A month later, Lu Xiaotian kept only one Azure Frost Dragon Nightshade Pill, a portion of Returning Heaven Pills, and several Soul-Nourishing Pills for emergencies, along with a large quantity of Bamboo-Growth Pills, Cold Maple Pills, and some healing medicine.
He sold off all his other Foundation Establishment Pills, the surplus Soul-Nourishing Pills, and various other pills used to hone his alchemy skills to his previous business partners. Once the barrier was again filled with a vast amount of Spirit Stones, including quite a few high-grade Spirit Stones, Lu Xiaotian had stockpiled a great many Spirit Stones once more. After changing his appearance with the Thousand Illusions Mask, he left Moonwatch City. Both his cultivation and alchemy were highly secretive matters; once discovered, they would greatly inconvenience someone like him, who had always traveled alone. After a brief consideration, Lu Xiaotian decided to return to Soaring Heavens Palace.
Three days after Lu Xiaotian left, Wang Yan of the Wang Family Pill Shop in Moonwatch City, now at Qi Refining Great Perfection, held a pill contract in her hand as she entered the pill shop's central council hall. A black-haired old man sat within. He was Wang Defeng.
"Second Elder, a new rogue cultivator wishes to commission our pill shop to refine a Black Jade Bone-Rejoining Pill. He has gathered the main spiritual materials, but still lacks some auxiliary materials. The problem is that he needs it urgently, within only ten days." Wang Yan tucked back a strand of green-black hair that had fallen over her forehead.
"A Black Jade Bone-Rejoining Pill? That is an extremely obscure pill, and he only has two sets of spiritual materials. The auxiliary materials are no issue, but among the alchemists affiliated with our pill shop, only Alchemist Zhao and the person behind that mysterious