The Qi Refinement Way, Heavenly Spring Island.
Fang Qing had used the Dao-Born Pearl to dissolve his True Core. Now he was an ordinary cultivator at Foundation Establishment Perfection, walking down the market district's main street.
Before long, he entered a shop.
The shop looked perfectly ordinary from the outside, but it had the backing of the Xuanzhong Gate and carried quite a few good things.
He had only learned about it through his contacts after revealing that he was an alchemist.
"Fellow Daoist Xiang! What brings you here?"
The elderly shopkeeper smiled when he saw Fang Qing. "Please, come into a private room for tea..."
The two entered a private room, and the shopkeeper activated its soundproofing ward.
After pouring Fang Qing a cup of tea, the old man asked, "Have you come to sell pills, Fellow Daoist Xiang?"
This Foundation Establishment alchemist was remarkably skilled. The Second-Order pills he supplied were a cut above ordinary Prime Quality pills and contained very little Pill Poison, making him a favorite of the shopkeeper's. "No... I'm here to purchase some materials and pill recipes on behalf of an elder."
Fang Qing sipped his tea and handed over a jade slip.
The old man accepted it with a smile, but a sweep of his Spiritual Sense made his expression change. "A Third-Order water-attribute Demon Pill? Could your elder be a Core Formation True Person?" Fang Qing merely smiled without answering and watched him.
"This shop has only one Third-Order water-attribute Essence Spirit Great Pill..."
The old man gritted his teeth. "If you need more, I can have them transferred from elsewhere, but there won't be many. The essence-spirit power in these pills dissipates with every day they're stored, so they're usually used to refine artifacts or pills as soon as possible... Beyond