked all the way through.

Although the weather was very cold and it was still snowing in the void, there were no fewer cultivators setting up stalls here.

He Pingsheng came to the stall of the familiar middle-aged uncle, looked at his pills, and asked: "How do you sell the Qi Gathering Pills?"

The middle-aged stall owner looked at He Pingsheng and actually didn't recognize him, saying: "Two spirit stones per pill. If you want a batch, it can be cheaper, counting it as twenty spirit stones!"

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense swept out silently, and he was shocked to find that he could actually see the cultivation base of the cultivator in front of him.

Eighth layer of Qi Condensation.

That's right!

This...

This shocked He Pingsheng for a long time: How is this possible?

In the cultivation world, cultivators peeking at cultivation bases can only do so from top to bottom.

Under normal circumstances, one can at most see through the cultivation base of cultivators in the same realm and cannot see through the specific cultivation base of cultivators higher than oneself.

But now, he saw it.

Clearly he was only at the fourth layer of Qi Condensation, yet he could see through someone else's eighth-layer cultivation base?

"Hoo..." He Pingsheng took a deep breath; he was sure that this must be the benefit brought by his cultivation of the spirit-refining technique, otherwise there was no other reason.

"Okay... please help me keep two batches, I'm going inside to get some things, I'll be right back!"

He Pingsheng pointed toward the Chamber of Commerce and walked all the way over.

Not long after, he arrived at 【Fenghe Manor】.

But this time, he didn't go in!

After all, this was a place where Daoist Ku Mu often traded, and it would be very bad if Shopkeeper Liu recognized him.

Walking past Fenghe Manor, the shops inside were lined up like scales, and there were many of them.

He randomly chose one and walked in.

The shopkeeper was a thin, hunched old man.

He Pingsheng didn't dare to use his spiritual sense to scan the old man, but respectfully cupped his hands.

After all, scanning others with spiritual sense easily is a very impolite behavior.

"Hello," the old man smiled and said: "Young man, what do you want to buy?"

"Here, I have most of the things you need!"

He Pingsheng said: "Junior doesn't want to buy anything, just want to ask the shopkeeper, do you accept 【Blazing Sun Flower】 pollen here?"

"Yo..." the shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and said: "In this winter, you still have Blazing Sun Flower pollen?"

"This was cultivated in a place where geothermal fire is exposed, right?"

He Pingsheng's heart jumped: Almost gave it away.

But fortunately, the shopkeeper found an excuse for himself.

He Pingsheng went with the flow and said: "I'm not sure either, it was cultivated by my master, who asked me to come and sell it!"

The old man said: "Fine... take it out and let me see, how much is there in total?"

He Pingsheng said: "Only two bottles... look!"

He took out the two jade bottles.

"A bit less!" The shopkeeper took the jade bottles to his face, then opened the lid, and was suddenly shocked, saying: "This... this... is actually mid-tier?"

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

"Amazing, amazing... to be able to cultivate mid-tier Blazing Sun Flowers in the middle of winter, truly powerful!"

"Your master is an amazing person!"

"Fine, I'll take these two bottles of Blazing Sun Flower pollen..."

The old man covered the bottles and said: "Young man, did your master say how many spirit stones to sell them for?"

His eyes were small and focused, looking extremely shrewd.

He Pingsheng showed a simple and honest look and said: "I don't know either... my master didn't say!"

The old man asked: "What sect are you from?"

He Pingsheng said: "Junior comes from the north!"

He didn't say the sect directly; he didn't want to say this, to avoid leaving trouble for himself, right?

Of course, he couldn't just make up a sect, because that would easily reveal flaws.

I said I came from the north, just because I didn't want to tell you!

It's best if you, old man, understand a little.

"Good, good, good, fine!" The old man said: "According to the rules, a bottle of low-tier 【Blazing Sun Flower】 pollen is worth about one hundred spirit stones!"

"These two bottles of yours are both mid-tier, the quality is good, we'll give you three hundred!"

"Two bottles, six hundred spirit stones in total!"

"Does that work for you?"

He Pingsheng nodded and said: "Fine... normal price is fine!"

"Good!" The old man waved his hand again, pointing inside and saying: "We have everything in our shop, do you want to take a look and buy some things?"

He Pingsheng smiled: "No need, thank you... the spirit stones are my master's, I dare not use them!"

Just kidding!

How could I buy anything here?

Later, I'll buy pills, spiritual herbs, and such things.

If people see, they will know you are a rogue cultivator, a wild cultivator without a master.

Wouldn't what I said before be exposed?

"Fine!" The old man brought a cloth bag and threw it on the counter, saying: "Inside are six hundred spirit stones, count them!"

Actually, no need to count.

He Pingsheng has spiritual sense; with a sweep of his spiritual sense, the number inside was clear in his heart.

A single spirit stone is very small, only about the size of a jujube.

But six hundred of them are quite a lot.

He Pingsheng had to carry the cloth bag on his back.

Then he walked out of the shop slowly and strolled on the street.

No way, had to carry the cloth bag while strolling.

Can't put these spirit stones into the Treasure Basin and then into the body in front of so many people, right?

He Pingsheng's action immediately attracted countless people to stop and watch.

But no need to worry about anyone robbing him here, after all, this is the Mount Matou market.

He Pingsheng then went to several shops and bought many things.

Seven-leaf spiritual herb, spiritual apricot, immortal bamboo shoot, vermilion fruit.

These are the materials for refining 【Qi Gathering Pills】, which must be bought.

Anyway, now that I have an alchemy furnace, I'll go back and try; what if I succeed in refining?

For these materials, He Pingsheng bought twenty portions of each.

Of course, can't just buy spiritual herbs, also need to buy some spiritual pills.

Bought two batches of Qi Gathering Pills in the shop, and bought two batches at the middle-aged cultivator's stall.

Now, it's enough for a short time.

"Little brother!" The middle-aged stall owner said: "Actually, you can also buy some 【Clear Spirit Pills】, you should need this!"

He Pingsheng asked: "What is Clear Spirit Pill?"

The middle-aged stall owner laughed: "Little brother doesn't know, when swallowing pills to cultivate, although it's a shortcut, it can quickly refine spiritual power to fill the dantian. But everything has pros and cons. If you swallow pills to cultivate for a long time, the pill poison in the pills will accumulate in the body!"

"Over time, it will affect cultivation instead!"

"So cultivators should assist in swallowing 【Clear Spirit Pills】 when swallowing pills, which can clear away the pill poison in the body!"

"Ah?" He Pingsheng touched his head and said: "Pill poison?"

"There is such a thing?"

"How can there not be?" The middle-aged stall owner said: "When refining pills, it's impossible to completely remove the impurities in the herbs. If there were no impurities at all, wouldn't it be a top-tier pill?"

He Pingsheng's eyebrows moved: "You mean, this top-tier pill has no pill poison?"

"Nonsense!" The middle-aged man said: "That's natural, but this top-tier pill only exists in legends, who can refine it?" ===== CHAPTER 37 =====