Selling Pills

"Little brother, I was wondering how much these cultivation methods cost?"

Bai Yu asked without betraying any emotion.

The waiter replied with a smile:

"Esteemed guest, if you're truly interested, the Breathing Exercises are fifty taels, and the Circulatory Movement is one hundred taels."

"As for this Spirit Serpent Breath Art, since it's a Profound Rank technique, the price might be a little higher, six hundred taels."

Bai Yu was taken aback.

He hadn't expected the cultivation methods in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to be so expensive, almost half again as much as on the Black Market.

A Profound Rank, Low Grade breathing technique, and not even a universal one, just a method for training the internal organs, actually cost six hundred taels.

Six hundred taels was very expensive for Bai Yu.

He had less than three hundred taels of silver on his person.

Bai Yu's expression didn't change as he asked:

"Little brother, isn't that a bit too expensive? I wonder if there's any discount?"

The waiter smiled:

"Esteemed guest, our items here are not subject to bargaining."

Cultivation methods and pills were in high demand and short supply.

The Myriad Treasures Pavilion was confident and not afraid of customers leaving.

Bai Yu's brain raced.

With the impending turmoil, he needed to quickly increase his strength, and this Spirit Serpent Breath Art was especially important.

At any other time, Profound Rank cultivation methods might not even be for sale.

And who knew, it might be bought by someone else in a couple of days.

Opportunity knocks but once.

Bai Yu said decisively:

"I'll take this Spirit Serpent Breath Art."

The waiter beamed:

"Alright, esteemed guest, I'll wrap it up for you right away. That'll be six hundred taels of silver."

Bai Yu didn't rush to pay, but instead asked:

"Little brother, do you buy pills here?"

The waiter eagerly replied:

"Yes, of course, we do, but I don't know what kind of pills you're selling?"

"A kind of bone tempering pill."

The waiter perked up:

"Bone tempering pills are all Ranked pills. I can't decide on this matter, I have to ask the manager to take a look."

"Esteemed guest, please come with me."

With that, he led Bai Yu to the second floor.

The second floor was very elegant and quiet, and a scholarly old man was quietly reading an ancient book.

Seeing Bai Yu come up, the old man put down the ancient book in his hand and said:

"This old man is Zhou Muxian, may I ask what this guest is called?"

Bai Yu was secretly shocked to see that the manager was also a Sixth Rank martial artist.

He said without changing his expression:

"Senior can call me Cai Xuanji."

The alias Cai Kun from the Black Market was obviously unusable, so Bai Yu changed to a more refined name.

The scholarly old man smiled:

"So it's Mr. Cai, please have a seat. I don't know what the guest wants to buy or sell?"

Bai Yu calmly took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"This junior unintentionally obtained a kind of pill, please take a look, Senior."

The scholarly old man smiled slightly, took the porcelain bottle, opened it, and smelled it.

"Second Rank pill, with tiger bone and snake gall as the main ingredients, it has a miraculous effect on tempering bones, am I right, guest?"

Bai Yu thought to himself that this old man was indeed powerful, able to tell the main ingredients just by smelling it.

He nodded and replied:

"Senior is right, it is indeed a bone tempering pill."

"As for the main ingredient, I obtained it by chance and don't know the specific materials."

The Confucian-robed old man tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and the waiter expertly poured tea for the two of them.

The old man took a sip of tea and said, "A Rank Two Bone Tempering Pill is worth around one hundred and fifty taels. I wonder if the guest is satisfied?"

Bai Yu didn't touch the tea on the table, nodding in agreement.

"I'll take your word for it, Senior. I happened to obtain a few of these pills before, but only two are left."

As he spoke, he took out a porcelain bottle from his robes.

The Confucian-robed old man took the bottle and glanced at it, saying, "This one is of slightly better quality than the previous one. I'll value it at two hundred taels."

Bai Yu's heart stirred upon hearing this. Although there was a difference in quality between the two Bone Tempering Pills, it definitely wasn't that significant.

The Confucian-robed old man's fifty tael discount left him somewhat puzzled.

"Then I'll thank you in advance, Senior."

The Confucian-robed old man smiled.

"Friend Xuanji, I have an impolite request. I wonder if you would be willing to grant it?"

Bai Yu thought to himself, As expected, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

If it's an impolite request, then don't ask it.

However, Bai Yu naturally wouldn't say this out loud, maintaining a cheerful expression on the surface.

"I wonder what request Senior has?"

The Confucian-robed old man smiled.

"It's nothing major. It's just that if you happen to have any more of these pills, this establishment would be willing to purchase them all at a price of one hundred and eighty taels."

Bai Yu forced a smile.

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, Senior. I only obtained a few of these pills by chance, and these two are the last ones remaining. If I wasn't short on funds, I wouldn't have taken them out to exchange for silver."

The old man didn't press the matter, simply saying, "If you happen to obtain any more of these pills in the future, please prioritize our establishment."

Bai Yu naturally nodded in agreement.

For a time, the two were amiable hosts and guests, chatting harmoniously.

During this time, Bai Yu also inquired about the ranking of pills from the Confucian-robed old man, who didn't refuse and explained a few things to Bai Yu.

It turned out that pills in this world were divided into Nine Ranks, with Rank Nine being the highest and Rank One being the lowest.

In addition, there were some unranked pills, which had some effects, but the effects were not significant enough to be included in the Nine Ranks.

For example, Bai Yu's Essence Nourishing Powder was an unranked pill.

While the Dragon-Tiger Bone Tempering Pill was Rank Two.

Bai Yu listened with great interest, and after a while, he cupped his fist to bid farewell.

When he left, he had an additional copy of the Spirit Serpent Breath Art in his possession.

After he left, the waiter quietly asked, "Manager, does this person really only have two pills?"

The old man chuckled.

"Absolutely impossible. He revealed his hand with the two pills he sold."

"These two pills were recently refined, and the difference in quality is obvious, clearly from the hands of a growing alchemist."

"Most likely, this kid is an alchemist, or has an alchemist friend."

The waiter asked again, "Since that's the case, why didn't the manager keep him here?"

The Confucian-robed old man said indifferently, "A mere three to five hundred taels of silver isn't worth ruining our reputation."

"Moreover, an alchemist isn't someone you can easily offend. Let him go."

The waiter seemed thoughtful.

Several hours later, Bai Yu returned to his room, and couldn't wait to take out the Spirit Serpent Breath Art and begin examining it.

After carefully reading it for half an hour, a cultivation method appeared in his mind.

[Spirit Serpent Breath Art: Novice.]
[Compatibility with Dark Turtle Breath Concealment Art is 82%. Do you want to spend 500 Life Experience to merge them?]

The Profound Rank cultivation method required more Life Experience to merge.

Bai Yu didn't hesitate at all and directly invested 500 Life Experience.

[Fusion successful. Obtained Turtle-Serpent Breath Concealment Art!]

Bai Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly checked the information of the Turtle-Serpent Breath Concealment Art.