Upgrade: Rank 2 Blood Replenishing Powder!

Early the next morning, Feng Wu slowly finished his meditative cultivation and woke up.

"Phew, I never expected transmigrators to have this perk. I should've realized it sooner." Feng Wu let out a long breath, expelling the stale air.

After transmigrating, he had lived two lives. Once his soul fused with this body, his Soul Power became far stronger than that of ordinary people.

The accompanying benefit was that he could control Dou Qi with far greater ease, absorb more Dou Qi during cultivation, and cultivate faster!

Xiao Yan's astonishing talent in his youth had likely come from this as well.

Compared to a day ago, Feng Wu's talent was now utterly transformed. He should be no worse than Xiao Yan and had likely reached the same starting line.

Now it depended on whether Xiao Yan's old grandpa was more powerful, or whether Feng Wu's system was easier to use.

After getting up and washing, Feng Wu casually grabbed an outer robe and prepared to leave. As for his work in the Xiao Clan's kitchen, there probably would not be any for the next few days.

There was still plenty of livestock left over from the last slaughter.

Feng Wu took along the money box he had saved up over the years. It contained the living expenses Xiao Yu had left for him before she went to Canaan Academy: two hundred Gold Coins.

Then there were the hundred-odd Gold Coins he had gradually saved over years of doing odd jobs in the Xiao Clan's back kitchen.

A little over three hundred and fifty Gold Coins in total—this was his starting capital.

As he reached the Xiao Clan's main gate, Feng Wu glanced toward the clan's reception hall.

There were no luxurious carriages outside. The Yun Lan Sect delegation probably had not arrived yet. But the clan's major elders and quite a few important descendants had already gathered.

Seeing them bustling about, hanging lanterns and decorations, preparing water and tea, Feng Wu shook his head, finding it rather ironic!

These guests were not welcome ones!

Feng Wu left the Xiao Clan and headed straight for the marketplace in the southern part of the city.

This was his destination. If he remembered correctly, Xiao Yan had bought the Absorption Palm Dou Technique from this southern marketplace.

Though its effects were ordinary, it was still a Mysterious Rank Low Grade Dou Technique. Besides, he could upgrade it.

The marketplace was already bustling despite the early hour.

After buying a flatbread roll, Feng Wu ate as he walked, observing the stalls around him.

Xiao Yan had Yao Lao to remind him where the hidden treasures were, while Feng Wu could rely on the system to identify item information—and it was even more accurate!

I wonder whether the person who sold Xiao Yan the Absorption Palm has set up his stall today. Feng Wu muttered inwardly.

If he could not find him today, he would probably have to follow Xiao Yan tomorrow. But Xiao Yan had Yao Lao. If Feng Wu openly competed with him, it would likely be troublesome—and Feng Wu was not as rich as Xiao Yan.

So he only had one chance. If he failed today, it would be difficult afterward.

He wandered aimlessly through the marketplace. He had yet to find the Absorption Palm, and looking for something in such a huge marketplace was like searching for a needle in a haystack. But Feng Wu soon found something he liked.

Blood Replenishing Powder: A supposedly Rank 1, unremarkable pill with a pitiful effect of stopping bleeding and regenerating flesh.

(Can be upgraded. Upgrade requires 1 experience point.)

If Feng Wu remembered correctly, Blood Replenishing Powder first appeared in the original story when it was sold in the Gale Family marketplace, kicking off the assault on the Xiao Clan's business, right?

He had not expected to find scattered quantities of this pill in the marketplace already.

Thinking about it, Liu Xi also needed to make money from alchemy to improve his alchemy skills. Selling some cheap pills was perfectly normal.

Liu Xi had likely been invited to the Gale Family for this reason as well. Following the trail back from these marketplace merchants, it should not have been difficult for the powerful Gale Family to find Liu Xi in Wu Tan City.

Then one was willing to fight, and the other was willing to take the blows.

The Gale Family provided the materials and seized the market; Liu Xi got free materials to practice alchemy with and earned an income besides. They had probably hit it off immediately!

Feng Wu had not expected Liu Xi to have arrived in Wu Tan City so early. As for why there had been no news until the Gale Family moved to seize the market—

It was probably because the Gale Family had kept it secret, while also stockpiling enough pills to crush the other two families' marketplace businesses in Wu Tan City all at once.

Feng Wu toyed with the inferior pill bottle in his hand as he made his guesses. He had already figured out most of the truth.

At this moment, Liu Xi had just been found at his residence by the Gale Family patriarch, Gale Bi...

But Feng Wu did not care about any of that. What he wanted to see more was how much this bottle of pills would be worth if he upgraded it.

"Boss, give me a bottle of this Blood Replenishing Powder." After paying one hundred Gold Coins, Feng Wu took the Blood Replenishing Powder.

He casually found an empty alley and began experimenting.

"System, upgrade the Blood Replenishing Powder." Feng Wu invested experience points. The Blood Replenishing Powder changed inside the bottle, the most obvious difference being that it now gave off a faint fragrance.

"What grade is it now?" With a hint of anticipation, Feng Wu looked into the porcelain bottle.

Blood Replenishing Powder: Rank 2 Pill (pseudo). Perhaps calling it a Rank 1 Pill would be more appropriate, but if you took it to auction, it would absolutely fetch a Rank 2 price.

(Can be upgraded. Requires 5 experience points.)

A Rank 2 Pill!

He was rich!

Feng Wu directly ignored the word "pseudo" in the system's description. If it could sell for a Rank 2 price, who cared whether it was real or fake?

Moreover, Feng Wu discovered something even more surprising. Upgrading pills did not upgrade only one pill at a time. It was calculated by the unit: bottle!

And Feng Wu had a full ten Blood Replenishing Powders in his hands!

Blood Replenishing Powder was an unremarkable pill. At ten Gold Coins each, it was far too beneath an Alchemist's dignity.

Normally, a Rank 1 Pill was absolutely worth over a hundred Gold Coins each. Even a healing pill like Blood Replenishing Powder, which was relatively cheap, would cost twenty or thirty Gold Coins per pill if it were truly of standard quality.

As for a Rank 2 Pill, its price would probably be ten times that!

After Feng Wu upgraded them, the value of these ten Rank 2 Blood Replenishing Powders skyrocketed! In the blink of an eye, they were worth three thousand Gold Coins!

That was not an exaggeration. Just think of the diluted Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. It was also a Rank 2 Pill, yet a single bottle sold for at least twenty or thirty thousand Gold Coins at auction.

At the highest price, Xiao Zhan had even bought two bottles for one hundred thousand Gold Coins!

Fifty thousand per bottle—compared to Feng Wu's estimated price of three hundred Gold Coins for one Rank 2 Blood Replenishing Powder, it was incomparably higher!

Thinking of this, Feng Wu put away the pills and returned to the stall. Without another word, he picked up two more bottles of Rank 1 Blood Replenishing Powder and paid for them.

Even if he did not find the Absorption Palm Dou Technique he wanted on this trip, it had been worth it.

And seeing Feng Wu make such a large purchase, the stall owner even gave him a discount of ten Gold Coins, grinning happily.

After using experience points to upgrade the two newly purchased bottles of Blood Replenishing Powder into a bottle of Rank 2 Pills, Feng Wu prepared to leave the marketplace and head for the Mittel Auction House.

Only there would someone be able to afford the price of these pills.

Just as Feng Wu turned around, a new peddler appeared not far to his side, spreading out his large and small bundles.

Then he shouted energetically:

"Selling Magic Crystals! Freshly arrived Magic Crystals! Magic Crystals from a First Grade Wood Devouring Fox!"