Chapter Thirty: Transaction
But it's said that Ling Xiao thought highly of him, and the person on the flying boat was actually Sima Zhuo. The flying boat token was also given to him by his father Sima Dian because he loved his son so much. It was a top-grade token called the Cloud Chariot. Not only could it fly quickly, but it could also trigger a protective array, which was enough to rely on this flying boat to block attacks from cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage.
Of course, no matter how powerful a treasure is, it's useless if it can't be taken out.
Arriving at the gate of Wan Miao Ge, Sima Yan put away the imperial cloud boat and swaggered in. He came to collect some alchemy materials for his father. However, he never considered others and directly flew here with his flying boat, unaware that he had already offended someone.
Just as he was about to enter the Wanyue Pavilion, he suddenly felt his body being bumped by someone.
He turned his head back in great anger, and saw a dirty beggar with mud all over his face, backing away while repeatedly apologizing with a frightened expression: "Sorry, sorry......" As if he was scared out of his wits, his voice was somewhat strange.
It was probably just an accident, he glared at the beggar with disgust and then looked away, continuing to walk inside. Arguing with such a beggar would only tarnish his reputation.
Her face suddenly revealed a sly smile, although her face was covered in mud, but under the flowing eye waves, she had several points of charm. She quietly left in another direction, blending into the crowd. As soon as she left, a snow-white silver fox appeared, and with a flash, it seemed to have come from Sima's body, carrying a small silver pouch in its mouth, chasing after the beggar girl.
Everything is going smoothly and quietly.
Not long after, a shocking voice suddenly came from the Wanyue Pavilion, "Who stole my storage bag!" A figure flashed out of the Wanyue Pavilion and stood at the door, scanning around with an angry face. Then he chased in one direction, which was exactly the direction where the beggar had left.
Just as he left, Ling Xiao also arrived at the gate of Wan Miao Lou.
He had come to the Wanyue Pavilion many times to sell elixirs and was quite familiar with it. The price given by the Wanyue Pavilion was always particularly fair, so Ling Xiao still had a good impression of this place.
As soon as I entered the Wanyue Pavilion, I saw two people sitting behind the counter in front of me.
One was an old man with a golden aura, while the other appeared to be a young woman, wearing soft-colored clothing with wide sleeves adorned with cloud patterns. As she moved her arms, it seemed as if ripples were forming, adding a touch of elegance; her head slightly bowed, her hair falling down, revealing a fair neck, like an onion, her slender fingers moving slightly, as if flipping through something.
Seeing Ling Xiao come in, the two people behind the counter looked up together.
Ling Xiao had seen the girl before, and knew she was the owner of this Wan Miao Lou, Miss Luo Qin. He first smiled, respectfully called out: "Miss Luo Qin, Master Jin." Only then did he walk forward.
Luochen smiled and nodded slightly at him.
Jin Lao stood up and smiled: "Feng Dao friend - it's been a while since you came, what do you want this time?"
Ling Xiao would slightly disguise herself to look older every time she came. Her appearance after each disguise was the same, and she often sold elixirs, so after a few times, Jin Lao also remembered her.
Last time Jin Lao asked him his name, he inexplicably called himself Venerable Fu.
Looking back, the surname Fu is indeed too rare, and it's not quite proper to claim to be surnamed Fu. But since I've already reported it, I can only give up. So this time, Old Jin addressed me as "Fu Dao You".
Ling Xiao concealed the slight awkwardness rising in his heart and reported the materials he needed: second-order demon beast essence blood, Sheng Han Mu, Zi Qiao Cao, and also asked about Huo Rong Jin which might not be used. After all, it was still his cautious nature.
Jin Lao furrowed his brow slightly, "Let me think, these materials are quite rare..."
He still hesitated, and Luo Qin had already stood up beside him, saying softly: "Sheng Han Mu, Zi Qiao Cao and Huo Rong Jin are all available, but the price is a bit high. There are more than ten kinds of second-order demon beast essence blood, Mu She, Cang Jin Diao, Di Long... I don't know which one Master Fu needs?"
Among fellow Taoist cultivators of the same rank, they generally address each other as "fellow daoists"; she was unusual in that she always referred to Ling Xiao as "Feng Gongzi".
Ling Xiao didn't expect it to be so smooth and couldn't help but say with joy: "I need some quick-moving, agile and nimble demon beasts' essence blood, I wonder if there is any here?"
Luò Chén smiled and said: "That Fú Gōngzǐ saw the essence of the wood snake's blood, is it still suitable? The wood snake often lives in tree clusters and shallow waters, its movements are as swift as the wind. Even for a cultivator who has practiced to the fourth or fifth layer, they wouldn't dare provoke it easily. This portion of the wood snake's essence, being preserved relatively intact, should be sufficient for your use, young master."
Ling Xiao nodded in agreement and asked: "I wonder how many spirit stones are needed in total?"
Luò Chén said without hesitation: "Mù Shé Jīng Xuè requires 20 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, Shēn Hán Mù only needs one piece of lower-grade spirit stone, Zǐ Qiào Cǎo requires three pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, Huǒ Róng Jīn requires two pieces of lower-grade spirit stones. A total of 26 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones."
This price made Ling Xiao jump in fright as well.
Twenty-six pieces of low-grade spirit stones, high-grade cultivation pills, all require more than eight grains; medium-grade cultivation pills need even more... twenty-six grains. I'm afraid that even the outer sect disciples of Qiyun Sect who have cultivated to the sixth layer may not necessarily be able to take out so many at once.
