"There's a black market next to the auction where they sell tickets, but they're quite expensive," Xia Moli said. He only found out about it from a friend.
Tian Fengxun nodded. It seemed that this was the only way. "Young Master Xia, do you want to buy the quota with magic stones? Or spirit stones?" He had no shortage of spirit stones, but the only magic stones he had were those given to them by Situ Ze.
"Magic Stones. Auction transactions also use Magic Stones." Xia Moli said.
Tian Fengxun frowned and looked at Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan. They didn't have magic stones, so they wouldn't be able to bid even if they went to the auction.
"Thank you, Young Master Xia! We know. When does the auction start?" Su Jinyue asked. She wasn't worried about the magic stones. The three of them all had skills, so why worry about not being able to earn magic stones?
"It will be held in Demon Sea City in a month," Xia Moli said. Demon Sea City wasn't far from Demon Sea City, and a beast cart ride would take at most ten days. The Xia family planned to go to Demon Sea City in a week. Since Demon Sea City had their family business, they wouldn't have to worry about having a place to stay even if they arrived later.
Xia Moli, Su Jinyue and the other two chatted for a while, and left after receiving the message from the family.
"Without magic stones, it will be useless even if we can enter the auction." Tian Fengxun sighed.
"Master, you don't have to worry about the magic stone. Let's go to the Demon Sea City first." Su Jinyue waved to the waiter not far away.
The waiter hurried over and asked, "What do you want, sir?"
"Help us settle the bill." Zhan Yihan said.
"Young Master Xia has already settled the bill for you just now." The waiter said with a smile.
Zhan Yihan and Su Jinyue exchanged a glance and nodded. Xia Moli was going to Demon Sea City anyway, so if they met him there, they could just treat him to a meal.
After leaving the restaurant, Su Jinyue and the other two got on a beast cart and headed out of the city.
Outside the city gate, there is an extremely wide road. There are also many monks on the road. They are either walking or sitting in animal carts like them. Judging from the direction, they are all heading towards the Demon Sea City.
"Master Su, Master Zhan, how are we going to earn magic stones when we get to Demon Sea City?" Tian Feng asked. He had just thought of some ideas. He still had a lot of high-level elixirs on him that he could sell to the elixir shop in exchange for magic stones.
"We can help people refine pills and weapons." Su Jinyue took out a mask and handed it to Tian Fengxun. She thought it would be better for them not to show their true faces, so that their safety would be further guaranteed.
Tian Fengxun took the mask and put it on his face, transforming himself into a weathered old man. "That's a good idea."
Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan also put on masks, transforming themselves into a middle-aged female cultivator and a rough middle-aged male cultivator with a beard respectively.
Su Jinyue thought for a moment, then took out a breath-suppressing talisman and handed it to Zhan Yihan and Tian Fengxun, "Let's adjust our own cultivation as well."
Zhan Yihan took the Breath-Suppressing Talisman and injected it into his body, adjusting his cultivation to the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage.
Tian Fengxun thought about it and adjusted his cultivation to the middle stage of the distraction realm.
Su Jinyue smiled mischievously at Zhan Yihan and adjusted her cultivation to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Lowering her cultivation would allow them to return to their original appearance and cultivation level when faced with trouble, saving them from being recognized by others and saving them a lot of trouble.
The three of them had just finished disguising themselves when someone stopped their animal cart.
When they lifted the car curtain and looked out, they saw a young man and woman blocking their way. The man was pale and leaning on the woman, obviously injured.
"We'd like to take your animal cart. My eldest brother is injured and needs to recuperate. We'll pay for your fare," the young woman pleaded with Su Jinyue and the others. She had already stopped several cars, but none of the owners were willing to take them.
"Come on up," Su Jinyue said. She didn't think the brother and sister looked like bad people, and since the animal cart had plenty of space, it wouldn't matter if there were two more people.
"Thank you!" The woman nodded gratefully to Su Jinyue and the other two, and helped the man onto the animal cart.
"Why don't you give him the pill?" Su Jinyue asked after the two of them sat down.
"We can't afford the pills," the woman said with a wry smile.
"Your brother's injuries are just common, a Level 2 healing pill will fix them," Su Jinyue said in surprise. Didn't the other party just say they'd pay for the car fare? How could he not even afford a Level 2 healing pill?
"Don't you know that you need to register to buy elixirs?" The woman looked at Su Jinyue in surprise.
"Registration?" Su Jinyue asked in confusion. This was the first time she had heard of such a thing.
"Regardless of the city, you need to register to buy pills. Independent cultivators can only buy two pills per month. If you exceed that limit, the price will increase. My brother and I have to wait until next month to buy more pills," the woman said. She and her brother had already purchased their allotment of pills at the beginning of the month, so buying more now would require ten times the price.
"Based on your situation, how much does it cost to buy a level 2 healing pill now?" Su Jinyue asked.
"One hundred high-grade spirit stones, or fifty magic stones." The woman sighed helplessly. If she could afford it, how could she bear to watch her brother suffer?
"This is really a rip-off." Tian Fengxun took out a healing pill and handed it to the woman, "Give it to your brother first."
"Thank you!" The woman took the healing pill gratefully and fed it to her elder brother beside her.
After thinking for a moment, the woman took out a herb and handed it to Tian Fengxun, "I only have herbs on me."
"Can't you find an alchemist to make pills?" Su Jinyue asked.
"It's possible, but most alchemists wouldn't agree. If caught, they'd be fined and imprisoned," the woman said. The cities of the Demonic Continent strictly enforced this policy. Unless an alchemist had a strong background, they wouldn't dare to secretly refine pills for others.
"What will you do if you find the herbs?" Su Jinyue looked at the herbs in Tian Fengxun's hand. It was a level five ten-leaf grass. The ten-leaf grass could be used to refine a level five Peiyuan Pill.
"Sell it to the medicine shop, or sell it yourself," the woman said. She and her brother always sold the herbs they collected to the medicine shop. They couldn't sell them themselves. Unless they met an alchemist, no one would buy the herbs because they were useless.
Su Jinyue thought about the stalls she had seen on the street before, where most of them were selling herbal medicines. It made sense. No wonder so many herbs were sold so cheaply.
"How many medicinal herbs do you have?" Su Jinyue asked. She was an alchemist, so medicinal herbs were naturally what she needed.
The woman thought for a moment and said, "There are probably several thousand of them." Her elder brother was injured because he was attacked by a demonic beast while picking herbs.
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