Not long after Yueling left, the two finished the remaining glutinous rice balls in fermented rice wine and fried lotus petals.
A Foundation Establishment Realm disciple came over to clear away the dishes.
Xu Xing took out the Spirit Coins he had left over from Mystic Sword City and paid the bill.
After leaving the snack stall, the two continued on their way. They didn't have far to go after leaving the ancient town before they reached the foot of the mountain where the Cauldron Pavilion stood.
There were noticeably more tourists around.
The Cauldron Pavilion was one of the Sword Sect's most popular tourist attractions. In addition to selling a wide variety of high-quality, low-priced pills, it also allowed outside cultivators to set up stalls and sell pills they had refined themselves, or trade in ancient pill recipes and the like.
Anyone could tell how much of a trap that was.
The Cauldron Pavilion understood this too, so it had put up two notice boards at the foot of the mountain. In bold, red lettering, they bore the same warning:
[Tourists with no experience in the art of alchemy should buy pills from the Cauldron Pavilion's official store to avoid being scammed.]
Despite the warning, plenty of tourists were still scammed every year, and disputes broke out from time to time.
Even so, the Cauldron Pavilion never revoked its rule allowing outside cultivators to set up stalls and sell their own pills and pill recipes.
After all, the Cauldron Pavilion had never counted on this for extra income. It was already the wealthiest department in the Sword Sect and didn't need to bother with such small change.
Its true purpose was to train its disciples' discernment and broaden their experience.
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