"Although the Mountain and River Qi Stabilizing Pill is only a seventh-grade spiritual pill, the alchemy skill required to refine it is far beyond seventh grade. Even ordinary eighth-grade alchemists may not be able to refine it, and even ninth-grade alchemists have a low success rate. That Feng Ye is just a seventh-grade alchemist. Can he refine the Mountain and River Qi Stabilizing Pill?" Qian Liao said dismissively.

"It's better to be safe than sorry," Zhou Donglin said slowly.

After glancing at Qian Liao, Zhou Donglin continued, "Furthermore, I once taught you that we can despise our opponents, but we must never underestimate them. Despising our opponents can help us build confidence and thus be unafraid of others, but do I need to tell you what the consequences of underestimating them are?"

“Master, you’re right. I underestimated him,” Qian Liao quickly said.

"I've said all I need to say, you should understand what to do, right?" Zhou Donglin said.

"I see."

Qian Liao nodded with a smile, but his eyes looked extremely sinister.

“Then go ahead, don’t let me down,” Zhou Donglin said again.

Qian Liao nodded in agreement, then quickly left. After leaving Zhou Donglin's cultivation cave, he hurriedly took to the air and flew towards the horizon.

Ye Feng and Chen Yuanji had already come out of Li Hengfeng's cultivation cave.

Chen Yuanji asked, "Junior Brother Feng, can you really refine the Mountain and River Stabilizing Qi Pill?"

"Of course, but the success rate is not high," Night Wind replied.

"As long as you can refine it, it doesn't matter if the success rate is low. I'll prepare more medicinal materials for you to refine the Mountain and River Qi Stabilizing Pill. You can refine it seven or eight times. As long as you succeed once, we'll consider it a completion of Master's task," Chen Yuanji said with a smile.

Then Chen Yuanji asked, "Junior Brother Feng, what medicinal materials are needed to refine the Mountain and River Stabilizing Qi Pill?"

Ye Feng recited all the medicinal materials needed to refine the Mountain and River Stabilizing Qi Pill.

After listening, Chen Yuanji said, "The other medicinal materials are easy to obtain, but the mangosteen flower and the long river grass are relatively difficult to find. Junior brother, come with me to the medicine pavilion now, and we will ask if they have mangosteen flowers and long river grass."

“Okay, senior brother.” Ye Feng nodded with a smile.

Night Wind and Chen Yuanji took to the air together and flew towards the direction of the Tianyang Sect's Medicine Pavilion.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Ye Feng followed Chen Yuanji to the Tianyang Sect's Medicine Pavilion.

However, the reply from the disciples of the Medicine Pavilion made Chen Yuanji and Ye Feng frown.

"What? The mangosteen flowers and the long river grass are all gone?" Chen Yuanji frowned.

“Yes, Senior Brother Chen, both of these medicinal herbs are out of stock, and there won’t be any more for a while,” said Wang Jianghai, a disciple of the Medicine Pavilion.

"Why is that?" Chen Yuanji asked again.

Wang Jianghai said with a wry smile, "It's gone, it's gone. Would I lie to you?"

Chen Yuanji said, "The Medicine Pavilion has the largest and most spiritually rich medicine garden in our Tianyang Sect. How could it not cultivate mangosteen flowers and long river grass? Moreover, mangosteen flowers and long river grass can only be used to refine the Mountain and River Qi Stabilizing Pill, and cannot be used to refine other spiritual pills and medicines. The daily requirement is not very large, so how could it not be available?"

"Junior Brother Wang, please inform your master that I wish to pay him a visit."

Wang Jianghai said seriously, "Senior Brother Chen, I really didn't lie to you. Even if you go to my master, he can't give you the mangosteen flower and the long river grass."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanji's expression turned even more unpleasant.

Wang Jianghai continued, "To be honest, we originally had mangosteen flowers and long river grass here, but just now, Senior Brother Qian arrived here before you and took all of them. Since that's the case, our medicine pavilion naturally no longer has these two herbs."

“If you need it urgently, Senior Brother Chen, you might as well go to Senior Brother Qian. He’s sure to have it.”

Chen Yuanji's face immediately turned ashen.

"So it was Qian Liao who did this! That guy definitely did it on purpose!" Chen Yuanji said angrily.

Wang Jianghai also knew that the First Elder and the Second Elder were at odds. Chen Yuanji was the eldest disciple of the First Elder, Li Hengfeng, while Qian Liao was the disciple of the Second Elder, Zhou Donglin. Naturally, Chen Yuanji and Qian Liao also had many conflicts.

But none of this concerned him, and he wasn't the type to gossip, so he just stood quietly to the side without saying a word.

Ye Feng said, "Senior Brother Chen, please calm down. Since Qian Liao has taken all the Mangosteen Flower and Long River Grass from our sect, we definitely won't get them back from him. In that case, let's go to Zhonghao City. There are so many fake merchant guilds in Zhonghao City, surely we can find the Mangosteen Flower and Long River Grass there?"

"Junior brother, you're right. Let's go to Zhonghao City now!"

After saying that, Chen Yuanji led Ye Feng out of the medicine pavilion and flew towards Zhonghao City.

Chen Yuanji was anxious. He flew for quite a distance before realizing that he was flying at full speed. However, when he looked at Ye Feng beside him, he was surprised to find that Ye Feng could keep up with him.

When Ye Feng saw Chen Yuanji looking at him, he immediately understood what the guy was thinking.

Then Ye Feng laughed and said, "Senior Brother Chen, you don't need to be surprised. As an alchemist, my ability to fight head-on is too poor, so I have to put in the effort to find some ways to protect myself. Therefore, this flying escape technique is something I specially cultivated, so of course it's not slow."

"I see."

Chen Yuanji nodded and didn't think about it any further.

Before long, the two arrived at Zhonghao City and then went from one merchant guild to another inquiring about mangosteen flowers and long river grass.

But these chambers of commerce have already sold the mangosteen flowers and river grass!

The manager of the Wufeng Chamber of Commerce in front of him said awkwardly, "Young Master Chen, I really didn't lie to you. Our Chamber of Commerce's mangosteen flowers and long river grass have just been bought up. Moreover, that person not only bought up our current stock of mangosteen flowers and long river grass, but also reserved the mangosteen flowers and long river grass for the next year."

"Who is so arrogant?" Chen Yuanji asked, his face ashen.

"It is Young Master Qian Liao from your esteemed faction," the manager of the Wu Feng Chamber of Commerce replied, wiping the cold sweat from his brow.

"Fine! Fine! Fine! Fine, you Qian Liao, you're always going against me, you really don't take me seriously!" Chen Yuanji sneered angrily, saying "fine" three times in a row.

Night Wind frowned and said, "Even if Qian Liao is fast, there is a limit. Let's go find other merchants right away. Maybe we can buy mangosteen flowers and long river grass before he does."

"As long as we can get the mangosteen flowers and long river grass, what can he do even if he buys up all the mangosteen flowers and long river grass stored by all the chambers of commerce in Zhonghao City? Senior Brother Chen, there's no time to lose, let's act quickly!"

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Chen Yuanji immediately calmed down.

“You’re right, we must act immediately.”

Chen Yuanji strode out of the Wu Feng Chamber of Commerce with Ye Feng by his side, and then went to inquire at other chambers of commerce.