In the end, Xiao Yan won through sheer quantity, trading a large amount of somewhat inferior medicinal ingredients worth far more than the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit for the final ingredient needed to refine the Earth Spirit Pill.
Xiao Yan touched the few gold coins he had left and sighed.
At the same time, he once again resolved that unless absolutely necessary, he would never trade with someone far stronger than himself again.
"Don't forget the two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills that kid wants. I'm not confident I can handle him."
Yao Lao's gloating voice rang out, and Xiao Yan seemed to hear his wallet wailing.
Meanwhile, having made a small profit, Zi Yan returned to the courtyard and saw the boss and the boss's wife leaning over the table, gesturing and drawing.
Zi Yan curiously craned her head over and discovered that they were drawing houses on paper.
"Boss, what are you doing?"
"We're planning what our future home should look like. Zi Yan, do you want to join us?"
Xiao Yi Xian handed Zi Yan a sheet of paper and a pen, then shifted over to make room for her.
Looking at the paper and pen before her, Zi Yan suddenly froze. Holding the pen in her hand, an unprecedented look of bewilderment appeared on her face.
Home?
What was a home? Did someone like her, who had been homeless since birth and did not even know what kind of magical beast she was, deserve to have one?
"Can I join too?"
Zi Yan looked at the two of them, somewhat excited.
Wu Yong raised his head and rolled his eyes. "We already gave you paper and a pen, so what are you asking for? Hurry up and think about where you want to live in the future, what kind of surroundings you want, and then we'll set off."
"Yes, Boss!"
Zi Yan grinned and bit down on her pen as she began thinking hard.
Then her eyes lit up. "Medicinal ingredients! My future home must have lots and lots and lots of medicinal ingredients!"
"Can't you just rob them? You don't need to think about that yet."
Wu Yong realized that Zi Yan was a pure warrior through and through. Her brain simply could not make quick turns.
What did wanting medicinal ingredients have to do with where her home was? As long as she robbed enough of them, wouldn't that solve everything?
Zi Yan was instantly enlightened and admired her boss's astonishing wisdom immensely.
"As expected of Boss! You're so smart!"
"Of course!"
Xiao Yi Xian could not help but laugh. She was rather speechless at the two of them as she smoothed her hair back. "We're planning our future home, not a bandits' den, okay?"
"Don't keep talking about robbing people. If others hear it, they'll be wary of us."
"Did you hear that? Little Fairy said we can't casually say what we're thinking."
"Oh, oh, oh..."
So when people were speechless, they really could laugh.
Xiao Yi Xian smiled and shook her head, feeling that they needed to prepare several more sets of black robes and masks to conceal themselves at home.
After listening to her boss's teachings, Zi Yan decided to first look at his and Xiao Yi Xian's drawings to see what ideas they had for their home.
Wu Yong had drawn a valley, with a three-story little building inside it.
There was also a sea outside the valley, while all kinds of flowers and plants filled the valley, making it look very peaceful.
Xiao Yi Xian's drawing was similar to Wu Yong's, except hers contained more herbs and several plots of Medicine Fields.
There was also a tiny thatched hut, as well as a mountaintop covered in grass.
It looked quite ordinary, but Xiao Yi Xian had drawn it with exceptional care and vividness.
Although neither of them was particularly skilled at drawing, it was enough to convey their ideas.
Zi Yan was also inspired and began drawing rapidly on her paper.
For the next two days, the three of them filled out lists of everything they would need for their home.
Although most things could be condensed from Dou Qi, they still could not compare to real objects.
In any case, they were not short on money. After wiping out several sects, the gold coins on Wu Yong's person had already reached eight figures.
Rich and willful!
"Senior, I've brought you the pills. Are you here?"
"Come in."
That was the advantage of strength. Even proud Alchemists had to personally deliver their goods after refining pills.
Taking the pills, Wu Yong examined them with his soul power and slowly nodded.
"Not bad. It seems Junior will become an extraordinary alchemy grandmaster in the future."
"Hehe, you flatter me, Senior."
Although he said that, Xiao Yan was still delighted to receive praise face-to-face from someone like Wu Yong.
At first, he had wanted someone from the organization to deliver the pills, but Xun Er had advised him otherwise. For someone like Wu Yong, he had to go himself and show his face more often, at the very least becoming familiar to him.
Otherwise, if he needed help in the future, Wu Yong might not even remember him.
What use were all his bargaining chips if the other party did not care for them?
It had to be said that Xiao Xun Er was now genuinely thinking for Xiao Yan's sake. She had even begun planning for his future.
"With Junior's alchemy skills, there's no need for modesty."
Wu Yong picked up the map again and found that it was quite detailed. It even marked where the Space Wormholes in certain major cities led.
Xiao Yan suddenly stood up and respectfully addressed the petite figure that flew in.
"Senior Sister."
"Huh? What are you doing here, kid?"
Zi Yan paused, then came behind Wu Yong and glanced at the messy map.
"Junior Xiao Yan came to deliver something to me. His talent for alchemy is quite good."
"Oh, so you weren't lying to me, kid. Not bad. Keep working hard!"
Zi Yan had originally wanted to take in another Alchemist lackey, but then she remembered that she was about to leave the academy to have fun, so she abandoned the idea.
Xiao Yan smiled and nodded. He had to deal carefully with this Senior Sister, who clearly had violent tendencies.
"Senior, I'll be leaving first, then. You two carry on."
"Cultivate seriously. Gaining a firm foothold in the Inner Academy is only the beginning. The three of us won't participate in this Origin Heart Flame Body Tempering, so you must seize this opportunity."
Wu Yong gave Xiao Yan a piece of good news in advance: the three Dou Emperors would not be participating in this Strong Ranking Tournament.
The difficulty of competing for five spots versus competing for eight spots was entirely different.
"Yes, Senior."
Xiao Yan let out a sigh of relief and walked out with light steps.
Wu Yong looked at Zi Yan and asked, "Why did you come back early?"
"The poison over at Sister's place was too potent. I couldn't endure it, so I came home first."
Zi Yan shook her head and sat down, still feeling lingering fear when she recalled it.
She had felt dizzy after merely taking a sniff. How could she have dared to stay any longer?
"Is that so? Then it seems Little Fairy will advance to Dou Zong within two years. I need to work harder too!"
When Wu Yong heard Zi Yan say this, he knew that Little Fairy's cultivation speed at the Dou Emperor realm was probably about to soar.
The more potent the poison, the greater the help it provided to Little Fairy's cultivation.
If it could make even someone with an abnormally strong physique like Zi Yan dizzy, just how potent was that poison?
With that, Little Fairy would advance to Dou Zong even faster than the Heavenly Poison Girl.
After all, one was active while the other was passive. And with the Poison Scorpion Sect's selfless contributions, being faster was only natural.
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