Transaction

"Blood Origin Pills nourish yin and yang, fortify the foundation and cultivate the root, aiding cultivation. Exchange for cultivation techniques, Dao scriptures, divine abilities, secret arts, ancient artifacts, various medicinal herbs..."

Outside the Three Purities Dao Palace, Yan Kuan's stall was quickly surrounded by a crowd. The art of alchemy across the Shrouding the Heavens universe was not particularly low in overall standard—the Emperor Lord could refine Nine Revolutions Immortal Pills that extended the lives of Imperial Dao supremacies by one lifetime, proving that high-level alchemy was indeed viable.

However, looking across the entire cultivation world, the number of alchemists within the various sects was not large. Most sects had only mediocre alchemy traditions, and if even the major schools were like this, it went without saying for rogue cultivators.

Most rogue cultivators, when they obtained spiritual herbs, could only swallow them raw—this was already their best method to maximize medicinal effects. As for pills, most people had only heard of them. Now that pills had suddenly appeared at a stall, it naturally drew a lot of attention.

Yan Kuan sat cross-legged behind his stall mat, cushioned by a pilfered meditation cushion. He didn't actively introduce anything. In fact, as far as he knew, no matter which ancient life star you were on, pills were always priceless and marketless. Since he was the seller in a seller's market, there was no need to be too proactive.

Around Yan Kuan's stall, more and more cultivators gathered, but everyone seemed eager yet hesitant. The main reason was that most cultivators had never even had the chance to consume pills, so they naturally had no ability to judge them or know how to haggle.

That's right—haggling. These days, cultivation was hard, and everyone tried to save where they could. Even the famous and prestigious sects quibbled over every detail when exchanging cultivation resources, afraid of being taken advantage of.

"This fellow Daoist, greetings. May I ask how effective this Blood Origin Pill is, and what exactly are the terms of trade?"

Yan Kuan didn't wait long before a middle-aged man in a Daoist robe walked up and bowed to him. The man had an immortal air, handsome features, and clearly came from a major sect. Being able to ask such questions, he was likely knowledgeable.

"Blood Origin Pills come in three grades, each with different effects. The lower grade is highly effective for those with Qi Sensation, helping to open the Sea of Bitterness. The middle grade aids cultivation in the Sea of Bitterness. The upper grade has only three pills and is highly effective even for seniors in the Dao Palace Realm."

Yan Kuan pointed to three different porcelain bottles in front of him. This batch of pills was his practice work. The Flame Emperor's inheritance contained alchemy techniques, and now that Yan Kuan had a flame seed, he could naturally attempt alchemy.

But before heading to Mount Ba Ling, he was like a clever woman without rice—no matter how skilled, she couldn't cook. In places like Jingcheng and Hong Kong, he could at most gather some common medicinal herbs. Some of these herbs were indeed rare, but their effects on cultivators were mediocre.

This batch of Blood Origin Pills was refined using the main ingredient of the sinister bats he had hunted in Grand Sage Red Pine's ancient tomb.

The sinister bats in Grand Sage Red Pine's tomb were nothing special in ancient times, but in this era of difficult cultivation, the energy contained in such evil beasts was quite precious.

However, most people couldn't utilize these bats even if they hunted them. Even he had to borrow countless ingenious formulas from the Flame Emperor's inheritance, find a pill recipe for some spiritual pill, modify and simplify it, and attempt it many times before finally refining this 'Blood Origin Pill.'

The lower-grade Blood Origin Pill barely reached the standard of a first-grade pill on the Battle Qi Continent, slightly better than Xiao Yan's initial practice pills in the original story. It had some auxiliary effects for Wheel Sea Realm cultivation, using the weakest bats as the main ingredient.

The middle-grade Blood Origin Pill was roughly equivalent to a second-grade pill on the Battle Qi Continent, using Wheel Sea Realm sinister bats. As for the upper-grade Blood Origin Pill, its main ingredient came from a few bat kings at the Dao Palace level, reaching roughly the third-grade pill level.

Most of this was Yan Kuan's internal assessment after practice. As for his alchemy skill being good, it could only be attributed to talent.

Having been reincarnated as a human, his soul was strong. He had cultivated the soul-refining techniques from the Flame Emperor's inheritance since childhood, and he estimated his soul was close to the Spiritual Realm level. The other key to alchemy—flame control—was something Yan Kuan didn't need to worry about.

He was born with the Empyrean Flame and possessed a special fire-attribute physique, naturally attuned to the power of flame. Over the years, being young and undisturbed by external factors, he had devoted himself to diligent cultivation, which had brought his flame control to a level ordinary people could hardly imagine.

As for the requirement on the Battle Qi Continent that alchemy needed a fire-with-wood innate attribute, that was only for ordinary people. Yan Kuan had received the Flame Emperor's inheritance and already had a special solution.

With all three basic conditions for becoming an alchemist met, plus suitable materials to practice on, Yan Kuan's alchemy proficiency and level naturally soared. When materials ran out, he killed more bats—thus creating a world where only the sinister bat colony suffered.

"Fellow Daoist, may I take a closer look? This Dao scripture is my sincerity."

The immortal-like Daoist cultivator completely lost his composure when he heard that Yan Kuan's Blood Origin Pills were even useful for Dao Palace cultivators. He quickly pulled a scroll of Dao scripture from his sleeve and carefully placed it before Yan Kuan.

Yan Kuan raised his hand and drew the scripture into his grasp. After carefully examining its contents and confirming it was useful to him, he waved his hand, sending a porcelain bottle flying to the middle-aged Daoist.

"The pill is round and restrained, with a faint dan fragrance. Smelling it stirs the blood and qi—and this is the lower grade?"

The middle-aged Daoist felt his brain couldn't keep up. Pills of this quality in his sect would be considered mid-grade. As for lower grade, that meant pills that hadn't exploded the furnace and still had medicinal effects. In these times of scarce resources, even such low-grade pills were fought over.

"Mm! This feeling—this lower-grade Blood Origin Pill is even beneficial for Wheel Sea Realm cultivators. Used on Dao children who haven't opened their Sea of Bitterness, its effects are extraordinary. Divine pills, these are divine pills..."

The middle-aged Daoist was deeply shaken by the pill's effects. He suddenly looked up at Yan Kuan, eyes blazing with intensity, and said hurriedly, "Fellow Daoist, may I ask how many Blood Origin Pills you have left?"

"You want to buy them all? Impossible. Look at all these people waiting. I didn't make things clear earlier—for each pill, I need one Dao scripture or classic in exchange. Wheel Sea Realm level will do. Additionally, I need a batch of medicinal herbs or other resources."

Yan Kuan pointed at the Daoist in front of him. "You're the first to trade, so I only took your scripture without asking for resources. Don't expect such a bargain later. After all, I need to gather materials to refine pills!

Also, I don't accept just any Dao scripture. I have to read it myself and confirm it's useful before I take it. The judgment standard is mine to set, same for resources and herbs. As for those three upper-grade Blood Origin Pills, they're different—they require cultivation methods above the Dao Palace Realm or divine abilities and secret arts in exchange."