Jade Spring Mountain, Affairs Office warehouse.
"One hundred Dao Merit and two hundred White Jade Coins? Per pill?!" Chen Mu glared at the Short Fat Storekeeper with a dark expression.
Is this squat little bastard trying to rip me off?!
The Short Fat Storekeeper remained utterly calm. "Think it's too expensive? Then don't buy it!"
"Only alchemists from the Upper Courtyard can refine Nine-Four Foundation Cultivation Pills, and demand exceeds supply."
"These ten pills in my hands were originally reserved for someone else."
"If that person hadn't died, you wouldn't be getting them even if you wanted them." The Short Fat Storekeeper looked at Chen Mu sideways, not bothering to be polite.
A thousand Dao Merit...
He would have to refine twenty thousand Fasting Pills!
Chen Mu gritted his teeth and handed over his Identity Jade Token.
Save where he could, spend where he had to. Condensing Orifices was what mattered. No matter how expensive it was, he had to buy them.
The Nine-Four Foundation Cultivation Pill was the size of a longan, jade-green throughout and as translucent as polished jade.
The pill melted the instant it entered his mouth, and an icy liquid slid down his throat.
Yet when the medicinal liquid dropped into his stomach, it abruptly turned into a warm current that spread throughout his body.
In an instant, his palms and soles grew pleasantly warm.
After a long while, Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes.
A sense of ease rose from the depths of his heart, as though some invisible burden had been lifted.
He got up and walked to the bronze mirror, only to find that a faint flush had already returned to his face in that short time.
"That thousand Dao Merit was well spent." Chen Mu immediately nodded in satisfaction.
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