Trading Area

After parting ways with Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian immediately took Qing Lin to search for the so-called Trading Area in the Pill Tower.

Fortunately, the Trading Area was not hard to find, and the two quickly found a gate with a sign that read "Trading Area".

Beyond the gate was a spacious and cool passage. Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin through the passage, and a slightly noisy sound suddenly came towards them and then entered their ears.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, Xiao Yi Xian's gaze swept across the room, revealing a vast hall before her. Inside, numerous neatly arranged stone tables resembled market stalls. Behind these tables, figures who appeared to be stall owners sat cross-legged, their expressions languid, not at all like business people. Of course, they weren't...

Inside the hall, the flow of people wasn't particularly large, and most of them were dressed in Alchemist robes. Clearly, they were all Alchemist, and most of them were of a high level, including several seventh-grade alchemists. This demonstrated that the Trading Area of Pill Tower Headquarters was indeed of good quality.

Many Alchemist wandered through the vast hall, occasionally stopping in front of some stone tables to carefully examine the items displayed there. If they saw something they liked, they would stop and begin negotiating with the stall owner to exchange terms.

The arrival of Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin did not attract much attention.

After looking around for a while, Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin to search through various stalls.

These stalls displayed all sorts of strange and unusual items, but perhaps due to the nature of their profession, the most numerous items were related to alchemy, such as Pill Formula, alchemical furnaces, and medicinal herbs.

After some searching, Xiao Yi Xian actually found quite a few useful medicinal herbs.

However, Xiao Yi Xian paid a considerable price to obtain these things.

In this kind of transaction, gold coins are useless. After all, which Alchemist present isn't incredibly wealthy? Gold coins are just a string of numbers to them.

Here, it's all about bartering. Fortunately, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had quite a few good things on them, similar to the Na Ring of Yao Yun and the others. Xiao Ming didn't take much and just gave them to them directly.

Xiao Ming will also keep the good Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills they can master.

With their accumulated wealth, they could be considered quite well-off young women.

Not long after, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had almost finished touring the Trading Area.

Just as Xiao Yi Xian was about to leave and wait for Xiao Ming at the door, she noticed a jade platform in the northern corner. Wisps of cold air emanated from the platform and spread out, causing the temperature in the area to drop considerably.

On the jade platform, there were scattered medicinal herbs, scrolls, and even pills, and judging from their appearance, they did not seem to be ordinary items.

A large crowd had gathered around the jade platform, clearly quite interested in what was there.

Behind the jade platform stood an elderly man with gray hair. The old man was slovenly and had a lazy expression on his face. He was lying on the jade platform, ignoring the onlookers around him, and picking his ears without any restraint.

"Elder Yan, I've been telling you that you come to set up your stall every ten days or so, but you rarely make a sale. It's all because your stuff is too expensive. Why don't you sell me your Snow Bone Ginseng for a lower price? Then your trip won't have been a complete waste."

The speaker was an elderly man wearing a Grade Seven Low-level badge around his neck.

"Dream on! You guys just look and don't buy, and you even complain about the price. Bah! This Snow Ancient Ginseng is a Grade Seven High-level Medicinal Pill. If you think it's too expensive, well, don't say I didn't give you a chance. It's a mid- Grade Seven Mid-level Medicinal Pill..."

The Sloppy Old Man rolled his eyes and spat on the ground beside him without any regard for his image.

Xiao Yi Xian was also taken aback by the Sloppy Old Man's attitude. She glanced at his chest and saw that he also had a seventh-grade badge, but it was Grade Seven High-level. Clearly, he was a Grade Seven High-level Alchemist.

"Sigh, you..." The Seven-Rank Alchemist who spoke was somewhat embarrassed by what he said, but he seemed to really want this Snow Bone Ginseng. He gritted his teeth and took out a Jade Bottle, handing it to the Sloppy Old Man.

"This is a Grade Seven Mid-level Medicinal Pill, what do you think...?"

"No, I don't like this pill..." The Sloppy Old Man took the pill, examined it carefully, and then returned it to the other party.

"You..."

The man was speechless. He wanted to curse, but it wasn't a good place to argue, so he could only leave awkwardly.

After that person left, Xiao Yi Xian saw a jade box on a jade platform shrouded in cold air. Inside the box, a ginseng root, pure white and resembling a bone, lay quietly.

"Snow Bone Ginseng, isn't that what Young Master needs?" Qing Lin, having followed Xiao Ming around, had learned quite a bit, and she knew that Xiao Ming had been searching for this medicinal herb.

"It is indeed the medicinal herb Xiao Ming is looking for. Let's wait for Xiao Ming here; we probably can't carry that thing."

Xiao Yi Xian doesn't have any high-grade or mid-level seventh-rank pills on her.

Going there would only lead to the same fate as that Seven-Rank Alchemist, so Xiao Yi Xian wisely chose not to go and instead waited in a corner.

Half an hour later, Xiao Ming was walking leisurely on the road when he appeared in the sight of Xiao Yi Xian Qing Lin.

The badge on Xiao Ming's chest had been changed. Although there were still seven stars on it, the seventh star was the same color as the others, indicating that Xiao Ming had passed the test and was now Grade Seven High-level Alchemist.

It's absurd to say, but Xiao Ming had never refined a single Grade Seven High-level pill, yet he passed the extremely rigorous test of the Pill Tower.

If this were told to others, probably no one would believe it.

As Xiao Ming strolled around the Trading Area, everyone who saw him had their pupils shrink and a look of astonishment appear on their faces.

"Am I seeing things? Grade Seven High-level Alchemist?"

"One, two, three, four, six, seven, seven pills! You're definitely not seeing things, you really are Seven-Rank Alchemist!"

"Hiss~"

As Xiao Ming passed by, a collective gasp of astonishment rippled through the crowd.

The fact that Xiao Ming Grade Seven High-level Alchemist wouldn't have moved them so much, since they had even seen Grade Eight High-level Alchemist before. The main reason was that Xiao Ming was too young; he looked to be under twenty. Grade Seven High-level Alchemist of that age was much rarer than Tier 8 Alchemist.

They had never seen anyone like this in their entire lives.

Some elderly men with gray beards secretly concealed the badges they used to be extremely proud of.

Alas, Xiao Ming's appearance dealt them a tremendous blow.

Ignoring the gazes around him, Xiao Ming spotted Xiao Yi Xian and her companion, a faint smile appearing on his face, and walked directly up to them.

"What are you all standing here like idiots? Have you found what you need?"

"I've found everything I need. I'll concoct it into poison; that should be enough for me to cultivate to the Dou Ancestor Six Stars. Oh, and by the way, we've found the Snow Bone Ginseng you need right here, as long as his price isn't too high..."

"Oh?" Looking in the direction Xiao Yi Xian indicated, a Snow Bone Ginseng appeared before her eyes.