Short of Money

Chu Yuan quickly settled on his short-term plan:

Convert a movement technique, buy a weapon—those were the most urgent matters.

After that, the system's once-daily conversion quota would have to be used to convert pills.

He had not converted any pills today, and his cultivation speed had immediately dropped.

He cultivated for an entire day in the school's Energy Gathering Array, yet the results were not even as good as taking a single dose of Qi Gathering Powder...

"How much can these two bottles of pills sell for?"

The young woman at the Precious Jade Pavilion counter looked at Chu Yuan in surprise. This boy was still wearing the First High School uniform. Since he could bring out such Martial Arts Pills, he should be a senior-year student, right?

Then he should have kept those Martial Arts Pills for his own cultivation. Why was he selling them instead?

Could he be the type who cheated his family out of money...

The thought flashed through her mind and vanished. She had no intention of meddling in someone else's business.

She simply took out an instrument and gave them a quick inspection.

"Bone Strengthening Pills and Spirit Condensing Pills. Their efficacy has been fully preserved.

"One Bone Strengthening Pill is ten thousand, and one Spirit Condensing Pill is fifteen thousand... That comes to two hundred and fifty thousand in total. Would you like to sell them, sir?"

The prices of such basic Martial Arts Pills were practically fixed. Unless the quantity was particularly large, there was generally no room for bargaining.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Yuan asked, "Do you sell weapons for Warriors here?"

"Of course. What kind of weapon do you need, sir?" the woman asked with a smile. As Great Qin's largest Martial Arts Merchant Association, Precious Jade Pavilion handled practically every line of business related to martial arts.

"A sword."

The woman took out a tablet, swiped a few times, and handed it to Chu Yuan.

"These are the Martial Arts Treasure Swords currently in stock at our Chenyang City branch. Please have a look.

"If you have higher requirements, you may also request a transfer from headquarters."

Normally speaking, the Chenyang Precious Jade Pavilion's inventory was already enough to meet the needs of ordinary Warriors. After all, this was merely a small city in the rear.

As for more precious Divine Weapons... Warriors in Chenyang City would most likely be unable to afford them, nor would they have any use for them.

Chu Yuan took the tablet and casually glanced through it, secretly taken aback.

The cheapest sword listed cost over a million!

Some of the pricier ones even cost tens of millions!

The pills he was selling were definitely nowhere near enough...

An ordinary person's average monthly salary was only around five or six thousand... Was the premium on anything related to martial arts really this outrageous!?

But it could not all be counted as a premium. After all, the materials used for true Warrior weapons were also extremely precious. Most came from Secret Realms or were materials harvested from Alien Races.

And materials from ordinary Alien Races would not do either...

The bones and scales of those first- and second-rank Alien Races were not even as tough as refined steel. Naturally, they could not be used to forge weapons.

An ordinary person might indeed work their entire life and still be unable to afford a Warrior weapon, but an ordinary person would also be unable to kill a single high-rank Alien Race in their entire life!

Once he understood that, Chu Yuan's expression calmed again. He handed the tablet back to the woman.

"Thank you."

Seeing this, the woman guessed that Chu Yuan could not afford one. She did not press the matter and merely smiled politely. "You're welcome. Then, would you still like to sell your pills, sir?"

"Not anymore."

"Take care, then."

The plan had fallen through. Those basic Martial Arts Pills of his were simply not worth much...

Chu Yuan thought to himself, Should I put the weapon matter aside for now?

It did not seem like he had any immediate use for one anyway. Continuing to use a refined steel longsword... was not impossible.

Still, he was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

After all, a Flying Sword... was romance carved into the bones of every Cultivator...

There was actually another way: still sell pills!

But not these basic Martial Arts Pills. He could sell Cultivator Pills converted through the system instead!

Yet that carried enormous hidden risks!

Setting aside their effects for the moment, Spirit Pills converted by the system might not yield any results even if they were tested with specialized instruments.

This was not something a student should be able to produce... Even if Precious Jade Pavilion had an excellent reputation, it was still not safe enough.

"Are you really going to take the risk and force a breakthrough? What if you fail? You should think it over again!"

An unfamiliar voice interrupted Chu Yuan's thoughts. He turned his head and watched two men stride past him and enter Precious Jade Pavilion.

The person lagging a step behind seemed to be trying to persuade him of something, but the one in front wore a resolute expression!

"Failure is failure!"

"But..."

"No buts!"

As he watched the two figures disappear, Chu Yuan suddenly fell into thought.

The path of cultivation did indeed require reverence, but it also demanded fearless, vigorous progress!

There was no contradiction in that—it was simply a matter of grasping the proper measure for oneself!

If one worried about this and fretted over that, then one might as well do nothing at all! And accomplish nothing at all!

The martial path was like this, and so... was immortal cultivation!

He suddenly smiled in relief, as though some inner demon had been swept away, then strode off in great steps...

"Yang Yi, want some pills?"

During the noon break, Chu Yuan dragged Yang Yi into a small grove and asked.

"Pills? What pills?" Yang Yi was somewhat puzzled. He was not lacking in cultivation resources; in fact, he could have chosen not to cultivate at school at all.

"Don't worry, they're not the ones the school hands out." Chu Yuan took out a bottle of Vajra Pills that had been transformed by the system.

These pills had been transformed from Bone Strengthening Pills. Chu Yuan had already tried taking one and compared it with the Bone Strengthening Pill.

There was no need to mention the effects—they were far more potent.

More importantly, the Vajra Pill improved the body in every aspect!

The Bone Strengthening Pill mainly focused on strengthening the bones, with little nourishing effect on the other parts of the body, such as the internal organs.

But the Vajra Pill was different. From skin to blood vessels, from sinews and meridians to bones, even the five viscera and six bowels... everything except the brain would receive an enormous boost!

This had originally been beyond Chu Yuan's expectations, because the Vajra Pill seemed more suited for Warriors than immortal cultivators.

But on further thought, it was only natural. Immortal cultivators were not made of glass—otherwise, how could they achieve an immortal body that never decayed?

To bear a certain kind of power, one needed a vessel worthy of it...

Besides, even among immortal cultivators, there was the category of body cultivators.

In the early days of web novels, there had been no shortage of protagonists who cultivated both Dharma and body!

Half-believing and half-doubting, Yang Yi opened the jade bottle, poured out a pill, and placed it in his palm.

Its golden glow was lustrous, as though some heavy metal had been added to it...

"What kind of pill is this? How come I've never seen it on the market? Chu Yuan, don't just eat random things." He asked.

It was not that he looked down on Chu Yuan. Rather, he knew Chu Yuan's circumstances well. Even the supply chain for Chu Yuan's little family restaurant had been found through someone he knew.

"Vajra Pill." Chu Yuan picked one up himself and swallowed it.

"I can't really describe the effects. You'll know once you try it yourself."