This apothecary stood in the central area of the market square, its decor quite exquisite. Lin Xuan sized it up, then walked in without the slightest hesitation.
The shopkeeper inside was a cultivator at the mid Spirit Movement stage, so after clearly seeing Lin Xuan's Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation, his face immediately filled with smiles, and he came forward respectfully. "Senior, what do you need?"
Less than half an hour later, Lin Xuan walked out of the apothecary in satisfaction.
Aside from the Seven-Star Grass used as the medicinal catalyst, the other ingredients for refining the Meridian-Strengthening Pill were all fairly common and not particularly precious items, so Lin Xuan gathered them with great ease.
However, the purchases that followed did not go so smoothly.
Lin Xuan went to several shops in a row that specialized in making talismans, but he failed to buy the Beast Talisman he wanted. Forget ones sealed with the soul of a second-level demonic beast—even first-level demonic beasts were unavailable.
This left Lin Xuan, who had just learned of the Jade Pendant's function, extremely depressed.
In truth, Lin Xuan had always wanted to use this kind of talisman as freely as he pleased, because controlling a Beast Talisman only required splitting off a portion of his divine sense and did not consume much magic power. It saved time and effort, and if he met an opponent of the same rank, he would hold a great advantage; even against a cultivator of a higher rank than himself, it was not as if he had no chance of victory.
However, though he had had this idea before, he had been unable to put it into practice, because Beast Talismans were too expensive and too rare, and they were consumables as well. A precious Beast Talisman containing