AWB Chapter 68 Purchasing a Tier 3 Pill Recipe
Chapter 68 Purchasing a Tier 3 Pill Recipe
After dealing with matters in Shuize County, Ye Xiaobai felt it was still necessary to visit Li Xinyan. After all, he and Li Xinyan had killed quite a few Qingyun Sect cultivators, and it would be safer for them to travel together this time.
Although Ye Xiaobai didn't encounter any trouble from the Qingyun Sect cultivators, it meant that Li Xinyan was also fine.
Another reason is that Li Xinyan's training location is in Sanjiang Prefecture, where there is a special market. Ye Xiaobai was looking for a larger market to buy some third-tier pill formulas.
Ye Xiaobai has collected most of the suitable pill recipes in the nearby markets. If he wants more pill recipes, going to Sanjiang Prefecture would be a good choice.
After leaving Shuize County, Ye Xiaobai immediately flew on his sword to Sanjiang Prefecture.
The journey was relatively smooth, and five days later, Ye Xiaobai arrived safely at the market town of Sanjiang Prefecture.
Looking into the distance, Ye Xiaobai noticed that the market was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. Cultivators thronged the market, and stalls selling pills, magical artifacts, and talismans lined both sides of the street.
Not long after Ye Xiaobai entered the market, a shifty-eyed young man appeared in front of him. His cultivation level was only the third level of Qi Refining, but his attitude was very respectful.
"Senior, hello. My name is Lu Ping. I'm renting out a room at the market. Would you be interested in renting a quiet cultivation room?"
"No need, thank you!" Ye Xiaobai certainly didn't intend to rent a house, and wanted to go to the White Tiger Sect's headquarters in the market, so he turned to leave.
This market is jointly managed by the White Tiger Sect and the Vermilion Bird Sect. Due to its large size, the White Tiger Sect specially assigned a Core Formation stage cultivator to guard this place.
“Hey, senior, don’t worry. I see you’re new to this market. If you need anything, just tell me. I’m familiar with this market, so you can save yourself the time of asking for directions,” Lu Ping continued.
"Oh, I'd like to buy some spirit herbs and third-tier pill formulas. Do you know where I can buy them?" It was Ye Xiaobai's first time in this market, and it would be quite troublesome to find them on his own, so he decided to ask Lu Ping to lead the way.
“Senior, I’m familiar with this. Please follow me!” Lu Ping said happily.
Ye Xiaobai then followed Lu Ping to the entrance of a grandly decorated shop. Lu Ping excitedly said, "Senior, this Treasure Pavilion must have everything you want."
After saying that, Lu Ping led Ye Xiaobai into the Treasure Pavilion.
"Brother Qi, quickly call the manager out and tell him we have distinguished guests!" Lu Ping shouted to the waiter as soon as he entered the door.
"Xiao Lu, wait a moment, I'll go call the manager right away!" The waiter quickly ran into the inner room.
A moment later, a portly middle-aged man came out. Upon seeing Ye Xiaobai and Lu Ping, he immediately smiled and said to Ye Xiaobai, "Fellow Daoist, what kind of treasures are you looking for? Whether it's formations, magic weapons, elixirs, or spiritual herbs, we have them all!"
"Shopkeeper, it's like this, I'd like to buy some third-tier pill formulas to increase cultivation, do you have any?" Ye Xiaobai asked directly.
"Third-tier pill formulas are extremely precious, let alone those that enhance cultivation; these are even rarer!"
"Shopkeeper, stop beating around the bush, just tell me if you have it or not?"
"Alright, alright, fellow Daoist, I'll be frank. I have three kinds of pills here that meet your requirements: Guiyuan Pill, Ningyuan Pill, and Juyuan Pill!" the shopkeeper said proudly.
"May I take a look first?"
"No problem, these are parts of three pill formulas!" The shopkeeper said, tossing three jade slips to Ye Xiaobai.
