The four of them stood on the wings of the Gale Eagle, creating a somewhat congested scene.
The three girls chatted and laughed all the way, perfectly illustrating the saying "three women make a drama," which gave Qin Xin a headache. Although he repeatedly insisted that they let him go and let him return to Black Dragon City on his own, the three women refused, saying that Qin Xin should treat them to a meal in Black Dragon City.
Within the inner courtyard of the Eastern Wilderness Academy, students are not allowed to leave at will. However, these three girls obtained a token from Hua Jin and wanted to take this opportunity to visit Black Dragon City. Hua Jin naturally knew what the three girls were thinking, so she acquiesced.
Of the three girls, Mao Ruijin is the strongest. Her main meridians are now fully open, and she is preparing to open her true apertures and enter the Aperture Realm. Such strength would rank her at the top in the outer academy, but at the bottom in the inner academy. She was an orphan when she was young and was adopted by Hua Jin, so she was directly taken in as a disciple.
Qin Xue, on the other hand, was previously in the outer courtyard because of Qin Qianfan. However, she was directly accepted as a disciple by Hua Jin and entered the inner courtyard. Now that her martial spirit advancement is complete, she has entered the sixth level of the innate realm.
As for Ya Ru, she accidentally entered the inner courtyard with the token given to Qin Xin by Hua Jin. Hua Jin felt that this little girl had great potential, so she took her under her wing. However, what was surprising was that Ya Ru was actually at the third level of the Awakening Realm. When Qin Xin met her in the Dead Leaf Forest, he was unable to detect her strength for a while.
Soon, the four of them were about to arrive at Black Dragon City on their Swift Wind Eagles. At this time, Ya Ru also let the Swift Wind Eagles leave first. Due to the formation around Black Dragon City, flying by monsters was prohibited, so the group could only proceed on foot.
"Captain, should we make a move? That kid seems to have brought backup."
A young man crouched in a secluded spot and spoke in a low voice.
"withdraw!"
The man looked at Qin Xin and the three people beside him, a hint of jealousy flashing in his eyes, before leading them away.
Qin Xin, due to his spiritual sense, also sensed the person in the corner and guessed that it was Ruan Yang. However, there were many people coming and going from Black Dragon City around here, so it was not a good place to make a move.
Qin Xin would naturally not let someone who wanted to kill him go.
Upon entering Black Dragon City, the group of four attracted countless gazes. Qin Xue and Ya Ru's appearances made many passing martial artists drool. Although Mao Ruijin's appearance was slightly inferior, her figure was much fuller and more mature than the two, naturally attracting the attention of many martial artists as well.
The three women ignored the martial artists and instead strolled through the market, picking out pretty clothes. Although some people wanted to take advantage of them, they all had to back down when they saw the inner courtyard insignia on the three women's clothes.
"Gentlemen, I don't have any gold coins on me."
Watching the three women keep buying clothes, Qin Xin felt his pockets were empty, as his Qiankun bag had been emptied by Ya Ru in the Dead Leaf Forest.
"It's alright, Brother Qin Xin. I have some clothes here. Pick out a few for me and I'll give them to you."
Ya Ru spoke generously and even took out a Qiankun bag. Qin Xin knew at a glance that it was his. Since he couldn't get the Qiankun bag back anyway, Qin Xin could only buy more clothes to vent his frustration.
After having a good meal in Black Dragon City, the three women left with some reluctance, while Qin Xin returned to the outer courtyard.
Before leaving, Ya Ru gave all the stolen Qiankun bags to Qin Xin so that he could complete the outer courtyard's mission.
At the entrance to the outer courtyard, Qin Xin handed over some Qiankun bags to the mission hall.
After verifying his identity, the receptionist at the mission hall handed Qin Xin his identity token, and the 500 points were deposited into Qin Xin's token.
Qin Xin also noticed that the Black Dragon City Bandit's mission in the mission hall was gradually dimming and eventually disappearing.
"Qin Xin, welcome back next time."
The receptionist at the mission hall spoke respectfully to Qin Xin.
Qin Xin looked at his more than 500 points with satisfaction and prepared to go to the outer courtyard's trading market to buy some pills and medicinal herbs that could be used for cultivation.
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The outer academy's trading center is located next to the square where the three academies meet. There is a long street with shops selling various items such as pills and magical artifacts on both sides. However, there are also some academies setting up stalls along the street, displaying some valuable items, but they all barter for goods.
Qin Xin took a quick look around and found that many students had brought out high-level pills, but they were only willing to exchange them for some high-level martial arts techniques.
Arriving at the alchemy shop in the street, one finds many Mind-Clearing Pills and some Grade 1 and Grade 2 pills used to aid cultivation, priced between ten and one hundred points.
Seeing the price of the Heart-Clearing Pill, Qin Xin had some ideas, because each Heart-Clearing Pill in the pill shop cost twenty points, but the medicinal materials for refining the Heart-Clearing Pill could be obtained for only a few points.
"If I had any Qingxin Pills that I wanted to sell, how much could I get for them?"
Before Qin Xin arrived at the alchemy shop, he asked with some curiosity.
"Our acquisition price is ten points."
The shop assistant in charge of the pill shop said nonchalantly that they seemed to have monopolized the pills in the outer courtyard, so the purchase price was low, but the selling price was very high.
"What a rip-off!"
Qin Xin thought to himself, "Master, are there any pills that can help with cultivation in the Spirit Forging Tower?"
"Nourishing Heart Pill, a second-grade pill, can help martial artists nourish their mind and relieve mental fatigue. It contains Nourishing Spirit Grass, Spirit-Stabilizing Flower, Mind-Stabilizing Vine, 100-year-old Spirit Ginseng, and a second-grade water-attribute demon beast crystal."
Danqing transmitted a message into Qin Xin's mind.
Looking at the prescription, Qin Xin realized that although both the Nourishing Heart Pill and the Clear Heart Pill were second-grade pills, the Nourishing Heart Pill was several times more effective than the Clear Heart Pill. Thus, he had another way to make money: selling pills to earn points.
The ingredients for the Heart Nourishing Pill were relatively inexpensive. Qin Xin only spent 100 points to buy all the ingredients for 20 Heart Nourishing Pills, as well as a second-grade water-attribute monster crystal.
After returning to the courtyard, Qin Xin locked himself in his room and began to review his alchemy techniques.
Qin Xin initially wanted Dan Qing to help with the refining, but Dan Qing didn't want to be a laborer and told Qin Xin to do it himself.
Although Qin Xin can only be considered a first-grade alchemist now, his control over true qi is very skillful, and he has already met the requirements for refining second-grade pills. That's why Dan Qing let Qin Xin try it himself, while he guided him from the side.
"wrong!"
"You're wrong!"
"Wrong again!"
"Be careful to control the fire!"
"Too slow! The method for condensing the core is wrong!"
Danqing kept saying that in just a short while, Qin Xin had wasted the ingredients for five doses of the Heart Nourishing Pill.
"I refuse to believe I can't train you!"
Qin Xin gritted his teeth, seemingly determined to fight against this Heart-Nourishing Pill.
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