Two Cultivation Manuals

Just how expensive were these pills? Lang Zhen said that Body-Tempering Pills alone cost ten silver dollars each.

By the prices in this world, an adult's daily expenses in the city came to around thirty or forty copper coins, provided they did not buy any major items. Add new clothes to the list, and they would definitely go over budget.

That worked out to roughly one silver dollar a month.

Feng Jun converted it into terms he could better understand. In the Blue Star Realm, a single Body-Tempering Pill was equivalent to ten months of living expenses for a college student—at least ten thousand yuan or so.

Body-Tempering Pills were taken during a Martial Warrior's foundational stage, and they could even be used after one entered the realm of high-level Martial Warriors.

Generally speaking, Martial Warriors had three stages: low, middle, and high. At each stage, they could take three Body-Tempering Pills, for a total of nine. Any more than that, and the pills would bring toxic side effects to the body.

Of course, taking more than the prescribed amount was not impossible. But if one did not want it to affect one's foundation, it was best to take some detoxifying pills afterward.

By that calculation, nine Body-Tempering Pills were worth more than a hundred thousand yuan in the Blue Star Realm.

In any case, wealthy families in this world generally prepared no more than twelve Body-Tempering Pills for each descendant. Any more, and the accumulated pill toxins would truly be difficult to remove.

As for Foundation-Nourishing Pills, they were even more expensive—ten to fifteen times the price of Body-Tempering Pills, depending on the market at the time.

Back then, Lang Zhen had taken three Body-Tempering Pills. He had scraped together the money to buy one himself, while the other