Even if it's not a Fire Refining Stone, it would still cost 24 pieces of Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Although Ling Xiao's success rate in refining elixirs was astonishing due to the strange flame within his body, most of the elixirs he refined were only left for his own consumption. At most, he now had only 5 top-grade Cultivation Elixirs and 5 mid-grade Cultivation Elixirs on him. He thought that with such wealth, it should have been enough, but unexpectedly, he still lacked 4 pieces of low-grade Spirit Stones.
Ling Xiao didn't bat an eyelid and said, "Isn't it too expensive? Can you make it a bit cheaper?"
Luò Chén slightly shook her head and apologetically said: "These materials, we also didn't get them cheaply, I'm afraid it can't be lowered again. However, if Fú Gōngzǐ doesn't need such high-quality pure blood, there are some slightly cheaper pure blood of demonic beasts, like the kind from Dilóng."
Ling Xiao shook his head. The earth dragon was good at moving underground and could be considered a difficult-to-deal-with second-tier demon beast, but its movements were clumsy and slow.
And his two puppets were naturally agile and swift, so they couldn't use the dragon's blood. You should know that the beast's blood is the beast's cultivation before its death, which contains a lot of spiritual energy and is closely related to the beast's nature.
And so, in the refined puppet, the main ingredient used to make the core is the essence of a demonic beast's blood.
"I don't know if I can pay a deposit first, would your store be willing to reserve these items for me while I go get the money and come back to buy them?" Ling Xiao asked cautiously.
Luò Qín's delicate and beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she said warmly: "Fú Gōngzǐ, are you momentarily short of money?"
Ling Xiao nodded solemnly.
Luò Chén thought for a moment, then spoke up: "If it were someone else, it wouldn't be possible. However, Fú Gōngzǐ is also a regular customer of our store, so making an exception shouldn't be a problem. Nevertheless... I have another request."
"What's going on?" Ling Xiao didn't respond directly, but instead asked cautiously.
"Before, Master Fu often sold some Pei Yuan Dan, and the quality was not low either. I wonder if Master has any Xuan Yin Dan in his hands? If you can provide some high-quality Xuan Yin Dan, I can buy it from you at a high price. Of course, even if not, it won't affect the transaction of those materials."
Xuanyin Dan is also a second-grade elixir, like Jiuzhi Dan and Xiaohuan Dan.
However, the difference is that Jizhudan and Xiaohuandan are the most commonly used dan medicines. Xuan Yindan, on the other hand, is a special kind of dan medicine that contains pure cold energy and only has an effect on practitioners who cultivate yin-cold gongfa.
So it's relatively rare.
Of course, with the power of Wan Miao Ge, it's impossible to say that there isn't even a single top-grade Xuan Yin Dan. So, I suppose the quality of the Xuan Yin Dan required must be very high?
Ling Xiao asked cautiously: "I wonder what quality of Xuan Yin Dan Miss Luo needs?"
"At least 80% of the medicinal effect!"
Ling Xiao slightly hesitated, no wonder Luo Qin was going to ask him for the purchase. The quality of this Xuan Yin Dan required was indeed a bit too high. Eighty percent of the medicinal power of Xuan Yin Dan, the difficulty of refining is several times that of ordinary seventy percent of the top grade Xuan Yin Dan.
"What price does Miss Luo intend to acquire it for?" Ling Xiao asked tentatively.
Luò Qín's gentle smile said: "If Fú Gōngzǐ can take it out, I am willing to buy it at the price of 10 pieces of low-grade spirit stone per grain!"
Low-quality spirit stone for 10 bucks!
Just taking two pills can offset more than half of the total cost of those materials.
Xuanyin Dan is a second-tier spiritual medicine, and its price is generally several times that of the first-tier Dan medicine Peiyuan Dan. The price of medium-quality Xuanyin Dan is often around 2-3 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, while high-quality Xuanyin Dan can float up to 5 or 6 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones. However, with only about 80% efficacy, it's not quite a top-notch medicine, and its price usually doesn't exceed 8-9 pieces of lower-grade spirit stones.
Luochenken offered a price of 10 pieces for the lower-grade Ling Stone, apparently due to urgent need.
The Eightfold Medicine's Xuan Yin Dan, although its quality is already very high, but after all, it is still much easier to refine than that kind of dan medicine close to the top grade.
Ling Xiao Xiu had already entered the third layer of Qi refining and had listened to Fu Ling's lectures for more than four months; of course, what was even more crucial was that strange flame within his body... Therefore, privately cultivating on his own, he might still have a chance to succeed.
And just as he was weighing his options, Luo Qin added with a smile: "If Young Master Fu is still not satisfied, I have one more thing here. If you're interested, I can sell it to you at a lower price."
Ling Xiao looked at her with great interest.
She slowly took out a brocade box and pushed it in front of Ling Xiao, opening it slowly.
As soon as she opened it, Ling Xiao felt a sharp and fierce aura rushing towards her. She was slightly startled and looked into the box, only to see a half-inch long, slightly curved greyish-white skeleton lying inside; its body was emitting a faint metallic glow, which clearly indicated that it was extremely hard.
It's like a phalange bone. And looking at its curved degree, it seems more like the phalange bone of some kind of demonic bird.
But to have such a sharp aura, it must not be an ordinary second-order demon beast, and it's even possible that it's not a third-order demon beast. You know, the strength of a third-order demon beast is already equivalent to that of a foundation-building cultivator!
"What is this?" Ling Xiao asked in surprise.
Luò qín slowly opened his mouth ——
