Fellow Daoist, Interested in Learning About the All Wonders Pill?

Call him Uncle Chen when you need something; Fellow Daoist Chen when you do not!

Old Taoist Chen blew on his beard, then happily began telling his favorite gossip.

He had this habit.

Usually stingy, petty, and fond of taking advantage, he never took a loss when selling things. He even split the stall fee with a little rookie like Luo Chen, who was only at the Third Layer of Qi Refining Stage.

The only thing he liked sharing for free was probably the knowledge and experiences he had accumulated over sixty-odd years.

"Yun Zhonghe? You mean Cloud Crane Supreme!"

"If you asked ordinary people, they probably really would not know. But this old Taoist knows a thing or two."

"The Eastern Wilderness Thirty-Six Domains lie here, while we are situated at the extreme east, close to the Million Mountains. Thus, the six domains around here all border the Million Mountains, and so they have another name: the Far Eastern Six Domains."

"Every great domain contains countless sects. Only a great sect that has produced a Nascent Soul True Person can use the might of its sect to lend its name to a great domain."

"Cloud Crane Supreme belongs to the Joyful Union Domain, and his sect is the strongest sect in the Joyful Union Domain—the Joyful Union Sect!"

Luo Chen listened with great interest. This was the first time he had learned about the world beyond Great River Market.

He casually asked, "Then does that mean our great domain is called the Jade Cauldron Domain?"

"Exactly. The strongest sect here is the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, so this is the Jade Cauldron Domain."

Old Taoist Chen answered, then continued, "The Jade Cauldron Sword Sect is renowned for its combat power, so it is the closest to the Million Mountains. Under its jurisdiction are several large marketplaces serving as bridgeheads for attacks into the Million Mountains, and Great River Market is one of them."

As he spoke, he sensed something was off.

Blowing his beard and glaring, he snapped, "Stop interrupting, brat. I was talking about Cloud Crane Supreme."

"The Joyful Union Sect is renowned throughout the world for its Dual Cultivation Method, and its distinctive businesses are spread across the Six Regions. For instance, Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion here is merely one of their insignificant properties."

Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion was so huge, bringing in High-Grade Spirit Stones by the bucketful every day, yet it was only an insignificant property?

Luo Chen could not help growing interested. A major enterprise with money and beauties like that ought to be the goal he strove toward!

"Everyone says the Joyful Union Sect does not pursue the righteous path, engages in no production, and does not dominate through combat power. They say it only deals in fleshly business, truly tarnishing the reputation of cultivators like us. Yet three hundred years ago, such an exception appeared!"

Luo Chen clapped his hands. "That was Yun Zhonghe, right?"

"It is Cloud Crane Supreme! When addressing a Golden Core Cultivator, you must add the honorific 'Supreme'!" Old Taoist Chen rebuked him, then continued. "Cloud Crane Supreme cultivated the Joyful Union Sect's core cultivation method and pushed it to its highest level. Not only was his bearing peerless, his combat power was unmatched as well."

"When the Jade Cauldron Domain was opened up, although the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect led the charge, the other five domains also sent many experts. Cloud Crane Supreme was one of them."

"At that time, he was still unknown, merely an utterly ordinary Early Stage Golden Core cultivator. Yet in that battle, he captured a Fourth Order demon beast while still at the Early Stage Golden Core!"

"Do you know what a Fourth Order demon beast signifies?"

Luo Chen's eyes first widened like a bull's.

Then he sucked in a sharp breath, making a tremendous contribution to global warming.

After that, he swallowed, letting out a loud gulp.

Finally, he exhaled a long breath of Turbid Qi, the kind that would make cultivators drop a realm if they breathed it in.

"A Fourth Order demon beast? Wouldn't that be on par with a Human Race Nascent Soul True Person?!"

Old Taoist Chen was immensely satisfied by his listener's intense reaction. He smugly stroked his beard, as though he had been the one to accomplish it.

"Right, you brat do have some knowledge. Fourth Order demon beasts are also called Beast Emperors, and their combat power exceeds that of Nascent Soul True Persons of the same rank."

Luo Chen asked doubtfully, "Didn't you say challenging above one's rank is extremely difficult? Cloud Crane Supreme was only at the Early Stage Golden Core back then, so how did he achieve such a glorious feat?"

"The reasons behind it are not something juniors like us can know. Some say he took advantage of the Demon Crane Empress's weakened state after her tribulation. Others say a True Person of the Joyful Union Sect stepped in. But the result was that Cloud Crane Supreme became famous in a single battle, using the Demon Crane Empress as his achievement to establish his reputation and earn the title Cloud Crane Supreme!"

