Eternal Prudence: Starting with a Suona, Funeral Rites to Immortality
Chapter 49

Spirit Serpent Breath Art

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Bai Yu set up a stall at the Black Market and started selling pills.

In this season, pills that could enhance cultivation were highly sought after.

Before long, a crowd gathered around.

A Red-Haired Man asked:

"Brother, what kind of pills are you selling?"

Bai Yu was currently displaying the strength of a Fourth-Rank martial artist, so most people were very respectful towards him.

He deepened his voice and said:

"Bone Forging Pill. It can temper bones and enhance cultivation in the Bone Tempering Realm."

The Red-Haired Man's eyes lit up upon hearing this. After obtaining Bai Yu's consent, he opened the lid and smelled the medicinal properties.

"Indeed, it's a pill that can enhance martial arts cultivation. Rare, truly rare."

"How much does this Bone Forging Pill cost?"

Bai Yu said calmly:

"Ten taels per pill."

The Bone Forging Pill was not as potent as the Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pill; its medicinal properties were diluted more than ten times.

The cost of Bai Yu refining a Bone Forging Pill was about three to five taels of silver, so selling it for ten taels was naturally very profitable.

The Red-Haired Man hesitated slightly upon hearing the price:

"Brother, this price is a bit high, but in these times, pills are worth more than gold. Ten taels it is. I'll buy one pill first."

With that, he took out a silver note and bought a bottle of Bone Forging Pills.

Bai Yu was a little surprised that this person was so easy to talk to.

He recalled the first time he sold medicine, the Essence Nourishing Powder that cost a few hundred copper coins, and the buyer was still nitpicking.

Now that his strength was higher, others naturally had more trust in him, and they would buy pills worth ten taels of silver without hesitation.

The strength he displayed was higher, and people suddenly became more polite.

Bai Yu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At this moment, the other onlookers, seeing this, were also greatly moved and stepped forward to check. Many people took out their silver on the spot.

However, they didn't dare to buy too much, as they didn't know how effective the medicine was.

Most people bought one or two pills, so even if they lost money, it wouldn't be much.

In less than half an hour, Bai Yu's Bone Forging Pills were sold out.

"Everyone, the quantity is limited. Come again another day."

Bai Yu began to pack up his stall.

He wasn't greedy, only selling twenty bottles at a time, and stopping after earning two hundred taels.

A Fourth-Rank martial artist doing two or three hundred taels of business at a time wouldn't attract attention.

For two or three hundred taels of silver, it wasn't worth it to fight a Fourth-Rank martial artist.

But any more than that, and some people might start having wicked thoughts.

Seeing Bai Yu being so decisive, those who hadn't bought any couldn't help but regret it, blaming themselves for hesitating.

Bai Yu didn't stop at all and left after packing up his stall.

As the world became more chaotic, the Black Market became even more prosperous.

Many things that were rarely seen on weekdays appeared in the Black Market.

Bai Yu began to look around, wanting to see if there were any pills or cultivation methods for training the internal organs.

If he could buy a handy weapon, that would be even better.

He looked around for a long time but didn't find what he wanted.

Needless to say, pills were snatched up as soon as they appeared.

As for weapons and cultivation methods, they were either too expensive or obviously fake.

Bai Yu couldn't help but complain inwardly:

"There are more and more fake goods on the Black Market now. They dare to call a knife brushed with copper powder a divine weapon, the Dragon Slaying Saber. It's simply insulting to intelligence, okay? They could at least plate it with gold."

"The Black Market is just like Old Diao's stall of fake goods."

Speaking of Old Diao, he was still calmly setting up a stall selling antiques.

Bai Yu glanced at him from afar and saw him reveal his gap-toothed smirk and bargain with people:

"I won't ask for much, one price, ten thousand."

Fortunately, that person also knew Old Diao's reputation and immediately paid five qian of silver and bought a few ancient art books.

Bai Yu was very disappointed after walking around and not finding anything he liked.

"In that case, it seems I'll have to take a trip to those pavilions."

Besides the low-end stalls, the Black Market also had several magnificent pavilions, said to be owned by the major forces in Jiang City.

The goods sold in the pavilions were naturally of much higher quality than those outside, but the prices were also significantly higher.

Since he couldn't find what he wanted outside, he could only try his luck in the pavilions now.

No sooner said than done, Bai Yu strode into a pavilion called Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

As soon as he entered, a shop assistant greeted him:

"Esteemed customer, what would you like to buy?"

This shop assistant was agile and nimble, surprisingly also a Second Rank martial artist.

Even a shop assistant was a Second Rank martial artist, which showed how extravagant Myriad Treasures Pavilion was.

Bai Yu said in a hoarse voice:

"Do you have any pills that can temper the internal organs?"

The shop assistant smiled:

"Sir, I'm really sorry, but we don't have that kind of pill in our shop."

"Not just our shop, you probably won't find it anywhere in the entire Black Market right now."

"Normally, we would often have a surplus of pills, but they've been snatched up like crazy for the past half month. If you want one, you can try pre-ordering."

This was within Bai Yu's expectations.

Pills were already scarce, and the higher the rank, the fewer there were.

Bone Forging Pills and organ-tempering pills were even rarer.

Even low-level martial artists could strengthen themselves and lay a good foundation in advance by taking these two types of pills.

Therefore, these two types of pills had always been in short supply, especially during these turbulent times.

Bai Yu thought for a moment and said:

"Then do you have any cultivation methods specifically for tempering the internal organs?"

The shop assistant clapped his thigh upon hearing this:

"What a coincidence! If you had come a month earlier, we might not have had any."

"But recently, there have been more people selling cultivation methods, and we happen to have a few organ-tempering techniques."

As he spoke, he took down several cultivation methods from the shelf and placed them in front of Bai Yu.

"Please take your time to look, sir. These are all methods with the effect of tempering the internal organs."

Each of these cultivation methods was worth over a hundred taels of silver, and they were displayed so openly, without fear of anyone snatching them and running away.

Bai Yu casually flipped through them.

The first one was called Breathing and Circulation Secrets, Yellow Rank, Middle Grade, with a total of thirteen levels. It had some effect on tempering the internal organs after the tenth level.

Bai Yu decisively eliminated this one, as it could only be used after cultivating to the tenth level.

He was in urgent need of improving his strength and didn't have time to take it slowly.

The second one was called Celestial Circulation Method, Yellow Rank, High Grade, a mental cultivation method for circulating Blood Essence.

This cultivation method could be used directly, but tempering the internal organs was only a side effect, and the effect was very poor.

Bai Yu also eliminated this one.

Finally, he turned his attention to the third cultivation method.

Spirit Serpent Breath Art, Profound Rank, Low Grade, a cultivation method specifically for tempering the internal organs and breath.

Bai Yu's heart stirred.

This cultivation method was exactly what he needed right now.

And most importantly, there was a reaction from the Burial World Record.

Spirit Serpent Breath Art, Profound Rank, Low Grade, compatibility with host's cultivation method: 82%.

This was also a cultivation method that could be fused, allowing him to directly inherit the original proficiency!

Bai Yu decided on the spot, this was it.

"Brother, what are the prices of these cultivation methods?"

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