While everyone was resting, a disciple of the Situ family, of the same generation as Situ Hao, approached Qi Zhiheng. This disciple, named Situ Jing, greeted him, "Brother Qi! Are you getting used to the Enchanted Forest?"
Qi Zhiheng was puzzled. He had been teaming up with the Situ family for several days, and no one had come to him yet. Suddenly, someone was trying to strike up a conversation with him.
"It's alright, everything is normal," Qi Zhiheng replied.
Situ Jing said, "I see that your family is adapting quite well."
Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Yes."
"Is it because of that top-grade antidote pill?" Situ Jing asked again.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Indeed, the antidote pill is quite effective."
Situ Jing rubbed his hands together: "So, do you have any extra antidote pills? Could you spare one for me? I'll offer three thousand low-grade spirit stones for one."
Qi Zhiheng then realized the other party's purpose. He had quite a few pills on hand, several hundred in total. For a high-grade sixth-level pill, three thousand low-grade spirit stones was actually a reasonable price, considering it wasn't a top-grade pill. So he said, "I have some more here. I can sell you two. Do you want them?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Two would be best!" Situ Jing hadn't expected such a surprise and quickly took out six thousand low-grade spirit stones. Of course, the more high-quality pills like these, the better, as there was still a long way to go.
Qi Zhiheng took out two pills and handed them to him. Situ Jing took one pill immediately and took it. As soon as the medicine took effect, he felt comfortable all over and his previous negative state was swept away.
"Awesome!" Situ Jing exclaimed. "Thanks, brother! Remember to call me next time there's something like this."
"Definitely." Qi Zhiheng really couldn't think of any other benefits. Could it be that he wanted top-grade pills?
Situ Jing returned to the group and was quickly surrounded by people asking him all sorts of questions.
Upon learning that Situ Jing still possessed an antidote pill, he was immediately surrounded by a throng of people.
"Brother Jing! Since you've already eaten, why don't you sell this one to me?" a disciple said with a fawning expression.
"Why should I sell it to you, Brother Jing! You're the closest friend among us! Just sell it to me, okay?"
"Sell it to me! Sell it to me! Brother Jing, we're the closest of blood relatives!"
Situ Jing was quite pleased with himself, flattered by everyone. But the pills? He still needed to save those for himself!
Seeing that Situ Jing was unmoved by either soft or hard tactics, some people secretly went to Qi Zhiheng, hoping that they could spare one or two more.
Qi Zhiheng hadn't expected the business to come so quickly.
So they accepted all who came and sold them pills.
Almost all the younger generation of the Situ family went to Qi Zhiheng to buy pills, and they were all full of energy.
By the time the elders of the Situ family found out, they were left alone, a bunch of elderly people with no one to care for them.
Finally, someone noticed something amiss and brought his son over to ask him about it.
"Why do I feel like you guys have all been in better spirits these past couple of days?"
Indeed, after being detoxified, everyone's energy and spirit were completely different. On the other hand, the older people were pale, with dark circles under their eyes and purple lips! They looked as if they were about to die at any moment!
The person being questioned was named Situ Zheng. He smiled smugly and boasted, "You can see that we recently obtained a top-grade antidote pill. The effect... tsk tsk tsk, you can see for yourself."
Situ Chengyuan asked, "A high-grade antidote pill? Where did you get it?"
Situ Zheng said, "We bought them. The leader won't give us high-grade antidote pills, so of course we bought them."
Situ Chengyuan clearly didn't believe it: "You bought this from ghosts in this labyrinthine forest?"
Situ Zheng shook his head and said, "Besides ghosts, aren't there also people from the Qi family? We bought it from Qi Zhiheng of the Qi family."
Situ Chengyuan had some doubts: "Qi Zhiheng has high-grade antidote pills? Even our Situ family doesn't have that many! Where did he get them?"
"Hey, isn't our Situ family a lot of people? There aren't enough to go around. The Qi family only has about ten people, so they can definitely share more." Situ Zheng said dismissively.
Situ Chengyuan said, "That's hard to say. What if there's a hidden danger in this antidote pill? You young people are just too careless."
"Oh no! What should we do? We've already eaten them all. I still have one left." Situ Zheng quickly took out the pill in his hand to check it, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it no matter how he looked at it.
Situ Chengyuan snatched the pill away, saying, "Let me check you! What do you know, you little kid!"
"Oh, okay, then please take a look," Situ Zheng said quickly.
Situ Chengyuan glanced at it a few times, then threw the pill into his mouth.
Situ Zheng tried to stop him, but it was too late. He looked distressed and said, "Ah! Father, why did you take my pill? I was planning to take it in a few days!"
Situ Chengyuan said, "I'm just helping you test the medicine, how can it be called testing medicine if you don't eat it?" He was completely at ease, not ashamed at all for taking Situ Zheng's pills.
