Qi Zhiheng stepped forward, spent a few spirit stones to buy the spirit herbs he needed, and then turned around and went to other spirit herb stalls.
Having collected enough spirit herbs, I've also spent most of my spirit stones.
He strolled around the area. There weren't many shops in this small town; most were just small stalls. In the few shops that were available, the people who greeted customers were mostly fortune tellers.
The demigods were inside the shops, while the earth immortals and celestial immortals set up stalls outside—this arrangement was quite strange.
To find out the reason, one would probably have to inquire further, but Qi Zhiheng doesn't have any close friends at the moment, and the only three people he knows aren't exactly close.
Ren Wenshui had previously asked him to send him a message after the mission was decided, but he hadn't sent the message yet.
At first, Mu Ran was there, so he couldn't easily pass on messages. Later on, he genuinely forgot about it.
Qi Zhiheng wandered around casually, but since he didn't have any more immortal spirit stones to buy anything else, he didn't linger and turned back.
Back in the herb garden, Qi Zhiheng immediately took out a communication jade slip and sent a message to Ren Wenshui, informing him that he had accepted the herb garden's mission.
Immediately afterwards, he released the Soul-Devouring Insect King, along with most of his minions.
Once the Soul-Devouring Insect King appeared, it didn't want to go back. The immortal spiritual energy here was much more comfortable than the spiritual energy! Absorbing more spiritual energy would allow it to degenerate sooner.
Qi Zhiheng said to the two insect kings, "You can't eat the immortal herbs you help plant here, but you can absorb some immortal energy outside."
The Soul-Devouring Insect King relayed a message: "So I won't get my reward? You didn't say that when you asked me to farm before."
Qi Zhiheng had a headache. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then we'll owe you for now. Once I've earned enough Immortal Spirit Stones, I'll refine pills for you. Immortal Realm pills are far superior to Spirit Beast Pills."
After discussing it with his strategist, the Soul-Devouring Insect King finally agreed to let Qi Zhiheng pay on credit.
After calming the spirit-devouring insects, Qi Zhiheng returned to his hut to prepare for alchemy.
It is more convenient to leave the farming to the soul-eating insects than to let him watch over it himself.
Having prepared the immortal herbs, he summoned his flames. The pill he was going to refine this time was a common pill in the immortal realm, called the Qian Yuan Earth Immortal Pill.
As the name suggests, this is a pill suitable for Earth Immortals to take, and it belongs to the first-class pills among Immortal Elixirs.
Qi Zhiheng's fire seed is of good quality, so it won't be difficult to use it to refine the Immortal Spirit Pill.
The ignition source was indeed in place, and both refining medicinal herbs and purifying elixir went very smoothly. However, just as he was about to condense the elixir, the cauldron made a "bang" sound. Qi Zhiheng's divine sense immediately detected that the cauldron had cracked. He had to divert his spiritual energy to envelop the entire cauldron and prevent the crack from widening.
In this way, the spiritual energy consumed is about three times that of the previous pill refining. Fortunately, Qi Zhiheng's spiritual energy was originally very abundant, and he could maintain the output of several times the spiritual energy.
Qi Zhiheng formed a hand seal to collect the pills, and ten pills flew out of the furnace and floated in mid-air.
The refining of one batch of Immortal Elixir was thus completed.
The alchemy furnace, which already had cracks, instantly shattered into several pieces.
In refining a batch of pills, he ruined one of the pill furnaces. Qi Zhiheng quickly put the pills in his hand into a jade bottle, intending to go out and sell them.
It took Qi Zhiheng three days to refine one batch of pills. Overall, the time had been shortened considerably. When Qi Zhiheng refined ninth-grade pills in the cultivation world, it took him much longer than when he refined pills in the immortal world.
Regarding pills, it's not that first-grade immortal pills are easier to refine than ninth-grade pills, but rather that immortal pills are rich in immortal spiritual energy and naturally contain fewer impurities than spiritual herbs from the cultivation world. In addition, immortal spiritual energy from the immortal world is easier to use than spiritual energy from the cultivation world. Under such circumstances, the speed of refining pills is naturally much faster.
Qi Zhiheng went to the medicinal herb field to check on the condition of the herb garden. The immortal herbs in the garden were in good condition, even better than they were three days ago.
Qi Zhiheng found the Soul Devouring Insect King and said, "Not bad, you've taken good care of this medicine garden. When I earn some fairy stones, I'll give you some more rewards."
The Soul-Eating Insect King was very satisfied with Qi Zhiheng's actions.
Qi Zhiheng only gets ten Immortal Spirit Stones a month, and he also has to pay the Spirit Devouring Insects. If you really calculate it, it seems like he's losing money, but that's not actually the case.
Putting aside the fact that a spirit-gathering array has been set up in this herb garden, the defensive array outside this house alone is enough to ensure Qi Zhiheng's safety.
Qi Zhiheng essentially used Mu Ran's spiritual energy and formation for free. As for the reward the Soul-Devouring Insect King wanted, since they were all Qi Zhiheng's spirit pets, what's wrong with giving them some food? Even if he didn't give them a reward, he would eventually have the Soul-Devouring Insects evolve into Sky-Devouring Insects, which would inevitably involve a huge financial drain. Since the Soul-Devouring Insects were willing to exchange their labor for resources, it saved Qi Zhiheng the expense of spending money himself.