Ye Xiaobai, having the recipe for the Returning Origin Pill, quickly confirmed that the three recipes were all correct. He then asked, "How many spirit stones are needed for the Condensing Origin Pill and the Gathering Origin Pill?"
"Fellow Daoist, as you know, a third-tier pill costs tens of thousands of spirit stones. Is it too much to ask you to sell two pill formulas for two hundred thousand?"
"What? Two hundred thousand spirit stones? The shopkeeper really knows how to ask for an exorbitant price!" Ye Xiaobai was also shocked when he heard the price of the pill formula; it wasn't that expensive.
"Hey, fellow Daoist, don't complain about the price. This is a third-tier pill formula, not those low-grade first or second-tier ones. It's worth the price!" the shopkeeper quickly explained.
"But it's too expensive! The recipe for the Guiyuan Pill I bought before only cost 50,000 spirit stones!"
"That's right, fellow Daoist. After all, the Condensing Essence Pill and Gathering Essence Pill are more effective than the Returning Essence Pill, so their prices are naturally higher," the shopkeeper explained again.
"Then let's make it 120,000. I really can't come up with any more than that!" Ye Xiaobai said, pretending to be reluctant.
"Fellow Daoist, how about this? Since we seem to have a connection, let's be friends today. I'll give you 150,000 spirit stones and two pill formulas, alright?" The shopkeeper seemed to have made a difficult decision.
"120,000, that's really the most I can do!" Ye Xiaobai said, turning to leave.
Seeing that Ye Xiaobai was about to leave, the shopkeeper could only run over and pull Ye Xiaobai back, saying, "Alright, alright, deal."
Then, he handed over the spirit stones in one hand and the pill formula in the other. After confirming that the pill formula was correct, Ye Xiaobai put it away.
"Seeing how much you appreciate pill formulas, our Treasure Pavilion recently acquired a rare one. Would you be interested in learning more about it?" Seeing Ye Xiaobai's impressive abilities, the shopkeeper immediately tried to curry favor by recommending other pill formulas.
"What kind of pill formula?" Ye Xiaobai also wanted to collect more pill formulas.
"The recipe for the Mysterious Spirit Beast-Nourishing Pill!" the shopkeeper said proudly.
"Oh? What are the effects of this pill?" Ye Xiaobai asked curiously.
"It can improve the cultivation level of demonic beasts and make it easier for them to break through bottlenecks!" the shopkeeper continued.
"Sounds good, but I don't raise any demonic beasts, so it doesn't seem to be of much use!"
"Just because it's not there now doesn't mean it won't be in the future. It's always good to be prepared. Raising monsters will also greatly enhance your combat power in the future," the shopkeeper continued to advise.
Ye Xiaobai had previously considered catching a demonic beast, but hadn't encountered a suitable one yet, though he did have that plan in the future. Having a demonic beast meant he'd need to consider its feeding materials, so preparing these pills in advance was a good idea.
So Ye Xiaobai spent 10,000 spirit stones to buy the recipe for the Profound Spirit Beast-Nourishing Pill, and then left the Treasure Pavilion.
After Ye Xiaobai and Lu Ping inquired about the location of the White Tiger Sect's headquarters in the market, Ye Xiaobai parted ways with Lu Ping. He then bought some daily necessities of spiritual herbs and sold some surplus pills before heading to the headquarters alone.
They arrived at the camp shortly afterward. After greeting the White Tiger Sect brothers there, Ye Xiaobai inquired about Li Xinyan's whereabouts.
It was then learned that a spiritual vein mine belonging to the nearby White Tiger Sect had encountered a problem, and for some reason, more than half of the spiritual energy in the extracted spiritual stones had been lost.
The sect elders were all very troubled and couldn't figure out the cause. Li Xinyan happened to be training nearby, so she volunteered to go and check on the problem in the mine.
After confirming the location of the mine, Ye Xiaobai left the market and flew towards the mine on his sword. At the same time, he felt a little regretful, as there probably wouldn't be a hero rescuing the damsel in distress this time.