Buying Medicinal Herbs

Having reached this conclusion, Xiao Tianci's enthusiasm for identifying medicinal herbs grew even stronger.

He simply flipped the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs open to the first page and began reading from there.

Xiao Tianci had taken the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, and with the system's modifications, his comprehension, talent, potential, and everything else had now reached an extremely terrifying level.

Thus, when reading the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs, he could essentially remember everything after a single glance.

As he continued flipping through the pages, Xiao Tianci's busy figure could be seen constantly moving about the entire herb shop.

"Looking at his bearing, I thought he was some young master from a great clan. Who would've thought he didn't even recognize medicinal herbs?"

Before long, Xiao Tianci's constantly bustling figure had drawn the attention of quite a few people.

At once, some of the gazes that had initially been filled with admiration turned into disdain.

Wasn't he just some foolish son of a wealthy family?

A shop assistant even came up to Xiao Tianci.

"Esteemed guest, what medicinal herbs do you need? I can help you find them directly."

"No need. I'll do it myself." Xiao Tianci was having far too much fun reaping the benefits to agree to the assistant's request. He immediately shook his head and waved him off.

Seeing Xiao Tianci's expression, the assistant could only open his mouth, then obediently retreat to the side.

This minor disturbance attracted even more attention.

For one thing, some people saw how quickly Xiao Tianci was turning pages and could not help rolling their eyes inwardly. Was this fellow treating the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs like a picture book?

Xiao Tianci noticed the looks from those around him, but he could not be bothered to react.

Before long, he had read the entire Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs from cover to cover.

Unfortunately, the herb shop was not very large, so many of the medicinal herbs listed in the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs could not be found there. Otherwise, Xiao Tianci could have gained even more Experience Points.

As for the Experience Points he had failed to reap, he could only wait for another opportunity in the future.

Even so, his Experience Points had now reached a terrifying eight hundred and fifty!

"As expected, reaping benefits really does feel great." Xiao Tianci felt utterly refreshed from head to toe.

"System, draw."

Xiao Tianci spoke without the slightest hesitation.

"Insufficient points. Unable to draw." However, the system's voice appeared in Xiao Tianci's mind.

"What?" Xiao Tianci was startled and instinctively looked at the system panel.

Only then did he discover that the Experience Points required for a draw had somehow risen to one thousand.

"System, you scammed me! Didn't it used to take only ten points to draw?" Xiao Tianci was deeply indignant.

"A normal draw requires one thousand points. The first draw only cost ten points so that the host could experience the draw function."

"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier?" Xiao Tianci rolled his eyes. He had gotten excited for nothing.

He had thought that after saving up so many Experience Points, he could at least enjoy a ten-draw pull. Yet reality had ruined his plans.

Once he learned that he could not draw, Xiao Tianci stopped lingering in the herb shop and quickly found the two medicinal herbs he needed on the shelves.

Six two-year-old Iron Branch Flowers and two five-year-old Iron Wood Fruits.

These herbs cost Xiao Tianci a total of six hundred gold coins, far less than he had estimated.

After all, he had guessed that the ingredients for two batches of Body Tempering Pills would cost at least around eight hundred gold coins.

"Next, I need a Metal-Attribute Magic Core." Xiao Tianci softly muttered as he recalled the ingredients for the Body Tempering Pill.

However, when he turned his gaze, he spotted two very familiar figures on the other side of the shelves.

Those two figures happened to look over as well.

"Xiao Yan? Xun'er?" They were from the same clan and had no grudges between them, so greeting each other upon meeting was only natural. Xiao Tianci raised his brows and spoke.

Today, Xun'er wore a well-fitted light green outfit. The simple color gave the young woman an added touch of purity, while a pair of tight-fitting trousers wrapped around her slender, long legs, highlighting their smooth, shapely curves.

This was the first time Xiao Tianci had encountered Xun'er since transmigrating, and a barely noticeable trace of amazement immediately flashed through the depths of his eyes.

Long legs, a pert backside, and a slightly developed chest—Xun'er now greatly resembled many young women he had seen in his previous life, brimming with vitality and alluring youthful energy. Beyond that, she also possessed an elegant air that other girls lacked.

When Xiao Yan and Xun'er saw Xiao Tianci, shock appeared in both their eyes.

Xiao Yan in particular took a long while to recognize Xiao Tianci before hesitantly asking, "X-Xiao Tianci?"

"It's me." Xiao Tianci did not speak much with the two of them. After nodding in greeting, he left.

Watching Xiao Tianci's departing back, Xiao Yan said in disbelief, "Why has Xiao Tianci changed so much? I remember his talent being about the same as mine during those three years."

Xun'er narrowed her eyes. "It seems this Xiao Tianci has many secrets. I'm afraid even the prodigies of many great factions do not possess his kind of bearing."

"This young Xiao Tianci seems somewhat different from the rest of you." At that moment, Yao Lao's voice sounded beside Xiao Yan's ear.

"How is he different?" Hearing this, the shock in Xiao Yan's eyes intensified, and he hurriedly asked.

"I can't explain it. I have a faint feeling that the soul force which was enough to shake the entire plane that day likely came from him."

Yao Lao's words struck Xiao Yan's heart like a great bell.

Xiao Yan opened his mouth, yet did not know what to say.

Magical Beast Mountain Range, Jia Ma Empire.

Two figures draped in black robes and shrouded in black mist descended into the mountain range.

The aura they inadvertently gave off made the surrounding magical beasts instinctively hold their breath and prostrate themselves on the ground, not daring to move at all!

Clearly, these two were experts dispatched by the Soul Hall!

"The location of that soul force should be within the Jia Ma Empire." One of them slowly spoke, his voice sharp like grinding metal.

"Yes, but the Jia Ma Empire is not small. If we investigate it, I'm afraid it will take quite some time." The other spoke helplessly.

"Search slowly. The higher-ups will send us more manpower. So long as that person remains in the Jia Ma Empire, sooner or later we will find him!"

"When that time comes... let's hope that person knows what's good for him!"