This price would be reasonable enough if it were only for pills, but if it involved a Pill Recipe, even a hundred times more would not be too outrageous.
And even then, whether another alchemist could successfully refine the pill they needed from that Pill Recipe would be another matter entirely.
Other factions might also possess some related inheritances, but those alchemists had been trained by their own factions. There was no guarantee that the next generation would produce another inheritor, much less allow them to roam freely outside. The care taken to protect them was no less thorough than that afforded to the leader of a faction.
Precisely because of this, encountering unaffiliated high-level alchemists like Xiao Yan's family—especially ones on the verge of breaking through to the Earthly Supreme realm—was exceedingly rare. It was unlikely that they could be recruited with resources alone, but making a deal with them was undoubtedly a highly worthwhile proposition.
At the Supreme level, there were countless things that money could not buy. Even if they had to spend more Supreme Spirit Liquid on these pills, it would still be worth it.
This was not entirely the value of the pills themselves. However, if one were to ask where such pills could fetch the highest prices, the Continent of Merchants would naturally be the undisputed answer.
Meanwhile, the alchemist from Qian Shan Fang hurried back without his feet touching the ground, his expression solemn and utterly devoid of negligence.
The pills from earlier had already been packed into jade boxes capable of isolating their aura. From the looks of it, there would be no issue taking them straight to the auction.
Seeing the Shopkeeper of Qian Shan Fang looking somewhat troubled, Yao Wan smiled faintly and said, "There are more pills, and the