He Pingsheng did not enter the merchant houses right away, but continued browsing the stalls outside.
As the middle-aged cultivator had said, even when people obtained Poison Pellets, very few bothered to extract them.
They had little use!
Except to certain poison cultivators.
Thus, He Pingsheng felt that even if he visited the merchant houses, he might not gather enough. Finding one or two at the stalls would have been ideal.
Unfortunately, after spending half an incense stick's worth of time browsing nearly every stall, he still had not found any Poison Pellets.
One stallholder had even asked him, in all innocence, what a Poison Pellet was.
He Pingsheng had no choice but to continue onward into the merchant house district.
Looking up, he spotted a familiar merchant house: Abundant Harmony Manor.
Back when Withered Wood True Person had ordered him to Horsehead Mountain to sell Blazing Sun Flower pollen, this was where he had made the transaction.
I'll go in and have a look!
Shopkeeper Liu, seated behind the counter, glanced at He Pingsheng without even using his Divine Sense. Judging solely by He Pingsheng's clothes, age, and manner, he had already assumed he was merely a Qi Refining Stage disciple. He did not even rise, only offering a casual greeting. "What would you like, honored customer?"
He Pingsheng said nothing, gently extending his Divine Sense to sweep over Shopkeeper Liu.
Fourth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
More importantly, Shopkeeper Liu did not seem to notice the scan at all.
He Pingsheng was astonished. Seriously? No reaction whatsoever?
Let's try again.
He Pingsheng gave him another scan to test it.
Shopkeeper Liu's expression immediately darkened. "Boy, I could overlook the first time, but what do you mean by scanning me twice?"
"Uh..."
He Pingsheng looked thoroughly embarrassed.
Apparently,