"How did I know the pill formula wasn't flawed? I heard that some people specialized in forging fakes to swindle others. They altered a few details in one pill formula, gave it another name, and sold it. Seventy Immortal Origin Stones. If that works, I'll pay immediately; if not, forget it."
Shen Long's tone was indifferent.
The Red-Robed Elder frowned deeply. Situations like the one Shen Long described did indeed exist.
"Seventy is too little. Eighty Immortal Origin Stones."
The Red-Robed Elder haggled.
Shen Long said nothing and rose to leave. Before he had taken three steps, the Red-Robed Elder hurriedly called out, "Fellow Daoist, please wait. Seventy it is."
Shen Long stopped, paid the Immortal Origin Stones in full, and put away the Cyan Lotus Cauldron and the two Dharma Transmission Bamboos before meeting up with Chu Buyu.
They still had fifteen Immortal Origin Stones left. Shen Long had planned to buy Chu Buyu some books introducing artifact-refining materials, but Chu Buyu refused.
Everything was difficult at the beginning. They were not well-off now and needed to spend sparingly.
An hour later, Shen Long and Chu Buyu appeared before a nine-story Cyan Pavilion. Three golden characters, "Mysterious Pill Pavilion," were inscribed upon its plaque. This was a shop opened by members of the Ye Family.
The Ye Family was a lineage rooted in the Heavenly Moon Sect. Its clansmen were all Hereditary Disciples of the Heavenly Moon Sect and had businesses of their own. Their ancestor was a Golden Immortal.
Shen Long and Chu Buyu walked inside. Before them was a spacious, brightly lit hall. A long cyan counter stood within, with a cyan jade wall flickering with spiritual light behind it.
A group of cultivators stood before the counter, discussing business with the Green-Shirted Attendants behind it.
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