When Qi Zhiheng checked the communication jade slip, he found Ren Wenshui's reply.
After asking him if he was adjusting well, Ren Wenshui told him that he was going on a mission and probably wouldn't be back for a while. He also gave Qi Zhiheng the location of Dao Ming and Mu Shui'er, telling him that he could ask them for help if he had any problems.
The three of them were originally good friends, had a lot of contact with each other, and often went on missions together. However, this time, only Ren Wenshui went out.
After receiving the message, Qi Zhiheng replied and prepared to go out to sell the pills.
Arriving at the city where he had previously purchased the Immortal Herb, Qi Zhiheng went into a pill shop with a decent signboard and storefront.
The waiters and the shopkeeper inside are all fortune tellers.
The shop assistant stepped forward and asked, "Senior, do you need any medicinal pills?"
Qi Zhiheng asked, "Do you buy pills here?"
The shopkeeper replied, "Of course we accept them. What kind of pills are you selling?"
"The Qian Yuan Earth Immortal Pill," Qi Zhiheng replied.
The waiter said, "It just so happens that the boss is here today. Please come with me to the back room. Our boss needs to appraise the pills."
Qi Zhiheng nodded and followed the waiter inside.
There were many arrays set up in the back hall, including spirit-gathering arrays, defensive arrays, and arrays that blocked divine sense from spying.
Upon arriving at the back hall, Qi Zhiheng met the owner of the pill shop, a celestial being.
Qi Zhiheng bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior."
"Are you here to sell pills?" The shopkeeper's tone wasn't particularly warm. There were quite a few people selling pills, so he wasn't too concerned.
Qi Zhiheng took out a medicine bottle: "The pills are all here."
The shopkeeper picked up the bottle of pills and examined it for a while. Then he looked Qi Zhiheng up and down and said, "Are you a cultivator who ascended to the heavens?"
Qi Zhiheng was somewhat surprised. As a terrestrial immortal, he shouldn't have been the one to think that way. However, he didn't intend to hide it and replied, "This junior is indeed a cultivator who ascended to the heavens. I wonder how senior could tell?"
The shopkeeper smiled, opened the medicine bottle, and said, "This medicine bottle is from the cultivation world. The immortal realm wouldn't use such a low-quality bottle to store pills." After he finished speaking, he took out a jade bowl and poured out a pill from the medicine bottle.
Qi Zhiheng never expected that he would expose himself because of such a detail: "Senior, you are very observant!"
The shopkeeper picked up the jade bowl, shook it, and praised, "Not bad, this is a top-grade elixir."
Qi Zhiheng prepared ten pills in one batch, including two high-grade and eight top-grade pills. This time, he poured out high-grade pills and said, "There are other grades of pills inside."
The shopkeeper praised him, saying, "Having one high-grade pill is quite good." He subconsciously assumed the rest were low-grade or mid-grade pills.
The most pills he can get here are low-grade pills; getting even one high-grade pill would be quite good.
So he poured out another pill.
This time, what was poured out was a top-grade Qianyuan Earth Immortal Pill.
The shopkeeper was taken aback, momentarily stunned, but being a celestial being, he quickly recovered: "This is a top-grade elixir?"
Qi Zhiheng replied, "Yes, this junior has brought two high-grade pills and eight top-grade pills this time."
"You didn't actually refine this many pills in one batch, did you?" The shopkeeper said this, then realized he was overthinking it.
Qi Zhiheng smiled and said, "How could that be? I only kept the low-quality pills for myself. Only the high-quality pills are sold."
The shopkeeper said, "Your idea is strange. Usually, people who come to me to buy pills choose the ones of poor quality. They are reluctant to sell the ones of good quality and keep them for themselves. But you are doing the opposite."
Qi Zhiheng said, "What I lack right now is these immortal spirit stones. Besides, very few people can afford the remaining high-grade pills."
The shopkeeper said, "If you have any more pills next time, bring them here to sell. I'll give you twenty low-grade immortal spirit stones for top-grade pills and ten low-grade immortal spirit stones for superior pills. How about that? Outside, I'd deduct at least 20% from your price."
Qi Zhiheng readily agreed, saying, "Senior, I still have some pills that I accumulated over the past few days, but they are not with me at the moment and I need to go back to retrieve them. If possible, how about I come back to sell the pills in ten days?"
“Sure,” the shop owner said generously. “I’ll take as many as you have, at the current price.”
Qi Zhiheng nodded and agreed.
The boss suddenly said, "You need to change this bottle. Don't let the spiritual energy of such a good pill leak out!"
Qi Zhiheng was taken aback and asked, "Does your shop sell bottles of medicinal pills?"
The boss had his employee bring over dozens of pill bottles: "Ten bottles for one spirit stone, what do you think?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "Then give me fifty first."
After exchanging the bottle, Qi Zhiheng took his payment and left.
On the way, I also bought some immortal herbs, fifty portions, intending to refine fifty bottles of pills.
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