After leaving the Secret Shop, the two found a teahouse in the Market and booked a private room. Once they had both sat down, Xiao Yu spoke:
"Do you really have spirit medicine?"
The cloaked man gave Xiao Yu an indifferent glance without saying a word. Instead, he took an exquisite box straight out of his Storage Bag.
Inside was a thousand-year purple osmanthus blossom he had specially ripened before setting out. Its value was no less than that of the thousand-year yellow essence zhi at the auction.
Since the other man had not specified which medicinal herb he needed, apparently any herb over a thousand years old would do. Besides, he reckoned the man before him most likely wanted the Millennium Spirit Medicine as a medicinal catalyst, so its variety did not matter.
"Is that..." Xiao Yu stared at the box, his voice brimming with anticipation.
"Indeed, there is a thousand-year medicinal herb inside! But before I open the box for you to inspect, shouldn't we discuss what you intend to offer in exchange for this spirit medicine?" the cloaked man said coldly. An incomplete magic formation was not worth as much as the Millennium Spirit Medicine, and he wanted to gain a little more from the deal. Ideally, the man would have more Array Deployment Tools of a similar kind.
"What would you like? As you saw at the auction, I spent all my Spirit Stones on purchases, and I won't part with the iron essence," Xiao Yu said with a troubled air.
"Then there's nothing to be done!" The cloaked man now put on airs, looking utterly unconcerned as he tossed the problem back to Xiao Yu. In truth, this was only a pose. Even if Xiao Yu offered only this one set of Magic Formation tools,