Yang Ling's words drew a ripple of chuckles from both camps.
Zhao De said with a faint smile, "Junior, you may not know much about alchemy.
"As far as I know, neither the Great Dream Dynasty nor the Abyssal Beast Cavern currently has anyone who can refine a pill that rivals the Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill in improving martial skill cultivation.
"Since no such pills exist, your only option for a similar effect is rare flowers and herbs, which naturally cost far more than pills.
"Unless some alchemy grandmaster develops a pill with effects comparable to the Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pill.
"Otherwise, costs won't come down, and prices will naturally remain high."
He paused. "Of course, Essence-Accumulating Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills are exceptions. They're still very cheap.
"If you're willing, we'll start arranging supplies immediately. You can have as many as you want."
Yang Ling looked thoughtful, knowing Zhao De was reminding him.
He had no interest in trash like Spirit Nurturing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills.
For improving internal energy, the Great Dream Dynasty and the Abyssal Beast Cavern have Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills.
But for improving martial skill proficiency, they lack a powerful pill.
As for Spirit Nurturing Pills and Essence-Accumulating Pills, they're certainly somewhat useful to ordinary martial artists, but once their mental strength improves even slightly, those two things have zero cost-effectiveness.
For instance, the grandmasters and great grandmasters here couldn't possibly improve their martial skill cultivation by taking those pills.
Their only option is to consume something good like two-thousand-year-old Black Thunder Tortoise-Shell Lingzhi to substantially and efficiently improve their martial skill cultivation.
Yang Ling gradually understood. This was dictated by the market.
If Black Tortoise Longevity Blood Pills weren't available on the market, he probably wouldn't have been able to exchange