"Mm, with this spiritual herb added in, it still wasn't quite enough, but it was close!" The female cultivator was very straightforward. She took the spiritual herb, said no more, took out one pill of each kind and placed them into a jade bottle, then handed it to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua was overjoyed. He reached out to accept it and thanked her. After hesitating slightly, he probed, "Fellow Daoist, may I ask... does your sect have any pill formulas... available for exchange?"
"Pill formulas?" The female cultivator froze, then her face turned frosty as she said coldly, "Are you making fun of me, Fellow Daoist? Pill formulas are like cultivation techniques—every sect treasures them dearly. Who would bring them out for exchange without cause? The things you exchanged for are all used in pill refinement. Could it be that you would also bring out pill formulas to exchange? Hehe, if you have such intentions, please take them out. Our Imperial Pill Sect will accept them all, at any cost!"
Xiao Hua blushed. Fortunately, he was wearing Mihuan, so no one could see it. He turned and left the stall.
The female cultivator paid him no further attention, taking Xiao Hua's words as teasing. She turned to greet other customers.
"Alas, not only are cultivation techniques hard to find, even pill formulas are difficult to obtain. Although the Sect Master has refined Qi Nurturing Pills before, I was only guarding him at the side and knew none of the details. Even with the spiritual herbs in hand, I wouldn't be able to refine them!" Xiao Hua felt rather depressed. "Being a Rogue Cultivator... truly is terribly difficult!"
"Fortunately, I've already found a way to cultivate quickly. Added to that, I can refine yellow talismans. Though I'm still much slower than