It couldn't be simpler!
Xiao Yanran frowned slightly upon hearing this, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ling Yun, teasingly saying:
"Do you know how difficult it is to become an alchemist? Out of 100,000 apprentices, not even one might become an alchemist."
Even ordinary alchemists are honored guests of major sects.
In the Great Zhao Dynasty, the high-ranking alchemist Danyangzi was so renowned that even the emperor had to clasp his hands in greeting before him.
Ling Yun shook his head and smiled, "What if I knew how to refine pills? What if I knew even better than Danyangzi, whom you mentioned?"
Xiao Yanran replied without hesitation:
"Impossible. It would be good enough if you could refine even one-tenth of the pill's quality. I've noticed that you've become increasingly arrogant since you left the Ling family. It seems I have to keep a close eye on you and remind you properly, lest you get beaten up for talking big!"
"Want to take a gamble?" Ling Yun countered.
"Fine, I'll bet! If you know how to refine pills, I... I'll call you brother from now on!"
Xiao Yanran retorted, unconvinced.
"Good! I'm really looking forward to the scene of Miss Xiao calling me 'brother'!" After saying that, Ling Yun spurred his horse and laughed loudly.
"Let's go! Gongshan City!"
Xiao Yanran pouted and followed.
On the way, she walked side by side with Ling Yun and asked curiously:
"We can't keep going like this forever, can we? How long will it last?"
Ling Yun pointed to the sky and said:
"Travel through all the heavens and worlds, and behold the stars and the sea!"
"The vast universe!" A longing flashed in Xiao Yanran's eyes. She remembered her words when she rejected Ling Yun:
"My future husband will be someone who accompanies me to travel through countless worlds and see the stars and the sea, not a coward who clings to a family, meek and subservient, without even the courage to rebel!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Yanran secretly glanced at Ling Yun. He looked pleasing to the eye now. It turned out that he had always remembered her dream.
It turns out he always loved her; otherwise, why would he have thought of taking her to see the stars and the sea?
Her previous cold demeanor was definitely a deliberate act of revenge.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yanran rolled her eyes at Ling Yun again.
Ling Yun was helpless. He was originally supposed to spend a thousand years traveling through all the heavens and myriad realms, seeing all the stars and seas, until he returned to the Misty Immortal Sect in the Purple Star Domain and merged with his original body.
Whether Xiao Yanran is there or not, she has to keep going.
Ling Yun didn't explain anything; let the misunderstanding remain.
Three days later, Ling Yun and his group arrived at the gate of Gongshan City.
Yan Ruyu stroked the little white fox's head and said helplessly:
"We need to replenish our supplies in Gongshan City. The food we brought from home has all been eaten by the little white fox."
Everyone looked at the little white fox, who had gotten much fatter; all it did was sleep and eat.
The first thing I always say when I wake up is:
"Sister Ruyu, I'm hungry~"
The little white fox shyly buried its head between Yan Ruyu's breasts, pretending that Ling Yun and the others couldn't see it.
"She's a Nine-Headed Fox, sleeping is her cultivation, and of course she'll be hungry after she finishes cultivating! Let's go into the city!"
Ling Yun explained on behalf of the little white fox, and the group began to enter the city. After having a hearty meal in Gongshan City, they...
After finding an inn, the group headed to Zidan Pavilion, the largest elixir shop in Gongshan City.
They were preparing to buy some pills. Yan Ruyu, Xiao Yanran, and Shangguan Hong all practiced the cultivation system of the Golden Cloud Continent.
Advancing in cultivation level often requires the aid of elixirs, which is why elixirs are highly sought after in the Golden Cloud Continent, and the status of elixirs has risen accordingly.
Ling Yun could naturally refine pills, but he found it too troublesome and simply bought them directly.
Upon arriving at the Zidan Pavilion, one finds it teeming with people, all of whom have come from all over the Zhao Kingdom to buy elixirs.
