Hearing Ruan Jinling's question, the Eastern Emperor Sect martial artists all sighed heavily, clearly deeply dissatisfied with the outcome.
"Alas, Saintess, don't mention it. We came all this way searching for True Blood Pills, thinking we could find them at the Alchemy Convention. Who would have thought True Blood Pills would be so scarce? Even at the Alchemy Convention, hardly any alchemists refined them. We finally found someone selling True Blood Pills, but guess what? A few shills immediately shouted the price up to the heavens!" He Xiaofeng said angrily.
Pill shills were a common occurrence, usually used to drive up prices. However, they were very easily recognized, and only appeared at places like the Alchemy Convention, where fighting was forbidden.
"You should not be lacking spirit stones, should you?" Ruan Jinling asked.
He Xiaofeng said bitterly, "Saintess, you don't understand. We aren't lacking spirit stones, but these True Blood Pills are simply too expensive, far beyond what we can afford. Buying even one would clean us out on the spot. If this were outside, I would have acted long ago, but this is the Alchemy Convention!"
Hearing how vexed He Xiaofeng and the others were, Yang Chen blinked. After thinking for a long while, he simply slapped his Storage Bag, found an empty Storage Bag, and handed it to He Xiaofeng and the others.
"Brother He, this is a gift for you. Open it and take a look," Yang Chen said with a smile.
He Xiaofeng could not help undoing the Storage Bag and opening it. The moment he looked inside, his eyes widened into perfect circles.
Inside the Storage Bag were several True Blood Pills. There were eight Eastern Emperor Sect disciples in total, and eight True Blood Pills corresponded exactly to them. Yang Chen had prepared every