Hanhai Royal City! Meridians Restored!

After a night of long travel, Zhang Xuanchen finally arrived at his destination.

Qing Kingdom, Hanhai Royal City.

After all, he had come here to purchase a second-grade high-tier Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill, so he had disguised himself as a refined young master from an aristocratic family.

The Royal City was divided into the outer city and the inner city.

The outer city was where mortals lived, and its spiritual energy was sparse.

The inner city, meanwhile, was where cultivators lived.

Zhang Xuanchen did not linger in the outer city and headed straight for the inner city.

After paying the entrance fee, a prosperous scene unfolded before Zhang Xuanchen's eyes.

The streets were paved with pale-green warm jade, while the shop signs on both sides glittered with starlike brilliance.

Carriages flowed like water, horses passed like dragons, and the crowds were vast as a sea.

As expected of a Royal City—it truly has presence. Though it is a tier below Yunhua Immortal City, Qing Kingdom has four Royal Cities. The profits must be several times greater than Yunhua Immortal City's.

Not to mention the even more prosperous Imperial City.

The Qin Clan truly deserves its reputation as an Old Golden Core Force. Its foundation is far beyond what my Zhang Family can compare to. For the family to rise, the road ahead is long and heavy.

What a pity I still have to rush to the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. Otherwise, I really would have liked to visit the Imperial City and witness its splendor for myself.

As Zhang Xuanchen walked through the streets, he entered several shops in succession, yet failed to find a second-grade high-tier Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill.

Just as disappointment welled up within him, several hurried voices reached his ears.

"Quick, quick, quick! The Divine Pill Pavilion Auction is about to begin! If we get there late, we won't be able to get in!"

At those words, Zhang Xuanchen's face instantly lit up with delight.

"I didn't expect Qing Kingdom to have a Divine Pill Pavilion too. Heaven is helping me."

The Divine Pill Pavilion had been established by the Xuandan Sect. It specialized in selling all kinds of Spirit Pills and Potent Medicines, though it also purchased them.

The distance between Xuandan Pavilion and Qing Kingdom was one and a half times the distance between the Penglai Islands and Qing Kingdom.

He had originally thought the Xuandan Sect's sphere of influence would not stretch this far. It seemed he had underestimated them.

Wait!

Could that Dual Spirit Root genius of the Xuandan Sect, Fairy Qin—Qin Chuxue—be from the Qin Clan of Qing Kingdom's royal family?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

When it came to finding backers, these alchemists really knew how to play their cards in dazzling ways.

But none of that had anything to do with Zhang Xuanchen.

He merely wanted to buy a pill.

Having made up his mind, he flashed forward and chased after those people.

Before long, he arrived before a grand and imposing building.

An ordinary force could never possibly spend such an enormous sum to construct such an exquisite and magnificent building.

But the Xuandan Sect was different. They were never short of money.

A little more or less made no difference to them.

Having Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators guard the entrance was something only a wealthy and overbearing force like the Xuandan Sect could manage.

The moment Zhang Xuanchen reached the entrance, he was stopped.

"Please wait. May I ask whether this guest has come to attend the Auction, or to purchase pills or spirit herbs?

"If you are here for the Auction, your assets must be verified. Those without five thousand Spirit Stones may not enter."

Zhang Xuanchen did not take offense at their actions.

They were merely carrying out orders, and their manner was fairly polite, so he immediately replied, "I've come to buy pills."

Time was pressing, and he still needed to restore his meridians. This time, he would have to forgo the Auction.

He did not have a Flying Boat above the second grade. Even if a teleportation array could save him most of the journey, reaching the Sky Dragon Secret Realm within the remaining time would still be a close call at his current speed.

Upon hearing that Zhang Xuanchen had come to buy pills, one of the guards led him to another entrance.

The moment he entered the Divine Pill Pavilion, a beautiful woman in uniform approached him, her snow-white skin largely exposed as she swayed her willow waist.

With a smile, she asked, "What would Young Master like to purchase?"

