Selling

The spiritual power of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer was still somewhat lacking. When he used the Light Body Art at full force, he had to stop and go, recovering his spiritual power along the way.

Once he entered the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the situation would improve considerably.

It took nearly four days before Li Qianqing arrived at the largest Cultivator Market in Purple Flower Prefecture.

Small Cultivator Markets had very little transaction volume. What they traded were basically foundational items, such as White Corn, low-level spirit talismans, worn-out magic tools, and the like. The cultivators' levels were not high either, making it very difficult for them to swallow his pills.

The journey had been very smooth. He had not encountered Loose Cultivators or anything of the sort, nor any troublesome matters.

In Xiangshui Prefecture and the four neighboring prefectures, there were no Foundation Establishment-level Loose Cultivators, so he was very safe.

If Loose Cultivators below Foundation Establishment tried to rob him, with the usual configuration of five to ten Qi Refining stage members in a Loose Cultivator gang, he could handle them easily.

Every prefecture was very large. Unless Loose Cultivators deliberately lay in ambush, the chance of running into them was not high.

Li Qianqing had already entered the Cultivator Market, but now he wore another face, and after some disguise, his height also looked a little taller.

His disguise methods were not particularly brilliant. Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could easily see through them, but to unfamiliar Qi Refining stage cultivators, as long as they did not reach out and grab his face, they basically could not tell that he was disguised.

Using such methods at this stage was already more than enough.

"Call your manager out." Li Qianqing spoke in a rough voice. "I want to sell Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills."

"Very well, Fellow Daoist. Please wait here."

Originally, he had wanted to ask what Li Qianqing intended to do, but when Li Qianqing said afterward that he wanted to sell Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, he immediately changed his words and went to call the manager.

For Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, the selling price in shops was basically four Low-Grade Spirit Stones per pill. If it were during disputes and wars, after the demand for Qi Replenishing Pills rose, the selling price of the pills would also increase somewhat, depending on the specific situation.

Most Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills would only begin to lose medicinal efficacy after more than ten years. For Qi Replenishing Pills, it was fifteen years, and with some simple protective measures, that could be extended to twenty years.

Li Qianqing did not have to wait long before the shop's manager came out.

This was a shop belonging to the Xu Clan, a Foundation Establishment cultivation clan of Purple Flower Prefecture. It could completely take in a sizable batch of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills.

"Honored guest, please come upstairs." The manager of the Xu Clan shop was a middle-aged fatty with a prosperous-looking face and cultivation at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

"Mm." Li Qianqing nodded and went up to the second floor.

When selling Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, he naturally could not set up a stall like a rogue cultivator. Though that would earn him a little more, it would waste a great deal of time.

Li Qianqing did not have that much time, and besides, he definitely could not leave Changle Mountain for too long.

Generally speaking, Li Clan Cultivators of Changle Mountain needed to report to Li Ditu if they left Changle Mountain for more than half a month.

Even if Second Grandfather liked him no matter what, one month was already the greatest leniency he could show him.

If he vanished for more than a month without reason, that would be a serious matter.

"How should I address our honored guest?"

"My surname is Qian."

"Fellow Daoist Qian, what Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pill do you wish to sell, and how many are there?" Xu Mingyu's prosperous face was piled full of smiles.

"Qi Replenishing Pills. Fifty in total. They are all more or less of this quality." After sitting down, Li Qianqing took out a small jade bottle. Inside were five Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, among which two were of decent quality.

Xu Mingyu opened the small jade bottle and took a look.

He not only needed to appraise the quality of the pills, but also roughly determine when they had been refined.

The longer they had been stored, the lower the price would certainly be.

"Not bad. Are the quality proportions of the other forty-five pills the same as well?"

"Of course. I would not dare deceive you," Li Qianqing replied with certainty.

"Very well. In that case, our humble shop will buy them at the normal price of seventy percent. One hundred and forty Low-Grade Spirit Stones in total."

"Too low." Li Qianqing shook his head.

"They came out of the furnace no more than half a year ago, and nearly forty percent are high quality. It should be at least eighty percent of the price, one hundred and sixty Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"These are Qi Replenishing Pills, not Qi Gathering Pills. Cultivators' demand for them is not especially high. Seventy percent is already the most I can offer." Xu Mingyu showed no intention of agreeing. This was business. "If they were Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, then for the sake of Fellow Daoist Qian's sincerity in taking out the pills, even giving eighty-five percent would be no problem."

A large proportion of them were high quality, and they had not been out of the furnace for very long. This was the best batch of pills Xu Mingyu had ever seen.

"Refining pills is not easy, and I also understand your shop's difficulties. How about this, we each take a step back. What do you think of seventy-five percent?"

"This..."

"If this price still will not do, I will go ask elsewhere." As he spoke, Li Qianqing put away the small jade bottle and prepared to stand.

"Fine, then as Fellow Daoist Qian says." Xu Mingyu gestured for Li Qianqing to sit down first. "One hundred and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones in total. I will go fetch the spirit stones now."

Selling pills required time costs and labor costs. If the shop was rented, the rent cost had to be counted as well.

Selling Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills at seventy-five percent of the price was the best price in Li Qianqing's mind. After all, Qi Replenishing Pills were far harder to sell than Qi Gathering Pills.

The transaction was completed smoothly, and Li Qianqing left without any intention of lingering.

"Fourth Uncle, we're just letting him leave like that? He's only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. I didn't expect this to really be a big deal."

Hearing this, Xu Mingyu heavily smacked his nephew on the head and lectured him, "If you want to become a Loose Cultivator... first get out of our Xu Clan. What have you even learned here these past few years? You're actually having these crooked thoughts!"

Most cultivation clans hated Loose Cultivators to the bone. It could not be ruled out that some cultivation clans liked doing these things in the dark, but their Xu Clan of Purple Flower Prefecture absolutely did not.

"I know, I know, Fourth Uncle. Wasn't I just joking? Do you have to be so angry, old man? Don't you know me? How would I have that kind of nerve?"

"Joking is not allowed either. If your father were here, you'd better be careful he didn't break your dog legs."

After giving him a round of lecturing, Xu Mingyu continued on with his own matters.

Among the cultivators coming and going in the Cultivator Market, there could very well be hidden Loose Cultivators. After being reminded by his nephew, Xu Mingyu did feel that this Fellow Daoist Qian was a bit suspicious, but that had nothing to do with him. He was merely a businessman.

After Li Qianqing left the shop, he did not stay long in the largest Cultivator Market of Purple Flower Prefecture either, and left directly.

Time was precious.

He still had to head to the next Cultivator Market.

After selling fifty mid-grade Qi Replenishing Pills, he still had forty-three Qi Replenishing Pills that he could sell.

However, he did not plan to sell them all off. Next time, it would be enough to sell forty Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills. The remaining three Qi Replenishing Pills could be kept for his own use.

After selling the Qi Replenishing Pills and exchanging them for Low-Grade Spirit Stones, he could also buy some things as appropriate. Even if he could not use them, the clan might be able to use them in the future.