At this point, Old Taoist Chen raised a hand and pointed toward a crimson embroidered tower at the center of the Inner City.

"Across the Far Eastern Six Domains, all sorts of businesses crisscross one another. Even a wealthy giant like the Medicine King Sect has only opened stores throughout four domains. Only the Joyful Union Sect has spread its businesses across all six domains. Even in remote Great River Market like ours, there is a Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion filled with music and revelry every night."

"Cloud Crane Supreme, the number one person beneath Nascent Soul, deserves at least some of the credit for that!"

Cloud Crane Supreme, the number one person beneath Nascent Soul.

What a fine title, what a fine story!

Luo Chen could not help shooting Wang Yuan, at the distant stall, a grateful look. That copy of the Six Domains Customs Record had indeed not been freeloaded for nothing.

Once he had money in the future, he would definitely buy it and study it carefully.

"Cough, cough, brat Luo, all this talking has made my mouth a little dry. Give me a piece of beef jerky to quench my thirst."

Luo Chen ignored him and laid out all the pills.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, it is time to earn resources for cultivation. Given time, you and I may yet earn the title of Supreme!"

Chen Xiuping's eyes widened, and his grizzled beard trembled with rage.

Taking advantage of his height, Luo Chen patted Old Taoist Chen on the shoulder. "I only hope that when we meet again as Golden Core cultivators, calling each other Fellow Daoist will not taste bitter."

"Scram! I'm already sixty-five! To hell with the Golden Core dream!"

After cursing, Chen Xiuping drew a deep breath. Do not get angry, do not get angry. If anger makes you sick, no one will take your place.

His gaze habitually fell upon Luo Chen's stall, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Twenty-one bottles? All Grain Avoidance Pills? Or did you really refine a new pill?"

Luo Chen sighed and said with a desolate expression, "This junior's aptitude is slow-witted. Only after exhausting my family fortune did I barely manage to refine one bottle of a new pill. Please forgive the joke, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Gulp!

Old Taoist Chen swallowed.

"You did not really refine that incomplete Tier 2 Pill Recipe, did you?!"

"Alas, this junior is incapable of refining a Tier 2 Pill."

"Figures. A brat like you..."

"So I could only settle for the next best thing and derive it into a Tier 1 Pill."

"A Tier 1 Jade Dew Pill?" Old Taoist Chen's eyes widened.

This little old man had quite the range of expressions. First swallowing, then widening his eyes—surely next time he would not suck in a sharp breath, would he?

With both hands behind his back, Luo Chen said solemnly, "That is not some incomplete Jade Dew Pill Recipe. It is actually the All Wonders Pill, a secret pill recipe passed down by Cloud Crane Supreme of the Joyful Union Sect. It was merely lost here in Great River Market during the great battle to open up the Jade Cauldron Domain. Fellow Daoist, do not go spouting nonsense in the future!"

Hiss!!!

Luo Chen raised a hand to cover his face. He could feel the Jade Cauldron Domain growing warmer!

In truth, the temperature had indeed risen, because the sun had come out.

With the sun out, the flow of customers naturally picked up as well.

Many cultivators enjoyed browsing the Rogue Cultivator Area. After all, everyone hoped to buy resources that were both good and cheap, or perhaps stumble upon a hidden treasure.

As always, Old Taoist Chen's business opened first.

He had run a stall here for many years. Though he was stingy, his reputation was rock-solid.

Not only did people buy talismans from him, but some fellow cultivators too lazy to bother would even buy Talisman Skin from him and go back to draw talismans directly.

Once Old Taoist Chen's business opened, it meant Luo Chen's business would soon open as well.

"Grain Avoidance Pills?"

"The color and fragrance are both decent, and there is quite a bit of spiritual qi stored within. Fine-quality goods! How much?"

The buyer casually picked up five bottles and tossed Luo Chen one Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

Five bottles meant fifty Grain Avoidance Pills. One pill could keep someone full for one meal, and if used sparingly, they could last fifty days!

Of course, that was an extreme case. Under normal circumstances, they were still enough to sustain someone for half a month without eating.

However, they tasted merely passable, and they were detrimental to a cultivator's cultivation. Unless one was truly poor, in seclusion, or entering the mountains to hunt or gather herbs, no one generally treated them as food.

After buying the Spirit Stone, this Pangpang cultivator intended to leave, only for Luo Chen to call out to him.

"Fellow Daoist, interested in learning about the All Wonders Pill?"