Rare Objects Studio.
Ji Yuan did not speak at once. He merely stared silently at the old woman behind the counter.
"Vrrrr—"
A pressure belonging to a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator erupted from his body without warning, sweeping through the entire Rare Objects Studio.
"Were you investigating me?"
Ji Yuan finally spoke. His voice was icy, and murderous intent spread without the slightest concealment.
"Fellow Daoist, please calm down."
The old woman hurriedly waved her hands and began explaining.
"Fellow Daoist, please understand. Our Rare Objects Studio has been doing business in Taiyi City for over ten thousand years. What we value most is our reputation and our customers' privacy. Investigating customers behind their backs would be tantamount to smashing our own signboard. We would never dare do such a thing."
As she spoke, she raised her hand, intending to swear a Heart Demon oath before her heart.
"If you do not believe me, I will swear a Heart Demon oath right now. If our Rare Objects Studio has investigated you in the slightest, may my Divine Soul be annihilated, never to be reincarnated!"
Seeing her anxious expression, Ji Yuan did not actually attack. The provocative pressure slowly receded as well.
His voice, however, remained cold.
"If you did not investigate me, then what did you mean by those words?"
With the pressure gone, the old woman breathed a sigh of relief.
She steadied herself before cautiously explaining, "This Nascent Soul Qi has never been an ordinary item. Its greatest use has never been direct absorption, but rather serving as the main ingredient for refining Cultivation Pills that can improve the cultivation of Nascent Soul Cultivators."
"This has long been no secret among us Nascent Soul Cultivators.
"However, pill recipes that can use Nascent Soul Qi as their main