"That's outrageous! You even dared to take your own son's elixir!" Situ Zheng stormed off in a huff.
Situ Chengyuan watched Situ Zheng's departing figure and breathed a sigh of relief. The effect of this pill was truly amazing!
The initial rush to sell the antidote pills had passed, as the younger generation of disciples had already bought them all.
However, thanks to Situ Chengyuan's efforts, Qi Zhiheng's pills sold out again.
Having all experienced a significant improvement in their spirit and energy, the group set off with great strides. Everyone in the Qi family felt that agreeing to travel with them this time was the wisest decision they could have made.
After being cured of the poison, the somewhat gloomy atmosphere in the team became much more relaxed, and even killing a poisonous beast made people feel happy!
And so, maintaining a cheerful mood, we moved forward for a few more days.
Yang Yitian yawned: "How much further?"
Qi Zhiheng replied, "It's hard to say. We can't see the road ahead clearly from here, so it's hard to determine the distance. But it should be in a few days. Solo travel in this poisonous fog has become more difficult."
Yang Yitian nodded: "Then shall we take the top-grade pill?"
"It's ready to eat." Qi Zhiheng took out a top-grade pill and ate one.
After observing the situation with the poisonous fog, the Qi family members also took out their medicine and consumed it.
The Situ family members took out the high-grade pills they had prepared and consumed them.
"Why do I feel that this superior-grade pill isn't as effective as the one I took before?" At this moment, a disciple of the Situ family who had taken the pill raised his doubts.
"You know what, I feel the same way."
At this time, Qi Zhiheng approached Situ Jing.
Situ Jing asked with some confusion, "Brother Qi, you were looking for me?"
Qi Zhiheng nodded and said, "Yes, didn't you say last time that you would remember me if there was anything good next time?"
"Yes! What good news is it?" Situ Jing thought to himself. Could Qi Zhiheng be here to recommend a high-grade antidote pill? He hadn't expected Qi Zhiheng to have so many high-grade antidote pills. However, as everyone had noticed, high-grade antidote pills were simply not enough to solve the immediate crisis. He pondered how to refuse Qi Zhiheng's "kindness".
Qi Zhiheng took out a top-grade antidote pill and said, "Want a top-grade pill? Seven thousand spirit stones for one."
Situ Jing was about to refuse when the words stuck in her throat like a fly. Realizing that Qi Zhiheng was talking about top-grade pills, she widened her eyes and exclaimed, "I want it!"
After saying that, he quickly took out a spirit stone and gave it to Qi Zhiheng in exchange for a top-grade pill. He said somewhat dejectedly, "Brother, why didn't you say so earlier? I've already taken a high-grade antidote pill. What a waste!"
Qi Zhiheng said, "Actually, you can eat it in a couple of days. Anyway, the impact isn't that great right now."
Situ Jing took the pill and returned to the group. Soon, the news that Qi Zhiheng had top-grade pills spread throughout the Situ family's group.
Yang Yitian beamed with joy as he looked at the people coming up to buy pills.
Afterwards, Yang Yitian held the bag of spirit stones and counted them. He said, "We don't have many spirit stones left. We really should earn more spirit stones now."
Yes, Qi Zhiheng still has a lot of spiritual herbs that he needs to use in his space. He did have a lot of spirit stones from digging up the spiritual veins before, but seeing the spirit stones gradually decrease, it's not a solution to be unable to make ends meet. It's time to earn some spirit stones.
After arriving here, the group encountered more people. The reason was simple: the passage leading to the inner perimeter of the secret realm had not yet been opened, and the group could only move around in this poisonous area for the time being.
Seeing so many people gathered here, Yang Yitian felt as if he were seeing a huge pile of walking spirit stones.
Yang Yitian said, "What do you think about us selling the antidote pills to those people? They still have several hundred left..."
Qi Zhiheng said, "Let's see how things go." It wouldn't be good if others targeted him because of the pills. He needed an opportunity.
"Is it not working?" Yang Yitian was somewhat disappointed. Looking at those spiritual cultivators, their faces were pale, their eyes were dark, and their lips were purple. They were completely different from the people on his side.
Qi Zhiheng followed his gaze and said, "We can't go up to them; we have to wait for them to beg us."
After traveling for another day, they reached the end of the Enchanted Forest, where almost everyone gathered.
The Situ family's troops also found an area to set up camp.
The Qi family members naturally also set up camp nearby.
They arrived relatively early, and more people came in later. Most of these people came in groups, and it was rare to see groups of five. Even if there were groups, they formed temporary teams.
Having too few people is not an advantage here, so even if there aren't many people to begin with, they will find others to form a team.
At this moment, the Qi family and the Situ family stood in stark contrast to the people around them.
Seeing those people who looked as if their bodies had been hollowed out, Situ Jing felt a surge of pride. She whispered among herself and the other members of the Situ family, all of them smiling smugly.
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