Hidden Secrets

After his resource allotment doubled, Chen Xun immediately went to the small pharmacy in Qingyun Garden and bought more medicinal ingredients for cultivating the [Copper Body Art].

The medicinal ingredients he had bought before had long since been nearly used up, so this was a good opportunity to replenish his supply.

Besides medicinal ingredients, Chen Xun also paid special attention to the pills available for exchange.

To his surprise, the list included [Bone-Tempering Pill] and [Purple Blood Pill].

But before Chen Xun could rejoice, he saw a line of fine print beneath them—[Only Blood-Exchange Realm Martial Artists may exchange for these].

The requirement left Chen Xun happy for nothing.

After breaking through to the Blood-Exchange Realm, Chen Xun discovered that the [Tenfold Tonic Pill] and [Black Spirit Pill] he had taken before had both become far less effective.

Only the [Purple Blood Pill] still produced a remarkably noticeable effect.

Of course, if there really were no [Purple Blood Pill], the [Tenfold Tonic Pill] and [Black Spirit Pill] could barely make do.

"Another ten Black Spirit Pills."

As Chen Xun spoke, he handed over a one-hundred-tael silver note.

At this point, his entire two-hundred-tael resource allotment had been used up.

Of that, one hundred and fifty taels had gone toward a large batch of medicinal ingredients, while fifty taels had bought ten [Black Spirit Pills].

After collecting his exchanged items, Chen Xun left the Li Family directly and headed home.

Along the way, Chen Xun saw a charred shop surrounded by a crowd of people pointing and whispering among themselves.

"Things have been getting worse lately. Another shop got burned down."

"Tell me about it. At night, I hear shouting and killing outside my house. I get so scared I hide in bed and tremble."

"Sigh, who knows when these days