Underground Black Market!

The shopkeeper was a shrewd middle-aged cultivator at the late Heavenly Immortal stage. He glanced at Li Qingshan and said with a beaming smile, "You have a keen eye, Fellow Daoist! This Heavenly Origin Fruit is three thousand years old, while the Earth Vein Spirit Root is two thousand years old. Both are top-grade goods. The Heavenly Origin Fruit costs three hundred thousand immortal stones, and the Earth Vein Spirit Root costs two hundred and fifty thousand—five hundred and fifty thousand in total."

Five hundred and fifty thousand immortal stones!

The corner of Li Qingshan's mouth twitched slightly.

He had worked as an alchemist in Heavenly Sea City for over half a year, yet he had only saved a little over a hundred thousand immortal stones.

With such meager savings, he could not even afford a single medicinal ingredient.

"I..."

Just as he was about to speak, a cool voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I'll take these two ingredients."

Tantai Yue had appeared behind him at some point. She walked to the counter, took out an immortal stone card, and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Five hundred and fifty thousand. Charge it to mine."

Still smiling, the shopkeeper accepted the card. Once the payment went through, he carefully wrapped the two ingredients and respectfully handed them to Tantai Yue.

Tantai Yue accepted the ingredients, turned, and handed them to Li Qingshan.

"For you."

Li Qingshan looked at her in some surprise.

Have I just been kept by a rich woman?

"General Tantai, this..."

Tantai Yue turned her face away, a faint blush coloring her cheeks.

"You've helped me so much. What does this small amount of immortal stones amount to? Besides... if the Nine-Orifice Immortal Pill is successfully refined, I'll benefit as well. Consider it... an investment."

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