"I need a second-grade high-tier Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill. Does your pavilion have one?"

"Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill?"

When she heard what Zhang Xuanchen wanted, the woman's smile widened further. It seemed she would make another handsome profit this month.

"Yes, Young Master, we have them. Please follow me."

With that, the woman turned and led the way. The full peach-like curve of her hips, tightly wrapped in a short purple skirt, swayed back and forth before Zhang Xuanchen.

It made Zhang Xuanchen silently recite the Stillness Formula in his heart.

There was a reason why the Divine Pill Pavilion's business was so good.

With this service attitude and quality of service, even if their pills were slightly inferior, no one would have anything to say.

What was more, their pills were top-notch in quality.

After bringing Zhang Xuanchen to a private room on the second floor and pouring him a cup of spirit tea, she softly said, "Please wait a moment, Young Master. The steward will arrive shortly."

Zhang Xuanchen nodded without speaking, merely sipping his tea in silence.

The woman before him was only a Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivator. Without any special status, she truly could not make the decision to sell a high-grade pill like the Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill.

Before long, a man dressed in the Xuandan Sect's distinctive alchemist robe pushed open the door and entered.

Apology showed on his face. A rich medicinal fragrance surrounded him, while his aura was somewhat unstable. One glance was enough to tell that he had just finished refining pills and had come before even taking the time to regulate his breathing.

"Sorry to have kept Young Master waiting. Xu has been most neglectful, and I hope Young Master will be magnanimous."

As he spoke, he cupped his fists toward Zhang Xuanchen in apology.

Zhang Xuanchen shook his head slightly. "Steward, there is no need for this. I have not waited long.

"May I ask whether your pavilion has a Fine Grade Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill?"

If he could purchase a Fine Grade one, then naturally he would buy the Fine Grade one.

That way, not only could he restore his meridians in an extremely short time, but he would not need to spend time eliminating pill toxins.

"Fine Grade?"

Hearing that Zhang Xuanchen wanted to buy a Fine Grade Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill, Steward Xu was first surprised, then gave a bitter smile.

"Young Master, if you had come a week earlier, you could still have bought a Fine Grade Meridian Restoration Pill. But now, the last Fine Grade pill has already been purchased by the Third Prince of Qing Kingdom."

Zhang Xuanchen was somewhat disappointed, but he did not insist.

He spoke again. "Then give me one Standard Grade Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill. How many Spirit Stones?"

"Low-grade costs twelve thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones. Standard Grade costs eighteen thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones."

Hearing Steward Xu's price, Zhang Xuanchen nodded. It was no different from the market price.

He took out the Spirit Stones and handed them to Steward Xu.

Steward Xu was also a decisive man. After counting the Spirit Stones, he took out a specially made wooden box and pushed it before Zhang Xuanchen.

After opening the box and taking one look, Zhang Xuanchen confirmed that it was indeed a Standard Grade pill.

He was now a First-grade Top-tier alchemist himself. While he could not refine second-grade pills, judging a pill's quality was still very easy for him.

After obtaining the pill, Zhang Xuanchen did not linger in the slightest. He left the Divine Pill Pavilion and rented a room at the Horizon Restaurant.

He swallowed the Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill and began refining it.

Before he could even circulate his cultivation technique to guide it, the medicinal power scattered and slithered through his body like tiny snakes.

It surged precisely toward the broken meridians throughout his limbs and bones.

The medicinal power was gentle, causing not the slightest pain. It even carried a faint itch.

As he circulated his cultivation technique to guide it, a green spiritual halo wrapped around the fragments of his meridians and slowly pieced them together. He could clearly feel the meridians that had once withered into lifelessness reviving at a visible rate.

Green radiance spread along his meridians, making the spiritual power that had once moved sluggishly flow smoothly once more.

An hour later, Zhang Xuanchen slowly opened his eyes. Feeling the unobstructed spiritual power within his body, his eyes brimmed with excitement.

"Finally restored! Next, it's time to head for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm!"