After all, Gongshan City is the closest to the Dan Ding Association, so you can buy pills directly from the source. Otherwise, if you buy them in other cities, the price will double, and you might not even be able to find the pills you want.
After queuing for half an hour, Ling Yun walked to the counter.
"I need ten Bone Refinement Pills, ten Soul Nourishing Pills, and ten Blood Nourishing Pills!"
The teller took out the pills and called out:
"A total of one million eight hundred thousand taels!"
Ling Yun's face stiffened, and he asked incredulously:
"How many?"
The teller said impatiently:
"One million eight hundred thousand taels? Are you deaf? If you don't have the money, get out and don't delay business!"
Ling Yun frowned slightly as he looked at the pills, feeling that the Purple Pill Pavilion was too corrupt.
"You dare to sell pills at such exorbitant prices with only 40% purity? You might as well just rob us!"
The teller immediately retorted angrily:
"You freaking don't understand pills, do you? It's only 40% complete! In the entire Zhao Kingdom, only Senior Danyangzi can refine 60% complete pills."
Even a 40% purity pill is considered top-grade. Only three alchemists at the Pill Refining Conference can refine pills to 40% purity.
Ling Yun was speechless. "Those are second-rate pills. Spending nearly two million taels of silver to buy a bunch of useless pills is such a waste!"
After saying that, Lingyun led Abao and the others to leave.
At this moment, the teller pointed at Lingyun and scolded him:
"Stop right there! You're spouting nonsense here, looking down on my Purple Pill Pavilion's pills. Tell me honestly, were you sent by the Heavenly Pill Pavilion in the east of the city to cause trouble?"
The Dan Ding Association has thirty mid-grade alchemists, each of whom owns a shop selling pills.
The competition among them is fierce, and they often undermine each other.
Without a second thought, the teller concluded that Ling Yun and his group were deliberately trying to sabotage the operation.
Because only the three mid-grade alchemists behind Zidan Pavilion can refine 40% of the pills, Zidan Pavilion has become the largest pill shop in Gongshan City.
Other shops were envious, and almost every day someone would come to sabotage their business and find fault with them.
Ling Yun ignored him; a mere teller wasn't enough to make Ling Yun angry.
Seeing that Ling Yun and his group were about to leave, the teller became even more convinced that Ling Yun had come to cause trouble, and immediately shouted:
"Men, tie these people up and drag them to the backyard to be beaten to death!"
boom!
More than thirty guards from the Purple Pill Pavilion rushed over and surrounded Ling Yun and the others.
The teller jumped out from behind the counter, pointed at Ling Yun's nose, and scolded him:
"Which shop sent you to cause trouble? Tell me!"
The next moment!
Snap!
Shangguan Hong's face turned cold, and he slapped the teller hard across the face, coldly shouting:
"Dare to point at my elder brother? You're asking for death!"
"Damn it, you dare to hit me! Before, you only dared to play dirty tricks, but now you're directly hitting people and preventing my Zidan Pavilion from doing business. You're not even pretending anymore, are you? Fine! Hit him! Hit him to death!"
The teller covered her face and glared at the guard with venom in her eyes.
More than thirty guards from the Purple Pill Pavilion charged at Ling Yun and his group.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
In less than three breaths, they were all slapped away by Shangguan Hong.
Hiss~
"This is a master!" The teller panicked. What if the other party suddenly attacked and killed him? He would be in serious trouble. He quickly shouted upstairs:
"Shopkeeper, come out quickly! Someone's causing trouble!"
Soon, a middle-aged man in a green robe came down from upstairs.
It was Chen Xiangyuan, one of the three mid-grade alchemists behind the Purple Pill Pavilion.
The teller embellished the story, and after listening, Chen Xiangyuan's face darkened.
However, he could tell that Ling Yun and the others all possessed extraordinary bearing and didn't seem like people who would act as shills, so he said in a deep voice:
"Young friend, you keep saying that the pills I refine are only forty percent complete. May I ask what level of alchemist you are?"
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