Qi Refining Stage Nine, Pill Sale

He watched for a while, making sure the beavers would not be hurt before turning and returning to the house. He took out a cup and filled it to the brim with "Peach Blossom Spirit Brew."

In recent days, he had already mastered the spell "Peach Blossom Spirit Brew Rain," a technique that could probably be called a divine ability, inside and out.

Now that he had the materials required to cast it, he naturally could not wait to try it.

"It should go like this."

Carrying the cup to the doorway, he used his spiritual power to suspend the two taels of wine, then abruptly stretched out his hand and flung it forward—

Whoosh!

The wine unexpectedly formed blossom after blossom of vivid pink peach flowers in midair. The wine mist became clouds, and fine, nearly imperceptible threads of rain drifted down on the spring breeze, falling upon the spiritual plants in the courtyard.

The first to react were the mixed wheat plants. Led by the Wheat Spirit, they actually swayed as they used Spiritual Energy to gather the falling rain threads, then distributed them through the Wheat Spirit so that every stalk could enjoy some.

Then... there was not much rain left.

After all, Li Ye had only used two taels of wine for this attempt. The other spiritual plants simply could not compete with this wheat working as a gang, with a head bull leading them.

After they had their way with it, the remaining rainwater was pitifully sparse.

After being drenched in the Peach Blossom Spirit Brew Rain, however, the wheat plants became brimming with vitality. Their surfaces even glimmered faintly, and their emotions instantly turned to delight.

But the other spiritual plants had not received much rain at all. Their emotions were full of longing, and they even took the initiative to release Spiritual Energy in hopes of trading for it.

Li Ye also knew that he had simply made too little rain.

Since his own spiritual plants wanted to drink it, he went back and filled up a full five jin of wine. After casting the spell several times, peach blossom clouds and pink mist filled the sky above the courtyard, with threads of rain drifting down.

All the spirit beasts and spiritual plants enjoyed this rain and dew as though it were a gift from heaven. They stretched out the branches and leaves that had just been ravaged by the late spring cold, spreading themselves wide to savor the nourishment of the rain.

The Micro-Stream Beavers and Crimson-Gold Dragon Carp no longer tangled together. They began hopping about, catching the falling raindrops.

Even the Golden Horn Ants had somehow crawled out one by one, carrying away the droplets that fell to the ground.

The spring breeze grew warmer, carrying the rich fragrance of peach blossoms and the intoxicating scent of wine, driving away the lingering chill.

Just a short while ago, the wind and snow had been bitterly cold, yet now everything was warm. Even Li Ye felt somewhat dazed. After this late spring cold, spring had finally arrived in full.

"Hm?"

All of a sudden, he sensed a stream of pure Spiritual Energy flowing toward him.

"This is..."

He sharply turned toward the source of the Spiritual Energy.

The spiritual plants that had enjoyed the Peach Blossom Spirit Brew Rain were generously releasing toward him the Spiritual Energy that had been tempered by wind and snow and nourished by the spirit brew.

As Li Ye absorbed this Spiritual Energy, his entire body felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in warm water. The threshold between Qi Refining Stage Eight and Qi Refining Stage Nine was effortlessly shattered.

His body trembled slightly.

He had already entered Qi Refining Stage Nine. Only a single step remained before Qi Refining Stage Ten, when he could break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

And only barely three months had passed since he had transmigrated here with the foundational cultivation of Qi Refining Stage Three—yet in those three months, he had broken through a full six stages!

"How refreshing." Li Ye, now at Qi Refining Stage Nine, exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Other than the lingering, faint pain from the injuries left by the damage to his meridians, everywhere else felt exceptionally comfortable.

The sensation of having Spiritual Energy flood his body truly made him feel as though he were floating into immortality. No wonder so many cultivators loved meditating and cultivating.

"Thank you for your Spiritual Energy." He smiled at the spiritual plants in the courtyard.

These spiritual plants might not be high-grade, but he had treated them all equally. He had even watered each of them with Purple Oil Spring Rain.

Now, he had received their return.

It was also at this moment that he suddenly felt his fifty jin of wine might not last very long. He had originally planned to sell it, but upon reflection, this stuff could only be brewed in spring—it was an absolute rarity.

"Looks like I should keep it all. At most, I can give some away as favors. Treasures like this would truly be sold cheap if I took them out and openly priced them in Spirit Stones."

"And... my cultivation is nearing a bottleneck."

"I should also start considering Foundation Establishment Pills."

Now that he was at Qi Refining Stage Nine, he planned to inquire about Foundation Establishment Pills tomorrow. Surely one did not have to join the Four Seasons Sect just to buy Foundation Establishment Pills, right?

Hopefully it would not be that troublesome.

The next day.

Just as Li Ye was about to head out, he saw the mortal woman who had taken him to the Zhou Family standing outside. Upon seeing Li Ye, she hurried forward.

"Senior Li."

"Third Granduncle sent me."

She took a pouch from her bosom and handed it over.

"He said the Peach Blossom Wine here should be nearly ready by now. He told me to come by every day to check, and if there was any, to buy a bottle."

"...Uncle Zhou really is impatient." Li Ye did not take the bag of Spirit Stones. Instead, he straightforwardly took out a bottle of Peach Blossom Wine. "Since I said back then that I would give it to him, bringing Spirit Stones now is truly looking down on Li."

"Tell him when you go back that I'm very angry!"

He stuffed the bottle of Peach Blossom Wine into the hands of the mortal woman whose name he still did not know, then waved his hand.

"Don't worry. Just do as I said, and he definitely won't make things difficult for you."

With that, Li Ye had already ambled away.

The woman surnamed Zhou stared blankly at Li Ye's "dashing" departing figure. So this was an immortal cultivator—so carefree and unrestrained.

She stood there in a daze for several breaths before coming back to her senses. She quickly placed the wine and all the Spirit Stones into a hidden compartment inside the carriage, then immediately drove away.

Meanwhile, Li Ye was walking through the market. Perhaps that snowfall had dealt a devastating blow to many spirit plants, but there seemed to be more cultivators selling spirit plants today.

But his pockets were empty, and besides, most of what was being sold were incomplete spirit plants, or plants that had already died.

He could only look; there were no bargains to be picked up.

With so many people around, the place was packed shoulder to shoulder. After spending some time squeezing through the crowd, he finally arrived outside the Four Seasons Sect shop, only to find a red notice posted on its outer wall.

Several large words were written boldly upon it—Alchemist Su Ya had recently refined a batch of pills, and a small sale would be held in the Jia private room on the second floor of the Four Seasons Sect shop.

The notice also clearly listed the pills that would be sold.

Li Ye gave it a rough glance and saw pills such as the Crimson Radiance Beauty Pill, Lotus Calming Pill, and Gourd Body Tempering Pill. They looked exceedingly familiar.

Clearly, these had been refined from the materials he had given Su Ya.

Fellow Daoist Su really is quick. He finished refining everything in just ten days, and there are so many other pills besides.

After thinking it over, he decided to take a look as well.

Just how many Spirit Stones could the pills refined from his materials, together with the Four Seasons Sect alchemists' work, sell for? And would they be popular?

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